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All India Management Association (AIMA) conducts the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) 2025 in two modes: CBT and PBT. The AIMA announced MAT exam dates for the May cycle on its official website, mat.aima.in. AIMA will conduct the MAT entrance exam in 61 cities across the country. There are different exam centers for PBT and CBT. As per MAT 2025 May session exam date, PBT mode will be held on March 9, and CBT will be held on March 23, 2025. Candidates should check the list of MAT exam centers given here before applying so that they can choose the MAT exam center of their choice.
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At the time of the MAT 2.0 application form filling out for paper-based tests and computer-based tests, candidates must choose the MAT exam centre as per their convenience and preference. Candidates can choose up to two cities as per their preferred location. Candidates will be allotted the MAT exam centres 2025 based on their chosen test cities and mode in the MAT application form.
The exam venue details of the allotted MAT 2025 exam centre will be mentioned on the MAT admit card. Candidates can appear for the MAT entrance exam at the allotted MAT test centre only. Candidates who are going to take the MAT exam can check the complete list of MAT test cities on this page.
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For MAT CBT mode candidates, they will have to take the MAT 2025 entrance exam on computer system facilitation at the MAT test centre. In order to take MAT CBT mode, candidates have to use their User ID and password; after that, the MAT question paper will be displayed on the computer screen. The MAT PBT mode is conducted in a lesser number of test cities when compared to MAT CBT. Given below is the list of MAT test cities for PBT and CBT modes.
| Test Cities for MAT 2.0 | |
|---|---|
| Paper Based Test (PBT) | Computer Based Test (CBT) |
| Test Date: March 9, 2025 | Test Date: March 23, 2025 |
| Bengaluru | Agra |
| Bhilai | Ahmedabad |
| Bhubaneswar | Asansol |
| Chennai | Bareilly |
| Coimbatore | Bengaluru |
| Delhi | Bhopal |
| Durgapur | Bhubaneswar |
| Gandhinagar | Chandigarh |
| Gurgaon | Chennai |
| Guwahati | Coimbatore |
| Hyderabad | Dehradun |
| Jalandhar | Delhi |
| Jamshedpur | Ernakulam - Kochi |
| Jodhpur | Ghaziabad |
| Kanpur | Gurgaon |
| Kolkata | Guwahati |
| Kottayam | Hubballi (Hubli) |
| Lucknow | Hyderabad |
| Madurai | Indore |
| Mangaluru | Jaipur |
| Moradabad | Jammu |
| Mumbai | Kolkata |
| Nagpur | Kozhikode |
| Noida | Lucknow |
| Panjim | Madurai |
| Patna | Meerut |
| Prayagraj | Mumbai |
| Pune | Mysuru (Mysore) |
| Raipur | Nashik |
| Ranchi | Noida |
| Siliguri | Patna |
| Surat | Pune |
| Tezpur | Raipur |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Ranchi |
| Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) | Rourkela |
| Varanasi | Shillong |
| Visakhapatnam | Shimla |
| Silchar | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | |
| Thrissur | |
| Vellore | |
| Vijayawada | |
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AIMA has certain guidelines to appear for the MAT exam. Students should follow the below guidelines in the MAT test centre.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Usually, around 20,000 candidates appear for every session in the MAT exam.
There will be a total of 150 questions asked in the MAT exam.
For one mode, candidates have to pay Rs 2100/-; for both PBT and CBT mode, candidates have to pay Rs 3600/-.
There is no limit to the number of times candidates can appear for the MAT entrance exam.
There are more than 600 colleges that accept MAT score cards to offer admission into MBA and PGDM programmes.
Yes, 400 is a good composite score in the MAT exam.
Candidates can choose two MAT test cities as per their preference at the time of MAT online form filling.
Along with MAT admit card, candidates are required to carry one valid photo ID proof.
There is no age bar to apply for the MAT entrance test.
MAT scorecard will be valid for one year only.
On Question asked by student community
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The NMMS (National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship) examination is a national level test for Class 8 students.
It is held to find talented students from economically weaker sections.
Selected students get a scholarship to continue their studies.
You can access the State wise previous year NMMS question papers from this link : NMMS Previous Year Question Papers
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Here is your NMMS Question Paper 2025. I am providing you the link. Kindly open and check it out.
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The NMMS (National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship) examination is a national level test for Class 8 students.
It is held to find talented students from economically weaker sections.
Selected students get a scholarship to continue their studies.
You can access the State wise previous year NMMS question papers from this link : NMMS Previous Year Question Papers
Hope it helps !
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Here you can access NMMS Question Paper 2025-26 from the mentioned link below:
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Practising regular NMMS MAT and SAT previous years’ papers will help you prepare well. You can also get papers by visiting the official SCERT Website. Then you can search for the link, and after that you can download the papers.
You can click on the link I am attaching below to get access to the papers by just logging in or signing in with your account, and you can download the papers.
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