Exam Pattern of Various MBA Entrance Exams in India

“Proper preparation prevents poor performance” said a wise man. And the first step to success in any Exam, believe me is not starting the preparations for the Exam. The first step is knowing the pattern of the Exam that you are targetting. If you are an MBA aspirant, targetting various MBA entrance examination and determined to get admission to a B school, this blog is for you. In this blog, we will take you through the Exam Pattern of MBA Entrance Exams. Read the blog in its entirety to understand the Exam Pattern for MBA Entrance Exams so that you can kick-start your preparations.

Exam Pattern for MBA Entrance Exams

CAT (Common Admission Test) Exam Pattern

CAT 2019 will be conducted in online mode. Candidates will be given 180 minutes to answer the questions. There will be sectional time limit which means candidates will get 60 minutes each for each section.

Section	Questions	Time
Quantitative Aptitude (QA)	34	60 minutes
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)	32	60 minutes
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)	34	60 minutes
Total	100	180

• Score awarded for each correct answer: 3 marks
• Negative marking (Applicable for  wrong answers in MCQs): -1 mark

CMAT (Common Management Admission Test)  Exam Pattern

Section	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time(minutes)
Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation	25	100	180 minutes
Logical Reasoning	25	100
Language Comprehension	25	100
General Awareness	25	100
Total	100	400

CMAT Exam is an online Exam and the scoring pattern is as follows:

• There is +1 score for a correct answer
• These is a -1 negative marking for every wrong answer

XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test) Exam Pattern

Section in XAT 2019 Exam Pattern	Number of questions	Overall Time Duration
Part-1	74 Total MCQs	165 Minutes
Verbal and Logical Ability	26
Decision Making	21
Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation	27
Part-2	25 Total MCQs	15 Minutes
General Knowledge	25
Total questions (Part 1 + Part 2)	99

XAT 2019 test takers will also be imposed with the penalty of deduction of 0.10 mark per question if more than 8 questions are left unattempted in XAT 2019 question paper.

MAT (Management Aptitude Test) Exam Pattern

Section Name	Number of Questions	Time (Minutes)
Language Comprehension	40	150 minutes
Intelligence and Critical Reasoning	40
Data Analysis and Sufficiency	40
Mathematical Skills	40
Indian and Global Environment	40
Total	200

Each correct answer is awarded +1 Mark. Each wrong answer is penalized with -0.25 negative mark.

SNAP (Symbiosis National Aptitude Test)

Section	Normal Questions (MCQ Type)	Special Questions (Non-MCQ Type)	Total Questions	Total Marks
General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability	30	5	35	40
Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency	30	5	35	40
Analytical & Logical Reasoning	30	5	35	40
Current Affairs	20	5	25	30
Total	110	20	130	150

Marking Pattern – +1 for each correct answer for MCQs and +2 for each correct answer for Non-MCQs.

Negative Marking – Each wrong answer attracts 25% negative marks.

Sectional Cut off – There is no individual sectional cutoff.

NMAT (NMIMS Management Aptitude Test)

Section Name	Number of questions	Allotted time in minutes
Language Skills	32	22
Quantitative Skills	48	60
Logical Reasoning	40	38
Total	120	120

• This is an online Computer Based Test
• Multiple Choice type (MCQs).
• No Negative Marking

IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) Exam

Section	No. of Questions	Marks per question	Total Marks	Negative Marks/question
Data Interpretation	20	1	20	0.33
Logical Reasoning	20	1	20	0.33
General Awareness	20	1	20	0.33
Verbal Ability	18	0.5	9	0.17
Reading Comprehension	16	1	16	0.33
Quantitative Aptitude	20	0.75	15	0.25
	114		100

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