SRCC GBO 2011 Analysis

The total  numbers of  questions were  160  while the  time  given was 120 minutes. The number  of questions  remained  same as last  year, being  40 in each  of  the 4 sections.  There  were 4 series  of papers namely A, B, C, D. The marking system was 4 for a correct answer and -1 for an incorrect answer.  The general  framework of  the paper was on same lines  as last  year. There  were a few printing errors and wrong options .The drill-down of the paper  is given in the table below.

A brief snapshot of the various sections and marking scheme  is presented below:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

The sectional  breakup  is as given below.

The English Section of the GBO  Exam was overall easy as compared to previous year’s exam. This Section had variety of Questions on Grammar including change of voice, prepositional phrases, sentence completion and identifying errors in a sentence. Considering the level of  questions, the number of attempts to clear the cut-off should be 22-24.Total time allocation for this section should be 20-25 minutes.

QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

The sectional  breakup  is as shown below.

This section was the most difficult among the 4 sections and the most difficult Math section in the last 3 years. The questions on Tables were calculative while the rest of  questions were a little tricky to understand. The number of  attempts to clear  the cut-off should be 15-16.Total time allocation

for this section should be 45 minutes.

LOGICAL ABILITY

The sectional  breakup  is as given below.

This section was a lot easy as compared to other sections. The questions to be definitely attempted should be from Series, Logical Reasoning and Condition Based Reasoning. The number of attempts to clear the cut-off should be 20-22.Total time allocation for this section should be 35 minutes.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

The questions  were mostly  from Current GK and Static  GK.  Anybody  having  a workable  knowledge of  General  Awareness  should  be able  to attempt at least  14 questions  with the  time  allocation being 15 minutes.

SECTIONAL SCORES  AND OVERALL CUT-OFF

Below is present the summary of the above analysis.

Overall the cut-off is expected to be around 303+. Till last year the institute called students for the next stage on the basis of overall cut-offs.

All the Best, Team MBAGuru

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

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