Syllabus of CAT and MAT

Please tell me is there any difference in Syllabus of CAT and MAT and also tell me that while preparing for CAT helpful to MAT?

[Arun Vats]

The syllabus of CAT and MAT are not so same but some topics of these exams are same which may help you
MAT has a lengthy syllabus than CAT

Here I am giving you the syllabus of both the exam

Syllabus of CAT Exam
CAT English/Verbal Ability: Reading comprehension, verbal reasoning, syllogisms, analogies, antonyms and synonyms, fill in the blanks, sentence correction, idioms, etc.

CAT Maths/Quant Ability: Number systems, geometry, trogonometry, probability, permutation combination, algebra, mensuration, time and work, averages, percentages, profit and loss, quadratic and linear equations, etc.

CAT Data Interpretation: Interpretation and analysis of data based on text, tables, graphs (line, area), charts (column, bar, pie), venn diagram, etc.

CAT Logical Reasoning: Clocks, calendars, binary logic, seating arrangement, blood relations, logical sequence, assumption, premise, conclusion, linear and matrix arrangement, etc.

CAT Exam Syllabus



Management Aptitude Test (MAT) Syllabus

There is no defined syllabus for MAT. In past examinations MAT mainly comes from following disciplines

Intelligence and Critical Reasoning - Reasoning Tests and Logic Tests

In the Intelligence and Critical Reasoning , questions are normally seen from the various reasoning tests like direction sense, blood relations, coding and decoding, data arrangement, sequences and series etc and logic tests such as statement assumptions, statement arguments and statement conclusions

Mathematical Ability (Arithmetic, Commercial Maths, Mensuration etc)

The questions from Number, HCF and LCM, Systems, Ratio Proportion, Averages, simplification, ages, boats and streams etc and from commercial maths interest, profit loss, percentages and discounts etc

Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency

The Data Interpretation and Sufficiency area contains sets of questions on Tables, Bar / Line graphs, Pie chart and Data Sufficiency

English Usage (Grammar, Vocabulary, Proficiency and Usage Errors)

Questions on reading comprehension, antonyms,synonyms, analogies, sentence correction, sentence completion, para jumbles, fill in the blanks etc

Indian and Global Environment - GK, General Studies, Current Events