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KMAT Karnataka Exam Pattern

Each stage is checked separately so one stage cannot inherit another stage's scoring rules.

Language Comprehension, Mathematical Skills, and Basic Aptitude

Official 2026 pattern
Questions120
Total marks120
Duration120 minutes
Negative marking0 per wrong answer
SectionsLanguage Comprehension, Mathematical Skills, Basic Aptitude
TestQsMarksMin
Language Comprehension404040
Mathematical Skills404040
Basic Aptitude404040

Timing: Single composite 120-minute timer for all three sections combined: no sectional lock, matching the official test's own no-sectional-time-limit rule.

The official KMAT Karnataka (conducted by the Karnataka Private Post Graduate Colleges Association) has 120 questions for 120 marks in 120 minutes, 1 mark for each correct answer and no negative marking, with no sectional time limit, across three equal 40-question sections: Language Comprehension, Mathematical Skills, and Basic Aptitude. This mock covers all three sections at their official scale: 120 questions (40 per section), with the same single composite timer and the same +1/no-penalty marking scheme. All three sections are skill-based (grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension; arithmetic and quantitative calculation; logical and abstract reasoning), not fact-recall, so no section needed excluding for content-risk reasons.

Official source · checked 19 August 2026