MICAT II 2017 exam Analysis by MBA expert Tarun Malik

The second round of MICAT is over and while most of the questions were on expected lines there were surprises in store as well--some of the questions in Quantitative section were true bouncers!

As close to 10% people will be selected for the next round an overall cutoff of 56-58 is expected. The sectional cutoff looks to be in the vicinity of the following:

Here’s the complete analysis of MICAT-II 2017 by MBA expert Tarun Malik of Edmyt.

Descriptive test
As expected this test had 4 questions.  The first three questions were related to the topic" Public opinion is vital for public policy."  Test takers also had to create a story based on 4 given pictures. Time management was, once again, a challenge on this section and finishing the test was an uphill task. The DT will be evaluated only for those candidates who clear Sectional Cutoffs in each of QA, VA, GA and DCR.

The tasks:

1. Three points in favour of the topic,

2. Three points against it, and

3. A conclusion in approximately 200 words expressing a clear stand – a neutral opinion was not accepted.

4. The final task was a story that had to be written in around 300 words. The sequence in which the pictures were used in the story had to be given. Pictures given were:

A. A  traffic jam

B. A woman and child on a beach

C. A spiral staircase

D. A mountain view

Psychometric test:

36 questions had to be done in 25 minutes.  As with MICAT 1 all 36 questions had to be attempted. If you have missed even a single question, you have missed a shot at MICA in 2017. The questions were similar to those in MICAT 1 and once again time management was critical as there were 10 questions which expected you to arrange your 6 preferences.

Multiple choice test:

This is the only section of MICAT with negative marking and hence one had to be careful in answering the questions.  In divergent convergent thinking, the difficulty level of questions was on the lines of MICAT I. While the non-verbal reasoning questions were easier, some of the other reasoning questions were tougher and the overall mix of easy-medium-hard questions remained the same.  Quantitative Ability was the toughest section of this exam. Out of 19 questions of Quant, 8 were from Arithmetic and 7 were from Algebra. Almost all the questions of Algebra were difficult. Most of the General Awareness questions were from advertising & branding, and current affairs. The Reading passage was an excerpt from a book by Amitav Ghosh, and majority of the questions were fairly easy with one vocabulary question from the passage. Other verbal questions were not too difficult with just a couple of words such as ‘sagacious’ and ‘protuberance’ that required vocab preparation for the exam. One grammar question expected test takers to know ‘inversion of verb’ rules. 

Overall Breakup

Sectional Breakup

Quantitative Ability

Divergent-Convergent Reasoning

Verbal Ability

 We wish candidates, all the best for results!

About the Author: Tarun Malik has been active in the TestPrep industry for more than a decade and a half. He has worked with some of the known TestPrep companies in past helping 100s of students for MBA and Law entrance exams. He has also helped a number of students in their SAT/ACT preparations (Tarun has been a perfect scorer-800/800-on SAT as well) He was a 100 %iler in QA of CAT 2014. Tarun, now, heads the MBA TestPrep at Edmyt.