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General Awareness Sectional Test 1
CMAT · Common Management Admission Test
Syllabus-checked original practice
Mapped to the official Quantitative Techniques and DI, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness and Innovation & Entrepreneurship syllabus and answer-checked on 1 September 2026.
View official syllabus sourceBefore you begin
- 1This sectional test contains 20 original General Awareness questions.
- 2Each wrong answer deducts marks using the scoring rule shown above. Unattempted questions score zero.
- 3You can mark a question for review and come back to it later using the question palette.
- 4The timer starts as soon as you click "Start test" and the test auto-submits when time runs out.
- 5You can review your answers and explanations for every question immediately after submitting.
About this CMAT General Awareness sectional test
This sectional test isolates General Awareness from the CMAT Quantitative Techniques and DI, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness and Innovation & Entrepreneurship pattern, so you can drill it on its own instead of only meeting it inside the full mock. It draws 20 original practice questions across 11 distinct topics, syllabus-checked the same as our full mocks.
Topics covered
Indian Polity
4 questions
Economics
3 questions
Culture
2 questions
Geography
2 questions
International Organisations
2 questions
Science
2 questions
Agriculture
1 question
Astronomy
1 question
Biology
1 question
Environment
1 question
History
1 question
Scoring and result analysis
Correct answers earn 4 marks and wrong answers deduct 1 mark. Unattempted questions score zero. This section's 20 questions are difficulty-tagged: 15 easy, 5 medium. After submitting, you receive topic-wise accuracy, time spent, answer explanations, and source links.
Frequently asked questions
Is this an official CMAT question paper?
No. It's an independent practice test with original General Awareness questions, mapped to the official CMAT Quantitative Techniques and DI, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness and Innovation & Entrepreneurship syllabus and answer-checked on 1 September 2026.
How many questions are in this General Awareness sectional test, and how long is it?
20 questions in 36 minutes.
Which topics does this test focus on?
It spans 11 topics, with the heaviest coverage on Indian Polity, Economics, and Culture.
Is there negative marking in this test?
Yes. Each wrong answer deducts 1 mark, and each correct answer earns 4 marks. Unattempted questions score zero.