MAT 2016 syllabus & pattern
MAT 2016 is a national-level management entrance examination conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA). The exam will be conducted in two modes, paper-based and computer-based.
The test is conducted four times a year Iin February, May, September and December.
The February exams were held on February 7 and February 13, 2016 onwards. In May, the exams were held on May 1 and May 7, 2016.
The duration of the exam is 150 minutes and question paper comprises of the following five sections:
- Indian and Global Environment
- Language Comprehension
- Data Analysis and Sufficiency
- Mathematical Skills
- Intelligence and Critical Reasoning
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Candidates having a grip on verbal ability, logical and analytic reasoning, mathematics, data interpretation, quant and social awareness can perform well in the exam.
Section |
No. of questions |
Suggested time (In minutes) |
Language Comprehension |
40 |
30 |
Data Analysis and Sufficiency |
40 |
35 |
Mathematical Skills |
40 |
40 |
Indian and Global Environment |
40 |
15 |
Intelligence and Critical Reasoning |
40 |
30 |
Total |
200 |
150 |
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Topics covered in MAT 2016 Feb syllabus:
Indian & Global Environment Section
- 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
Data Analysis and Sufficiency / Mathematical Skills
- Geometry, (Lines, angles, Triangles, Spheres, Rectangles, Cube, Cone etc.)
- Ratios and Proportion
- Number system
- Work and time
- HCF & LCM
- Algebra
- Profit & Loss
- In-equations Quadratic and linear equations
- Geometric Progression
- Percentages
- Averages
- Partnership (Accounts)
- Time-Speed-Distance
Language Comprehension
- Verbal Reasoning
- Syllogisms
- Fill In the Blanks
- Contextual usage
- Analogies
- Different usage of same word
- Antonyms
- Sentence completion
- Jumbled paragraphs
- Foreign language words used in English
- Sentence correction
- Idioms
- One word substitution
Intelligence and Critical Reasoning
- 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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