Admission Information Handout for NMAT – C 2010

1 Introduction

1.1 This booklet gives information about the Admission Procedure and Admission Test of
B.Com (Hons.) and BBA for academic year commencing from July 2010.

1.2 Admission for above mentioned programmes is through NMIMS Management Aptitude
Test (Commerce) NMAT(C) conducted by the NMIMS.

2 Important Instructions

2.1 For NMAT ( C) 2010, the candidates can apply for either or both the programmes.

3. Eligibility criteria for admission

3.1 The candidate must have passed 10+2 exam in any stream from a recognized Board at
the first attempt and should have obtained a minimum of 50% marks at this examination.
Candidates who have not cleared the 10+2 exam in the first attempt are NOT eligible
to apply for the admission to the courses. Further, those candidates who have passed
the 10+2 exam by doing a part-time course or through distance learning/correspondence/
externally/open school are not eligible to apply for the courses.

3.2 Candidates appearing for their final 10+2 examination can also apply but their admission
to the courses will be subject to criterion 3.1 above, obtaining the required minimum cut
off marks and also producing all the necessary documents, in original, within the
given stipulated time.

3.3 Those candidates who have passed, or, are appearing for 10+2 examination from a
Board/University where Grade Point Average is given, such candidates must produce
in writing from the Board/University concerned about the equivalent percentage for
the GPA obtained.

3.4 It is sole responsibility of the candidates to ascertain whether they possess the necessary
and requisite qualification for the admission to the courses at NMIMS.

3.5 The NMIMS University reserves the right to alter the terms of eligibility without
intimation to the applicants.

4 Admission Schedule :- NMAT ( C) 2010

4.1 All those who registered successfully will be called for the test, provided they satisfy condition
of eligibility. The candidates should check that he/she is eligible as per the conditions regarding
qualification stated above.

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4.2 The NMAT ( C) 2010 will be conducted at following centers (Cities)

Test Centre Code City Test Centre Code City

1 Mumbai 4. Delhi
2 Pune 5. Kolkatta
3 Ahmedabad

The venue (School/College) at each centre will be communicated to the candidates in due course
of time through the website. You are required to download the call letter from our website
www.nmims.edu No separate call letter will be mailed.

Note : The University reserves the right to cancel any venue of examination for any reason and
the applicant will have to take the test at any of the other venues available. The Institute’s
decision in this regard will be final.

4.3 Candidates will be short-listed on the basis of their performance / rank in the NMAT (C)
for the subsequent evaluation process. i.e. Personal Interview (PI). Short listed candidates may
visit our website for update.
Note : Personal Interview will be conducted in Mumbai only.

4.4 The names of short listed candidates will be put up on the website. Actual date and time for PI
will be put up on the website on the date given in the sheet. No separate communication will be
sent in this regard.

4.5 The final merit list will be prepared on the basis of the application data in terms of academic
marks obtained, marks obtained in NMAT (C) and PI. The merit number in this will depend
upon the number of seats to be filled in.

4.6 The selection criteria will be based on merit. The cut-off for deciding the merit shall
lie solely with NMIMS. Also, those candidates who have applied for both
the programmes, namely, BBA & B.Com.(Hons), in their application forms, their selection will
be based on the merit score obtained by them as well as on the availability of the seats. In this
regard, the decision of the NMIMS will be final and undisputable and shall be binding on all
concerned.

(Note : 15% seats are reserved for Management Quota in each course out of total intake. The
University being a Gujarati Linguistic Minority Institute, appropriate provision of seats may be
made for the Linguistic Minority, subject to other conditions.)

4.7 If at any stage, it is found that a candidate does not satisfy the eligibility criteria or the
information furnished by him / her in the application form is incorrect, his / her application for
admission to the course, even if selected, will stand immediately cancelled. Such candidates
appearing for the NMAT (C) and subsequent evaluation process will do so at their own risk.

4.8 Canvassing in any form for admission will disqualify the candidate.

4.9 Regular classes will commence from the date given as per the sheet unless announced otherwise.

4.10 All matters of dispute will be subject to the legal jurisdiction of Mumbai only.

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 4.11 Candidates are advised to visit the NMIMS website www.nmims.edu to know the details of
various steps of selection process.

5 Structure of the Test – NMAT (C)

5.1 The NMAT (C) for B.Com (Hons.) & BBA Programmes would be an objective type multiple-
choice test. (There will be no descriptive type of questions).

5.2 The NMAT (C) will comprise the following:

Section Subject No. of Questions Time in Minutes

1 Proficiency in English Language 40

2 Quantitative & Numerical Ability 40 Composite time

is 120 minutes
3 Reasoning & General Intelligence 40

Total 120

Call Letter/ Admit Card

On the basis of information indicted in the Application Form, your call letter/admit card for the
Admission Test will be available on the website. You are required to download the call letter/admit
card from our website www.nmims.edu . No candidate, without call letter/admit card or without the
photograph on the call letter/admit card will be permitted to appear for the test.

6. Should you guess while marking your answers ?

For every question with the correct/best answer you will get one point/score, and zero for every omitted
question, and 0.25 point would be deducted for every question with a wrong answer or more than one
answer. Therefore, in your own interest, if you find a question too difficult or you do not know the
answer, you should omit the same and not mark any answer randomly or by simply guessing or mark
more than one answer. In case, you can narrow down the correct/best answer to 2 or 3 choices from the
given ones, you may take the risk and mark the answer. It is improbable to improve your test
performance or score more by simply guessing or by random mark in; in fact, you may lose. Therefore,
avoid answering questions simply by guessing or marking answer randomly.

7. How to show your answer ?

7.1 The answer spaces for ALL the questions are on side 2 of the a/s.

7.2 Each question comprises the main part-the stem and five alternative answers or choices
numbered (1), (2), (3) , (4) and (5). You should read the entire question and the choices, and only
then decide which one of the five given answers is the correct or best answer of that question.
You should show your answer by darkening the oval with the number of the answer of your
choice. Example:

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 Q.1 ‘Fire’ is related to ‘Hot’ in the same way as ‘Ice’ is related to -

(1) ‘Snow’ (2) ‘Water’ (3) ‘Cold’ (4) ‘Cream’ (5)

In Question No. 8, which is the right or the best answer from the given answers (1), (2),
(3) , (4) and (5) “Fire is ‘Hot’ and ‘Ice’ is ‘Cold’.” So (3) is the answer of
Q. No. 8.

7.3 You have to show your answer on your answer sheet by darkening the oval with commonly
available HB pencil against the Ans. No. like this :

8. 1 2 3 4 5

7.4 Darken the oval completely so that the number with the oval is fully covered; but you don't have
to be artistic and waste your time. Do not allow your darkening or erasure to spread outside the
oval.

7.5 If you want to change your answer, erase the first darkened oval COMPLETELY with a good
eraser and darken the fresh oval of your revised answer.

7.6 Important points to note :

(i) Handle the a/s carefully. Do not spoil it with dust or dirt on the table/ground or crumple it
at any time.

(ii) Do not leave any unintended or stray pencil marks or smudges anywhere on the a/s,
particularly in or out of the ovals.

(iii) Use a good eraser to cancel or to change your first answer, so that it is not read as a
particularly darkened oval by the computer.

(iv) Do not mark or leave two darkened ovals against one question number; otherwise it will
be read as a question with more than one mark and will be considered as wrongly
answered.

8. Sample questions

Study the following sample questions. These are only illustrative and not exhaustive in term of
types and difficulty level of the questions, which will be set in the test. The types given below may
also be arranged in the test in different order.

Mark your answers of the sample questions, which will be set in the test. The correct/best answers of
the sample questions are given in the end. You may check your answer against this set of correct/ best
answers.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

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The sample questions are only illustrative and not exhaustive in terms of type and difficulty level of the
questions, which will be set in the test. The types given below may also be arranged in the test in
different order.

SECTION – 1

QUANTITATIVE AND NUMERICAL ABILITY

This test intends to measure your ability and aptitude top work : with numbers, basic operations of
addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, etc. involving integers, decimals, fractions etc. There
may be some questions involving graphs, tables, arithmetic reasoning, etc. Study the following sample
questions.

Q 1. If (11)3 is subtracted from the square of a number, the answer so obtained is 694. What is the
number?
(1) 47 (2) 45 (3) 43 (4) 41 (5) None of these

Q2. A bus covers a distance of 1755 Kms. In 27 hours. What is the speed of the bus?
(1) 72 Kms/hr. (2) 62 Kms/Hr. (3) 68 Kms/hr.
(4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these

Q3. The product of two consecutive even numbers is 1848. What is the smaller number?
(1) 42 (2) 46 (3) 44 (4) 38 (5) None of these

Q4. What would be the approximate compound interest obtained on an amount of Rs. 1,300/- at
the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. after 3 years?
(1) Rs. 260/- (2) Rs. 280/- (3) Rs. 300/- (4) Rs. 340/- (5) Rs. 380/-

REASONING AND GENERAL INTELLIGANCE

Q5. In a certain code’POLICE’ is written as ‘RQNKEG’, how is ‘FELLOW’ written in that code?
(1) GHNNQY (2) HGMNQY (3) IGNNQY (4) HGNNQY (5) None of these

Q6. A is father of B who is father of C who is sister of D. How is C related to A?

(1) Daughter (2) Grandson (3) Granddaughter (4) cannot be determined
(5) None of these

Q7. Ruchi started walking towards South; she walked 40 meters and took a right turn walked 20
meters and again took a right turn and walked 25 meters. What is the minimum distance from
the starting point to the point she reached?
(1) 25 meters (2) 35 meters (4) 45 meters (4) cannot be determined
(5) None of these

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Instruction for Q.8: In the sentence below four words have been printed in bold which are
numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these words may be mis-spelt or
inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the wrongly spelt
or inappropriate word. The number of that word is the answer. If all the words
are correctly spelt and are appropriate the answer is (5), i.e. all correct.

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Q8. He was probably the first Indian to acknowledge the significance of investors.
(1) (2) (3) (4)

All Correct
(5)

Instruction for Q.9: Pick out the most effective word from among the give words to fill in the
blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Q.10. Children try to do _____________ others do.

(1) whatever (2) that (3) because (4) for (5) however

Instruction for Q.11 : Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below should replace the
Phrase given in bold in the following sentences to make the sentence
grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and there is no
correction required mark (5) i.e. No correction required as the answer.

Q.11. Sharda must be punished for acting in Opposite to may wishes.

(1) Opposing to (2) in opposite with (3) against (4) to opposite with
(5) no correction required

Instruction for Q.12: Rearrange the following word/phrase to form meaningful sentence.

Q.12. NEWSPAPERS / HAVE / NO LEISURE / FOR READING / THEY.

A B C D E
(1) BCADE (2) EBDAC (3) CDABE (4) EBCDA (5) ABDCE

Right Answers

(1) 2 (2) 5 (3) 1 (4) 4

(5) 4 (6) 3 (7) 1 (8) 2
(9) 1 (10) 1 (11) 3 (12) 4