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Archive Test - 8 : Analysis

TCC-25 : CAT-25
 

‘Peerless’ is one who does not lose confidence even in the face of adversity.

MACRO VIEW

The test was moderately complex. It had multitude of easy questions; the majority of the easy questions were confined to English and Mathematics section.

The English section was dominated by a moderately complex Reading Comprehension. The Verbal Ability segment comprised 6 questions and it was manageable. The LR & DI section was slightly tricky. The Mathematics section, ruled by Arithmetic, was an easy one.

 

MICRO VIEW

English

Reading Comprehension

The first passage on ‘The tale of Aladdin’ was both lucid and simple. However, the questions were comparatively difficult. This passage required pondering.

The second passage on ‘Penguins’ was the simplest passage. Most of the questions were direct and they could have been answered in a flash.

The third passage on ‘Government services’ was a simple and a comprehensible passage consisting of five questions. The Central Idea of the passage could have been deciphered easily that further aided in answering all the questions in a few minutes.

The fourth passage on ‘Evolutionary Biologywas a simple passage. Three out of the four questions could have been answered with ease. The remaining one was also manageable.

 

Verbal Ability

Verbal Ability had doable questions from both Parajumble and Summary. At least three out of the four Parajumble and both the Summary questions could have been solved effortlessly. The remaining required deliberation.

 

LR & DI

Q 25 to Q 28 : The block on six players competing in an archery tournament was a tough nut to crack. It should have been attempted after pondering.

Q 29 to Q 32 : The block on Fun Sports was a Set Theory based complex block. It required heavy investment in terms of energy and time. Hence, it could have been attempted later.

Q 33 to Q 36 : The block on three types of tickets for a visit to an amusement park was of moderate complexity. The block was doable and should have been completed in around four to five minutes.

Q 37 to Q 40 : The block on 23 boxes representing a manufactured product was of medium complexity. It appeared to be too demanding, but it wasn’t so. It could have been solved in around seven minutes.

Q 41 to Q 44 : The block on twenty-four people being a part of three committees was of moderate complexity but would have taken some amount of time to get the values for each, hence, it should have been attempted later.

 

Mathematics

A thorough scrutiny of the section is as follows.

Topic

Number of

Questions

Must-do

Questions

Overall

Complexity Level

Number System

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Arithmetic

8

47, 51, 54, 56, 62

Moderate

Geometry Family

7

53, 57, 59, 63, 65

Easy

Basic Algebra

5

50, 61

Easy-Moderate

Higher Algebra

2

64

Easy-Moderate

Functions

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Mentation

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Arithmetic dominated this section followed by Geometry Family. Needless to say, a solid grasp in these topics would have helped tremendously. Swiftness was required to get past this section successfully.

Crystal Clear Concepts remain the bedrock towards achieving the desired goals.

With this we conclude the analysis of this test.

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