Published : Lavleen Kaur Kapoor | July 13, 2015 | 07:02 PM IST
Yet another exam season is about to begin for the academic year 2016 -18 hence, all MBA aspirants are bound to have anxiety for the preparation.
MBA Rendezvous thought it proper to conduct a poll with a question that “Which of the following are common among all MBA entrance exams?”
Management of Time & Speed, Negative Marking,Qualitative Skills Test, Essay writing, General Awareness or Language Skills Test
A total of 259 respondents replied with one voice that management of Time and speed is the most common factor in MBA entrance exams. Final outcome of poll is as follows:
On further analysis, reasons of Time and speed is evident from following :
- In CAT 2015 , The duration of Examination is likely to be 170 minutes for the following sections with allotted questions :
Sr. No | Section | No. Of Questions |
1 | Quantitative ability and Data interpretation (QA & DI) | 50 |
2 | Verbal ability and Logical reasoning (VA & LR) | 50 |
- In NMAT 2016, The Duration of Examination will be 120 Minutes for the following sections with allotted questions :
Sr. No | Section | No. of Questions | Time in Minutes |
1 | Language Skills | 32 | 22 |
2 | Quantitative Skills | 48 | 60 |
3 | Logical Reasoning | 40 | 38 |
Total | 120 | 120 |
- In IIFT 2015,The duration of Examination is likely to be 120 minutes for the following sections with allotted questions :
Sr. No | Subject Area | Number of Questions | Time in Minutes |
1 | General Awareness | 21 | 15 |
2 | Reading Comprehension | 15 | 15 |
3 | Verbal ability | 23 | 15 |
4 | Quantitative Analysis | 24 | 30 |
5 | Data Interpretation | 16 | 25 |
6 | Logical Reasoning | 21 | 20 |
- In XAT 2016, The duration of Examination is likely to be 180 minutes for the following sections with allotted questions :
Sr. No | Parts/ Sections | No. of Questions | Time in Minutes |
1 | Part 1, Section A - VERBAL AND LOGICAL ABILITY | 30 | 140 |
2 | Part 1, Section B - DECISION MAKING | 25 | |
3 | Part 1, Section C - QUANTITATIVE ABILITY & DATA INTERPRETATION | 36 | |
4 | Part 2, Section A - GENERAL AWARENESS | 30 | 40 |
5 | Part 2, Section B - ESSAY WRITING |
- In CMAT 2015, The duration of Examination is likely to be 180 minutes for the following sections with allotted questions :
Sr. No. | Type of Questions | No. of questions | Time in Minutes |
1 | Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation | 25 | 45 |
2 | Logical reasoning | 25 | 45 |
3 | Language comprehension | 25 | 45 |
4 | General Awareness | 25 | 45 |
Total | 100 | 180 |
- In MAT 2015, The duration of Examination is 150 minutes for the following sections with allotted questions
Sr. No. | Section | No. of Questions | Time in Minutes |
1. | Language Comprehension | 40 | 30 |
2. | Mathematical Skills | 40 | 40 |
3. | Data Analysis and Sufficiency | 40 | 35 |
4. | Intelligence and Critical Reasoning | 40 | 30 |
5. | Indian and Global Environment | 40 | 15 |
Total | 200 | 150 |
- In SNAP 2015, The duration of Examination is likely to be 120 minutes for the following sections with allotted questions
Sr. No. | Section | Number of Questions |
1. | General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning and Ability | 40 |
2. | General Awareness: General Knowledge, Current Affairs and Business Scenario | 40 |
3. | Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency | 40 |
4. | Analytical and Logical Reasoning | 30 |
Total | 150 |
With the above in mind, MBA aspirants need to be very clear that all MBA entrance exams as above are meant to test your quantitative,language skills and logical skills in a stipulated time.
Since these MBA exams are not degree exams hence, aspirants must be clear that you are competing with others to get in to top bracket of percentile and that will only get you near cut off list of MBA Institute.
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