What should one do as last minute preparation for MAT exam? Here are some key tips that aspirants must follow for last minute preparation for MAT 2024. Also know the MAT exam day strategy. 
MAT 2024 exam in CBT mode will be held tomorrow (December 8), on December 14 and December 22, 2024. So get ready for the test day. The day prior to the MAT exam is very crucial. You need to do some last minute preparation. To be able to optimise your performance, you need to utilise the last day before MAT 2024 exam in the best manner. Candidates must finish overall revision a day before and keep their minds stress free to use the knowledge effectively and efficiently.
On the day of the exam, you can take a few minutes to revise important concepts and formulae one last time for MAT exam. But as part of your last minute preparation for MAT exam 2024, you should mainly focus on devising an exam day stratregy.
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The MAT 2024 question paper comprises five sections – Language Comprehension, Intelligence & Critical Reasoning, Data Analysis & Sufficiency, Mathematical Skills and Economic and Business Environment. A few hours before the exam, you need to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses and which types of questions you should attempt in the exam to maximise the overall score. Have a look at the MAT marking scheme and time-limit below:
- The paper carries 150 multiple-choices based questions and total marks of MAT exam is 150
- Each section of the MAT question paper carries 30 marks and 30 questions in MCQ format
- Each question carries 1 mark
- There is negative marking of 0.25 marks for wrong attempt
- The exam duration is two hours. There is no sectional time-limit
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Q: What are the MAT exam dates 2024?
MAT is conducted multiple times in a year. MAT 2024 exam dates will be announced phase wise - February, May, August and December. Candidates will be allowed to register for multiple mode and multiple attempts. The MAT December 2024 dates are given below:
MAT Test Mode | MAT Test Date | MAT Registration Ends | Availability of MAT Admit Card |
|---|---|---|---|
CBT - 1 | 7-Dec-24 | 30-Nov-24 | 3-Dec-24 |
PBT | 14-Dec-24 | 7-Dec-24 | 10-Dec-24 |
CBT - 2 | 22-Dec-24 | 15-Dec-24 | 18-Dec-24 |
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8 Last Minute Tips for MAT Exam 2024
The key to perform well in MAT is to use the exam duration effectively and perform to your highest potential. Here are a few last minute MAT 2024 exam tips to follow:
1. Do not study a day before: Take a break from full-fledged study routine of 8 hours on the day before exam to keep your mind relaxed. You can revise important theorems and formulae before going to bed at night.
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2. Revise GK: In the last few minutes before the exam what should you do? Check important Quantitative Aptitude formulae and check short notes that you made on General Awareness and revise them.
3. Check MAT admit card and other documents: If you are taking the test in PBT or CBT mode, check whether you have kept all the required documents before leaving for the MAT exam centre. Make sure you have kept two copies of MAT 2024 admit card, the self-declaration and a photo ID in your bag. You are also supposed to carry a mask, hand sanitizer and drinking water in a transparent bottle. Do not forget to keep a blue or black ball-point pen for signing the attendance sheet.
Those appearing for the IBT mode MAT should know that they also have to present their admit card and photo ID for identification purpose through remote proctoring. They should also keep these documents ready before the login time for MAT IBT.
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Q: What are the dates for MAT 2025 exam?
MAT 2025 exam schedule has been announced for February session. In February MAT will be conducted in CBT and PBT mode. Registration process for the same began from December 24, 2024. Check MAT 2025 exam dates below:
MAT 2025 February PBT (PAPER BASED TEST) | |
|---|---|
PBT registration last date | March 2, 2025 |
MAT PBT admit card release | March 5, 2025 (5.00 PM Onwards) |
MAT PBT Date | March 9, 2025 |
MAT 2025 February CBT (COMPUTER BASED TEST) | |
|---|---|
CBT registration last date | March 9, 2025 |
MAT CBT admit card release | March 17, 2025 (5.00 PM Onwards) |
MAT CBT date | March 23, 2025 |
4. Time management: MAT doesn’t have sectional time-limit like CAT, so candidates need to be mindful of using 120 minutes judiciously. They should have a definite idea of how much time to spend on which section so that they are able to solve a good number of questions in all 5 sections. Keep Economic and Business Environment section as last priority as it is memory based and would rewuire not more than 10 minutes.
5. Speed and accuracy: MAT is a speed-based test having 150 questions to be solved in 120 minutes. So, focus on the speed while solving the questions. If you get stuck on a question for more than a minute, leave it and move to next. You can always come back to it later if time permits. Solve GK questions at last as it is memory-based and will not require more than 10 minutes. Moreover, it is not considered for percentile creations so you need not worry about it.
6. Avoid negative marking: You don't have to solve all the questions. If you are not confident of solving the question accurately, then skip it. Remember, there is negative marking for wrong answers in MAT. Unanswered questions will be marked zero. So, it is better to skip questions.
7. Don’t gamble: If out of the four options, you manage to zero-in on two possibly correct options out of which one could be definitely right, take a few seconds to analyse and choose the preferred option. Better still, leave the question if you are not totally convinced about your preferred option.
8. Stay away from stress: Be calm and confident at the exam centre and during the exam. Don’t take undue stress of tough questions. If you will take stress, you will be vulnerable to making silly mistakes even in easy questions. So be positive and tell yourself- “I can crack it”.
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