AIM MBA - A Management Portal: Test

Showing posts with label Test. Show all posts

XAT, IRMA 2013 change entrance test pattern

While XAT now has an additional section on 'general awareness', IRMA has refreshed the pattern with more weightage given to English and analytical reasoning.
With so many exams, it becomes tough for a student to concentrate on tests. The best thing would be to concentrate on CAT this november. This covers almost all part of the test. They can learn specific contents for the test latter

For more information: http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/6228/MBA-entrance-pattern

Notes of RCS

Think of your notes this way: you're just trying to make a short table of contents so that you know the main ideas and so that you know where (in which paragraph) specific types of information can be found. You should be able to answer any "big idea" questions without going back to the passage but you should NOT be able to answer any "specific detail" questions without going back to the passage. Instead, you should be able to decide quickly from your table of contents which paragraph you need to go to in order to answer the specific detail question - and then you go to that paragraph and learn what you need to learn.
This allows you to take notes much more quickly on the first read-through and also allows you to use the information efficiently. We don't want to get too into all of that detail on the first read-through because they're going to write about twice as many questions as they're going to give any one person. In other words, I know I'm not going to get questions about all of the detail, because I'm not going to see all of the questions that were written for this passage!

Use serious abbreviations, label your info by paragraph (P1, P2, etc), and know that it's rare to have more than one line of notes per paragraph - maybe a mix of 5-10 words / symbols / abbreviations per paragraph. (That can obviously vary depending upon your short-term memory.)

GMAT score Transform Table

MV 10+ 15+ 20+ 25+ 30+35+40+ 45+ 50

10 210 260 300 330 360 400 430 470 500

15 260 300 330 360 400 430 470 500 550

20 300 330 360 400 430 470 500 550 580

25 330 360 400 430 470 500 550 580 610

30 360 400 430 470 500 550 580 610 650

35 400 430 470 500 550 580 610 650 690

40 430 470 500 550 580 610 650 690 720

45 470 500 550 580 610 650 690 720 760

50 500 550 580 650 650 690 720 760 800

Structure of GMAT

This is a simple structure of GMAT exam.
After entering the exam hall you get a scratch pad a erasable marker You can take a ear plug and some tissues.
The sections on the system which will decide your MBA chances

1.Choosing your 5 colleges for which GMAC will send the score to for free. After GMAT exam if you want to send the scores you have to pay $30

2.The Introductory Computer Tutorial (untimed – you go through it at your own pace)

3.Analytical Writing Assessment (60 minutes) AWA
Analysis of an Argument (30 minutes)
Analysis of an Issue (30 minutes)

4.Optional 10 Minute Break

5.Quantitative Section (75 minutes) Algebra Arithmetic Geometry and much more..
It includes two type of questions
Problem Solving (23 to 24 questions) PS
Data Sufficiency (13 to 14 questions) DS

6.Optional 10 Minute Break

7.Verbal Section (75 minutes)
It contains three types of questions
Critical Reasoning (14 to 15 questions CR
Reading Comprehension (4 passages with 12 to 14 questions) RC
Sentence Correction (14 to 15 questions) SC

8.Feedback Section
9. Score Acceptance, It will give you ten minutes to ponder whether you want to report your score. You have to make a analysis, If you have really screwed up then better Cancel your score. If little bit screwed then take a chance as GMAT is a very unpredictable exam , you may feel its tough but tougher questions means you have been faring well in GMAT and your score is in higher ranger . Best of Luck!

The test is of 3 hrs 50 mins

CAT, India FAQs- 1

As this is the CAT month, AIM MBA has brought to you FAQs of CAT answered by TIME . This is special FAQs Post, Divided in 2 parts

1.What is the duration of the CAT?
The actual time for answering the question paper is two and half hours.

2.Is there a minimum cut-off in each section of the CAT paper?
You should remember that CAT is used as an admission test by more than 100 institutes including the IIMs. And the CAT score is just one of the components of the admission process for most of the institutes. Some of these institutes (including the IIMs) expect you to cross a cut-off mark in each section. But the cut-off marks themselves will differ from institute to institute. Further, a lot of institutes DO NOT have section-wise cut-offs for admission.

3.Can we get the question paper back with us after we write the CAT?

Yes, you can retain the test booklet after you complete the test.

4. Is there negative marking for wrong answers?

Every year, CAT has been awarding negative marks for incorrect answers.

5.What is the level of negative marks given for wrong answers?

On the basis of the analysis that we at TIME have done over the last 16 years (when the level of negative marks were not specified) as well as the information that has been released by the IIMs over the last couple of years, it is observed that when questions have four choices, one-third of the marks allotted to the question are deducted for wrong answers and when questions have five choices, one-fourth of the marks allotted to that questions are deducted.

IQ Test, Reasoning Tests Link

Vocab Power Updated Daily

COBBLED - Repair or mend
ABHORRENCE - Hate coupled with disgust
INCUMBENCY - The term during which some position is held
MITIGATE -Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
dubious - Open to doubt or suspicion
FOSTERING - Encouragement; aiding the development of something
ELICIT- Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
PLAUSIBLE - Apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful
FORGE - Move ahead steadily
BOLSTER (V)-Support and strengthen
ECCENTRIC- A person with an unusual or odd personality
PATRONAGE - The act of providing approval and support
IMPERVIOUS - Not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

Linkbar

XAT, IRMA 2013 change entrance test pattern

Notes of RCS

GMAT score Transform Table

Structure of GMAT

CAT, India FAQs- 1

IQ Test, Reasoning Tests Link

Vocab Power Updated Daily

Index

Become part of largest GMAT group

Visit AIM-MBA group

Followers of AIM MBA

mGinger-Earn money using mobile

MBA Forums

Total Pageviews

Top MBA College

Links of Free GMAT tests

Arshad's Other Blogs

About Me

Blog Archive

Updates from my other Blogs