[Blue Phoenix]

. The MICA paper was actually gud.. the only problem was with the Section A2 - this section dealt with pyschometry ofcrse but in a diff manner. Diff ; coz we had to allot marks based on priority levels of the options A,B,C,D,E,F given for a ques.

Eg., one ques - What kind of a wife would u like ? (it meant that.. )
and the options were like - A) independent, smart, blah blah,,
B) aggressive proffesionally, hardworkin.. etc..
and so on till F
so based on ur likes and wants .. u can allot marks like say (MIN-1 MAX 15)
but panga was with the time .. it was a bit time taking to decide since Total had to be 30 and no ties among diff options(in terms of points alloted)

so decisions had to be quick... say 9,8,7,3,2,1 someone slow at calc. could actually use this as a standard and allot points .
Say priority 1 - 9, 2-8, 3-7 .. and so on.. in this way it wd take less time
But we were asked to just put our points beside the option on the OMR rather than bubble///

Another prblm wd be if they ask in the PI our justification for alloting 10 to option X and 1 to option Y ... I mean is the ditance between the points alloted jsutified..

The essay topic was - "Is pub culture in metros and mini metros responsible for crimes against women ?" (250 wrds)

I actually screwed up in my Story writing part- Dint get enuf tym .. compressed the last part from arnd 50 words to like 12-15 words///

We had to write a story based on a pic. (A male doctor observing while a female doc. was performin an experiment :detective

the QA part was easy .. may be a bit lengthy.
Word associations were tricky as usual attempted 15-16 ..

Section B dealt with General Awareness... easy pickings if smeone is well aware :confused:

[abhi.mech.v]

Originally Posted by sukhi

Hi MICAspirants!

Well that was a unique and innovative question paper i would say!

Right..there was no option of marking 6,7,8,9 on the answer sheet for section A2. BUT, let me tell u guys that IT WAS STILL POSSIBLE TO DISTRIBUTE THE 30 POINTS amongst the 6 options, FOLLOWING ALL THE RULES GIVEN.

How?

Like this: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 15

Total: 30
Min: 1
Max: 15
No two same.

So, we cant say that A2 was NOT ANSWERABLE.
Technically, it was.

Just wanted to share this wid u all, coz i m sure all of us must have tried to divide the 30 points. This was the only distribution I could come up and hence marked accordingly for all the questions.
If you could come up with any other, Please share.

Thanks and Best Wishes to all!

Excuse me but i differ from this thinking. just thinking about no.s which can add upto 30 can not be called innovative :eyepop:. We have very well placed and tough kinda questions on number crunching in CAT :detective:. If the questions were supposed to be answered in 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 15 pattern only then i guess it does not serve the very purpose of the psychometric section . remember that psychometric test are designed to just have an idea about the thinking of a person towards different situations faced in life ( for God sake pls dont try to conect this line to thinking in innovative way as finding numbers which can add upto 30 and were there on OMR sheet). Moreover one cud have easily observed the example given in MICAT. It too had no. like 7 & 9 (correct me if i m wrong). it was clearly written over there that you have to give maximum weightage to the option you think is closest to you. One cud have easily understood from the options that in some questions atleast 3-4 options were quite close to each other. rating an option as 15 and rest as 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 could be possible in a question or 2 but can never be in 10 questions:1eye:!!! and what if i think that all the 5 choices are very close to each other???

Please note that psychometric test can never be an objective test where you can prefix the ratings as 15+5+4+3+2+1 for the test takers. It is kinda subjective test where test taker has to answer the question as per his/her thinking (the only limitation is to choose from the options given in the paper only):new_terminator:

I do not mean any kinda offence here. I have just expressed my views like you only. Please do discuss this thing and take it further. For God sake do not take anything otherwise.

We kno that MICA ppl are great. they will definitely find a way out of this mess. Lets hope for the best and keep our fingers crossed till d-day.
Wishing all the test takers gud luck.

@sukhi

buddy please do not take any of my word otherwise. i have just expressed my thoughts over the matter. my sincere apologies to u if you find this offensive...

abhi

[sushanth.kodela]

Guys , can you let us know if MICAT is going to be the only criterion for the next round of filtering ? or are there other factors as well ? if yes(hopefully), what would be their respective weightages?

[sukhi]

Heyy Abhi,

I completely agree with you on the point that the motive of a psychometric test is (Apparently) not to test the maths skills, but the psychological/psychometric/whatever skills

I just gave that distribution, vaise hee! Thought that some puys may be wondering if there was any (I had aspirants in my test room who wanted to know if it was 'possible', after the test).
So, was feeling good to have 'cracked' it and thought of sharing.. haha

Of course, there is no denying that it was a fault on MICA's part to not have the 6,7,8,9 as options.. and the best thing may be to over-look this section (not evaluate).

Cheers!

Originally Posted by abhi.mech.v

Excuse me but i differ from this thinking. just thinking about no.s which can add upto 30 can not be called innovative :eyepop:. We have very well placed and tough kinda questions on number crunching in CAT :detective:. If the questions were supposed to be answered in 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 15 pattern only then i guess it does not serve the very purpose of the psychometric section . remember that psychometric test are designed to just have an idea about the thinking of a person towards different situations faced in life ( for God sake pls dont try to conect this line to thinking in innovative way as finding numbers which can add upto 30 and were there on OMR sheet). Moreover one cud have easily observed the example given in MICAT. It too had no. like 7 & 9 (correct me if i m wrong). it was clearly written over there that you have to give maximum weightage to the option you think is closest to you. One cud have easily understood from the options that in some questions atleast 3-4 options were quite close to each other. rating an option as 15 and rest as 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 could be possible in a question or 2 but can never be in 10 questions:1eye:!!! and what if i think that all the 5 choices are very close to each other???

Please note that psychometric test can never be an objective test where you can prefix the ratings as 15+5+4+3+2+1 for the test takers. It is kinda subjective test where test taker has to answer the question as per his/her thinking (the only limitation is to choose from the options given in the paper only):new_terminator:

I do not mean any kinda offence here. I have just expressed my views like you only. Please do discuss this thing and take it further. For God sake do not take anything otherwise.

We kno that MICA ppl are great. they will definitely find a way out of this mess. Lets hope for the best and keep our fingers crossed till d-day.
Wishing all the test takers gud luck.

@sukhi

buddy please do not take any of my word otherwise. i have just expressed my thoughts over the matter. my sincere apologies to u if you find this offensive...

abhi

[abhi.mech.v]

Originally Posted by sukhi

Heyy Abhi,

I completely agree with you on the point that the motive of a psychometric test is (Apparently) not to test the maths skills, but the psychological/psychometric/whatever skills

I just gave that distribution, vaise hee! Thought that some puys may be wondering if there was any (I had aspirants in my test room who wanted to know if it was 'possible', after the test).
So, was feeling good to have 'cracked' it and thought of sharing.. haha

Of course, there is no denying that it was a fault on MICA's part to not have the 6,7,8,9 as options.. and the best thing may be to over-look this section (not evaluate).

Cheers!

Very true Sukhi. It is gud that we ppl are sharing here whatever we have in our mind. I guess thats the best thing about pagalguy.

I totally agree with you, MICA shud scrap this section as there was lot of fuss & confusion about this section during exam. Probably cos of this some guys might have missed 1 or 2 in this section. lets wait n watch wat happens on 3rd day of march. Hopw MICA comes out with the best possible way and share the same with the test takers (RTI )
Cheers!
abhi

[mannjain]

Originally Posted by abhi.mech.v

Excuse me but i differ from this thinking. just thinking about no.s which can add upto 30 can not be called innovative :eyepop:. We have very well placed and tough kinda questions on number crunching in CAT :detective:. If the questions were supposed to be answered in 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 15 pattern only then i guess it does not serve the very purpose of the psychometric section . remember that psychometric test are designed to just have an idea about the thinking of a person towards different situations faced in life ( for God sake pls dont try to conect this line to thinking in innovative way as finding numbers which can add upto 30 and were there on OMR sheet). Moreover one cud have easily observed the example given in MICAT. It too had no. like 7 & 9 (correct me if i m wrong). it was clearly written over there that you have to give maximum weightage to the option you think is closest to you. One cud have easily understood from the options that in some questions atleast 3-4 options were quite close to each other. rating an option as 15 and rest as 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 could be possible in a question or 2 but can never be in 10 questions:1eye:!!! and what if i think that all the 5 choices are very close to each other???

Please note that psychometric test can never be an objective test where you can prefix the ratings as 15+5+4+3+2+1 for the test takers. It is kinda subjective test where test taker has to answer the question as per his/her thinking (the only limitation is to choose from the options given in the paper only):new_terminator:

I do not mean any kinda offence here. I have just expressed my views like you only. Please do discuss this thing and take it further. For God sake do not take anything otherwise.

We kno that MICA ppl are great. they will definitely find a way out of this mess. Lets hope for the best and keep our fingers crossed till d-day.
Wishing all the test takers gud luck.

@sukhi

buddy please do not take any of my word otherwise. i have just expressed my thoughts over the matter. my sincere apologies to u if you find this offensive...

abhi

Originally Posted by JonyDangerously

I screwed up MICAT big time. Looking at folks like No_Option!! above, I attempted very less questions...

GK- 10-15 attempts
Word associations- 7 attempts
English- 20 attempts
Quants- 7 attempts
Writing- Did very well.

I had an off-day. All in all my less attempts might hurt my chances. So I guess it's the highway for me mostly. ATB to you all for your GE/PI...

Hi,
My take is
Sec-B-GA-17
Sec-C-Clues; 25
Sec-D-VA/Rc- 21
Sec-E-Quant n DI-11
Sec-F-Essay n story : Both satisfactory on my part?
Some of GA questions:
1. Color of an 'idea'
2. HT has association with which Foreign Newspaper for'MINT'
3. TOI bought which British radio Channel in2008
4. TOI has association with which Int. News agency for 'Times Now"
5. Reliance has signed an agreement with which hollywood studio?
6. Asst. director of 'slumdog Millionaire'
7. RTI act was passed in which year
8. author of 'The White Tiger'
9. Schenegan is...
10. Connting for the future is punchline of..
11. one question on odd out
12. what is 'recession' in economics
13. what is subprime mrtgage
If u guys can add other questions then it will be helpful for forthcomikg aspirants..
Mannjain
Just worried about Quant n DI

[mrworldrishi]

Originally Posted by mannjain

Hi,
My take is
Sec-B-GA-17
Sec-C-Clues; 25
Sec-D-VA/Rc- 21
Sec-E-Quant n DI-11
Sec-F-Essay n story : Both satisfactory on my part?
Some of GA questions:
1. Color of an 'idea'
2. HT has association with which Foreign Newspaper for'MINT'
3. TOI bought which British radio Channel in2008
4. TOI has association with which Int. News agency for 'Times Now"
5. Reliance has signed an agreement with which hollywood studio?
6. Asst. director of 'slumdog Millionaire'
7. RTI act was passed in which year
8. author of 'The White Tiger'
9. Schenegan is...
10. Connting for the future is punchline of..
11. one question on odd out
12. what is 'recession' in economics
13. what is subprime mrtgage
If u guys can add other questions then it will be helpful for forthcomikg aspirants..
Mannjain
Just worried about Quant n DI

hats off to to your memory dude!!!!

[pgsherry]

hey puys, anybody has any idea regarding the date from which interviews would start at MICA,Ahmedabad for those who make it through MICAT???
I have to choose a slot for another interview and thats y its important for me to know this...Hope some1 could help...:nervous:

[mrworldrishi]

Originally Posted by pgsherry

hey puys, anybody has any idea regarding the date from which interviews would start at MICA,Ahmedabad for those who make it through MICAT???
I have to choose a slot for another interview and thats y its important for me to know this...Hope some1 could help...:nervous:

most probably 18th march to 22 march..it is written in ur call letter for micat

[avadakedavra]

rti 2k2 or 2k5??

first instance of rti was in 2k2..
general rti was out in 2005..

Yet another Agent of chaos