Analysis of AP-ICET 2025 (7th May 2025)

Analysis of AP-ICET 2025 [Held on 7th May 2025]

The AP-ICET 2025 was conducted online on 7th May 2025. The Andhra Pradesh Integrated Common Entrance Test (AP-ICET) is held for admission into M.B.A. and M.C.A. courses offered by universities and their affiliated colleges in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

The test was conducted by Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, on behalf of APSCHE.

The exam analysis (Shift I & Shift II) is presented below.

The question paper consisted of 200 questions that were meant to be answered in 150 minutes. There were three sections: Analytical Ability, consisting of 75 questions; the Communication Ability Section, comprising 70 questions; and the Mathematics Section, with 55 questions. There was no negative marking for wrong answers. To help you understand this year’s test paper better, we present a comprehensive analysis of the same below.

Exam Pattern	Exam Pattern
No. of Questions	200
No. of Sections	3
No. of Choices	4
Duration	150 minutes
Total Marks	200
Correct Answer	1 Mark
Negative Marking	No

Section A – Analytical Ability

Data Sufficiency:

This year, about 2 in slot 1 and 12 questions in slot 2 were on Reasoning-based Data Sufficiency. In Quant, most of the questions are from Geometry and Mensuration (6), Simple Equations (4), Numbers (3), and Averages (2) in slot 1, followed by one question each from topics—Time & Distance, Percentages, and Progressions.

In the second slot, there were 4 questions from Simple Equations, followed by

Geometry and Mensuration (2), and one question each from Percentages and Profit and Loss.

Overall, the Data Sufficiency part of the exam can be rated as easy-moderate, with 80% of the questions considered easy.

Chapter-wise break-up of questions in Data Sufficiency

S. No	Topic/Chapter	No of Questions	No of Questions
		Shift 1	Shift 2
1	Numbers	3	0
2	Simple Equations	4	4
3	Plane Geometry and Mensuration	6	2
4	Inequalities
5	Percentages	1	1
6	Time and Distance	1
7	Averages-Mixtures-Alligations	2	0
8	Profit & Loss	0	1
9	Progressions	1	0
10	Reasoning	2	12
	Total	18 (14 Easy, 4 Moderate)	8 (6 Easy, 2 Moderate)

Data Analysis:

In Slot 1, this section included three sets: the table-based set had four questions, while the sets based on the line graph and pie chart had three questions each.

In Slot 2, this section also had three sets: the set based on the double pie chart contained four questions, while the bar graph and line graph sets had three questions each.

Among all the sets, the double pie chart was considered to be calculation-intensive, whereas the line graph set in Slot 2, which was based on ratios, involved moderate-level calculations.

The other DI sets of the exam were easy to moderate.

Reasoning: (Problem-Solving, Coding-Decoding and Date, Time, and Arrangement)

There were 41 and 39 questions related to Problem-Solving (Reasoning) in shifts 1 and 2, respectively.

In shift 1, there were 23 questions based on Series, Analogies, and Odd Man Out. 11 on Series (9 on Number Series,2 on Letter Series) and 8 on Analogies (3 on Number Analogies, 4 on Letter Analogies, and 1 on Verbal Analogy).

In shift 2, 5 on Series (3 on Number Series, 1 on Letter Series, and 1 on Number and Letter Series) and 5 on Analogies (1 on Letter Analogy, 2 on Number Analogy, and 2 on Number and Letter Analogy)

There were 4 Odd Man Out questions in Shift 1 and 11 in Shift 2, most of which were based on verbal reasoning. The difficulty level of these questions ranged from easy to moderate.

There were 9 Coding-Decoding questions in Shift 1 and 10 in Shift 2; all were individual questions, with no set-based questions asked on this topic.

In both shifts, questions were asked from Clocks and Calendars, Blood Relations, Symbols and Notations, and Seating Arrangement (set-based). There were 9 questions in Shift 1 and 8 in Shift 2, all of which were easy.

The overall difficulty level of questions in both shifts was nearly the same, ranging from easy to moderate.

The following table gives the topic-wise break-up of questions in this section

		Shift 1	Shift 2
S. No	Topic/Chapter	No of Questions	No of Questions
1	Number Series	9	3
	Letter series	2	1
	Number and Letter series	0	1
2	Letter Analogy	4	1
3	Number Analogy	3	2
4	Number and letter Analogy	0	2
5	Verbal Analogy	1
6	Odd man out :
	Letter Based	0	2
	Verbal Based	3	5
	Number Based	1	4
7	Coding & Decoding	9	10
8	Clocks	2	1
9	Calendars	1	2
10	Blood Relations	1	1
11	Arrival and Departure	0	0
12	Symbols and Notations	1	1
13	Seating Arrangement	3	3
14	Miscellaneous (ranking)	1	0
	Total	41 (36 Easy, 3 Moderate, 2 Difficult)	39 (34 Easy, 3 Moderate, 2 Difficult)

Section B – Communication Ability

The English or communication ability section of the test can be termed an easy-to-moderate scorer, with a total of 70 questions in each slot of the exam, of which 55 exclusively tested the contender’s skills in the standard use of the English language. Questions asked here assessed various aspects of vocabulary, functional grammar, and comprehension.

Details:

S No	Topic	Shift 1	Shift 2
	Vocab
1	Synonyms	8	11
2	Antonyms	2	4
3	FIB vocab	6	1
4	One word Substitute	1	0
	Functional Grammar
4	Speech	1	2
5	Voice	1	2
6	Grammatically Correct sentences	4	0
7	FIB prepositions	6	5
8	FIB Conjunctions	1	1
	FIB question tag	0	1
10	FIB Tenses	2	3
11	FIB articles	2	2
12	FIB Grammar	1	3
	Reading comprehension
13	RC - 4 passages	20	20
14	Business Terminology	10	7
15	Computer Terminology	7
	Total	70	70

Reading Comprehension—Each shift had four passages with five questions each. The passages in shift 1 were related to history (capitalism of printing in its early stages), sociology (climate change), narration (cemetery), and education (media literacy). The passages in Shift 2 were related to legal (common law and civil law), sociology (remote work), narration (Christmas tree), and business (rise of e-exports and gaming culture). The passages were easy to comprehend, and a well-prepared aspirant would have glided past them in very little time. The questions in this section can be rated as easy to moderate.

Functional Grammar - Shift 1 had a total of eighteen questions, with twelve questions on filling in the blanks, one question each on speech and voice, and four questions on identifying the grammatically correct sentence. Shift 2 had a total of nineteen questions, with fifteen questions as filling in the blanks and two questions each on speech and voice. The questions in this section can be rated as easy in terms of difficulty level.

Vocabulary - Shift 1 had seventeen questions, with ten as direct synonyms, antonyms, and one-word substitutes. This slot has a new question type, two questions—not a synonym, which was of easy difficulty level, and four as filling in the blanks. Shift 2 had sixteen questions, with eleven as synonyms, four as antonyms, and one as filling in the blanks. This slot has one new question type—identifying the synonym and antonym of the underlined word in each. Whittling down the choices through elimination would have helped an aspirant identify the correct answer.

The average easy score would be above 38 for both slots. A well-prepared aspirant would have easily scored around 45 in both slots.

Business Terminology:

Shift 1

There were nine questions on business terminology in Shift 1, out of which around six were easy, two were moderate, and one was difficult. The question on enterprise software was a difficult one, and the questions on key financial statements and search engine optimization were moderate. The questions on thinking outside the box, minutes of the meeting, functions of HR, definition of a share, SWOT, and B2B were easy. Overall, it was an easy section.

Shift 2.

There were seven questions on business terminology in Shift 2, six of which were easy, and one was difficult. The question on SAP was difficult, whereas the questions on Unicorn, Market Segmentation, Memo, M&A, Minutes of the Meeting, and Target Market were easy. Overall, it was an easy section.

Computer Terminology:

Shift 1:

There were six questions on computers in the session. Questions on the full form of HTML, the full form of PDF, and hard disk were easy, whereas the questions on phishing, data warehouse, and open-source software were rated as moderate.

Shift 2:

There were eight questions on computers in the session. Questions on the full form of GUI, full form of HTTPS, full form of LAN, firewall, and CPU were easy. The question on the full form of SQL was moderate.

Overall, the questions on computer terminology were of an easy level in both shifts.

Section C – Mathematical Ability

About 80% of the questions asked in this section were either easy or moderate. Most of the questions require conceptual understanding. Quite a few questions could be solved directly by using formulas.

The questions from the topics based on arithmetic were easy.

Overall, the section on mathematical ability was easy to moderate.

Chapter-wise break-up of questions in Arithmetical Ability

S.No	Topic/Chapter	Shift 1	Shift 2
1	Indices and Surds	4	8
2	Equations, Ratio, and Proportion	1	4
3	Percentages, Profit & Loss; Partnership	5	7
4	Numbers	10	6
5	Time and Work	2	2
6	Time and Distance	4	2
7	Geometry and Mensuration	4	4
8	Averages-Mixtures-Alligation	3	-
9	Quadratic Equations	0	1
10	Calendars	1	0
11	OBQ	0	1
12	Inequalities	1	0
	Total	35 (16E, 13M, 6D)	35 (11E, 19M, 5D)

Chapter-wise break-up of questions in Algebraical/Geometrical/Statistical Ability

About 75% of the questions asked in this section were moderate to difficult. This year, they were given a question based on 3D coordinate geometry (planes) and a question based on expected value in shift 1.

In shift 2, one question based on logical gates, one question based on the inverse of a 3 x 3 matrix, and one question based on continuity are given.

S.No	Topic/Chapter	Shift 1	Shift 2
1	Co-ordinate Geometry	3	2
2	Trigonometry	3	3
3	Sets, Relations, Functions	2	0
4	Math logic	1	1
5	Limits + Continuity	0	2
6	Matrices	0	2
7	Geometry	1	0
8	Statistics	6	7
9	Probability	4	3
	Total	20 (5E, 10M, 5D)	20 (8E, 7M, 5D)

Overall, the paper in both shifts ranged from moderate to difficult. However, compared to the first shift, the second shift was relatively easier.