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The first exam of the CAT 2022 season is here. And what controversies it has brought!

All campuses of NMIMS will only accept the first NMAT score, but you can still attempt the NMAT thrice!
It is easier to book a railway ticket for the Diwali vacation than to book a slot for NMAT at the test center. Reason? No slots.
NMAT Proctored at home? Sure. Slots between 12 AM and 5 AM – precisely created for the millennials!

Has anything else changed? Yes, marginally. NMAT is conducted by the GMAC, the agency that built a reputation for tracking test-taker behavior and designing an adaptive test (GMAT). Hence, the test has been adjusted to make it easier for test-takers to manage all questions within the given time limit.

First, the overall NMAT 2022 exam structure:

Section Name	Total Questions	Total Time	Total Score
Language Skills	36	28 minutes	12 – 120
Quantitative Skills	36	52 minutes	12 – 120
Logical Reasoning	36	40 minutes	12 – 120

NMAT Features that you already (hopefully) know:

No negative markings for incorrect answers.
Must answer the question on screen before you move to the next question
Cannot go back and change an answer to a question
You can retake the test after 15 days of the attempt.

NMAT 2022 Section-Wise Analysis:

NMAT is the only test for which, predicting a difficulty level is flawed. Reason? It is adaptive.

The questions change according to the test-takers’ performance. The end goal of the adaptive software is to give you a “satisfactory” performance. So even if you start performing badly, you will feel you did well because the software adapts to your performance and gives you easier questions, which might make you feel good but will lead to a lower scaled score. Now you see why anyone predicting NMAT 2022 difficulty level is just gas?

So then why did we say that the test has made adjustments to make it “easier”? Because some speed-based questions have replaced some time-consuming questions.

You will see the tentative breakup of questions in the following lines.

NMAT 2022 – Language Skills Section

Section	Question type	Questions
Grammar	Fill in the blanks	4 – 6
Grammar	Error Detection	8
Reading Comprehension	Mixed	8
Verbal Logic	Analogy	6 – 8
Verbal Logic	Parajumbles	4
Vocabulary	Fill in the blanks	4 – 6
Total		36

Grammar dominates, just as the previous year. But some test-takers have reported up to 14 questions based on grammar (higher number of prepositions-based fill-in-the-blanks). This is likely to be at the expense of RC questions. Also, analogies are largely vocabulary based: if you don’t know the word meanings, you will find the question difficult.

NMAT 2022 – Quantitative Skills Section

Topic	Chapter	Questions
Data Interpretation	Graphs and Charts	8
Data Interpretation	Data Sufficiency	4
Modern Math	Number Systems	2 – 4
	Probability	4 – 5
	Permutations and Combinations	2 – 3
Algebra	Linear Equations	2
	Quadratic Equations	1 – 2
	Miscellaneous	1 – 2
Geometry	All concepts	4
Arithmetic	Percentages	1 – 2
	Averages	1 – 2
	Profit and Loss	2 – 3
	Simple Interest Compound Interest	0 – 1
	Time and Work	2
	Time, Speed, and Distance	0 – 1
Total		36

Overall, not many changes since last year’s format. Quantitative Skills have such a wide range of topics that it is never wise to rule out any topic (unlike what many CAT prep coaches and classes have recommended). But NMAT continues to show its preference for questions that require more logic and fewer calculations. Of course, least preference for pure formula-based questions, hence the minority presence of Geometry as a section.

NMAT 2022 – Logical Reasoning Section

Section	Topic	Questions
Logical Reasoning	Statement – Assumption	2 – 3
	Statement – Conclusion	2 – 3
	Statement – Course of Action	2
	Statement – Argument	3 – 4
	Decision Making	4
	Strengthen/Weaken	4
	Syllogisms	2
Analytical Reasoning	Arrangements	4
	Puzzles	4
	Input – Output	4
	Set Theory	2
	Number puzzles	1
	Logical puzzle	1
Total		36

Logical Reasoning showed a trend Endeavor had predicted two years ago when GMAC took over NMAT conduction. At that time, we had predicted that soon NMAT will lean towards concepts similar to GMAT because those concepts have been proven to be the gold standard across MBA entrance tests. True to our word, Logical Reasoning (including Critical Reasoning) jumped to 20 questions this year, while Analytical Reasoning reduced to 16 questions this year. While this adjustment of 2 might not seem too much, for those who find Logical Reasoning time-consuming, this will make them even more uncomfortable.

NMAT 2022 Exam Analysis: Two parting messages

NMAT no more operates on Window format. So, testing difficulty (or anything about the test), no more changes every 15 days (as was the case earlier when the NMAT scores were declared after 15-17 days of the test, marking “completion of a window”).
What cut-offs do we predict? That is not prudent to predict right now, for two reasons. First, NMAT has heavy emphasis on sectional cut-offs, so an overall score is never an assurance of clearing sectional cut-offs and hence securing an interview call from NMIMS. Second, much of test-taker performance will be clear by mid to late November, and cut-offs will be easier to predict then. But going by the track record of GMAC with GMAT, it is safe to say that NMIMS cut-offs will remain in the same range as last year i.e., they won’t rise or fall by as huge a difference of 15-20 points.

Good luck with your NMAT 2022. We will see you in a month with CAT 2022 analysis.

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1 comment thought on “NMAT 2022 Exam Analysis”

Bhavesh adwani says:

October 17, 2022 at 5:52 pm

Thank you so much for all this information and this will help me alot and also solved my doubts about nmat

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NMAT 2022 Exam Analysis

First, the overall NMAT 2022 exam structure: