MAT Dec 2013 Exam Analysis - Part 2
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MAT Dec 2013 paper-based exam was held on Dec 1, 2013 across various centers in India. Here's an expert analysis of the paper pattern. You can also click on individual sections to check out the MAT 2013 paper analysis:
Intelligence and Critical Reasoning
DATA ANALYSIS AND SUFFICIENCY
As shown in the table below, this test area comprises DI, DS and Data Comparison, with DI accounting for 30 out of 40 questions while DS and Data Comparison put together accounting for the remaining 10 questions. The questions in DI involved were of standard model -based on observation, calculations like comparison of fractions, computing the average, percentage based calculations etc. Overall, this test area can be considered to be Moderate. A good time allocation strategy would be to spend around 35-40 min for a good net score of 16 (for at least 90 percentile from this section alone).
| Area |
Description |
Marks |
Difficulty Level |
Estimated Good Marks |
| Data Interpretation |
There were two pie charts given. The first pie chart gave the break-up of the contribution of each of the six districts(A, B, C, D, E, F) in wheat production(total being 17 lakh tonnes). The second pie chart gave the break-up of cost in any district. |
5 |
Very difficult |
10 |
| The questions were based on the combination of two charts- one bar chart and one pie chart. The pie chart gave the break-up of the people working in six different industries (Sales, Banking, Medical, IT, Gaming, Call Centre) working in night shifts(Total being 40,250 people). The bar chart gave the percentage of women for each industry among people working in night shift. |
5 |
Moderate |
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| The set was based on the data given in the tabular format. This had data in the format of six zones and five years. The data was pertaining to the students who appeared and passed in these zones |
5 |
Moderate |
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| The line graph gave the data regarding the interest rates offered by three banks P, Q, R across 2007-2012 |
5 |
Moderate |
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| The bar graph gave the production of three types of Icecream-X, Y, Z over 6 years |
5 |
Easy |
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| The questions were given in the form of a caselet. It gave the data regarding the number of people using six different modes of transport-A, B, C, D, E &F. |
5 |
Moderate |
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| Data Sufficiency & Data Comparison |
Each question followed by two statements, A and B. |
5 |
Easy
|
6 |
| Data Comparison |
5 |
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Overall |
40 |
Moderate |
16 |
