MAT FEB2017

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is a standardized test being administered since 1988 to facilitate Business Schools (B-Schools) to screen candidates for admission to MBA and allied programmes. Govt. of India, Ministry of HRD approved MAT as a national level test in 2003.MAT is held four times in a year: February, May, September and December.  Exam dates and other schedules are generally announced three months before the exam.

Last Date for Online Registration

For candidates who complete the Online Registration by Uploading digital image of photograph,

Uploading digital image of signature, and

Online payment

27 January, 2017 (Friday) (upto 2:00 P.M.)

(In this case, do NOT send the printout of the Registration Form. However, the candidate should retain a Printout of Registration Form for reference.)

Late Date for Online Filling-up

For candidates who affix the photograph and sign the printout of Registration Form and

For candidates who make the payment through Demand Draft (DD) or Online Payment and

For candidates who purchase the Registration Form against cash payment from AIMA, New Delhi

24 January, 2017 (Tuesday)

Last Date for Submission of duly completed Printout of Registration Form at AIMA, New Delhi

27 January, 2017 (Friday)

(In this case, SEND the Printout of Registration Form. DD is also to be sent along with the Printout of the Registration Form, if payment was

made through DD.)Mode of Test Candidate can choose any ONE of the two options to take the test:

Paper Based Test or Computer Based Test

Test Timing PAPER BASED TEST: 1000-1230 Hrs Reporting Time at the Test Centre: 0900 Hrs

COMPUTER BASED TEST: n different Time slots at specific test venues; subject to number of candidates registering for Computer

Based Test.Admit Card Admit card can be downloaded after  28 Januray 2017 (Saturday) from

from AIMA website link: https://apps.aima.in/matadmitcard.aspx 

Eligibility:•Graduates in any discipline can take the exam.•Final year graduation students can also apply.•There’s no age limit for MAT exam.Application Fee: A MAT 2017 application fee is Rs 1200 (One thousand two hundred only). Candidates can apply through any one of three following modes: •Online PaymentWhile filling the online form, one can pay via Credit Card/Debit Card. •Demand Draft Obtain crossed Demand Draft (DD) of Rs 1200 in favor of ‘All India Management Association’ payable at Delhi from any bank. Then register online along with the DD details. •CashObtain form with MAT Bulletin/CD against a cash payment of Rs 1200 from listed Nodal Centers of AIMA OR from AIMA, New Delhi.

Section No. Section No. of Questions Time Suggested(Minutes)

1. Language Comprehension 40 30

2. Mathematical Skills 40 40

3. Data Analysis and Sufficiency 40 35

4. Intelligence and Critical Reasoning 40 30

5. Indian and Global Environment 40 15

  Total 200 150

MAT entrance exam covers five sections in all. Scores of first four sections compose the final scores. However, institutions might choose to consider the 

score of the General Awareness section.

QUANTITATIVE ABILITY Geometry (Lines, angles,

Triangles, Spheres, Rectangles, Cube, and

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 Statistics (Mode, Median) Binomial Expansion

Mensuration Allegation & Mixtures Pipes and Cisterns Simple Interest & Compound Interest Set Theory Venn diagram Installment Payments Clocks Probability Permutations Combinations Trigonometry Vectors Logarithm Calendar Maxima & Minima Progression, Surds & Indices Complex numbers Co-ordinate geometry

DATA ANALYSIS & SUFFICIENCY

Line Charts Series Puzzles Bar Charts Pie Charts Table Charts etc Data Sufficiency

 LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION

Unseen Passage Grammar English Vocabulary Spotting Errors and others

INTELLIGENCE & CRITICAL REASONING

Sitting Arrangements Problems on Clock Verbal Reasoning Non Verbal Reasoning etc

 INDIAN & GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

General Knowledge Current Events General Studies

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