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The management entrance test to TISS, held on 14th December 2008, was easier compared to TISS 2008. The shock value
was not there this time because students were prepared and the overall level of difficulty of the test was quite low.
The test was divided into 2 parts ƛ the first part was of 45 minutes duration and the second of 1 hour. The second part of
the test was specialization specific, i.e., it varied according to the specialization one had chosen.
The instruction page clearly stated that there is no negative marking, no sectional cut-offs and no sectional time limits.

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TISS 2008 had 50 questions in the first part. The questions were divided into 3 sections - Analytical Reasoning, Data
Interpretation and Quantitative Ability (15 questions), Verbal and Logical Ability (20 questions) and General Awareness (15
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In this section, there were only 2 Visual Reasoning questions, 4 were based on Linear Arrangement and the remaining 9
were Quantitative Ability questions. All the questions were easy to solve. Amongst these, one question was based on Clock.
The problem based on the ages of various family members can be regarded as only problem from Algebra. One problem
was based on calculations regarding Simple Interest. Two problems were from Geometry and the remaining four were from
Ratio, Proportion and Averages. Overall level of difficulty was easy.



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There were 14 questions on verbal ability and one reading comprehension passage with 6 questions. The questions were
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the same was not a constraint. The questions following the passage were a mix of inferential and direct ones (2 inferential,
3 direct and 1 word based). The passage was about a mural artist Pema and his craft.

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was allotted 2 marks. All the questions in this set tested oneƞs knowledge of grammar and usage. One of the questions
required the test taker to select the option that would not fit in the sentence. Overall, the set was tricky and required one to
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comprehend. In the first question, one statement was given followed by four options and one had to decide which of them
conveyed similar idea. In the second question, a set of three statements was given and one had to choose the statements
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lead to the statement, which was actually the answer. The level of difficulty was not very high but one had to read the
questions and the statement carefully.

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underlined word in the given statement. The second question asked which of the options conveyed similar idea as given in
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%There were 15 questions focusing on current affairs and a well-read person could have
easily attempted the questions. There were two questions on recent awards like the Ramon Magsaysay Award and Man
Booker prize of this year. Then there was a question on SEZ and one about Indiaƞs first satelite and one on political party.
Overall this section could be solved.

   
 

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This section was similar to the DI section in Part 1 of the test. Tabular-format ruled and one could easily pick out the
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Most of the questions were simple with 5 options. There were some questions that required a basic knowledge of
mathematics, especially of numbers and basic geometry principles.

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There were 2 RCƞs. The first one was based on economics and was about unemployment policies in the USA. It was slightly
difficult to comprehend for someone with limited knowledge of economics, since there were many technical terms. Some
questions were inferential and some were content-based.The second RC was about North Korea, its government and the
mounting unrest there. It was much simpler than the first RC. It also had inferential as well as direct questions.Overall the
RC section was of moderate difficulty. The RC on North Korea was a Ɲmust attemptƞ.

  
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Probability questions were based on basic concepts of probability. There was one tabular question, one was a combination
of Logical Reasoning and Probability and one was based on a snippet. This was an easy section.

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This was the first general awareness section in this part, which consisted of questions relating to common business taglines,
terms, acquisitions etc.

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This was the second general awareness section in Part 2. It was more specialized in character in the sense that one needed
to possess knowledge of several management and economic theories and concepts. This was a section on the tougher side.
Overall, in Part 2, the Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency sections, as well as the Probability and Business Knowledge
sections, were easy. These should have been attempted first. The RC on North Korea should have been attempted. The
section on Social, Management and Economic Fundamentals was on the tougher side. However with no negative marking or
sectional cut-off, one could have attempted the two general awareness sections after attempting the other four. This part
was slightly more time consuming and tougher than Part 1.



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course, had to write one essay on one of the 4 topics given.
There was also a story writing exercise where the introductory sentences of four stories were given and one had to
elaborate on one of them. Each set was of 25 marks.

The essay topics were ƛ

1] Reality TV shows are exploitative
2] Media Censorship is desirable
3] Feminism is irrelevant in this age
4] Over-population is one of the main reasons for poverty

For students who had opted for Counselling as the specialization, the first section comprised an essay-writing exercise
(again three choices were given) with a word limit 1000 words.

The essay topics were as follows:

1] Foeticide is one way of enhancing the status of women.
2] With respect to religion, is India becoming progressively more unilateral?
3] Modern education produces blinkered youth.

In the section B, three topics were given and the students were expected to write their views/comments/reactions on any
one. One of the topics was related to Social Movement, one was related to a famous saying, the third on Emotional
Intelligence and the last was about Motivation where the students were also asked to write about their motivators
also.
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