Common Admission Test (CAT) Complete Guide

1. Login/Register PWCentres PWSkills All Courses Home / MBA 2023: Overview, Admission, Syllabus, Colleges, Entrance, FAQs / CAT Overview: Eligibility, Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Courses, Colleges Related Link CAT OVERVIEW: ELIGIBILITY, SYLLABUS, EXAM PATTERN, COURSES, COLLEGES MBA 2023: Overview, Admission, Syllabus, Colleges, Entrance, FAQs  CAT  CAT Syllabus  CAT Exam Pattern Common Admission Test or CAT is the most popular examination for the  CAT Eligibility candidates willing to pursue a master’s degree from top B-schools. Getting a  CAT Sample Paper degree from the reputed B-school is still a dream for many aspirants.  CAT Registration The CAT Exam is the entry-level examination for the candidates to get into the colleges. Today we’ll enlist all the necessary details required to learn if you’re an  CAT Admit Card MBA aspirant preparing for the CAT Examination.  CAT Application Form What is CAT Examination?  CAT Result Common Admission Test shortly named as CAT Examination is the national-level management aptitude test, that a candidate has to given if they are willing to get into top B-schools for the MBA program. CAT Exam is considered as the biggest entrance examination in India also known as the IIM Entrance Test. It is a computer-based examination with a duration of 3 hours. The date of CAT 2023 Examination is yet to be announced. CAT Examination Highlights Exam Highlights No. of Questions 66 (tentative) Sections in Exam 3; VARC, DILR and QA Exam Duration 2 hours Time Allotted per Section 40 minutes Slots for Exam 3 Mode of Exam Computer-based Exam Medium of Instruction English Types of Questions MCQ and TITA CAT Marking Scheme +3 for every right answer -1 for every wrong answer TITA has no negative marking CAT Examination Registration According to data, every year more than 3 lakh student appear for the CAT Examination. The expected of the CAT 2023 examination is to be in the month of November only. The new notification will be released for the 2023 examination is in the month of July and August. Here’s the step by step guide to register yourself for the examination: Step 1: Login to the o?cial website of the IIM CAT on iimcat.in Step 2: Click on the ‘register’ button under the new candidate registration bar and create your candidate user id by mentioning your entire details. Step 3: Click on the bar ‘Generate OTP’ to get the one time password on your registered mobile number. Step 4: Enter the OTP and verify your registration for the CAT examination Step 5: Click on the Login button and enter your registration number generated in the last step Step 6: Enter all the necessary details mentioned in the registration form

2. Step 7: Select the minimum test cities asked to choose in the application form and choose the IIMs All Courses Login/Register PWCentres PWSkills Step 8: Pay the CAT application fees via debit/credit card or through net banking and click on the button submit. Step 9: Take a printout of the application form for the future reference. Syllabus of CAT 2023 The syllabus of the CAT Examination is quite complex. The IIMs have not provided the exact CAT Syllabusfor the CAT Examination, so the students has to go with the entire syllabus to get good score in the examination. To get into the top B-schools is not an easy task but with the exceptional knowledge of syllabus for the MBA 2023 examination with the immense preparation. You can easily crack the CAT Examination. CAT Exam Syllabus Topics Quantitative Aptitude Quantitative Aptitude – Number System, Geometry Time and Work, Algebra, Mensuration and Arithmetic Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation Puzzles, Seating Arrangement, Blood Relation,Syllogism, Coding and Decoding Tables, Graphs, Data Caselets Verbal Ability & Reading Reading Comprehension, Para Jumbles, Para Comprehension Summary, Verbal Ability, Odd Sentence Out CAT 2023 Exam Pattern Before starting with your CAT Examination Preparation, first you need to go through the examination pattern so that you can understand the CAT examination and its functioning entirely. Below listed is the complete guide CAT 2023 Exam Pattern that you need to understand before you go with your examination preparation: ?. CAT (Common Admission Test) Examination is a 3 hour examination conducted in the online mode within a duration that has been revised as 2 hours. ?. There’ll be three sections in the CAT Examination named as: Quantitative Aptitude Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension You can look at the syllabus and other details above. ?. The number of questions in the examination will be 76 consisting of 228 marks with: VARC - 26 Questions DILR - 24 Questions QA - 26 Questions ?. You will be awarded with 3 marks with each correct answer and your 1 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer Evolution of CAT Examination In the last decade, the CAT examination has undergone several changes since the time has changed from the pen paper mode to the computer based test: Year Time - Section Total Number Total Number of Duration of Questions Questions in each Section 2021 120 Verbal ability and 24 66 Reading 20

3. comprehension 22 Login/Register Data Interpretation PWCentres PWSkills All Courses and Logical reasoning Quantitative Ability 2020 120 VARC 26 76 DILR 24 QA 26 2019 180 VARC 34 100 DILR 32 QA 34 2018 180 VARC 34 100 DILR 32 QA 34 2017 180 VARC 34 100 DILR 32 QA 34 2016 180 VARC 34 100 DILR 32 QA 34 2015 180 VARC 34 100 DILR 32 QA 34 2014 170 QA 34 100 DI 16 VARC 50 2013 140 Verbal ability, Logical 30 60 reasoning 30 & Quantitative Ability , Data interpretation 2012 140 QA 21 60 DI 9 VARC 30 2011 140 VALR 30 60 & 30 QADI Courses O?ered by IIMs IIMs o?er a variety of courses to the candidates willing to get admission into the top B-schools. Here’s the list of all the IIMs and the courses o?ered by them: IIM Calcutta - MBA IIM Ahmedabad- PGP, PGP-FABM

4. IIM Bangalore- PGP, PGPEM, PGPBA IIM Lucknow- PGP, PGP-ABM, PGP-SM IIM Kozhikode- PGP, PGP-BL, PGP-F, PGP-LSM, EPGP Kochi Login/Register PWCentres PWSkills All Courses IIM Indore- PGP, PGP-HRM IIM Shillong- PGP, PGPEX, PGPWE IIM Rohtak- PGP, EPGPX, EPGDSM IIM Ranchi- PGP, PGP-HRM, PGP (Business Analytics) IIM Raipur- PGP IIM Udaipur- MBA, MBA-DEM, MBA-GSCM, PGDBA IIM Nagpur- PGP IIM Tiruchirappalli- PGPM, PGPM-HR, PGPBM IIM Kashipur- MBA, MBA (Analytics), EMBA IIM Visakhapatnam- PGP, PGPEX, PGPDGM IIM Bodh Gaya- PGP IIM Amritsar- MBA, EMBA, MBA-Business Analytics, MBA-HRM IIM Sambalpur- MBA, Executive MBA IIM Sirmaur- MBA, MBA (T&HM) IIM Jammu- Executive MBA (Blended Mode) CAT 2023 Eligibility All the courses o?ered through the CAT 2023 examination are all the masters or in simple terms are post graduation/ doctorate courses. Check out the required CAT eligibility criteria for the candidates: ?. Candidates must be in the final year of their graduation/ waiting for their result to be eligible for the CAT examination. ?. All the candidates completed their graduation with an aggregate of 50% for General and 45% for the SC/ST or disabled will be eligible to register for the examination. ?. All the candidates completed their CA/CMA/CS with an aggregate of 50% will also be eligible to register for the CAT 2023. Non-IIM Universities Accepting the CAT Score Other than the top IIMs there’re other top B-schools as well, accepting the CAT examination score. Here’s the list of all the other universities accepting the CAT examination score: ?. FMS, Delhi University ?. SPJIMR, Mumbai ?. MDI, Gurgaon ?. IMT, Ghaziabad ?. IIT Kanpur-IME ?. IMI, Delhi ?. IIT Delhi - DoMs ?. IIT Bombay-SJMSOM ?. IIT Madras-DoMs ??. IIT Roorkee-DoMs ??. IIT Kharagpur-VGoSM ??. IIT Dhanbad-ISM ??. Great Lakes Institute of Management ??. IMT, Nagpur ??. IMI, Kolkata ??. IPE, Hyderabad ??. ITM, University ??. Institute of Management, Nirma University ??. IIITM, Gwalior ??. Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Goa CAT 2023 Exam Centers As CAT exam is the computer-based test conducted in the online mode, students have to select some cities as their examination center. To make the examination more biased and clear, the authority conducts the CAT examination on the respective centers. Here’s the list of all the examination centers for the CAT Examination. S No: Name of the State CAT 2021 Exam Cities 1 Andaman and Nicobar Port Blair 2 Andhra Pradesh Guntur 3 Kakinada 4 Kurnool 5 Nellore

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8. 138 Gorakhpur Login/Register PWCentres PWSkills All Courses 139 Greater Noida 140 Kanpur 141 Jhansi 142 Lucknow 143 Meerut 144 Moradabad 145 Muza?arnagar 146 Noida 147 Prayagraj 148 Varanasi 149 Uttarakhand Dehradun 150 Haldwani 151 Roorkee 152 West Bengal Asansol 153 Bankura 154 Burdwan 155 Durgapur 156 Hooghly 157 Kalyani 158 Kolkata 159 Siliguri Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Q1. Is CAT examination tough? Ans. Yes, CAT examination is known to be the toughest examination out of all the entrance examination required for a post graduate degree. Q2. When is CAT examination 2023? Ans. The CAT examination for 2023 will be conducted in the month of November 2023. Q3. What is the CAT eligibility criteria? Ans. We’ve mentioned all the CAT eligibility criteria in the above mentioned page. Q4. When should I start preparing for the CAT examination 2023? Ans. The ideal time for start preparing for the CAT examination is 12 months before the examination. Q5. What is the CAT 2022 result announcement date? Ans. The CAT examination result will be announced in the first week of January 2023. Get Access To Our Free Batches Now

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