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Maharashtra MBA CET 2020 Details
Date : 18th September 2021 (Saturday)
Slot : 9:00 am to 11:30 am
Total Number of Questions : 200
Total Time allotted : 150 minutes
No. of Choices per question : 5 choices
No. of Sections : NA (All 200 questions were presented in Jumbled manner)
Negative Marks : No negative marking
CET Day 1 Papers were different from regular CET pattern. On Day 2 presence of Higher Maths questions in Quant was the breaking news. For Day 3 students were ready with multiple strategies. But students who took test on Day 3 morning slot must be happy. The questions were within the syllabus. At the same time level of difficulty was also low. Even Abstract reasoning questions were of the regular CET types. Also, in the set-based questions of DI and LR amount of information given was less. That would have saved a lot of reading time and ensured higher number of attempts. There were errors in a few Questions / Options. But as we do not have copy of the paper it is difficult to report that to CET CELL. Avg score for this slot will be definitely higher than other slots. A proper normalisation can do justice to the students from the other slots.
Area wise Analysis
Area 1: Quantitative Aptitude
This Area will include questions on
- Quantitative Ability
- Data Interpretation
Quantitative Ability: There was not a single question which can be classified as difficult. Most of the questions were basic questions which students usually do while learning the topic for the first time. Quantitative Ability was dominated by percentages. Almost half the number of questions were based on Percentages and related topics like profit & Loss, Partnership, Compound Interest. In many questions even one does not need to use pen and paper to solve the question. You could have solved them orally. There was no out of the syllabus question. Out of 31 questions in Quantitative Ability 25 were from Arithmetic area. In one of the mensuration questions one needed to be careful with units. Questions based on Permutation and Combination were straightforward involving one line solution, provided you know the basics.
Data Interpretation: One more advantage of this slot was that a greater number of DI questions compared to the other slots. Also, all sets involved small amount of data and direct data. Regular DI basics was enough to arrive at the right answer. Eg. In the table-based DI one need to convert fraction to percentage. Similarly in the pi chart data was given in degrees. Once you convert that to hours you can answer all the questions. Caselets were quant based. So, one could have counted them as Quantitative Ability Questions.
The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.
| Quantitative Aptitude | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Quantitative Aptitude | ||||
| Simplification | 1 | 1 | ||
| Percentages | 8 | 8 | ||
| Profit and Loss | 5 | 5 | ||
| Simple Interest & Compound Interest | 1 | 1 | ||
| Partnership | 1 | 1 | ||
| Averages | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Time & Distance | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Time & Work | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pipes and Cistern | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mensuration | 2 | 2 | ||
| Word Problem | 1 | 1 | ||
| Permutation and Combination | 3 | 3 | ||
| Data Interpretation | ||||
| Data Interpretation: Tabular | 3 | 3 | ||
| Data Interpretation: Pie chart | 5 | 5 | ||
| Caselet: Age | 3 | 3 | ||
| Caselet: Time and work | 4 | 4 | ||
| Total | 46 | 28 | 18 | |
Area 2: Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Reading Comprehension | ||||
| Passage 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | |
| Passage 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Cloze Passage | 10 | 7 | 3 | |
| Sub Total | 24 | 14 | 10 | |
| Vocabulary | ||||
| Synonym | 5 | 5 | ||
| Antonym | 2 | 2 | ||
| Fillers (1 single, 1 double) | 2 | 2 | ||
| One word substitute | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sub Total | 10 | 8 | 2 | |
| Grammar | ||||
| Phrase Replacement | 6 | 6 | ||
| Sentence Correction | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Sub Total | 11 | 10 | 1 | |
| Para Based Questions | Para jumbles (find one sentence post rearrangement) | 5 | 5 | |
| Sub Total | 5 | 5 | ||
| Total | 50 | 37 | 13 | |
Reading Comprehension:
- The topic for one of the two passages was based on Robots (9 Questions) and the other was on how the chemicals in your household affect the wellbeing and how the indoor plant can help overcome it.
- Of the two, one RC passage was very lengthy.
- The RC questions were a mixed bag of: synonyms/antonyms, title, inference, etc.
- The RC questions were of easy-moderate difficulty level. A good student would not have faced any issue scoring off them.
- Cloze test also returned and had 10 questions most of them were easily solvable.
Vocabulary:
- Synonym and Antonym questions were predominant but solvable
- Fill in the blanks were moderate as the options were a bit tricky.
Grammar:
- Collective nouns usage question was seen.
- All questions were solvable
- Less time consuming
Para Based Questions:
- Para Jumbles was solved using links and order was easy to comprehend. It was easy to score these 5 marks.
Verbal returned to its normal self and students could solve 40 -45 questions in 35 to 40 minutes easily. The mocks if religiously solved would have helped in this. Overall, the verbal was more on the easier side.
Area 3: Logical and Critical Reasoning
This area can be divided into 3 parts:
- Analytical Puzzles
- Analytical Reasoning
- Verbal Reasoning
There was one question on General Knowledge. For the convenience we have included it in this area.
Analytical Puzzle: Compared to last year, Analytical puzzles were for very less marks. But all sets were manageable. Though they were not of typical CET types but comparatively easier. Here also, the lower amount of data in each set, helped in solving the puzzles in less time.
- Linear Arrangement : Though it was two rows arrangement, it was an easy set.
- Comparison : WE get multiple solutions. So additional data was provided in each question. Moderate level but one needs to careful while applying additional conditions.
- Puzzle : Set of 5 questions.
Analytical Reasoning: Students must have enjoyed solving Analytical Reasoning questions as most of the questions were of familiar types. Also, as they were marking the correct answers it was slowly boosting their confidence. One can notice that Blood Relations, Directions Sense, Number and letter series contributed more than 60% in Analytical Reasoning area. Those who had solved T.I.M.E. material should have been able to solve these questions. There were few new types of questions like clock, Logical order and Venn diagram.
- Blood Relations: There was one set where one can prepare a family tree in less than a minute. But questions on that set were distributed across the paper like Q. 45, Q.78, Q. 93, Q.116 and son on. So every time that data appeared on the screen student had to search for the solution from the rough sheets. All questions on blood relations were easy.
- Coding and Decoding: Good variety of questions was covered. But once you write A to Z and number them as 1 to 26 all questions would have become easy to solve. After cracking the logic to find the answer, options helped a lot. So, in many the code for the first two letters to find out the correct answer choice.
- Direction Sense : It was all about tracing the path and calculating distance between starting and end point.
- Number Series: Like typical CET pattern a few questions involved 5 digit numbers also. These have acted like a speed breaker.
- Data Sufficiency: All questions had 2 statements and Reasoning based. Easy to Moderate
| Logical Reasoning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Analytical Puzzles | ||||
| Linear Arrangement | 4 | 4 | ||
| Comparison [with if conditions] | 4 | 4 | ||
| Puzzle | 5 | 5 | ||
| Sub Total | 13 | 4 | 9 | |
| Analytical Reasoning | ||||
| Blood Relations [Set 6, individual 4] | 10 | 10 | ||
| Direction Sense [individual] | 6 | 6 | ||
| Coding & Decoding [Set – 2, individual - 8] | 10 | 10 | ||
| Number Series: Find Next Number | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Number Series: Find Missing Number | 6 | 6 | 4 | |
| Letter Series | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | |||
| Deductions | 1 | 1 | ||
| Clock | 1 | 1 | ||
| Venn Diagram | 5 | 5 | ||
| Letter Odd Man Out | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Verbal Odd Man Out | 1 | 1 | ||
| Logical Order | 2 | 2 | ||
| Verbal Analogy | 2 | 2 | ||
| Data Sufficiency [3-Blood Relation, 2 – Coding and Decoding, 1 - Ranking] | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sub-Total | 62 | 42 | 20 | |
| Critical / Verbal Reasoning | ||||
| Statement and Assumptions | 2 | 2 | ||
| Courses of Action | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sub-Total | 3 | 3 | ||
| General Knowledge | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 79 | 47 | 32 | |
Area 4: Abstract Reasoning
There were 25 abstract reasoning questions. On Day 1 and Day 2 many new types of questions were given. But in this paper except for a couple of questions, format of the question was of regular CET type. However, kind of figures that given are not usually asked in CET. In fact, in many questions directions were not clear. Making it difficult to solve. Considering many easy questions available in the other areas one could have attempted these questions at the end.
| Abstract Reasoning (Non-Verbal Reasoning) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Find next fig. in the series | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Analogy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Odd Man Out | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
| Figure Completion | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 25 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
Based on the overall student feedback, the paper can be classified as easy to moderate. From what the students have reported, the correct selection of questions is the key to a good score. A good student should have attempted around 130-135 questions. However, students aiming for the top colleges should have attempted around 145-150 questions with good accuracy.
NOTE-. It is mentioned in the hall ticket that the scores will be adjusted to get a normalized score.
Maharashtra MBA CET 2020 Details
Date : 17th September 2021 (Friday)
Slot : 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Total Number of Questions : 200
Total Time allotted : 150 minutes
No. of Choices per question : 5 choices
No. of Sections : NA (All 200 questions were presented in Jumbled manner)
Negative Marks : No negative marking
In the MAH MBA CET Information brochure (still available on the CET Website), the number of questions for each area was mentioned. CET 2021 deviated grossly from the pattern mentioned in the notification. Every student had practiced Mock Papers on the lines mentioned in the notification. But to surprise everyone CET went back to decade old paper pattern ie. 200 questions jumbled up in no particular order. Being jumbled paper it was difficult to know how many questions were given from each area. The best strategy is to first attempt the types of questions one is familiar with.
Area wise Analysis
Area 1: Quantitative Aptitude
In the earlier CET Papers this section had a combination of Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, Data Comparison and Data sufficiency. But in CET 2021 there were no questions Quantitative comparison and just one question on quant-based data sufficiency This was beneficial to those students who had prepared well for QA. Few students may not have prepared for the topics like Clocks, Number of factors, Remainder concept, Coordinate Geometry, trigonometry, calendar, matrix, derivative and statistics. There was 1 question on games and tournament which was unexpected in CET. But even if one skips these questions, one could have attempted a good number of questions from other topics. Most of which were of moderate level. A good student would be able to solve around 28 to 32 questions in 35 mins with high accuracy. The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.
| Quantitative Ability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Quantitative Ability | ||||
| Ratio and proportion | 1 | 1 | ||
| Profit and Loss | 2 | 2 | ||
| Simple interest & Compound Interest | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Time & Distance | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Time & Work | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Geometry | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Mensuration | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Permutation & Combination | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Probability | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Clock | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Numbers | 3 | 3 | ||
| Numbers: Remainders | 1 | 1 | ||
| Matrix | 1 | 1 | ||
| Derivative | 1 | 1 | ||
| Statistics | 1 | 1 | ||
| Coordinate Geometry | 2 | 2 | ||
| Trigonometry | 1 | 1 | ||
| Calendar | 3 | 3 | ||
| Data Interpretation | ||||
| Pie chart | 2 | 2 | ||
| Venn Diagram | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Data Sufficiency | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 51 | 25 | 7 | 19 |
Reading Comprehension:
- The topic were varied and a well-read student could tackle them easily.
Vocabulary:
- The exam was predominantly Vocabulary centric
- Synonym or Antonym Pair questions were in majority.
- Lots of questions were on spellings.
Grammar: No grammar questions
Area 3: Logical and Critical Reasoning
Students reported that amongst all the sections, this was the most time consuming. Based on the student feedback the overall difficulty level of this section could be described as easy to moderate. Unlike previous years, there was only 1 set with 6 questions, while the other sets had 2 questions each. But these two questions were not given together. The rest of the were single questions which makes this section time consuming. According to students an attempt of 50-55 questions in 75 mins would have been a good strategy.
There was no set on Selection criteria or Input Output. One should have attempted questions in the following order: Analytical Reasoning, Critical/Verbal Reasoning and then the Analytical puzzles. The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.
| Logical Reasoning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Analytical Puzzles | ||||
| Linear Arrangement | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Circular arrangement | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Distribution | 8 | 2 | 6 | |
| Comparison Puzzle | 4 | 4 | ||
| Quant Based Puzzle | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Cubes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sub Total | 26 | 11 | 4 | 10 |
| Analytical Reasoning | ||||
| Blood Relations | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Direction Sense | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| Coding & Decoding | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Deductions | 4 | 4 | ||
| Number Series | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Letter Series | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | 5 | ||
| Sub Total | 51 | 32 | 11 | 8 |
| Critical / Verbal Reasoning | 10 | |||
| Total | 86 | |||
Area 4: Abstract Reasoning
| Abstract Reasoning (Non-Verbal Reasoning) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Find next fig. in the series (4 or 5 Fig) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Select the correct one | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Based on the overall student feedback, the paper can be classified as moderately difficult but lengthy. From what the students have reported, the correct selection of questions is the key to a good score. A good student would have attempted around 120-125 questions. However, students aiming for the top colleges should have attempted around 130-135 questions with good accuracy.
NOTE-. It is mentioned in the hall ticket that the scores will be adjusted to get a normalized score.
Maharashtra MBA CET 2021 Details
Date : 17th September 2021 (Friday)
Slot : 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm
Total Number of Questions : 200
Total Time allotted : 150 minutes
No. of Choices per question : 5 choices
No. of Sections : NA (All 200 questions were presented in Jumbled manner)
Negative Marks : No negative marking
After knowing the paper pattern for the first two slots, students were more or less prepared to get adjusted with new CET pattern. Still there were a few surprises. In slot 3 there were few questions based on higher Maths. Rest of the areas followed the similar trend as that of Day 1. Being jumbled paper it was difficult to keep a track of number of questions in each area. The best strategy is to first attempt the types of questions you are familiar with.
Area wise Analysis
Area 1: Quantitative Aptitude
Earlier this area had questions from Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, Data Comparison and Data sufficiency. In CET 2021 there were no questions on Quantitative comparison. Only 5 questions are from DI and no quant based data sufficiency. This was beneficial to those students who had prepared well for QA and could have attempted more questions in QA instead of attempting new types of abstract reasoning questions. Few students may not have prepared for the topics like Clocks, Number of factors, Remainder concept, Surds, Coordinate Geometry, Progressions and Inequality. There were 19 questions on these topics. There were some questions on Limits, integration and Differentiation which was out of syllabus. Though these questions were moderate, to attempt these questions one needs to know basics of these topics. Students felt that the difficulty level of this section ranged from moderate to difficult. A good student would be able to solve around 30 questions in 40 mins with 80% accuracy. The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.
| Quantitative Ability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Quantitative Ability | ||||
| Simple Equations & RPV | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Profit and Loss | 1 | 1 | ||
| Simple interest & Compound Interest | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Time & Distance | 0 | |||
| Time & Work | 2 | 2 | ||
| Averages | 0 | |||
| Mixtures and Allegations | 0 | |||
| Geometry and Mensuration | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Permutation & Combination | 0 | |||
| Probability | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Indices | 1 | 1 | ||
| Venn diagram: Percentage | ||||
| Clock | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Arithmetic Progression | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Numbers: Factors | 2 | 2 | ||
| Numbers: Remainders | 2 | 2 | ||
| Quadratic / Polynomial Equation | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Logarithm | 0 | |||
| Trigonometry | 1 | 1 | ||
| Coordinate Geometry | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Set Theory | 2 | 2 | ||
| Others (Falsi method, limits, integration etc) | 10 | 10 | ||
| Data Sufficiency Quant Based | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | 55 | 4 | 24 | 27 |
Data Interpretation:
There were 2 sets of two questions each and 1 individual question on Horizontal Bar graph. Though there were two questions based on one data, those two questions were not together in the paper.
| Data Interpretation | |
|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions |
| Pi Chart | 2 |
| Table | 2 |
| Horizotal Bar Graph | 1 |
| Total | 9 |
Area 2: Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
| Logical Reasoning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Reading Comprehension | ||||
| Passage 1(the passage got repeated in the paper, 5Q+5Q) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Passage 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Passage 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Sub Total | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Vocabulary | ||||
| Synonym | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Antonym | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Misspelled words | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sub Total | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
| Fill in the Blanks | 9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Along with Para jumble sentences | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sub Total | 12 | 4 | 8 | |
| Grammar | ||||
| Picking the best grammatically correct sentence from 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Error detection | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Idioms/Phrases usage | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sub Total | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Para Based Questions | ||||
| Which sentence would be the 1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th/6th sentence after rearrangement? | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| How many sentences don't change positions after rearrangement? | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Choose the most logical order of sentences | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sentence completion/Para completion | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sub Total | 12 | 4 | 8 | |
| Total | 61 | 24 | 37 | 2 |
Reading Comprehension:
- Of the three, one RC passage was very lengthy. (About 650 words)
- The RC questions were a mixed bag of: synonyms/antonyms, title, inference, quant, etc.
- The passages were from diverse subjects (one each on Blood donation, Environment, aye-aye animal(primate))
- One RC passage had a few questions based on calculations (numbers and percentages, etc).
- This passage got repeated in the paper, 5Q+5Q. (the Blood donation passage)
- The RC questions were of easy-moderate difficulty level. A good student would not have faced any issues scoring off them.
Vocabulary:
- There were a good number of questions to test one's vocabulary.
- Questions based on Synonyms/Antonyms featured as separate questions along with RC passages.
- There was a question on misspelled words. (4 words were given and one had to ascertain the correct/misspelled ones from them)
Grammar:
- A new question type was introduced this time around. Three sentences were given and the sentences were combined in 3 different ways. One had to pick the best grammatically correct sentence.
- Error spotting questions were of easy-moderate level. These were definitely doable ones.
Fill in the blanks:
- FIBs featured as separate questions and as part of para jumble sets too.
- The FIBs along with para jumble sets may have confused the students a bit.
- The difficulty level of FIBs was moderate.
Para Based Question:
- There were in all 3 sets of para jumble questions.
- Typically, the following questions were asked…
i) Which sentence would be the 1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th/6th sentence after rearrangement?
Ii) How many sentences don't change positions after rearrangement?
Iii) Choose the most logical order of sentences. (The total sequence of sentences were given as options)
- The para jumble sets had FIBs and sentence completion/para completion questions as well.
One felt the Verbal section in this slot was of moderate difficulty level. A good student would have solved about 47-50 questions really well in 42-44 minutes. The randomness element (of questions) may have confused many a student.
Area 3: Logical and Critical Reasoning
Questions from a variety of miscellaneous topics were asked. Questions from calendars were seen in this slot. This section was very time consuming. Majority of the questions were easy but time consuming. Puzzles in the form of singletons and data sufficiency were tested. Not more than 2 questions were associated with any puzzle/set. Based on the student feedback the overall difficulty level of this section could be described as easy to moderate but it was very lengthy. Skipping puzzles would have done the trick for students in this slot as there were hardly 2 questions associated with each puzzle. According to them an attempt of 45-50 questions in 70 mins with minimum 80% accuracy would have been a good strategy. One could have decided to spend even less time in this section and utilize it in the other sections.
There was one set on Selection criteria. No set on Input Output. Instead of that there were many singletons (1question) sets on Direction Sense, blood relations. One should have attempted questions in the following order: Analytical Reasoning, Critical/Verbal Reasoning and then the Analytical puzzles. The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.
| Logical Reasoning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Analytical Puzzles | ||||
| Linear Arrangement | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Circular arrangement | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Distribution | 2 | 2 | ||
| Comparison Puzzle | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Selections | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sub-Total | 15 | 7 | 8 | |
| Analytical Reasoning | ||||
| Blood Relations | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Direction Sense | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Coding & Decoding | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Deductions | 1 | 1 | ||
| Number Series | 0 | |||
| Letter Series | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Miscellaneous/others | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Calendars | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Sub-total | 44 | 16 | 17 | 11 |
| Critical / Verbal Reasoning | 6 | |||
| Data Sufficiency Reasoning Based | 3> | |||
| Total | 68 | |||
Analytical Puzzles:
There were 4 sets of 2 questions each and 7 individual questions. So, there were total 15 questions based on Analytical puzzles. Those who had solved T.I.M.E. material must have practiced these types of questions.
- The one sets on distribution was of moderate difficulty.
- Linear arrangement one set was easy and other questions were in the form of data sufficiency.
- 2 sets on circular arrangements were easy.
In all the Analytical Puzzles sets, conditions were given in the proper order connecting each other. One could have attempted 2 to 4 sets in the following order: 1 Linear arrangement, 2 circular arrangement set, 1 distribution set.
Analytical Reasoning::
As paper was jumbled up it was difficult to attempt these questions as one section. But as this area is made up of mostly individual questions, one can attempt the easier one and skip the difficult one. Overall Analytical Reasoning questions were Easy to moderate. But speed is the key while solving these questions. Few comments on subtopics are as follows.
Deductions: There was just 1 question involving 4 statements. No. of statements given didn't affect the difficulty level. Any student who was well-versed with the basic concepts would have answered the question accurately.
Direction Sense: The five individual questions were easy.
Miscellaneous: There were twelve individual questions. Eight Very Easy and four moderate difficult.
Others: There were three individual questions on cubes and one question on networks.
Area 4: Abstract Reasoning
This area continues to be a surprising section in this slot as well. There were new unexpected questions from Dice, & missing figures which students would have found tough to crack. There were only 11 questions out of which 3 were from actual Abstract reasoning and could have been solved by a student with basic preparation. The other 8 new types of questions were Moderate to Difficult.
The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.
| Abstract Reasoning (Non-Verbal Reasoning) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Dice | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Analogy (1 or 2 master pairs) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Missing Fig | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Based on the student feedback on the overall, the paper can be classified as moderately difficult but lengthy. From what the students have reported, the correct selection of questions is the key to a good score. A good student whould have attempted around 120-125 questions. However, students aiming for the top colleges should have attempted around 130-135 questions with good accuracy.
NOTE-. It is mentioned in the hall ticket that the scores will be adjusted to get a normalized score.
Maharashtra MBA CET 2021 Details
Date : 16th September 2021 (Thursday)
Slot : 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Total Number of Questions : 200
Total Time allotted : 150 minutes
No. of Choices per question : 5 choices
No. of Sections : NA (All 200 questions were presented in Jumbled manner)
Negative Marks : No negative marking
After knowing CET 2021 Slot 1 paper pattern, many students were mentally prepared for the new format and were expecting the paper on the similar lines. But were surprised with more questions on Quantitative Ability and fewer questions on Logical Reasoning. That will definitely benefit a particular section of students. Those who are good in Quant might score high. That will definitely affect cut offs for the top colleges unless the scores are normalised properly.
Area wise Analysis
Area 1: Quantitative Aptitude
In slot 2 this area was a real surprise. There were 78 questions from this area which was completely unexpected. It never happened earlier in the history of CET. But good thing was that about 70% questions were based on Equations and Arithmetic topics with Easy to Moderate difficulty Level. It was found that questions of Arithmetic were based on basic concepts and were repetitive in nature. Solving QA questions takes less time compared to solving new types of abstract reasoning questions. A higher number of questions in QA was beneficial to the students who prepared for other management entrances like CAT, NMAT, SNAP etc. Those who had prepared only for CET, could have attempted 80% of the questions with good accuracy.
Overall difficulty level of this area was easy to moderate. The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows:
| Quantitative Ability | |
|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions |
| Equations | 18 |
| Equations + Numbers | 1 |
| Ratio | 1 |
| Percentages | 2 |
| Profit and Loss | 9 |
| Time & Distance | 5 |
| Time & Work | 9 |
| Averages, Mixtures and Alligations | 9 |
| Numbers | 6 |
| Geometry | 4 |
| Mensuration | 4 |
| Permutation & Combination | 2 |
| Indices | 3 |
| Clock | 2 |
| Quadratic Equations | 1 |
| Arithmetic Progression | 1 |
| Inequality | 1 |
| Total | 78 |
Area: Data Interpretation
There were only two sets. Set based on caselet was not easy. One could have skipped this set. The questions Based on Table were easy.
| Data Interpretation | |
|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions |
| Caselet | 4 |
| Table | 5 |
| Total | 9 |
Area: Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
| Logical Reasoning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Reading Comprehension | ||||
| Passage 1(the passage got repeated in the paper, 5Q+5Q) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Passage 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Passage 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Sub Total | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Vocabulary | ||||
| Synonym | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Antonym | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Misspelled words | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sub Total | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
| Fill in the Blanks | 9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Along with Para jumble sentences | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sub Total | 12 | 4 | 8 | |
| Grammar | ||||
| Picking the best grammatically correct sentence from 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Error detection | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Idioms/Phrases usage | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sub Total | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Para Based Questions | ||||
| Which sentence would be the 1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th/6th sentence after rearrangement? | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| How many sentences don't change positions after rearrangement? | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Choose the most logical order of sentences | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sentence completion/Para completion | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sub Total | 12 | 4 | 8 | |
| Total | 61 | 24 | 37 | 2 |
Reading Comprehension:
- Of the three, one RC passage was very lengthy. (About 650 words)
- The RC questions were a mixed bag of: synonyms/antonyms, title, inference, quant, etc.
- The passages were from diverse subjects (one each on Blood donation, Environment, aye-aye animal(primate))
- One RC passage had a few questions based on calculations (numbers and percentages, etc).
- This passage got repeated in the paper, 5Q+5Q. (the Blood donation passage)
- The RC questions were of easy-moderate difficulty level. A good student would not have faced any issues scoring off them.
Vocabulary:
- There were a good number of questions to test one's vocabulary.
- Questions based on Synonyms/Antonyms featured as separate questions along with RC passages.
- There was a question on misspelled words. (4 words were given and one had to ascertain the correct/misspelled ones from them)
Grammar:
- A new question type was introduced this time around. Three sentences were given and the sentences were combined in 3 different ways. One had to pick the best grammatically correct sentence.
- Error spotting questions were of easy-moderate level. These were definitely doable ones.
Fill in the blanks:
- FIBs featured as separate questions and as part of para jumble sets too.
- The FIBs along with para jumble sets may have confused the students a bit.
- The difficulty level of FIBs was moderate.
Para Based Question:
- There were in all 3 sets of para jumble questions.
- Typically, the following questions were asked…
i) Which sentence would be the 1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th/6th sentence after rearrangement?
Ii) How many sentences don't change positions after rearrangement?
Iii) Choose the most logical order of sentences. (The total sequence of sentences were given as options)
- The para jumble sets had FIBs and sentence completion/para completion questions as well.
One felt the Verbal section in this slot was of moderate difficulty level. A good student would have solved about 47-50 questions really well in 42-44 minutes. The randomness element (of questions) may have confused many a student.
Area: Logical and Critical Reasoning
There were 32 questions based on Logical and Critical Reasoning which is the lowest ever. As there were just two sets based on Analytical puzzles, this area was not very time consuming as it used to be. Overall difficulty level was easy to Moderate.
*There was no set on Selection criteria, Input Output and Deduction. Instead of that there were more questions based on Letter Series, Number series and related topics. One should have attempted questions in the following order: Analytical Reasoning, Critical/Verbal Reasoning and then the Analytical puzzles. The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.
| Logical Reasoning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | |||
| Analytical Puzzles | ||||
| Linear Arrangement | 2 | |||
| Distribution | 4 | |||
| Sub Total | 6 | |||
| Analytical Reasoning | ||||
| Blood Relations | 2 | |||
| Direction Sense | 3 | |||
| Coding & Decoding | 1 | |||
| Symbols and Notations | 1 | |||
| Number Grid Puzzles | 3 | |||
| Number Series | 4 | |||
| Letter Series | 4 | |||
| Letter + Number Series | 2 | |||
| Venn Diagram | 2 | |||
| Calendar | 1 | |||
| Sub Total | 23 | |||
| Critical / Verbal Reasoning | 3 | |||
| Total | 32 | |||
Analytical Puzzles:
There were 2 sets. One with 4 questions and another with 2 questions. So, there were total 6 questions based on Analytical puzzles. This is the lowest ever. in the last decade. Both sets were difficult
Analytical Reasoning:
As the questions from different areas was jumbled up, it was difficult to attempt these questions as one section. But as this area is made up of mostly individual questions, one can attempt the easier ones and skip the difficult ones. Overall Analytical Reasoning questions were easy to moderate. But speed is the key while solving these questions. There was no surprise in the terms either difficulty level or types of questions. These questions would have been preferred by the students who are not comfortable with Quant.
Critical/Verbal Reasoning:
This sub section had a total of 3 Verbal reasoning questions based on the following:
3 Facts were given and the students were asked questions based on them.
Another type was: Some information was provided, and the students were asked whether those statements were logically true. These were of moderate difficulty level but time consuming, as students felt.
A good student would not have wasted much time solving these questions.
The typical Critical reasoning questions were missing in this slot.
Area: Abstract Reasoning
After knowing the pattern of the first slot, students were prepared for new types of questions. Except couple of regular types questions all the other questions were of the new types. In total there were 20 questions. But as these questions were scattered across the entire paper, they acted like speed breakers. Students reported that these questions were Moderate to Difficult.
The best strategy would have been to attempt 7 to 8 easy / moderate questions. That would have saved a lot of time and would have helped to utilised that time in attempting other reasoning and QA questions. Questions on counting triangles should have been definitely avoided.
The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.
| Abstract Reasoning (Non Verbal Reasoning) | |
|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions |
| Counting No. of Triangles / Square | 3 |
| Dice / Box Fold | 3 |
| Dot Replacement | 3 |
| 2 x 2 Matrix | 2 |
| Mirror Image | 2 |
| Find the next Fig in the series | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 6 |
| Total | 20 |
Based on the student feedback on the overall, the paper can be classified as moderately difficult but lengthy. From what the students have reported, the correct selection of questions is the key to a good score. A good student should have attempted around 125-130 questions. However, students aiming for the top colleges should have attempted around 135-140 questions with good accuracy.
NOTE-. It has been mentioned in the hall ticket that the scores will be adjusted to get a normalized score.
Maharashtra MBA CET 2020 Details
Date : 16th September 2021 (Thursday)
Slot : 9:00 am to 11:30 am
Total Number of Questions : 200
Total Time allotted : 150 minutes
No. of Choices per question : 5 choices
No. of Sections : NA (All 200 questions were presented in Jumbled manner)
Negative Marks : No negative marking
In the MAH MBA CET Information brochure (still available on the CET Website), the number of questions for each area were given. CET 2021 paper was expected on similar lines as it was in the past few year ie. four sections. Every student had practiced Mock Papers accordingly. But to the surprise everyone. CET went back to decade old paper pattern ie. 200 questions jumbled up in no particular order. Being jumbled paper it was difficult to understand which area is for how many marks. The best strategy is to first attempt the types of questions you are familiar with.
Area wise Analysis
Area 1: Quantitative Aptitude
If you look at the past CET Papers then this section is a combination of Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, Data Comparison and Data sufficiency. But in CET 2021 there were no questions on DI, DS and Quantitative comparison. Instead of that all the questions were based on Quantitative Ability area. This was beneficial to those students who had prepared well for QA and could have attempted more questions in QA instead of attempting new types of abstract reasoning questions. Few students may not have prepared for the topics like Clocks, Number of factors, Remainder concept, Surds, Logarithm, Coordinate Geometry, Progressions and Inequality. There were 10 questions on these topics. Though these questions were easy, to attempt these questions one needs to know basics of these topics. But even if one skips these 10 questions, one could have attempted a good number of questions from other topics. Arithmetic area alone had 23 questions. Most of which were easy to moderate level. Students felt that the difficulty level of this section ranged from easy to moderate. A good student would be able to solve around 32 to 36 questions in 40 mins with high accuracy. The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.
| Quantitative Ability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Simple Equations | 1 | 1 | ||
| Profit and Loss | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Simple interest & Compound Interest | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Time & Distance | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Time & Work | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| Averages | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mixtures and Alligations | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Geometry | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mensuration | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Permutation & Combination | 1 | 1 | ||
| Probability | 1 | 1 | ||
| Indices | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Venn diagram: Percentage | 1 | 1 | ||
| Clock | 2 | 2 | ||
| Arithmetic Progression | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Numbers: Factors | 1 | |||
| Numbers: Remainders | 1 | 1 | ||
| Surds | 1 | 1 | ||
| Logarithm | 1 | 1 | ||
| Inequality | 1 | 1 | ||
| Coordinate Geometry | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 46 | 16 | 24 | 6 |
Area 2: Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Reading Comprehension | ||||
| Passage 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Passage 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Passage 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Passage 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sub Total | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Vocabulary | ||||
| Synonym or antonym Pair | 10 | 2 | 8 | |
| Analogy | 3 | 3 | ||
| Synonym | 3 | 3 | ||
| Antonym | 3 | 3 | ||
| Explanation of a concept and finding E.g. (new question type) | 4 | 4 | ||
| Odd man out | 3 | 3 | ||
| Match the column | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sub Total | 27 | 12 | 15 | |
| Grammer | ||||
| Phrase Replacement | 1 | 1 | ||
| Error spotting | 2 | 2 | ||
| Idioms/Phrase Usage | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sub Total | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Para Based Questions | ||||
| Para jumbles (find one sentence post rearrangement) | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sub Total | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | 50 | 21 | 25 | 4 |
Reading Comprehension:
- 2 RCS were taken from CAT 2008 completely (even the questions)
- 2 RC passages were lengthy. The remaining 2 were below 500 words.
- The questions under RC were inference based and required time to solve.
- The topic were varied and a well read student could tackle them easily.
Vocabulary:
- The exam was predominantly Vocabulary centric
- Synonym or Antonym Pair questions were in majority.
- Match the column was a introduced after many years.
- An explanation of concept was given and student had to identify an example from the options given. Very straight forward and scoring question type.
Grammar:
- Only 4 questions were seen
- Error spotting were easy to solve and saved time
Para Based Question:
- Only 2 questions were seen
- After rearrangement students had to mark one sentence.
Overall the section was easy to moderate and if the student was not put-off by the mixture of the section should be able to solve 40 questions in roughly 35-40 minutes. The test interface also changed. Question palette was on the left hand side.
Area 3: Logical and Critical Reasoning
Students reported that amongst all the sections, this was most time consuming. Based on the student feedback the overall difficulty level of this section could be described as easy to moderate. However, they felt that one could have skipped a few time-consuming Analytical Puzzles questions, and thereby utilized that time in attempting the other areas. According to them an attempt of 42-45 questions in 70 mins would have been a good strategy. One could have decided to spend even less time in this area and utilize it in the other areas.
There was no set on Selection criteria and Input Output. Instead of that there was one set on Direction Sense. One should have attempted questions in the following order: Analytical Reasoning, Critical/Verbal Reasoning and then the Analytical puzzles. The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.
| Logical Reasoning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Analytical Puzzles | ||||
| Linear Arrangement | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Vertical arrangement | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Distribution | 10 | 8 | 2 | |
| Comparison Puzzle | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Quant Based Puzzle | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Sub Total | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| Analytical Reasoning | ||||
| Blood Relations | 2 | 2 | ||
| Direction Sense | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
| Coding & Decoding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Deductions | 6 | 6 | ||
| Number Series | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Letter Series | 1 | 1 | ||
| Miscellaneous | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sub Total | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 |
| Critical / Verbal Reasoning | 9 | |||
| Total | 63 | |||
Analytical Puzzles:
There were 6 sets of 5 questions each. So, there were total 30 questions based on Analytical puzzles. Those who had solved T.I.M.E. material must have practiced these types of questions.
- The two sets on distribution were easy.
- Linear arrangement combined with blood relation along with directions was moderate but doable.
- One set on floor arrangement was moderate difficulty level but questions asked were easy to moderate.
- One new type of quant-based puzzle was asked which was difficult to understand and questions were also moderate to difficult.
- One comparison puzzle with conditional questions was of moderate to difficult level. In questions of this set suppose different cases arise as per conditions given hence it was time consuming.
In all the Analytical Puzzles sets, conditions were given in proper order connecting each other. One could have attempted 3 to 4 sets in the following order: 2 distribution Sets, 1 vertical arrangement set, 1 linear arrangement with blood relation. Thus, 18-20 questions out of the 30 were doable in 20-25 mins However, attempting all 30 could have consumed a lot of time. Instead of that, one could have attempted analytical reasoning first and then utilized the remaining time for tackling analytical puzzles.
Analytical Reasoning:
As paper was jumbled up it was difficult to attempt these questions as one section. But as this area is made up of mostly individual questions, one can attempt the easier one and skip the difficult one. Overall Analytical Reasoning questions were Easy to moderate. But speed is the key while solving these questions. Few comments on sub topics are as follows
Deductions: There were questions involving 2 / 3 / 4 statements. No. of statements given didn't affect the difficulty level. All questions were doable. Any student who was well-versed with the basic concepts would have been able to answer all the questions accurately.
Direction Sense: Two individual questions were easy. But set of 5 questions was of moderate difficulty Level.
Miscellaneous: There were four individual questions. Three Very Easy and one difficult.
Area 4: Abstract Reasoning
There were 25 abstract reasoning questions. This area was a real surprise. There were many new types of questions which students may not have seen earlier in CET. But as these questions were scattered across the entire paper, students panicked. But if you analyse all the 25 questions, one would realise that there were 13 questions which were of the regular types like Series, Analogy and Odd man out. All these 13 questions were easy. There were 12 new types of questions with a lot of variety like
- Paper folding,
- Counting number of triangles,
- Forming a square,
- Tracing fig without lifting hand
- 3 x 3 Matrix
These 12 new types of questions were Moderate to Difficult.
The best strategy would have been to attempt 13 regular type questions and leave 12 new types of questions. That would have saved a lot of time and utilise time in attempting other reasoning questions where there were no surprises. Questions on counting triangles and matrix-based questions should have been avoided.
The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.
| Abstract Reasoning (Non Verbal Reasoning) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | No. of questions | Easy | Moderate | Difficult |
| Find next fig. in the series (4 or 5 Fig) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Analogy ( 1 or 2 master pairs) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Odd Man Out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Miscellaneous | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Total | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 |
Based on the overall student feedback, the paper can be classified as moderately difficult but lengthy. From what the students have reported, the correct selection of questions is the key to a good score. A good student should have attempted around 120-125 questions. However, students aiming for the top colleges should have attempted around 130-135 questions with good accuracy.
NOTE-. It is mentioned in the hall ticket that the scores will be adjusted to get a normalized score.