PRMO ANALYSIS

2017

PRMO - 2017
A Detailed Analysis by Resonance
PRMO 2017: The Pre-Regional Mathematical Olympiad (PRMO) is a national level examination cum scholarship
programme. The scholarship programme is conducted by IAPT and students studying in class XI or below are
eligible to appear for the PRMO 2017. PRMO was conducted in month of August across the nation.

Eligibility: As per the eligibility criteria of PRMO, Born on or after August 1, 1998 and All Indian students who are
born on or after August 1, 1998 and, in addition, are in Class XI or below are eligible to appear for the PRMO 2017.A
student from any state of the country can register for this examination and scholarship scheme. A student can be
from a government or a private school.

Stages:

Details of Stages
Stage Name Details Seats Registration Period Result
Exam Date: 20th August
:- 300 (per region)
Integer type questions
:- For the KV, :-May 20 to Jun 10
(single or double digit) with
CBSE, JNV schools (Institution
30 questions. To be
which have a registration with
organized by IAPT. It will be
countrywide atleast 20
like all NSEs. Information to
Stage 1- PRE coverage, the registrations. Latest by 15th
be available shortly at
RMO number to be :-Upto 30 Jun September
www.iapt.org.in.
selected is upto 5 (Individual online
Registration fee ( 200 at
per cent of the registration by
approved centres, 100 for
number of choosing one of the
KV students). Students to
registrations or approved centres)
get carbon copy of OMR at
300.
the end of paper
Each regional co-ordinator
(including the co-ordinators
for the groups KV, CBSE and
JNV) will receive the list of No Registration.
Latest by 7th
Stage 2- students eligible to write 30 + 5 (girls) (per Regional Coordinators
December (By
RMO RMO by September 15th. region) to get the list
HBCSE)
Each Regional Co-ordinator automatically.
shall conduct the RMO in
her/his region on October
8th, 2017.
Exam Date: 21st January
Stage 3-
2018.Papers to be
INMO
conducted by each regional

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coordinators and the

papers are to be sent back
to HBCSE.
Stage 4-
No Changes No Changes No Changes No Changes
IMOTC
Stage 5- PDT
No Changes No Changes No Changes No Changes
Camp
Stage 6- IMO No Changes No Changes No Changes No Changes

Conducting Body:

PRE RMO- IAPT (www.iapt.org.in) through regional coordinators

RMO- Regional Coordinators
INMO- HBCSE (olympiads.hbcse.tifr.res.in)

Geographical Regions:

Assam, Chattisgarh, Coastal AP & Rayalseema, Delhi, Gujarat- Daman-Diu-Dadra Nagar Haveli, Jammu, Jharkhand,
Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa, Meghalaya, Mumbai, North Bihar and Patna, North
Western States, Odisha, Rajasthan, South Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
West Bengal.

Special Regions:

CBSE Schools, KV Schools, JNV Schools

Pattern/ Syllabus: The syllabus of PRMO is not fixed and broadly consist of topics of Algebra, Geometry, Number
Theory and Combinatorics till Class XI level.

Question Paper: The paper consisted of 30 questions of single or double digit integers to be solved in 150
minutes. The medium of test is English and regional languages. Each right answer carry one point each, thus
making the total score of the candidate in a test equal to the number of questions answered correctly. There was
no negative marking in the paper.

CLASS WISE MARKS DISTRIBUTION

Class VIII Class IX Class X Class XI Total
No of Total No of Total No of Total No of Total No of Total
Subject
Questions Marks Questions Marks Questions Marks Questions Marks Questions Marks
Mathematics 1 1 6 6 4 4 19 19 30 30

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OVERALL DIFFICULTY LEVEL ANALYSIS

In this analysis we have rated every question on a scale of 1 to 3. The ratings are done by expert faculty of
Resonance. The individual ratings are then averaged to calculate overall difficulty level.

1: Easy 2: Moderate 3: Difficult

The difficulty level of the paper comes out to be 2.23 as per Resonance experts. Out of the total 30 questions, 5
questions were easy, 13 were moderate while 12 questions were difficult.

SUBJECT WISE AND TOPIC WISE ANALYSIS

MATHEMATICS ANALYSIS
Mathematics
NO OF TOTAL (%)
UNIT & TOPIC NAME QUESTIONS MARKS WEIGHTAGE
Algebra 10 10 33.33%
Algebraic Identities 2 2 6.67%
Geometric Progression 2 2 6.67%
Inequation 1 1 3.33%
Quadratic Equation 1 1 3.33%
Summation of Series 2 2 6.67%
Theory of Equation 2 2 6.67%
Combinatorics 7 7 23.33%
Combinations 3 3 10.00%
Fundamental Principle of Counting 4 4 13.33%
Geometry 7 7 23.33%
Area of Triangle and Parallelogram 1 1 3.33%
Circle 2 2 6.67%
Quadrilaterals 2 2 6.67%
Triangle 2 2 6.67%
Number Theory 5 5 16.67%
Factors and Multiples 1 1 3.33%
Greatest Integer Function 1 1 3.33%
Prime Number 2 2 6.67%
Ratio & Proportion 1 1 3.33%
Trigonometry 1 1 3.33%
Fundamental Period 1 1 3.33%
Grand Total 30 30 100.00%

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EXPECTED CUTOFF
The cut off for General category student is expected to be 11 marks in this paper for Rajasthan region. The region
wise expected cutoff is as follows:

S.NO. State Cutoff

1 Andhra Pradesh 11
2 Telangana 11
5 Uttar Pradesh 11
4 Maharashtra 11
3 Rajasthan 11
9 Madhya Pradesh 9
11 Gujrat 9
13 West Bengal 9
14 Bihar 9
6 Tamil Nadu 7
7 Odisha 7
8 Delhi 7
10 Haryana 6
16 Punjab 6
18 Chattisgarh 6
12 Jharkhand 4
15 Karnataka 4
17 Chandigarh 4
19 Himachal Pradesh 4
20 Uttarakhand 4
21 Kerala 4
22 Jammu & Kashmir 4
23 All other regions 4

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