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Tata Institute of Social Sciences Entrance Test 2008


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Tata Institute of Social Sciences Entrance Test 2008    

TISS 2008 exam did not throw any surprises. It was clearly communicated to the candidates that the question paper will consist of two parts. Part I was divided into three sections: Quantitative Ability & Analytical Reasoning, Verbal Ability and Awareness of Contemporary Social Issues. Students were given an hour to attempt this section. There was no negative marking and each question had four options to choose from.

Part II of the TISS exam was program specific. The question paper was objective /descriptive on the basis of the program(s) that the candidate had applied for. The duration to attempt Part II was one hour. TISS gives 50-50 weightage to both Part I and Part II of the examination for all the programs except Elementary Education where the weightage is 35-65.

   

 

   
Section Number of questions Time (in minutes) Possible Attempts
Quantitative Ability &  Analytical Reasoning 20 25- 30 12
Verbal Ability 20 20 14
Awareness of Social Issues 10 10 5
Total 50 60 31
         

Disclaimer: Our expert faculty who have attempted the TISS paper decide this attempts/cut-offs. These may not be the actual cut-offs of TISS 2008. These are calculations based on our experience and expertise.

         

Part I: Quantitative Ability & Analytical Reasoning

         

This section had 20 questions. These questions ranged from word problems to data interpretation. The level of difficulty was moderate to difficult. Some of the questions involved lengthy calculations. This section was more time consuming in comparison to the other sections of the question paper. A total of 12 questions could be easily attempted.

         

Verbal Ability

    The Verbal Ability Section was quite simple. This section comprised a total of 20 questions.          
Topics Number of Questions Difficulty Level
Grammar based

2

Easy
English Usage (including match the following words with their meanings and phrases)

6

Easy to Moderate
Para Jumbles

2

Easy to Moderate
Analogies

4

Easy to Moderate
RC Passages � 2 with 3 questions each

6

Easy to Moderate
Total

20

 
         

English Usage and Reading Comprehension:

The questions in this section did not pose much of a challenge. The word meaning question was a little tricky as it contained four words that had to be matched with one of the five meanings given in the table.

Reading Comprehension contained 2 short passages of 150 � 160 words. The first passage reflected author's views on criminals and how he/she believes that there is hardly any distinction between those inside the jail and those living freely outside of it. This passage was easy to understand and was followed by three questions. The questions were inferential in nature but not difficult per say.

The second passage was based on Anthropology and how culture influences the way things are named and classified by a group of people. This passage was short and not too difficult to understand. However, the three questions that followed were a little ambiguous.

A total of 14 questions could be attempted in this section.

Awareness of Contemporary Social Issues:

This section had 10 questions which tested the candidates' general knowledge and understanding of social issues. The questions in this section were based on topics ranging from Free Education of Girl Child to Globalisation and Opening of Free Markets in India, Reservation for Women in Panchayati Raj and inspiration for the movie 'Chak De' etc. These questions were on a moderate level of difficulty. 

A total of 5 questions could be attempted.

Part II:

Part II of this exam was objective/ descriptive on the basis of the programme(s) that the candidate chose to apply for. Those who had applied for Human Resources Management and Labour Relations, Globalisation and Labour, Social Entrepreneurship and Development Studies had the objective type questions paper with an OMR sheet. Others applying for Master of Health/Hospital Administration, Disaster Management and Media and Cultural Studies had the descriptive type question paper. This descriptive section of the exam tested the analytical ability on programme specific areas. Each question had to be answered within the booklet because a clear word limit for each question was not provided. The descriptive part of this examination had to be answered in an hour. This section could seem lengthy if one chose to write longer answers instead of being precise and to the point.

Those who had applied for Elementary Education received a question cum answer book wherein the answers had to be written within the provided space.

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