MICAT Analysis 2026 (Available): Get Detailed Paper Analysis & Review

Check overview of MICAT 1 exam analysis 2026 below:

• Questions in MICAT Psychometric Test were reduced to 68. Candidates had to answer all questions within 25 minutes.
• There was no change in Descriptive Test compared to past years.
• Section C of MICAT, which is the aptitude test had MCQs awarding 1 mark for correct response and a 0.25 marks penalty for incorrect response.
• MICAT (1) 2026 section C also had TITA questions with no negative marking.
• Psychometric test had 7 options with no correct or incorrect response.
• Descriptive Test had a total of four questions which has one set of three questions and a fourth question being a picture based question.
• Topic for the first three questions were "Employment engagement is now transitioning from a traditional employer-employee relationship model to a situationship model, example Gig worker, freelancer, etc. Candidates had to present
  • three arguments with three points listing negative outcomes for the given statement 
  • an argument with three points listing positive outcomes for the given statement
  • Discuss three ways in which this transition will affect the society.
• Fourth question of Descriptive Test in MICAT (1) 2026 exam was a pictorial question where candidates had to create a 300 word story. Candidates found the following pictures:
  •  A heard of donkeys
  • Two card parked on a street
  • An open air restaurant
  • A plate containing some food.
• Third section of MICAT exam did not have any change. There were four sub sections with no change in weightage from the past session. However, candidates found six TITA questions along with the MCQ type questions.
• One question in third section of MICAT (1) had six options in Divergent and Convergent Thinking section. Apart from one question, all MCQs had four options. 

The table below mentions the section-wise difficulty level of the MICAT phase I exam:

Section	Number of questions	Time limit	Number of good attempts
Section A - Psychometric Test	68	25 minutes	All
Section B - Descriptive Test	4	25 minutes	All
Section C (i) Divergent and Convergent Thinking	20	80 minutes	10-12
Section C (ii) Verbal Ability	20		8-10
Section C (iii) Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation	20		10-11
Section C (iv) General Awareness	10		5-6

 

The MICAT 2026 exam had three sections. The last section had four sub-sections. Check section-wise MICAT (1) exam analysis 2026:

MICAT 2026 Analysis for Section A: Psychometric Test

Total number of questions in the Psychometric Test of MICAT 2026 was reduced to 68 from 150 questions in the previous session. Candidates had 25 minutes to answer all questions. There are no correct or incorrect options in the section. Phase 1 of MICAT 2026 exam had following seven answer options:

• Strongly Disagree 
• Moderately Disagree
• Disagree
• Neither agree nor disagree
• Agree
• Moderately Agree 
• Strongly Agree 

MICAT 2026 Analysis for Section B: Descriptive Test

The Descriptive Test of MICAT (1) 2026 had four questions to be answered within 25 minutes. A statement related to transition in employer-employee relationship in the descriptive test. The statement brings along three questions. Candidates had to write three points for the motion, three points against the motion and the third question from the statement was to discuss three ways in which the transition will affect the society.

The last question in this section had four images based on which candidates had to frame an essay integrating all the images. The images for the essay writing were as follows:

• A heard of donkeys
• Two cars parked on a street
• An open air restaurant
• A plate containing some food.

MICAT 2026 Analysis for Section C

Section C has four subsections to be answered within 80 minutes. There were six TITA type questions, rest of the questions were MCQ, which had one with six options and the remaining MCQs with four options. Candidates are allowed to navigate across the subsections. Three subsections had 20 questions each with no sectional time limit. While, one section had 10 questions.

Below we analyse all four sub-sections of MICAT Section C:

MICAT (1) 2026 Analysis: Divergent and Convergent Thinking

This subsection comprised verbal as well as non-verbal reasoning questions. The topic-wise number of questions in the Divergent and Convergent Thinking of MICAT-I 2026 were as follows:

Name of Topic	Number of Questions	Overall difficulty
Word association	3	Moderate
Syllogism	2	Moderate
Statement conclusion	2	Easy to moderate
Statement -Reason	1	Moderate
Visual Reasoning	12	Moderate
Data Sufficiency
Puzzles

MICAT (1) 2026 Analysis: Verbal Ability

The VARC section or the Verbal Ability section had 20 questions. The type of questions asked in the section was fill in the blanks based on words and idioms. There were three RCs based on:

• RC 1 - Evolution of universities
• RC 2 - Kangaroos
• RC 3 - Rise of cafe culture

The table below mentions the topics included in the Verbal Ability section of MICAT (1) 2026:

Name of Topic	Number of Questions	Difficulty level
Para completion, Summary	2	Moderate
Jumbled paragraph, Odd sentences	2	Moderate
Cloze passages, Analogy, Sentence correction	6	Moderate
RC 1	2	Easy
RC 2	3	Easy to moderate
RC 3	5	Moderate
Overall	20	Moderatre

MICAT (1) 2026 Analysis: Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation

Quant was the toughest section. The difficulty level was low compared to last year. The table below mentions the topic wise number of questions in the QA and DI part of MICAT 2026 section C:

Name of Topic	Number of Questions	Difficulty level
Geometry, Mensuration	2	Difficult
Numbers	1	Moderate
Arithmetic	6	Moderate
Algebra	1	Moderate
Data Interpretation (2 sets)	6 (first set had 2 questions, second set had 4 questions)	Moderate
Modern math	4	Moderate
Overall	20	Moderate to difficult

MICAT (1) 2026 Analysis: General Awareness

This year, candidates were able to easily attempt 5-6 questions out of 10 from General Awareness section. The question breakdown in the section was as follows:

• Match the column - 7 questions
• Identify correct statements - 2 questions
• Identify correct option - 1 question

Out of all 10 questions, two questions were on Static GK, while the remaining eight questions were on Current Affairs. Typically, General Awareness of MICAT exam tests candidates knowledge in regard with the world of media, eminent personalities, marketing, brands, etc.

The test structure for MICAT 2026 followed in the phase I exam was as follows:

Section	Name of Section	Number of Questions
Section A	Psychometric Test	68
Section B	Descriptive Test	4
Section C	Divergent and Convergent Thinking	20
	Verbal Ability	20
	Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation	20
	General Awareness	10
Total		142

 

MICAT is conducted in two phases. In 2025 term, the overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate. Candidates found MICAT 2025 exam to be time-consuming. Psychometric Test included 117 questions with up to eight response options along with 33 questions that had binary True/False options. In the Descriptive Test, candidates were given a statement and required to write three points supporting it, three points against it, and their own opinion. MICAT Descriptive Test also had a picture perception task with four images. In teh first phase of MICAT 2025 exam, candidates found a a piece of luggage, a man in a market, a fly on butter served on a plate, and a metallic camel. Based on these images, candidates had to create one connected story. In Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation, most questions were from Arithmetic. The Divergent and Convergent Thinking section had the highest weightage in Coding-Decoding with 7 to 8 questions. The General Awareness section contained two match-the-following questions and eight MCQs.

MICAT 2025 Section Wise Highlights

The table below mentions the section-wise difficulty level of the MICAT phase I exam:

Section	Name of Section	Number of Questions	Sectional Time limit	Difficulty Level
Section A	Psychometric Test	150	30 minutes	No right or wrong answers
Section B	Descriptive Test	4	25 minutes	Moderate
Section C	Divergent and Convergent Thinking	20	80 minutes	Moderate to Tough
	Verbal Ability	20		Moderate
	Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation	20		Moderate to Tough
	General Awareness	10		Moderate to Tough

MICAT 2025 Section Wise Detailed Analysis

The MICAT 2025 exam had three sections. The last section had four sub-sections. Apart from the sectional time limit, the MICAT test structure was in line with previous sessions. Space below mentions the section-wise MICAT exam analysis:

MICAT 2025 Analysis for Section A: Psychometric Test

The Psychometric Test of MICAT 2025 had 150 questions to be answered within 30 minutes. The section is designed to test the psychological thinking of the candidate. Questions in the Psychometric Test are designed to ask questions that revolve around specific situations. Candidates found the section to be lengthy.

• With specific situational questions, candidates were asked about their opinion if they agree or disagree
• Besides the situation based questions, candidates had to answer true and false type questions

This year, the Psychometric test involved a total of 117 questions with up to eight options as mentioned below:

• Totally Disagree 
• Strongly Disagree 
• Disagree 
• Somewhat Disagree 
• Somewhat Agree 
• Agree 
• Strongly Agree 
• Totally Agree

As many as 33 questions in the section had binary options, such as true/false. 

MICAT 2025 Analysis for Section B: Descriptive Test

The Descriptive Test of MICAT 2025 had four questions to be answered within 25 minutes. A statement related to merit in the hierarchy appeared in the descriptive test. The statement brings along three questions. Candidates had to write three points for the motion, three points against the motion and the third question from the statement is to analyse 'Young Manager's Decision Making’.

The last question in this section had four images based on which candidates had to frame an essay integrating all the images. The images for the essay writing were as follows:

• Luggage
• Man in a market
• A fly on butter served on a plate
• A metallic camel

MICAT 2025 Analysis for Section C

Section C has four subsections to be answered within 80 minutes. Candidates are allowed to navigate across the subsections. Three subsections had 20 questions each with no sectional time limit. While, one section had 10 questions.

Below we analyse all four sub-sections of MICAT Section C:

MICAT (1) 2025 Analysis: Divergent and Convergent Thinking

This subsection comprised verbal as well as non-verbal reasoning questions. The topic-wise number of questions in the Divergent and Convergent Thinking of MICAT-I 2025 were as follows:

Name of Topic	Number of Questions
Word association	4-5
Number based reasoning	3
Coding Decoding	7-8
Arrangement	2-3
Directions	1
Blood relations	1
Binary logic	1

MICAT (1) 2025 Analysis: Verbal Ability

The VARC section or the Verbal Ability section had 20 questions. The type of questions asked in the section was fill in the blanks based on words and idioms. There were three RCs, students found the comprehension to be a bit on the tougher side with difficult vocabulary. The comprehensions were based on:

• Cryptocurrency
• Greek legends
• Philosophy

The table below mentions the topics included in the Verbal Ability section of MICAT (1) 2025:

Name of Topic	Number of Questions
Reading Comprehension (People on Social Media)	5
Missing sentence	1
Error spotting	1
Parajumble	1
Sentence fillers	6
Odd one out	1
Analogy	1
Critical reasoning	2
Para summary	1

MICAT (1) 2025 Analysis: Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation

Quant was the most difficult section. All the questions in quantitative Ability were difficult except for one question. The table below mentions the topic wise number of questions in the QA and DI part of MICAT 2025 section C:

Name of Topic	Number of Questions
Bar graph	4
Geometry, Mensuration	4-5
Arithmetic	5-6
Algebra	2-3
Set theory (4 set Venn diagram)	1
Modern math	2-3

MICAT (1) 2025 Analysis: General Awareness

The General Awareness section was doable if compared with the mock tests. The type of questions included were in the form of true and false, match the following, etc. Questions in the GK section were based on static GK as well as current affairs. The topics included in the section were as follows:

• Meaning of Austerity Measures
• Match the Following (LOGO based)
• Identify Coke slogan
• Reliance owned Companies
• OTT Comes under which Govt. Org.
• Mergers
• Brand Ambassador
• Most valuable person of NBA
• TATA Group
• Match the following (Slogans with Company Name)

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