MICAT I – December 2025 Analysis
(December 06, 2025 – 9 am to 11:10 am)
MICAT (MICA Admission Test) is the ONLINE entrance exam for PGDM-C/PGDM from MICA, Ahmedabad. Generally MICAT is held twice for admission to the batch in the ensuing year. MICAT-I is held in December and MICAT-II in January for the batch commencing a few months later in June/July.
MICAT I 2025 for PGDM and PGDM-C 2026-2028 batch was scheduled on December 06, 2025, from 9 AM to 11:10 AM.
Test Structure and the IMS estimate of good attempts:
| Section | Name | No. Of Questions | Time allocated | Good Attempts |
| I | Psychometric Test | 68 | 25 minutes | ALL |
| II | Descriptive Test | 4 | 25 minutes | ALL |
| III | i. Divergent and Convergent Thinking | 20 | 80 minutes | 10-12 |
| ii. Verbal Ability | 20 | 8-10 | ||
| iii. Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation | 20 | 5-6 | ||
| iv. General Awareness | 10 | 5- 6 |
- Navigation between sections not allowed
- Section III carried 1 mark per question. 0.25 for each incorrect response. TITA questions carried 1 mark per question, 0 negative marks.
- No Negative Marks for the Psychometric Test and the Descriptive Test
- Psychometric Test is compulsory and the performance in the psychometric test is used as a qualifying criterion for the next stage. Candidates must attempt all the questions in the Psychometric Test to ensure that their paper is evaluated. However, the marks or the assessment criteria of the test are not revealed to the candidates.
VERDICT
Sections C (i) to C (iv) can expect a call for the GE-PI round (subject to their fulfilling the other criteria specified at :
ANALYSIS BY SECTION
Section – I
PSYCHOMETRIC TEST
There were 68 questions in this section which is a change from last year, when it had 150 questions.
Apparently, there are no correct or incorrect responses in a psychometric test. All questions were about a particular personality trait. The questions required the candidates to respond with one of the following 7 options.
- Strongly Disagree
- Moderately Disagree
- Disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Agree
- Moderately Agree
- Strongly Agree
Given that 68 questions were to be attempted in 25 minutes, it was necessary to work fast and mark the answer quickly.
Section – II
DESCRIPTIVE TEST
This section tested the analytical and descriptive writing ability and creative skills of test-takers. The first three questions were related to each other. The topic for the first three questions was “Employment engagement is now transitioning from a traditional employer-employee relationship model to a situationship model. Eg. gig-worker, freelancer.” For the first two questions, students had to write three points each listing the “negative outcomes” and “positive outcomes” for the given statement. These two questions carried 10 marks each.
In the third question, students had to write a 300 word answer discussing three ways in which this transition will affect society. The instructions stated that the points for the third question should not include the points stated in the first two questions. 20 marks were allocated to this question.
The fourth question in this section consisted of four pictures. Students had to write down a story of about 300 words using these images in any order (A-B-C-D or D-C-B-A or any such combination). The order was to be mentioned before the story. The pictures were related to: A herd of donkeys, two cars parked on a street, an open-air restaurant, a plate containing some food. This question carried 30 marks.
This section was to be attempted in 25 minutes and carried no negative marking.
Section III
APTITUDE TEST
The aptitude test had 4 sub-sections with a total of 70 questions. These 70 questions had to be solved within 80 minutes. This year most questions in the aptitude test were MCQs with 4 options apart from 1 question with 6 options. This was in the Divergent Convergent reasoning section. The rest of the questions had 4 options each. Out of 70 questions, about 6 were TITA.
(i) Sub-section: DIVERGENT AND CONVERGENT THINKING
The Reasoning section comprised 20 questions including word-association, analogies, statement-assumption, data sufficiency, puzzle, numerical series-odd one out, Circular arrangement and visual reasoning questions.
| Topic | No. of Qs. | Overall Difficulty Level |
Verbal reasoning |
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| Word Association | 3 | Medium |
| Syllogisms | 2 | Medium |
| Statement – Conclusion | 2 | Easy to Medium |
| Statement – Reason | 1 | Medium |
Non-verbal reasoning |
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| Visual Reasoning – 2 (mirror image and paper folding) |
12 (11 questions with 4 options + 1 question with 6 options) | Medium |
| Data Sufficiency – 2 – Circular Arrangement | ||
| Puzzles – 8 Arrangement (Linear – 2), Directions – 1, Symbol based logic – 1, Word Coding – 1, Numerical puzzle – 1, Odd One Out 2 (Number series and Grouping of letters) |
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In this section, 10-12 questions (in about 25 minutes with 90 % accuracy) would be considered a good attempt.
(ii) Sub-section: VERBAL ABILITY
This section consisted of jumbled paragraphs, odd sentence questions, analogies, summary, paragraph completion (last sentence), cloze passages (fill in the blanks), sentence correction and three Reading Comprehension passages.
| Topic | No. of Qs. | Overall Level of difficulty. |
| Complete the paragraph (last sentence), Summary, | 2 | Medium |
| Jumbled Paragraphs (5 statements, TITA), Odd Sentence (5 statements, TITA) | 2 | Medium |
| Cloze passages (vocabulary and grammar-based) | 4 | 2 Medium, 2 Easy |
| Analogy, Sentence Correction (grammar) | 2 | Easy |
| RC1 – Evolution of universities (100 w, 2Qs, Easy); RC2 – Kangaroos (150 w, 3Qs, Easy-Medium); RC3 – Rise of Cafe Culture (450 w, 5Qs, Medium) |
10 | 5 Medium, 5 Easy |
In this section, 8-10 questions (in about 15-20 minutes with 90% accuracy) would be considered a good attempt.
(iii) Sub-section: QUANTITATIVE ABILITY AND DATA INTERPRETATION
There were 20 questions in the section, out of which 14 questions were on quantitative ability and 6 questions were on Data Interpretation. The Quantitative Ability section was dominated by 6 Arithmetic questions and then followed by 4 questions of Modern Math. Overall, the section was Easy to Medium in terms of level of difficulty and it was easier than the corresponding section last year. All questions had 4 options unlike last year, where the majority of questions had 8 options. There were 2 Tita questions.
There was one calculation intensive set on Data Interpretation consisting of 2 questions, involving 3 colleges and 4 companies, data given in a table. It was very easy. Screen Calculator was also provided. The other set had a pie chart and a bar graph, consisting of 4 questions. The set was a straight-forward one. There were 1 Tita questions in each set.
Overall in this section, there were 4 Tita questions.
Following was the break-up of the questions in the Quantitative Ability section:
| Area | LOD |
| Arithmetic | |
| Time & Work, Races, Average,Mixtures & Alligations and Profit & Loss | Medium |
| Algebra | |
| Simultaneous equations | Medium |
| Geometry | |
| Quadrilaterals | Medium to Difficult |
| Modern Math | |
| Set Theory (Venn Diagram), Probability and Progressions | Medium |
| Numbers | |
| Surds & Indices | Difficult |
| Data Interpretation | |
| 1 set on Table and 1 set on Multiple Graphs | Easy to Medium |
In this section, an attempt of about 10-11 questions in about 30 minutes with around 90% accuracy would be considered good.
(iv) Sub-section: GENERAL AWARENESS
The General Awareness section consisted of 10 questions. Out of the 10 questions, 7 questions were of ‘match the column’ type while 2 were of ‘Identify the correct statements’ type. 1 question was a simple one where the test-taker had to identify the correct option.
Also, Static GK contributed 2 questions while the remaining 8 questions were based on current affairs. The questions in this section tested a range of topics such as sports, brands, logos, awards, etc.
In this section, an attempt of 5 – 6 questions in about 5-7 minutes with 70 percent accuracy would be considered good.
MICAT I 2025 for the CCC (1-year) and CCC Advanced (2-year) programmes for the 2026–2028 batch was conducted for the first time this year, as these are newly introduced courses at MICA. The test was conducted on December 06, 2025, from 9 AM to 10:25 AM.
Test Structure and the IMS estimate of good attempts:
| Section | Name | No. Of Questions | Time allocated | Good Attempts |
| I | Psychometric Test | 68 | 25 minutes | ALL |
| II | Creative Aptitude and Potential | 30 | 60 minutes | ALL |
- Navigation between sections not allowed
- Section II carried 4 marks per question
- No Negative Marks for the Psychometric Test and the Creative Aptitude and Potential Test
- Psychometric Test is compulsory and the performance in the psychometric test is used as a qualifying criterion for the next stage. Candidates must attempt all the questions in the Psychometric Test to ensure that their paper is evaluated. However, the marks or the assessment criteria of the test are not revealed to the candidates.
VERDICT
Students who clear the Psychometric Test and the Creative Aptitude and Potential (CAP) Test may be shortlisted for the CCC–Electronic Subjective Test (CEST), which evaluates creative thinking, articulation, and problem-solving abilities.
Candidates shortlisted on the basis of the CEST will then be invited for a Personal Interview (PI).
Detailed Criteria for calls available at https://www.mica.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CCC-Advanced-TwoYear-Eligibility-Criteria-Selection-process.pdf
ANALYSIS BY SECTION
Section – I
PSYCHOMETRIC TEST
The section is compulsory and all questions are also compulsory. There were 68 questions in this section. As in all psychometric tests there are no correct or incorrect responses . All 68 questions were on personality traits with 7 options.
- Strongly Disagree
- Moderately Disagree
- Disagree
- Neither Agree Nor Disagree
- Agree
- Moderately Agree
- Strongly Agree
Section Time: 25 minutes. Marks: Not revealed. No Negative Marks
Section – II
CREATIVE APTITUDE AND POTENTIAL (CAP) TEST
Section Time: 60 minutes
Marks: 4 Marks for correct. No Negative Marks
This is a creativity test. Each question has four options. Choose the one you feel is the most interesting and relevant.
Most of the questions tested strategic thinking.
(E.g., “If an umbrella brand has to be launched in the desert of Rajasthan, which of these would you pitch?”/ If streets had to advertise themselves, what slogan would work best?/ A clothing brand wants to target introverts. What campaign would work the best? etc.)