MAT Exam Pattern 2020

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 2020 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 2020 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, 1/4^th mark is deducted for every wrong answer.

The MAT exam pattern 2020 sectional highlights for the upcoming MAT examination for February month, is provided below:

Language Comprehension

• 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 1/4^th 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

Mathematical Skills

• 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

Data Analysis & Sufficiency

• 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

Intelligence & Critical Reasoning

• 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

Indian & Global Environment

• 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

Also read: 

How to Prepare for MAT Entrance Exam

Different Types of MBA Entrance Exams

Colleges Accepting MAT Scores for Admission into MBA Courses

Note: The maximum marks which a candidate can score are 200 and the scaled score is given out of 800.