Management Aptitude Test (MAT)

Overview

About Management Aptitude Test(MAT) 2020:

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is a standardised test being administered since 1988 to facilitate Business Schools (B-Schools) to screen candidates for admission to MBA and allied programs.
Govt. of India, Ministry of HRD approved MAT as a national level test in 2003. Any B-School – national or international – can consider MAT Score as an admission input based on the Score Cards issued to the candidates.
The largest test of its kind in the nation, MAT will continue to be your entry to over 600 B-Schools across India.

Mode of Test: Candidate can take MAT as

(i) Paper Based Test (PBT) or
(ii) Computer Based Test (CBT) or
(iii) Both PBT & CBT

MAT Exam Dates for May 2020

Paper Based Test – 16 May 2020 (Saturday)
Computer Based Test – 03 May 2020 (Sunday)

 

TEST TIMINGS: 
For paper based test(PBT), test timings are from 10AM to 12PM. For Computer based Test(CBT), there will be multiple timing slots depending on different venues.

Admit cards will be made available on 12th May, 2020 for Paper based Test and on 28th May, 2020 for Computer Based Test.

Why students should register for both Paper Based and Computer Based Test?

Candidates opting for both PBT and CBT will have the benefit of selecting additional 2 Management Institutes for sending their scores in addition to existing option of selecting 5 Management Institutes i.e. they can select 7 Management Institutes in total.

Exam Pattern for AIMA MAT 2020

The MAT has five sections, each section having forty questions. The total 200 questions are to be attempted over 150 minutes. The test structure is as follows –

Section 1 – Language Comprehension (40 questions)
Section 2 – Mathematical Skills (40 questions)
Section 3 – Data Analytics & Sufficiency (40 questions)
Section 4 – Intelligence & Critical Reasoning (40 questions)
Section 5 – Indian & Global Environment (40 questions)

Total Questions – 200 
Suggested Time to answer questions – 150 minutes (2.5 hours)