MAH CET 2016: Reasoning with 100 questions remains the key to JBIMS; know the expected questions

Logical and Abstract Reasoning in MAH CET 2016 will play a major role in your admission to JBIMS or other top rated B-schools in Maharashtra. According to the Syllabus and marking scheme published for MAH CET 2016 by DTE Maharashtra for admission to 59000 seats in various MBA/MMS/PGDM 2016-18 batch in Maharashtra B-schools, there will be 75 questions on Logical Reasoning and 25 questions on Abstract Reasoning in MCQ form out of 200 questions carrying equal weightage in the MAH CET 2016 written exam going to be held on March 12 & 13, 2016 in 40 test cities across India.

Reasoning in MAH CET: Most important Logical and Abstract reasoning in MAH CET 2016 with yet higher number of questions forms a major share of the test. Cracking them right will be the gateway to score high in the test. Many of the questions will involve some tricks but an aspirant with basic conceptual clarity will be able to solve these questions.

This section may include Analytical Reasoning, Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning. The 75 questions in Logical and 25 in Abstract Reasoning of can sure the turn the table either way.

Although difficult but scoring 100 marks out of total 200 maximum marks in MAH CET 2016 that too only in one section, can get you the jackpot in rewarding you with your admission to JBIMS where you will spend a little on your education and will earn many times more immediately after completing your MMS in 2018.

It is therefore imperative that you are supposed to focus more on Reasoning section as it carries maximum weightage. The questions in this section would be both of Verbal and non-verbal type.

Level of Difficulty in MAH CET 2016 The difficulty level of the reasoning questions in MAH CET 2016 is expected to be easier than CAT/XAT although total number of questions are more than these All India tests. MAH CET 2016 will have total 200 MCQs as against 100 total questions in CAT 2015 and 78+25 in XAT 2016 and will award lesser time to solve. Time to solve the test in MAH CET 2016 is 150 minutes which was 180 minutes in CAT 2015 and 210 minutes in XAT 2016.

The silver lining is that there is no negative marking in MAH CET 2016 whereas all other tests impose penalty for every wrong answer. Candidates would prefer to attempt all the questions in MAH CET 2016 since there is no fear of deduction of marks due to negative marking and this is the reason due to which high percentile score is expected to be the cut off point for admission to top rated Maharashtra B schools like JBIMS, SIMSREE, K J Somaiya, PUMBA among others.

Important topics In Reasoning section important topics are Caselet, Analogies, Coding Decoding, Series Completion, Data Sufficiency, Inference Based Question, and in some questions, you will be provided with a statement and will need to find the correct set of assumption or the correct conclusion.

As paper contains 200 questions to be attempted in 150 minutes without any penalty of negative marking, one must mark answer for all the questions without wasting time. If you are not able to solve a question, you can have smart guess to pick out the most appropriate option rather than leaving the question un-attempted.

Sample Questions Here are some sample questions on various topics which can be asked in the exam.

Topics Caselet- In this topic a caselet having some information or data will be provided and it will be followed by 3 5 questions based on the information provided. We need to answer based only on the information provided in the caselet.

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. (i)Lectures on six subjects P, Q, R, S, T and U are organised on the same day one after the other by six different persons A, B, C, D, E and F. Subjects and persons are not necessarily in the same order.

(ii) First lecture was on subject Q but not by B immediately followed by Cs lecture. Lecture on subject R is taken by E just before the last lecture. Last lecture on subject T is taught by F. Ds lecture on subject P is between C and Bs lectures.

Q.1. Lecture on subject P is preceded by whose lecture ? (1) B (2) E (3) B or E (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these

Q.2. Whose lecture is at serial No. 4 ? (1) B (2) C (3) B or C (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these

Q.3. Who takes lecture on subject S? (1) C (2) B (3) C or B (4) A or B (5) None of these

Q.4. Who takes the first lecture ? (1) C (2) A (3) D (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these

Statement Conclusion: In each question below are given some statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Q.5. Statements : All films are clouds. All rats are clouds. Some clouds are chairs. Conclusions : (I) No film is chair. (II) Some rats are films. (III) Some clouds are rats. (IV) Some chairs are rats.

(1) Only I and III follow (2) Either II or IV follows (3) None follows (4) Only IV follows(5) None of these

Q.6. Statements : Some bugs are slates. All slates are apples. No apple is car. Conclusions : (I) Some cars are slates. (II) Some bugs are cars. (III) Some apples are bugs. (IV) No car is bug.

(1) None follows (2) Only II follows (3) Only III follows (4) Either II or IV and III follow (5) None of these

Coding-Decoding- Q.7. In a code language pla te lo means Children like playing; te wo de means Children hate studying and fa al lo means All like flowers. So which word stands for hate in that language ? (1) de (2) wo(3) fa (4) Data inadequate(5) None of these

Q.8. A + B means A is sister of B; B C means C is wife of B; C x D means D is son of C. If all are true how is A related to D? (1) Mother(2) Sister(3) Aunt(4) Grandmother (5) None of these

Non-Verbal Reasoning It is divided under following categories:

[1] Classification: In each problem, out of the five figures marked (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), four are similar in a certain manner. However, one figure is not like the other four. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.