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DDA ASO 2017 Exam Analysis Shift-1
Today is the second day of Exam. So, Now it’s time for DDA ASO 1st Shift Exam Analysis (Review). The Exam will be conducted from 18th September to 21st September 2017. We are providing Exam analysis of DDA ASO 2017 Shift-1, so that all other aspirants can get an overall and clear idea about exam pattern and difficulty level. So dear students, without much ado, let’s get straight to the detailed Exam analysis.
DDA ASO Tier-I Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme:-
This is CBE (Ccomputer Based examination). There are 4 sections in the Tier 1 exam of DDA ASO 2017, with 100 questions which account for a total of 200 marks. The subject-wise details are given below:
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Section
|
Subject
|
No of Questions
|
Max Marks
|
Exam Duration
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Intelligence and Reasoning | 25 | 50 |
75 minutes |
| 2 | General Awareness | 25 | 50 | |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 25 | 50 | |
| 4 | English Comprehension | 25 | 50 | |
| Total | 100 | 200 |
Note:
- There is a negative marking of 0.66 marks in all sections.
- The duration of exam is 100 minutes for candidates who are visually handicapped and suffering from cerebral palsy.
DDA ASO Exam Analysis (Over All):
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Section
|
Level
|
Good Attempts
|
|---|---|---|
|
General Intelligence and Reasoning
|
Moderate
|
16-19
|
|
General Awareness
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
12-15
|
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
Easy-Moderate
|
17-21
|
|
English Comprehension
|
Easy-Moderate
|
16-18
|
|
Overall
|
Moderate
|
62-68
|
DDA ASO Exam Analysis: General Intelligence
General intelligence or Reasoning was of moderate level in this exam. Questions from missing term and coding-decoding were quite difficult level.
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Topic
|
No of Questions
|
Level
|
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | 2 | Easy |
| Seating Arrangement | 1 | Easy |
| Coding-decoding | 5-6 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Missing Term | 3 | Moderate |
| Odd one out | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Analogy | 3-4 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 9 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 25 | Moderate
|
DDA ASO Exam Analysis: General Awareness
Some questions from Exam:
- Who is the CEO of Snapchat?
- Who was the Governor general at 1857?
- What was the duration of Rajya Sabha in MP?
- If President & vice President is not available then who takes the responsibility?
- Nector nuts nachos related to?
- Who was the First President of independence Bangladesh?
- Why India mixed economy?
- One question from Black cotton soil.
- Zen Nawesta is the holy book of whom?
- Nepolian burried at the bank of which river?
- Who is the writer of Malgoodi book?
- After independent Dr B.R. Ambedkar became?
- Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP) recently in news due to which reason?
- Hindi written in which script?
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Topic
|
No of Questions
|
Level
|
|---|---|---|
| History | 5-6 | Difficult |
| Geography | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Polity | 5-6 | Easy-Moderate |
| Economics | 4-5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Science | 2-3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Current Affairs | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Total | 25 | Moderate-DiffIcult |
DDA ASO Exam Analysis: Quantitative Aptitude
Quantitative aptitude was of moderate level. There were no questions from trigonometry & geometry. Questions from Speed & Distance were quite time consuming.
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Topic
|
No of Questions
|
Level
|
|---|---|---|
| S.I, CI, Profit/Loss | 5-6 | Moderate |
| Mensuration | 1-2 | Easy |
| Partnership | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Algebra | 3 | Easy |
| Time and Work | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Speed and Distance | 6-7 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Average & Percentage | 2 | Moderate |
| Total | 25 | Moderate |
DDA ASO Exam Analysis: English Language
English language section was of easy-moderate level, No questions were asked from One-word substitution and error detection. Questions from poems asked, in which mood of writer asked.
Para jumble- How to make salad?
In this you have to arrange the sentences of how to make salad.
Spelling Check: Connoisseur
Antonym: Impede
Idioms/Phrases: Blew to top view to anger
Fillers:
_______ is mightier then sword?
Topic of RC:
RC (Reading Comprehension): Stephen Hawking
RC (Reading Comprehension) : Global warming (penguin related)
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Topic
|
No of Questions
|
Level
|
|---|---|---|
| Fillers | 7-8 | Moderate |
| Idioms/Phrases (in the form of fillers) | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Parajumbled | 1 | Easy |
| Antonym/ Synonym (in the form of sentences) | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Spelling check | 1 | Easy |
| 2 RC | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 25 | Easy-Moderate |
