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The management entrance test to TISS, held on 14th December 2008, was easier compared to TISS 2008. The shock value
was not there this time because students were prepared and the overall level of difficulty of the test was quite low.
The test was divided into 2 parts ƛ the first part was of 45 minutes duration and the second of 1 hour. The second part of
the test was specialization specific, i.e., it varied according to the specialization one had chosen.
The instruction page clearly stated that there is no negative marking, no sectional cut-offs and no sectional time limits.
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TISS 2008 had 50 questions in the first part. The questions were divided into 3 sections - Analytical Reasoning, Data
Interpretation and Quantitative Ability (15 questions), Verbal and Logical Ability (20 questions) and General Awareness (15
questions).
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There were 6 questions based on one reading comprehension passage. The passage was a short one and comprehending
the same was not a constraint. The questions following the passage were a mix of inferential and direct ones (2 inferential,
3 direct and 1 word based). The passage was about a mural artist Pema and his craft.
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comprehend. In the first question, one statement was given followed by four options and one had to decide which of them
conveyed similar idea. In the second question, a set of three statements was given and one had to choose the statements
that conveyed similar idea.
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underlined word in the given statement. The second question asked which of the options conveyed similar idea as given in
the statement.
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%There were 15 questions focusing on current affairs and a well-read person could have
easily attempted the questions. There were two questions on recent awards like the Ramon Magsaysay Award and Man
Booker prize of this year. Then there was a question on SEZ and one about Indiaƞs first satelite and one on political party.
Overall this section could be solved.
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There were 2 RCƞs. The first one was based on economics and was about unemployment policies in the USA. It was slightly
difficult to comprehend for someone with limited knowledge of economics, since there were many technical terms. Some
questions were inferential and some were content-based.The second RC was about North Korea, its government and the
mounting unrest there. It was much simpler than the first RC. It also had inferential as well as direct questions.Overall the
RC section was of moderate difficulty. The RC on North Korea was a Ɲmust attemptƞ.
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Probability questions were based on basic concepts of probability. There was one tabular question, one was a combination
of Logical Reasoning and Probability and one was based on a snippet. This was an easy section.
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This was the first general awareness section in this part, which consisted of questions relating to common business taglines,
terms, acquisitions etc.
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For students who had opted for Counselling as the specialization, the first section comprised an essay-writing exercise
(again three choices were given) with a word limit 1000 words.
In the section B, three topics were given and the students were expected to write their views/comments/reactions on any
one. One of the topics was related to Social Movement, one was related to a famous saying, the third on Emotional
Intelligence and the last was about Motivation where the students were also asked to write about their motivators
also.
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