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Last Week Preparation Tips for MAT 2025 Exam - In the last one week of MAT preparation, each day is crucial. - MAT exam is not a very difficult exam but needs some practice and planning. Therefore, plan it well. Check key last week preparation tips to successfully crack MAT 2025 exam.

MAT 2025 PBT exam is set to be held on May 31, 2025. Those who have registered for this session of MAT PBT, must utilize the last week before the exam wisely. Check here some last week MAT preparation tips 2025 to score 99 percentile. 

MAT last week preparation

In the last week before the MAT 2025 week, you should pay attention to key details that can have a positive impact on your scores. Most of the candidates find it easy to cover the MAT syllabus on time and end up asking themselves- what to do in the last week before the MAT exam? When the last one week is left don't relax. Do revision, take a MAT mock test or memorise some static GK questions. Practice short cuts and calculation tips to solve questions faster and accurately. Analyse your weakness and strengths to make exam day strategy. Here are some valuable tips for MAT last week preparation. 

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MAT Last Week Preparation Tips 2025

As the MAT 2025 May PBT is scheduled on May 31, check below 6 key tips for last week preparation of MAT exam 2025. 

  1. Revise and Apply- In the last one week of MAT 2025 preparation, each day is crucial. Therefore, plan it well. Check MAT 2025 syllabus one more time to go through the topics which are important or difficult and revise the basics. Read the short notes you would have made earlier to recall tricks and shortcuts of solving questions.
  2. Mock Test- Practice one MAT mock tests in the last week and analyse your performance. If you are still weak in a few topics, note them down and skip questions on those in the exam. Shiksha offers free MAT sample question paper and online MAT mock test for practice. Take benefit of this facility as it is highly probable that questions from the past may reappear in the upcoming exam.
  3. Short Notes- When preparing for MAT exam 2025, candidates should prepare short notes. These short notes are very helpful in last week revision. If those notes are in place, all that a candidate needs to do is, revise them anytime, anywhere. It also provides clarity on the topics covered.
  4. Do not attempt any new topic- In the last week of MAT preparation 2025 candidates must not start a new topics. This is a strict ‘NO’ as it creates unnecessary confusion. Just think, is it possible to grasp the fundamentals of fresh topics in a short time? Remember that you will have to balance new chapters with the revision exercise of already covered topics. Would it not add to the pressure? Devote time on revision and be confident of whatever you've prepared so far.
  5. Time Management- As per MAT 2025 exam pattern, there will be 150 questions and the time duration will be 2 hours. Practically, candidates will have 0.75 seconds to read and solve each question. So improve the time management skills that you have developed while practicing MAT mock tests. You do not have to solve all the questions, attempt only those which you can solve accurately. MAT has negative marking so do not waste your time on questions you are unsure of.
  1. Do not ignore Economic and Business Environment section- Although the score of Economic and Business Environment section is not considered while calculating MAT percentile, test takers need to focus on this section for overall score. Candidates must revise general awareness topics in the last week. This trick will help them sail through the Indian and Global environment section effectively. It will also help then in GD/PI rounds of MBA admission.

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Last but not the least; understand that as compared to CAT, XAT, SNAP and other MBA entrance exams; the difficulty level of MAT exam is low. If students who have appeared for any of these tests, they can easily crack the MAT exam by making intelligent choice of questions, they can score well.

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

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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.

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Varanasi

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Visakhapatnam

Gurgaon

Mumbai

 

 

MAT CBT Cities

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Mumbai

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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

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Madurai

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Ghaziabad

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