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There was only one surrpise in the test paper of PGCET MCA 2014. Unlike the previous years, all the questions in the Part B of the paper were related to Maths. The overall pattern of the test remained the same as that of the previous year. Total of 80 questions were given from the areas of Mathematics, English, Reasoning, General Knowledge and Computers. The test paper was divided into two parts – part A and part B. The first part i.e. PartA had 60 questions of one mark each, and the second part i.e. Part B had 20 questions of two marks each. The topic wise break-up of questions is tabulated below.
Breakup of questions in PGCET(MCA)-2014
Subject |
Number of one mark Questions |
Number of two mark questions |
Total |
|
Easy |
Medium |
Difficult |
Easy |
Medium
|
Difficult |
|
|
Maths |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
9 |
1 |
20 |
|
Logical Reasoning |
5 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
|
English |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
G.K |
12 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
|
Computers |
9 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
|
Total |
31 |
21 |
8 |
10 |
9 |
1 |
80 |
Breakup of Maths questions in PGCET(MCA)-2014
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Topic |
Easy |
Medium |
Difficult |
Total |
|
Statistics |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
Binomial Theorem |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Progressions |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Co-ordinate Geometry |
5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
Quadratic Equations |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
P & C |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Series |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Trigonometry |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Vectors |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Percentages |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Probability |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Total |
10 |
9 |
1 |
20 |
Mathematics: The overall difficulty level of the questions was easy to moderate. There was only one question that was difficult. Around 15 of the 20 questions were answerable. It is observed in the key of version A of the question paper , that the key for two questions were not correct. There are
two answers for Q71, the triangle formed by the given three points is an isosceles, right angled triangle. And the key for question no. 75 was wrong. The answer is 3/10 but it was given as 2/7.
English: Out of the 10 questions in English, seven questions were based on vocabulary and the remaining questions were based on grammar. The difficulty level of the questions was easy to moderate. A student with average knowledge in English can answer at least seven of the ten.
Reasoning: The number of questions in this section was increased to 15 from 3 (seen in the previous paper). Student with average preparation would be able to correctly answer 10 to 11 questions. Most of the questions seem to test the general intelligence of the candidate.
General Knowledge: The number of questions in this section was increased to 17 from 11 in the PGCET 2013. Questions were picked up from the areas of Science and Technology, Polity, Economy, Culture etc. The key for Q 34 of the A version of the test paper was wrong. Nagarjun Sagar dam is on the river Krishna, which is in the choice B. But in the key it was given as choice C – river Tungabhadra. On an average, a student can answer 12 to 13 questions correctly.
Computers: Totally 18 questions were given. Questions which were based on 'Memory' were difficult to answer. Questions based on Input-Output devices and Binary Logic are easy to moderate. On an average, a student can answer upto 14 questions.
A student who had taken coaching at T.I.M.E. would have greatly benefitted since all these topics are taught in the class rooms.
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