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| Section | No of Questions | MCQ/NMCQ | Sectional Time Limit (In Minutes) | Scoring Pattern (Negative Marking is only for MCQs) | Difficulty Level | Type of Questions Appeared |
| Section-1: Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) | 24 | 19/5 | 40 | +3 for Correct; -1 for Incorrect; 0 for Not Attempted | Moderate to Difficult | Para jumbles (3 Qs); Para Summary (3 Qs); Out of Context Sentence (2); (Total 8 Questions; RC Passages on Utopia and Dystopia; Mayan Civilization – personhood; Marshmallow Theory; The Thirst Empire – Chinese Tea (Total 16 Questions with each RC Passage followed by 4 Questions) |
| Section-2: Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) | 20 | 14/6 | 40 | +3 for Correct; -1 for Incorrect; 0 for Not Attempted | Moderate | DI-8 Questions in 2 sets of 4 questions each on – Bar graph with numbers for 2019 and 2020 for different items grouped in furniture, tech and office stationery; Cost price of various fruits getting mixed in various smoothies LR-12 Questions in two sets of 6 questions each on - Friends, Acquaintances, Stranger among 7 friends; 8 people, 3 countries, 4 issues and 18 papers |
| Section-3: Quantitative Ability (QA) | 22 | 14/8 | 40 | +3 for Correct; -1 for Incorrect; 0 for Not Attempted | Moderate | Arithmetic-10 Qs; Algebra-5 Qs; Modern Math-4 Qs; Geometry-3 Qs |
| Total | 66 | 66 | 120 | 198 | Overall Moderate | 66 |
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