The paper had questions from 5 different areas, viz. Verbal Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency, Reasoning Ability and General Knowledge, with exactly 40 questions in each of them. The level of difficulty of last exam was average.
In QA, the questions from pure Geometry were missing, though Mensuration and Trigonometry were present. Almost all the options were very unambiguous, so wise guessing proved fruitful.
Questions on Data Interpretation were categorized in Bar graph, Pie-chart, Tables and Line graph. Most of questions are calculation intensive. In some cases options were also very close. So overall the section was time consuming. Five questions were asked from each area of Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.
Questions on Reasoning were quite straightforward. (Linear arrangement, Assumption based logical reasoning, Blood relation). Some reasoning based individual questions were lengthy. But the questions asked on Directions, Series were some of the single questions which were very easy.
Language comprehension was of easy to moderate difficulty level as most of them were SDQ (Specific Detailed Questions) type and for that no logical inference was required.
Overview of the MAT Paper
Time 150 Min
Total no. of questions 200
Marks per question 1
Negative marking 0.25
The break-up and weightage of the sections are as follows:
Sr. No. Area No. of Questions Marks allotted Difficulty Level
2. Quantitative Aptitude 40 40 Easy
3. Data Interpretation and Data sufficiency 40 40 Moderate
4. Reasoning Ability 40 40 Easy To Moderate
5. General Knowledge 40 40 Moderate
TOTAL 200 200
SECTIONAL BREAK – UP
SECTION I: Verbal Ability
This section was of the typical MAT papers of earlier years. The fill in the blanks questions were quite easy having 2 blanks on account of the very ‘out of the way’ choices that were given which helped one eliminate them. Grammar based questions were of moderate level. The RC section was of average difficulty level. This time Analogies were reintroduced with moderate difficulty level. Area Description No. of Questions Difficulty Level
Reading Comprehension 5 passages 20 Moderate
English Usage -- 20 --
Grammar(Error in sentence) 05 Moderate
Para Jumbles 05 Moderate
Fill in the blanks 05 Easy
Critical Reasoning 05 Moderate
SECTION II: Quantitative Aptitude
The QA section in MAT comprised Arithmetic and Pure Maths questions. Arithmetic had around 12-15 questions and was easy. The questions mostly focused on Time and Work, Alligation, Ratio, SI/CI, Pipes and Cisterns and Time Speed Distance. Questions from Probability made the test takers realise the presence of Algebra. The questions were based on the application of formula and were not reasoning intensive.Area No. of Questions Difficulty Level
Arithmetic 22 Easy To moderate
Algebra 09 Easy To Moderate
Mensuration/Trigonometry 09 Easy
SECTION III: Data Interpretation and Data sufficiency
There were more questions in Data Sufficiency than that were in Sep 07 MAT. Students would have found this section to be time consuming. Questions of DI were lengthy than the previous ones. Area No. of Questions Difficulty Level
Data Sufficiency 10 Moderate
Data Comparison 05 Easy
Data Sufficiency (2 Statements) 05 Moderate
Data Interpretation 30 Average
Table (World bank allocation; Fuel cost per km; Expected Actual etc) 15 Average
Pie chart (TV sells and types 17”,21” etc) 05 Average
Line Graph (Rainfall in Jan and July) 05 Average
Bar Graph (Issues and amount raised) 05 Easy
SECTION IV: Reasoning Ability
Topics Break up Difficulty Level
Inductive reasoning 15 --
Arguments Statement Based 10 Moderate
Logical Conclusion/ Deductions (2 statements) 05 Easy To Moderate
Analytical Reasoning 25 --
Arrangement (Scientist from Europe-America etc; Family tree; Colour – Tin – tin colour) 13 Easy
Single questions (Directions, coding - decoding Series etc.) 12 Moderate
SECTION V: General Knowledge
Students who had read a lot on Current Affairs and GK would not have been able to deal with this section on account of the high focus on ‘Economics’ based questions.
Area Tested Difficulty Level
Current Affairs Moderate
Basic Economics Moderate
Overall Moderate
An attempt of 100 – 110 questions (Excluding the Questions from GK) with an accuracy of 80% would fetch calls from all the Top rated MAT allied colleges participating in this MAT.
Good Colleges accepting MAT scores
Alliance Business Academys Bangalore
Amity Business School Noida
Apeejay School of Management New Delhi
Asia Pacific Institute of Management New Delhi
Bhadruka Group of Institutions Hyderabad
Christ College Bangalore
Institute for Integrated Learning in Management New Delhi
PSG Institute of Management Coimbatore
Rajagiri School of Management Cochin
School of Communication & Management Studies(SCMS) Cochin
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