DETAILED ANALYSIS

MOCK TEST 18(2013-14)

INTRODUCTION

• Mock Test 18 follows the IPU pattern wherein the students are subjected to the same level of difficulty both in terms of question type and level.

• The mock test comprises of four sections with a total of 150 questions. • A student is expected to attempt this test in an actual test like

environment wherein he has 150 minutes to complete the test and thus need to schedule his/her time accordingly.

• A scheme of negative marking (+4, -1) is there.

Sections Questions Expected time to complete

English Language & Comprehension

1 – 37 45 min.

General Knowledge 38 – 75 20 min.

Legal Aptitude 76 – 112 50 min.

Reasoning 113 - 150 35 min.

ENGLISH

This section was of moderate level of difficulty. The section consisted of:

2 RC passages (4 questions each)5 questions on Idioms6 questions on Synonyms5 questions on Antonyms6 questions on Fill the blanks1 Cloze passage (7 questions)

The various questions are now described in detail:

DETAILS

Question S. No.

Key Concepts and Brief

Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

1 to 4Reading

Comprehension(Passage 1)

Moderate

These questions were of moderate level of difficulty. All the questions were inference based so understanding the implication of specific lines was important. Overall, all the questions should have been attempted.

5 to 8Reading

Comprehension(Passage 2)

Moderate - Difficult

The passage was a difficult read but the questions that followed were of moderate difficulty. All the questions should have been attempted.

9 to 13 Idioms ModerateThese questions were of moderate difficulty. The process of elimination could have been of some help. All the questions were expected to have been attempted.

DETAILS

Question S. No.

Key Concepts and Brief

Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

14 to 19 Synonyms Easy -

Moderate

The words used were not very difficult. They are commonly used in good books and newspapers. All the questions should have been attempted.

20 to 24 Antonyms Easy -

Moderate

These questions were not very difficult. Reading ‘word of the day’ posted on CLMS on daily basis could have proven to be of great help. All 5 questions should have been attempted.

DETAILS

Question S. No.

Key Concepts and Brief

Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

25 to 30Fill the blanks

Moderate

These questions demanded knowledge of correct usage of phrasal verbs. The context of the statement could have aided process of elimination. At least 4 out of 6 questions should have been attempted.

31 to 37Cloze

Passage Moderate

The questions were of moderate level of difficulty. Just as one requires an understanding of the context when dealing with cloze passages, so was it required here. All the questions should have been attempted.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

• This MOCK TEST – 18 was based on the pattern of IPU test and this time the

total no. of questions for this test was 38.

• When we analyze the break up the questions we see that the maximum number

questions were from static field. Total no. of questions from static were 30 and

out of that 13 questions were from sciene, technology and ecology and

environment.

• The level was moderate to hard.

• There were only 7 questions from current affairs and they were mainly from

misc. field.

• Further, the final break-up summary can be analyzed with the help of following

table:

DETAILS Static GK Current GKSection No. of

Questions

Difficulty level Section No. of Questions

Difficulty level

History 6 Hard National Events

- -

Geography

(India & World)

2 Moderate International Events

 

-

-

Indian Polity & Constitution

2 Moderate Personality 2 Moderate

Economy 1 Hard Places ModerateScience & Tech

13 Hard Awards & Honors

Easy

 

Misc.

 

6

Moderate to hard

Sports 1 Moderate Misc. 5 Moderate

Total 30   8

REASONING Verbal Logic: The difficulty level of this section was moderate. The section

consisted of:

3 questions on Critical Reasoning 3 questions on Statement - Assumption 5 questions on Analogy 3 questions on Statement - Argument

Analytical Reasoning: This section of the test was of Easy level of difficulty. This section consisted of

10 questions of Analytical Reasoning 7 questions of Series 2 questions of Blood Relation 2 questions of Direction 1 question of Coding Decoding 1 question of Ranking 1 question of Calendar

The various questions are described in detail ahead:

DETAILS

QuestionS. No.

Key Concepts and Brief Description TopicsLevel of Difficulty

123 – 127, 132 – 136

Analytical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning Analytical Reasoning

Easy to Moderate

114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 129, 131

Number series, Alphabet series, Number series, Number series, Mixed series, Analogy, Analogy

Series Easy to Moderate

115, 119 Blood Relation, Blood Relation Blood Relation Easy

121, 128 Directions, Directions Directions Easy to Moderate

113 Coding Decoding Coding Decoding

Easy

117 Ranking Puzzle Easy

DETAILS

QuestionS. No.

Key Concepts and Brief

Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

137 to 139

Critical Reasoning

Moderate These questions were of moderate level of difficulty. They required the given sentences to be interpreted correctly. All three questions should have been attempted.

140 to 142

Statement - Assumption

Moderate These questions analyse one’s ability to read between the lines. All the questions were doable.

143 to 147

Analogy Moderate These questions are not based on very complex logic. Some amount of general knowledge was a must. All these questions could be attempted.

148 to 150

Statement – Argument

Moderate These types of questions check one’s ability to gauge convincing arguments from the others. Since the questions were of moderate level of difficulty, all of them should have been attempted.

LEGAL APTITUDE

This section had 36 questions on Legal Aptitude comprising of Legal Reasoning and Legal knowledge questions:

Legal Reasoning (15 questions)Legal Knowledge (22 questions)

Overall, the section was of easy difficulty level. The Legal Reasoning section tested the ability of students to understand and interpret questions with multiple principles and explanations and the combined application of the same to factual matrix to reach the best answer.

The legal knowledge section was of a moderate difficulty level and needed the candidate to have knowledge on the subjects of Constitutional Law, Law of Contracts, Criminal Law, Law of Torts and General Principles of Law.

An attempt around 33 would be considered a good attempt for this section.

DETAILS

Legal Reasoning: The Legal Reasoning section of Mock 18 was of a reasonably easy level.

Legal Knowledge: The legal Knowledge portion was of a moderate level.

The reasoning section consisted of only 15 questions so the students had ample time to devote in reading and understanding of the question.

The section was constituted of questions from Criminal Law, Law of Torts, Law of Contracts, Constitutional Law, International Law, Intellectual Property Law, General Principles of Law and Important Statutes.

DETAILSTopics Question Numbers Number of

Questions Difficulty Level

Legal Reasoning

Legal Knowledge L.R. L.K.

Criminal Law 76, 80, 85, 104, 105 3 2 Easy

Torts 88 94, 95, 107 1 3 Easy

Constitution 78, 79, 83, 91, 92, 99 – 101, 108, 109, 111, 112

3 9 Easy to Moderate

Intellectual Property 90 1 Easy

International Law 86, 87 2 Moderate

Contracts 81, 82, 84, 89 106 4 1 Easy

Important Statutes 77 1 Easy

General Principles of Law

93, 96 – 98, 102, 103, 110

7 Easy to Moderate

QUESTION ANALYSIS

Questions 78 and 79: The questions were based on the Principle of State mentioned under

Article 12 of the Constitutional law. The principle was followed by a long set of facts. When

we read through the facts we can see that there is a good degree of control by the

government but not enough to term it ‘State’ as per the principle given.

W.r.t. Question 78, NCERT cannot come under the ambit of State because its activities are

not totally dependent on government functions and the control was limited to funding and

issuing of directions on policy and programmes. Hence, (a) is the correct answer.

W.r.t. Question 79, if we change the facts to the situation that NCERT was formed under a

statute then also it will not be ‘State’ because the Principle says that financial, functional and

administrative control is required for a body to become ‘State’. Hence, (b) is correct.

QUESTION ANALYSIS

Questions 89: This question was the lengthiest question in the reasoning part

and dealt with the concept of Bailment. The first principle states the concept of

bailment and defines the ‘bailor’ and ‘bailee’. The second principle states the

liability of the parties in case a contract of bailment is made.

As per the facts, the store owner is not responsible for the missing broach as she

was not the one who found it. It was Anamika’s assistant, Madhur, who found the

brooch and placed it in his drawer, entering into bailment. Hence, (c) is the

correct answer option.

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