NMAT 2025 Syllabus Overview
108
Total Questions
120 minutes duration
3
Sections
No negative marking
432
Maximum Score
Score range: 108-432
Language Skills
Tests English language proficiency, reading comprehension, and verbal ability
36 Questions
28 minutes
Reading Comprehension
Medium to High40-45%
- Short passages (200-400 words)
- Long passages (400-600 words)
- Poetry comprehension
- Inference and assumption questions
- Main idea and tone identification
- Author's perspective and bias
Grammar & Usage
Medium20-25%
- Subject-verb agreement
- Tense usage
- Active and passive voice
- Direct and indirect speech
- Prepositions and conjunctions
- Articles and determiners
- Sentence correction
Vocabulary
Medium15-20%
- Synonyms and antonyms
- Analogies
- Idioms and phrases
- One word substitution
- Word usage in context
- Foreign words and phrases
- Etymology and roots
Verbal Logic
Medium to High15-20%
- Para jumbles (4-5 sentences)
- Sentence completion
- Fill in the blanks
- Cloze test
- Error spotting
- Sentence rearrangement
Quantitative Skills
Tests mathematical aptitude, problem-solving, and data interpretation skills
36 Questions
52 minutes
Arithmetic
Easy to Medium25-30%
- Percentages and profit & loss
- Simple and compound interest
- Ratio and proportion
- Time, speed, and distance
- Time and work
- Mixtures and allegations
- Partnership
Algebra
Medium20-25%
- Linear equations
- Quadratic equations
- Inequalities
- Progressions (AP, GP, HP)
- Functions and graphs
- Logarithms
- Permutations and combinations
- Probability
Geometry & Mensuration
Medium to High20-25%
- Lines and angles
- Triangles and circles
- Polygons and quadrilaterals
- Coordinate geometry
- Trigonometry
- Areas and volumes
- Surface areas
Modern Mathematics
Medium to High10-15%
- Set theory
- Venn diagrams
- Number systems
- Binomial theorem
- Matrices and determinants
- Vectors
- Integration and differentiation (basic)
Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency
Medium to High15-20%
- Tables and charts
- Bar graphs and line graphs
- Pie charts
- Caselets
- Data sufficiency problems
- Logical data interpretation
Logical Reasoning
Tests analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities
36 Questions
40 minutes
Analytical Reasoning
Medium to High25-30%
- Linear arrangements
- Circular arrangements
- Seating arrangements
- Group arrangements
- Ordering and sequencing
- Blood relations
- Direction sense
Verbal Reasoning
Medium to High20-25%
- Critical reasoning
- Statement and assumptions
- Statement and conclusions
- Course of action
- Cause and effect
- Argument analysis
- Syllogisms
Decision Making
Medium15-20%
- Decision making in business scenarios
- Ethical dilemmas
- Case-based decisions
- Ranking and ordering
- Input-output analysis
- Coding-decoding
Data Sufficiency
Medium to High15-20%
- Number series
- Letter series
- Mathematical data sufficiency
- Logical data sufficiency
- Visual reasoning
- Pattern recognition
Non-Verbal Reasoning
Medium15-20%
- Analogies
- Classification
- Series completion
- Figure matrix
- Embedded figures
- Mirror images
- Paper folding and cutting
NMAT Preparation Strategy
Section-wise Strategy
- Language Skills: Focus on RC practice, build vocabulary daily
- Quantitative Skills: Master fundamentals, practice DI regularly
- Logical Reasoning: Solve puzzles, improve speed and accuracy
Time Management
- 28 minutes for Language Skills (36 questions)
- 52 minutes for Quantitative Skills (36 questions)
- 40 minutes for Logical Reasoning (36 questions)
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