MAT 2025 Preparation: 7 Tips for Economic and Business Environment

The Indian and Global Environment section of MAT exam has been renamed as Economic and Business Environment. This section is same as General Awareness, so preparing for it is easy. Check out MAT 2025 preparation tips for Economic and Business Environment.

MAT Economic and Business Environment is the fifth section of the question paper. It consists of 30 MCQs and is of 30 marks. Most of the candidates tend to focus more on Reasoning, Maths and Comprehension sections in a belief that because Economic and Business Environment is similar to General Awareness, they can study it in the last few days of MAT preparation. But it is memory based so one needs to have a dedicated preparation strategy. 

This section covers a vast area. Questions can be asked from any field, so one needs to read a lot around business current affairs and related fields. It is thus, recommended to not wait for the last few days to prepare for MAT Economic and Business Environment. One must take out at least an hour everyday to go through GK books and current affairs during the entire period of MAT 2025 exam preparation.

MAT 2024: Economic & Business Environment Section Highlights

1. The questions of Economic and Business Environment section of MAT 2025 will be memory based.
2. Answer selection will be either correct or incorrect. If one knows, the answer there is no need for guesswork.
3. This section of MAT exam is often easy and to be taken up at the end. 10-15 minutes will be enough for it. 
4. The score of Economic and Business Environment will not be calculated for MAT percentile calculation, so candidates need not take pressure for it.
5. Each question contains one mark. There is negative marking of 0.25 for incorrect answer.

Also read: MAT 2025 Pattern

MAT 2025 Preparation Tips for Economic and Business Environment

Here are some of the important tips for MAT preparation of Economic and Business Environment section.

1. Develop the habit of reading newspapers, business magazines and online blogs. Reading two to three newspapers daily will boost your knowledge of current affairs. Some of the most recommended newspapers are - The Hindu, Economic Times and Financial Express. Magazines such as The Chronicles, Business Today, Forbes and India Today are also helpful. For Static GK you should refer to Manorama Year Book and Competition Success Review.
2. Watch news to increase your knowledge of events in India and around the world in the field of business, politics, economy, science and technology. To increase knowledge on the world specific to the purpose of MAT exam preparation, pick a suitable time for yourself, make schedule of the best news channels and shows and watch them regularly.
3. Jot down important honours, awards, books, announcements, discoveries, inventions, joint ventures, international trade, business events, etc. This habit will not only help you cover MAT 2025 syllabus for Economic and Business Environment section but ideas also help you increase your knowledge in general, which may help you in Group Discussion and Personal Interview rounds of MBA admission. These notes will guide you in covering almost a sizeable portion of the latest topics of importance and correlate events chronologically.
4. Test takers should make maximum use of the internet to prepare for Economic and Business Environment section of MAT 2025. Solve MAT question papers to know what type of questions are asked in the exam and what kind of information you should look for on the internet.
5. Subscribe to recommended YouTube channels on science and technology, business and economy, politics and international events. Candidates can also subscribe to online apps and websites which offer free access and registration to monthly PDF for General Knowledge and current affairs preparation.
6. Test takers can also follow social media groups for GK discussions and preparation material. These social media groups not only help in providing study material but they also guide candidates in their exam preparation.
7. We recommend test takers to take MAT Mock test and practice online GK quizzes on educational websites. They act as parameters to evaluate the progress and test performance levels. Do not forget quizzes and one-liners on different topics can help boost both knowledge and confidence.

Follow these tips effectively as well as strategies to crack MAT 2025 successfully. All the best.

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