| MAT Overview | |||
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| Exam | Management Aptitude Test (MAT) | ||
| Conducted by | AIMA | ||
| Mode of exam | CBT or Computer Based Test,and PBT or CBT+PBT | ||
| Number of Exams | 4 times (in a year) | ||
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| Type | Objective type with MCQ | ||
| Medium of Instruction | English | ||
| Total No. Of Question | 150 | ||
| Duration of the Exam | 120 minutes | ||
| Negative Marking | 0.25 | ||
| Sections of the Subject | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
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| Language Comprehension | 30 | Easy |
| Mathematical Skills | 30 | Moderate |
| Data Analysis and Sufficiency | 30 | Moderate |
| Intelligence and Critical Reasoning | 30 | Easy |
| Economic and Business Environment | 30 | Easy |
| Total | 150 | Easy |
Language Comprehension
The Language Comprehension section of the MAT 2025 exams is of easy to moderate difficulty. There are two Reading Comprehension passages with 10 questions. Other questions in this section included Idioms/Phrases, Antonyms, Synonyms, Fill in the Blanks, Parajumbles, Sentence Correction, and One Word Substitution and Summary questions, as told by some of the test takers.
Intelligence & Critical Reasoning
The Intelligence & Critical Reasoning section of MAT 2025 is of easy to moderate difficulty. The MAT 2025 paper analysis by students reveals that this section was a good mix of different types of reasoning questions, including Blood Relation, Alphanumeric Series, Letter Series, Coding-Decoding (letter-based), Venn Diagram, Comparison, Distribution, etc. The section can be easily completed in 30-40 minutes.
Mathematical Skills
This section of the MAT 2025 question papers has questions from usual topics such as Arithmetic, Modern Math, Geometry, and Algebra. Arithmetic questions dominated the section, and the level of difficulty of this section can be termed as moderately difficult. Most of the questions are straightforward and can be completed in 30-40 minutes.
Data Analysis and Sufficiency
This section of the MAT 2025 question papers aligns with previous exams. Tables, Graphs, and Charts dominated this section of the MAT 2025 CBT paper. The Data Sufficiency questions required the application of Arithmetic and Mensuration formulae. Overall, the section is easy to moderate.
Economic and Business Environment
The questions are straightforward and mostly from static GK. Some questions are based on recent events. Overall, the Economic and Business Environment section is easy and can be completed in under 15 minutes.
Below is a table indicating the topics generally included in MAT sections and their corresponding difficulty levels.
| MAT Sections | Topics |
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| Language Comprehension | RC, Sentence formation errors, vocabulary, synonyms/antonyms, FIB, one word substitution, para jumbles |
| Mathematical Skills | Interest, Percentages, Time and Work, Profit, Loss, Partnership, Algebra, Geometry |
| Data Analysis and Sufficiency | Graphs, Pie Charts, Bar Diagrams, Charts, Line Graph, Data Comparison |
| Intelligence and Critical Reasoning | Family Relation, Statement Cause & Effect, Series, Assumptions, Reasons, Analogies |
| Economic and Business Environment | International, Advertising, Awards, Books, Economy, Business |
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