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Entrance Test

The Entrance Test is compulsory for all the applicants for Diploma in Economics.
Subjects: Mathematics and English
Duration: Three hours (plus a fifteen minutes break in between)

Mathematics entrance test

The Math test will be for duration of one hour and will test your basic math skills including

Simultaneous Equations and linear inequalities
Solutions of Quadratic Equations
Basic Algebra
Graph
Sequence and Series (A.P and G.P., Infinite Series)
Probability (Basic)
Functions
Derivatives (Algebraic & Exponential Functions)
Application of derivatives

Slope of the tangent at a point
Maxima & Minima

Application of derivatives (slope of the tangent at a point)

English entrance test

The English test will be for a duration of two hours and will test the linguistic, logical and analytical/critical skills of the candidate. The test is divided into three sections, as follows:

Grammar and Usage

You will be asked to fill in the blanks with appropriate words in a given passage. Based on the Cloze test, this section aims to test the student’s understanding of grammar, prepositions and vocabulary.

Comprehension

You will be asked to read a short article and answer questions based on the article. The section aims at testing skills of comprehension and expression.

Essay writing

In this section the student must answer a discursive essay question The examiners will expect the following

A structured essay.
Logical argument
Focused answer
Application of the comprehension article
Originality of thought
Approximately 500 words in length