Generic : Is MAT harder than CAT?

No. MAT is an easier exam than CAT or XAT exams. MAT exam has easy 150 Question, while CAT exam has 68 hard questions. In terms of question format, all questions in MAT exam are MCQs, while only about 70% questions in CAT are MCQs, and rest are Non-MCQs (TITA) questions where candidates have to type their answers.