NMIMS NPAT

Commerce

Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Technology
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Design
Bachelor of Commerce, Honours (B.Com (Hons.))

Poona College Of Pharmacy, Erandwane, Pune

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Students applying for NPAT exam must have completed Class 12 or equivalent examination (inclusive of International Baccalaureate Diploma in any stream)
• Students can submit IB diploma only if it is awarded by a recognised board. IB certificate holders are not eligible for the test
• Students who have passed their 10+2 or equivalent examination from Open or Distance learning (ODL) are also eligible to apply for the exam. In this case, the school should be recognized by National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
• Students who have not been able to clear 10+2 either from CBSE or ICSE board or IB diploma in their first attempt are not eligible for NPAT exam
• Students must have obtained an aggregate of 60% marks in 10+2 equivalent examination
• Students holding IB Diploma will be eligible only if he/she has Mathematics/ Statistics at the standard level
• Students having cleared either CBSE/ ICSE board exam need to mention the aggregate marks of all the subjects of 10th standard or equivalent examination. The marks of best of four or five subjects will not be considered
• Students exceeding the age of 25 years are not eligible to apply for the exam

Section-1: Proficiency in English Language

• Error Recognition
• Identifying grammatical structure and usage
• Applied Grammar
• Using prepositions, determiners, connectives, tenses adequately.
• Vocabulary
• Understanding the meaning of underlined words in sentences
• Contextual Usage
• Using appropriate words in the given context
• Sequencing of Ideas
• Putting ideas into logical sequence by putting jumbled sentences in the correct order.
• Reading Comprehension (3 in Passages of 400-500 words with 5 Questions per Passage)
• Locating Information, grasping ideas, identifying relationships, interpreting ideas, moods, characteristics of characters, tone of passage, inferring, getting the central theme, evaluating

Section-2: Quantitative and Numerical Ability

• Number System
• Fractions, Surds and Decimals, Number Series
• Arithmetic
• Percentages, Profit & Loss, Discount, Compound Interest & Annuities, Ratio & Proportions, Time, Work & Distance, 2 D & 3D Figures- Areas & Volumes
• Algebra
• Basic Algebraic Identities, Equations- Linear & Quadratic Sequence and Series (AP, GP)
• Sets and Functions
• Sets, Operation on Sets and their Applications, using Venn Diagrams, functions
• Elementary Statistics & Probability
• Mean, Mode and Median, Measures and Dispersion
• Trigonometry
• Trigonometric Rations, identities, heights and distances

Section-3: Reasoning & General Intelligence

• Critical Thinking
• Decision Making (Take into cognizance various rules/ conditions and take decisions based upon those rules/ conditions) Problem Solving (To analyze the given information and condense all the information in a suitable form and answer the questions asked)
• Verbal- Logical Reasoning
• Derive conclusions from logical premises or assess the validity of arguments based on statement of facts.
• Data Sufficiency
• Judge if the information given is sufficient to answer the question or some additional information is required
• Numerical Reasoning
• Venn Diagram (Identify the class-sub class relationship among given group items and illustrate it diagrammatically) Mathematical Equalities
• Data Interpretation
• Be able to use the information given in graphs and charts to answer questions
• Spatial Reasoning
• Figure Analogy (Choosing the figure from the alternatives that match with relationship specified by a given figural pair) Figure Matching/ Classification (Notice the common quality in figures to be able to match figures or find the odd one out) Figure Series (To discover a pattern in the formation of figures in a sequence to be able to complete the series/ identify the missing figures)