MAT
Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is conducted by AIMA for the admission to various B-schools across the country. It is the standardised test, approved by the Government of India to screen candidates for admission to MBA and allied programmes.
Eligibility
The candidate must have completed graduation or appearing in the final year. They must score minimum 45 per cent marks (40 per cent for reserved categories) in qualifying exam with English as a subject. The MAT score will be valid for the admission to various B schools. The candidate must check percentage requirement and MAT score for admission to various institute and colleges.
Exam Pattern
Candidate can give the exam either through paper based test or computer based test. The paper will of objective type, with four options the candidates have to choose a single correct option. The exam will consists of 200 questions, each question will carry one marks each. There will be negative marking for every wrong answer and 1/4th marks for each question will be deducted. The total time of exam
will be 150 minutes. Some of the sections include mathematical ability, intelligence and logical reasoning, language comprehension, data analysis and data sufficiency and India and global environment.
Important dates: The last date for online filling-up or purchase of form is November 21, 2015 and for applying online is November 24, 2015. Students can register through online registration mode only. The paper based test is scheduled to be held on December 6 from 10 am to 12.30 pm whereas computer based test will be from December 12, onwards. If the number of candidates registered for Computer Based Test is limited and can be accommodated in a single day; the test will be completed on December 12, 2015 itself. For more information, log on to https://www.aima.in/testing-services/mat/mat.html.