15 December 2014

How to Prepare for Amcat Exam

Hi everyone ,
                     In my last post I wrote about how to prepare for eLitmus exam and the exam pattern , Now this post is all about AMCAT (Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Test ) which is a online adaptive test . If you are planning to get into software companies or any other MNC's , all you should have is an opportunity to prove yourself but most of the engineering students especially who don't have campus placements like me will suffer the most . So AMCAT gives you an opportunity to get into good companies .

            All you have to do is  :
   1. Have good percentage in your graduation
   2. Attempt AMCAT exam and get good score .

After a week of writing the exam you will be getting the result to your email id and also the score will be visible in your amcat account . So thereafter you can apply for jobs and if you are good percentile score in all sections then you will definitely get calls from companies . Cognizant , Accenture , Hcl are the three companies that hire the most . Apart from that companies such as Snapdeal ,Mindtree , Aspiring Minds , Mphasis and many more ... are hiring .

Now Lets Get Started : 


1) Pattern of Amcat test : 


There are 4 Compulsory modules
1 )English
2 )Quantitative Ability
3) Logical Ability
4) Aspiring minds Personality test

1) English 

Vocabulary :
          Synonyms
          Antonyms
Grammar :
           Subject- verb Agreement
          Tenses and Articles
          Prepositions and Conjunctions
           Speeches and voices

Comprehension : One or two comprehensions

2) Quantitative Ability :

       Divisibility
       Hcf and Lcm
       Numbers
       Profit and Loss
       Simple and Compound Interest
       Time , Speed and Distance
       Logarithms
       Permutations and Combinations
       Probability

3) Logical Ability :

        Coding, Decoding
        Directional Sense , Blood relations
        Puzzles
        Number series pattern recognition
        Logical word sequence
        Data Sufficiency

4) Aspiring minds Personality test

           Apart from that you will be given an option to select any two specific modules . you should go through the module description in order to benefit from it. suppose you are taking computer programming module , you will be visible to more IT Companies .

For CS and IT Students , two modules will be Computer Science and Computer Programming ,
For other Branches there are modules like Electronics and Semiconductors , Telecommunication , Electrical Engineering , Mechanical Engineering and so on .....

NOTE: This modules are optional , If you wont select it during the exam then you will miss it.

2) How to get Good Percentile in the test ?

 
       Percentile score is for individual sections so you must attempt wisely . Coming on Sectional wise Quantitative ability : 
             Number of Questions : 25
             Time Duration  : 35 min
Like eLitmus we cant say that attempt this many questions correct to get a good score . you must attempt minimum of 16 questions or so to complete that section . It will be mentioned on your page.
Problems will however be easy , Prepare RS Agarwal , that would be enough.prepare all the examples in that book and solve the exercises , that will increase your speed.

Logical Ability :
             Number of Questions : 24
             Time Duration  : 35 min
This section is quite easy , mostly problems from coding and decoding and  number series, pattern recognition and data sufficiency will be there . RS Agarwal will definitely help.

 English  :
             Number of Questions :  25
             Time Duration  : 25 min
Synonyms and Antonyms some 3 to 4 questions and basic questions on tenses , speeches and voice .
Coming on to comprehension there will be one or two passages and each passage will have 3 to 4 questions .
 In this section you have to attempt the starting questions fast because mostly passages will be in the end so if you take more time , you cant read the passages in time .
   However this section is easy and even time will be left out , so don't worry

Personality test :
             Number of Questions : 80
             Time Duration : 20 min
Stunned with the time , don't worry its just basic questions such as what type of work you do ?
Options like  : I do multiple tasks at a time . 2) I do one work at a time and so on...
This is just to know your personality, So answer wisely

Computer Programming :
              Number of Questions : 25
              Time Duration  : 35 min
This Section will consist of topics from data structures such as Arrays , linked lists ,stacks, queues and OOPS Concepts Such as polymorphism , abstraction , Encapsulation And some on searching and Sorting Techniques .

In  this section you have some programs and you have to find the outputs , or else find the errors like finding the suitable code at that point and some theory questions , So you must have basic knowledge on languages like C, C++ and Java.

 Computer Science :
                 Number of Questions : 26
                 Time Duration  : 22 min
Concepts from Operating Systems : Basics of OS and computer architecture, process management ,memory and I/O Management .
From DBMS you will have about data models , Relational algebra and Sql , Normalization and a few queries
From Computer Networks : basics of networking and communication , OSI , TCP I/P layers and protocols and some routing algorithms .

For non CS Background , do not attempt this section if you are not confident , you can attempt your own module .

3 ) Negative marking :

            There is no negative marking , so you can attempt every question in the module .

NOTE : AMCAT is an adaptive test , that means if you answer correctly the next question will get harder and so on , if you answer wrong the next question will be easy , so depending on that your score will be given .
Once you attempt the question you cannot come back or review back  to the previous question , so keep on answering correctly.

4) Preparation : 

There are no specific books for AMCAT , Just prepare Rs Agarwal of both aptitude and reasoning and you will get it done.

5) Apply Online :

You can register by clicking here  Create AMCAT Account   . then schedule an exam in your preferred locations . Usually the exams are conducted frequently in some cities such as Bangalore and in some cities twice a month , depends on the city.

Note : The cost of the test is 843 INR and re-exam can be taken only after 3 months . so prepare wisely .

Below are the screen shots of the scores, and some to give you a better idea.


Your Score should cross all the flags in order to be qualified in the test .

Amcat Certificate is given and also a report will be given where we need to improve that contains a  detailed description of where we need to improve for the next time incase we would like to.


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