CAT Exam Pattern

CAT Common Admission Test is a national level common aptitude test conducted for admission to management courses in Indian Institute of Management and other top B-schools across India. Indian Institute of Management started this exam to select the students for business administration programs MBA or PGDM). This exam is conducted every year by any one IIMs based on the rotation policy.

 

Courses offered in IIM

 

There are different courses offered by IIMs namely the post-graduate, doctoral and executive education program. Some of the institute even offer Fellowship Management Program (FPM) which is equivalent to PhD. But their flagship program is two years residential post graduate program. Find below the list of courses offered by IIM

 

Course Name	Degree
Post Graduate Program in Management	PGP
Post Graduate Program in Management in Food and Agriculture Management	PGP-FAM
Post Graduate Program in Management in Enterprise Management	PGPEM
Post Graduate Program in Management in Public Policy Management	PGPPM
Executive Post Graduate Program in Management	EPGP
Post Graduate Program in Management in Sustainable Management	PGPSM
Post Graduate Program in Management in Management for Working Executive	PGPWE
Post Graduate Program in Management in Business Management	PBPBM
Fellow Program in Management	FPM

 

Highlights of CAT Exam

 

Features	Details
Exam Name	Common Admission Test (CAT)
Conducting Body	Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
Exam Level	National
Exam Frequency	Once a year
Exam Mode	Computer-Based (Online)
Exam Pattern	MCQ and Non-MCQ Format
Exam Duration	3 hours
Exam Syllabus	·         Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) ·         Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) ·         Quantitative Aptitude (QA)
Exam Language	English
Exam Purpose	Admission into IIMs, SPJIMR, MDS, FMS, IMT, and other top B-Schools.
Courses Offered	MBA-PGDM
Number of IIM	20
Number of Registration	2 Lakh+
Official Website	https://iimcat.ac.in

 

CAT Entrance Exam-Proposed Month

 

Event	Tentative Month
CAT Notification	July
CAT Admit Card	October
CAT Exam	November
CAT Result	January

 

CAT Entrance Exam – Eligibility Criteria:

 

Age limit:

There is no age limit set for appearing in the CAT exam.

 

Educational Qualification:

• The candidate must have a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from a recognized University or equivalent with a minimum of 50% or equivalent CGPA (45 % or equivalent CGPA for SC, ST, PWD/DA category) aggregate mark.
• Candidates who have completed a professional course like CA/CS/ICWA with a minimum percentage are also eligible to appear for the exam.
• Appearing and result awaited candidates are also eligible to appear for the exam.

 

CAT Entrance Exam Pattern

 

Particulars	Details
Exam Mode	Computer-Based Exam (Online)
Number of Sections	3
Duration of the exam	3 hours 4 hours for PWD Category
Sectional duration of the exam	60 minutes 80 minutes for PWD Category
Number of questions	100
Marking Scheme	3 marks were awarded for every correct answer 1 mark deducted for every wrong answer
Panel color indication	v  Red: Question not answered nor marked as review v  Green: Question answered but not marked as review v  Grey: Question neither viewed nor visited v  Violet: Question marked for review but not answered v  Violet with green tick: Question marked for review and answered

 

CAT Entrance Exam Section-wise

 

CAT EXAM SECTION-WISE
Section	TITA Question	MCQ Question	Total Question	Duration
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)	7	27	34	60 minutes (80 minutes for PWD)
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)	8	24	32	60 minutes (80 minutes for PWD)
Quantitative Aptitude (QA)	11	23	34	60 minutes (80 minutes for PWD)
Total	74	26	100	3 hours (4 hours for PWD)

 

 

S.No	Name of the Institute	State	Establishment Year
1	IIM Ahmedabad	Gujarat	1961
2	IIM Calcutta	West Bengal	1961
3	IIM Bangalore	Karnataka	1973
4	IIM Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	1984
5	IIM Indore	Madhya Pradesh	1996
6	IIM Kozhikode	Kerala	1996
7	IIM Shilong	Meghalaya	2007
8	IIM Raipur	Chhattisgarh	2010
9	IIM Ranchi	Jharkhand	2010
10	IIM Rohtak	Haryana	2010
11	IIM Kashipur	Uttarakhand	2011
12	IIM Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	2011
13	IIM Udaipur	Rajasthan	2011
14	IIM Amritsar	Punjab	2015
15	IIM Bodh Gaya	Bihar	2015
16	IIM Nagpur	Maharashtra	2015
17	IIM Sambalpur	Odisha	2015
18	IIM Sirmaur	Himachal Pradesh	2015
19	IIM Vishakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	2015
20	IIM Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	2016

 

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