MAH-CET 2018: Exam analysis by MBA expert Rahul Singh

MAH-CET 2018 exam analysis

MAH-CET 2018, conducted by Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra was scheduled over a window of two days, March 10 to March 11, 2018. The exam is a gateway for admission to MBA/MMS/ PGDM programmes in various colleges across the state of Maharashtra. 

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MAH-CET 2018 was conducted online over a period of 2.5 hours (150 minutes). The medium of the exam was English, and the paper had a total of 200 multiple choice questions. Candidates will be allotted 1 mark for every correct answer. There is no negative marking for incorrect answers. Every question had 5 answer options out of which candidates had to select one. 

Here's the complete analysis of MAH-CET 2018 by MBA expert Rahul Singh, CATKing

The paper was divided into 4 sections. Section-wise number of questions and marks allotted for each were as follows: 

Day 2 Analysis

• The MAH-CET day 2 has shown few surprises in the Verbal section as compared to yesterday. The overall paper difficultly level was higher as expected.
• Most students came out mixed opinions - those who had prepared thoroughly were able to score well with genuine 159 attempts as the paper was lengthy, but ofcourse those who weren't well-prepared found it difficult to cope up with the paper.
• The most scoring section was Logical Reasoning as it had no new innovations. The section had basic questions - they were just time consuming.
• Abstract Reasoning was fun and interesting.

 MAH-CET Analysis Summary: Slot 1 & 2

Verbal Ability

Good attempt: 40 questions

Quantitative Ability

Good attempt: 32 questions

Logical Reasoning

Good attempt: 48-50 questions

Abstract Reasoning

Good attempt: 20 questions

Day 1 Analysis

Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation

This section was tough as compared to the previous year, where the section was pretty easy. Questions were tricky and were based on calculations. Arithmetic Questions were in majority. There were 4 sets of Data Interpretatio - out of these 4, two were easy, one was moderate and the other was calculation-intensive. The sets covered Tables, Line Graphs, Pie Charts and Caselets. There were no questions from numbers this year. A few questions were asked along with Data Sufficiency. No new types in any of the questions. No reports of any errors in the questions. There were very few Questions on Geometry and Modern Maths.

Good Attempt: 35 questions and above with high accuracy. 

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension

This section was moderate but full of surprises! There were no questions on cloze test; parajumbles questions had a very different pattern, grammatical errors questions were easy, ad there were very unique questions on vocabulary. Reading comprehension questions had numeric data, and each passage had more questions like 6-7.

Good Attempt: 40 questions and above with high accuracy. 

Logical Reasoning

This was the toughest section of the exam with a moderate difficulty level. There were many surprises in this section. Arrangements questions dominated the section, Critcal reasoning also had a great weightage with 15 questions. Questions were from Cause & Effect, Statement & Course of Action, Statement & Conclusions, Statement-Assumptions, Critical Reasoning and Syllogisms. Students found some questions on analytical puzzles to be a bit tough. Many questions included figures and diagrams. There were some basic questions based on Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations and Directions which were not time consuming. To our surprise slot 1 didnt have any input output questions, however that did appear in the slot 2. 

Good Attempt: 45 questions and above with high accuracy. 

Abstract Reasoning

This was the easiest section for the students. Questions were standard and not something new. There were around 12 questions on Series and 13 questions on analogies.

Good Attempt: 20 questions and above with high accuracy 

Overall, the difficulty level of the exam was moderate and the difficulty level was almost similar for every slot. The test was computer-based with no technical glitches reported across the centres.

Expected cut-offs

MAH-CET 2018 result will be announced on March 19, 2018. The scorecards will be available on the official website.

About The Author:

Rahul Singh is the Director of CATKing, a premier MBA Coaching institute of Maharashtra. Rahul Singh completed his MBA from SPJIMR and is a Master of Information Technology from Virginia Tech. He has also pursued SPNM from Havard Business School. Among numerous awards, he's been honoured with Digital Indian of the Year 2016 and Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2015.