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BAAPS OF ALL

(IIM Ahmedabad) Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 
(IIM Bangalore) Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore  
(IIM Calcutta) Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta   
(ISB, Hyderabad) Indian School of Business, Hyderabad   
(FMS, Delhi) Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University    
(XLRI, Jamshedpur) Xavier's Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur 
(IIM Lucknow) Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow  
(IIM Indore) Indian Institute of Management, Indore    
(SP Jain, Mumbai) SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai  
(IIM Kozhikode) Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode   

Chotta Baap

(NITIE, Mumbai) National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai   
(IIM Shillong) Indian Institute of Management, Shillong   
(IIFT Delhi) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi
















(IIM Ranchi) Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi*
























(IIM Rohtak) Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak* 








(MDI, Gurgaon) Management Development Institute, Gurgaon  
(JBIMS, Mumbai) Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai  
(NMIMS, Mumbai) Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai  
(TISS,Mumbai) Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai 
(SIBM, Pune) Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune   
(IRMA, Anand) Institute of Rural Management, Anand  
(IMT, Ghaziabad) Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad    
(MICA, Ahmedabad) Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad  
(SJM-SoM, IIT Bombay) Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay 
(SCMHRD, Pune) Symbiosis Center for Management and Human Resources Development, Pune   
A

(DMS, IIT Delhi) Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi   
(IMI,Delhi) International Management Institute ,Delhi  
(XIMB, Bhubaneshwar)



XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT , BHUBANESWAR
(KJ Somaiya, Mumbai) KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai  
(VGSOM,IIT Kharagpur) Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur 
(TAPMI, Manipal) TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal   
(UBS,Chandigarh ) University Business School,Chandigarh 
(Nirma, Ahmedabad) Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad    
(SIIB, Pune) Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune   
(GIM, Goa) Goa Institute of Management, Goa 
(Great Lakes, Chennai) Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai  

B+

(DoMS, IIT Roorkee) Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee  
(Fore, Delhi) FORE School of Management, Delhi    
(IBS, Hyderabad) ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad   
(We School, Mumbai) Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai    
(LIBA, Chennai) Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai  
(DoMS, IIT Madras) Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras 
(BIM, Trichy) Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy  
(IIFT, Kolkata) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Kolkata Campus 
(IIFM,Bhopal) Indian Institute of Forest Management,Bhopal 
(SIBM, Bangalore) Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bangalore  

B

(IFMR, Chennai) Institute of Financial Management and Research, Chennai 
(LBSIM, Delhi) Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi  
(IISWBM,Kolkata) Indian Institute of Social welfare and Business Managment,KOlkata 
(SDM-IMD,Mysore) SDM INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT ,Mysore 
(FMS-BHU) BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, Banaras 
(DOMS-IISC, Bangalore) Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore  
(NIBM, Pune) National Institute of Bank Management , Pune 
(BIMTECH, Greater Noida) Birla Institute of Management and Technology, Greater Noida   
(XIME, Bangalore) Xavier's Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore BANGALORE 
(IMT, Nagpur) Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur  
(RGIPT,Rae Bareli) Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology 
(MHROD & MIB, Delhi University) MHROD & MIB - Delhi School of Economics, Delhi   
(IMDR, Pune) Institute of Management Development & Research, Pune 
(MFC,Delhi University) Department of Financial Studies : University of Delhi, South Campus 
(MBE,Delhi University) Master of Business Economics : University of Delhi, South Campus 
(GBO,SRCC Delhi University) Global Business Operations : Delhi University, North Campus
(IME, IIT Kanpur) Industrial and Management Engineering, IIT Kanpur  


Junta College

(SIMSREE, Mumbai)  Sydenham Institute of Management Studies and Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai 
(Amrita, Coimbatore) Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore  
(Kiams, Harihar) Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar 
(DoMS, NIT Trichy) Department of Management Studies, NIT Trichy 
(XISS, Ranchi) Xavier's Institute of Social Sciences, Ranchi   
(SIMC, Pune) Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication (PG in Communication Management)  
(MBA, BITS Pilani) Management Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani  
(PUMBA, Pune) Department of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Pune, 
(SCIT, Pune) Symbiosis Center for Information Technology, Pune  
(SITM, Pune) Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management, Pune    
(Sydenham, Mumbai) Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai  
(SIOM, Nasik) Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nasik 
(WE, Bangalore)  Welingkar Institute's of Managemen, Bangalore 
(HCU, Hyderabad) Hyderabad CentralUniversity (HCU), Hyderabad 
(AIM, Kolkata) Army Institute of Management, Calcutta Admissions 
(DAVV, Indore) Devi Ahilya University, Indore 
(CRKIMR, Mumbai) Chetna's R. K. Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai 
(BIT, Ranchi) Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi 

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Analysis Zone-CAT 2010

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Analysis: 2010

MICAT 2011 Analysis

MICAT exam, conducted on 20th Feb 2011, had 3 Sections to be attempted in 165 minutes

Part I had 120 questions . These 120 questions were from four test areas viz. LR, Quant, VA & GK with 35,30,30,25  questions in respective sections. The paper not only tested the knowledge of a student but also analyzed the personality traits of the candidates.

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SRCC-GBO 2011 Analysis


GBO exam, conducted on 23rd Jan 2011, had 160 questions to be attempted in 120 minutes. These 160 questions were from four test areas viz. LR, Quant, VA & GK with 40 questions in each section. VA & LR were easy while GK was of moderate level.

S. No	Section	Total Question	Ideal Attempts	Expected Cut-offs	Level
1	VA	40	35+	-	Easy
2	LR	40	30+	-	Easy
3	QA	40	25+	-	Moderate
4	GK	40	15+	-	Moderate
Total		160	105+	310+	Easy-Moderate

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XAT 2011 Analysis

XAT exam, conducted on 2nd Jan 2011, had 101 questions to be attempted in 120 minutes. These 101questions were from 3 test areas viz. DI&QA, DM & VA  with 43,24,34  questions respectively in each section. Overall Paper was tough to very tough.

XAT 2011 Analysis

No.of Questions	101
Total Marks	253
Marking Scheme	Differential
Any Surprise	Yes
Number of Section	3
Difficulty Level	Tough
Duration	120 Min + 20 Min for Essay
Surprise	Questions ranging from 1-5 marks

Cut-Offs for XAT 2011

Section	No. of Questions	Difficulty level	Cut-Offs
Data Interpretation & Quantitative Ability	43	Very Difficult	20
Analytical Reasoning & Decision Making	24	Very Difficult	14
Verbal & Logical Ability	34	Difficult	12
Total	101	Very Tough	XLRI(BM)-          55+ XLRI(PMIR)  50+ XIMB-   46+ *Total Marks-253

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IBSAT 2010

IBSAT exam, conducted on 26^th Dec 2010, had 125 questions to be attempted in 120 minutes. These 125 questions were from four test areas viz. DS, Quant, RC & VA with 25,25,25,50  questions respectively in each section. Overall Paper was Easy to Moderate level.

S. No	Section	Total Question	Ideal Attempts	Expected Cut-offs	Level
1	VA	50	30+	22+	Easy
2	DS	25	15+	10+	Easy
3	QA	25	15+	7+	Moderate-Difficult
4	RC	25	18+	12+	Easy
Total		125	80+	60+	Easy-Moderate

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SNAP 2010 Analysis

SNAP 2010  exam, conducted on 19^th Dec 2010, had 150 questions to be attempted in 120 minutes. These 150 questions were from four test areas viz. LR, Quant/DI, VA & GK with 30,40,40,40 respectively. General English, QA/DI/DS and General Awareness sections had 40 Qs each while the Analytical & Logical Reasoning section had 30 Qs. However the Reasoning section had the maximum weightage and students should have done well to give this section the maximum amount of time as compared to the other sections. All in all this SNAP was definitely easier than the SNAP exams of previous years and the cut-offs should scale new highs.

                                  2010 SNAP cut-offs 

Institute	Ideal Score (LR)	Ideal Score QA	Ideal Score GK	Ideal Score VA	Cut-Offs	Note
SIBM (Pune)	*Any positive Score	*Any positive Score	*Any positive Score	*Any positive Score	115+	5 marks less for Bangalore campus
SCM-HRD	*Any positive Score	*Any positive Score	*Any positive Score	*Any positive Score	120+	No Profile based calls for 2010-11
SIIB	*Any positive Score	*Any positive Score	*Any positive Score	*Any positive Score	105+	SNAP Score+Profile based
SITM	NA	NA	NA	NA	85+	Prefer engineer
SIOM	NA	NA	NA	NA	75+	Only engineer
SCIT	NA	NA	NA	NA	80+	IT people
SIMS	NA	NA	NA	NA	70+	Defence personal
SICSR					65+	IT geek
SIMC						Creative Minds
SIG
SIHS

*There is no sectional cut-off this time in SNAP but one should score “positive” in each section.

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JMET 2010

The JMET exam conducted on 12thDec was of easy level as compared to the previous year. The test had total time limit of 180 minutes. The positive marks per question were 1 marks and negative marks –0.25. Each question had 4 options.  The breakup of questions according to sectional area is given below.




QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

This section was moderate in Difficulty level. The questions on algebra were mostly from P&C, 
Probability and Set theory followed closely by Progressions. At least 5-6 questions should 
definitely have been attempted. The questions on Higher Math were from Complex numbers, 
Higher Trigonometry, Integration and its application and LPP.The questions on arithmetic were 
from Percentage, Ratio and Time speed and distance. The Number system questions were 
based on basic properties and should have been attempted. The possible cutoff score could be 
14. The time allocation could be 50 minutes. 





VERBAL COMMUNICATION

This section was easy as compared to previous years. There were 5 questions directly on 
Synonyms and Antonyms, while 2 questions were part of a sentence, from which a synonym 
was required to be found. Continuing the trend of the previous year, there were questions on 
Grammar testing knowledge of Reported Speech. The Fill in the Blanks questions were based on 
Vocabulary as well as Grammar. There were 4 passages. Some of the questions were grammar 
based, vocabulary based, fact based and inference based. The possible cutoff score could be 
13. The time allocation could be 40 minutes. 





LOGICAL REASONING

The difficulty level of this section ranged from easy to Moderate. There were 6 logical caselets 
of which 1 was a little confusing .The rest of the sets were easy. At least 14 questions should 
have been attempted. The Logical Comparison questions were easy. The Critical reasoning 
questions were based on Statement-Assumption and drawing out Logical conclusions. These 
should have been left out. The possible cutoff score could be 17. The time allocation could be 
40 minutes.





DATA INTERPRETATION

This section was the easiest one as compared to other sections. There were 4 caselets on tables 
comprising 3 questions each, of which at least 3 should have been definitely attempted. The 3 
sets on bar Graph and 2 sets on pie chart were easy but calculative. One of the sets on bar 
graph required observation skills and should have been definitely attempted. The easiest of the sets were from Venn diagram. The possible cutoff score could be 17. The time allocation could 
be 50 minutes. 

Cut-off: 
IIT-M: 80+
IIT-D: 78+


Answer Key: JMET Answer Key
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TISS 2010


Like last year TISS-2010 had a compulsory Part-1 paper (common for all courses) which had 50 Qs from Analytical & Numerical Ability, Language Ability and Awareness of General & Social Issues and a Part-2 paper which was different for each of the programs that are offered by TISS. However for those who opted for the HRM & LR course, TISS-2010 turned out to be a mixed bag – Part-1 which had easy Qs where the number of attempts matters more than anything else; and Part-2 which had too many questions and too less time allocated to it given the higher difficulty level. Thus Part-1 would have given students some breath to take but Part-2 was not the same case.


Part-1
Part-1 of the TISS paper was a cakewalk and most students would have been able to solve all Qs within the given time. This Part had three sections with around 15-20 Qs in each. some questions from GK:
AIDS abbreviation
Which is not a part of SAARC?
Taslima Nasrin is the author of which book?


Attempts in the range of 40-45 should be considered to be very good with a possible score of 15+ marks. (keeping 0.40 marks per question)

Part 2

No. of Qs : 75
Description : 5 Sections (Data interpretation, Data Sufficiency, Reading Comprehension,

Business knowledge and Foundation of Management)

This part was on the line of previous year set but had some surprise as DI questions increased to 20 from 10 last year. RC questions were more than last year.

Questions were asked in GK were from diverse fields, some questions were asked on Dabbawallahs,BPO etc. This section was bit lengthy.

Attempts in the range of 42-46 should be considered to be very good with a possible score of 25+ (keeping 0.67 marks per question)

Sectional Scores and Overall Cut-Off

TISS has clearly mentioned that there are NO sectional cut-offs this year. The paper mentioned that Part-2 had a 75% weightage but has not mentioned the weightage per Questions.

Cut-off for HRM & LR- 42-45

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FMS 2010

FMS exam, conducted on 5^th Dec 2010, had 200 questions to be attempted in 120 minutes. These 200 questions were from four test areas viz. LR/DI, Quant, RC & VA with 50 questions in each section. 4 RC passages were there with moderate Quant having 6-7 sitters.

S. No	Section	Total Question	Ideal Attempts	Expected Cut-offs	Level
1	VA	50	25+	85+	Easy
2	LR	50	30+	80+	Easy to Moderate
3	QA	50	20+	60+	Moderate
4	RC	50	28+	80+	Easy
Total		200	105+	360+	Easy-Moderate

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MAT December 2010

MAT exam, conducted on 5^th Dec 2010, had 200 questions to be attempted in 150 minutes. These 200 questions were from five test areas viz. Data Analysis and Sufficiency, Mathematical Skills, Language Comprehension, Indian and Global Environment, Intelligence and Critical Reasoning with exactly 40 questions in each. 

Total Attempts(excluding Indian and Global Environment)	Expected Acuracy	Total Marks(out of 160)	Expected Percentile in Composite Score
59	75.00%	40	70
64	75.00%	45	80
80	75.00%	55	90
115	75.00%	65	99

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IIFT 2010
IIFT exam, conducted on 28^th Nov 2010, had 135 questions to be attempted in 120 minutes. These 135 questions were from five test areas viz. LR/DI, Quant, RC,VA, GK, with 35,30,15,25 and 30 questions respectively in each. Some GK questions-
Name the Indian state having maximum no. of Major Seaport?
Which Sector attracted minimum FDI equity inflow in 2009-10?
Sports personality who is not an ambassador for CWG 2010?

Section	No. of Questions	Ideal Attempts	*Expected Cut-offs	Difficulty Level
Quant	30	12+	8+	Easy-Moderate
VA	25	18+	7+	Easy
RC	15	08+	5+	Easy
LR/DI	35	19+	11+	Moderate
GK	30	17+	4+	Moderate
Overall	135	65+	**36+	Moderate

*though they have not given sectional cut-offs but keeping in mind the last year trend, we are providing sectional cut-offs.
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IRMA 2010

S. No	Section	Total Question	Ideal Attempts	Expected Cut-offs (in percentage from total Marks)	Level
1	VA/RC	40	28+	70%	Easy
2	LR	50	38+	55%	Easy to Moderate
3	QA	50	35+	60%	Moderate
4	ISC	60	35+	33%	Easy-Moderate
Total		200	130-150	92-95(48%)	Moderate

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CAT 2010 Analysis

 As announced earlier by Prometric, the number of questions was 60

 *15 minute Tutorial (optional)

 *The actual duration of the test is 2 hours and 15 minutes.

 *There were 3 sections as in previous CAT papers i.e. Verbal, LR/DI and QA

 * Number of questions in all three sections was 20.

 * Most of the high performers in Mocks have reported attempting around 40 questions. Section wise attempting 13-15 qs in English, and about 12 ques each in quant and DI.

 * Paper pattern was similar to CAT 2009.

 *The raw scores will be calculated with +3 marks for every correct answer and –1 for every wrong answer.

Our Suggestion:

*There should be a break up of 40 minutes for Verbal, 45 minutes for Quant and 50 minutes for DI LR section.

*Attempt more than 40 questions

*Keep an eye on your accuracy 

*Dont get panic and give your best shoot

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XAT-2010


After the CAT Fiasco ...... The XAT held on 3th January 2010, kept up its reputation of being a difficult test. It was more of a test of knowledge than general aptitudes. In terms of marking scheme and negative marking, there was nothing new – the same pattern of progressive negative marking was present.this time paper was Tougher than the last year.............


Expected Cutoff: XLRI-BM 31+, XLR-PMIR 29+, XIM-B 27+, others(S.P. JAIN etc) 22+

Expected sectional cutoffs:
VA: 9-11 (moderate)
LR:  7-9   (tough)
QA: 8-10 (Moderate to tough)

Institute Name	Expected      VA-Cutoff	Expected LR-cutoff	Expected QA-cutoff	Expected Overall
XLRI-BM	9-11	7-9	8-10	31+
XLRI-PMIR	8-9	7-8	7-9	29+
XIMB	5-6	4-5	6	27+
S.P.JAIN	NA	NA	NA	23+
GIM/LIBA	NA	NA	NA	21+
Others(XIME,KJSOM etc)	NA	NA	NA	18+

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SNAP-2009

guys,
Snap is over and we hope that you must have done well in the exam...... here is some analysis of Snap 2009
as already announced earlier...... the paper was on same pattern with

The number of Qs went up from 135 to 150. Last year SNAP had 2 mark Qs in each of the 4 sections; however that was discontinued this year. The Analytical & Logical Reasoning section of SNAP2009 was the only one that had 2 mark Qs in it.  General English, QA/DI/DS and General Awareness sections had 40 Qs each while the Analytical & Logical Reasoning section had 30Qs. However the Reasoning section had the maximum weightage and students should have done well to give this section the maximum amount of time as compared to the other sections. All in all this SNAP was definitely easier than the SNAP exams of previous years and the cut-offs should scale new highs.

                                  2009 SNAP cut-offs

Institute	LR	QA	GK	VA	Cut-Offs	Note
SIBM (Pune)	34+	20+	10+	20+	110+	5 marks less for Bangalore campus
SCM-HRD	30+	15+	8+	18+	105+	Profile based can be 82+
SIIB	24+	10+	5+	15+	89+	Profile based
SITM	NA	NA	NA	NA	80+	Prefer engineer
SIOM	NA	NA	NA	NA	76+	Only engineer
SCIT	NA	NA	NA	NA	60+	IT people
SIMS	NA	NA	NA	NA	64+	Defence personal
SICSR					55+	IT geek
SIMC						Creative field
SIG
SIHS

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