MAT is conducted 4 times every year by AIMA for admission into management courses offered by more than 600 affiliated institutes. When compared to other national level examinations like CAT, XAT & IIFT, the difficulty level of MAT is considered easy to moderate. The real challenge in MAT is effective time management without compromising on accuracy. With 200 questions to be solved in 2 hours 30 minutes, it is essential to formulate a concrete strategy to crack MAT.
The first step towards an effective preparation strategy is to know the MAT syllabus well. However, the MAT exam syllabus has not been strictly pre-defined by AIMA., MAT syllabus covers all the important topics based on the previous year papers. Following is a list of important topics from these areas:
MAT Syllabus for Mathematical Skills
Percentage
Simple-Compound Interest
P&C Probability
Time & Work
Geometry
Number System
Profit & loss
Trigonometry
Allegation & Mixture
Time Speed & Distance
Height & Distance
Partnerships
Clocks- Calendars
Average
HCF, LCM
Ratio-Proportion
MAT Syllabus for Language Comprehension
Vocabulary Based
Reading Comprehension
Sentence Rearrangement
Sentence Correction & Grammar
Fill in the blanks
Critical Reasoning
Para Jumbles
Finding Errors
Verbal Analogies
Sentence Completion
MAT Syllabus for Data Analysis & Sufficiency
Data Sufficiency
Data Caselet
Line Graph
Data Table
Multiple Graph
Pie Chart
Data Comparison
Puzzles
Bar Charts
MAT Syllabus for Intelligence & Critical Reasoning
