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    The document provides an analysis of the XAT-2004 exam. It summarizes each section of the exam in terms of the number and types of questions, allotted time, and difficulty level. The three sections were English, Reasoning and Quantitative Ability, and General Awareness, with 80, 60, and 60 questions respectively. English included verbal ability and reading comprehension questions and was assessed as average difficulty. Reasoning included caselets, functions, probability, and number series questions, also assessed as average difficulty overall. General Awareness was considered the toughest section. The optimum number of attempts for each section varied from 30-60 questions. The total cut-off score for XLRI was estimated

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    The document provides an analysis of the XAT-2004 exam. It summarizes each section of the exam in terms of the number and types of questions, allotted time, and difficulty level. The three sections were English, Reasoning and Quantitative Ability, and General Awareness, with 80, 60, and 60 questions respectively. English included verbal ability and reading comprehension questions and was assessed as average difficulty. Reasoning included caselets, functions, probability, and number series questions, also assessed as average difficulty overall. General Awareness was considered the toughest section. The optimum number of attempts for each section varied from 30-60 questions. The total cut-off score for XLRI was estimated

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    The document provides an analysis of the XAT-2004 exam. It summarizes each section of the exam in terms of the number and types of questions, allotted time, and difficulty level. The three sections were English, Reasoning and Quantitative Ability, and General Awareness, with 80, 60, and 60 questions respectively. English included verbal ability and reading comprehension questions and was assessed as average difficulty. Reasoning included caselets, functions, probability, and number series questions, also assessed as average difficulty overall. General Awareness was considered the toughest section. The optimum number of attempts for each section varied from 30-60 questions. The total cut-off score for XLRI was estimated

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    Analysis of XAT-2004

    The paper was perceived more or less as a pushover. Due to the jolt given by
    the Math section last year, most of the test-takers were bracing themselves
    for staggering questions. There were a sizeable number of single questions
    unlike caselets that were predominant last year. The English section as usual
    gave some reasons to relax. The change was brought in by the poetry, which
    hobbled the performance added by deceptively close options in analogies.
    The GK section had a mix of questions based on science, management,
    famous quotes, et al.

    It was a three-section paper just like last year with sectional timings and had
    a total of 200 questions to be attempted in two hours followed by a 20-
    minute essay.

    The optimum number of attempts was in the range of 120 to 130 (for XLRI).

    As far as the individual sections are concerned, English was the one, which
    would fetch the maximum score, followed by Maths.

    Sectional Breakup

    No. Of Time Difficulty


    Section
    Questions Limit Level
    English (Verbal Ability +
    80 40 Average
    Reading Comprehension)
    Reasoning & Quantitative
    60 40 Average
    Ability
    General Awareness 60 40 Tough
    Section 1: English

    Verbal Ability

    Area Tested No. Of Questions Difficulty Level Comments


    Analogies 20 Average Tricky
    Fill in the Blanks 10 Average
    Synonyms 20 Average
    Total 50 Average

    Reading Comprehension

    No. of
    Passage Difficulty Level Comments
    Questions
    King HenryIV
    7 average Poem
    ‘s speech
    Hamlet 6 average Poem
    Indians building
    Conventional
    American 7 easy
    passage
    economy
    Antonyms
    Painter 10 easy
    based questions
    Total 30 Average

    A total of 80 questions were to be solved in 40 minutes. Here the ideal


    number of attempts would be 60+ and the cutoff would be 45+(for XLRI)
    Section 2 : Reasoning & Quantitative Ability

    Total of 60 questions to be solved in 40 minutes. Compared to last year,


    Quantitative ability questions were easier.

    Caselet type Number of questions Difficulty level


    Functions 10 Average
    Probability (balls in
    10 Average
    urns)
    Spring balance
    6 Average (tricky)
    (reasoning)
    Number Series 8 Tough
    Pie-chart (DI) 5 Easy
    Table (DI) 6 Average
    Others 15 Very Easy
    Total 60 Average

    Ideal attempts would be 40+ and cutoff would be30+(for XLRI).

    Section 3: General Awareness

    A total of 60 questions to be solved in 40 minutes. The ideal number of


    attempts would be 35+and the cut off would be in the range of 20+(for
    XLRI).

    Essay:

    When asked which of his works was a masterpiece, the 83-year-old architect
    Frank Llyod Wright replied" my next one."

    Total cut-off could be safely pegged at 95+ for XLRI.

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