It was a typical MAT and there was no departure from the way MAT has been for quite a while now.
People from gradeup team took the test (CBT, 0230-0500 pm slot) and interacted with many aspirants too.
The salient features of the test is provided in the table below:
| Particulars | Details |
| Number of questions | 200 (5 sections of 40 questions each) |
| Time allotted: | 150 minutes (no sectional time limit) |
| Number of options per question | 4 |
| Marking pattern (raw score) | 1 mark for a correct response and -0.25 marks for an incorrect one, no marks for questions not attempted |
| Questions format | All 200 questions in MCQ format |
| Sectional constraints | Not any. Students could attempt any section at any time during the test. |
| Good Attempts | Good number of overall attempts (excluding the section on Indian & Global Environment): 90-100 |
Language Comprehension: 40 questions
- This section had 4 passages of 5 questions each. The section had 20 other questions from these topics: Synonyms, Antonyms, Sentence Completion (double blank), Idioms/Phrases, Summary of a short passage, One word substitution and Para-jumbles.
- The RC passages were easy to read and comprehend. The passages were on Demonetization, Fibroscan (an equipment to diagnose liver cirrhosis), Management of Hazardous Material, etc.
- Some RC questions had 3 statements in them and students had to choose the correct statements (as per the passage); these were, probably, the only moderately difficult questions in RC.
- A few words which the test expected students to know were: Pivotal, Exodus, etc.
- It was not difficult to attempt around 30 questions here by giving the section 30-35 minutes.
Intelligence and Critical Reasoning: 40 questions
- This section had 4 sets- of 5 questions each- of Logical Reasoning questions. The other 20 questions were from the topics: Strong/Weak arguments, Course of Action, Coding-Decoding, Syllogism, etc.
- Most of these questions were easy. A few sets of Logical Reasoning had become difficult because of some error in the question itself!
- It was possible to attempt around 25-30 questions by giving 35 minutes to this section.
Mathematical Skills: 40 questions
- This section had the preponderance of Arithmetic in it. Almost all topics (Mixture & Solutions, Simple & Compound Interest, Time-Speed-Distance, Percentages, Profit-Loss-Discount, etc.) of Arithmetic were present.
- It also had questions from Probability, Combinatorics, Mensuration, Linear Equations, etc.
- It did not have many calculation-intensive questions. One well prepared student should have been able to attempt around 30 questions by giving 45 minutes to this section.
- Some questions in this section had very close options. This was probably the only section in the test which had a few tricky questions.
Data Analysis and Sufficiency: 40 questions
- This section had questions on Graphs, Pie-charts, Bar-Diagrams, etc. Most of these questions were easy to do.
- It was not difficult to attempt 20-25 questions by giving 25-30 minutes to this section.
Indian and Global Environment: 40 questions
- Most of the students are aware that this section is not counted to generate the overall scaled score in MAT and hence they do NOT attempt it.
- There are very few B-Schools which look at the score (given separately) of this section. Looking at the factual nature of the section, it is not difficult to complete it in 10 minutes.
- This section was a mixture of questions on Static General Knowledge and Current Affairs. A score of 15 may be considered good here.
gradeup wishes all the students well for the results to be announced in about a week from now.
We shall be bringing the analysis of the very first slot of NMAT to you on October 4, 2018.
Happy Prepping!
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