MICAT-I (December 2016) Analysis: Get Insights Here!

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad conducted its popular entrance exam – MICAT Online on 11th December 2016. The exam is conducted for admission to its two-year flagship programme titled Post Graduate Diploma in Management Communications or PGDM-C for the batch of 2017-19.

MICAT was held in cities like Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Allahabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Dehradun, Patna, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Indore, Visakhapatnam, Jaipur, Raipur, Kochi, Lucknow, Nagpur, Navi Mumbai, Noida, Pune, Ranchi and Vadodara.

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The test comprised of 3 sections:

• Descriptive
• Psychometric
• Subject-based

All the candidates are assessed on MICAT Section I (Descriptive); Section 2 (Psychometric Test); and Section 3 (Aptitude test).

Section 3 has four parts:

• Part A (Reasoning)
• Part B (General Knowledge)
• Part C (Verbal Ability)
• Part D (Quantitative Ability)

MICAT Section I (Descriptive) Analysis:

• This section consisted of four descriptive type questions which were aimed at testing and evaluating the creative writing skills of the test-takers. 35 minutes was the total time available to attempt these questions.
• The first three questions were based on one single topic.
• The topic was titled as “Expert Opinion is critical on Geo-Political developments”.
• The first question asked for 3 arguments FOR the topic. Next, for the second question, a test taker was asked to provide 3 arguments that were AGAINST the topic. The third question asked the candidates to present their views in about 200 words in response to a request from a prominent newspaper editor. The fourth question comprised of 4 images in which a test taker had to write a story in 300 words around the pictures selecting a sequence of the pictures.

*It is important to note that DT will be evaluated only for those candidates who are able to clear Verbal Ability (VA), General Awareness(GA), Quantitative Ability (QA), Divergent-Convergent Reasoning (DCR) as well as the Descriptive Test (DT) cutoff.

MICAT Section 2 (Psychometric Test) Analysis:

• All the questions in the psychometric test were compulsory to attempt. There was no provision for negative marking.
• Failure to attempt any of the questions in this part will ultimately lead to disqualification.
• First set of 25 MCQs had three choices to describe the behavior of the candidate. The second set comprising of 10 questions had 6 statements each, in which a test taker had to order these statements according to his/her priorities.
• Time allotted was 25 minutes.

MICAT Section 3 Analysis:

• Part A (Reasoning) had 30 questions.
• Part B (General Knowledge) had 25 questions.
• Part C (Verbal Ability) had 25 questions.
• Part D (Quantitative Ability) had 25 questions.
• For incorrect answers, a penalty of 25% of the marks allotted to the question exists.
• The total time to complete Section 3 was 1 hour and 45 minutes
• Since the pattern of the exam and the type of the questions were quite different from other, the difficulty level was on the higher side.

Psychometric test is qualifying one and DT will be checked for the qualified students only. In section 3, a score of 60-62 should be enough to fetch you a call for the next round.

It is important to note that each candidate has to take at least one of the three exams: XAT 2017, CAT 2016 or GMAT (2015 onwards).

It is expected that approximately 10% of the total number of candidates appearing in the two MICATs will be further called for the Group Exercise and Personal Interview round basis their Total MICAT Scaled Score.

Weightage for final selection is:-

• MICAT: 50%
• GE or Group Exercise: 18%
• PI or Personal Interview: 30%
• XAT/CAT/GMAT Scores: 2% (Scaled Scores will be considered for MICAT)

GE and PI will be held at Ahmedabad, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata.