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NMAT 2025 Question Papers: The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) does not release NMAT question papers after the exam. NMAT question paper for all candidates is different. However, to familiarise candidates with the type of questions and the difficulty level of questions appearing in the NMAT exam 2025, GMAC releases the official preparation guide with questions that appeared in the previous year's exams. Candidates can practice the NMAT previous year's question papers using the official NMAT preparation guide from the NMAT website, mba.com.

Practising NMAT question papers or NMAT mock tests helps candidates prepare with an identical exam pattern, syllabus and difficulty level. Candidates can find the NMAT sample papers from previous exam sessions available on the official website. This article provides the links to check and download the NMAT sample papers for all sections along with the exam preparation guides.

NMAT 2025 syllabus comprises three sections. Get section-wise NMAT syllabus PDF here.

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Table of contents
  • Prepare using NMAT Sample Papers
  • Shiksha's Exclusive MBA Preparation Guides
  • Importance of NMAT Sample Papers
  • NMAT Question Paper Pattern 2025
  • Difference Between NMAT Question Paper and CAT Question Paper
  • NMAT College Predictor
  • FAQs on NMAT Question Papers
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Download previous year NMAT question papers and sample papers. Use them for practice and improve your speed and accuracy. You can download NMAT previous year question papers and the preparation guides for free.

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NMAT Sample Question Papers

NMAT SAMPLE PAPER 1
NMAT Sample Paper 2
NMAT SAMPLE PAPER 3
NMAT SAMPLE PAPER 4
NMAT by GMAC Practice Question Paper

Section-Wise Practice Questions for MBA Exams

DILR Questions with Answers for Practice
Quantitative Aptitude Questions with Answers for Practice
VARC Questions with Answers for Practice

Shiksha's Exclusive MBA Preparation Guides

How To Prepare for MBA Entrance Exams updated.pdf
How To Prepare for MBA Entrance Exams updated
Preparation Guide for MBA Entrance Exam - Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning.pdf
Preparation Guide for MBA Entrance Exam - Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
Preparation Guide for MBA Entrance Exams- Quantitative Aptitude.pdf
Preparation Guide for MBA Entrance Exams- Quantitative Aptitude
Preparation Guide for MBA Entrance Exams- Verbal Ability.pdf
Preparation Guide for MBA Entrance Exams- Verbal Ability
Prepare Like CAT Toppers.pdf
Prepare Like CAT Toppers
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Importance of NMAT Sample Papers

Candidates who prepare using NMAT sample papers and mock tests get an edge over other test takers. NMAT mock tests help candidates to know about the test structure, important topics, and difficulty level of questions. Candidates also get to know their weak and strong areas. Aspirants can decide to prepare for NMAT with a focused approach towards the topic where they need to put in extra efforts. Solving more and more questions also help candidates to increase their speed and accuracy.

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   Is there any sectional time limit at NMAT exam?
A: 

Yes, questions in each section of NMAT exam are to be answered within a specified time limit. Section wise time limit is as follows:

NMAT Section

NMAT Sectional Time Limit

Language Skills

28 minutes

Logical Reasoning

40 minutes

Quantitative Skills

52 minutes

Total

120 minutes

Q:   What are the sections included in the NMAT exam syllabus?
A: 

Similar to other top NMA entrance exams, NMAT exam also comprises three sections. These three sections have equal weightage in terms of maximum marks, number of questions, and a similar marking scheme. NMAT exam sections include the following:

  • Language Skills
  • Lgical reasoning
  • Quantitative Skills.

Candidates need to answer questions from all three sections of the NMAT exam. Each section of the NMAT exam has a time limit collectively making the NMAT exam duration as 120 minutes.

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NMAT Question Paper Pattern 2025

GMAC designs NMAT question paper pattern with three sections, namely Language Skills, Quantitative Skills, and Logical Reasoning. Check the table below for NMAT exam pattern 2025:

Particulars NMAT Paper Pattern Details
Exam name NMAT
Exam mode Computer-Based Test (at test centres)
Number of questions 108
Number of sections 3
Sectional overview Language Skills – 36
Quantitative Skills – 36
Logical Reasoning – 36
Exam duration 120 minutes
Sectional time limit 28 minutes (LS)
52 minutes (QS)
40 minutes (LR)
Score range 36 to 360 (scaled score)
Medium of exam English
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Commonly asked questions
Q:   What are the sections included in the NMAT exam syllabus?
A: 

Similar to other top NMA entrance exams, NMAT exam also comprises three sections. These three sections have equal weightage in terms of maximum marks, number of questions, and a similar marking scheme. NMAT exam sections include the following:

  • Language Skills
  • Lgical reasoning
  • Quantitative Skills.

Candidates need to answer questions from all three sections of the NMAT exam. Each section of the NMAT exam has a time limit collectively making the NMAT exam duration as 120 minutes.

Q:   Which is the most important section in NMAT exam?
A: 

All sections of NMAT exam hold equal importance as the weighatge in terms of number of questions, and marks are similar across sections. Therefore, no particular section out of three sections hold additional importance. Candidates must prepare for all three sections based on the NMAT syllabus. However, candidates must work on theIr speed as the NMAT exam will have sectional weightage. Although all three sections have equal number of questions, each section has an unidentical time limit to answer these questions.

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Difference Between NMAT Question Paper and CAT Question Paper

NMAT exam pattern is different from CAT exam at several levels. The test structure of CAT and NMAT is different in terms of the number of sections, type of question papers, exam duration, number of questions and more. However, both NMAT and CAT have objective-type questions. However, the CAT exam also includes TITA questions. While appearing for NMAT, candidates do not find any negative marking. Whereas, CAT exam has negative marking for MCQs questions. Candidates can appear for NMAT three times during the test window. However, candidates can only take CAT exam once in each exam session.

Different candidates appearing for NMAT find different set of questions, whereas, CAT have a common set of questions for each exam slot.

Also Check: Difference Between CAT and NMAT

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   Are all questions in NMAT exam similar in terms of marking scheme?
A: 

Yes, all questions of NMAT exam have a similar marking scheme. NMAT exam score is scaled between 36 and 360. There is no negative marking in NMAT exam.

Q:   Does GMAC changes NMAT syllabus every year?
A: 

No, Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) does not change the NMAT syllabus every year. However, they do make minor changes to the syllabus from time to time make sure that it stays aligned with the latest trends as per the ever changing education systems. For instance, in 2020, GMAC made some changes to the NMAT syllabus and pattern to include more questions on data interpretation and critical reasoning.

The following are the major changes that have been made in the past five years:

  • The number of questions in each section have been kept as 36 in each section with 108 questions in total.
  • The difficulty level of the questions have been increased slightly.

The GMAC typically releases the NMAT exam details and syllabus for the current year in the month of July. Candidates can find the latest NMAT syllabus on the GMAC website.

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NMAT College Predictor

Check NMAT cut-offs and predict calls from colleges accepting NMAT scores for admission. Check Fees, Placement Reviews, Admission, Shortlist Criteria and Eligibility of all NMAT participating colleges by clicking the link below:

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   Do NMAT reference books comprise answers to all the questions?
A: 

Official NMAT reference book, also known as NMAT by GMAC Official Guide, comprises a short description of the answer. Not all options will be right and the right answer will have a logic behind it. Such characteristics are exclusive to textbooks for preparation and one may not always find them in any other resources available for NMAT preparation. The official guide has past year papers along with the answers to the same. Candidates can get answers as well as solutions to the analytical questions.

Q:   How many questions are asked in the NMAT exam?
A: 

A total of 108 questions appear in NMAT exam. Each section of NMAT exam has 36 questions. All three sections have equal weightage in NMAT exam.

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FAQs on NMAT Question Papers

Find frequently asked questions on NMAT sample papers below:

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   Is NMAT mock test and NMAT exam identical?
A: 

NMAT mock test and the actual exam are identical in terms of the exam structure and overall difficulty standards of the exam. The user interface of the NMAT mock test may vary across service providers. However, candidates practising using the official NMAT mock test will get taste of the actual exam user interface.

NMAT mock test released by GMAC is a simulation of the actual exam. Questions, pattern, syllabus, and test structure are similar to the actual exam. However, the score of the NMAT mock test will not affect the admission process at the NMAT participating colleges. Mock test only helps in practicing and revision of the questions.

Q:   What is the mode of NMAT exam?
A: 

Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) conducts NMAT exam in an online mode. Online NMAT exam is conducted from Pearson VUE centres situated across India. Candidates need to appear at the chosen test centre to appear for the computer based NMAT exam. At the NMAT exam centre, each candidate is allotted a computer system where he/she has to login to take the test. Once the candidate logs in to the computer system, the responses will be recorded against the test taker ID. Further, this test taker ID will be helpful while evaluating performance of indicidual test takers.

Q:   How many questions are asked in the NMAT exam?
A: 

A total of 108 questions appear in NMAT exam. Each section of NMAT exam has 36 questions. All three sections have equal weightage in NMAT exam.

Q:   I am confused between NMAT and SNAP. Will the preparation of NMAT help me in the preparation of SNAP.
A: 

Yes, preparation for NMAT and SNAP can be done together as most of the syllabus of both the exams are identical. Candidates are always recommended to appear for both the exams together if you are planning to give any one. Both NMAT and SNAP have four broad sections, that include Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Ability and Language skills. The names of these sections can change across different exams but are identical in relation to the MBA entrance exams.

Although one can prepare for all MBA entrance exams simultaneously, candidates must tweak the preparation strategy and fine tune a particular type of questions that are seen typically in each of the entrance exam. Some of the tips top prepare for both NMAT and SNAPT simultaneously are as follows:

  1. Begin by practicing conceptual questions with easy to moderate level difficulty.
  2. Learn about a lot of tips and tricks which can be used for both NMAT and SNAP. This saves a lot of time while attempting questions.
  3. Once the concept is clear, one must move on to moderate to tough questions. Transitioning from easy to difficult questions will help candidates preparing for different MBA entrance exams.
  4. Candidates must appear for mock tests of both NMAT and SNAP to get the clarity in terms of the pattern, difficulty standards, type of questions, and more.
  5. Start with NMAT mock tests as NMAT exam typically commences in the month of October, while the SNAP exam date lies around December.

Taking the mock tests for both SNAP and NMAT will provide a base to develop an exam day strategy for both the exams.

Q:   Is the syllabus for CMAT, NMAT and Maharastra CET different or similar?
A: 
The syllabus of cmat ,nmat is almost the same.but the difference is in the level of difficulty that these tests have.as per to my knowledge NMAT is more difficult compared to CMAT .but the portion is the same. you ll be studying and attempting questions that fall within the syllabus provided by coaching classes. when it comes to C.E.T it is different than NMAT and CMAT .the level of difficulty is very easy compared to these tests .you will come across normal level questions of quantitative, verbal, logic and data interpretation. Also there are different set of questions in the verbal and logic section of the paper for which you should buy books that are focused and made only for cet preparations for it contains those questions ,you can also buy C.E.T mocks to understand the paper pattern,the time duration that you get to solve each question, and to make your strategies of solving the paper in C.E.T exams.
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