MAT December 2007 Analysis

MAT December 2007 Analysis

   

This time, the MAT paper was jumbled up with no sectional breakups. This pattern entailed a little bit of re-strategizing at the beginning on the part of the aspirants. If you look at the paper minutely, you would find that though at first glance it looks confusing, it was actually �old wine in a new bottle�. This year, in sync with earlier trends, the test comprised 200 questions to be solved in 150 minutes. While there was 1 mark allotted for each correct answer, 1/4 negative mark was specified for every wrong answer.

On the whole, the test was simple and manageable. As such, no benchmarks can be provided for MAT. We would like to suggest that if you attempted approximately 65+ questions (not including the GK section) with at least 90% accuracy, you should be in a position to get a 90+ percentile score.

Salient Features:
Total no. of questions: 200
Total Time allotted: 150 minutes
Marking Scheme: 1 mark for each correct answer & � negative mark for a wrong answer
No. of Options: 4 (in the form 1,2,3,4)

   

Section	No. of Ques.	Total Marks	Suggested Time	Possible Attempts	Possible Score
Intelligence and Logical  Reasoning	40	40	35	22	18+
Mathematical Ability	40	40	35	21	17+
Language Comprehension	40	40	35	19	15+
Data Analysis & Data Sufficiency	40	40	35	19	15+
Indian & Global Environment	40	Not considered	10	8	6+
Total	200	160	150	90	65 + (excluding GK)

          Intelligence and Logical Reasoning:

Section	No. of Ques.	Level of Difficulty
Statement-Assumption	5	Average(Lengthy Qs)
Statement-Argument	5	Average
Statement- Course of Action	5	Difficult (Lot of thinking required)
Cause - Effect	5	2 Average and 3 difficult
Mathematical Reasoning	8	Easy (2 Direction based, 2 Age related, 3 Coding-Decoding, 1 Alphanumeric Series)
Analytical Reasoning	5	Easy Set (Sitting Arrangement)
Blood-Relation	1+1 + 5 = 7	Easy (2 individual Qs and one set of 5 Qs)