MBA Entrance Exam

NMAT exam comprises as many as three sections. Candidates can invest in one book which covers the syllabus for all the three sections. Alternatively, candidates may consider to study from three different books, one for each section. GMAC official guide for NMAT is considered the best sourse to study for the competitive exam. Candidates can also prepare using the books recommended for CAT exam preparation or any other MBA entrance exam preparation.

For the NMAT Quantitative Aptitude section, candidates can refer to Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Arun Sharma, Quantitative Aptitude by RS Aggarwal and How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT by Arun Sharma. For Languagew Skills, Noman Lewis' Word Power Made Easy is among the recommended books for competitive exams. For Logical Reasoning section, candidates can choose Logical and Analytical Reasoning by Ashok Gupta.

Besides the books mentioned above, candidates can choose from a ton of books available for competitive exam preparation.  Refer to the NMAT books article by Shiksha for complete preparation books guide (https://www.shiksha.com/mba/nmat-exam-books)

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.

GMAC conducts NMAT exam with three sections. These sections are in line with any other MBA entrance exam conducted in India. The space here mentions NMAT exam sections along with some important topics from the same.

NMAT Exam Sections and Important Topics

1. Language Skills: Reading Comprehension, Para jumbles, Sentence Correction, Fill in the blanks (Grammar-based), Antonyms & Synonyms, Sentence Completion, Analogies, Idioms, Phrases, Clauses, English Grammar & Vocabulary, Sentence Error/Correction, Word Meaning, and more.
2. Quantitative Skills: Arithmetic problems, Number System, Algebra, Probability, Percentage, DI Caselets and Tables, Profit & Loss, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Simple and Compound Interest, Ratio and Proportion, Alligations and Mixtures, Logarithms, Equations, Venn Diagram, atc.
3. Logical Reasoning: Puzzles, Linear & Circular Arrangement, Coding-Decoding, Family Tree, Syllogisms, Alphanumeric Series, Symbol based Logic, Blood Relationship, Input-Output, Odd one Out, Course of Action, Arguments, Assumptions, Inference-based questions.

Besides the above topics under each section, NMAT exam sections may have a vast topic bank. Therefore, candidates must consider preparing for as many topic as possible as per the NMAT section-wise syllabus.