Maharashtra MBA CET 2026 Slot 2 Details

Date : 6th April (Monday) 2026

Slot : 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Total Number of Questions : 200

Total Time Allotted : 150 minutes

No. of Choices per question : 5 choices

No. of Sections : 4 sections

Negative Marks : No negative marking

CET 2026 Paper Pattern

The MBA CET examination was structured in a section-wise format, featuring a convenient drop-down arrow on top of the screen on the right-hand side, allowing candidates to effortlessly select their desired area of focus. The allocation of questions and topics is detailed in the table provided below, offering a clear breakdown of the content covered.

Section 1 : Logical Reasoning & Analytical Puzzles

Analytical Puzzles: Only 4 questions were asked from this area, 3 were from linear arrangement and 1 from comparison. All these questions were individual questions. All 4 questions were of easy level and student could have attempted all of these. No questions were asked from Circular arrangement Distribution puzzles, Box and floor arrangement.

Logical Reasoning: According to student feedback, this section was the not time-consuming except few speed brakers. The overall difficulty level was perceived as easy to moderate. Students suggested that skipping some of the more time-intensive Input Output questions would be a smart choice. They felt that attempting 50 questions in 60 minutes would have been a sound approach.

In addition, there were questions on topics such as Coding Decoding, Blood Relations, Direction Sense, Number Series. There were 20 questions from miscellaneous topics and all these types questions were covered in “Miscellaneous Topics’’ handout by T.I.M.E.. So, for T.I.M.E. students all these types were familiar and could have been solved with 100% accuracy. Questions based on clocks, calendars and Critical Reasoning were absent. No Arithmetic-based questions were included in this section. A well-planned time management strategy would have been advantageous for this section.

Verbal and Critical Reasoning : No questions were asked form this area.

The combination of questions in this section, as recalled by students, is detailed in the following table:

Section 2 : Abstract Reasoning

In this section, there were 25 questions with good variety. Those who had practiced T.I.M.E. handouts would have found these question types familiar. Many students reported that the overall difficulty level was easy to moderate. A few questions were so easy that one could solve them without using pen and paper.

Questions involving counting the number of polygons were difficult. Only one question on cube, which was manageable. One could have easily attempted around 20 questions in 17-18 minutes.

Section 3 : Quantitative Ability

Students feedback suggest there were many easy questions in this slot.  Though there were some questions that require some time consuming calculations, they were not higher in number. The section comprised 40 questions on Quantitative Ability and 10 questions on Data Interpretation. Based on the students feedback, in this slot there were 5 questions on each of Time and Work, and Time and Distance. Apart from these, there were questions from Simple Equations, Simple Interest and Compound Interest, Numbers, Geometry and Mensuration, Simplification, etc.

Many questions tested the candidate’s basic understanding of the conceptual knowledge in these topics. There were three to four questions which were different from the regular flow. Among the DI sets, there were a few questions which tested some deeper understanding of the knowledge and the calculations for some of these questions are slightly lengthy.

Section 4: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Students who attempted in this slot have reported that this section was of easy to moderate difficulty and was not very time consuming. Almost half of the questions in this section were based on Vocabulary or Grammar which were very fairly quick to solve. There were four Reading Comprehension passages comprising of total 20 Questions. The remaining 30 Questions were Vocabulary, Grammar or Verbal Ability based. There were no Critical Reasoning based questions in this section.

The four RC passages were fairly short (150 to 200 words each) and the questions asked were mostly straight-forward. Three of the four RC passages were easy to comprehend, while one passage was slightly denser to understand.

The 30 questions in the Grammar, Vocabulary and Verbal Ability part consisted of multiple question types.

The following are the different types of questions in the section as recalled by the students:

Based on the student feedback on the overall, the paper can be classified as easy to moderate. From what the students have reported, the correct selection of questions along with speed is the key to a good score. Since there wasn’t any element of surprise in the type of questions, a judicious distribution of time and choice would have ensured a comfortable number of attempts with a good accuracy. A good student should have attempted around 140 -150 questions. However, students aiming for the top colleges should have attempted more than 160 questions.