NMAT Exam Analysis 2025: Difficulty Level, Good Attempts, Cutoff & Section-Wise Review

NMAT Exam Pattern 2025

Before diving into the NMAT 2025 exam analysis, it’s important to understand the latest NMAT 2025 exam pattern. Knowing the section-wise structure, time limits, and marking scheme will help you prepare more effectively.

NMAT 2024 Exam Analysis

• Overall difficulty level: Moderate, but time pressure was significant.

• Exam pattern remained adaptive, emphasizing accuracy in the first 10–12 questions per section.

• The Verbal section was slightly more difficult than previous years, mainly due to increased RCs and tricky grammar questions.

• The official NMAT mock was slightly easier compared to the actual exam.

• Target safe score: 234+ (for NMIMS Mumbai).

• Number of questions: 108 (36 questions per section); Time: 28 minutes per section.

NMAT 2024 Section-wise Analysis

Language Skills

Difficulty Level: Moderate to Difficult
Time Pressure: High (28 mins for 36 questions)

• Reading Comprehension (12 Questions):

  • 3 RCs (compared to 2 RCs last year) – significant change.

  • RCs were lengthy and time-consuming.

  • At least 1 RC was tricky; others could be tackled with decent reading speed.

  • Topics varied from abstract to economic concepts.

• Parajumbles (5 Sentences, 3 Sentences):

  • One 5-sentence parajumble was tricky.

  • 2–3 parajumbles (3-sentence type) were fairly doable.

• Error Spotting (4–5 Questions):

  • Sentences were divided into 4–5 underlined parts.

  • Required identifying the erroneous part.

  • One question had no error.

• Prepositions (3–4 Questions):

  • Two types:

    • Single sentence with preposition-based fill-in-the-blanks.

    • Three-sentence type with pattern-based answers (e.g., AEC).

• Fill in the Blanks (Sentence-based):

  • Based on context and grammar usage.

  • Not vocabulary-heavy.

• Analogy (2–3 Questions):

  • Purely synonym/antonym based.

  • Considered tricky unless vocabulary was strong.

Logical Reasoning

Difficulty Level: Moderate
Time Pressure: Manageable with practice

• Key LR Sets Observed:

  • Input-output based reasoning.

  • Syllogisms, Blood Relations, and Direction Sense.

  • Coding-Decoding.

  • Series & Sequences.

  • Analytical puzzles – seating arrangement, matching, matrix-based.

• Focus Areas:

  • Analytical Reasoning dominated (more than verbal reasoning).

  • Verbal reasoning questions (e.g., statement-assumption, conclusion) were present but limited.

  • Sets were doable but required accuracy and speed.

Suggested Strategy:

• Attempt sets that you’re most familiar with first.

• Avoid time-consuming puzzles unless necessary.

• Target 28–30 serious attempts in LR section.

Quantitative Skills

Difficulty Level: Moderate
Time Pressure: Manageable for prepared students

• Topic-wise Distribution:

  • Arithmetic: Time-Speed-Distance, Profit & Loss, Percentages, Averages – All covered.

  • Modern Math: PnC, Probability – Important and asked.

  • Number System: Factors, Remainders, Divisibility – Appeared in multiple questions.

  • Algebra: Quadratic & Linear Equations – Confirmed presence.

  • Data Interpretation: 1–2 DI sets – straightforward but calculation-intensive.

  • Geometry: Not seen in this slot.

• Important Notes:

  • Questions were not formula-heavy but required conceptual clarity.

  • Data Sufficiency was not observed in this slot.

Recommended Focus Areas:

• Emphasize Arithmetic, Modern Math, and Number System.

• Practice DI with speed as they tend to be lengthy.

NMAT by GMAC 2023 Exam analysis

As per expert insights, the NMAT 2023 exam had a moderate difficulty level with a balanced mix of questions across all three sections—Language Skills, Quantitative Skills, and Logical Reasoning. According to the NMAT 2023 exam analysis, most candidates found the paper to be easier than expected, making it possible to achieve a good score with smart preparation. The section-wise distribution followed the usual pattern, helping test-takers manage time effectively.

Language Skills (Verbal ability and reading comprehension)

Quantitative ability

Logical Reasoning

NMAT Exam Analysis 2023: Section Wise

As per the feedback from candidates who took the NMAT, the overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate to easy compared to previous years. Among the three sections, the Quantitative Skills section was found to be the toughest. The Language Skills section was easy, with enough time to complete the questions. The Logical Reasoning section was moderate to easy and quite similar to the previous year’s pattern.

Quantitative Skills

• Out of 36 questions in the Quantitative Skills section, 24 were on Mathematics, 8 on Data Interpretation, and 4 on Data Sufficiency.

• Out of the 24 questions on Mathematics, 8 questions were on Permutation and Combination / Probability, 4 questions from Number System, and 12 questions were from Percentage, Ratio and Proportion/ Average, Time Speed and Distance, Time and Work,Profit Loss, and Algebra each. There was no question from Mensuration.

• The majority of the questions were on Permutation & Combination, Probability and Profit & loss, averages were the other prominent topics of this section.

• There were 4 questions on Data Sufficiency on various topics.

• The Mathematics questions were dominated by Modern Maths and Arithmetic.

Logical Reasoning

• In this section, critical reasoning questions were heavy and termed as easy to moderate level for the candidates

• 27 to 28 questions were fair attempt in this section

• Analytical Reasoning questions were easy

• Input-output questions were moderately to easy

• More than half the total questions were from only four topics such as Input – Output, Statement – Assumption & Statement Conclusion, Course of Action – Decision Making, and Critical Reasoning.

Language Skills

• The language skill section was termed as easy to moderate by the candidates who appeared in the exam.

• In Reading Comprehension (RC), there were 2 passages of 4 questions each.

• Para Jumbles had 4 questions that were considered easy to moderate, while there were nine questions in Analogy, Fill in the blanks (Preposition, Vocabulary) had nine questions, and Contextual Words are easy had six questions.

NMAT Result 2025

The NMAT 2025 result will be released in the form of a percentile on the official NMAT website. Since the exam follows a computer-adaptive format with randomly selected questions, the scores are scaled to ensure uniformity. Right after the test, candidates will be able to view their unofficial NMAT 2025 score on the screen.

The NMAT 2025 scorecard will be available for download within 48 hours of taking the test. Candidates can access it by logging in with their NMAT credentials. Once the final NMAT result 2025 is declared, the scorecard will be sent to the five B-schools chosen during the application process.

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