MAT or Management Aptitude Test is conducted by the All India Management Association. It is a standard entrance exam organized to select candidates for admission to MBA/ PGDM. The MAT score is accepted by more than 600 B-Schools for admission. This exam is conducted four times in a calendar year in the months of February, May, September, and October.
MAT Highlights
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Name of the exam |
MAT |
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Full form |
Management Aptitude Test |
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Who conducts the exam? |
All India Management Association |
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Courses |
MBA and allied courses |
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Mode of application |
Online |
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Mode of exam |
PBT and IBT |
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Official website |
https://mat.aima.in/ |
Eligibility Criteria for MAT
1. Candidates must have completed graduation in any discipline from a recognized institute.
2. The minimum marks percentage required in the MAT exam is different for various management institutes.
3. Students who will appear for the graduation final year examination are also eligible.
4. There is no lower or upper age limit to apply for this exam.
Application Fee
1. The application fee can be paid online using a debit/ credit card or internet banking.
2. For paper-based test (PBT) or computer-based test (CBT): Rs. 1550/-
3. For both PBT and CBT: Rs. 2650/-
Exam Pattern for MAT
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Sections |
Number of questions |
Total marks |
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Language Comprehension |
40 |
30 |
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Mathematical Skills |
40 |
40 |
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Data Analysis and Sufficiency |
40 |
35 |
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Intelligence and Critical Reasoning |
40 |
30 |
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Indian and Global Environment |
40 |
15 |
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Total |
200 questions |
200 marks |
MAT Syllabus
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Language Comprehension |
Reading Comprehension, Parajumbles, Fill in the blanks, One Word Substitution, Sentence Correction, Verbal Ability, Antonym & Synonyms, Idioms & Phrases, etc. |
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Data Analysis & Sufficiency |
Tables, Charts, Pie Charts, Bar Diagrams, Caselet-based Data, Venn Diagram, Graphs, Data Comparison, Data Sufficiency, etc. |
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Mathematical Skills |
Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration, Number System, Percentage, LCM & HCF, Inequalities, Set Theory, etc. |
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Intelligence & Critical Reasoning |
Blood Relation, Family Tree, Coding & Decoding, Numeric Grid, Syllogism, Clocks, Calendars, Visual Reasoning, etc. |
