MAT 2007 Analysis

Overview of Mathematical Ability (MA) Section

The math section of MAT is usually easy and this time too things were no different. Major emphasis was on topics like Percentages, SI/CI, Profit & Loss, Time, Speed & Distance and Mensuration in the paper. Besides this, other sections covered were: P&C, Probability, Set Theory etc.

 

Section	No. of Questions
SI/CI, PLD, Percentage, Average	8
Ratio & Mixture	5
Time Speed Distance + Time & Work	9
Mensuration	5
P&C & Probability	4 + 3 = 7
Physics (Mechanics) Based	1
Height and Distance	4
SET Theory	1

         

Overview of Language Comprehension Section:
In the Language comprehension section there were 20 questions on Reading Comprehension based on 5 passages. Rest of the questions of this section were on English usage.

A Brief overview of this section is as follows:

Section	No. of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension:	20
Passage 1:Financial integration of developing countries	4	Difficult
Passage 2:Sensation of art and memory	4	Moderate
Passage 3:Importance of Asia in European Union	4	Moderate
Passage 4:Perspective of Darwin, Marx and Freud	4	Moderate
Passage 5:Lithosphere	4	Easy
English Usage:	20
Fill in the blanks Analogy Replace the underlined part of a passage Critical Reasoning Para-jumbles	4 4 4 4 4	Easy Easy Easy   Moderate  Moderate