MAT 2017 February exam analysis by MBA expert Tarun Malik
The Management Aptitude Test (MAT) exam in online format was conducted on February 11, 2017 in three slots. The pattern of the test has not undergone any significant changes compared to the previous papers.
The pattern of the test was as follows:
| Section |
Total Questions |
Level of difficulty |
| Language Comprehension |
40 |
Easy – Moderate |
| Intelligence and Critical Reasoning |
40 |
Easy – Moderate |
| Mathematical Skills |
40 |
Easy – Moderate |
| Data Analysis and Sufficiency |
40 |
Moderate |
| Indian and Global Environment |
40 |
Easy – Moderate |
| Total |
200 |
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Here’s the section-wise analysis of MAT 2017 February exam by MBA expert Tarun Malik of Edmyt.
Language Comprehension
This section predominantly featured questions on Reading Comprehension. There were four passages of about 400-450 words with each passage comprising five questions. The questions in all the passages were mostly of the same pattern. There were three questions each on Antonyms, Fill in the Blanks and Odd Word Out. As usual, in Antonyms and Odd Word Out questions, the words were given in jumbled form that had to be first rearranged before arriving at the correct antonym or the odd word. This made these questions a little time consuming. There were four questions each on Para Jumbles and Summary. In Grammar, there were three questions on Sentence Correction. Overall, the section was of easy to moderate level of difficulty.
Intelligence and Critical Reasoning
This section covered almost all the topics of Reasoning like – Linear/Circular Arrangements, Number/Alphabetical series, Blood Relations, Puzzles etc. Verbal Reasoning comprised questions on Analogy, Cause and Effect, Assertion and Reason and Statement Conclusion. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Mathematical Skills
This section included questions from Arithmetic, Number System, Geometry and Mensuration, Probability and Set Theory with maximum number of questions appearing from Arithmetic. Some questions in this section were ambiguous and left many students confused . Overall, it was of Easy to moderate level of difficulty.
Data Analysis and Sufficiency
This section consisted of 30 questions from Data Interpretation based of Line Graphs, Bar Graphs and Pie Charts. Remaining 10 questions were from Data Sufficiency, Data Comparison etc. I feel this section was relatively difficult compared to the other sections.
Indian and Global Environment
The section was dominated by questions from Current Affairs. The level of the questions was easy to moderate. The questions were from areas like Business Awareness, Politics, Sports, Books and Authors etc.
Overall, the paper was moderately difficult and an attempt of 130 to 140 questions can be considered a good attempt.
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About the Author: Tarun Malik has been active in the TestPrep industry for more than a decade and a half. He has worked with some of the known TestPrep companies in past helping 100s of students for MBA and Law entrance examinations. He has also helped a number of students in their SAT/ACT preparations (He scored a perfect 800/800-on SAT as well!) He was a 100 percentiler in QA of CAT 2014. Tarun, now, heads the MBA TestPrep at Edmyt.
