Table-II.
Frequency of types of IWFs in MCQs in all six modules
| Types of IWFs | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | Total | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 21 | 18 | 10 | 07 | 05 | 8 | 69 | |
| Absolute terms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00 |
| Vague terms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00 |
| Implausible distractors | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 30.43 |
| Extra details in correct option | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.44 |
| Unfocused stems | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 27.54 |
| Grammatical clues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00 |
| Logical clues | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.35 |
| Word repeats | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.44 |
| > 1 correct answer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00 |
| Unnecessary information in stem | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 24.64 |
| Lost sequences in data | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.44 |
| All of the above | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00 |
| None of the above | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00 |
| Negative stem | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8.7 |