TISS-NET – 10 January 2015 An Analysis

TISS-NET – 10th January 2015
An Analysis
Overview:
The structure of the TISS-NET was the same as last year’s. The test was online and was divided into 3 sections
– General Awareness (30 questions), Mathematical and Logical Reasoning (35 questions) and English (30
questions). There were 95 questions for 100 marks. There was no negative marking. The overall difficulty level
of the exam was almost the same as that of last year.
Section
Subject Area
No. of Questions
Marks
Section I
General Awareness
30
30
Section II
Mathematical & Logical Reasoning
35
35
Section III
English
30
35
The analysis of each of the sections (based on some students’ reports) is as given below.
Section I: General Awareness
This section comprised 30 questions, each carrying 1 mark. Out of the 30 questions, there were only 2
questions based on current affairs. There were around 11 questions on international static affairs and 19
related to national ones. About 11 questions were easy, 7 were medium and 12 difficult.
A score of 15+ would be a good benchmark. Attempting all GA questions would not have taken more than 1520 minutes.
Section II: Mathematical and Logical Reasoning
Like last year, a lot of questions were based on modern math and arithmetic. The questions on arithmetic
were by and large easy and should have all been attempted. There were no questions based on word
problems or BODMAS. One question on mensuration was bit tricky. There were 5 LR questions and all of them
were based on number series. All the questions were very easy.
Though most of the questions were sitters, students not comfortable with mathematics would have found a
few of the questions on modern math and geometry slightly tricky and therefore these have been classified as
having a ‘medium’ level of difficulty. It would have been better for such students to select the right questions
in a judicious manner.
The breakup of the questions was as follows:
Area
Numbers (3)
Arithmetic (11)
Geometry (6)
Modern Math(8)
Logical Reasoning (5)
Syllogisms (2)
Topic and Qs.
Simple Number Questions (3)
Ratio proportion (2), Time and
Work (3), TSD(3), CI SI (3)
Geometry(3), Mensuration(3)
Permutations and Combinations
(4), Set Theory (4)
Number Series (2)
Simple Syllogisms (2)
Level of Difficulty
Easy
Easy-Medium
Medium
Easy-Medium
Easy
Easy-Medium
By allotting 35 minutes to this area, one should have ideally solved at least 30 questions correctly and marked the
answers to the remaining, as there was no negative marking.
Section III: English
This section comprised 30 questions, out of which the 5 reading comprehension questions carried 2 marks
each. There were 5 analogies, 5 single fill in the blanks, 5 double fill in the blanks, 5 questions on choosing the
inappropriate word for the context and 5 jumbled paragraphs. Out of the 5 reading comprehension questions,
4 were of a medium level as at least two options were quite close. 1 question was very easy. The passage was
about 600 words long and dealt with ‘women emancipation’. Most of the questions in this section were of an
easy to moderate level.
A good score for this section would be 28+. A serious aspirant would be able to tackle all questions within 3035 minutes.
Topics
Reading Comprehension (1 passage)
Fill in the Blanks (double blanks)
Fill in the Blanks (single blank)
Jumbled Paragraphs
Inappropriate Word
Analogies
No. of Qs.
5
5
5
5
5
5
Level of Difficulty
1 Easy, 4 Moderate
Mostly moderate (a bit time-consuming)
Easy - Moderate
Mostly moderate (time consuming)
4 Easy – Moderate, 1 Difficult
3 Easy, 2 Moderate
Overall, the cutoff for M.A. (HRM), for general category students is expected to be 76 – 78 marks.