Section I – Verbal Communication
The questions testing one’s verbal ability and reading comprehension skills were combined in one section and it was named Verbal Communication. Out of 40 questions, 15 were on reading comprehension and the rest on verbal ability. The focus was more on vocabulary and grammar based questions. Grammar Based Questions
There were a variety of questions of this type, namely: combining sentences into one, identifying the incorrect sentence, identifying the correct sentence, converting from direct to indirect speech, converting from active to passive voice, sentences with similar/dissimilar meanings. There was also a question testing punctuation and one testing spelling. On the whole, they were fairly simple, but they expected you to know the basic concepts of grammar, like rules pertaining to active-passive voice, etc.
There were questions of the type like: fill in the blanks (double blanks), synonyms, antonyms, analogies (with two words and three words). Some of the words were quite difficult, e.g, mirific, concinnity, etc. Here the questions, even the analogies, required a bit of thought and sound concepts.
There were five passages on a variety of topics and one was in the form of a letter. The passages were mostly easy and the number of questions ranged from 2 to 4 per passage. The questions required you to understand and interpret the passages. There were also a few word-based questions.
The best strategy for solving this section would have been to attempt as many VA questions as possible and then attempt one or two of the shorter RC passages, especially the one with 4 questions.
A possible attempt in this section would be 15 to 16 questions and a possible score of 11to12. : JMET 2007 analysis by IMS
Section II - Logical Reasoning : JMET 2007 analysis by IMS
The section comprised 23 questions based on verbal reasoning and 17 on logical reasoning. In logical reasoning, there were sets of 4 to 6 questions. The sets were time consuming. One should have given more preference to single questions while solving.
In verbal reasoning, there were the usual constructs like critical reasoning and jumbled paragraphs. Besides these, there were several new constructs similar to syllogisms. Several questions were similar to logical reasoning in that they required a passing knowledge of mathematical concepts.
A possible attempt in this section would be 12 to15 questions and a possible score of 13 to 14 marks. : JMET 2007 analysis by IMS
Section III – Quantitative Ability : JMET 2007 analysis by IMS
The questions in this section appeared in sets with only 2- 4 that were single questions.
This section comprised questions mostly based on the Maxima Minima,Functions and Probability. There were one or two questions based on Matrices and Derivatives. The questions based on Probability were comparatively difficult to solve and interpret. Questions based on functions should have been given preference while solving.
The remaining questions had data given in tabulated form and required simple mathematical concepts with logical thinking to solve them. One should have solved these questions first.
A possible attempt in this section would be 9 to10 questions and a possible score of 7 to 8. : JMET 2007 analysis by IMS
Section IV - Data Interpretation : JMET 2007 analysis by IMS
Among the five sets of Data Interpretation, two sets: table based ‘Vacuum cleaners’ and Venn diagram based, should have been given first preference while attempting. The table based set: ‘ Edible oil production and consumption’ should have been given second preference even though it involved complex calculations, as the questions were direct.
Remaining two sets could be solved at last. Among the two, the Bar graph based one involved observation along with complex calculation. The options were very close, so accurate calculations were required. Complex calculation and interpretation were involved in solving the ‘Market share’ set , so one could have avoided attempting that set.
A possible attempt in this section would be 10 to12 questions and a possible score of 8 to 9. : JMET 2007 analysis by IMS
Provisional JMET cut-offs based on number of questions attempted
| Possible Attempts | Correct Answers |
Quantitative Ability | 9-10 | 6-7 |
Data Interpretation | 10-12 | 8-9 |
Reading Comprehension | 15-16 | 11-12 |
Verbal Ability | ||
Verbal Reasoning | 12-15 | 9-11 |
Logical Reasoning |
Overall JMET Cut-offs (provisional) – 50-55 mark
