Quick answer
Language Skills is 36 of the 108 questions in NMAT 2026, 36 marks (33% of the paper) with its own 28 min timer. No negative marking. The real NMAT is computer-adaptive and reports a scaled score of 36–360.
Questions
36
Marks
36 of 108
Own timer
28 min
That is about 47 seconds a question. The section closes when its time ends, so pace it on its own clock.
Language Skills topics in NMAT
Topic tests for this section are being added. The full mocks cover it in the real NMAT interface.
How Language is marked
No negative marking. The real NMAT is computer-adaptive and reports a scaled score of 36–360.
What the report shows for Language
Accuracy, time per question and the topics you lost marks on in this section, after every full mock. Your Improvement Pack is built from those topics.
Take the Language section in a full NMAT mock
3 full mocks with the same sections, timer and marking. The first one is free.
Questions students ask
How many Language Skills questions are there in NMAT 2026?
Language Skills is 36 of the 108 questions in NMAT 2026, 36 marks (33% of the paper) with its own 28 min timer. No negative marking. The real NMAT is computer-adaptive and reports a scaled score of 36–360.
Which Language topics come in NMAT?
The Language Skills section follows the official NMAT syllabus; our mocks spread questions across its topics in the proportion of recent papers.
Can I practise only the NMAT Language section?
The full mocks give you the Language Skills section with the real timer; topic tests for it are being added.