MAT 2016 syllabus & pattern

MAT 2016 is a national-level management entrance examination conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA). The exam will be conducted in two modes, paper-based and computer-based.

The test is conducted four times a year Iin February, May, September and December.

The February exams were held on February 7 and February 13, 2016 onwards. In May, the exams were held on May 1 and May 7, 2016.

The duration of the exam is 150 minutes and question paper comprises of the following five sections:

• Indian and Global Environment
• Language Comprehension
• Data Analysis and Sufficiency
• Mathematical Skills
• Intelligence and Critical Reasoning

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Candidates having a grip on verbal ability, logical and analytic reasoning, mathematics, data interpretation, quant and social awareness can perform well in the exam.

Section	No. of questions	Suggested time (In minutes)
Language Comprehension	40	30
Data Analysis and Sufficiency	40	35
Mathematical Skills	40	40
Indian and Global Environment	40	15
Intelligence and Critical Reasoning	40	30
Total	200	150

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Topics covered in MAT 2016 Feb syllabus: 

Indian & Global Environment Section 

• Current affairs
• Business
• World Records
• Top officials of big companies
• Famous awards and Prizes
• Books and Authors
• Punch line of companies
• History
• International Organisation
• Important Quotations
• Social issues
• Geography
• Sports
• Finance
• Major Corporate news
• Automobiles
• Entertainment
• Politics
• Science

Data Analysis and Sufficiency / Mathematical Skills 

• Geometry, (Lines, angles, Triangles, Spheres, Rectangles, Cube, Cone etc.)
• Ratios and Proportion
• Number system
• Work and time
• HCF & LCM
• Algebra
• Profit & Loss
• In-equations Quadratic and linear equations
• Geometric Progression
• Percentages
• Averages
• Partnership (Accounts)
• Time-Speed-Distance 

Language Comprehension 

• Verbal Reasoning
• Syllogisms
• Fill In the Blanks
• Contextual usage
• Analogies
• Different usage of same word
• Antonyms
• Sentence completion
• Jumbled paragraphs
• Foreign language words used in English
• Sentence correction
• Idioms
• One word substitution

Intelligence and Critical Reasoning 

• Family tree
• Strong Arguments and Weak Arguments
• Multi-dimensional arrangements
• Course of Action
• Puzzles
• Visual reasoning
• Arrangement
• Series
• Numeric grid
• Pie Chart
• Blood Relations
• Critical Reasoning
• Calendars
• Coding & Decoding
• Syllogisms
• Statement Conclusions
• Column graphs
• Graphs representing Area

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