JMET - 2008: Analysis
Executive Summary :
JMET 2007 was once again on the expected lines as far as the pattern of the paper is concerned. Overall, JMET 2007 could be considered slightly more difficult as compared to JMET 2006 but for Verbal communication section, which was relatively easy. Like last year, the paper had 4 sections- VC, LR, QA and DI. As compared to last year DI was difficult, LR was tricky but the section that proved to be the “googly” for most of the students was QA. The section was extremely tough and the cut off marks for this section could be as low as 4-5 marks.
Verbal communication was a mix of medium and higher-level difficulty questions. Questions on grammar and RC were easy and do-able while those on vocabulary were slightly difficult and tricky.
Exam Snapshot:
Total Duration of the exam (minutes) |
2 hours |
Total number of questions |
150 |
Number of sections |
4 |
Sectional timing |
No |
Number of choices per question |
4 |
Marks per question |
1 |
Negative marking |
0.25 |
Test Structure:
Sections |
Area |
No. of questions |
1 |
Verbal Communication |
40 |
2 |
Logical Reasoning |
40 |
3 |
Quantitative Ability |
40 |
4 |
Data Interpretation |
30 |
|
Total |
150 |
Sectional Analysis:
Verbal Communication:
This was the easiest of the sections in this paper. The RC questions were direct. The vocabulary questions were slightly difficult. The grammar based questions were also easy.
Area Tested |
No. of Questions |
RC |
15 |
Analogies |
4 |
Fill in the Blanks |
2 |
Antonym/Synonym |
6 |
Sentence reconstruction |
1 |
Identifying incorrect phase |
1 |
Grammar |
4 |
Reported Speech |
1 |
Sentence with similar meaning |
2 |
Punctuation |
1 |
Passive Voice |
2 |
Spelling |
1 |
Cut Offs: A score of 14+ is possible in this section, while a score of 18+ would be considered good. Cut-off for this section would be around 10-12 marks.
Logical Reasoning:
As in last year, in this section, more weightage was given to Critical Reasoning and Logical Reasoning. Overall, the difficulty level is also the same as that of last year's JMET. There were some new question types added- like deducing facts from the given facts, assumptions, monologues etc.
Area Tested |
No. of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
1. Critical Reasoning |
8 |
Tough |
2. Logical Reasoning |
8 |
Moderate |
3. Data Sufficiency |
1 |
Easy |
4. Analytical Reasoning (caselets + individual questions) |
13 |
Moderate |
5. Paragraph Building |
6 |
Moderate |
6. Coding-Decoding |
1 |
Moderate |
7. Mathematical Reasoning |
3 |
Tough |
Cut Offs: A score of 14+ is possible in this section, while a score of 20+ would be considered good. Cut-off for this section would be around 10-12 marks.
Quantitative Ability:
The difficulty level of this section was much more than that of last year. In Higher Maths, the questions were from Linear Programming and there were a couple of questions on matrices. All questions were in the form of caselets drawn from real life situations and were given specific titles. These could be solved using graphs and functions.
S.No. |
Type of caselet |
Area Tested |
Number of questions |
1. |
Location of WAREHOUSE AND SUPERMARKETS |
Co-ordinate Geometry |
2 |
STD |
1 |
||
2. |
HOSPITA SERVICES SURVEY (Dissatisfaction Index) |
Max min (minimizing total dissatisfaction) |
1 |
Equation (value of dissatisfaction index) |
1 |
||
Function |
1 |
||
Solution of simultaneous equation (DI wc =DI ic ) |
1 |
||
3. |
TOURIST ARRIVALS IN KERALA N(t) |
Function |
1 |
Linear equation |
1 |
||
4. |
BISCUIT PACKING |
Geometry |
1 |
Geometry |
1 |
||
Profit ratio |
1 |
||
Linear programming |
1 |
||
Maximizing profit |
1 |
||
Probability |
2 |
||
5. |
PROJECT INVESTMENT DECISIONS |
Maxima |
1 |
Linear equation |
1 |
||
6. |
EXCHANGE RATES |
Proportion |
3 |
7. |
CAMPUS PLACEMENT |
Combinations/probability |
3 |
8. |
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE |
Numbers |
1 |
Simultaneous equations |
1 |
||
Combinations |
2 |
||
9. |
COMPANY REVENUE MODELING |
Linear programming on polynomial equation |
2 |
10. |
STATIONARY MANUFACTURING |
Linear equation |
2 |
11. |
BPO HR FLOWS |
Numbers |
2 |
12. |
DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL |
Matrix |
2 |
13. |
INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS |
Probabilty |
1 |
Wages |
1 |
||
Function |
1 |
||
Depreciation |
1 |
Cut Offs: A score of 8+ is possible in this section, while a score of 10+ would be considered good.Cut-off for this section would be around 5-6 marks.
Data Interpretation:
The questions were calculation intensive and were modeled on real life data. The number of cases was less and number of questions per case was more.
Area Tested |
No. of Questions |
Tabular Caselet (Cost of Production and Sales) |
6 |
Combination of Table with Line Graph(Daily Transaction in Departmental Store) |
6 |
Tabular Caselet(Production and Consumption of Edible Oil) |
6 |
Venn Diagram(Newspaper Readership and Advertising cost) |
6 |
Combination of Bubble Graph and Table(Business Strength Index and Market Share of various Products) |
6 |
Cut offs: A score of 12+ is possible in this section, while a score of 15+ would be considered good. Cut-off for this section would be around 9-10 marks.
Overall the cut offs could be as mentioned.
S. No. |
Institutes |
Suggested Ranks at the cut Off Scores |
Probable Cut offs |
1 |
S.J.M. SOM, IIT Mumbai |
300 |
55-58 |
2 |
Faculty of Management, IIT Delhi |
600 |
52-55 |
3 |
V.G.SOM, IIT Kharagpur |
1000 |
47-50 |
4 |
Other IITs and IISc |
1600 |
42-45 |