MOCK TEST 9 (2012-13)Detailed Analysis

Mock Test 9 follows the pattern of National Law University, Delhi (NLU-D) entrance test wherein the students are subjected to the same level of difficulty both in terms of question type and level. The mock test comprises of five sections with a total of 150 questions. A student is expected to attempt this test in an actual test like environment wherein he has 90 minutes to complete the test and thus need to schedule his/her time accordingly.

INTRODUCTION

Sections No. of Questions

Expected Time to Complete

Legal Aptitude 35 24General

Knowledge 35  12

Reasoning 35 23 Mathematics 10  6

English 35 25 

This section had 35 questions on Legal Aptitude comprising of both Legal Reasoning as well as Legal Knowledge. The section consisted of:

Legal Reasoning (15 questions)Legal Knowledge (20 questions)

Overall, the section was of Moderate difficulty level. The Legal Reasoning section specifically tested the ability of students to understand and interpret the legal principles and application of the same to factual matrix to reach the best answer.

And, in order to answer the questions based on Legal Knowledge, students were expected to have some basic knowledge of various concepts under Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and Law of Contracts and further to be acquainted with general legal principles.

LEGAL APTIUTUDE

Legal Reasoning: The Legal Reasoning of Mock 9 was very much attainable. This section was dominated by questions from Law of Contracts and Torts including but not limited to cluster questions. Few questions from Criminal Law and Constitutional Law were also spotted in the mock. A stalwart approach towards legal reasoning makes it a very scoring sub-section of the paper.  Legal Knowledge: The Legal Knowledge part of mock 9 was dominated by questions from General Legal Principles and Constitutional Law. Pertinent topics from where the questions appeared were Legal affairs at National and International level, concepts under Constitutional Law and Criminal Law.

DETAILS

Q. S. Nos. No. of Q Topics Difficulty Level

Legal Reasonin

g

Legal Knowledge

    - -

21-25, 32

1 6 1 Law Of Contracts

Moderate to Difficult

33-35 14, 19 3 2 Criminal Law Moderate to Difficult

26-30 - 5 - Torts Moderate 31 5, 8, 11,

12, 15, 18,1 6 Constitution

al LawModerate

- 2-4, 6, 7, 9, 13, 16, 17,

20

- 10 General Legal

Principles

Moderate

- 10 - 1 Intellectual Property

Moderate

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The GK section comprises of 35 questions in all and the overall difficulty level of the test is moderate.

The test is divided into two sections:

Static GK: Unlike the previous mocks here less emphasis has been given on Static GK. 11 questions are from Static GK. The difficulty level of the Static GK is easy to moderate.

Current GK: Current GK section comprises 24 questions and while analysing the Current GK, we find that the highest no. of questions is from International events, personalities and awards. The general difficulty level of this section is moderate to difficult.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Static GK Current GKSection No. of

Questions

Difficulty level

Section No. of Questions

Difficulty level

History 2 Easy National Events

1 Moderate

Geography(India & World)

2 Moderate

International Events

8 Moderate to difficult

Indian Polity & Constitution

4 Moderate

Personalities

7 Moderate to difficult

Economy 2 Easy Places 1 EasyScience & Tech

1 Moderate

Awards & Honors

5 Moderate

  

    Miscellaneous

2 Moderate

Total 11   24  

DETAILS

This section of the test was of moderate level of difficulty. This section consisted of:

12 questions of Analytical reasoning4 questions on Directions2 questions on Calendar6 questions on Coding-Decoding4 questions on Logical Consistency and Syllogisms2 questions on Statement-Argument5 questions on Critical Reasoning

REASONING

QuestionS. No.

Key Concepts and Brief

Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

  71 to 74Logical

Consistency and Syllogisms

Moderate

Q. 71 and 72 were fairly easy and should have been

attempted. Q. 73 and 74 were moderate in difficulty; one

would have found them doable if one was thorough with the

basics.

 75 and

76Statement - Argument

Difficult

These two questions required critical analysis of the

arguments. The student could have left them without

attempt.

  77 to 81Critical

ReasoningModerate -

Difficult

This set consisted of 5 questions, 3 out of the 5 were

moderately difficult and should have been attempted.

Q. 79 and 80 were slightly more difficult than the rest.

DETAILS

 Question S.

No.

 Key concepts

and brief description

 Level of difficulty

 Strategy

82-86, 88-89, 101-105,

Analytical Reasoning

Moderate Reading the statements carefully before moving on to

questions was important

87, 91, 93, 94, Directions Moderate Reading the statements carefully

was important.90. 92, Calendar Moderate Could have been

solved easily.95, 96, 97, 98,

99, 100,Series Moderate Looking for a pattern

was important.

DETAILS

This section of the test was of easy level of difficulty. It consisted of8 questions of Arithmetic2 questions of Logic based

MATHEMATICS

Question S. No.

Key concepts and brief

description

Topic Level of

difficulty

Strategy

106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 114, 115

Average, SI and CI, Time and Work,

Arithmetic

Easy Proper understanding and basic formulas were

required to solve.

111, 113, Ratio, Equations

Logic Based

Easy Easy questions so can be solved in very

less time.

This section was of moderate level of difficulty. The section consisted of: 3 questions on Synonyms3 questions on Antonyms2 questions on Para jumbles (six sentence type)6 questions on Fill in the Blanks.3 questions on Grammar Spot error1 Cloze Test (10 Blanks)3 questions on Word Analogy1 Reading Comprehension (5 questions)

ENGLISH

Question S. No.

Key Concepts and Brief

Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

116 to 118

Synonyms Moderate

These 3 questions were moderate in difficulty. At least 2 questions should have been attempted.

119 to 121

Antonyms Easy  All the three should have been attempted.

122 and 123

 Para Jumbles (Six sentence

Type) 

Moderate

Both the questions were moderate in difficulty but required some time in eliminating the options.

124 to 129

Fill in the Blanks Moderate

At least 3 of the 6 questions were based on phrasal verbs and hence could have been attempted if one was aware of the usage. Q. 128 and 129 were based on tenses and were easy. Overall, 4 questions should have been attempted.

DETAILS

Question S. No.

Key Concepts and Brief

Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

130 to 132

Grammar Spot Error

Easy All the three questions were fairly simple and should have been attempted.

133 to 142

Cloze Test Moderate

It was important to understand the entire paragraph first in order to fill the blanks correctly. Some blanks had tricky options and should have been attempted carefully. At least 7 out of the 10 blanks should have been attempted.

143 to 145

Word Analogy EasyAnalogies were based on commonly used words and were easy to attempt.

146 to 150

Reading Comprehensio

nModerate

The passage was not very long or tough to read. The questions too were direct but required close reading. All the questions should have been attempted if one spent around 10 minutes on the passage.

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