Sreetama Datta | December 1, 2018 | 11:08 AM IST | 2 mins read

NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 1: All India Management Association (AIMA) has extended the application deadline for MAT December 2018 paper-based test until December 4, 2018. Earlier, the last date of application was November 30, 2018. The admit card for the exam, which is scheduled to be conducted on December 9, will be available from December 1, 4:00 PM onwards on the official website. Candidates can login to the website to download their admit card. The offline test will be conducted in around 50 cities of the country.
Note: Only the candidates who have already registered for the exam before the previous application deadline i.e. November 30, will get their admit card from December 1.
AIMA conducts the MAT exam in both online and offline mode. Candidates can choose to appear either for online or offline or both the modes. Aspirants who wish to appear for the computer-based (online) MAT December 2018 exam can apply until December 7, 2018. The admit card for the online test will be available from December 10, 4:00 PM onwards. The computer-based test will be conducted on December 15 across various exam centres across the country.
It is important for all the candidates to check the exam pattern of the test before appearing for it. The exam has five sections carrying a total of 200 questions. The table explains the complete pattern.
MAT December 2018 - Exam Pattern
|
Section |
No. of Questions |
|
Language Comprehension |
40 |
|
Mathematical Skills |
40 |
|
Data Analysis & Sufficiency |
40 |
|
Indian & Global Environment |
40 |
|
Intelligence & Critical Reasoning |
40 |
|
Total |
200 |
Marking Scheme: One mark for each correct answer deduction of 0.25 (1/4th) marks for every incorrect answer. The maximum marks, which a candidate can score is 200 and the scaled score is given out of 800.
MAT exam is conducted four times a year - February, May, September and December. It’s a national-level management entrance exam conducted for MBA/PGDM admissions to more than 600 B-schools across the country.
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