MOCK TEST 12 (2012-13)Detailed Analysis

Mock Test 12 follows the pattern of National Law University, Delhi (NLU-D) entrance test wherein the students are subjected to the same level of difficulty both in terms of question type and level. The mock test comprises of five sections with a total of 150 questions. A student is expected to attempt this test in an actual test like environment wherein he has 90 minutes to complete the test and thus need to schedule his/her time accordingly.

INTRODUCTION

Sections No. of Questions

Expected Time to Complete

Legal Aptitude 35 24General

Knowledge 35  12

Reasoning 35 23 Mathematics 10  6

English 35 25 

This section had 35 questions on Legal Aptitude comprising of both Legal Reasoning as well as Legal Knowledge. The section consisted of:

Legal Reasoning (15 questions)Legal Knowledge (20 questions)

Overall, the section was of Moderate difficulty level. The Legal Reasoning section specifically tested the ability of students to understand and interpret the legal principles and application of the same to factual matrix to reach the best answer.

And, in order to answer the questions based on Legal Knowledge, students were expected to have some basic knowledge of various concepts under Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and Law of Contracts and further to be acquainted with general legal principles.

LEGAL APTIUTUDE

Legal Reasoning: The Legal Reasoning of Mock 12 was very much attainable. This section was dominated by questions from Law of Contracts and Torts including but not limited to cluster questions. Few questions from Criminal Law and Constitutional Law were also spotted in the mock. A stalwart approach towards legal reasoning makes it a very scoring sub-section of the paper.  Legal Knowledge: The Legal Knowledge part of mock 12 was dominated by questions from General Legal Principles and Constitutional Law. Pertinent topics from where the questions appeared were Legal affairs at National and International level, concepts under Constitutional Law and Criminal Law.

DETAILS

Q. S. Nos. No. of Q Topics Difficulty Level

Legal Reasonin

g

Legal Knowledge

    - -

21,25,26,27,28,2

9

15 6 1 Law Of Contracts

Moderate to Difficult

22,30,31,32

12 4 1 Criminal Law Moderate to Difficult

33,34,35 - 3 Torts Moderate 23,24 5,13,18,19,

202 5 Constitution

al LawModerate

- 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,1

4,16,17

- 13 General Legal

Principles

Moderate to Difficult

DETAILS

General Knowledge – Mock Test 12 was according to the pattern of NLUD hence it has

only 35 question under GK section.  Out of total 35 questions, 10 questions were from static field and 25 were from current affairs.

  Static GK: Questions from this section were put on from different

sections of static GK viz. polity, general science, geography, economy as well as from misc. GK. Thus overall, the static part was balanced and weighatge was equally distributed.

Current GK: Questions from current affairs were from persons, places, awards & honors, national and international events, sports, books & authors etc. Overall difficulty level was moderate.

Over all difficulty level was easy to moderate.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

DETAILS Static GK Current GKSection No. of

QuestionsDifficulty level

Section No. of Questions

Difficulty level

History 1 Hard National Events

   

Geography(India & World)

3 Moderate to Hard

International Events

1 Easy

Indian Polity & Constitution

2 Moderate Personality 6 Moderate to Hard

Economy 3 Moderate to Hard

Places 1 Moderate

Science & Tech

3 Moderate to Hard

Awards & Honors

3 Moderate

   Misc.

   1

  -

Sports 2 Moderate  

Misc. 9 Moderate  

Total 

13 

  

22   

Grand Total 35

The difficulty level of this section was moderate to difficult. The section consisted of:

5 questions on Critical Reasoning2 questions on Syllogisms2 questions on Statement Conclusion2 questions on Analogy9 questions on Series8 questions on Analytical Reasoning3 questions on Directions2 logic and calendar based questions2 questions on Blood Relation

REASONING

QuestionS. No.

Key Concepts and Brief

Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

  71 to 75 Critical ReasoningModerate -

Difficult

The questions were moderate to difficult. Q. 72 and 74 were comparatively easy and should have been attempted. One could have begun by reading the paragraphs to understand the arguments and only proceeded further if one comfortably understood the arguments..

  76 and 77 Syllogisms Easy -Moderate

Both the questions were easy but time consuming as each option had to be

checked separately. It is advisable to rely upon Venn diagrams to ensure accuracy.

  78 and 79Statement Conclusion

Easy-Moderate

Q. 78 was easy and should have been attempted correctly. Q. 79 required one to spend some time on the given statement

before arriving at the conclusion

80 and 81 Analogy Easy

Both the analogies were fairly simple and primarily vocabulary based. The words

were not very difficult and hence both of these questions should have been

attempted.

DETAILS

DETAILS

QuestionS. No.

Key Concepts and Brief DescriptionOverall level of Difficulty

 Strategy

82-85, 95-98, Analytical Reasoning Easy to

Moderate

All the questions could have been

answered by tabulating the information.

86, 87, 88, 89, 99, 100, 101, 102 and 103

Series, CodingEasy to

Moderate

The questions was of moderate level. Should have been attempted only if the logic was visible.

90, 91, 92, Directions, Easy

It was a direct principal based question and

must have been attempted.

DETAILS

QuestionS. No.

Key Concepts and Brief DescriptionOverall level of Difficulty

 Strategy

93, 105 Logic Based, Calender Easy

Both questions must have

been attempted as

they were based on basic

concepts.

94, 104 Blood RelationsEasy to

Moderate

Easy questions and should have been attempted

MATHEMATICS

Question S. No.Brief

Description

Overall Level of Difficult

y

Strategy

106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 11, 112, 113 and 115

Simple Interest – Compound

Interest, Time, Speed,

Distance and Work,

Average, Ratio and

Proportion, Profit , loss

and Discount, Percentage

Moderate –

Tough

Questions were based on application of basic concepts.

114 ProgressionsEasy –

Moderate

Quick analysis of condition was required to solve these questions.

Must attempt.

This section was of moderate level of difficulty. The section consisted of:•9 questions on Arithmetic•1 questions on Algebra

This section was of moderate level of difficulty. The section consisted of:

1 Close Test with 10 blanks3 questions on Synonyms3 questions on Antonyms5 questions on Grammar-Spot Error9 Fill in the Blanks questions1 Reading Comprehension with 5 questions

ENGLISH

DETAILS

Question S. No.

Key Concepts and Brief Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

116 to 125

Cloze TestModerate -

Difficult

The paragraph was easy to read but the options were very close making it a difficult cloze test.

Close reading and understanding the nuances of the words was required to attempt this set of

questions correctly. Keeping negative marking in mind, 6 to 7 correct responses is a good

attempt.

126 to 128

Vocabulary - Synonyms ModerateThe difficulty level of these questions was

moderate and at least two of them should have been attempted.

129 to 131

Vocabulary - Antonyms 

Easy - Moderate

The antonyms asked were of an easy to moderate difficulty level. All the three could

have been attempted by eliminating the incorrect choices.

132 to 136

Grammar – Spot Error EasyThe errors pertained to subject –verb agreement, tenses and articles and spotting them was easy. All the questions should have been attempted.

DETAILS

Question S. No.

Key Concepts and Brief Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

137 to 145

Fill in the Blanks Easy

The questions on Fill in the Blanks were mainly vocabulary based. The sentences were easy but the options were close. Overall, this set of questions was easy and at least 7 out of the 9 should have been attempted correctly.

146 to 150

Reading ComprehensionEasy -

Moderate

The passage was largely descriptive and the questions were factual in nature. If one decided to attempt the RC, all the questions should have been attempted. However, it was advisable to attempt it after one had gone through the rest of this section as those questions require less time comparatively.

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