The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a computer based test for admission in graduate management programs. The test consists of three sections: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Ability. The CAT exam is hold for seeking admissions in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) ,Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) and various B-Schools in India.The exam is taken online over a period of three hours, with one hour per section. The Indian Institutes of Management started this exam and use the test for selecting students for their business administration programs (MBA or PGDM). The test is conducted every year by one of the Indian Institutes of Managements based on a policy of rotation. There is no restriction on the number of attempts you can take the CAT and no upper age limit.This year CAT exam will be held on 26 Nov 2023. Admit cards will be available from 25 Nov 2023 in their official website https://iimcat.ac.in/

EXAM PATTERN:

The raw score is calculated for each section based on the number of questions one answered correctly, incorrectly, or left unattempted. Candidates are given +3 points for each correct answer and -1 point for each incorrect answer. No points are given for questions that are not answered. There are 100 number of questions combining each section. The very first section which is the verbal ability and reading comprehension contains 34 questions, further bifurcating 24 questions of reading comprehension and 10 questions of verbal ability, then next section is of data interpretation and logical reasoning which contains 32 questions and the last section is of quantitative ability which contains 34 questions making it to 100 questions in total

ELIGIBILITY

Anyone holding a bachelor’s degree, with not less than 50% or equal CGPA (45% for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disability (PWD)/Differently Able (DA) classification) can appear the exam. One appearing for the final year of bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and the individuals who have finished degree prerequisites and are anticipating results can also apply.