SRCC GBO 2011 Analysis

The total numbers of questions were 160 while the time given was 120 minutes. The number of
questions remained same as last year, being 40 in each of the 4 sections. There were 4 series of
papers namely A, B, C, D. The marking system was 4 for a correct answer and -1 for an incorrect
answer. The general framework of the paper was on same lines as last year. There were a few
printing errors and wrong options .The drill-down of the paper is given in the table below.
A brief snapshot of the various sections and marking scheme is presented below:
Section
English language Proficiency

No. of questions
40

Marks per question

4

Total marks
160

Quantitative Ability
Logical ability
General Knowledge
TOTAL

40
40
40
160

4
4
4

160
160
160
640

The sectional Breakup is given below

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
The sectional breakup is as given below.
Topics

No of Questions

Difficulty Level

Grammar

15

Easy

Synonyms

Easy

Antonyms

Moderate

Analogies

Easy

Correct Usage

Moderate

Fill in the Blanks

Easy-Moderate

Total

40

Easy-Moderate

The English Section of the GBO Exam was overall easy as compared to previous years exam. This
Section had variety of Questions on Grammar including change of voice, prepositional phrases,
sentence completion and identifying errors in a sentence. Considering the level of questions, the
number of attempts to clear the cut-off should be 22-24.Total time allocation for this section should
be 20-25 minutes.
QUANTITATIVE ABILITY
The sectional breakup is as shown below.
Topics

No of Questions

Difficulty Level

Arithmetic

12

Difficult

Algebra

13

Difficult

Mensuration

Difficult

Tables

Easy-Moderate

Total

40

Difficult

This section was the most difficult among the 4 sections and the most difficult Math section in the
last 3 years. The questions on Tables were calculative while the rest of questions were a little tricky
to understand. The number of attempts to clear the cut-off should be 15-16.Total time allocation
for this section should be 45 minutes.
LOGICAL ABILITY
The sectional breakup is as given below.
Topics

No of Questions

Difficulty Level

Series

Moderate

Critical Reasoning

10

Moderate

Data Sufficiency

Easy

Input-Output

Difficult

Condition based Set

Easy

Logical Reasoning
Total

7
40

Easy
Easy-Moderate

This section was a lot easy as compared to other sections. The questions to be definitely attempted
should be from Series, Logical Reasoning and Condition Based Reasoning. The number of attempts
to clear the cut-off should be 20-22.Total time allocation for this section should be 35 minutes.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
The questions were mostly from Current GK and Static GK. Anybody having a workable knowledge
of General Awareness should be able to attempt at least 14 questions with the time allocation
being 15 minutes.
SECTIONAL SCORES AND OVERALL CUT-OFF
Below is present the summary of the above analysis.

Section
English language
Proficiency
Quantitative Ability
Logical ability
General Knowledge
TOTAL

No. of
questions

Marks per
question

Total
marks

Time
allocation
(min.)

Possible
Attempts
(questions)

Possible
Scores

40

160

25

28-30

105

40
40
40
160

4
4
4

160
160
160
640

45
35
15
120

17-18
23-25
15-17
83-90

63
86
59
313

Overall the cut-off is expected to be around 303+. Till last year the institute called students for the
next stage on the basis of overall cut-offs.
All the Best,
Team MBAGuru
Disclaimer: The above cutoffs are only suggestive in nature and may differ from the actual
cutoffs. Roots Education cannot be held responsible for any decision taken by the candidate on the
basis of the above information.