MAT December 2007 Analysis

Mathematical Ability (MA):

The Math section of MAT was easy, at the most of an average level of difficulty. All the questions were in language form, none was posed as an expression. Most of the questions were directly formula-based.  Major emphasis was on topics like P&C, Probability, Set Theory, Time, Speed & Distance and Mensuration.

Section	No. of Ques.
SI/CI, PLD, Percentage, Average, Age	1 + 2 + 2 + 1+ 1=7
Ratio & Mixture	5
Time-Speed-Distance + Time & Work	6
Mensuration	4
P&C and Probability	5 + 4 = 9
AP	1
Height and Distance	3
SET Theory, Pipe cisterns	3 + 2 = 5

          Language Comprehension:

In the Language Comprehension section there were 20 questions on Reading Comprehension, based on 5 passages. Rest of the questions of this section was on English usage.

A brief overview of this section is as follows:

Section	No. of Ques.	Level of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension	20 (5+ 3+ 4+ 4+ 4)
Passage 1: Real Estate	5	Easy
Passage 2: India�s Green Energy	3	Moderate
Passage 3: Physical Property of Sand	4	Moderate
Passage 4: Transportation Network	4	Moderate
Passage 5: Knowledge of Wisdom	4	Difficult
English Usage:	20
Fill in the blanks Analogy Idiom- Phrase Sentence Corrections Error-Spotting	4 4 4 4 4	Easy (Two words) Difficult Easy   Moderate (Paragraph-based)Moderate (Sentence divided into 4 parts in the options)