CET-2010

STEP 1: Collect form from a post office (waiting in a long queue)
STEP 2: Take a snap in ‘specified’ format
STEP 3: Scan the snap such that the size is less than 30 kb.
STEP 4: Fill the form online
STEP 5: Appear for written exam
STEP 6: Register for GDPI online
STEP 7: Go for document verification at various venues
STEP 8: Appear for GDPI
STEP 9: Fill CAP round forms (which has weird rules)
STEP 10: Admission procedure (for the ‘lucky’ 1s)
OR
REPEAT ALL STEPS NEXT YEAR (for the ‘unlucky’ 1s)

Looking at the algorithm, anyone can say that it is a procedure for an exam organized by the government. Instead of filling a simple form online, they will make u go through this irritating procedure just for you to realize that the exam for which you will appear is a big deal. So after preparing for a couple of months, around 1.5 lakh candidates expect a paper that would do some justice to their hard work( OR intelligence) and would act as an optimum barometer that would help them get admission in some good colleges.
However, CAT failed to meet these expectations with a surprisingly easy level of questions (CET level) and some horrible fiascos in other domains.
And if u thought that CET (not being held online and considering its reputation of having a predictable question set) would be a smooth exam with no un-pleasant surprises, they were all set to prove u wrong.

Here’s what they had to offer................................

DATA INTERPRETATION: 20 questions from this section. All the 4 sets just testing speed rather than skills, they could be solved in less than 20 min easily with a very good accuracy.
SPLIT UP:
Tables: 2 sets of 5 mks each. difficulty level ( E )
Line Graph: 5 mks difficulty level ( E )
Bar Graph: 5 mks difficulty level ( E )

LOGIC: 50 questions from this section, with most of the questions being extremely easy, they could be solved in less 45 min with more than 80% accuracy.
SPLIT UP:
General questions : 7 difficulty level( M )
Code string: 5 difficulty level ( E )
Symbol substitution: 5 difficulty level ( E )
Sequential Output tracing: 5 difficulty level ( E )
Selection criteria: 10 difficulty level ( E )
Puzzle: 8 difficulty level ( V. E )
Syllogisms: 5 mks difficulty level ( E )
Symbol substitution(2) 5 mks difficulty level ( T )

VERBAL ABILITY: With 30 questions and a difficultly level that was less than what you generally expect from this section, it could easily be attempted in less than 20 min with a decent accuracy.
SPLIT UP:
Phrases: 5 mks difficulty level ( M )
Fill in the blanks: 10 mks difficulty level ( E )
Fill in the blanks( paired) : 5 mks difficulty level ( E )
Grammar : 10 mks difficulty level ( E )

READING COMPREHENSION:
Though the ans to the 8 questions were not straight forward, 7 marks of synonyms and antonyms were a bonus.
Q n A: 8 mks difficulty level ( M )
Synonyms n antonyms: 7 mks difficulty level ( E )

VERBAL REASONING
This could well be the deciding factor as the margin of error is relatively less in the other sections.Also, a good reasoning ability will be the only factor to score with a moderate to good accuracy.This section was also time consuming.
SPLIT UP:
Chronological order: 5 mks difficulty level ( M )
Cause and effect: 6 mks difficulty level ( M )
Course of action : 5 mks difficulty level ( M )
Conclusion, Inference N Assumptions: 9 mks difficulty level ( T )

VISUAL REASONING: Those attempting this section with patience can score well around 20 out of 30. But that might consume around 25 min or so.
Total 30 questions:
10 mks difficulty level ( E )
15 mks difficulty level ( M )
5 mks difficulty level ( T )

DATA SUFFICIENCY
5 mks difficulty level ( M )

NO. SERIES( Finding d wrong no.):
A set that was meant to be left5 mks difficulty level ( V.T )

SPEED MATHS
This section was time consuming but it would depend a lot on the student’s practice in this area.
10 mks difficulty level ( M )

MATHS
Relatively easy for those who had prepared this section for other exams
10 mks difficulty level ( E-M )

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Thus, with very easy questions in most of the parts, the margin for error in the paper was very less, and every mark may result into a bigger change in percentile as there will be a lot of people in the same domain.The overall cut-offs for the colleges will definitely be higher than last year by atleast 3-5marks.GDPI will surely be a deciding factor after most students aspiring(and standing a realistic chance) to get into the top 10 colleges will be hanging in the 115-135 marks domain. The competition will be cut throat(deeper than every year). Lets hope that some MARKING ERRORS or some silly mistakes will not prove to be too costly.

And if you are still wondering what CET did in competing with CAT in the field of goof-ups, here’s a bit of info. There are 4 sets of question papers released every time so that due to the jumbled questions in every set, students can’t just copy the options blindly. But this time, all the 4 sets had the same order. So if you don’t want to solve any question, just trust your aagewalla or pichewalla...look at the corresponding question and then option....your job is done.
And to see that you don’t strain yourself much by peeping in the front desks, some centre had taken care of your comfort by having 2 people sitting on 1 bench....now u can just relax and copy......!!!
And people complain that our education system INCREASES stress ....!!!!!!!!!!!

So if you have been consistently accurate in the paper (OR your partner/aagewalla/pichewalla has been good and you have a good presence of mind and a proper set of eyes) OR if you are lucky enough, you will definitely pass the TEST!

BEST OF LUCK FOR YOUR RESULTS!