MICAT 1 (2018 - 2020) Analysis

		Time Allotted (mins)	No of Questions
Part I	Descriptive Test	35	4
Part II	Divergent Convergent Thinking	105	30
	General Awareness;		25
	Verbal Ability;		25
	Quantitative Ability		25
Part III	Psychometric Test	25	36

MICAT 1 Analysis Part I: Descriptive Test

The section comprised four questions. The first three questions were based on the topic: 'The focus in higher education has shifted from facilitating learning to assured earning'. In the first question the candidate was asked to state 3 arguments FOR the topic. Similarly, in the second question the candidate was asked to state 3 arguments AGAINST the topic. The third question asked the candidate to state 3 points that emphasize the central passage, that learning should stay central to education, and the points should be different from the previous 2 answers. The fourth question was picture based story writing. The choice of sequence of pictures was available to the candidate. The section essentially tested the creative thinking and writing ability of the candidates. All the questions here were very easy for a prepared test taker.

MICAT 1 Analysis Part II:

For this part, the penalty for every incorrect answer was 25% of the marks allotted to the question. A candidate could navigate through the sections and the test was automatically submitted after the allotted time was over.

Divergent Convergent Thinking

This section had 30 questions. The section had some easy questions as mentioned in the table below, but overall difficulty level of the section was higher than previous year’s paper.

S.no	Topic	Number of questions	Level of difficulty
1	Statement-Assumption	3	Easy
2	Data Sufficiency	5	Easy
3	Missing Figure	2	Moderate
4	Odd one out (Figures)	4	Moderate -Difficult
5	Figures (Sequence)	2	Difficult
6	Word Associations	15	Moderate -Difficult

General Knowledge

This section had 25 questions. The level of difficulty was higher than previous year’s. This section this year missed familiar questions like match the following: brand taglines and logos. A lot of questions were related to Banking & Finance. Following is the break-up of questions:

S.no	Topic	Number of questions	Level of difficulty
1	Current Affairs & Politics	5	Easy- Moderate
2	Banking & Finance	7	Moderate
3	Personality	4	Moderate-Difficult
4	Business, brands and media	5	Moderate -Difficult
5	Books	2	Moderate
6	Misc GK	2	Moderate

Verbal Ability

The Verbal Ability questions were easy. The Grammar concepts tested were: Adverbs, Prepositions and Pronouns. The vocabulary questions were also easy to answer. (Individual, Reverberate, Obliterated, and the Antonym of Essential) The Reading Comprehension passage was an easy-read with 5 questions: 2 were fact based, 2 were based on main idea and 1 was on meaning. All the questions were easy.

S.no	Topic	Number of questions	Level of difficulty
1	Synonym & Antonym (Contextual)	4	Easy- Moderate
2	Fill in the blank (Idioms & Prepositions)	5	Moderate
3	Statement Correction & Completion	5	Easy
4	Para Jumble	5	Easy- Moderate
5	Reading Comprehension	1 Passage (5 questions)	Easy- Moderate
6	Usage of Adverb	1	Moderate

Quantitative Ability

The section consisted of 25 questions. This section was the most difficult of all. The difficulty level this year was higher than previous year’s. A good percentage of questions were from Algebra & Arithmetic. Overall, an attempt of 10-12 questions in this section will be considered as a good attempt.

S.no	Topic	Number of questions	Level of difficulty
1	Algebra	7	Moderate
2	Arithmetic	8	Easy
3	Data Interpretation	3	Easy
4	Set Theory	1	Easy
5	Geometry	3	Moderate
6	Caselet	3	Moderate