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PGCET ( MBA) 2010 Analysis
PGCET is the main entrance exam conducted for admission into colleges in Karnataka offering various post graduation programmes including MBA and MCA. The MBA entrance exam was conducted on 11th July 2010 from 10: 30 AM – 12:30 PM. This was followed by the MCA entrance exam in the afternoon from 02:00 PM – 04:00 PM. The analysis of the MBA question paper is given below. Synopsis of the exam The paper consisted of two parts. Part I had two sections viz. Section A : Test of proficiency in English Language and Section B: Test of General Knowledge. Part II also had two sections viz. Section C: Test of Reasoning and General Intelligence and Section D: Test of Quantitative Analysis (Mathematical Skills). The breakup of each section is as follows:
Each question carried one mark and there was no negative marking. All questions had multiple answer choices, of which only one was correct. English Language: The section consisted of questions mainly on Grammar and Vocabulary. Questions on synonyms, antonyms, analogies and sentence correction should have been the first choice of students. The questions on grammatically correct sentences and idioms were not too difficult. No passages or questions on reading comprehension were asked. Grammar: Out of 9 questions 4 were difficult. 2 questions were based on conditional sentences. There were no questions based on subject-verb agreement or tense structures. Vocabulary: There were total of 16 questions in this category. There were only 2 easy questions. One of the questions was incorrect - the options contain two correct answers. On the whole the verbal section would have been difficult from the viewpoint of the candidates. A good score in this section would be 12+ correct answers. General Knowledge: 9 out of the 25 were easy questions. That there were only 6 questions based on Economics & Commerce would imply that this was a tough section. The other questions were mainly from current affairs and conventional GK. A good score in this section would be 15+ correct answers. Reasoning and General Intelligence: This section was on expected lines. No question posed a major challenge. The questions were from different areas as follows :-
A good attempt in this section would have been 18+ correct answers. Mathematical skills: Most of the questions in this section were based on the basic math concepts in the areas of Simple Equations, Ratios, Percentages, Time and Work, Time and Distance, Profit and Loss, Simple and Compound Interest. There were only 3 questions from higher math i.e, Permutation and Combination and Progressions. No question required detailed analysis. A student could have completed this section in 30 – 35 min. The paper had 1 question without the right answer option. A good attempt in this section would have been 20+ correct answers.
T.I.M.E. Students who strictly adhered to the strategy recommended by experts would have done exceedingly well in PGCET 2010. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||