MOCK TEST 9
(2013-14)
DETAILED
ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
• Mock Test 9 follows the NLU-D 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 five sections with a total of 150 questions.
• A student is expected to attempt this test in an actual test like
environment wherein he has 90 minutes to complete the test and thus
need to schedule his/her time accordingly.
Sections
No. of Questions
Legal Aptitude
35
Expected Time to
Complete
25
General Knowledge
35
12
Reasoning
35
25
Mathematics
10
8
English
35
20
LEGAL APTITUDE
This section had 35 questions on Legal Aptitude comprising of both Legal
Reasoning as well as Legal Knowledge. The section consisted of:
Legal Reasoning (25 questions)
Legal Knowledge (10 questions)
Overall, the section was of Moderate difficulty level. The Legal Reasoning section
specifically tested the ability of students to understand and interpret the legal
principles and application of the same to factual matrix to reach the best answer.
And, in order to answer the questions based on Legal Knowledge, students were
expected to have some basic knowledge of various concepts under Constitutional
Law, Criminal Law, Law of Contracts, International Law and further to be
acquainted with general legal principles.
An attempt of around 32 would be considered a good attempt for this section.
DETAILS
 Legal Reasoning: The Legal Reasoning of Mock 9 was having
a Moderate difficulty level . This section was dominated by
questions from Criminal Law, Torts and Contracts Law,
along with a couple of questions from Constitutional Law.
 Legal Knowledge: The Legal Knowledge part of Mock 9
consisted of questions from Torts, Law of Contracts and
Criminal Law. Apart from that, there were questions from
Constitutional Law and General Principles of Law.
DETAILS
Topics
Question Numbers
Number of Difficulty
Questions Level
Legal Reasoning
Legal Knowledge
L.R.
L.K.
Criminal Law
1, 13, 15, 16, 23,
24
29, 34, 35
6
3
Torts
3-5, 9, 14, 17, 21
Constitution
8, 20
International Law
7
27, 28, 31
2
30
Moderate
Moderate to
Difficult
3
Moderate
1
Easy
Contracts
6, 7, 12, 18, 19,
22, 25
26
7
1
Moderate to
Difficult
General Principles
of Law
2, 10, 11
32, 33
3
2
Moderate
DETAILS
Question 9: This question has got 3 principles and a set of facts. The core
concept dealt within this question is negligence. 4 set of statements have
been provided from which, the option which consists of all true statements
needs to be picked.
In this question, its important to apply the third principle carefully as the
facts clearly establish there was negligence on part of Dr. Junaid. Whether
the injury resulted due to the negligence of Dr. Junaid needs to be
determined. Clearly, the injury would have happened if there was no
negligence as there was no relation between negligence of Dr. Junaid and
falling of boulders. Hence statements (ii), (iii) & (iv) are correct and option
(d) is the right answer.
DETAILS
Question 12 is based on the concept of ‘deficiency’ in service which comes
under the purview of contracts. It contains a principle and a lengthy set of
facts.
In question 12, since the freight charges has been duly paid by Yash
Limited to Kumar Roadways and the destruction of goods happened in the
godown of Kumar Roadways, there is a deficiency in the services provided
by Kumar Roadways.
The goods could not be transported to the requisite destination as they got
destroyed due to inadequacy in the manner of performance by Kumar
Roadways. Thus Kumar Roadways shall be liable to provide damages to
Yash Limited. Hence, (C) is the correct option.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
• This section of MOCK TEST – 6 has 35 questions in all.
• This test primarily focused on static GK. Out of total 35 questions, 24 questions
were from static GK and 11 questions from current affairs.
• Static GK was oriented towards geography , general science and technology,
economy and history.
• Overall difficulty level was moderate.
• Current affairs were mainly based on personality; apart from it questions were
also from misc. field.
• The difficulty level of current affairs was easy to moderate.
• Further, the final break-up summary can be analyzed with the help of following
table:
DETAILS
Static GK
Section
No. of
Questions
History
3
Geography
8
(India & World)
Difficulty level
Hard
Moderate to
Hard
Current GK
Section
No. of
Difficulty
Questions level
National Events
International Events
Indian Polity &
Constitution
Economy
2
Moderate
Personality
4
3
Places
-
Science & Tech
4
Moderate to
Hard
Moderate to
Hard
Easy to
Moderate
-
Awards & Honors
1
Moderate
Sports
2
Moderate
Misc.
4
Total
24
Easy to Moderate Misc.
4
11
Moderate
REASONING
Analytical Reasoning: This section of the test was of moderate
level of difficulty. This section consisted of
 8 questions of Analytical Reasoning
 4 question of Series
 1 question of Direction
 2 questions of Coding Decoding
 1 question of Puzzle
 2 questions of Calendar
 2 questions of Analogy
 Verbal Logic: The difficulty level of this section was moderate to
difficult. The section consisted of:
 4 questions on Statement – Assumptions
 1 question on Analogy
 5 questions on Word Formations
 5 questions on Critical Reasoning
The various questions are now described in detail:
DETAILS
Question
S. No.
Key concepts and brief description
Topic
Level of
difficulty
79 – 82,
87 – 90
Analytical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning
Analytical
Reasoning
Moderate
75 – 78
Number series, number series, number
series, number series
Series
Moderate
84
Directions
Directions
Easy
73, 74
Coding Decoding, Coding Decoding
Coding
Decoding
Easy to
Moderate
71, 72
Analogy, Analogy
Analogy
Easy
83
Puzzle
Puzzle
Easy
85, 86
Calendar, Calendar
Calendar
Easy to
Moderate
DETAILS
Question
S. No.
Key Concepts and
Brief Description
91 to 94
StatementAssumption
95
96 to 100
101 to
105
Analogy
Word Formations
Critical Reasoning
Overall
Level of
Difficulty
Strategy
These questions were of a moderate difficulty level and
Moderate 3 of them should have been solved correctly after
careful reading and analyzing.
Easy
There was just 1 question on analogy which was based
on common knowledge and could be solved quite
easily.
Easy
These five questions were quite simple as it was pretty
easy to figure out which option couldn’t be formed
from the given word. All the questions should have
been attempted.
These questions were quite difficult and a
Moderate – proper reading of the question stem was necessary for
Difficult the students to solve them. 3 out of 5 should have been
a good attempt.
MATHEMATICS
This section of the test was of Easy to Moderate
level of difficulty. This section consisted of
 8 questions of Arithmetic
 1 question of Algebra
 1 question of Number System
DETAILS
Question S. Key concepts and brief description
No.
Topic
Level of
difficulty
107, 108,
109, 111,
112, 113,
114, 115
Percentage, Average, Partnership, Time Arithmetic Easy to
and work, Pipe and Cistern, Ratio, Profit
Moderate
Loss and Discount, Time Speed and
Distance
110
Linear Equation
Algebra
Easy
97, 100,
107, 108
Number
Number
System
Easy
ENGLISH
 This section was of moderate level of dif ficulty. It consisted of:
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1 Reading Comprehension of 6 questions
5 questions on Grammar- Identify the incorrect sentences
4 questions on Vocabulary -Synonyms
4 questions on Vocabulary - Antonyms
13 questions on Fill in the Blanks
3 questions on Para Jumbles (Five Sentence Type)
 The various questions are now described in detail:
DETAILS
Question Key Concepts and Overall Level
S. No. Brief Description of Difficulty
116 to
121
122 to
126
Reading
Comprehension
Grammar –
Identify the
incorrect
sentences
Strategy
The passage was an easy read. At least 5
Moderate out of 6 questions should have been
attempted.
Questions 124 and 126 were slightly tricky
and could have been left unattempted.
Moderate - Question 125 had a grammatical (parts of
Difficult speech) error which one should have easily
spotted. 3 out of 5 should have been a
decent attempt.
DETAILS
Question
S. No.
Key Concepts and
Brief Description
Overall
Level of
Difficulty
Strategy
127 to 134
Vocabulary –
Synonyms and
Antonyms
There were 4 questions on Synonyms and 4 on
Antonyms. The ones whose synonyms were
Moderate - asked were commonly used words. The words
Difficult whose antonyms were asked were slightly
difficult and in all, a student should have
attempted at least 5 questions.
135 to 147
Fill in the Blanks
Easy The questions were moderate in difficulty and
Moderate required strong fundamentals in grammar.
148 to 150
Para Jumbles (Five
Sentence Type)
The sentences were long and required patience
and concentration to get them right. They were
Moderate
time consuming too. Atleast 2 out of 3 questions
should have been attempted.
PLEASE NOTE
Do note that there is an error in the answer key/explanation booklet. In
Question 128, as can be seen from the booklet, the explanation clearly shows
that option (a) is the right answer. However, the answer key says that (b) is the
right answer. Kindly correct this (option (a) is indeed the right answer).
Further, the question stem is incomplete. The complete statement should read
as:
“… is the tallest ___________ the children in the family.”
THANK YOU !!