Dear Aspirants,
About the Exam
MAT is conducted by AIMA 4 times in a year i.e. in the month of May, September, December and February on the 1st Sunday of the Month. Application form for SEPTEMBER 2016 MAT exam has been released by AIMA.
The MAT Sept application procedure will commence from the 1st week of July 2016 and will end on 27 August 2016. If the candidates fail to match the eligibility criteria for MAT, then they will be refrained from appearing the entrance test.
The below post can help you give you a good understanding in terms of eligibility criteria, application procedure, exam pattern, important dates, etc. of MAT exam 2016 in detail.
SYLLABUS
The IIFT written entrance exam will be a multiple choice objective type test in English with questions from the following areas:
(1) Language Skills syllabus for MAT 2016
- Verbal Reasoning
- Syllogisms
- Contextual usage
- Analogies
- Antonyms
- Fill In the Blanks
- Jumbled paragraphs
- Sentence Correction
- Foreign language words used in English
- Sentence completion
- Sentence correction
- Odd man out
- Idioms
- One word substitution
- Different usage of same word etc.
(2) Mathematical Ability Syllabus for MAT 2016
- Geometry
- (Lines, angles, Triangles, Spheres, Rectangles, Cube, Cone etc.)
- Ratios and Proportion,
- Percentages
- In-equations Quadratic and linear equations
- Algebra
- Profit & Loss
- Averages
- Partnership (Accounts)
- Time-Speed-Distance
- Work and time
- Number system
- HCF & LCM
- Geometric Progression
- Arithmetic progression
- Arithmetic mean
- Geometric mean
- Harmonic mean
- Median
- Mode
- Number Base System
- BODMAS
- Menstruation
- Allegation & Mixtures
- Work
- Pipes and Cisterns
- Simple Interest & Compound Interest
- Set Theory
- Venn diagram
- Installment Payments
- Clocks
- Probability
- Permutations Combinations
- Trigonometry
- Vectors
- Binomial Expansion
- Co-ordinate geometry
- Logarithm
- Calendar
- Maxima & Minima Progression,
- Surds & Indices
- Complex numbers
(3) Data Analysis and Sufficiency Syllabus for MAT 2016
- There will be questions of data interpretation which will be mostly based of various graphs.
- Graphs
- Column graphs
- Bar Graphs
- Line charts
- Pie Chart
- Graphs representing Area
- Venn diagram etc.
(4) Intelligence and Critical Reasoning syllabus for MAT 2016
- Reasoning - Critical reasoning & Visual reasoning
- Assumption-Premise-Conclusion
- Assertion and reasons
- Statements and assumptions
- Identifying valid inferences
- Identifying arguments
- Statements and conclusions
- Cause and Effect
- Identifying probably true probably false
- Definitely true definitely false kind of statement
- Linear arrangements
- Matrix arrangements (Puzzles, Syllogisms, Functions)
- Family tree - identifying relationship among group of people
- Symbol Based problems
- Coding and decoding
- Sequencing etc.
(5) Indian and Global Environment syllabus for MAT 2016
- Social issues – Sports, Finance, Automobiles, Entertainment, Politics etc.
- General Awareness –
- Current Affairs
- Business
- Punch line of companies
- Top officials of big companies
- Major corporate events
- Famous award and prizes
- World Records
- Books and authors
- Science
- History
- Geography
- International organizations
- Important quotations
ELIGIBILITY
To appear in MAT 2016, following is the eligibility criteria -
- They must have a graduation degree passed in any discipline.
- The candidates pursuing their final year of graduation are also eligible to apply.
- There is no age limit prescribed.
- Work experience is also not necessarily required.
EXAM PATTERN
Number of Sections: Five sections
Number of Questions: 20
Duration of the test: 150 minutes
Marks Allotment: 1 mark is allotted for every correct attempt and negative marks are deducted for every incorrect attempt
IMPORTANT DATES
To read the analysis of MAT exam conducted in the month of MAY'16, click here.
Thanks!
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