MICAT Analysis 2022 – MICA Ahmedabad will conduct the MICAT 2022 for phase 2 on January 29, 2022. Candidates can refer to this page for a detailed analysis. For the preparation of MICAT 2022 phase 2, candidates can refer to this page for the analysis of phase 1 of MICAT 2022.
MICA had conducted the MICAT 2022 for phase 1 on 04 December 2021. In MICAT 2022 phase 1, the total number of questions was 234. MICAT 2022 consists of three sections which are the Psychometric test, Descriptive Test, and Aptitude Test. The aptitude section was further divided into 4 subsections – verbal ability & reading comprehension, quantitative ability & data interpretation, divergent & convergent thinking, and general awareness. In this article, the candidates can find the information on the expected exam pattern for MICAT 2022, exam analysis for each section in which the total number of questions, the difficulty level, ideal attempts, etc. are given.
MICAT Analysis 2022
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Candidates can refer to the below information for detailed exam analysis for phase 1 MICAT 2022 conducted on 04 December 2021.
The total number of questions was 234. The psychometric test had 150 questions, aptitude questions had 80 questions while the descriptive test had 4 questions.
Candidates were very surprised by the difficulty level of the exam because it was moderate to difficult. It was more difficult than the previous year’s papers.
The descriptive test was very lengthy. 4 long answers questions were asked in this section. Candidates have to write approximately 300 words in the answer to each question in a total of 25 minutes.
In the verbal ability section, the candidates got very confused because there were 8 options for each question.
The LOD of Quant and DI was moderate. Usually, the difficulty level remains easy to moderate in MICAT but this year the exam was difficult because of this many students are not happy.
Sections | Total number of questions | Time | Negative Marking |
Psychometric test | 150 | 30 | 0 |
Descriptive Test | 4 | 25 | 0 |
Verbal Ability – Reading Comprehension | 20 | 80(including all 4 sections) | 0.25 |
Quantitative ability – DI | 20 | 80 (including all 4 sections) | 0.25 |
General awareness | 20 | 80 (including all 4 sections) | 0.25 |
Divergent – Convergent Reasoning | 20 | 80 (including all 4 sections) | 0.25 |
- Duration of the exam – 2 hours 15 minutes
- Mode of Exam – Online
- Sections – 3
- Type of Questions – MCQs
- Marking scheme – 0.25 marks will be deducted for the sections verbal ability & reading comprehension, quantitative ability & data interpretation, divergent & convergent thinking, and general awareness.
MICAT 2022 Analysis – Psychometric Test
The Psychometric test was relatively easy than the remaining sections. This section tests the candidate’s ability to think creatively and innovatively.
- The total number of questions is 150.
- There is no negative marking.
- The time duration is 30 minutes.
- Some of the question had options like agree, not agree, strongly agree, strongly disagree.
- THen the other questions were true and false.
MICAT 2022 Analysis – Aptitude Test
There were 4 sections in the MICAT 2022 aptitude test – Verbal ability & reading comprehension, quantitative ability & data interpretation, divergent & convergent thinking, and general awareness. Candidates can refer to the below-mentioned information for detailed analysis.
For Verbal Ability –
Topics | No. of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Para-Jumbles | 5 | Easy |
RC- 1 | 2 | Moderate |
RC- 2 | 2 | Moderate |
RC- 3 | 5 | Moderate |
Sentence Correction | 2 | Moderate |
Fill in the blanks | 2 | Moderate-Difficult |
Vocabulary | 3 | Moderate |
- Questions were inferential and had 8 options.
- RC’s were based on cryptocurrency, Philosophy, Poem based, Greek legends.
For Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation –
Topic | No. of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Arithmetic | 11 | Moderate |
Modern Maths | 3 | Moderate |
Geometry | 1 | Moderate |
Data Interpretation | 1 set | Easy |
For General awareness –
Topic | No. of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Static GK | 10 | Moderate |
Current GK | 10 | Moderate |
- The type of questions were of True and false and match the following.
- Match the following has Journalist vs corresponding channel, International associate countries,
- True and flase has Statements on Mount everest, Taglines, icons and facts, history questions, etc.
For Divergent – Convergent Reasoning –
Topics | No. of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
---|---|---|
Verbal Reasoning – | ||
Word Association | 3 | Moderate-Difficult |
Analogies | 2 | Moderate-Difficult |
Odd man out | 1 | Moderate-Difficult |
Paragraph Assumption Conclusion | 3 | Moderate-Difficult |
Non- Verbal Reasoning – | ||
Visual Reasoning | 4 | Moderate-Difficult |
Coding-Decoding | 2 | Moderate-Difficult |
Misc. | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
MICAT 2022 Analysis – Descriptive Test
The MICAT descriptive test contains long answer questions that mean candidates have to write the answers in nearly 250-300 words. Candidates can refer to the following information for a detailed analysis of this section.
- There were 4 questions in this sections, and the level of difficulty was moderate.
- In the first 3 questions a topic was given, and candidates has to write about the topic from 3 different points of view i.e. for or in the support of topic, against the topic, and a young manager’s decision making.
- 3 points for “for” (100 words)
- 3 points for “against” (100 words)
- 3 points on young Manager decision making (100 words)
- The first topic was – Cultural diversity is celebrated in diverse thoughts. Second topic was – Efforts are made to assimilate the differences in mainstream. And the third topic was – Why desire diversity. All the topics of first 3 questions were similar.
- The fourth question had 4 pictures – QR code, horse, a man building a wall, fire extinguisher. Candidates have to write a meaningful story using these 4 pictures. The LOD of this questions is easy.
MICAT 2022 Paper Pattern
The candidates can refer to the following information for the exam pattern of MICAT 2022. There is a decrease in the time duration this year –
- Duration of the exam – 2 hours 15 minutes
- Mode of Exam – Online
- Sections – 3
- Type of Questions – MCQs
- Marking scheme – 0.25 marks will be deducted for the sections Verbal Ability, General Awareness, Quantitative Ability and Data interpretation and Divergent – Convergent Thinking.
Sections | Total number of questions |
Psychometric test | 150 |
Verbal Ability | 25 |
Quantitative ability | 25 |
General awareness | 25 |
Descriptive Test | 4 |
Divergent – Convergent Reasoning | 30 |
MICAT Last Year Analysis
The analysis of MICAT 2021 is given below –
The total number of questions is 234. The psychometric test had 150 questions, the descriptive test had 4 questions while the aptitude test, it had 80 questions.
Sections | Total number of questions | Level of Difficulty | Ideal Attempts |
Psychometric test | 150 | No correct or incorrect answer | – |
Descriptive Test | 4 | Moderate | – |
Verbal Ability | 20 | Easy to moderate | 12-13 |
Quantitative ability and Data Interpretation | 20 | Difficult | 8-10 |
General awareness | 20 | Moderate | 14-15 |
Divergent – Convergent Reasoning | 20 | Moderate – Difficult | 10-12 |
MICAT 2021 Analysis – Psychometric test
It is a screening exam that is being conducted before the actual exam of MICAT. The aim of a psychometric test is to analyze the candidate’s personality type, his/her strengths, and weaknesses.
- It didnt had any deduction i.e. any negative marking.
- This year it had 150 questions.
- The time limit was 30 minutes.
- It had 33 questions with true and false and 117 questions with 8 options.
MICAT 2021 Analysis – Descriptive Test
The Descriptive test evaluates the candidate’s creative ability to write. It had only four questions in it.
- It has a total of four questions with a duration of 25 minutes.
- The first three questions were actually linked to each other.
- In the last questions the candidates needed to draft write-up of around 300 words.
MICAT 2021 Analysis – Quantitative ability and Data Interpretation
Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Arithmetic | 6 | Moderate |
Algebra | 1 | Moderate |
Statistics | 1 | Moderate |
Distance | 1 | Moderate |
Geometry | 2 | Moderate-Difficult |
Pure Maths (Probability, Set Theory, Statistics) | 4 | Moderate |
Data Interpretation | 5 set | Moderate-Difficult |
Total | 20 | Moderate-Difficult |
Here is the detailed analysis is given below –
- In the arithmetic there were 6 questions which had 1 question of profit and loss, 1 of percentage, 2 of compound interest and simple interest, 1 of time and distance and the last one of partnership.
- It had 1 statistic question which had mode in it.
- It had 5 sets of Data Interpretation were of Moderate-difficulty.
MICAT 2021 Analysis – General awareness
Sections | No.of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Static GK | 15 | Moderate |
Current affairs | 5 | Moderate |
Total | 20 | Moderate |
- It had topics like Brands taglines and logos, authors, awards, etc.
MICAT 2021 Analysis – Verbal Ability
Topics | No of Questions | Difficulty Level |
RC 1 | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
RC 2 | 4 | Moderate |
Fill in the Blanks | 2 | Easy |
Sentence Correction | 2 | Easy |
Para jumbles | 3 | Moderate |
Synonym-Antonym | 2 | Difficult |
Single-Word substitution | 1 | Moderate |
Idioms | 1 | Easy |
Total | 20 | Easy-Moderate |
Here below the detailed analysis is given –
- The first RC was based on the Climate Change.
- The second RC was based on the Priming Effect.
- There were 3 Parajumbles which were moderate,
MICAT 2021 Analysis – Divergent – Convergent Reasoning
Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Word Association | 7 | Moderate |
Statement-Assumption | 3 | Moderate-Difficult |
Analogies | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
coding-decoding | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
odd one out | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Blood relation | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Logical Data Sufficiency | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Visual Reasoning | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 20 | Moderate |
You can look the detailed analysis –
- There were 7 word association questions which were of moderate level.
- There were 3 coding-decoding, 1 blood relation, and 1 odd one out question.
- There were 3 statement and assumption questions which were of moderate difficulty.
Overall MICAT Analysis –
The candidates can refer to the over-analysis given below –
Sections | Total number of questions | Sectional Time-limit |
Psychometric test | 150 | 30 minutes |
Descriptive Test | 4 | 25 minutes |
Verbal Ability | 25 | 80 minutes |
Quantitative ability | 25 | 80 minutes |
General awareness | 25 | 80 minutes |
Divergent – Convergent Reasoning | 30 | 80 minutes |
Total | 234 Questions | 135 Minutes |
FAQs About MICAT Analysis 2021 – 2022
It is going to be held on 29 January 2022.
The number of questions is 4 and the level of difficulty was of moderate level.
It had multi-choice questions.
The total duration of the MICAT exam is 135 minutes.
It has 3 sections – Psychometric test, Descriptive Test, Aptitude Test which has Verbal Ability, General Awareness, Quantitative Ability, and Data interpretation and Divergent – Convergent Thinking.