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Management Aptitude Test September04, 2005

We are very please to present you the detailed analysis of Management Aptitude Test held onSeptember 04, 2005 on various centres all over India. This year also the AIMA MAT tradition continue,

there were five sections each containing 40 questions. These 200 questions, to be solved in a timespan of 150 minutes. No sectional time limits were mentioned. While there was 1 mark allotted foreach correct answer, no quantification was done for negative marking. Thus, while solving the paperstudents had to concentrate more on accuracy.

Total Number of Questions

200 Objective type questions.

Total Time

150 minutes.

The Marking Scheme

1 mark for each correct answer.Negative marking was notquantified

Number of options

FOUR

Sectional Break-up

,.Sections

Questions

Language Comprehension 40Mathematical Aptitude 40Intelligence and Critical Reasoning 40Data Analysis and Sufficiency 40

Sections

Number Of Questions

Language Comprehension 40Mathematical Aptitude 40Intelligence and Critical Reasoning 40Data Analysis and Sufficiency 40Indian and Global Environment 40

Total

200 Questions

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2Indian and Global Environment 40

200 Total

Questions

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Detailed Analysis

In the following pages we have provided some of the actual test questions with their solutions for yourreference.

SECTION I LANGUAGECOMPREHENSION

The section comprises of 40 questions on

Reading Comprehension

and

English Usage.

There were four passages of average 600 words and three to four questions were asked on each passage. Five questions were each on

Critical Reasoning, Sentence Correction

and

Para Jumbling.

While five questions were based on a new type in which threesentences marked A, B and C were given and two of these three sentences had the same meaning, the students

have to find which were they. Five questions were on

Dictionary Definitions

of words GROUND, MIX, STEEP, LASTand DRUM. The bird’s eye view of the section is as follows

Number of Level of

Topics

Questions Difficulty

Reading ComprehensionThe cheap products of China and their impact on

Passage I 4Indian markets (Approx. 860 words)Eating habits of sugar and their effects on human

Passage II 4

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health (Approx. 520 words)

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ModeratePassage II I Environmentally distructive tourism (Approx. 3303

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words)

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Topics

Numberof Level of Difficulty

Reading ComprehensionPassage IThe cheap products of China and theirimpact on Indian markets (Approx. 860words4Easy to ModeratePassage IIEating habits of sugar and their effectson human health (Approx. 520 words)4