DMRC SC/ TO Exam Analysis 2016: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation held the recruitment examination for the post of Station Controller/ Train Officer yesterday. The DMRC SC/ TO Examination was conducted in an offline pattern, where the candidates attempted both Paper 1 and Paper 2 in a pen-and-paper format.
In this article, we are providing an in-depth DMRC SC/ TO Exam Analysis 2016, where you get to know about the overall difficulty level of the paper, topic-wise paper review and expected good attempts to crack DMRC Recruitment Examination.
DMRC SC/ TO Exam Analysis for Paper 1 and Paper 2
The DMRC SC/ TO Exam Pattern comprised of a written examination containing two papers i.e. Paper I and Paper II. The total duration of the exam is 2 hours 15 mins. Paper I was of 90 minute duration while Paper II was of 45 minute duration.
- Paper I was an objective type paper and has MCQ i.e. multiple choice questions. It contained a total of 120 questions from areas like General Science, General Awareness including Computer Awareness, Logical Ability, Numerical Ability and Reasoning.
- Paper II again was an objective type paper having multiple choice questions. It contained a total of 60 questions from the topic General English. Questions are sets of different topics like comprehension, adverb, parts of speech, preposition, direct and indirect speech, active and passive voice, synonyms and antonyms.
After going through DMRC SC/ TO Exam Pattern, let us move straight to the paper review and topic-wise analysis of each paper.
DMRC SC/ TO Exam Analysis 2016 for Paper 1
As explained above, the first paper was of objective pattern and consisted of 120 questions. The overall difficulty level of DMRC SC/ TO Examination ranged from Easy to Moderate. The total time to solve the entire paper was 90 minutes.
Moving further, the section-wise analysis for DMRC SC/ TO Examination is as follows.
| Section Name | Name of the Topic | Questions | Marks | Level of Difficulty |
|
Reasoning Ability
|
Sitting Arrangement | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Visual Reasoning | 7 | 7 | Moderate | |
| Statement: Conclusion/ Assumption/ Derivation of Inference | 6 | 6 | Moderate- Difficulty | |
| Usual Reasoning | 12 | 12 | Easy – Moderate | |
|
Quantitative Aptitude
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Arithmetic | 10 | 10 | Easy |
| Geometry | 4 | 4 | Moderate | |
| Trigonometry | 5 | 5 | Moderate- Difficulty | |
| Algebra | 5 | 5 | Easy – Moderate | |
| Volume Surface Area | 6 | 6 | Moderate | |
|
General Awareness
|
Current Affairs | 8 | 8 | Easy |
| Static Affairs | 8 | 8 | Moderate | |
| History | 4 | 4 | Moderate- Difficulty | |
| Geography | 4 | 4 | Easy – Moderate | |
| Politics | 4 | 4 | Moderate | |
| Others | 2 | 2 | Easy | |
|
General Science
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Biology | 6 | 6 | Easy – Moderate |
| Physics | 10 | 10 | Easy – Moderate | |
| Chemistry | 10 | 10 | Easy – Moderate | |
| Environmental | 4 | 4 | Easy – Moderate | |
| Overall | 120 | 120 | Moderate |
Based on the difficulty level of the paper, we are assuming that an attempt of 80-85 questions with good amount of accuracy will land you in the safe zone. Lets move to the review of the second part.
DMRC SC/ TO Exam Analysis 2016 for Paper 2
The second paper for DMRC SC/ TO Recruitment was based on English Language and it’s various modules. It was a 45 minute paper with a total of 60 marks. The paper again ranged from Easy to Moderate Difficulty Level.
| Topic Name | Number of Questions | Marks | Level of Difficulty |
| RC | 10 | 10 | Moderate |
| Parajumbles | 4 | 4 | Easy |
| Fill in the Blanks | 4 | 4 | Easy |
| Spelling | 3 | 3 | Moderate |
| Sentence Completion | 3 | 3 | Moderate |
| Spotting the Error | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Idioms & Phrases | 4 | 4 | Moderate |
| One Word Substitution | 4 | 4 | Moderate |
| Active Passive | 5 | 5 | Moderate |
| Direct/ Indirect | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Antonym/ Synonym | 5 | 5 | Moderate |
| Grammar | 3 | 3 | Moderate |
| Grammar Fillers | 5 | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 60 | 60 | Moderate |
Based on the difficulty level of the paper, we are assuming that an attempt of 40-45 questions with good amount of accuracy will help you crack the recruitment examination easily.
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