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GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council) conducts NMAT. NMAT refers to the NMIMS Management Aptitude Test. The NMAT exam aspirants can apply to top B-schools. For instance, NMIMS, SPJIMR, ISB, IFMR, and many more top B-schools. Soon registration for NMAT 23 will start once the official notification is released by GMAC. Most likely it would release in the first week of August.
NMAT Exam Pattern
NMAT is a computer-based exam. The NMAT is conducted in 2 modes- home-based and Center based exams. For every correct answer, the aspirant would have 1 mark and there is no negative marking. There is a total 120 minutes time limit and there is also section-wise time allocated. 40 minutes are allocated for the logical reasoning section. 52 minutes for the quant section and 28 minutes for language skills.
No new changes are expected to be introduced in the exam pattern this year. NMAT by GMAC will continue to be a 120-minute (two hours) exam with three sections: three sections – Language Skills, Quantitative Skills, and Logical Reasoning.
Candidates can take NMAT by GMAC up to a total of three times. The best of the three scores will be used for admission.
The test comprises of the following sections:
Language Skills: 36 questions and 28 minutes
Quantitative Skills: 36 questions and 52 minutes
Logical Reasoning: 36 questions and 40 minutes
Total 108 questions and 120 minutes
Also, NMAT by GMAC test-takers need to review their answers before moving to another section of the exam. Once the candidate ends a particular section, all answers are considered final.
Candidates can choose a date, time and location of exam according to their convenience.
1.Three Attempts: Candidates can take the test three times in an admission cycle – one exam and two retakes.
2. Choosing the section order: Candidates can choose the order of sections in the test. For instance, one can opt to attempt QA section first followed VA and LR.
3. Reviewing: You can review your answers at the end of each section so you always have the opportunity to revise if you’re not sure of your original response.
4.No negative marking: “The system of no negative marking is in line with global practices,” stated an official GMAC release.
Ask yourself questions like what subject to prepare at what time, how much time to devote to it, when to start revision and so on.
If you are confident about any topic or subject, then do not waste your time practising odd questions. Try to work upon their shortcuts and mock tests.
NMAT exams syllabus schedule consists of three different sections. These exams test your skill namely Quants, Logical reasoning, and Language skills. Exam administration claims Quant’s fundamentals are based on eight-level mathematics.
The Quants section mainly focuses on arithmetic, data interpretation, algebra, trigonometry, probability, and geometry. The Administration states that this section has a moderate difficulty level. There are a total of 36 questions in this section. There are 12 MCQ questions for arithmetic. 15-16 MCQ questions for data interpretation. And 7-8 MCQ questions for geometry and modern math.
The Logical Reasoning section mainly focuses on syllogisms, puzzles, family relations, seating arrangement, direction, reasoning, and coding-decoding. The administration claims this section contains easy- moderate questions. A total of 36 questions are there to solve. There are 19 MCQ questions on verbal reasoning. And 17 MCQ questions of non-verbal reasoning.
The language skills section mainly focuses on comprehensive questions, grammar, vocabulary, idioms, and phrases. The Administration states that this section has a moderate difficulty level. As there are a total of 36 questions in this section. 3 comprehensive questions are having 4 MCQs each. As well as 14 MCQ questions related to grammar, vocabulary, idioms, and phrases.