JMET Analysis
JMET 2011 had 120 questions divided equally into four sections. Each question had four options and carried 1 mark. Incorrect answers carried a penalty of 0.25 marks. The overall difficulty level of the question paper was almost the same as that of JMET 2010 (with the difficulty level of two sections going up and one section going down significantly).
Verbal Communication
The section was definitely tougher than that of JMET 2010. There were at least 7 questions directly based on Vocabulary. The RC passages were also not easy. One RC passage - Buchanan's constitutional economics - was very difficult and involved subjectivity. A score of 14-15 in the section would be considered good.
Logical Reasoning
This section was definitely the easiest in the paper. An attempt of at least 25-27 was possible without much effort. One major difference in the section as compared to JMET 2010 was the absence of Verbal Reasoning questions (there were only 3 as compared to 15-20 last year).
Quantitative Ability
The difficulty level of the section went up significantly from JMET 2010. There were 8 questions on Higher Maths in the paper. However, around 17-18 questions in the section were still doable. The ability to select questions was of critical importance.
Data Interpretation
The difficulty level of the section was almost the same as that of last year's exam. There were two question sets which were difficult to interpret and calculate. A total of 25-26 questions could have been attempted easily without any errors.
The overall cut-off for getting a call from SJMSom-IIT Bombay should be around 80 marks.
