Number of Questions from each section:
Law & Polity – 30
Law & Polity – 30
GK – 30
Reasoning – 18
English – 17 (10 – legal passage)
Maths – 5
1. The first thing for all law aspirants to learn this year is never to fall prey to rumours. After Delhi University declared a change in the pattern just a week before the exam, many aspirants lost their cool and wasted the most precious days in unnecessary speculation. A lot more stress was added by an article claiming that polity and constitution portion has been done away with. Taking a logical view, Maansarovar maintained that no law exam can be devoid of the constitution which is the soul of the subject and advised all aspirants to continue with their studies unaffected. Needless to say, our advice proved to be golden words.
2. The change in the number of questions had no visible effect upon the pattern which more or less remains the same. Polity and Constitution still covered around a quarter of the paper.Also by asking a legal passage, Delhi University wrote it large on the wall that this is a law entrance!
3. As far as logical reasoning is concerned, the section was a mixed bag of very easy and some challenging questions also. While the question asking the code of LAWYER was extremely easy, picking odd one among the animals required some serious pondering on part of students. While a few answered rabbit or dolphin, the correct answer is SHARK since the other 3 are mammals. In all, scoring 100% in this area was possible. Still, a score of 13-14 is desirable for selection and a score of 16 is required for those looking at a rank.
4. Maths section covered 5 questions out of which 3 were easy and 2 required some calculations. Scoring 3+ is required. The areas covered were profit and loss, time and work, time and distance and average – clear favourites.
5. English turned out to be a surprise factor as comprehension was totally law based and proved to be a complete treat for serious candidates. Many aspirants claimed that they did not even read the passage to answer the questions since they already knew them. Usual grammar questions were missing and even vocabulary arrived and left early. A score of 12-13 is desirable out of 17.
6. GK seems to be the deal-maker and deal-breaker of this exam. While the static GK was completely dropped, the current affairs section dominated the exam as well as the effort of candidates. The questions were certainly straight forward but a clear departure from the earlier trend. International events were given the spotlight and required some serious reading of newspaper on part of the candidates. While the questions related to Presidency of Donald Trump, demonetization and state elections were quite predictable, those related to exact numbers and figures did not give much scope for any guess work. Sports section also did not see usual cricket rather hockey, badminton and football played off! Overall, this can be said to be the most difficult area of the exam and a score of 15-18 out of 30 is desirable for a good rank.
7. Polity was quite simple with some very easy questions such as those relating to money bills, constitutional amendments and preamble. However, there were 2 interesting questions – first, who has not been a Chief Justice of India with correct answer as Justice Krishna Iyerand secondly, the one relating to residuary powers in USA which clearly lies with states. One particular question which bewildered students was the one asking the provision of right to property. Though the question is very straight forward, many aspirants mistook the mentioning of year 1950 after Constitution of India to mean that the examiner is looking for the Article as it stood in 1950 which accordingly they marked as Article 31. But it is to be understood that it is a very common practice to mention the year after a law. For example, after Indian Penal Code, we also write 1860. So, the correct answer is certainly Article 300-A as it stands today. Article 31 would have been the answer had the question been – Prior to 44th Amendment, the right to property was housed in which of the following Articles of the Constitution?
In all, a score of 15-16/20 is good in polity part.
8. Law was pretty easy with all expected questions. The concepts of vicarious liability and minor’s contract were totally foreseeable and the only question requiring a few seconds of though was the one on sedition. Direct questions on POSCO and parole were also approachable. Law also dominated the English passage which was quite easy again. A full score is law is completely possible and 90% is the minimum required.
9. Conclusively, out of 100 questions, 65-70 were easy, 18-20 were moderate and 7-10 were quite difficult.
10. The cut-off window would be somewhere between 242-268.
The correct answer for odd one out can be both Rabbit as well as shark. Lion, Dolphin, and Shark are Carnivores, whereas Rabbit is a herbivore. Most likely it will get cancelled.
ReplyDeleteYes . Rabbit is right for the same reason as you stated.
DeleteAlso for another odd man out pond is the right answer as all other three having flowing water.
Similarily in the Snapdeal and amazon question , both C and D are correct options because Binny Bansal is related to filpkart and not with snapdeal.
I chose 'Shark' not because its herbivorous or carnivorous or omnivorous, but because of a very different reason.
ReplyDeleteMy reason for choosing the option 'Shark' over other options was that while the word 'Shark' has a single vowel, remaining three options have two vowels each.
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