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MICAT Exam Pattern

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

Verbal Ability, Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation, and Divergent and Convergent Thinking

Official 2026 pattern
Questions60
Total marks60
Duration60 minutes
Negative marking0.25 per wrong answer
SectionsVerbal Ability, Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation, Divergent and Convergent Thinking
TestQsMarksMin
Verbal Ability202020
Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation202020
Divergent and Convergent Thinking202020

Timing: Single composite 60-minute timer for all three sections combined: no sectional lock, matching Section C's single combined time allocation on the official paper.

The official MICAT (conducted by MICA, Ahmedabad) has three sections: Section A is a Psychometric Test (150 questions, qualifying only, no scored right or wrong answer), Section B is a Descriptive Test (4 subjective, essay-style questions), and Section C is an Aptitude Test with 80 questions for 80 marks in 80 minutes, 1 mark for each correct answer and 0.25 negative marking for each wrong answer, across four equal 20-question sub-sections: Verbal Ability, Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation, General Awareness, and Divergent and Convergent Thinking. Sections A and B have no auto-gradable multiple-choice answer and are not covered by this mock. Within Section C, General Awareness is not covered, since its official syllabus tests current-affairs and business fact recall rather than reasoning applied to a stated scenario, the same content-risk boundary applied to MAT's Economic and Business Environment section. This mock covers the three remaining skill-based sub-sections at their official scale: 60 questions (20 per section), with the same single composite timer and the same +1/-0.25 marking scheme.

Official source · checked 18 August 2026