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MAT Exam Pattern

Every figure here is from AIMA’s information to candidates for MAT September 2026.

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MAT · checked 19 September 2026

MAT at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

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19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

MAT: the facts that matter now

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    PBT special drive 6 September (registration closed 1 September); PBT 13 September (registration to 7 September, admit card 10 September); CBT 20…

    September 2026 session

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    December 2026 and February 2027 on the AIMA pattern (the December 2025 PBT was on 13 December and CBT on 21 December)

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    All India Management Association (AIMA) since 1988, four or five times a year, in paper-based (PBT), computer-based (CBT) and, in some sessions…

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    150 questions in 120 minutes, five sections of 30: Language Comprehension, Intelligence and Critical Reasoning, Mathematical Skills, Data Analysis…

    Pattern

Pattern

MAT — MAT exam pattern 2026: 150 questions, five sections, −0.25 and two modes

MAT is a two-hour test of 150 questions in five sections of 30 — Language Comprehension, Intelligence and Critical Reasoning, Mathematical Skills, Data Analysis and Sufficiency, and Economic and Business Environment — with one mark for a correct answer and a quarter deducted for a wrong one, in paper-based or computer-based mode.

Structure.
SectionQuestions
Language Comprehension30
Intelligence and Critical Reasoning30
Mathematical Skills30
Data Analysis and Sufficiency30
Economic and Business Environment30
Total150 in 120 minutes
Rules.
RuleDetail
Marking+1 / −0.25 / 0
Overall scoreAll five sections
ModesPBT and CBT; better score counts
Fee₹2,300 one mode; ₹4,000 both

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Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.

MAT SyllabusMAT syllabus — language comprehension, reasoning, mathematical skills, data analysis and the business environment section.MAT Exam PatternMAT exam pattern 2026 — 150 questions in 120 minutes, five sections of 30 including Economic and Business Environment, +1/−0.25 and the PBT and CBT modes.MAT Previous PapersMAT previous year papers — calibrating a conventional paper and mapping the business environment themes.MAT Mock TestsMAT mock tests — full five-section practice including the economic and business environment section.MAT PreparationMAT preparation strategy — using the multiple cycles, covering the business environment section and a conventional aptitude base.MAT Study MaterialMAT study material — aptitude notes plus economy and business reading for the environment section.

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