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Section 3: Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation
This section had a combination of QA questions and DI sets, as the name indicated. Most of the questions are from the easy and moderate levels of difficulty.
The distribution of questions across areas of QA was as below
| Topics | No. of questions | Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Data Sufficiency | 2 (Both on Time & Distance) | Moderate |
| Geometry & Mensuration | 3 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Numbers | 3 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Percentages, Profit & Loss | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Probability | 2 | Moderate |
| Progressions | 2 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Simple Equations | 2 | Moderate |
| Averages Mixtures and Allegations | 2 | Moderate |
| Coordinate Geometry | 1 | Easy |
| Modulus | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Special Equations | 1 | Difficult |
| Trigonometry | 1 | Difficult |
The number of QA questions increased to 22 from 16 of last year. Overall, the paper was similar to the last year in terms of difficulty while the distribution across topics saw a significant change. Topics like Clocks, Functions, Heights & Distances, Inequalities, Quadratic Equations which were present last year were missing this year. Topics like Coordinate Geometry, Modulus, and Special Equations which were seen this year were missing last year.
Increase of six questions in QA with the overall questions in the section meant that DI was left with two sets of three questions each. While both these sets had a significant amount of data, the set with tables was easier to understand, and hence will be the set to attempt in this section.
As the difficulty level is the same with no change in the overall number of questions, the cut-offs are expected to be similar to those of last year.