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English Language Shift 1 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Tiger Reserves & Population) | 10 |
| Error Detection | 5 |
| Single Fillers | 3 |
| Spelling Errors | 3 |
| Sentence Rearrangement (Sentence based) | 5 |
| Cloze Test | 4 |
| Total | 30 |
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Numerical Ability Shift 1 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation (Bar Graph) | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Wrong No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Word Problems | 10 |
| Total | 35 |
Reasoning Ability Shift 1 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating Arrangement & Puzzles -Double Row Seating Arrangement -Puzzle of Uncertain no. of People -Month Based puzzle -Square based puzzle | 20 |
| Alphanumerical Series | 5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Blood Relation | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 |
| Total | 35 |
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English Language Shift 2 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Travelling) | 10 |
| Sentence Improvement | 5 |
| Error Detection (Error in words) | 5 |
| Single Fillers | 5 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 |
| Total | 30 |
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Numerical Ability Shift 2 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation -Bar Graph | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Wrong No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Caselet | 5 |
| Word Problems (Boats & Streams, P & L, Age-based) | 5 |
| Total | 35 |
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Reasoning Ability Shift 2 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating Arrangement & Puzzles -Square-based puzzle -Double Row Seating Arrangement -Floor-based puzzle -Day-based puzzle (to manage 7 days) -Order-based puzzle | 23 |
| Alphanumerical Series | 5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 |
| Total | 35 |
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English Language Shift 3 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Renewal Energy) | 10 |
| Sentence Improvement | 5 |
| Word Swap | 5 |
| Single Fillers | 5 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 |
| Total | 30 |
Numerical Ability Shift 3 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation -Tabular based | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Missing No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Word Problems | 10 |
| Total | 35 |
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Reasoning Ability Shift 3 Analysis
This section was easy-moderate. Coding-decoding appeared for the first time since the morning.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating Arrangement & Puzzles -Circular Seating Arrangement -Single Row Seating Arrangement of 8 members -Box-based puzzle of 8 boxes | 15 |
| Inequalities | 3 |
| Direction sense | 3 |
| Numbers Arrangement | 5 |
| Coding-decoding | 5 |
| Syllogism | 3 |
| Odd one out | 1 |
| Total | 35 |
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English Language Shift 4 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Gross Domestic Product) 2 Vocab-based questions | 10 |
| Error Correction | 5 |
| Single Fillers | 5 |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 |
| Word Swap | 5 |
| Total | 30 |
Numerical Ability Shift 4 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation -Tabular based | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Missing No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Word Problems | 5 |
| Total | 35 |
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Reasoning Ability Shift 4 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating Arrangement & Puzzles -Parallel Seating Arrangement -Month-based Puzzle -Circular Seating Arrangement -Box-based Puzzle | 20 |
| Direction sense | 2 |
| Alphanumeric Series | 3 |
| Coding-decoding | 4 |
| Inequalities + Syllogism (Only & Few) | 6 |
| Total | 35 |
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English Analysis
No. of Questions | |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Coffee Production) 2 to 3 questions from Vocab | 10 |
| Error correction | 5 |
| Single Fillers | 5 |
| Spelling Errors (Multiple options) | 5 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 |
| Total | 30 |
Numerical Ability
This section was Easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation (Table Form) Ratio | 5 |
| Simplification | 15 |
| Missing No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Arithmetic (1 question on Age, 2 questions SI & CI) | 5 |
| Total | 35 |
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Reasoning Ability
This section was Easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating arrangements & Puzzles Square based Arrangement Linear Seating Arrangement North facing 8 persons Month and Day based puzzle | 15 |
| Alphabetical Series | 1 |
| Coding Decoding | 5 |
| Inequality | 5 |
| Alphanumeric series | 5 |
| Blood Relation (set based) | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 1 |
| Total | 35 |
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English Language
This section was Easy
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Work Pressure and Stress) Vocab 2 questions, 1 Filler | 7 |
| Error Detection (old pattern) | 6 |
| Single Fillers | 7 |
| Phrase replacement | 5 |
| Sentence Rearrangement (Set based) | 5 |
| Total | 30 |
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Numerical Ability
This section was Easy to Moderate.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation (Table DI) | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Missing No. Series Multiplication & Difference | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Word Problem | 10 |
| Total | 35 |
Reasoning Ability
This section was Easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating arrangements & Puzzles Circular Table (6 people, outside facing) Month & Date based puzzle Parallel Line (6 person facing north, 6 person facing South) | 15 |
| Alphabetical Pair | 2 |
| Inequalities | 5 |
| Syllogs (Only a few) | 5 |
| Alphanumeric series | 3 |
| Blood Relations (Set based) | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 |
| Total | 35 |
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English Language
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Employee and Employer relationship..Example: Mc Donalds) 2 to 3 vocab questions, Synonym (Gain) word 1 filler question | 7 |
| Spelling Errors | 5 |
| Parajumbles (Water Conservation) | 5 |
| Phrase replacement | 5 |
| Word Rearrangement | 4 |
| Error Detection (Identifying the correct sentence out of 5) | 4 |
| Total | 30 |
Numerical Ability
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation (Table based DI) Month & 4 Companies Consumers data given | 5 |
| Simplification (One Liner) | 10 |
| Missing No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Word Problems | 10 |
| Total | 35 |
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Reasoning Ability
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating arrangements & Puzzles Floor based (8 floors & 8 persons) Square seating arrangement Grid Matrix Puzzle (8 Bags 8 people) Linear arrangement (uncertain number) | 20 |
| Syllogisms | 5 |
| Numeric Series | 5 |
| Direction Sense Test | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 |
| Total | 35 |
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English Language
This section was easy to moderate.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Pros & Cons of Gadgets) 2 questions on vocab | 8 |
| Parajumbles (Set based) | 4 |
| Cloze Test (Digital based) | 8 |
| Sentence Correction | 5 |
| Error Detection | 5 |
| Total | 30 |
Numerical Ability
This section was Easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation (Tabular DI) | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Wrong No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Word Problems | 10 |
| Total | 35 |
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Reasoning Ability
This section was easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating arrangements & Puzzles Month based puzzle (2 dates given, 6 person to be arranged) Parallel row puzzle (5 people in one line) Circular arrangement (8 person, inside facing) | 15 |
| Coding Decoding | 5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Alphanumeric series | 5 |
| Blood relations | 3 |
| Miscellaneous (alphabet based) | 2 |
| Total | 35 |
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