MAT 2026 Question Paper: Arithmetic and Reasoning Set

The 2026 arithmetic and reasoning set includes averages, ages, coin ratios, time and work, directions and an alphabet series. It also has paragraph-summary and data-sufficiency questions.

The direction question combines east-west and north-south movement. The coin-ratio question requires multiplying the number of coins by their denominations before adding the values.

Question note: Skip Q9 because its answer choices are incomplete. MAT has 30 questions per section, not the 40 stated in this set.

MAT 2026 CBT June 14 Memory-based Questions

The June 14 memory-based collection covers discount and profit, ages, trains, simple interest and work rates. Other questions use a sales table, a passage on AI, grammar, spelling and seating arrangements.

Questions 6-8 use sales figures to calculate percentage growth, an average and a year-to-year difference. Questions 9-10 ask whether individual statements are sufficient to find an answer.

Question note: Skip Q17 and Q20. Q17 allows more than one seating order, and Q20 has an incorrect event description.

MAT 2026 Topics

Arithmetic questions require identifying the correct base, rate or ratio. Data-sufficiency questions test whether an answer can be found from the statements.

A full MAT mock has 150 questions: 30 from each section, to be attempted in 120 minutes. The shorter memory-based sets can be used for topic practice.

The MAT 2025 question collection adds boats and streams, mixtures, probability, mensuration and circular arrangements.

MAT Paper Pattern and Marking Scheme

MAT has 150 MCQs in 120 minutes. AIMA offers Paper Based Test (PBT) and Computer Based Test (CBT). All five sections count towards the score.

A correct answer earns one raw mark, a wrong answer deducts 0.25 mark, and an unanswered question earns zero. For example, 70 correct answers and 20 wrong answers produce 70 - (20 x 0.25) = 65 raw marks. The other 60 questions are unanswered.

The average time available is 48 seconds per question. A passage or data table may take longer to read but support several questions.

MAT Section-wise Questions

Mathematical Skills

Mathematical Skills includes averages, ratios, profit and loss, work, speed, interest and mixtures. A rise from INR 400 to INR 500 is 25%, while a fall from INR 500 to INR 400 is 20%. The change is INR 100 in both cases, but the starting value differs.

Data Analysis and Sufficiency

Data Interpretation questions use tables and charts to ask for totals, averages and percentage changes. Data Sufficiency asks whether the statements provide enough information for one definite answer.

For example, Statement I gives x + y = 14, and Statement II gives y = 6. Neither statement alone fixes x. Together, they give x = 8, so both statements are needed.

Language Comprehension

Language Comprehension includes passage meaning, inference, sentence errors and vocabulary. Subject-verb agreement is a common grammar task: in "Each of the reports is complete", the subject is "Each", not "reports".

Intelligence and Critical Reasoning

Reasoning includes directions, arrangements, series and conclusions. "Immediately next to" fixes neighbouring positions, while "to the right of" can allow a gap. That difference changes the possible arrangements.

Economic and Business Environment

Business questions cover concepts such as revenue, profit and growth, along with events, appointments and policy changes. Keep the original year in mind when answering previous-year current-affairs questions.

The MAT syllabus lists topics across all five sections.

Common Mistakes in MAT Questions

In a profit question, dividing profit by selling price instead of cost price gives the wrong percentage. In a chart question, overlooking that figures are in lakhs can change the answer by a large factor.

For an arrangement question asking what must be true, an answer must hold in every valid order. If two allowed arrangements give different positions, that position is not fixed.

A full mock combines all five sections in one two-hour attempt. Its raw score can be used to review mistakes; the MAT result reports a scaled composite score and percentile.