MEH-CET Tips by PT Education
The Maharashtra CET is the first
in a long line of State Level MBA entrance examinations that are
conducted by individual states for entrance to mba colleges
affiliated to State Universities. Normally, these State level tests
are meant only for students who are domiciled in that state, but the
Maharashtra CET gains some significance among students from other
states because of the following reasons:
a) A percentage of seats being kept open for students from other states (called as OMS candidates) b) The presence of premier institutes like JBIMS (Mumbai), KJ Somaiya (Mumbai), PUMBA (Pune), Sydenham College (Mumbai) and many more colleges in the twin cities of Pune and Mumbai. c) Scores of MAT being also accepted in lieu of the CET scores. Before looking at a strategy for CET 2009, let us look at the paper structure for CET 2008. Logical Reasoning - 75 questions Visual Reasoning - 30 questions Numerical Ability - 10 questions Arithmetic - 5 questions Quantitative Comparison - 5 questions Data Interpretation - 20 questions Data Sufficiency - 5 questions Reading Comprehension - 15 questions English Usage - 35 questions 
If this indeed is the pattern
for this year's test too (as in all probability, it would
be) then the smart students should seek to score from the
following areas.
1. Data Sufficiency 2. Logical reasoning 3. Numerical ability 4. Quantitative comparison 5. English usage Questions from these sections could be called having an easy to moderate level of difficulty and more importantly, can be solved in the least possible time. Students who are comfortable with their Vocabulary should look towards the English Usage section too as there are questions dealing with Synonyms - Antonyms, Verbal Analogies etc. that can be done in the least possible time. Ditto with the Reading Comprehension section which has 1 passage followed by 15 questions based on the passage itself. Even here, there are some vocabulary based questions based on words sourced from within the passage. Questions from Visual reasoning can prove to be a stumbling block for many. Our advice to the students would be that they should not spend too much time on these questions. If the logic/pattern/sequence does not hit you immediately, then chances are that it would not strike you even after 10 minutes. One "positive" trait of the CET - much appreciated by the students! - is that there is no negative marking. Therefore, students should look to attempting all the questions. Our advice to students would be to genuinely attempt at least 140-150 questions and the balance can be left to chance. But, remember, this advice would become invalid, if this year the CET decided to introduce negative marking!! Add Comment Comments |
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