FMS 2010
Analysis
FMS in a NUTSHELL
The test of FMS was of 200 questions, as it was already declared before the test. On the
contrary, there were 175 questions asked in 2009. With questions being rounded off to 200,
the sections were also made equal with four sections containing 50 questions each. The
sections were easy, moderate or difficult as a whole. IRA was very easy and one could solve
18-20 questions easily within the time limit of 25-30 minutes. MA was easy and again one
could solve 20-22 questions within 30 minutes. EU and VA was moderate and required good
proficiency to solve the questions. Those who had solved the wordlist had an upper hand as
direct questions of synonyms and antonyms were there. Paragraph correction was a bit
difficult. The section of RC was difficult in terms of length of RC. There were 4 RCs with
number of questions 6, 7, 13 and 24. As the RCs were very lengthy one could solve any one of
the 2 RCs with maximum weightage ie, the RC of 13 and 24 questions and one RC with 6 and
7 questions. In 30 minutes one could solve 17-20 questions. Overall attempt could be 80 to 90.
Summery:
No. of Questions
200
Total marks
800
Duration
120 Min
Sections
4
Negative marking
1/4th (1 marks deducted for every wrong answer)
Number of options
4
Sections
Area
No. of Qs.
Marks/Qs.
Total Marks
1
Reading Comprehension
50
4
200
2
Data Interpretation and Reasoning
50
4
200
3
English Usage and Verbal ability
50
4
200
4
Mathematical Ability
50
4
200
Total
200
800
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Analysis
Section I: Reading Comprehension
There were 4 passages with considerable lengths which made it time consuming for anyone to
attempt the passages. There was a passage of over 5 pages and with 24 questions! Some questions
were direct but otherwise required to understand and comprehend the paragraph to answer the
questions.
A detailed analysis is as follows:
No.
S. No.
questions
of
Difficulty Level
1.
Passage I
6
moderate
2.
Passage II
7
Moderate to difficult
3.
Passage III
13
Moderate to difficult
4.
Passage IV
24
Moderate to difficult
TOTAL
50
The section was overall a difficult one and it was not easy to solve more than 14 to 17 questions in
this section. The expected cut off for this section could be 20+.
SECTION II: Mathematical Ability
This section was very easy and within the time limit of 30 minutes, one could easily select some
sitters and solve around 18 questions. It was heavily algebra based with some questions each of
geometry, numbers, arithmetic, logarithm and functions. It was based on fundamentals and
didn’t require too much of calculations. The practice of questions from various mock tests and
section tests could have given advantage and one could have increased the attempts in this
section.
Area
No. of questions
Difficulty Level
Geometry
7
Moderate
Arithmetic
8
Easy to moderate
Algebra
25
Easy to moderate
Numbers
2
Easy
Reasoning based QA
3
Moderate
Miscellaneous
5
Easy to moderate
Total
50
Average
The expected cutoff would be 23 questions with 80% accuracy.
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Analysis
SECTION III: Verbal Ability
This section was good for those who had good command on wordlist as around 20 questions
were of synonym and antonyms. Error corrections and other variety of EU were easy to
moderate.
Area
Idioms
Fill in the blanks (words)
Error in parts of sentence
Analogies
Phrase Substitution
Cluster Words
Parts of Speech
Proverbs
Origin based words
Antonyms
Synonyms
Classification
Correct Spelling
Total
No. of questions
2
1+2
3
2+2
7
2
3
2
2
10
10
1
1
50
Difficulty Level
Easy
Easy
Moderate
Moderate
Easy to Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Easy
Moderate
Easy
Easy
Easy
Overall the section was easy and an attempt of 18-20 questions in the sections can be considered
to be good. The expected cutoff can be 20-23.
SECTION IV: Interpretation and Reasoning Ability
This section was very easy and some elementary variety of reasoning was given. There was one
or 2 cases of DI which were difficult on calculation part. Other variety of reasoning were
unconventional in MBA entrance exams but were easy to solve.
Area
Circular Arrangement
Blood Relations
Letter Arrangement
Arrangement (Single)
Direction Sense
Selection
Matching
Arrangement
Coding Based M.R.
D.I. (Data Comparison Type)
Coded Blood Relations
Word Based
Total
No. of questions
7
5
3
3
1
8
3
6
4
6
2
2
50
3
Difficulty Level
Easy
Easy
Easy
Easy
Easy
Average
Easy
Easy to Average
Easy to Average
Average
Easy to Average
Easy to Average
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Analysis
The section could have been solved within a time limit of 25-30 minutes and someone could
easily attempt 20-22 questions. The expected cutoff can be 28 questions.
Overall:
Overall the test was moderate to difficult as there were 200 questions to attempt and the time was
only 2 hours. The overall cutoff for the test can be taken as 290+.
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