NMAT 2019 Window 1 has started. In this article we bring to you NMAT 2019 Window 1 Analysis and Expected Cutoff. Paper was similar to mock 8 to mock 12 of NMAT Test Series. Overall difficulty level of the paper was easy to moderate, with verbal as relatively the toughest and quant as the easiest section of the exam.
NMAT 2019 Window 1 Analysis
Pattern of the paper is as below:
| Section | Questions | Difficulty Level | Ideal Attempts | Expected Cutoff |
| Language Skills | 32 | Difficult | 20-22 | 54 |
| Quantitative Skills | 48 | Easy-Moderate | 30-32 | 64 |
| Logical Reasoning | 40 | Easy-Moderate | 25-27 | 57 |
| Total | 120 | Moderate | 77-83 | 208-210 |
Language Skills
Overall, the section was difficult keeping in mind the difficulty of words in the time constraint. An overall attempt of 22-24 with 90% accuracy is realistic. The other questions could have been educated guesswork.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension Passages | 8 (2 passages of 4 questions each) |
| Para Jumble | 2 (4 sentences each), 2 (5 sentences each) |
| Error Spotting | 2 to 3 |
| FIBs (Prepositions) | 2 (1 blank each – 3 sentences) |
| FIBs (Vocabulary) | 2 |
| Synonyms & Antonyms | 3 |
| Analogy | 6 |
| Cloze Test | 4 |
| Total | 32 |
Quantitative Skills
This was the easiest of the 3 sections, with as expected and provided in NMAT Mock Test Series, section was dominated by Arithmetic and DI.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Profit & Loss | 2 |
| Percentages | 2 |
| Ratio & Mixture, Proportion | 2 |
| SI & CI | 0 |
| Averages | 2 |
| Work & Time | 2 |
| Number System (HCF/LCM and units digit based) | 3 |
| Progression | 2 |
| Logarithm | 2 |
| Polygon | 0 |
| Geometry | 1 |
| Permutation and Combination | 2 |
| Probability | 3 |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 |
| DI | 20 (5 sets, 4 questions each) |
| Total | 48 |
Logical Reasoning
Overall level of the section was easy to moderate.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Coding Decoding | 5 |
| Blood Relation | 2 |
| Statement-Argument | 3 |
| Statement Conclusion | 3 |
| Course of Action / Decision making | 3 |
| Statement-Assumption | 3 |
| Statement – Inference | 3 |
| Syllogism | 2 |
| Input/output | 4 |
| Missing number and Visual reasoning | 5 |
| Direction | 2 |
| Singlets (Contained Visual Reasoning and Set theory-based diagram) | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 |
| Total | 40 |
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