NMAT 2015 Analysis

NMAT 2015 Analysis

Narsee Monjee Aptitude Test, popularly known as NMAT, has started the proceedings for the intake of 2015-17 batch. Offering three attempts to a student, NMAT has rolled out a red carpet for the serious MBA aspirants and students are expected to the most of it. 

The exam pattern:

Number of Questions: 120

Number of Sections: 3

Sectional Cut-Offs: Yes. This means, to be successful, a candidate has to have a considerably good performance across all the sections.

Pattern: A student is shown 6 possible arrangements in which the test can be taken. He/she has to select the pattern which suits him/her the most.

Moving across questions/ sections: You CANNOT move across sections. Further, you cannot jump the questions too. For an e.g. if you are on question 1, you cannot directly go to question 3, you have to go through question 2.

Let us now have a look at each of the three sections.

Language Section:

Out of a total of 32 questions in this section, most of the questions were of Reading  Comprehension (RC). There were two passages and had a total 8 questions among them. There were questions on Parajumbles, Sentence Correction, Vocabulary, Grammar and cloze test too.

Interestingly quite a few number of questions based on prepositions were asked.

Most of the questions in RC were direct (factual – based on RC) questions.

Please note that this is the most scoring section in NMAT and one should be able to solve (not merely attempt) at least 24 questions in this section. The sectional cutoff for this section in the last few years has been at 55 and we do not expect it to change.

Quantitative Ability Section:

There were 28 questions of Quantitative Aptitude and this section had Data Interpretation (DI) and Data Sufficiency (DS) also.

The 12 questions of DI were split in 3 sets of 4 questions each and were not calculation intensive but they did require one to understand the data before proceeding to the questions.

There were 8 questions of DS from all areas of quantitative aptitude. A good practice of DS questions would surely come handy.

This section has come as a big surprise this time around. There were a number of questions which are quite new to even a very seasoned test taker.

An attempt of 25-28 questions in this section with proper calculation would be considered good and the remaining questions should be marked randomly.

Reasoning:

This section had questions on Verbal as well as Analytical reasoning.

This section had questions on Linear and circular arrangement, Syllogism, Assumption-conclusion etc. constituted a major part of this section.

One could easily solve some 23-25 questions in the given 38 minutes.

The sectional cutoff for this section has been around 61-62 and should be the same this year also. A safe score for clearing the sectional cutoff is 65.

Overall:
To conclude, we can say that the test was manageable and would have the cut-offs near the previous year marks.

An attempt of 75-80 questions and a random marking of the remaining questions can be considered good enough for one to crack this stage of testing.

The overall expected cutoff (flagship programmes):

NM Mumbai: 205-208 marks

NM Bangalore and Hyderabad: 200 marks 

 

Disclaimer: All information on cut-offs, analysis, answer key and scores are based on independent analysis and evaluation made by us on the basis of inputs received by us and our own discretion. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information. 

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