NMIMS - NPAT Syllabus

In this section of NPAT exam, test takers need to recognise grammatical structure and usage, use prepositions, determiners, connectives, tenses appropriately. Grasping the meaning of underlined words in sentences, using appropriate words in given context, put ideas into logical sequences by putting the jumbled sentences in the correct order. In order to solve questions from the reading comprehension section, it is important for the test takers to locate information, grasp ideas, identify and interpret relationships and ideas, moods, characteristics, tone of the passage, infer, get the central theme and evaluate given passage.

SVKMs NMIMS assesses critical thinking and analytical skills using the Reasoning and General Intelligence section of NPAT Exam. In this section of NPAT exam, in order to solve questions that are based on critical thinking, test takers should try to analyse the roles and conditions and based on it, solve the questions. For questions related to problem-solving, try to analyse the information and assimilate them in a suitable form to answer those questions. Candidates must practise as many questions as possible to get aware of different types of questions.

The Reasoning and General Intelligence section of NPAT exam primarily examines candidate's critical and analytical thinking abilities. To get a good hold on this section, it is critical to understand all the concepts and to practice different types of questions regularly. Books that can be helpful to prepare for the reasoning and general intelligence section of NPAT are:A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning by R.S. AggarwalShort-cuts in Reasoning by Disha PublicationsA New Approach to Reasoning Verbal, Non-Verbal & Analytical by Arihant publicationsAnalytical Reasoning by M.K. Pandey

Apart from the books available for general english preparation, candidates can also prepare using these materials: newspapers, journals, and English news channels. This would help improve overall vocabulary and increase general knowledge as well. Candidates can also read different novels as per their interests. Candidates can also try and resource the books as study material recommended by the past year’s toppers. Also, try to practise NPAT mock tests to familiarise with the test software beforehand.

General English section of NPAT exam does not require rigorous preparation if the candidate have good hold on English Proficiency. The books that will help the candidate to prepare for NPAT General English section include:Word Power Made Easy By Norman LewisObjective General English 01 Edition By R. S. AggarwalProficiency in Reading Simplifying the Passage for you by Ajay SinghIn this section candidates must prepare these topics as they carry most weightage:Error RecognitionApplied GrammarContextual UsageSequencing of IdeasReading Comprehension (Passages of 400-500 words with five questions per passage)