Analysis of Maharashtra MBA CET 2025 Slot 3

Maharashtra MBA CET 2025 Slot 3 Details

Date : 2nd April 2025 (Wednesday)
Time : 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 : 4 sections
Negative Marks : No negative marking

CET 2025 Paper Pattern

As reported by the students who attempted the CET exam in Slot 3, the paper pattern was exactly as expected, with no surprises. The paper had four separate sections, their order and the number of questions per section are detailed in the following table:

There was drop down menu available on the top right corner of the screen, which could be used to instantly access questions from any of the sections. Within a particular section any question could be displayed by clicking on the corresponding number, in the question number pane displayed on the left side of the screen. There was a zoom button available which could be used to improve readability. This was especially useful in the Abstract Reasoning section. Message regarding the time remaining was displayed on the screen after every 30 minutes had elapsed.

The ability to instantly switch between sections was very beneficial to the students, as they could attempt the sections in their preferred order, giving priority to their strong areas and tackling the weaker areas later.

Section 1: Logical Reasoning

Students have reported that attempting this section was a breeze. Most of the questions were of Easy to Moderate difficulty. Very few questions in this section, were difficult or time consuming. Attempting 55 to 60 questions in around 70 minutes would have been a good strategy for this section.

There were eight analytical puzzles, constituting a total of 19 questions. The remaining 56 questions were from various topics of analytical reasoning with the dominant areas being Number and Letter Series, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Direction Sense and Venn Diagrams. There were a few questions among these 56 questions that were based on Quant concepts, like ratios, equations, etc. Certain set types were predicted by T.I.M.E. and included in our end-course workshops and AMMCETs, which would have been beneficial for our students.

There were no questions of Critical Reasoning (Verbal Reasoning) in this section.

There were no questions in the Data Sufficiency format in this section.

The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.

Analytical Puzzles:

There were eight Analytical Puzzles, out of which three were single question puzzles. All the three single question puzzles were based on arrangements and were easy. The other five puzzles had one distribution puzzle, one comparisons puzzle, two selections puzzles and one quant-based reasoning puzzle. The distribution puzzle was challenging and many students preferred to give it a skip. The selection puzzles were easy to do by checking the options. The comparison puzzle and the quant-based puzzle were of moderate difficulty and should be skipped by students not very good in these topics.

Analytical Reasoning:

A large variety of question types were given. The majority question types were Number and Letter Series, Number and Letter Analogies, Odd Man Out, Coding-Decoding, Direction Sense, Blood Relations, Symbols based questions (Interchange of two symbols to make the equation correct), Calendars, etc. Majority of the questions were of easy to moderate difficulty. Student should be careful to not waste too much time on the few difficult questions and keep moving through the section rapidly. Section 2: Abstract Reasoning

Students have reported that there were 25 questions in this section. There was a variety of question types given, among them Series type questions were the highest with five questions asked, from all other types 2 to 3 questions were asked.

Those who had practiced T.I.M.E. handouts thoroughly would have found these question types very familiar. Many students reported that the overall difficulty level was easy to moderate. One could have easily attempted around 20 questions in about 20 minutes.

Students have reported that some questions had only four option figures given instead of five.

The students have recollected that the break-up of questions in this section was as follows.

Section 3: Quantitative Aptitude

According to the students, this section consisted of 50 Questions, most of which were of easy to moderate difficulty. Only a few of the questions would have posed a challenge to a well-prepared student. Out of the 50 questions, 42 of them were quant questions including number series questions, the remaining 8 questions were Data Interpretation questions distributed across two sets.

According to the students, the questions were from variety of topics like Percentages, Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Time & Distance, Average Mixtures & Alligations, Numbers etc. Majority of the questions were from the Numbers and Arithmetic area. Many questions were one liner and helped students to boost their confidence to attempt the slightly more challenging questions.

Regarding the Data Interpretation sets, the students claimed that the first set, based on pie charts, was very easy, with answers readily identifiable by examining the last digits of the options. The second, a line graph concerning profit and loss, was of moderate difficulty.

There were no questions in the Data Sufficiency format or Quantitative Comparisons format in this section.

Students have recollected that the break-up of questions in this section was as follows:

A well-prepared student should be able to attempt 38 to 40 questions by spending around 45 minutes in this section and score well with high accuracy.

Section 4 : Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Students who attempted in this slot have reported that this section was of Moderate difficulty and was fast to solve. Majority of the questions in this section were based on Vocabulary or Grammar which were very fast to solve. There were four Reading Comprehension passages comprising of total 11 Questions. The remaining 39 Questions were Vocabulary or Grammar Based. There were no Critical Reasoning based questions in this section.

The four RC passages were fairly short (150 to 200 words) and the questions asked were mostly straight-forward. Three of the four passages had three questions each and one passage had two questions.

The 39 questions in the Grammar and Vocabulary part consisted of multiple question types.

The following are the different types of questions in the section as recalled by the students:

All the Grammar and Vocabulary based questions should have been attempted by the student. In total around 40 to 45 questions would have been an ideal attempt in this section in about 30 to 35 minutes.

Based on the student feedback on the overall, the paper can be classified as easy to moderate difficulty. From what the students have reported, the correct selection of questions along with speed is the key to a good score. Since there wasn’t any element of surprise in the type of questions, a judicious distribution of time and choosing appropriate questions would have ensured a comfortable number of attempts with a good accuracy. A good student should have attempted around 145 -150 questions. However, students aiming for the top colleges should have attempted around 155 - 165 questions.