Common Admission Test (CAT)

The CAT consists of questions that evaluate a candidate’s quantitative, verbal, logical and data interpretive abilities. The test booklet contains several sections. Each section contains several items/questions. Directions are given for each group of questions in each section of the test. Read them carefully, skipping the directions may lead to mission the main idea and losing credit for some questions in that section. Applicants are free to work on the sections in any order and to demonstrate competence in all the sections of the test. Wrong answers carry negative marks.

AIMA MAT

The All India Management Association (AIIMA), is the apex body or development of management in India . Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is a National Entrance Test for admission to MBA and equivalent programmes which is usually conducted 4 times in a year in February, May, September and December every year.

MAT is an objective type test with multiple – choice answers with 200 questions to be completed in 150 minutes or two and a half hours.

The test usually divided into five section, each with 40 questions, designed to measure a person’s (i) English Language comprehension in 30 minutes

(ii) Mathematical Skills in 40 minutes

(iii) Data analysis and Sufficiency skills in 35 minutes

(iv) Intelligence and Critical Reasoning skills in 30 minutes and

(v) Awareness of the Indian and global environment in 15 minutes. The time allowance varies for each section.

IIFT Admission Test

The admission test is a multiple choice objective type written test (in English). Duration of the test is two hours. It will cover English Comprehension, General Knowledge & Awareness, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Analysis. There will be negative marking for wrong answers.

FMS Admission Test

The Delhi University FMS admission test has questions to assess Quantitative Ability, Verbal Ability and Language Comprehension, Analytical Ability and awareness and comprehension of the micro and macro – environment of the business and economy.

XAT

XAT usually has three sections assessing Verbal Ability, Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation & Logical Ability to be completed in two hours. This is followed by and essay of 20 minutes duration.

IGNOU OPENMAT – is conducted by IGNOU twice an year for admissions to MBA Programs through Distance Learning.

State level management entrance tests more or less follow the same pattern of questions although the level of difficulty may vary, and some might have both verbal and non – verbal reasoning questions. In some cases, there may not be negative marking for wrong answers.