MAT syllabus
AIMA's management admission test: 150 multiple-choice questions in 120 minutes across five sections, with 0.25 marks taken off for a wrong answer. All five sections go into the score.
Language Comprehension
30 questions, 30 marks · Within the 120 minutes
The structure table gives 30 questions and does not say how they are split among passages, vocabulary, grammar and cloze. A right answer is taken as 1 mark. A wrong answer costs 0.25 marks.
- Reading comprehension
- Vocabulary
- Grammar and usage
- Cloze
Intelligence and Critical Reasoning
30 questions, 30 marks · Within the 120 minutes
30 questions. The pages do not print the mix of puzzles and short reasoning items. A right answer is taken as 1 mark. A wrong answer costs 0.25 marks.
- Series
- Coding and analogy
- Arrangement, blood relations and directions
- Syllogism and critical reasoning
Mathematical Skills
30 questions, 30 marks · Within the 120 minutes
30 questions. The pages do not print a topic-wise split. A right answer is taken as 1 mark. A wrong answer costs 0.25 marks.
- Arithmetic
- Algebra
- Geometry and mensuration
- Probability, permutation and sets
Data Analysis and Sufficiency
30 questions, 30 marks · Within the 120 minutes
30 questions. The pages do not say how many are tables and how many are sufficiency items. A right answer is taken as 1 mark. A wrong answer costs 0.25 marks.
- Tables
- Caselets
- Data sufficiency
Economic and Business Environment
30 questions, 30 marks · Within the 120 minutes
30 questions, counted in the composite with the same weight as each other section. A right answer is taken as 1 mark. A wrong answer costs 0.25 marks. The questions here use settled facts only.
- Economic concepts and institutions
- Polity, geography and international organisations as settled facts