NMIMS B Com is the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree offered by the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. The admissions to this course are made through the NMIMS NPAT B Com Entrance Exam. The NMIMS B Com entrance exam of the year 2020 was conducted on June 28th. The result of the exam was declared on 15th July 2020. Candidates who have passed their 10+2 level with 50% marks from any of the approved education boards are eligible to appear for the exam. This article will give you a detailed analysis of the exam in 2020.
NMIMS B Com 2020 Entrance Exam Analysis
The pattern of the 2020 NMIMS B Com entrance exam is given below:
| Duration | 100 minutes |
| Mode | Online Computer-based |
| No. of Questions | 120 |
| Sections | 3 |
| Maximum Marks | 120 |
| Marking Schemes | 1 mark is awarded to every right answerNo negative marking |
The three sections of the exam are:
- English Section
- Quantitative and Numerical Ability Section
- Logical Reasoning Section
The three sections and the number of questions from each, along with the difficulty level of them is given below:
| Section | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| English Section | 40 | Low difficulty level |
| Quantitative and Numerical Ability Section | 40 | Moderate difficulty level |
| Logical Reasoning Section | 40 | Low-moderate difficulty level |
NMIMS B Com Entrance Exam 2020 Section-wise Analysis
A detailed section-wise analysis of the exam, including the type of questions asked and the topics from which the questions were asked, is given below:
1. English Section Analysis
This section is generally the easiest section of the NMIMS B Com entrance exam. The section was easy, with most of the questions pertaining to reading comprehension, grammar and vocabulary. The question pattern included filling in the blanks, substitutions of words, correction of sentences and identification of errors. It tested students’ knowledge and understanding of grammar and its rules and syntaxes. The topics that were covered in this section of the exam were:
- Short Reading Comprehension
- Grammar structure and usage
- Fill in the blanks
- Tone of passage
- Para-jumbled sentences
- Preposition, Determiners, and Connectives, etc.
- Vocabulary
- Error Detection
2. Quantitative and Numerical Ability Section Analysis
While this section of the NMIMS B Com entrance exam was just like the previous year’s in its difficulty level, students found that while the overall section was found to be moderate level, there were few questions in the section which were hard to do, and posed a challenge for the students. Rest of the section had moderate levels of questions from a lot of topics from higher secondary classes. A lot of questions were based on Arithmetic. It is very important for students to get a good look at the syllabus for the exam and prepare according to it. Every concept should be understood and practised. The important topics covered by this section included:
- Simple and Compound interest
- Time and Work
- Profit and Loss
- Trigonometry
- Time, Speed and Distance
- Series and Sequences
- Statistics
- Coordinate Geometry
- Algebra
- Quadratic Equation
- Functions, etc.
3. Logical Reasoning Section Analysis
The logical reasoning section of the NMIMS B Com entrance exam was moderate in the difficulty level. Some of the questions needed complete attention as it was easy to misinterpret the questions and get the answers wrong. Students noted that some questions of this section were more time taking than the others. So the candidates who had practised doing similar questions and who had improved in their time management found the section to be easier. To avoid such situations for your exam, we would suggest you practice questions on topics that require time in completion like series, arrangements, syllogism, etc. The following are some of the topics covered in this part of the exam:
- Data Interpretation
- Statements and Assumptions
- Venn Diagrams
- Series
- Odd-one out
- Analogy
- Arrangements
- Syllogism
- Inequality, etc.
NMIMS B Com entrance exam 2020 was generally on the easier side of the difficulty spectrum. There was a clear difference between how the exam went for the candidates who prepared very well and those who didn’t. Students updated on current affairs and those who took practice tests with Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies previous years’ and sample question papers, and bettered themselves in their time management found the exam much easier than the others. Not spending much time on the tricky questions was one of the key factors that enabled candidates to complete their exams well, attempting more questions. Hope this article was helpful in understanding how the NMIMS NPAT B Com went. Click here to know a detailed preparation strategy for the exam.
