The overall test pattern of PGCET MCA 2015 remained the same as it was in the previous years. A total of 80 questions were grouped into Part I and Part II.

Part 1 – 60 q, 1 mark each
From different test areas viz, English, Computers, General Knowledge and Reasoning. However three questions were from Mathematics.

Part II – 20 q, 2 marks each
All twenty questions in Part II were on Mathematics.

PART I

English:
Total number of questions – 10
5 q - Grammar based
4 q were in the form of fill in the blanks, very easy
1 q - Passive form of a given sentence was to be identified, very easy
From the vocabulary questions,
1 q - on analogy, which was moderately difficult.
1 q - on spelling, very easy.
2 qs - one on synonyms and another on antonyms, both moderately difficult.
1 q - on fill in the blanks, moderately difficult.

Computers :
Total questions -20
Of these,
9 q - on Digital Logic – 2 are difficult, others are easy to moderate
Of which
5 qs - number representations
2 qs - each on floating point representations, and binary operations.
Remaining questions were based on the Basics of Computers,
Of which,
4 qs - each on Memory and System Software
3 qs - on Operating Systems.

General Knowledge:
Total questions – 10
4 qs - Science, two questions from Chemistry and one from Physics.
3 qs – History
1 q each - on Indian Economy, Books & Authors and Polity.
The questions on Polity and History were difficult. The remaining questions were between easy and moderate.

Reasoning:
Total questions - 17 qs
Of these,
4 qs - Coding-Decoding
3 qs - Analogies,
2 qs each - Odd Man Out, Number Series, Letter Series and Missing numbers in figures.
1 q - each on Blood Relations and Counting triangles in the given figure.
The question on Counting triangles in the given figure was difficult, while seven questions were easy and the others were moderate. On the whole, the questions from this topic were between easy and moderate.

Three questions pertaining to Mathematics were given of which two were on Numbers and one was on Trigonometry. These three were moderately easy.

Part II

Mathematics :
Total qs - 20 questions
Of these, four questions were wrong. In Q no.66 the arithmetic mean of the observations was not given, without which the question could not be answered. In Q no.69, the given equation does not represent a parabola. The equation must have been y-2 but not (y-2)^2. In Q no.72, the constant term was missing in the equations representing hyperbola. In Q no.79 instead of x-3y, x+3y must have been given. As per the given system of equations k can take infinite values, which is not an answer choice.
7 qs - Coordinate Geometry, of which three were on parabola, three were on basics and one question was on hyperbola.
6 qs – Matrices
3 qs - Statistics
2 qs - each on Permutations & Combinations and Probability.
There were five questions that were difficult, one each from Permutations & Combinations, Probability, Coordinate Geometry and two from Matrices. Three questions were easy and the remaining were moderate. On the whole, this section was moderately difficult.
Three questions pertaining to Mathematics were given in the Part-1, of which two were on Numbers and one was on Trigonometry. These three were moderately easy.