AMU BA PYQ 2024-25 consists of 100 questions divided into four distinct categories:
| Section | Number of Questions | Question Range |
| General Awareness (GK, History, Polity, Geography) | 40 Questions | Q.26 – Q.65 |
| English Language | 25 Questions | Q.1 – Q.25 |
| Islamic Studies & History | 25 Questions | Q.76 – Q.100 |
| Reasoning & General Intelligence | 10 Questions | Q.66 – Q.75 |
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Detailed Breakdown:
Detailed Breakdown for 2024:
1. English Language (25 Questions) This section focuses heavily on grammar rules, vocabulary, and sentence structures:
- Grammar & Usage: Adverbs, Modals, Articles, Prepositions, and Clauses (e.g., Adverb of Manner, “You should send…”, Noun/Adverb clauses).
- Vocabulary: Synonyms, Antonyms, Odd word out, Analogies, and Spelling corrections (e.g., Austere, Boisterous, Counterfeit, Diligent:Lazy).
- Idioms, Phrases & Proverbs: Fill-in-the-blanks and meanings for common sayings (e.g., “As merry as a cricket”, “What cannot be cured must be endured”, “Pulled down”, “Bears out”).
- Voice & Speech: Active to Passive voice conversions and Direct to Indirect speech (e.g., “George Stephenson built the first railway”).
2. General Awareness (40 Questions) This is the largest section and covers a very broad spectrum of general knowledge and social sciences:
- Books, Authors & Awards: (e.g., Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s books, Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’).
- Indian & World History: (e.g., Integration of Sikkim, INA & Mohan Singh, “Jai Hind” slogan, First Muslim invader, Napoleon of India).
- Polity & Constitution: (e.g., Constituent Assembly, Suspension of Fundamental Rights, Prime Minister of the 1946 Interim Govt, UN Security Council).
- Geography & Environment: (e.g., Pangong Lake, Rabi crops, Solar Eclipses, Volcanoes, Richter scale).
- Current Affairs & International Relations: (e.g., COP 28 in Dubai, Ceding of Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, International Minority Rights Day).
- Basic Computer Knowledge: (e.g., Volatile memory (RAM), File extensions, Full form of PDF).
3. Reasoning & General Intelligence (10 Questions) This section tests mental ability and logical deduction through various puzzle types:
- Series & Sequences: Number series and Alphabet series (e.g., Finding the next term in 4, 6, 10, 14… or DMP, FLN…).
- Mathematical Reasoning: Age calculations, Interchanging mathematical signs, and Ranking/Positioning (e.g., Kabir’s rank from top/bottom).
- Logical Puzzles: Blood relations (e.g., “M is the son of P…”).
- Visual/Classification Reasoning: Counting figures (e.g., Number of triangles) and Odd-one-out word classifications.
4. Indo-Islamic Culture & Aligarh Movement (25 Questions) This section is highly specific to the heritage of the university, Islamic history, and the Mughal era:
- Sufi Saints & Orders: Tracing the roots and figures of Sufism in India (e.g., Baba Farid, Data Ganj Bakhsh, Nizamuddin Auliya, Suhrawardi and Naqshbandi orders).
- Mughal History: Key events and cultural contributions of the Mughals (e.g., Akbar’s birth in Amarkot, Humayun’s death, Dara Shikoh’s ‘Majma ul-Bahrain’).
- Sir Syed Ahmad Khan & Aligarh Movement: Detailed questions on the founder’s life and work (e.g., Establishment of the Scientific Society, his 1869 trip to England, books like ‘Tabyin al-Kalam’ and ‘al-Khutbat al-Ahmadiyya’, foundation of MAO College, and his key associates).
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AMU BA PYQ 2024-25 paper whose explanation is given below.
1. Choose the correct option: He kindly waited for me for an hour. The underline words is an example of:
(A) Adverb of Manner
(B) Adverb of Time
(C) Adverb of Place
(D) Adverb of Degree
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2. Pick the odd word out:
(A) strut
(B) hobble
(C) stride
(D) squeak
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3. Complete the following simile: As merry as a ____________
(A) cricket
(B) beetle
(C) butterfly
(D) None of these
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4. The term ‘bourgeois’:
(A) belonging to middle class
(B) belonging to the poor class
(C) belonging to the rich class
(D) belonging to the elite class
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5. Fill in the most appropriate modal in the sentence: You ____________ send an accurate income tax return.
(A) could
(B) should
(C) would
(D) might
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