CET 2009 - An Overview By IMS India
Maharashtra CET, held on 15
February 2009, was easy but lengthy and time-consuming compared to
last year's test. The Verbal Ability, Verbal Reasoning and Reading
Comprehension questions were very tricky because there were some new
varieties. Even Logical Reasoning questions had some new formats.
Data Interpretation questions were calculation intensive. Some of
the questions from Visual Reasoning were similar to the ones that
appeared in the SIMCETs.
Overall Test Structure 
Area Wise Test Structure
Problem Solving
The problem solving questions were extremely simple. Surprising element was that there was no question on Geometry. Also problems based on topics, like Time-Speed-Distance, Interests etc. were absent. One set of 5 problems was based on Permutations and Combinations was there, but the difficulty level of these questions was not high. Plus there were 5 problems based on calculations and VBODMAS. These problems were also not very difficult. Another set comprised of 5 problems on approximation based calculation. 
Data Interpretation
There were five sets of 5 questions each. This year, most of the questions were calculation intensive and almost all the sets had questions based on ratio, average and percentage. 
Data Sufficiency
There were 2 sets of Data Sufficiency of 5 questions each namely : 2 statement and 3 statement. 2 statement DS was simple and PS based. 3 Statement DS was of medium level and mostly LR based. Logical Reasoning As per last year, Logical Reasoning questions were simple.Some of the questions had different format. There were some questions which would take even less than 30 seconds. 
Visual Reasoning
Among all the questions, Series Completion questions were simpler while few of the Analogy questions were difficult. Most of the questions were of similar type as that of last year. 
Verbal Ability & Verbal
Reasoning
Verbal Ability and Verbal Reasoning questions were slightly more difficult than average. Some new question formats featured in the paper. A detailed analysis of the types of questions is given below 
Odd One
Out
There was only one question, which was quite simple and could be solved very easily. One had to identify the odd one in the group comprising cardamom, clove, cinnamon, cumin and custard. Anagram There was only one question on Anagram. One had to identify how many words could be formed with all the letters RECA, using the letters only once. Fill in the Blanks (paragraph) The paragraph was on automation of insurance and banking sectors. There were 10 blanks and the correct option almost stood out in most of the cases. None of the options had difficult words, for example, words like currently, despite, emerge, etc. One could have easily solved this set. Jumbled Paragraph This was the type of jumbled paragraph in which one single set comprising 6 sentences was given and all 5 questions were based on the correct sequence of these sentences. This was a tricky set because identifying the correct sequence was not easy as many variants were possible. Sentence Completion This was a new question format where 5 incomplete sentences were given following a set of 10 concluding parts, more than one of which could complete the 5 incomplete sentences. Solving this set required not only understanding of the context but also a good command of grammar. Sentence Rephrasing Another new question format where a main statement was given followed by options that rephrased the given sentence keeping the meaning intact. All the questions had "none" as one of the options, which added to the intricacy. Understanding of the context and a sound logical skills would have helped solve this set correctly. Synonyms The format for this set of questions was again unusual. A word was given followed by three words and one had to identify the word/s which were synonymous to the main word. Words given were: melancholy, invigorate, versatile, exasperate and indomitable. A good vocabulary would have helped one solve this set correctly. Fill in the Blanks (Paired) This set tested one's grammatical concepts. The questions were based on areas like: tense, subject-verb, pronoun, correlative conjunctions, etc. Syllogisms The syllogisms this time were framed in a slightly different manner. Four premises were given followed by 4 possible conclusions and one had to decided which conclusion, if any, followed from the premises. It was not specified that the conclusions had to follow from all the premises. Course of Action These were the standard type of questions that have been appearing in CET. The only skill necessary was a good reasoning ability. Cause and Effect Again, there was nothing unusual in the pattern of questions and the directions. One who had practiced diligently for the CET could have solved this set easily. Reading Comprehension Unlike, CET 2007 and 2008, this year there were three short passages instead of one passage with 15 questions. The details are given below: 
There were 15 questions based
on three passages. There were 5 word-based questions - 2 each in
two passages and 1 in one passage. The words that featured were
familiar ones like: decline, contemporary, concurrent,
prevalence and altered. Most of the remaining questions were
direct ones. Overall, a good attempt in this test would be 135+
and a key to success would be a judicious selection of questions
coupled with good accuracy.
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