MAT May 2015 analysis: 200 questions in 150 minutes

 

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MAT May 2015 analysis: Nothing much has changed in MAT May 2015 exam pattern. The written MAT exam, held on Sunday, May 3, was for 150 minutes. Candidates had to answer about 200 questions in these two hours thirty minutes. The online MAT exam is all set to be held from May 9 onwards. MAT Important dates

Below, we present MAT May 2015 analysis.

As expected, there were five sections in the exam:

Sections	No of questions
Language Comprehension	40
Intelligence and Critical Reasoning	40
Mathematical Skills	40
Data Analysis and Sufficiency	40
Indian and Global Environment	40

For each right answer, one mark is awarded, while for wrong answer one-fourth (0.25) marks is deducted. Each question had four multiple choice options. 

MAT Exam Analysis

Let us take a look at each of the sections individually:

Language Comprehension

Out of 40, 20 questions were devoted to Verbal Ability and Reasoning. The remaining 20 were Reading Comprehension questions. There were five passages, about 500-600 words long, with four questions each. Some of the topics from where questions were asked included:

• Fill-in-the-blanks
• Para-jumbles
• Odd-one-out
• Synonym / antonym
• Grammatically correct
• Jumbled words

 

Intelligence and Critical Reasoning

This section consisted of questions from Logical and Verbal Reasoning. About 30 questions were on logical reasoning and remaining on VR. The topics included:

• Analogies
• Cause and effect
• Statement-conclusion
• Assertion and reason
• Arrangements (matrix arrangement, linear arrangement and circular arrangement)
• Family tree
• Calendars
• Distribution Qs
• Blood Relations
• Sequences
• Verbal Analogies

 

Mathematical Skills

This section had questions from the following topics:

• Arithmetic
• Mixtures and Alligation
• Time-Speed-Distance
• Time and Work
• Ratio & Proportion
• Profit & Loss
• Pipes and Cisterns
• Simple & Compound Interest
• Percentages
• Geometry, trigonometry, mensuration
• Averages and Probability
• Permutation and combination
• Equations
• Heights and distance

 

 Data Analysis and Sufficiency

This section had questions from Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison. There were about 30 questions on DI. The main topics in this section were:

• Quantitative Comparison
• Line Graphs
• Bar Charts
• Pie Charts
• Tables
• Caselets

 

Indian and Global Environment

The questions were from current affairs and general knowledge. In general knowledge, most questions were based on static GK.

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