Section 3: Quantitative Aptitude 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.

Topic	No of Questions	Difficulty Level
Time and Distance	1	Moderate-Difficult
Progression	1	Moderate
Equations, Ratio, Proportion and Variation	4	Moderate-Difficult
Logarithms	1	Easy
Quadratic Equations	2	Moderate-Difficult
Geometry	2	Moderate-Difficult
Numbers	2	Easy - Moderate
Permutation and Combinations	1	Moderate-Difficult
Data Sufficiency	1	Difficult
Data Interpretation(Discount coupon)	3	Moderate-Difficult
Data Interpretation(Statistics)	3	Easy-Moderate
Data Interpretation(Cricket T20)	3	Moderate-Difficult
Data Interpretation(Vegetables purchase)	3	Moderate-Difficult
Data Interpretation(Venn Diagram)	2	Easy-Moderate

The number of QA questions decreased to 15 questions from 22 questions 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 Coordinate Geometry, Modulus, Trigonometry and Special Equations which were present last year were missing this year.

Decrease of seven questions in QA in the overall questions in the section meant that DI questions increased. DI had three sets of three questions each and two sets of two questions each. Unlike last year, the sets did not have a significant amount of data, most of the sets were easier to understand.

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.