can a candidate take both paper based test and computer based test in may mat 2019? If yes, which mark will be prioritized?

Dear Vignesh M,

Hope you are doing well.  You can take both the exams. let me give you an answer in detail.

Making a choice between MAT Paper Based and Computer Based test or taking both the tests depends upon various factors - your preference, computer based or paper based test solving skills among others. Following are the key factors that will help you to select the MAT exam format whether you go for MAT paper based or computer based test or both:

Your Test taking skills : If you have understanding of how to take and appear in computer based tests, navigation tools, scrolling of questions, choosing the answers and marking them and find that test taking is easier in computer based test, you could go for computer based MAT exam. If not well conversant with computers, internet technology, have confusion in navigation tools, it is better to go for paper based MAT exam.

Reading skills : There are 200 questions to be answered in 150 minutes in MAT exam. You need faster reading skill leading to quickly choose the right answer option in MAT. If you can read better and faster and understand quickly on printed paper, you will be able to answer promptly in PBT MAT as compared to CBT MAT. But if you can read speedily on computer screen, it can save you time while answering the questions. The choice therefore between computer based MAT or paper based MAT has to be made judiciously as per your preference at the time of completing the MAT application form.

Choice to take both CBT and PBT MAT : You also have the choice of appearing in both paper based MAT and Computer based MAT exams with an option to improve your score in CBT, if not done well in PBT MAT. Accordingly, by paying Rs.1100/- extra in addition to Rs.1550/- you can appear both in offline MAT and Online MAT and avail the opportunity to improve your score.

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