AMU BA PYQ 2023-24 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 2023:
1. English Language (25 Questions) This section focuses heavily on grammar rules, vocabulary, and sentence structures:
- Grammar & Usage: Prepositions, Modals, Articles, and Conditional Clauses (e.g., “prefer tea to milk”, “We must follow…”, “Had you seen”).
- Vocabulary: Synonyms, Antonyms, One-word substitutions, and Analogies (e.g., Celibacy, Trounce, Misanthrope, August, Education:Development).
- Idioms, Phrases & Phrasal Verbs: Fill-in-the-blanks and meanings (e.g., “broke down”, “through the night”).
- Sentence Structure & Speech: Finding grammatical errors, rearranging sentence sequences (PQRS), and Direct to Indirect speech (e.g., “He asked me why I was crying”).
2. General Awareness (40 Questions) This is the largest section and covers a very broad spectrum of general knowledge and social sciences:
- History (Indian & World): (e.g., Morley-Minto Reforms, Arya Samaj, Subsidiary Alliance System, Khudai Khidmatgars, Permanent Settlement).
- Polity & Constitution: (e.g., Lok Sabha quorum, Voting rights, Cabinet Mission proposal, First Lokpal of India).
- Geography & Environment: (e.g., ‘Cockpit of Europe’ (Belgium), Nanga Parbat, Milpa shifting agriculture, Pedology).
- Economics: (e.g., Fiscal deficit formula, Industrial Policy 1991, Capital formation, Green Accounting, Closed economy).
- Science & Space: (e.g., ADITYA-1 mission, Vikram Sarabhai Space Research Institute, Water-soluble vitamins, Gonorrhea).
- Current Affairs & Misc: (e.g., BBC equal pay claim journalist, Khelo India Youth Games 2020 mascots, First Chief of Defence Staff).
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 16, 26, 37… or 1, 2, 9, 28… or C, F, J…).
- Logical/Word Analogies: Word relationships (e.g., Dog:Bark :: Goat:?, Cattle:Herd).
- Logical Puzzles & Blood Relations: Deductive reasoning (e.g., “His father is only son of my mother”, family dinner puzzle).
- Time & Direction/Positioning: Calendar tracking and row seating arrangements (e.g., “If day before yesterday was Tuesday…”, boys standing facing east).
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:
- Islamic History & Concepts: Early history and Quranic concepts (e.g., Angel Izraeel, Revelation of Zaboor, Hijrah in 622 AD, title ‘Sword of Allah’, Sunni/Shia split).
- Sufi Saints & Bhakti Movement: Tracing the roots of mysticism and religious reform in India (e.g., Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Suhrawardi order, Guru Nanak, Kabir Das, Amir Khusraw).
- Mughal History: Key events and architecture (e.g., Akbar’s forts).
- Sir Syed Ahmad Khan & Aligarh Movement: Detailed questions on his life and associates (e.g., Author of ‘Tafsir al-Quran’, Hindu associate Jaikishan Das).
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AMU BA PYQ 2023-24 paper whose explanation is given below.
1. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option :
If he hadn’t gone to Nepal, he ____________ Mount Everest.
(A) would climb
(B) wouldn’t have climbed
(C) wouldn’t climb
(D) won’t be climbing
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2. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option :
I prefer tea ____________ milk.
(A) from
(B) for
(C) in
(D) to
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3. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option :
There is an alliance ____________ these six countries.
(A) to
(B) amongst
(C) among
(D) between
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4. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: ____________ is he foolish. but also obstinate.
(A) Not only
(B) Whether
(C) Both
(D) Though
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5. Antonym of ‘Celibacy’ is :
(A) Obscurity
(B) Chastity
(C) Abnegation
(D) Marriage
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