Yes, candidates can apply to GIBS Bangalore using MAT scores alone. GIBS accepts MAT scores as a valid entry for PGDM admissions. Along with your MAT score, you need to submit your application form, academic documents, and follow the selection process, which may include a short interview or discussi
MAT May 2025 PBT exam will be held on September 21 and you are all prepared for the exam day. So, what should one do as last minute preparation for MAT exam? Here are some key tips that aspirants must follow for last minute preparation for MAT 2025. Also know the MAT exam day strategy. 
Last minute MAT preparation is all about making an exam strategy, i.e. how to utilize 2 hours in the best manner. To be able to optimise your performance, you need to utilise the last day before MAT 2025 exam in revision of important chapters and planning our a time management strategy. Don't attempt a MAT mock test or try to study a topic left untouched so far. Stay confident of your preparation. Take a look at a previous year's MAT question paper to know which type of questions to expect.
MAT exam is conducted from 10 am to 12 pm, so you can wake up early in the morning and revise important concepts and formulae one last time. But as part of your last minute preparation for MAT exam 2025, you should mainly focus on devising an exam day strategy. Read below to know what to do.
MAT 2025 Marking Scheme and Time Limit
The MAT 2025 question paper comprises five sections – Language Comprehension, Intelligence & Critical Reasoning, Data Analysis & Sufficiency, Mathematical Skills and Economic and Business Environment. Have a look at the MAT marking scheme and time-limit below:
- The paper carries 150 multiple-choices based questions and each question carries 1 mark
- Each section of the MAT question paper has 30 questions in MCQ format
- There is negative marking of 0.25 marks for wrong attempt
- The exam duration is two hours. There is no sectional time-limit
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8 Last Minute Tips for MAT Exam 2025
The key to perform well in MAT is to use the exam duration effectively and select the right questions to answer. Here are a few last minute MAT 2025 exam tips to follow:
1. Do not study a day before: Take a break from full-fledged study routine of 8 hours on the day before exam to keep your mind relaxed. You can revise important theorems and formulae before going to bed at night.
2. Revise GK: In the last few minutes before the exam what should you do? Check important Quantitative Aptitude formulae and check short notes that you made on General Awareness (Economic and Business Environment) and revise them.
3. Check MAT admit card and other documents: Check whether you have kept all the required documents before leaving for the MAT exam centre. Make sure you have kept two copies of MAT 2025 admit card and a photo ID. Do not forget to keep a blue or black ball-point pen for signing the attendance sheet.
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4. Time management: MAT doesn’t have sectional time-limit like CAT, so candidates need to be mindful of using 120 minutes judiciously. They should have a definite idea of how much time to spend on which section so that they are able to solve a good number of questions in all 5 sections. Keep Economic and Business Environment section as last priority as it is memory based and would require not more than 10 minutes.
5. Speed and accuracy: MAT is a speed-based test having 150 questions to be solved in 120 minutes. So, focus on the speed while solving the questions. If you get stuck on a question for more than a minute, leave it and move to next. You can always come back to it later if time permits. Solve GK questions at last as it is not considered for percentile creations so you need not worry about it.
6. Avoid negative marking: You don't have to solve all the questions in MAT exam. If you are not confident of solving a question accurately, then skip it. Remember, there is negative marking for wrong answers in MAT but not for unanswered questions. If you skip a question, you will be marked 0 for it.
7. Don’t gamble: If out of the four options, you manage to zero-in on two possibly correct options out of which one could be definitely right, take a few seconds to analyse and choose the preferred option. Better still, leave the question if you are not totally convinced about your preferred option.
8. Stay away from stress: Be calm and confident during your MAT 2025 exam. Don’t take undue stress of tough questions. If you will take stress, you will be vulnerable to making silly mistakes even in easy questions. So be positive and tell yourself- “I can crack it”.
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Q: What are the items/documents to carry on the MAT exam day?
A:
On the MAT exam day, PBT and CBT candidates have to visit the examination centre well prepared. Apart from carrying two hard copies of the MAT admit card, they need to also carry a photo ID proof issued by the Government of India. The documents that are included in the list of approve IDs are:
1. Aadhaar Card
2. PAN Card
3. Voter ID Card
4. Passport
5. Driving License
6. University ID
Candidates have to carry the original copy of any of these IDs to the exam centre for identification process. IBT mode candidates are also required to present any of these IDs for identification to remote proctored mode. Candidates belonging to PwD category have to carry PwD and scribe certificates too on the exam day. Any candidate suffering from any medical condition which requires them to eat or have medicine during the exam, has to carry a Certificate regarding the same issued by a competent authority. Apart from the documents, candidate are required to carry blue/black ball point pen for signing the attendance sheet and filling the OMR sheet (PBT mode). No other stationary item will be allowed inside the MAT exam centre.
Q: How will I know about MAT GD/PI schedule?
A:
The MBA institute will send Group Discussion GD and Personal Interview . PI letter to each candidate who had selected the institute in MAT application form upon their selection based on MAT cut offs. The candidate should keep checking their email ID mentioned in MAT application form. The letters/emails have GD/PI dates, time and venue mentioned on it along with other details related to the GD/PI process. If a candidate wishes to apply at college other than the ones they had selected in the MAT form, then they should visit the website of their desired MBA college and check the application schedule. Once they will fill the application form, they will be informed about the GD/PI schedule via email. Candidates must keep handy the MAT admit card, MAT scorecard, academic certificates, passport size colored photographs, original and requisite fee amount for admission on the day of Group Discussion and Personal Interview.
Q: Are MAT test cities same for CBT and PBT?
A:
MAT test cities are not same for CBT and PBT. Number of CBT test cities is more than PBT test cities. CBT and PBT test cities are listed below:
MAT PBT Test Cities:
Bengaluru, Bhilai, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Durgapur, Gandhinagar, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Haldwani, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Jalandhar, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Kottayam, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangaluru, Mumbai, Nashik, Noida, Patna, Prayagraj, Raipur, Ranchi, Silchar, Siliguri, Surat, Tezpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam
MAT CBT Test Cities:
Agra, Ahmedabad, Asansol, Bareilly, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Ernakulam - Kochi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hubballi (Hubli), Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Madurai, Meerut, Mumbai, Mysuru (Mysore), Nagpur, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Shillong, Shimla, Salem, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tiruchirappalli (Trichy), Vellore and Vijayawada
Q: Are MAT CBT and MAT PBT test cities same?
A:
No, MAT CBT and MAT PBT test cities are not same. Check the table below for cities in which MAT PBT and MAT CBT will be conducted.
MAT PBT Cities
Bengaluru | Guwahati | Nashik |
Bhilai | Hyderabad | Noida |
Bhagalpur | Jodhpur | Patna |
Bhubaneshwar | Kanpur | Prayagraj |
Chennai | Kolkata | Raipur |
Coimbatore | Kottayam | Ranchi |
Delhi | Lucknow | Surat |
Durgapur | Madurai | Varanasi |
Gandhinagar | Mangaluru | Visakhapatnam |
Gurgaon | Mumbai |
|
MAT CBT Cities
Agra | Gurugram | Mumbai |
Ahmedabad | Guwahati | Mysore |
Asansol | Hubbali | Nagpur |
Bengaluru | Hyderabad | Noida |
Bhopal | Indore | Patna |
Bhubaneswar | Jaipur | Raipur |
Chandigarh | Jammu | Ranchi |
Chennai | Jamshedpur | Rourkela |
Coimbatore | Kolkata | Thiruvananthapuram |
Dehradun | Kozhikode | Thrissur |
Delhi | Lucknow | Tiruchirappalli |
Ernakulam- Kochi | Madurai | Vijaywada |
Ghaziabad | Meerut |
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