The Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is carried out by the All India Management Association. It is performed for the admission of students into the top B- Schools in India.

Those students who have finished their graduation in the fields of Arts, Commerce, Engineering, Architecture and Science can apply for it. One of medicine can apply for the MAT too.

Books for Management Aptitude Test

1. Mission MBA MAT Guide by B S Sijwali and Tarun Goyal (Arihant Books)

2. MAT (Management Aptitude Test) Entrance Exams with Practice CDby GKP (G K Publications Pvt. Ltd.)


3. The Pearson MAT Super Course with CD (Pearson)

4. Study Package For Management Aptitude Test by Arun Sharma (Tata McGraw-Hill)

5. 10 Challengers MAT: 10 Mock Tests for Management Aptitude Test by Dharmendra Mittal (Arihant Publications)

6. MAT Score Accelerator (Disha Publication)


7. MAT Solved Papers by Disha Experts (Disha Publication)

8. 10 Mock Test Papers MAT by Career Launchers (Oswaal Books)

9. R S Aggarwal for Class XI and XII – Maths

10. Barron’s Guide to GMAT by Eugene D. Jaffe and Stephen Hillbert (Galgotias Publication Pvt. Ltd.)

11. Introduction to Probability, 2nd Rev Edition by Charles M. Grinstead and J. Laurie Snell

12. Derivations of Applied Mathematics by Thaddeus H


Structure of the MAT entrance exam
The paper of the MAT will include 200 questions.
They will be of the objective type and are divided into 5 categories.
They include:
• Data analysis and sufficiency
• English comprehension and understanding
• Reasoning and logic
• General Knowledge
• Maths and Quantitative aptitude


Important Dates for MAT (Sept) 2016
Last Date for Online Registration: 23rd August 2016 (Tuesday)

Late Date for Online Filling-up/Purchase of Form: 20th August 2016 (Saturday)

Last Date for Submission of duly Completed Printout of Registration Form at AIMA, New Delhi: 23rd August 2016 (Tuesday)

All provisionally registered candidates both for Paper Based and for Computer Based Test can download their Admit Card from AIMA website