MAT syllabus on Indian and Global Environment refers to the GK syllabus. expects you to know everything under the Sun on Business & Economy, Who’s who, current affairs, static GK among others.
Indian & Global Environment Syllabus
Major topics covered in MAT syllabus in this section are the GK topics current and static:
- Conventional GK-available in books
- Current GK- based on current reading of newspapers and periodicals;
- Business & Economics GK -for example changes in Fiscal and monetary policy, CRR, Repo Rate,
- Devaluation and up valuation of Rupee.
- Business, National and International events
- Who’s who
- Constitutional of India,
- Currency and Capitals of the countries
- States of India
- International Organizations
- Monetary and fiscal tools
- Emblem
- Identification of personalities, companies among others
Key Facts on Indian & Global Environment Syllabus in MAT & Type of questions
- Number of Questions: 40
- Type of questions: MCQs
- Sectional weightage in MAT Syllabus: 20%
- Sectional Weightage in Percentile Calculation: Nil
- Past trend of topics in MAT Syllabus for Indian & Global Environment reveal that the Questions are formed on Film Awards, taxation & duties, Indian constitution, Who’s who, States of India, Sports, Recent events
- Suggested time limit by AIMA to answer the 40 questions in this section is 15 minutes but 10 minutes are enough to attempt this section
- No Re-thinking or Recalling is required for what you do not know or are confused on it. The answer is either known or not known, so the best strategy is to skip the question if the answer was not known
- Ideal time to attempt one question is less than 30 seconds
- The questions are based on conventional GK, business and economics, current affairs, international affairs
- This section is not counted for percentile calculation in MAT exam
- Many Candidates skip or answer very few questions in this section to save time for other sections
- There are many other topics on which questions are placed in the MAT question paper in this section.
- In-depth and regular reading of GK helps more as sometimes a few GK questions in MAT exam need intensive reading.