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Familiarity with MAT Exam Pattern is a must if you're preparing for the popular management entrance exam. MAT is conducted both in paper-based and computer-based format by All India Management Association (AIMA). One of the biggest advantages of taking the Management Aptitude Test is that it can be taken four times a year. A candidate can choose to take the exam in the months of February, May, September, and December. Candidates may go through our MAT Preparation Tips and MAT Exam Checklist to increase their chances of scoring high in the exam.
The first step to cracking any entrance examination is to understand its exam pattern thoroughly. Collegedekho experts have prepared a comprehensive analysis of the MAT 2021 exam pattern based on previous years' exam trends. This will give you a clear perspective of what to expect from the examination and how to plan your preparation. Although MAT 2021 Syllabus comprises almost all the topics relevant to other top MBA entrance exams.
The MAT exam is conducted in English language only.
The examination comprises of multiple-choice questions offering four answer choices for every question.
The MAT question paper is divided among 5 sections i.e Language Comprehension, Mathematical Skills, Data Analysis & Sufficiency, Intelligence & Critical Reasoning, and Indian & Global Environment.
Each of the 5 sections will have 40 questions making it a total of 200 questions.
Attempting 105 to 120 questions is considered a good attempt.
The duration of the examination is 2 hours and 30 minutes. There is no time limit assigned for each section in the MAT question paper.
Each question carries 1 mark, whereas, 1/4th mark is deducted for every wrong answer.
Besides this, no changes are made in the exam pattern and marking scheme of MAT exam. 200 questions will be asked in the exam with each question provided with 4 choices. The time duration is two and a half hours for both the IBT and PBT exams.
Check the table provided below to know the exam pattern as well as the marking scheme of the MAT 2021 entrance exam.
Particulars | Details |
Examination modes | Paper-based & Computer-based |
Total No. of Sections | 05 |
Questions in each Section | 40 |
Total No. of Questions | 200 |
MAT MBA Test Duration | 150 minutes |
No. of Options per Question | 4 |
Marking Scheme per Question | 1 mark for every correct answer |
Negative Marking | 1/4 deduction for every incorrect answer |
Total Sections |
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Check the Section-wise Breakup of MAT 2021 entrance exam from the table provided below.
Name of the Section | Number of Questions | Duration (in Minutes) |
Language Comprehension | 40 | 40 |
Mathematical Skills | 40 | 30 |
Data Analysis & Sufficiency | 40 | 35 |
Intelligence & Critical Reasoning | 40 | 40 |
Indian & Global Environment | 40 | 15 |
Total | 200 | 150 |
As per the marking scheme of MAT exam, candidates will be awarded one mark for each correct answer while 1/4 mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer.
Category | Marking |
For correct response | 1 mark |
For incorrect response | -1/4 marks |
No response | Zero mark |
Note: The maximum marks which a candidate can score are 200 and the scaled score is given out of 800.
The MAT exam pattern 2021 sectional highlights for the upcoming MAT examination for February month, is provided below:
Out of the 40 questions, 20 questions will be based on reading comprehension passages
There will be a total of 4 short passages in this section and the difficulty level for the same would be moderate
On each passage, there will be 5 questions
The questions will be in MCQ format where the candidates will be penalised with 1/4th of the total maks carried by each question for every incorrect attempt
Questions like Synonyms/Antonyms, true/false statements etc will be asked from the reading comprehension passages
A total number of 40 questions will be asked in this section
In the MAT 2020 exam, this section will carry a sectional weightage of 20%
In this section also, the questions will be asked in MCQ format
Maximum number of questions will be asked from topics such as percentages, interest, profit & loss, time & work, partnership etc
Similar to the previous two sections, this section will also comprise of 40 questions in MCQ format
The weightage of this section in the MAT 2020 exam will be 20%
This section aims to analyze the ability of the candidates to interpret the data provided to them and answer the questions based on those data
Most of the questions will be based on Data Interpretation
This section will also comprise of 40 questions based on reasoning
The questions will be asked either individually or in a set of 3-4 questions
During MAT 2020 percentile score calculation, this section will carry a weightage of 25%
The candidates can expect questions based on clocks & calendars, family relations etc
The total number of questions in this section will be 40
The questions will be in MCQ format
The candidates will have only 15 minutes to get through this section
This section will not be considered during the percentile score calculation
Usually, the test-takers give less importance to this section by either completely ignoring this section or attempting very few questions
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Due to the COVID 19 situation, AIMA introduced an Internet-Based Test (IBT) that allow the candidates to give the exam from home. The system requirements for the IBT exam is provided below.
Requirement | Description |
Supported Browsers |
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Network | Aspirants should have a stable internet connection with proper speed throughout the exam duration |
OperatingSystem | Windows OS (Version7 and above) |
Memory | 65 MB permanent free space on the default hard drive |
.NET Framework | MSB requires dot net framework. The minimum supported version is 4.5.1. of the .NET Framework |
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Yes, MAT will be conducted both in online and offline mode.
No, there is no sessional time limit in MAT exam. Candidates may answer questions in any order.
All the questions that will be asked in the MAT exam will be in MCQ form.
A total of 200 questions (40 questions in each section) will be asked in MAT.
Yes, ¼ mark will be deducted for each incorrect attempt.
Yes, all the sections of MAT carry equal marks i.e 40 marks.
The total duration of the MAT exam is 150 minutes i.e 2 ½ hours.
One mark will be awarded for each correct answer and ¼ marks will be deducted for each incorrect answer.
MAT 2020 is conducted both as Computer-based Test and Paper based test. Candidates may apply for one or both examination.
There are 5 sections in MAT exam namely Language Comprehension, Data Analysis & Sufficiency, Mathematical Skills, Indian & Global Environment and Intelligence & Critical Reasoning.
