AMCAT Practice Tests: English, Quantitative and Logical Ability
AMCAT is the employability test many Indian companies use to shortlist freshers, sat at a campus drive, an SHL centre or through a company's own invitation. Practise its four aptitude modules at the clocks on AMCAT's syllabus, on an engine that adapts the way AMCAT describes: a right answer brings a harder question.
Also called the Aspiring Minds test or the myamcat test. AMCAT is owned by SHL but is a different test from SHL Verify.
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AMCAT English
The AMCAT English module: 18 adaptive questions in 18 minutes on synonyms, antonyms, words in context, error spotting, sentence improvement and reading comprehension. A right answer brings a harder question, and you are scored on the level you answer correctly.
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AMCAT Quantitative Ability
Both quantitative modules of the AMCAT syllabus in one game. Choose Quantitative Ability (14 questions, 20 minutes) or Quantitative Ability Tech (16 questions, 20 minutes, adding powers, logarithms, permutations and combinations, and probability). Adaptive, with no calculator.
AMCAT Logical Ability
The AMCAT Logical Ability module: 12 adaptive questions in 15 minutes across coding and decoding, data sufficiency, direction sense, word sequence, syllogisms, decision tables, puzzles, analogy, classification and number series.
AMCAT Information Gathering and Synthesis
The AMCAT Information Gathering and Synthesis module: 12 adaptive questions in 15 minutes on reading tables and charts, putting things in order from clues, and applying written rules to records. No calculator.
AMCAT Aptitude Battery
The four AMCAT aptitude modules back to back, each with its own clock: English, a quantitative module of your choice, Logical Ability, and Information Gathering and Synthesis. 56 or 58 adaptive questions in up to 68 minutes, with a result for each module and your weakest one named. You can stop between modules.
Is this the right test?
Yes, if it says AMCAT or Aspiring Minds
You booked AMCAT on myamcat.com, your college is holding an AMCAT drive, or a company has sent you AMCAT login details that work only within a set date and time window.
No, if it is an SHL Verify test
SHL owns AMCAT, but an invitation that names Verify, Verify G+ or SHL TalentCentral is a different test: numerical questions on tables and charts, and true, false or cannot say verbal questions. Practise those on the SHL hub.
No, if it has another placement test's name
Indian campus hiring uses several employability tests with similar topics but their own patterns, clocks and rules. If your admit card names a different test, prepare for that one. The topics overlap, so the method on this page still helps.
The AMCAT modules, questions and clocks
The figures on AMCAT's own syllabus. Each module has its own clock, and on a myamcat sitting you also choose two subject modules during the test, from about thirty (computer science, engineering branches, finance, HR, hospitality and more).
- EnglishSynonyms, antonyms, words in context, error spotting, sentence improvement and reading comprehension.18 questions, 18 minabout 60 seconds a question
- Quantitative AbilityNumbers, decimal fractions, divisibility, HCF and LCM, profit and loss, interest, speed and distance, inverse proportion.14 questions, 20 minabout 86 seconds a question
- Quantitative Ability TechThe same topics, plus powers, logarithms, permutations and combinations, and probability.16 questions, 20 min75 seconds a question
- Logical AbilityCoding and decoding, data sufficiency, direction sense, word sequence, decision tables, puzzles, analogy, classification, number series.12 questions, 15 min75 seconds a question
- Information Gathering and SynthesisReading tables and charts, putting things in order from clues, and applying written rules.12 questions, 15 min75 seconds a question
- AMPI personality inventoryA five-factor personality questionnaire. Not practised here: there is nothing to get right.90 questions, 20 minstatements, no right answers
There are two quantitative modules, and you sit one of them. Ours lets you choose either. AMCAT's own pages disagree on which modules are compulsory, and an employer sending its own AMCAT test picks the modules itself, so your admit card or invitation is the place to check yours.
How AMCAT scores you
The level you reach, not only the count
- A right answer brings a harder question; a wrong one, an easier question.
- Your score depends on the level of the questions you answer correctly, so two people with the same number right can score differently.
- On an adaptive test the first few answers shape your path, so take them carefully.
- No negative marking. Answer every question in every module.
Each company draws its own line
- A company recruiting through AMCAT sets its own cut-off. On the recruiter's screen you show as Strong Consider, May Consider or Not Consider against it.
- AMCAT publishes no pass mark. Prep sites report a score out of 900 for each module.
- A score from a college or centre sitting can be used by other companies recruiting on AMCAT. After a retake, each company picks your latest, best or average score.
Rules worth knowing before the day
- Where
- A college drive or an SHL centre, says AMCAT’s FAQ; its home page also offers AMCAT from home. Your admit card or invitation settles it.
- Cost
- Rs 900 plus taxes, with a year’s subscription to AMCAT’s job listings.
- Retake
- After 45 days, paid again.
- Results
- A score report and a detailed feedback report, usually within about six working days.
- Behaviour
- You get a warning if prohibited behaviour is detected, and repeated instances shut the test down and reject the application.
- Not published
- Whether you can go back to a question, whether a calculator is allowed, and the order of the modules. Plan for no going back and no calculator.
What our practice reproduces, and what it cannot
Each game runs one module at the syllabus count and clock, one question at a time, adapting to your answers on a five-level scale. There is no Back or skip, Next waits for an answer, there is no calculator, and questions you do not reach before time runs out count as wrong. AMCAT does not publish those rules, so we chose the strict version; the instructions say which choices are ours.
AMCAT does not publish how hard each of its questions is, so our difficulty levels are our own estimates and your result is a guide, not a prediction. You get a percentile against other CogniPrep users, your accuracy by topic and the level you reached, and an illustration of where that would sit in the three recruiter bands, labelled as ours, because every company sets its own cut-off. We do not cover the AMPI, the subject modules, Automata coding or SVAR spoken English.
AMCAT FAQs
Is AMCAT adaptive?
Yes. AMCAT says a correct answer brings a tougher question and a wrong answer an easier one, and that your score depends on the level of the questions you answer correctly, not only on how many.
Is there negative marking in AMCAT?
No. AMCAT says there is no negative marking and that you are expected to answer every question in every module. A blank can never help you, so always choose an answer.
How many questions are in each AMCAT module?
On AMCAT’s syllabus: English 18 questions in 18 minutes, Quantitative Ability 14 in 20, Quantitative Ability Tech 16 in 20, Logical Ability 12 in 15, Information Gathering and Synthesis 12 in 15, and the AMPI personality inventory 90 statements in 20. Subject modules have their own counts.
Which AMCAT modules are compulsory?
AMCAT’s FAQ names English, Quantitative Ability, Logical Ability and the AMPI. Its syllabus page says the language and aptitude modules are compulsory and lists Information Gathering and Synthesis among them. The two do not quite agree, and an employer sending its own AMCAT test chooses the modules, so check your admit card or invitation.
Can I take AMCAT from home?
AMCAT’s pages disagree. The home page says you can take AMCAT from home; the FAQ says it is held only at colleges where SHL runs it and at SHL centres. Your admit card or invitation says where and how you will sit it.
How often can I retake AMCAT, and what does it cost?
You can take it again 45 days after your last attempt, and you pay again. AMCAT lists the price as Rs 900 plus taxes, with a year’s subscription. After a retake, each company decides whether to use your latest, best or average score.
What is a good AMCAT score?
AMCAT publishes no scale and no pass mark. Prep sites report a score out of 900 for each module with a percentile beside it. Each company sets its own cut-off, and on AMCAT’s recruiter portal candidates appear as Strong Consider, May Consider or Not Consider against it.
Is AMCAT the same as SHL?
No. SHL bought Aspiring Minds, which built AMCAT, in 2019, and myamcat.com now runs under SHL India. But AMCAT is its own test with its own syllabus. It is not SHL Verify, and practising SHL’s numerical and verbal tests does not prepare you for AMCAT’s question types.
Companies That Use AMCAT
AMCAT is used for campus and entry-level hiring in India. A candidate either takes it once through myamcat.com or a college drive and shares the score with the companies that accept it, or is sent an AMCAT test by one employer for one role. AMCAT names these employers among its clients.
Tata Motors
AutomotiveNamed by AMCAT as a client. In November 2026 AMCAT’s job board also listed Tata Motors roles for B.Tech graduates, open only to candidates with an AMCAT subscription.
Axis Bank
BankingNamed by AMCAT as a client on its About page. Roles and modules not stated.
ITC
Consumer GoodsNamed by AMCAT as a client on its About page. Roles and modules not stated.
Snapdeal
E-commerceNamed by AMCAT as a client on its About page. Roles and modules not stated.
AMCAT’s list is undated and says nothing about which roles or modules each company uses. Your invitation or admit card says whether the test you are sitting is AMCAT and which modules it includes.
Guides and Tips
Read up before you practise: what the tests reward, what catches candidates out, and why shortcuts do not work.
AMCAT English test: how it works
The AMCAT English module gives you 18 questions in 18 minutes on vocabulary, grammar and reading comprehension, and each answer decides how hard the next question is.
Can You Cheat AMCAT? Each Answer Sets the Next
An adaptive test forks away from any leaked paper at the first answer. Why AMCAT shortcuts fail, and what to practise instead.
AMCAT Quantitative Ability test: how it works
AMCAT has two quantitative modules, Quantitative Ability with 14 questions and Quantitative Ability Tech with 16, each on a 20-minute clock and each adaptive.
AMCAT Test Pattern and Syllabus: Every Module, Clock and Rule
AMCAT is a set of modules, each on its own clock, and which ones you sit depends on how you take it. The published pattern, the rules every module shares and where AMCAT contradicts itself.
AMCAT Logical Ability test: how it works
AMCAT’s Logical Ability module gives you 12 questions in 15 minutes across coding and decoding, direction sense, data sufficiency, puzzles and number series.
AMCAT Information Gathering and Synthesis: how it works
Information Gathering and Synthesis is the AMCAT module on finding and using information: 12 questions in 15 minutes on tables and charts, putting things in order and applying rules.
AMCAT mock test: how it works
A real AMCAT sitting runs several modules back to back, each on its own clock. A full mock is the way to practise the pacing and the stamina, not just the questions.
Practice by Test Type
Compare the same format across every provider that uses it, and see what each one is really measuring.
Numerical Reasoning Test Practice
Tables, charts, percentages and ratios against the clock. The most common screening test on graduate schemes and analyst roles.
Verbal Reasoning Test Practice
Short dense passages and true, false or cannot say answers. Judged on what the text supports, never on what you already know.
Logical Reasoning Test Practice
The umbrella name on many invitations. Covers the four rule-based formats and how to tell which one you have actually been sent.
Cognitive Ability Test Practice
Short general tests that mix verbal, numerical, logical and spatial items, such as the CCAT, Wonderlic and PI Cognitive.
Not sure which test your invitation is for? The provider identification guide matches invitation names to publishers, and the AMCAT test pattern and syllabus walks through each module and how to prepare in the weeks before a campus drive. If you are wondering whether any of it can be short-circuited, we answer that at can you cheat AMCAT.
About CogniPrep AMCAT Practice
CogniPrep provides independent practice for the aptitude modules of AMCAT, the employability test built by Aspiring Minds, which SHL bought in 2019. Candidates take it through myamcat.com, at a college drive or an SHL centre, or as a company's own invitation for entry-level hiring in India. Our questions are original and written to the topics, counts and clocks on AMCAT's syllabus. We are not affiliated with AMCAT, Aspiring Minds or SHL.
- 5 tests available: English, Quantitative Ability, Logical Ability, Information Gathering and Synthesis, Aptitude Battery
- Free: English
- Syllabus clocks: 15 to 20 minutes a module, up to 68 minutes for all four
- Adaptive, with feedback by topic and the level you reached
- Works on a phone and on a computer
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