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Management Aptitude Test (MAT)

MAT Test : Conducted by AIMA

  • Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is a standardised test being administered since 1988 to facilitate Business Schools (B-Schools) to screen candidates for admission to MBA and allied programmes. Govt. of India, Ministry of HRD approved MAT as a national level test in 2003. Any B-School – national or international – can consider MAT Score as an admission input based on the Score Cards issued to the candidates. The largest test of its kind in the nation, MAT will continue to be your passport to over 600 B-Schools across India.
  • MAT is usually conducted 4 times in a year in February, May, September and December. The minimum qualification for appearing in MAT is graduation in any discipline from any recognized University or equivalent recognized degree. A final year student in any undergraduate

Eligibility Graduates in any discipline. Final year students of Graduate Courses can also apply.
Mode of Test
(How to take the test)		 Candidate can take MAT as
(i) Paper Based Test (PBT) or
(ii) Computer Based Test (CBT) or
(iii) Both PBT & CBTNote:·  Candidates opting for both PBT and CBT will have the benefit of selecting additional 2 Management Institutions for sending their scores in addition to existing option of selecting 5 Management Institutions i.e. they can select 7 Management Institutions in total.
How to apply Register online at website link: https://mat.aima.in with Credit Card/Debit Card (ATM Card) or Net Banking. The fees details are given below:
Essential Documents to be made ready for online registration:
  • Valid Email Id
  • Scanned image of photograph ( 40 to 100 kb)
  • Scanned image of signature (10 to 40 kb)
  • Credit Card/Debit Card (ATM Card) or Net Banking details

(Detailed procedure is given on the website link.)
Schedule Paper Based Test (PBT) Computer Based Test (CBT)
Test Date September September
Test Timings 1000 to 1230 Hrs In single/different time slots at specific test venues; subject candidates registration
Last Date for Online Registration August September
AVAILABILITY OF ADMIT CARDS ON THE WEBSITE (Separate for PBT and CBT) August September (1600 Hrs)
Test Cities Test cities for Paper Based Test (PBT) and Computer Based Test (CBT) are different.
List of Participating Management Institutes Select the institutes where you have applied or are applying for admission. Important Notice: Candidates are advised to check the approval/recognition status of various programs directly from the concerned Authorities/ Institutes/ Universities.

AIMA has come across a couple of cases where the aspiring candidates’ MAT score is not accepted by some participating institutes/universities for admission to MBA full time course despite their confirmation to AIMA MAT at the time of participation by incorporating their notifications in MAT e bulletin. Candidates are advised to recheck with the concerned institutes/universities before applying for MAT.

Syllabus and Exam Pattern

                MAT exam is held for almost two-and-a-half hours. The test covers two hundred (200) questions in 150 minutes. The aspirant is tested in the following five areas: Indian and Global Environment, Language Comprehension, Data Analysis and Sufficiency, Mathematical Skills, Intelligence and Critical Reasoning. There are 40 questions in each section. Each question carries one mark, whereas, one/fourth mark is deducted for every wrong answer.

  • Here are a few tips for MAT exam preparation: 
  • Practice reading ‘Reading Comprehension’ passages for at least two to three months, about four to five per day.
  • Go through all the rules of grammar and make an effort to understand the contextual usage of words and phrases in English.
  • For Quant, practice about 20-25 questions every day. Lay particular emphasis on Arithmetic and Algebra-based questions – these are quite common in MAT exam          

MAT Syllabus

  • MAT exam syllabus has five sections: Indian and Global Environment, Language Comprehension, Data Analysis and Sufficiency, Mathematical Skills, Intelligence and Critical Reasoning. Aspirants need a thorough grip on logical and analytic reasoning, verbal ability, data interpretation, quant, mathematics and social awareness.

                Here’s a detailed view of all topics covered in MAT syllabus:

                Indian & Global Environment Section

                This section is unique to MAT exam. It’s mostly about current affairs and latest new:

                Current affairs                                                  Business                                             

                World Records                                                  Top officials of big companies  

                Famous awards and Prizes                          Books and Authors

                Punch line of companies                              History                                

                International Organisation                          Important Quotations  

                Social issues                                                      Geography

                Sports                                                                   Finance                                               

                Major Corporate news                                  Automobiles                    

                Entertainment                                                  Politics

                Science

 

MAT Syllabus

  • Data Analysis and Sufficiency / Mathematical Skills

                Core topics in DA are:

                Ratios and Proportion                   Number system                               Work and time

                HCF & LCM                                         Algebra                                                                Profit & Loss

                Geometric Progression                 Percentages                                       Averages            

                Partnership (Accounts)                 Time-Speed-Distance

                 Geometry, (Lines, angles, Triangles, Spheres, Rectangles, Cube, Cone etc)

                 In-equations Quadratic and linear equations

  • Language Comprehension

                Verbal ability is an important part of every MBA exam. Here are the core topics for MAT verbal section:

Verbal Reasoning                            Syllogisms                                          Fill In the Blanks

Contextual usage                            Analogies                                            Different usage of same word

Antonyms                                           Sentence completion                    Jumbled paragraphs

Sentence correction                       Idioms                                                  One word substitution

Foreign language words used in English

 

MAT Syllabus

 

  • Intelligence and Critical Reasoning

                Prepare the following subjects under CR:

Family tree                                                         Strong Arguments and Weak Arguments

Multi-dimensional arrangements            Course of Action                             

Puzzles                                                                 Visual reasoning

Arrangement                                                     Series

Numeric grid                                                     Pie Chart

Blood Relations                                                                Critical Reasoning

Calendars                                                            Coding & Decoding

Syllogisms                                                          Statement Conclusions

Column graphs                                                 Graphs representing Area

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