MICAT 1 2022 Detailed Analysis And Cut-Off Predictions - Details Here!

The MICAT-1  2022 exam was a mixed-bag in terms of difficulty, with some questions in the Aptitude Section having 8 options, which made it difficult for the candidates. The questions in the Aptitude Section ranged mostly from an Easy to Medium level. As per the analysis by IMS,  an overall score of 35-38 would be sufficient to fetch a GE-PI call, provided the candidate clears the Psychometric Section and the Descriptive Writing section. Here is the overall analysis of MICAT 1 2021 and the predictions. Read on!

Key Highlights And Change In The Test

1. All the sections in the Aptitude Section saw a mix of questions with 4 options and 8 options. 53 out of 80 questions had 8 options. This was a change as compared to previous MICAT exams.
2. A 1-Minute break was allowed between different sections.
3. Navigation between sections was not allowed.
4. The Aptitude Section (Section C) carried 1 mark per question and 0.25 for each incorrect response.
5. There are no negative marks for the Psychometric Test and the Descriptive Test.
6. Psychometric Test is compulsory and the performance in the psychometric test is used as a qualifying criterion for the next stage. Candidates must attempt all the questions in the Psychometric Test to ensure that their paper is evaluated. However, the marks or the assessment criteria of the test are not revealed to the candidates.

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Overall Exam Structure And Predictions By IMS

Section	Name	No. Of Questions	Time Allocated	Good Attempts	Accuracy
A	Psychometric Test	150	30 minutes	ALL	-
B	Descriptive Test	4	25 minutes	ALL	-
C	Aptitude Section		80 minutes
	i. Divergent and Convergent Thinking	20		11-12	90%
	ii. Verbal Ability	20		11-12	90%
	iii. Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation	20		9-10	85%
	iv. General Awareness	20		8 – 9	70%

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MICAT 1 2022 Analysis: Psychometric Test

Difficulty Level: Moderate To Difficult There were 150 questions in this section and the candidate had to attempt all of them in 30 minutes, which meant that the candidate had to work fast and mark the answers quickly. There are no correct or incorrect answers in the Psychometric Section because the focus is to understand the candidate's consistency in thoughts and answers.

1. Around 33  questions presented a situation/course of action and the test-taker had to mark either True or False.
2. Around 117 questions were about a particular personality trait or a course of action. which required the candidates to respond with one of the following 8 options:

• Totally Disagree
• Strongly Disagree
• Disagree
• Somewhat Disagree
• Somewhat Agree
• Agree
• Strongly Agree
• Totally Agree

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MICAT 1 2022 Analysis: Descriptive Test

There were 4 questions in this section, of which 4 were related to each other.

The topic for the first three questions was “Cultural diversity is celebrated while individual efforts are made to assimilate the differences into the mainstream. Then why should we desire diversity?”

For the first two questions, students had to write three points each, ‘for’ and ‘against’ the topic. These two questions carried 10 marks each.

In the third question, students had to write a 300-word answer to ‘Suggest steps by which a young manager can ensure creativity and innovation keeping in mind homogenous cohorts.” The instructions stated that the points for the third question should not include the points stated in the first two questions. 20 marks were allocated to this question.

The fourth question in this section consisted of four pictures. The pictures were related to: ’A fire extinguisher, a horse in an open field, a QR code, a mason tiling the walls.’ Students had to write down a particular pictorial combination (A-B-C-D or D-C-B-A or any such combination) and explain it with the help of a story.  This question carried 30 marks.

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MICAT 1 2022 Analysis: Aptitude Test

Divergent And Convergent Thinking

1. This sub-section had 20 questions.
2. The overall difficulty level was Medium.
3. Out of 20 questions, 8 had 8 options each while the remaining 12 had 4 options each.
4. 11-12 questions in about 25 minutes with 90 % accuracy would be considered a good attempt.

Topic	Sub-Topics	No. of Qs.	Overall Difficulty Level
Verbal Reasoning	Word Association	3	Medium
	Statement Assumption	2	Medium
	Analogies	2	Medium
	Statement Conclusion	2	Medium
Visual Reasoning	Odd Man Out (Group)	1	Easy
	Complete The Series (Next figure)	2
Logical Data Sufficiency	Data Sufficiency	1	Medium
Miscellaneous	Puzzle	3	Difficult
	Binary Logic	2	Medium
	Coding	2	Easy

Verbal Ability

1. This sub-section had 20 questions.
2. The overall difficulty level was Medium-Difficult.
3. Out of 20 questions, 11 had 8 options each while the remaining 9 had 4 options each.
4. In this section, 11 – 12 questions in about 15-20 minutes with 90% accuracy would be considered a good attempt.

Topic	Number of Questions	Overall Level of Difficulty
Grammatically correct sentence	2	Medium
Jumbled Paragraph – 5 sentences	2	Medium
One word substitution (passage)	2	Difficult
Reading Comprehension – 1 (Classic mythological hero – 500 words)	2	Medium
Reading Comprehension – 2 (Bitcoin and decentralized finance – 200 words)	2	Medium
Reading Comprehension – 3 (Extension and effects of the human sense – 450 words)	5	Difficult
Cloze (5 blanks)	3	Medium
Word pair (Synonyms)	2	Easy

Quantitative Ability And Data Interpretation

1. This sub-section had 20 questions.
2. The overall difficulty level was Medium-Difficult.
3. Out of 20 questions, 5 questions had 4 options and the remaining 15 questions had as many as 8 options.
4. In this section, an attempt of about 9-10 questions in about  30  minutes with around 85% accuracy would be considered good.

Topic	Sub-Topics	No. of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Arithmetic	Time-Speed-Distance, Mixtures-Alligations, Time and Work, Percentages, Ratio-Proportion, Profit & Loss	12	Medium – Difficult
Geometry	Triangles, Coordinate Geometry	3	Medium
Modern Math	Permutation & Combination	1	Difficult
Data Interpretation	Bar Graph	4	Medium

General Awareness

1. This sub-section had 20 questions.
2. The section was more difficult than that of last year’s MICAT
3. 4 questions could be classified as easy; 8 as medium and 8 as difficult.
4. 19 out of 20 questions had 8 options each.
5. In this section, an attempt of 8 – 9 questions in about 5-7 minutes with 70% accuracy would be considered good.

Topic	Questions
National Issues	11
International Topics	9

 

Topic	Questions
Static GK	8
Current Affairs	12

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