Management Aptitude Test (MAT)
Overview
About Management Aptitude Test(MAT) 2025:
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 2025
Paper Based Test – 4th week of february 2025
Computer Based Test – 2nd 2025 (Sunday)
Admit cards will be made available on 3rd week of February, 2025 for Paper based Test and on 1st week of March, 2025 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 2024
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)
Registration Eligibilty
Candidates must fulfill the given MAT 2025 eligibility criteria before filling the application form:
- Education Qualification: Those graduated candidates in any discipline will be eligible to apply.
- Marks: No minimum score requirement will be there for MAT. Candidates with Passing marks can apply for the exam.
- Age Limit:There will be no specific age limit prescribed by the authority to appear in the exam.
- Number of Attempts: No such limit will be specified to appear in the entrance exam.
- Appearing:Those appearing candidates in the final examination will also be eligible to apply.
Exam Pattern & Syllabus
We have mentioned the complete exam pattern details related to MAT 2025:
- Exam Mode: Candidates will be able to appear in the exam through both CBT (Computer Based Test), PBT (Paper Based Test) and IBT modes.
- Section Total 5 sections will be there in the exam.
- Duration 2 hours and 30 minutes will be given to solve the exam.
- Total Questions: 200 questions will be asked in the paper.
- Types of Questions: There will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) asked in the exam.
- Marking scheme: 1 mark will be given for each correct answer.
- Negative marking: For every wrong answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted.
Given are the subject wise distribution of question paper:
| Section | Subject | No.of Questions |
|---|---|---|
| I | Language and Comprehension | 40 |
| II | Mathematical Skills | 40 |
| III | Data Analysis and Sufficiency | 40 |
| IV | Intelligence and Critical Reasoning | 40 |
| V | Indian & Global Environment | 40 |
| Total | 200 |