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Management Aptitude Test (HPU-MAT) will be of objective type having Multiple Choice Questions (M.C.Q.).<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>The HPU-MAT will have four sections of:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" class=\"table table-hover table-striped table-bordered table-theme table-grid-view\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>\n\t\t\t\tSr. No.<\/th>\n<th>\n\t\t\t\tSection Name<\/th>\n<th>\n\t\t\t\tNo. of Questions<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t1.<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\tGeneral Knowledge<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t2.<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\tEnglish Language Skills<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t3.<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\tReasoning and NUmerical Skills<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t4.<\/td>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\tBusiness Environment Awareness<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>200<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t<strong>1. General Knowledge<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tIndia: Government, Constitution, laws, Politics, Achievements, Famous People, Organization, History, Geography, States.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSports, cinema, awards &amp; recognitions.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tWorld: Counrties, Leaders, Organizations, Summits.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFundamentals of Science &amp; information technology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>2. English Language Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tGrammer: Filling the blanks, Synonyms, Antonyms, Vocabulary, odd one out, sentence correction, meaning of words, Idioms &amp; phrases etc.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tReading and Comprehension: read passages and answer the multiple choice questiions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>3. Reasoning &amp; Numerical Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tAssertion and reasons, Cause and Effect, Assumption-Premise-Conclusion, Critical reasoning, Analytical &amp; Logical reasoning, Coding and decoding, Family tree, Statements and Conclusions, Statements and assumptions, Visual reasoning Symbol Based problems, etc.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAlgebra, Mean and Properties, LCM, HFF.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tStatistics: Mean, mode, median.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tNumber Systems, Percentages, Profit &amp; Loss, Interests, Time-Distance, Time-Work, Data, Interpretation, mensuration, direction, calendar, series, graphs, charts, table etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>4. Business Environment Awareness<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tWorld Economy, Indian Economy, Industry, Banking, Trade, Famous business tycoons &amp; industrialists, corporate assocations BSE &amp; NSE, logos &amp; tags lines orf different companies.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe latest who&#8217;s who, latest government policies affecting the industry altogether etc.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFamiliarities with abbreviations of business huses, latest tie-ups of national and international comapnies and business achievements etc.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tbusiness and economy currect affairs.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFundamentals of Economics, Commerce &amp; Trade etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe performance in HPU-MAT is the basis for screening the candidates for group discussion and personal interview. Normally, three candidates for each seat are called for group discussion and personal interview.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe performance in the Test, Group Discussion and Personal Interview and application rating will be the criterion for admitting the students. The candidates for Non Subsidised Students compete among themselves, so is the case with the subsidized seats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>ENTRANCE TEST (HPU-MAT) CENTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe HPU-MAT will be conducted at<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp; &nbsp; 1. Shimla&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp; &nbsp; 2. Solan<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp; &nbsp; 3. Hamirpur<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp; &nbsp; 4. Palampur<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp; &nbsp; 5. Una<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp; &nbsp; 6. Mandi&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp; &nbsp; 7. Dharamshala.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp; &nbsp; 8. 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