HPU MAT Exam Details, Eligibility Criteria, Previous Year Question Papers Download



Himachal Pradesh University Business School (HPUBS) conducts HP University Management Admission Test (HPU MAT) for MBA admissions in HP University. HPU MAT is a state-level entrance test. The registration will start from first week of April. 120 seats are available for MBA in the university. The exam is likely to be conducted in Last week of May, 2020. The candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from recognized university/institution. The exam will be of 120 minutes and will have four sections as follow: English Comprehension & Language, Numerical Ability & Data Interpretation, General Intelligence & Critical Reasoning and General Knowledge & Business Awareness.




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Key Highlight
of HPU MAT
Educational Qualification:
The candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from recognized university/institution with 50% minimum percentage and 45% for ST/SC.
Exam Duration:
120 minutes
Sections in Exam:
o English Comprehension & Language for 50 marks o Numerical Ability & Data Interpretation for 50 marks o General Intelligence & Critical Reasoning for 50 marks o General Knowledge & Business Awareness for 50 marks
Application fees:
General category Rs. 1000 SC/ST category Rs. 500
Online Examination:
May 26, 2020
Declaration of Result:
June 09, 2020
Age Limit:
For Boys: For Generals, Max. Age- 26 Years For SC/ST, Max. Age- 29 Years For Girls: For Generals, Max. Age- 28 Years For SC/ST, Max. Age- 29 Years

HPU MAT Exam 2020: Important Dates

These are the tentative dates:

  • Last date to fill the application form: May 05, 2020
  • Downloading of admit cards: May 20, 2020
  • Online Examination:  May 26, 2020
  • Declaration of Result: June 09, 2020

Application fees

General category       

Rs. 1000

SC/ST category

Rs. 500

Eligibility for HPU MAT Exam 2020

Nationality / Citizenship: The candidate can be an Indian Citizen or a Foreigner.

Educational Qualification:

The candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from recognized university/institution with 50% minimum percentage and 45% for ST/SC.

Age Limit:

For Boys:

For Generals, Max. Age- 26 Years

For SC/ST, Max. Age- 29 Years

For Girls:

For Generals, Max. Age- 28 Years

For SC/ST, Max. Age- 29 Years

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HPU MAT Exam 2020: Exam pattern

  • Online test will be of 200 marks.
  • The exam will have 200 MCQs type questions
  • Total duration of the exam will be 120 minutes
  • Medium of language of the questions will be English
  • Sections in the exam: Four
    • English Comprehension & Language for 50 marks
    • Numerical Ability & Data Interpretation for 50 marks
    • General Intelligence & Critical Reasoning for 50 marks
    • General Knowledge & Business Awareness for 50 marks
  • There is no negative marking.
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Syllabus:  HPU MAT Exam 2020

English Comprehension & Language

Comprehension, Adverbs. Nouns, Sentence Jumble, Prepositions, Sentence improvement, Modifiers, Articles, Parallelism, Tenses, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Subject-verb agreement

Numerical Ability & Data Interpretation

HCF & LCM, Algebra, Ratios & Proportions, Number system, Geometry, Profit & Loss, Work & Time, Partnership (Accounts), Geometric progression, Percentages & Averages, In-equations Quadratic and linear equations, Time, speed and Distance

General Intelligence & Critical Reasoning

Family tree, Strong and weak arguments, Multi-dimensional arrangements, Course of action, Puzzles, Visual reasoning, Arrangement, Series, Blood relations, Numeric grid, Calendars, Pie charts, Column graphs, Area graphs, Critical reasoning, Coding & Decoding, Statement conclusions, Syllogisms

General Knowledge & Business Awareness

Personalities, Business GK, Banking, Taglines, Newspaper and Journals, Business vocabulary, Advertising, Awards and Honors, Business environment

Preparation tips for HPU MAT Exam 2020

·         You need to finish 4 sections of HPU MAT Exam within 120 minutes, which means you need speed with accuracy in order to attempt 200 questions in total. The more you practice, the better chances you have of acing this exam.

·         Make quantitative and reasoning your strong subjects, practice questions to solve them within time to increase efficiency. You should lay emphasis not on mugging up the formulas but instead try understanding the concepts, so, you can modify the formulas according to the question requirement.

·         Remember negative marking is not a factor here. Therefore, try to attempt questions all the questions.

·         Manage your time properly; give appropriate amount of time to each section. Try to improve your time by practicing as many online tests as possible. Youth4work provides online mock tests will time limit attached to each question; this way one can learn to finish the entire exam within the time limit.

·         Studying in a stretch for hours can be tedious and hard and also not so good. Therefore, try to study at several times in regular sessions during a day. This will make learning easy and fun, also you will have enough time to brush up the already studied topics in between intervals.

·         It is very important to maintain proper health, so you don’t fall sick on the big day. Give your brain appropriate time to refresh itself. Don’t rush too much information into your head than its limit allows. Take it slow and steady. And get at least eight hours of sleep each night.

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