Maharashtra CET 2008: Taking Guard
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Come February 17, 2008, and most
of the MBA aspirants across the nation will sit for the last but highly
important MBA entrance examination. No doubt, Maharashtra CET 2008 is the
dream of many, as it is the last chance for any MBA aspirant to secure a call
from the
B-schools of the likes of Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS),
Mumbai and K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research (KJSIMSR),
Mumbai. These reputed Indian B-schools are a sure-shot media to get a break with
the recruiters like Satyam, Accenture, McKinsey & Co., Infosys, TCS, TSMG,
Deutsche Banks, Coca Cola, CitiGroup, Earnst & Young, AB Group, ICICI Bank, and
L&T, to name a few. Moreover, with the offered average salary figures crossing
Rs. 10 Lakhs in case of JBIMS and Rs. 6 Lakhs with KJSIMSR, these are the hot
favourites of the test takers.
Let's see what it takes to excel
in Maharashtra CET - an examination that has given reasoning-jitters to many
year after year. According to the examination experts from
OneStopMBA.com,
the test consists of a Verbal Section (Verbal Ability, English Usage and Reading
Comprehension) and Quantitative Aptitude, which are usually average in
difficulty level; a series of questions from Data Analysis and Quantitative
Comparisons, whose difficulty level is generally above average; and extremely
trickier questions on Logical and Visual Reasoning. There are certain things
that define the pattern of the exam. These are: -
The sections in the exam are all
jumbled up. One has to read the questions carefully to categorize it into the
sections described above.
There is NO Negative Marking in
the exam. Hence, all the questions can be (and should be) attempted.
There is generally only one
Reading Comprehension Passage in the test. The passage is normally easier to
moderate in difficulty level. The number of questions in the RC passage varies
from 10 to 15.
There is generally a Cloze
Passage in the verbal section wherein the missing words are to be filled in by
the test takers.
There are generally 5 options per
question in the test.
Sectional
Distribution & Trends
As we now know that the questions
in the exam are jumbled up, we can still have a rough idea of the overall
distribution of questions in the various categories. The following pie-chart
explains this: -
