The NMAT by GMAC exam is used for admissions to some of the reputed B-schools in India, South Africa, Nigeria, and the Philippines which offers graduate business programs. The top colleges which accept NMAT score in India are Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), SPJIMR (for PGMPW), ISB (for AMPBA), Xavier University Bhubaneswar, School of Petroleum Management (SPM) and many more. In this blog, we are going to apprise you of the detailed NMAT Syllabus.
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NMAT Syllabus & Exam Pattern:
NMAT exam tests the skills of a student in Verbal Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, and Logical Reasoning. One needs to be thoroughly prepared with these sections to maximize their score. This year NMAT has come up with a change in the pattern where it will now be conducted in an adaptive format. In this exam, candidates have to attempt 108 questions in 120 minutes.
SL.No | Section | Number of Questions | Time (in minutes) |
1 | Verbal Ability | 36 | 28 |
2 | Reasoning | 36 | 40 |
3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 36 | 52 |
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NMAT Verbal Ability Syllabus :
SL.No | Topic | Details |
1 | Reading Comprehension | Set of 4 questions in RC’s with the majority of questions based on Inference. |
2 | Para jumbles | Sentence jumble (set), 4 or 5 sentence type |
3 | Sentence correction | Inappropriate usage of words, error spotting |
4 | Antonyms and Synonyms
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Based on Vocabulary |
5 | Cloze Test | 4 blanks type |
6 | Analogies | Based on Vocabulary |
7 | Fill in the blanks | 3 blanks, preposition based, vocab based |
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NMAT Syllabus for Reasoning:
SL.No | Topic | Details |
1 | Critical reasoning | Inference and conclusion, course of action, cause and effect, assumptions, decision making, facts and conclusion, strengthening/weakening, combination of types |
2 | Analytical Reasoning | any type of seating arrangement, logical puzzles |
3 | Input-output | Only numerical, only alphabets and combinations |
4 | Venn Diagram | Data based questions |
5 | Syllogisms | Do not follow, follow, reverse type |
6 | Coding-decoding | Only numerical, and only alphabets |
7 | Blood-relation | Individual or set questions coded questions |
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NMAT Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude:
The Quantitative aptitude section in NMAT has questions from Data interpretations, Data Sufficiency and Miscellaneous sections (quantitative questions):-
SL.No | Topic | Details |
1 | Data Interpretations
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Tables (Missing table/Standard table), Line charts, Pie charts, Bar graph, Combination graphs, Venn diagram
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2 | Data Sufficiency
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Questions on this topic are based on miscellaneous topics. |
3 | Number system and Logarithms
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Divisibility & Remainder, Multiples & Factors, Integers, LCM & HCF, Logarithms. |
4 | Algebra
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Polynomial Equation-Based, 2 variable, 3 variable equations |
5 | Geometry
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Questions on Triangles, Circles, Polygons, etc. |
6 | Probability, Permutation, and combination | Basic Problems – arrangement, selection. |
7 | Mensuration
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Calculation area and volume of geometrical figures like Square, Rectangle, Parallelogram, Rhombus, Circle, Semicircle, Triangle, Cone, Cylinder, Cube |
8 | Profit and loss
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Find Selling Price, Cost Price, Profit/Loss, Discount, Dis-honest shopkeepers, etc. |
9 | Interest | Simple, compound, and installment |
10 | Time and Work | Work Efficiency, Pipes & Cisterns, work, and wages etc. |
11 | Time, speed, and distance
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Trains, Boats, Streams, Average Speed, etc |
12 | Mixture and allegations
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Mixing 2 or more solutions, Dishonest mixing |
13 | Ratio and proportions
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Questions on Ratios, Proportions, ages, etc. |
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Tips to crack exam in first attempt
That’s all from us in this blog. Stay tuned with Oliveoard for the latest updates on MBA exams.
All the best!
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