Detailed Analysis And Strategy For JMET

BASIC STATISTICS

This exam  is usually  used  for doing  MBA  from various  IITs.  This exam  has  some  high  end questions  in Math  and that has been the USP  of  this  entrance. The number  of  seats in each of the IITs is given below, along with probable cut-offs of  the written scores of  last year. It usually gives  out ranks  for each  of  the  individual IITs based  on  the  scores  obtained  in the  written exam. One has to apply  separately  to different  IITs as they do not send calls for the personality assessment  round on their own.

The pattern of  JMET  in 2009  was  same  as  in the  previous  year i.e.  120 questions  and 180 minutes. Each correct answer carried 1 mark while each wrong answer  carried a penalty  of  0.25 marks. It must be highlighted  that as many as 10-12 questions  in the  entire  test paper had errors  with DI section taking the maximum share of  those  errors.  The section-wise breakup of questions for JMET-09 is presented below:

The sectional analysis is given below.

VERBAL COMMUNICATION

The sectional  breakup  is given below.

The passages  were short but difficult to comprehend. Most  of  the questions  were direct  and could be solved  by the elimination of the choices. Out of the given  14 questions, one could have easily  attempted 10 questions  and got nearly  8-9 correct. From the other sections,  one could have got the vocabulary  based questions  correct.  The questions  on  Grammar,  which tested knowledge  on  Reported  speech  and  the  questions  on  sentence  correction  were easy.  The contextual  meaning  questions,  and the spelling  based questions  were  easy.  The number  of correct attempts  could  have  been   8-9  in  the  verbal  ability  sub-section.  The  total  correct attempts could have been 17-18 in a span of  40 mins, with a minimum net score of 16-17.

QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

The sectional  breakup  is given below.

The topics ranged from simple percentage questions to linear programming, differential calculus and  probability.   The  questions   on  Calculus  were  easy.   The  other   topics   from  which  the questions  could have been attempted were respectively  3 from Geometry and Mensuration,  2 each from P&C  , Time and speed   and 1 each  from Graphs,  Higher degree  equation, Function, Number system,  Percentage  and  Ratio.  With a  little  more  common  sense   one  could  have attempted more questions  of  Arithmetic  and Geometry.  The total  number of  correct attempts could have been 17-19 in time span of 50 mins, with a minimum  net score of  15-16.

LOGICAL REASONING

The Data Matching  sets  and  the  Blood relation  sets were moderately  difficult while the  rest  of the questions  were of  easy to medium  level  of  difficulty. The questions  on deductive  reasoning were  from  Statement   Conclusion,   Logical   Deduction   and  If-Else  types.   The  questions   on Inductive  Reasoning  were from Strong and Weak arguments,  Assumptions  and Conclusions and Miscellaneous  single  liners.  There  were some easy  questions,  including the  one  on  Coding- Decoding,   Statements  &   Conclusions  and   Jumbled   Paragraphs  which  should   have  been attempted. A good attempt would have been 21 questions  in the time  limit of  45 minutes  with a possible score of  16+.

The sectional  breakup  is given below

DATA INTERPRETATION

The sectional  breakup  is given below.

The Data Interpretation  questions  were for the most part quite  straightforward  and could have been solved  by simple  observation.  One of  the sets  had all wrong answers.  The sets  on tables, bar graph  and line graph  should  have been attempted. A good attempt would have been  22-24 questions in the time limit of 45 minutes with a possible score of  20+.

OVERALL ANALYSIS

An analysis  of  all the  sections  with the  number  of  doable  questions  is given  below for ready reference.

STRATEGY FOR JMET 2010

• LOGICAL  REASONING:  Focus on the Verbal  logic part  having  questions  on inference based reasoning.  Since  there  is a  lot  of  subjectivity  to this  section,  question  selection becomes important.  Attempt  at least  70% of  the questions  with a  minimum  of  90% accuracy.
• DATA INTERPRETATION:   Looking   at  the  past  3 years, this   section   has  been  the easiest  of   the  3  sections.  The  pattern  might  not  vary, but we might  expect  more calculation  based questions.  Hence increase  your calculation  as  well as  interpretation speed, as this section gives  you opportunity to maximize your score.
• QUANTITATIVE  ABILITY:  Expect an above average  QA  section.  Higher Math  has not formed a considerable  part of  the JMET  paper for the last  2-3 years (with  the exception of  LPP).  But revising  the important  concepts and formulae  will  certainly  help.  In the Arithmetic  section,  Speed  Time and Distance  has been the favourite.  With the exception of  last  year, Algebra  has major focus on Functions. The level  of  questions  in P&C  and probability  is usually  high.  Hence it  is better to leave  this  part unless  you are absolutely sure.
• VERBAL COMMUNICATION:  Expect a medium  level  VA/RC  section  .The passages have been short, but a little  difficult to comprehend. Attempt  at least  1-2 RC  passages. The VA  part  has to be carefully  chosen  depending  on the  relative  comfort  factor  in  the subsection. The vocabulary part has been above average, and this time it might be no different.

Since the  cut-offs  have  been  around  65-70%  of the  maximum marks  for  good institutes (IIT-B,  D  and K),  the attempts have to be maximised in order to be on the safe  side.  The suggested  strategy  could be to allocate 40 mins in each of the  4 sections  followed by a 20 min time allocation to  your strong  section  in order  to maximize your score.

Disclaimer: The above  cutoffs are  suggestive  in nature and may differ from actual  cutoffs. Roots education  Pvt. Ltd.  cannot be held  responsible  for any decision taken by the candidate  on the basis of the above information.

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