XAT 2015 Important Topics-If there is section which you can take for granted will be quantitative ability. Some basic points which should kept in mind:
Quantitative Ability section:
Total Questions asked: 31
Level: Moderate to Difficult
In 2014 question paper the there were 7-8 questions which could have been easily solved, but because of so many difficult questions, there might be a great possibility, that one must have skipped these easy ones as well.
This section was a good mix of questions of all topics:
Number system:
There were 4 questions from Remainder, Factors, Base Conversion and Prime Numbers.
Geometry:
There were 9 questions from the topics: Triangle, Circle, Quadrilateral, Mensuration and Trigonometry.
Algebra:
There were 4 questions from various topics like Variation, Arithmetic Progression, Co-Ordinate System and Logarithm
Probability:
There were 2 questions of this section out of which 1 was based on application of Number system
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General Counting:
3 questions
Data – Interpretation:
9 questions, (3 sets each with 3 questions)
Out of three data – interpretation sets, one set on Data – Table was easy, but quiet calculation intensive.
Vocabulary section:
These might be the XAT 2015 important topics of Vocabulary section
Simile: It is a composition of two different kinds of things which have one or more resemblance
Metaphor: Substitution of original word to express the object or a person
Oxymoron: It is combination of two words of opposite meaning like expressing something negative in appositive way.
Synechdoche: A part is used to represent the whole or a part of sentence
Onomatopoeia: Use of the words which suggest the sense by their sound e.g. crash, bang, hiss, mew, rattle, whisper, murmuring, humming etc – The rattle of the hail upon the roof.
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