MAT Exam Pattern

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MAT 2025 Exam dates are out. MAT 2025 February Exam will be held in two modes: MAT Paper Based Test (PBT) and MAT Computer Based Test (CBT). MAT PBT will be held on March 9, 2025 and MAT CBT will be held on March 23, 2025. MAT Exam Registration process is open now. MAT Exam Pattern is divided into 5 sections with 150 total questions. Top MBA colleges MAT scores include BIMTECH Greater Noida, XIME Bangalore, Amrita Coimbatore, IFMR KREA University and Jaipuria Noida. MAT Result will be released by last week of March 2025. Check MAT 2025 February Exam important dates below.

Exam Pattern

MAT exam is held for almost two-and-a-half hours. The test covers two hundred (200) questions in 150 minutes. The aspirant is tested in the following five areas: Indian and Global Environment, Language Comprehension, Data Analysis and Sufficiency, Mathematical Skills, Intelligence and Critical Reasoning. There are 40 questions in each section. Each question carries one mark, whereas, one/fourth mark is deducted for every wrong answer.

Subject	Questions	Time Taken	Negative Marking
Language Comprehension	30	120 Minutes	Yes +1.00 For the correct answer -0.25 for every incorrect answer.
Intelligence & Critical Reasoning	30
Mathematical Skills	30
Data Analysis & Sufficiency	30
Economic & Business Environment	30
Total	150

Here are a few tips for MAT exam preparation:
1. Practice reading ‘Reading Comprehension’ passages for at least two to three months, about four to five per day.
2. Go through all the rules of grammar and make an effort to understand the contextual usage of words and phrases in English.
3. For Quant, practice about 20-25 questions every day. Lay particular emphasis on Arithmetic and Algebra-based questions – these are quite common in MAT exam pattern.
4. Make an effort to improve on GK, by reading a newspaper every day and a good weekly or monthly magazine. That should help you get a good score in MAT.