Things to do before any management entrance exam

Quick Revision

Practice a few questions

Get the Tips to put jumbled sentences in order

Tips to crack RC questions

Accuracy is the key

Be open to all the questions

Maximise the attempts

Don’t forget the sectional scores

Documents at test centre

Arrange your papers in the following manner before going to sleep without fail. These papers/documents are to be taken to examination hall.

 Admit Card with recent passport size photo pasted on it.

-At least one original (not photocopied/scanned copy) and valid (not expired) photo identification.

-SC/ST candidates are required to bring the valid caste certificate in original and an attested photocopy.

-Physically Disabled candidates are required to bring the valid Disability certificate in original and an attested photocopy.

JAM (JOINT ADMISSION TEST FOR M.Sc. 2015)

JAM   (JOINT ADMISSION TEST FOR M.Sc. 2015)

 

 

What is New?

·         IIT Guwahati is the Organizing Institute for JAM 2015.

·         JAM 2015 Examination will be conducted ONLINE only as a Computer Based Test (CBT) for all Test Papers.

·         All the seven Test Papers of JAM 2015 will be of fully objective type, with three different patterns of questions as follows:

i.        Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Each MCQ type question has four choices out of which only one choice is the correct answer.

ii.        Multiple Select Questions (MSQ): Each MSQ type question is similar to MCQ but with a difference that there may be one or more than one choice(s) that are correct out of the four given choices.

iii.        Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions: For each NAT type question, the answer is a signed real number which needs to be entered using the virtual keypad on the monitor. No choices will be shown for these type of questions.

·         All candidates have to apply only ONLINE.

·         NO hardcopies of documents (except challan) are to be sent to the Organizing Institute. The documents (if applicable) are to be uploaded to the online application website only.

·         No hardcopy of JAM 2015 score card will be sent to the JAM 2015 qualified candidates by the Organizing Institute. It can only be downloaded from JAM 2015 website.

·         Please follow this link for more details: http://www.iitg.ac.in/jam2015/

How to apply for JAM 2015?

Screenshots of filling JAM 2015 Online Application Form (.pdf file)

Click here to fill Online JAM Application Form (JAPS)

CAT 2014:analysis

 CAT 2014 new pattern of test will have 100 as compared to 60 questions in 2 sections in past CAT years. 20 questions have been added in each of the two sections of test. Duration of the CAT 2014 has also been increased to 170 minutes from 140 minutes earlier. Now CAT 2014 new pattern will have a total of 50 questions for Verbal Ability section and another 50 for Quant section.

Verbal Ability in CAT 2014 has new pattern

However, the available information about the CAT 2014 new exam pattern is that it will have same 2 sections with no restriction to move from one section to another within the total frame of 170 minutes. CAT 2014 site has the icon to apprise about CAT 2014 new Exam pattern & Duration but all the ingredients are not yet shared.

More questions on Error corrections
CAT 2014 new exam pattern is expected to have 4 different types of questions along with the questions on error corrections in sentences and paragraphs. CAT 2014 new exam pattern may place questions on single sentences divided in parts. Such questions were not asked in CAT during the past many years but they form an important type of questions on error correction. 

Twisted type of Vocabulary based questions
More questions on vocabulary usage are expected in CAT 2014 new exam pattern. Questions based on synonyms usage to fill in the blanks, instead of picking the incorrect usage of common vocabulary words, collocations, phrasal verbs questions could be framed to find the correct usage.

More and different questions on PJ
Aspirants may find around 4-5 jumbled paragraphs which may include questions like ‘choose the opening and concluding sentence of a jumbled paragraph’ in the CAT 2014 new exam pattern.

More and different questions on RC
RC has so far occupied half of the Verbal Ability part with 10 questions. CAT 2014 new exam pattern is expected to have 15-16 questions based on Reading comprehension passages assuming that ratio remains more or less same.

There could be more number of RC passages with similar number of questions based on them as have appeared in CAT 2012 & 2013. On a different note, the passages might have an increased length with more number of questions in CAT 2014 new exam pattern.

Time management is the key
The changes in CAT 2014 exam pattern are aspirant friendly. Aspirants have liberty to move from one section to other without any restriction. But again scanning the entire test paper with no target is not good.

CAT 2014 new pattern has increased the overall time limit from 140 minutes to 170 minutes but average available time per question has been reduced from 2.32 to 1.70 minutes per question.