NMAT 2017 - Analysis

Narsee Monjee Aptitude test, popularly referred to as NMAT, is conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council, GMAC for the NMIMS campuses and its affiliated institutes. NMIMS has campuses in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Navi Mumbai, Indore and Shirpur

NMAT 2016

For NMAT 2016, the difficulty level was a tad lower than earlier years'. The overall cut-off, however, remained static, as has been the trend with NMAT over the years.

Section No. of questions Marks/Q Total Marks Time Allotted Cut-off Mumbai campus) Cut-off (Bengaluru and Hyderabad Campus)
Quantitative Skills 48 3 144 60 minutes 65 65
Logical Reasoning 40 3 120 38 minutes 51 51
Language Skills 32 3 96 22 minutes 55 55
Total 120 360 120 minutes 208 (Overall) 190 (Overall)

NMAT 2015

NMAT in 2015 was conducted by GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council), the owner and the administrator of the GMAT exam. This was a deviation from the previous years, when Pearson VUE created the NMAT exam on behalf of NMIMS. The over-all cut-off remained the same as last year's, though there were minor changes in sectional cut-offs. Sectional cut-offs fell by a small margin.

Section No. of questions Marks/Q Total Marks Time Allotted Cut-off(Mumbai campus) Cut-off (Bengaluru and Hyderabad Campus)
Quantitative Skills 48 3 144 60 minutes 70 60
Logical Reasoning 40 3 120 38 minutes 55 50
Language Skills 32 3 96 22 minutes 50 50
Total 120 360 120 minutes 208 196

NMAT 2014

NMAT 2014 was quite predictable in respects of pattern and the difficulty level. The exam was easy-to-moderate and the overall cut-off remained the same.

Section No. of questions Marks/Q Total Marks Time Allotted Cut-off (Mumbai campus) Cut-off (Bengaluru and Hyderabad Campus)
Quantitative Skills

48

3

144

60 minutes

70

60
Logical Reasoning

40

3

120

38 minutes

61

50
Language Skills

32

3

96

22 minutes

55

50
Total 120 360

120 minutes

209

196

 

NMAT 2017 is being conducted from 5th October 2017 to 18th December 2017 and like last year, it is being administrated by GMAC. NMAT has had a very standardized pattern in the last few years which has very low chances of changing drastically. With respect to pattern and structure of the exam, candidates can heave a sigh of relief. The overall difficulty level too, will be along the similar lines. The overall cut-off is expected to be around 208-210, which is the range around which the last few years' cutoffs have hovered. We can expect a little ambiguity from the sectional difficulty levels and sectional cutoffs can fluctuate by small margins. For NMAT 2016, Quantitative Skills sectional cut-off rose from 70 to 74, despite the presence of highly calculation intensive Data Interpretation questions, as the standalone quant questions were easier than last year. This shows that there can be varying difficulty levels even within a single section. A candidate should try to attempt around 75-80 questions to make it to a safe score of between 210-230, after accounting for a few errors.

 

Since sections are timed, understanding of fundamentals and the speed of attempting questions are the 'make or break' factors.

 

Since there is no penalty for wrong answers, candidates should adopt a strategy wherein they attempt all the questions. About 80 questions out of 120 should be genuine attempts and the rest could be guesses/calculated risks based on elimination. If a candidate is purely guessing on the rest of the questions, then all the answer choices selected should be the same options as this maximizes the probability of getting a few of them correct!

 

CL extends best wishes to all NMIMS aspirants!