MOCK TEST 18 (2013-14) DETAILED ANALYSIS

Expected time to complete INTRODUCTION Mock Test 18 follows the IPU pattern wherein the students are subjected to the same level of difficulty both in terms of question type and level. The mock test comprises of four sections with a total of 150 questions. A student is expected to attempt this test in an actual test like environment wherein he has 150 minutes to complete the test and thus need to schedule his/her time accordingly. A scheme of negative marking (+4, -1) is there. Sections Questions Expected time to complete English Language & Comprehension 1 – 37 45 min. General Knowledge 38 – 75 20 min. Legal Aptitude 76 – 112 50 min. Reasoning 113 - 150 35 min.

ENGLISH This section was of moderate level of difficulty. The section consisted of: 2 RC passages (4 questions each) 5 questions on Idioms 6 questions on Synonyms 5 questions on Antonyms 6 questions on Fill the blanks 1 Cloze passage (7 questions) The various questions are now described in detail:

Key Concepts and Brief Description Overall Level of Difficulty DETAILS Question S. No. Key Concepts and Brief Description Overall Level of Difficulty Strategy 1 to 4 Reading Comprehension (Passage 1) Moderate These questions were of moderate level of difficulty. All the questions were inference based so understanding the implication of specific lines was important. Overall, all the questions should have been attempted. 5 to 8 (Passage 2) Moderate - Difficult The passage was a difficult read but the questions that followed were of moderate difficulty. All the questions should have been attempted. 9 to 13 Idioms These questions were of moderate difficulty. The process of elimination could have been of some help. All the questions were expected to have been attempted.

Key Concepts and Brief Description Overall Level of Difficulty details Question S. No. Key Concepts and Brief Description Overall Level of Difficulty Strategy 14 to 19 Synonyms Easy - Moderate The words used were not very difficult. They are commonly used in good books and newspapers. All the questions should have been attempted. 20 to 24 Antonyms These questions were not very difficult. Reading ‘word of the day’ posted on CLMS on daily basis could have proven to be of great help. All 5 questions should have been attempted.

Key Concepts and Brief Description Overall Level of Difficulty details Question S. No. Key Concepts and Brief Description Overall Level of Difficulty Strategy 25 to 30 Fill the blanks Moderate These questions demanded knowledge of correct usage of phrasal verbs. The context of the statement could have aided process of elimination. At least 4 out of 6 questions should have been attempted. 31 to 37 Cloze Passage The questions were of moderate level of difficulty. Just as one requires an understanding of the context when dealing with cloze passages, so was it required here. All the questions should have been attempted.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE This MOCK TEST – 18 was based on the pattern of IPU test and this time the total no. of questions for this test was 38. When we analyze the break up the questions we see that the maximum number questions were from static field. Total no. of questions from static were 30 and out of that 13 questions were from sciene, technology and ecology and environment. The level was moderate to hard. There were only 7 questions from current affairs and they were mainly from misc. field. Further, the final break-up summary can be analyzed with the help of following table:

DETAILS Static GK Current GK Section No. of Questions Difficulty level History 6 Hard National Events - Geography (India & World) 2 Moderate International Events   Indian Polity & Constitution Personality Economy 1 Places Science & Tech 13 Awards & Honors Easy Misc. Moderate to hard Sports Moderate  5 Total 30 8

reasoning Verbal Logic: The difficulty level of this section was moderate. The section consisted of: 3 questions on Critical Reasoning 3 questions on Statement - Assumption 5 questions on Analogy 3 questions on Statement - Argument Analytical Reasoning: This section of the test was of Easy level of difficulty. This section consisted of 10 questions of Analytical Reasoning 7 questions of Series 2 questions of Blood Relation 2 questions of Direction 1 question of Coding Decoding 1 question of Ranking 1 question of Calendar The various questions are described in detail ahead:

Key Concepts and Brief Description details Question S. No. Key Concepts and Brief Description Topics Level of Difficulty 123 – 127, 132 – 136 Analytical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning Analytical Reasoning Easy to Moderate 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 129, 131 Number series, Alphabet series, Number series, Number series, Mixed series, Analogy, Analogy Series 115, 119 Blood Relation, Blood Relation Blood Relation Easy 121, 128 Directions, Directions Directions 113 Coding Decoding 117 Ranking Puzzle

Key Concepts and Brief Description Overall Level of Difficulty details Question S. No. Key Concepts and Brief Description Overall Level of Difficulty Strategy 137 to 139 Critical Reasoning Moderate These questions were of moderate level of difficulty. They required the given sentences to be interpreted correctly. All three questions should have been attempted. 140 to 142 Statement - Assumption These questions analyse one’s ability to read between the lines. All the questions were doable. 143 to 147 Analogy These questions are not based on very complex logic. Some amount of general knowledge was a must. All these questions could be attempted. 148 to 150 Statement – Argument These types of questions check one’s ability to gauge convincing arguments from the others. Since the questions were of moderate level of difficulty, all of them should have been attempted.

Legal aptitude This section had 36 questions on Legal Aptitude comprising of Legal Reasoning and Legal knowledge questions: Legal Reasoning (15 questions) Legal Knowledge (22 questions) Overall, the section was of easy difficulty level. The Legal Reasoning section tested the ability of students to understand and interpret questions with multiple principles and explanations and the combined application of the same to factual matrix to reach the best answer. The legal knowledge section was of a moderate difficulty level and needed the candidate to have knowledge on the subjects of Constitutional Law, Law of Contracts, Criminal Law, Law of Torts and General Principles of Law. An attempt around 33 would be considered a good attempt for this section.

details Legal Reasoning: The Legal Reasoning section of Mock 18 was of a reasonably easy level. Legal Knowledge: The legal Knowledge portion was of a moderate level. The reasoning section consisted of only 15 questions so the students had ample time to devote in reading and understanding of the question. The section was constituted of questions from Criminal Law, Law of Torts, Law of Contracts, Constitutional Law, International Law, Intellectual Property Law, General Principles of Law and Important Statutes.

details Topics Question Numbers Number of Questions Difficulty Level Legal Reasoning Legal Knowledge L.R. L.K. Criminal Law 76, 80, 85, 104, 105 3 2 Easy Torts 88 94, 95, 107 1 Constitution 78, 79, 83, 91, 92, 99 – 101, 108, 109, 111, 112 9 Easy to Moderate Intellectual Property 90 International Law 86, 87 Moderate Contracts 81, 82, 84, 89 106 4 Important Statutes 77 General Principles of Law 93, 96 – 98, 102, 103, 110 7

Question analysis Questions 78 and 79: The questions were based on the Principle of State mentioned under Article 12 of the Constitutional law. The principle was followed by a long set of facts. When we read through the facts we can see that there is a good degree of control by the government but not enough to term it ‘State’ as per the principle given. W.r.t. Question 78, NCERT cannot come under the ambit of State because its activities are not totally dependent on government functions and the control was limited to funding and issuing of directions on policy and programmes. Hence, (a) is the correct answer. W.r.t. Question 79, if we change the facts to the situation that NCERT was formed under a statute then also it will not be ‘State’ because the Principle says that financial, functional and administrative control is required for a body to become ‘State’. Hence, (b) is correct.

Question analysis Questions 89: This question was the lengthiest question in the reasoning part and dealt with the concept of Bailment. The first principle states the concept of bailment and defines the ‘bailor’ and ‘bailee’. The second principle states the liability of the parties in case a contract of bailment is made. As per the facts, the store owner is not responsible for the missing broach as she was not the one who found it. It was Anamika’s assistant, Madhur, who found the brooch and placed it in his drawer, entering into bailment. Hence, (c) is the correct answer option.

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