NMAT Syllabus 2020 | Know section wise list of topics to prepare

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 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	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	Tables (Missing table/Standard table), Line charts, Pie charts, Bar graph, Combination graphs, Venn diagram
2	Data Sufficiency	Questions on this topic are based on miscellaneous topics.
3	Number system and Logarithms	Divisibility & Remainder, Multiples & Factors, Integers, LCM & HCF, Logarithms.
4	Algebra	Polynomial Equation-Based, 2 variable, 3 variable equations
5	Geometry	Questions on Triangles, Circles, Polygons, etc.
6	Probability, Permutation, and combination	Basic Problems – arrangement, selection.
7	Mensuration	Calculation area and volume of geometrical figures like Square, Rectangle, Parallelogram, Rhombus, Circle, Semicircle, Triangle, Cone, Cylinder, Cube
8	Profit and loss	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	Trains, Boats, Streams, Average Speed, etc
12	Mixture and allegations	Mixing 2 or more solutions, Dishonest mixing
13	Ratio and proportions	Questions on Ratios, Proportions, ages, etc.