Maharastra MBA CET is one of the last of the entrance exams that are conducted on such a

national scale. More than 1 lac students have appeared for this exam and seats to some of the
coveted institutes such Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Sydenham, K J
Somaiya, Welingkar etc are decided by this exam.

Unlike many other institutes which give a very high weightage to Academics, Work Experience,
Group Discussion and Interview for selection, CET based Institutes as given above take primarily
the Written Test Score for their selection. 200 out of a total of 240 marks for selection were at
stake today.

The best part of the paper today was that there were no surprises. It was a typical CET paper of
yesteryears.

Reading Comprehension and Verbal Ability was bang on expectations. RC came once again with
just one passage and 15 questions (including Synonyms and Antonyms) like they used to be for
years. If anything, some questions were of an inference type which could have put some brakes
on speed.

Quantitative Ability area was also surprisingly easy with 10 questions on BODMAS. There was
however an error in one of the questions (Form 222, Q 44). There were no questions on
Probability and Quadratic Equations, which would have been welcome for all the non
Engineering/Non Math students.

Data Interpretation (DI) and Data Sufficiency (DS) were extremely simple save for one set in DI
which was lengthy in calculations.

Analytical Reasoning had 55 questions and a good student could have scored almost full marks
in the same. The key to getting the score would be to see the questions!

If there was one area which could have gone bad for some students, it was the Non Verbal
Reasoning Area. There was one set of questions (5) which were almost unattemptable. Even
other sets were not easy and getting around 15 marks out of a total of 30 questions would have
been very good.
Also, to add to the woes, the number of Verbal Reasoning questions also saw an increase over
last year. There were 20 questions as against last years’ 10 and this area is normally a low
scoring area.

Students of T.I.M.E. would have been extremely happy at the end of the exam as the actual exam
was almost a replica of the T.I.M.E. AMMCETs and MOCKs. The MOCKs were always given with
a slightly higher level of difficulty to offset the laxity in a MOCK.

A quick preliminary analysis would put the required marks to get into the prestigious JBIMS at the
written stage at around 150 +/- 2 for Mumbai Home University Students and around 160 +/- 2
marks for the All India Seats (AI).

CET 2010 Paper Pattern

Total Number of Questions : 200

Total Time allotted : 150 minutes

No. of Choices per question : 5 choices

Negative Marks : Not Present

Number of Sections : No sections – jumbled paper

Level of
Q Nos Area Type of Question Difficulty
1 to 7 Analytical Reasoning
Individual Logical questions Easy
8 to 10 Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Puzzle (Six Storey Building ) Very Easy
11 to 15 Quantitative Ability
BODMAS and Approximation Moderate
16 to 30 Verbal Ability Reading Comprehension Passage Easy
Analytical Puzzle (Seven people Seating around a
31 to 35 Analytical Reasoning circular table ) Easy
36 to 40 Non Verbal Reasoning Visual Reasoning (Odd pair out) Easy
41 to 45 Quantitative Ability BODMAS and Approximation Moderate
46 to 50 Non Verbal Reasoning Odd man out (seven figure series) Difficult
51 to 55 Verbal Ability Underlined Phrase Replacement Easy
56 to 60 Analytical Reasoning Deductions (4 statements) Very Easy
61 to 65 Analytical Reasoning Number Series (Find the wrong term in the series) Moderate
66 to 75 Non Verbal Reasoning Series ( Find the Missing fig.) Moderate
76 to 80 Verbal Ability Fill in the blanks (2 blanks) Easy
81 to 85 Analytical Reasoning Alpha numeric sequence questions Very Easy
86 to 90 Data Sufficiency Quant based DS with two statements Easy
91 to 95 Verbal Ability Para Jumble ( Six sentences ) Very Easy
96 to Verbal Symbols and Notations (vowels and
100 Analytical Reasoning consonants) Very Easy
101 to
105 Analytical Reasoning Input and Output Very Easy
106 to Individual Questions on Area of semi circle, Ratio,
110 Quantitative Ability Profit/loss, Time and Distance Easy
111 to
120 Non Verbal Reasoning Find the next fig in the series. ( Five Figs Given) Difficult
121 to
130 Verbal Ability Sentence Correction Easy
131 to Mathematical Statements and Conclusions ( 4
135 Analytical Reasoning statements and individual options) Moderate
Individual Questions on Area of
136 to Rectangle,Averages,Percentages, Simple Eq.,
140 Quantitative Ability Permutation Easy
141 to
150 Analytical Reasoning Decision Making Very Easy
151 to
160 Verbal Ability Cloze passage Easy
161 to
165 Verbal Reasoning Course of action Easy
166 to Table - No of students qualified in Five colleges for
170 Data Interpretation different years Very Easy
171 to
175 Verbal Reasoning Cause and Effect Difficult
176 to Table - Percentage of students from five Diff.
180 Data Interpretation Management Institutes for diff. specialisations Moderate
181 to
183 Verbal Reasoning Critical Reasoning Moderate
184 to Line Graph - Percentage of students Passed in Arts,
188 Data Interpretation Science and Commerce) Moderate
189 to
191 Verbal Reasoning Critical Reasoning Difficult
192 to Bar Graph - No .of Cell Phones produced by three
196 Data Interpretation companies P, Q, R, Easy
196 to
200 Verbal Reasoning Critical Reasoning Moderate

In Short the exam can be summarized as

 AREA No. of Questions
Analytical Reasoning 55
Verbal Reasoning 20
Non Verbal 30
Reasoning
Data Interpretation 20
Data Sufficiency 5
Quantitative Ability 20
Verbal Ability 35
Reading 15
Comprehension

The marks required in the CET written examination alone, for a seat in the best institutes, are
likely to be the following:

Expected requirement for JBIMS (Home University Mumbai) – 152 +/- 2 marks

Expected requirement for JBIMS (AI category) – 161 +/- 2 marks

Expected requirement for Sydenham (Home University Mumbai) – 144 +/- 2 marks

Expected requirement for Sydenham (AI Category) – 154 +/- 2 marks

Expected requirement for KJ Somaiyya (Home University Mumbai) – 143 +/- 2 marks

Expected requirement for KJ Somaiyya (AI category) – 154 +/- 2 marks

Expected requirement for Welingkar (Home University Mumbai) – 143 +/- 2 marks

Expected requirement for Welingkar (AI category) – 153 +/- 2 marks