Nidhi Bahl Updated On: 28 Dec, 2018 14:37 IST
Candidates planning to take the upcoming MAT (Management Aptitude Test) are advised to check the MAT Syllabus before starting their preparations. All India Management Association (AIMA) does not issue an official MAT Syllabus. However, on the basis of previous year question papers, Collegedekho experts have curated the syllabus most important topics for all 5 sections of MAT 2018.
Aspirants may also check our MAT Preparation Tips and MAT Exam Checklist to become ready for the exam day. As far as AIMA MAT 2018 syllabus is concerned, candidates can cover all the necessary topics of examination if they study well. In addition to making a plan as per MAT syllabus, candidates would become familiar with all the important subjects of the examination.
The syllabus for MAT includes graduation level questions, it is designed to test the candidate's general qualification. The MAT exam is divided into 5 Sections - Mathematical skills, Language Comprehension, Intelligence and Critical Reasoning, Indian and Global Environment and Data Analysis and Efficiency.
Syllabus for Language Comprehension:
| English Grammar-based questions | Reading Comprehension |
| Verbal Reasoning | Critical Reasoning |
| Sentence Rearrangement | Analogies |
| Contextual usage | Fill In the Blanks |
| Jumbled paragraphs | Sentence Correction |
| Antonyms | Sentence completion |
| Sentence correction | Odd one out |
| Idioms | One word substitution |
| English Proficiency | Vocabulary Based |
| Foreign language words used in English | Syllogisms |
| Finding Errors | -- |
Syllabus for Mathematical Skill:
| Geometry | In-equations Quadratic and linear equations |
| Sequence & Series | Time-Speed-Distance |
| Algebra | Ratios and Proportion |
| Allegation & Mixtures | Averages |
| Partnership (Accounts) | Percentages |
| Time & Work | Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
| Number system | Trigonometry |
| Installment Payments | Profit & Loss |
| Mensuration | Permutations Combinations |
| Binomial Expansion | Set Theory |
| Venn diagram | Clocks |
| Maxima & Minima Progression | Probability |
| Complex numbers | Surds & Indices |
| Vectors | Co-ordinate geometry |
| Elementary Mathematics | Logarithm |
| Calendar | Average |
| HCF, LCM | Ratio-Proportion |
| Arithmetic:- Number System, Ratio and Proportion, Mixtures and Allegation; Unitary Method; Time and Distance; Commercial Maths; Profit and Loss, Interest | Heights and Distance; Linear Programming |
Syllabus for Data Analysis and Sufficiency:
| Venn diagram | Pie Chart |
| Column Graphs | Line charts |
| Data Sufficiency | Data Caselet |
| Bar Graphs | Graphs representing Area |
| Data Table | Multiple Graph |
| Data Comparison | Puzzles |
Syllabus for General Intelligence and Critical Reasoning:
| Fact Inference Judgment | Direction Sense |
| Verbal Reasoning | Blood Relation |
| Coding-Decoding | Passage Conclusion |
| Linear arrangements | Statements/ Conclusion |
| Simple Puzzles | Family Tree/ Blood Relations |
| Cause/ Effect Relationships | Sequence and Series( Alphabetical and Numerical) |
| Analytical Reasoning | Calendar |
| Clock | Direction |
| Analogies | Matrix arrangements (Puzzles, Syllogisms, Functions) |
| Assertion/ Reasons | Mathematical Reasoning |
| Verbal Ability | Series |
| Statement Argument among others | -- |
Syllabus for Indian and Global Environment:
| Economics | International Organisation |
| Social issues | Current Affairs |
| National and International current affairs | General Knowledge |
| Finance | Geography |
| Punchline of companies | Business |
| Conventional GK | Science |
| History | Sports |
| Famous awards and Prizes | Prizes |
| Major Corporate news | Important Quotations |
| Honours | Miscellaneous events |
| Entertainment | World Records |
| Business | Top officials of big companies |
| Politics | -- |
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