MICAT - II was conducted on January 16, 2023. The overall difficulty level of the paper was difficult. There is no negative marking in Sections I and II since they are of subjective 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.
| 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 | Light Up | 3 Support views in 300 words | 10 marks |
| Q. 2 | Light Up | 3 Against views in 300 words | 10 marks |
| Q. 3 | Light Up | Lighting up in an organization can be useful and productive. | 20 marks |
| Q. 4 | Four pictures A, B, C, D was given. A – Painting of a town, B – Graphic, C - Donkey portrait, D – Photo of a house, man, truck and car |
Write a story of 300 words based on 4 pictures. | 30 marks |
Out of 20 questions, some 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) |
2 |
Clue/Alternative (Column A/Column B) |
5 |
Visual Reasoning (Dice based) |
1 |
Visual Reasoning (Complete the series) |
2 |
Analytical Reasoning – Blood relation |
2 |
Analytical Reasoning - Circular Arrangement – 4 pairs of brothers – sisters facing outside the center and likes a different fruit - Moderate |
2 |
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 |
Paragraph based set |
2 |
Statements/Assumptions |
1 |
All the questions in this section were lengthy and were given in a passage. In some questions, there were 4 answer choices. In others, there were 5 and in some questions, there were 8 answer choices. The questions in the RC section were a mix of fact and inference based. No vocabulary questions were there. This section was difficult.
Topic |
No. of questions |
Cloze Test - 4 FIB /4 words (Single Questions) |
3 |
Reading Comprehension - Adam Smith’s theory on Economics. |
1 |
Idioms - In a passage - 4 idioms |
1 |
Reading Comprehension – Conspiracy theory |
4 |
Reading Comprehension - Topic: Writing a poem. |
1 |
Para jumbles |
4 |
Para Completion |
2 |
Odd One Out - 5 Sentences were given. (Single Questions) |
2 |
One word Substitution |
1 |
Phrase replacement |
1 |
All the questions in this section were lengthy. There were 7 questions with 8 options and the remaining questions had 4 options. Much like the VA section, this section was also 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 and percentages (3 colors and 4 items) |
1 |
Probability |
2 |
Time, Speed and Distance (1 Q, was general and 1 Q, was based on circular track) |
2 |
Data Interpretation – Pie Chart and Tables |
4 |
Geometry – Circle, polygon based (Clock structure) |
1 |
Arithmetic Progression |
1 |
Number system – Factors (4 friends pick distinct numbers with 12 factors) |
1 |
Mensuration |
4 |
Mean and variance (Age of 3 friends lies between 6 and 15) |
1 |
Time and work |
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.