MICAT -I was conducted on 3rd December 2022. The overall difficulty level of the paper was difficult. There is no negative marking in Sections I and II since they are subjective in nature however Section III has a negative marking. For each incorrect answer in this section, the candidate is penalized with a negative mark of 0.25 marks.
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| No. of Sections | Subjects | No. of questions | Sectional Time Limit (in Minutes) |
| Section I | Psychometric Test | 150 | 30 |
| Section II | Descriptive Test | 4 | 25 |
Section III |
Divergent-Convergent Reasoning (DCR) | 20 | 80 |
| Verbal Ability (VA) | 20 | ||
| Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation (QA & DA) | 20 | ||
| General Awareness (GA) | 20 | ||
| Total | 135 |
Psychometric section is an aptitude screening exam that precedes the actual online MICAT test. This section ascertains a candidate’s Behavioral and Psychological attributes and assesses whether the candidate is a fitment or not to proceed with the test. Out of 150, there were 30 questions of TRUE/FALSE. Candidates have an ample amount of time to solve each question within the frame time limit. This section does not have any negative markings.
The Descriptive Test carries only 4 questions. The questions are to be completed within a time limit of 25 minutes and there will be no negative marking.
| Q. 1 | Confusion Contract Chaos | 3 Support views in 300 words | 10 marks |
| Q. 2 | Confusion Contract Chaos | 3 Against views in 300 words | 10 marks |
| Q. 3 | Confusion Contract Chaos | A young manager can use confusion to enhance team performance. | 20 marks |
| Q. 4 | Four pictures A, B, C, D was given. A – Notice board, B – Yellow woolen toy, C - Credit Card, D – Mouse Cursor |
Write a story of 300 words based on 4 pictures. | 30 marks |
Out of 20 questions, 19 questions were of 8 options. There was only 1 question from Visual Reasoning with 4 options. The difficulty level of this section was moderate to difficult.
| Topic | No. of questions |
| Transformation of words (Column A/Column B) | 1 |
| Number Pairs | 1 |
| Clue/Alternative (Column A/Column B) | 6 |
| Data Sufficiency - Blood Relation based- 3 Statements | 1 |
| Number Series | 1 |
| Visual Reasoning (Odd pairs) | 2 |
| Analytical Reasoning - Data Arrangement (4 persons /their speeds/from home to office. - Lengthy) | 1 |
| Analytical Reasoning - Circular Arrangement – 8 persons/colors based- Lengthy | 1 |
| Coding -Decoding (1Q. was based on words/Numbers and 1 Q. was based on words.) | 2 |
| Odd One Out (3 digit numbers were given) | 1 |
| Mathematical Inequalities (5 statement/5 conclusions) | 1 |
| Statements/Assumptions | 2 |
All the questions in this section were lengthy and were given in a passage. There were 13 questions with 8 options; 3 questions with 6 options; 1 question with 5 options and 4 questions with 4 options. The difficulty level of this section was difficult.
| Topic | No. of questions |
| Cloze Test - 4 FIB /4 words (Single Questions) | 3 |
| Reading Comprehension - Cycles/Bio based | 1 |
| Idioms - In a passage - 4 idioms | 1 |
| Reading Comprehension - Science based | 4 |
| Reading Comprehension - University based | 1 |
| Para jumbles (5 sentences) - Single Questions | 3 |
| Para jumbles (4 sentences) - Single Questions | 2 |
| Para Completion | 1 |
| Odd One Out - 5 Sentences were given. (Single Questions) | 2 |
| One word Substitution | 1 |
| Correct Sentences | 1 |
All the questions in this section were lengthy. There were 16 questions with 8 options and remaining 4 questions of DI set were with 4 options. The difficulty level of this section was difficult.
| Topic | No. of questions |
| Heights/Distances - 1 Q. was based on 4 poles/Distance/Angle and 1 Q. was based on ships.) | 2 |
| Ratio | 2 |
| Proportion - Bacteria growth based | 1 |
| Time, Speed and Distance | 1 |
| Data Interpretation - Bar Graph/Line Graph | 4 |
| Permutation and Combination | 2 |
| Geometry - Distances based | 1 |
| Mensuration - (1 Q. was based on cone and 1 Q. was based on fencing of rectangular area.) | 2 |
| Data Sufficiency - 5 Statements/5 Conclusions | 1 |
| Mixture/Alligation | 1 |
| Partnership | 1 |
| Probability | 1 |
| Simple Interest/Compound Interest | 1 |
General Awareness has always been one of the most challenging sections of MICAT exam. The questions can be bracketed as “Medium to Difficult”. Here are the topics GA questions will be mainly based on:
Corporate law and governance; History; Current Affairs; Adverts and Social Media; Marketing; Political Awareness; CEO/Authors/Entrepreneurs
All questions were lengthy and difficult. However, certain information regarding MICA’s cut-off score or distributed weightage of MICAT and CAT and their contribution towards the final panel decision has not been declared yet and is, therefore, tough to extrapolate this soon.
The overall exam analysis is expected to be under the same breath as previous year as far as the difficulty level, interpretation of result, score evaluation and shortlisting procedure is concerned. However, certain information regarding MICA’s cut off score or distributed weightage of MICAT and CAT and their contribution towards the final panel decision has not been declared yet and is therefore, tough to extrapolate this soon.