Wednesday, 16 August 2017

009 (2017-2018) MAT (Management Aptitude Test)

                      Career Guidance Cell informs that MAT has released notification for Management Aptitude Test (MAT) which is a standardised 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. Any B-School - national or international - can consider MAT Score as an admission input based on the Score Cards issued to the candidates. The largest test of its kind in the nation, MAT will continue to be your passport to over 600 B-Schools across India.
Information to Candidates for September 2017 MAT

Name of the activity
Management Aptitude Test
(MAT)
Mode of Test 
(How to take the test)
Candidate can choose any one of the two options to take the test:
Paper Based Test
or
Computer Based Test
Test Date
Paper Based Test
Computer Based Test
03 September 2017
(Sunday)
09 September 2017
(Saturday)onwards** 
**If the number of candidates registered for Computer Based Test is limited and can be accommodated in a single day; the test will be completed on 09 September 2017 itself.
Test Timing
Paper Based Test
Computer Based Test
10.00am-12.30pm
In different Time slots at specific test venues; subject to number of candidates registering for Computer Based Test.
Eligibility
Graduates in any discipline.

·         Final year students of Graduate Courses can also apply.
How to apply
Candidate can choose any one of the following modes to apply.
·         Register online at website link: https://apps.aima.in/matsept17 with Credit Card/Debit Card (ATM Card) / Net Banking payment of Rs.1652/-(Inclusive of GST). Detailed procedure is given on the website link.

Or


·         Register online at website link: https://apps.aima.in/matsept17 by making payment of Rs.1652/-(Inclusive of GST) through Demand Draft. Detailed procedure is given on the website link.
List of Participating Management Institutes
List of Participating MIs.

Four Digit codes for Management Institutes/University Departments accepting the MAT Score are given in the List of Participating Institutes/Universities as MI Code. There are five fields given in the Registration Form. Select the codes of those five institutes only where you have applied or are applying for admission. No additional fee is to be paid for filling these 5 choices.

Important Notice: Applicants are advised to check the approval/recognition status of various programs and other details directly from the concerned Authorities/ Institutes/ Universities.

AIMA HAS COME ACROSS A COUPLE OF CASES WHERE THE ASPIRING CANDIDATES' MAT SCORE IS NOT ACCEPTED BY SOME PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES FOR ADMISSION TO MBA FULL TIME COURSE DESPITE THEIR CONFIRMATION TO AIMA AT THE TIME OF PARTICIPATION BY INCORPORATING THEIR NOTIFICATIONS IN MAT BULLETIN. CANDIDATES ARE ADVISED TO RECHECK WITH THE CONCERNED INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES BEFORE APPLYING FOR MAT.
Important Dates for Applying
·         For candidates who complete the Online Registration by


o    Uploading digital image of photograph,
o    Uploading digital image of signature, and
o    Online payment
Last Date for Online Registration : 25 August 2017 (Friday)


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

Last Date for Online Filling-up of Form: 23 August 2017 (Tuesday)
and


Last Date for Submission of duly completed Printout of Registration Form at AIMA, New Delhi: 25 August 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.)

Test Centre City list is provided in the dropdown menu for the test centre choices in the registration form. Test Venues for Paper-Based Test and Computer Based Test are different. The Paper-Based Test will take place only on one day i.e.,03 September 2017 at one time slot i.e., 10.00am-12.30 pm, whereas the Computer Based Test will take place from 09 September 2017 in different time slots. If the number of candidates registered for Computer Based Test is limited and it can be accommodated in a single day; the test will be completed on 09 September 2017 itself.
MAT Registration Form Acknowledgement
All filled-in forms or printout of online registration if required to be sent; received at AIMA will be processed within 5 days and the Form Numbers of such received forms will be available on website link: http://apps.aima.in/mat_reciept.aspx Such receipts will be scrutinized and if found in order; it will be provisionally registered. However, form printout received later than the due date is liable to be rejected. Neither any correspondence in this regard will be entertained nor the fee to be refunded.
Admit Card
All provisionally registered candidates both for Paper Based and Computer Based Test can download their Admit Card from AIMA website link: (http://apps.aima.in/matadmitcard.aspx) on or after 26 August 2017 (Saturday). Specific Admit Card is generated both for the candidates opted for the Paper Based Test and for the Computer Based Test. Admit Card contains Candidate's Name, Form No, Roll No, Test Date, Test Time and Test Venue Address. Candidate has to strictly follow the date and time allotted to him/her in the case of Computer Based Test.

Syllabus for MAT and Exam Pattern: 
Number of Questions: 200
Marks for Each Question: 1 Mark
Negative Marking: Not Applicable
Duration: 2.5 hours or 150 minutes.

This examination contains five sections in the examination from each 40 questions are asked. The five sections are given below.
1.           Language Comprehension
2.           Mathematical Skills
3.           Data Analysis and Sufficiency
4.           Intelligence and Critical Reasoning
5.           Indian and Global Environment


Quantitative Ability syllabus:
Ø  Geometry
Ø  (Lines, angles, Triangles, Spheres, Rectangles, Cube, and Cone etc)
Ø  Ratios and Proportion,
Ø  Percentages
Ø  In-equations Quadratic and linear equations
Ø  Algebra
Ø  Profit & Loss
Ø  Averages
Ø  Partnership (Accounts)
Ø  Time-Speed-Distance
Ø  Work and time
Ø  Number system
Ø  HCF & LCM
Ø  Geometric Progression
Ø  Arithmetic progression
Ø  Arithmetic mean
Ø  Geometric mean
Ø  Harmonic mean
Ø  Median
Ø  Mode
Ø  Number Base System
Ø  BODMAS
Ø  Menstruation
Ø  Allegation & Mixtures
Ø  Work
Ø  Pipes and Cisterns
Ø  Simple Interest & Compound Interest
Ø  Set Theory
Ø  Venn diagram
Ø  Installment Payments
Ø  Clocks
Ø  Probability
Ø  Permutations Combinations
Ø  Trigonometry
Ø  Vectors
Ø  Binomial Expansion
Ø  Co-ordinate geometry
Ø  Logarithm
Ø  Calendar
Ø  Maxima & Minima Progression,
Ø  Surds & Indices
Ø  Complex numbers

Ø  Syllabus for Data Interpretation and Reasoning:
There will be questions of data interpretation which will be mostly based of various graphs.
 Graphs
Ø  Column graphs
Ø  Bar Graphs
Ø  Line charts
Ø  Pie Chart
Ø  Graphs representing Area
Ø  Venn diagram etc.
Ø  Reasoning
Ø  Critical reasoning
Ø  Visual reasoning
Ø  Assumption-Premise-Conclusion
Ø  Assertion and reasons
Ø  Statements and assumptions
Ø  Identifying valid inferences
Ø  Identifying arguments
Ø  Statements and conclusions
Ø  Cause and Effect
Ø  Identifying probably true probably false
Ø  Definitely true definitely false kind of statement
Ø  Linear arrangements
Ø  Matrix arrangements (Puzzles, Syllogisms, Functions)
Ø  Family tree - identifying relationship among group of people
Ø  Symbol Based problems
Ø  Coding and decoding
Ø  Sequencing etc.
Ø  Syllabus for Verbal Ability:
Ø  Verbal Reasoning
Ø  Syllogisms
Ø  Contextual usage
Ø  Analogies
Ø  Antonyms
Ø  Fill In the Blanks
Ø  Jumbled paragraphs
Ø  Sentence Correction
Ø  Foreign language words used in English
Ø  Sentence completion
Ø  Sentence correction
Ø  Odd man out
Ø  Idioms
Ø  One word substitution
Ø  Different usage of same word etc.
Ø  Syllabus for general awareness:
§  In this section question will be based on the following topics:
Ø  Current Affairs
Ø  Business
Ø  Punch line of companies
Ø  Top officials of big companies
Ø  Major corporate events
Ø  Famous award and prizes
Ø  World Records
Ø  Books and authors
Ø  Science
Ø  History
Ø  Geography
Ø  International organizations
Ø  Important quotations
Ø  Social issues
Ø  Sports
Ø  Finance
Ø  Automobiles
Ø  Entertainment
Ø  Politics etc.
AIMA MAT Exam Pattern:
S. No.
Section
No. of Questions
Time (in minutes)
1
Data Analysis and Sufficiency
40
35
2
Language Comprehension
40
30
3
Intelligence and Critical Reasoning
40
30
4
Mathematical Skills
40
40
5
Indian and Global Environment
40
15
Total
200
150

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