FMS 2007

Following the pattern of previous year FMS 2007 had 175 questions with 4 marks for each question and negative 1 for each wrong answer. If any thing had changed in the paper compared to last year then it was the level of difficulty to the dislike of many aspirants who must have thought to give their best try in the last big exam of this year. Few other changes were: 1.The number of questions in English section was reduced and compensated by questions from Data verification. 2. There were no questions from General Awareness and Business Awareness though it was mentioned in the brochure. (In the previous edition there was no question from these sections either) 3. The options were given in a new manner which was easy for eyes. The only respite for students was that there was no section demarcation (as it was always with FMS). So, students had nothing to worry about the sectional cutoffs. Questions from favorite areas should have been given priority in selecting the questions. An ideal attempt should have been 105+ with 85% accuracy. Paper Pattern Time Allocated: 120 minutes Number of Sections: 1 Number of questions: 175 Number of choices per question: 4 Correct answer per question: 1 Marks allocated to each question: 4 Negative mark per each wrong answer: -1 Expected Cutoff: 305 - 325 for Full Time MBA program. 280 - 300 for MBA(MS) Program. Quants: ( No. of questions: 49 , Level of Difficulty: Moderate) The questions in this sections were in two extremes: too easy or very tough. Questions should have been selected properly in this section for getting a good score. There were many basic fundamental questions which could have been cracked in seconds at the same there were few tough questions which should have been left untouched. With 30 minutes one could have easily scored 80+ in this section. Topics Covered: all the topics were covered - Sets, Number System, Complex Numbers, Inequalities, SI/CI /P&L , Ratio Proportion/Mixture , TSD/work , Geometry/Mensuration , Permutation and Combination, Coordinate Geometry, Linear and Quadratic Equation, Logarithm. Sections with higher number of questions: Linear and Quadratic Equation, Logarithm, Complex Numbers. Data Interpretaion: (No. of questions: 10, Level of Difficulty: Easy) There were two easy DI sets with 5 questions each (one set on pie-chart and the other one on bar graph). The questions were straight-forward requiring minimal calculation. 10 out of 10 were easily achievable in this section. EU & RC: (No. of questions: 36 + 21, Level of Difficulty: Moderate to Tough) There were 36 questions on reading comprehension distributed over 5 passages. The passages were lengthy (680 - 1100+ words) but all had more than 6 questions to answer except one (number of questions on each rc : 6 , 7, 7, 8, 8). There were few questions with "None of the above" and "All of the above" options and that would have taken few extra seconds in reading all the options. Topics of RC : HIV/AIDS , Terrorism , 9/11 , Arthur Andersen's and the Enron scandal, Women empowerment, Money lending Questions on English Usage were rather easy and students with good vocab could have easily scored more than 50 in this section. Questions were asked on Homonyms,Synonyms and Antonyms Fill in Blanks Analogies and Grammer Reasoning: (No. of questions: 59 , Level of Difficulty: Tough) This was the toughest section in the whole paper. Questions were lengthy and easy looking but once started there was a good chance of making a mess around it. Logical reasoning questions should have been attempted first as the questions on Analytical were complex and tough to crack. A score 90+ in this section can be considered as good. Reasoning questions will be published on this site.