MICAT Syllabus 2026 (Available): Check Latest MICAT Exam Syllabus

MICAT exam has three sections. All three sections have an indifferent marking scheme and pattern. All sections of MICAT does not have a negative marking. Section-A, Psychometric Test, is a qualifier test and does not have any negativbe marking. Similarly, Section-B, that is a Descriptive Test, does not have a negative marking. Negative marking of 0.25 marks prevail in the Section-C. Candidates marking an incorrect response in the thirkd section will lead to a deduction of 0.25 marks. Therefore, candidates are recommended to only choose an answer option in Section-C if they are sure of the answer. Guess work in Section-C may lead to decrease in the overall MICAT score.

MICAT exam has a total of three sections. Out of these three sections, third section includes four sub sections to test candidate's aptitude. The overview of the sections in the MICAT exam is mentioned below:

1. Psychometric Test
2. Descriptive Test
3. Aptitude Test
   1. Divergent-Convergent Reasoning
   2. Verbal Ability
   3. Quantitative Ability
   4. General Awareness

MICA does not release detailed syllabus for MICAT exam. However, the topics under the Aptitude exam syllabus are similar to that of any other competitive exam conducted for PG admission.

MICAT Psychometric exam has a total of 150 questions. Candidates may or may not answer all the questions. Psychometric Test is a qualifier exam. Candidates who do not answer all questions in the Psychometric Test may not get the section evaluated. Performance in the Psychometric test is not included while merit preparation for final selection. However, candidates who do not pass the Psychometric test are not considered for evaluation in the subsequent section of the MICAT exam. MICA will evaluate the candidate's readiness for the programme based on his/her responses in the Psychometric Test. Therefore, passing the Psychometric Test is crucial to get admission based on MICAT. One must answer all the questions in the test.

The Psychometric Test is a preliminary test to assesses a candidate's behavioral and psychological traits before their aptitude is assessed in the MICAT exam. The goal of this section is to determine whether a candidate is good fit for the programme offered by the institute. The questions in this section may have two options among true or false. Alternatively, candidates may find questions that have four options. Answers marked by a candidate in each question will help analyse candidate's readibility to pursue the course from MICA.

The psychometric section of MICAT is not a pass/fail test. However, candidates who do not perform well in this section will not be evaluated for further sections of the MICAT exam.

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, conducts MICAT exam in two phases every year. Candidates can appear for either of the exam phase or both the exam phases. MICA is assess the performance of all the test takers based on the best of two scores. However, candidates appearing for both the exam phases will have to apply for the exam twice by paying the application cum examination fee. MICAT exam pattern for both first and second phase remains the same. Therefore, one can prepare for both the exam phases at once.

The duration of the MICAT exam may change from year to year. MICA, Ahmedabad, does not specify all the details of the MICAT exam pattern. However, based on the previous year's trends MICAT exam will have to be completed within a time frame of 135 minutes. These 135 minutes are divided across three sections, that is Psychometric Test, Descriptive Test, and Aptitude Test. Additionally, candidates need to take the section in the prescribed order only. However, the choice of navigation is provided within the Section-C whiel answering questions in the sub-sections.

Section C, or Aptitude Test of MICAT exam is divided into four sub-sections. The number of questions may change with each examination cycle. Based on the previous year's exam analaysis, there were a total of 70 questions in the Aptitude Test of MICAT exam. These 70 questions were divided into four sub sections in the following weight:

1. Divergent-Convergent Reasoning: 20
2. Verbal Ability: 20
3. Quantitative Ability: 20
4. General Awareness: 10

The Aptitude Test section of the MICAT exam had negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect response.

MICA does not release a detailed syllabus for MICAT. However, MICA notifies the names of the sections with the release of the exam details. Sub-section wise important topics in Section C of MICAT exam are as follows:

Divergent-Convergent Reasoning

• Puzzles
• Blood Relations
• Coding-Decoding
• Number Series
• Seating Arrangement
• Data Sufficiency
• Venn Diagrams
• Pie Charts
• Syllogism

Verbal Ability

• Reading Comprehension
• Grammar
• Idioms
• Word Meaning
• Sentence Correction
• Para jumbles
• Antonyms & Synonyms
• Spelling
• One-Word Substitution

Quantitative Ability

• Geometry
• Mensuration
• Trigonometry
• Number System
• Surds and Indices 
• HCF & LCM
• Logarithms
• Modern Maths
• Time-Speed-Distance

General Awareness

• Business
• Art
• Mass Media
• Entertainment
• Advertising
• International Business
• Brands
• Sports
• Static GK

Besides the topics mentioned above, MICAT exam may be dominated by any other topic. Therefore, candidates must prepare for any type of questions and topics as per the MICAT sections.