Friends, in todays article, we are going to tell you what is CAT Exam, CAT Exam Pattern, eligibility of CAT Exam, and what is the syllabus of CAT Exam, so today I will tell you in full detail about all this, so keep reading this article. Friends, all of you must have heard about MBA courses. It is one of the most preferred professional courses in the whole world and today most of the youth in India want to do their master’s degree in Business Administration. MBA is a very popular professional master’s degree course. Admission to MBA courses is given by entrance examination only. If you want to get admission in the MBA course, then you should have complete knowledge of its entrance exam so that you can prepare for this entrance exam very well and take your hard work in the right direction. Today I will give you all the information related to the MBA entrance exam. The entrance exam for MBA is called the CAT exam. In this article, you will get answers to all the important questions related to CAT exam in detail.
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| Exam Name | CAT |
|---|---|
| Full Form | Common Admission Test |
| Qualification | Bachelor’s degree from any recognized board with 50% marks |
| Age Limit | No age limit |
| Fees | Rs.2700 (Depends on General, OBC, SC, ST category) |
CAT Exam Details
CAT exam full form Common Admission Test or Common Aptitude Test. The CAT exam is one of the toughest exams in our country. Through this exam, you get admission in the famous management college of our country. After studying in these colleges, you get a job in a very big company on big posts and with a very good salary. Through this exam, you will get admission in the famous management colleges of our country such as 20 IIMS colleges. This exam is conducted every year and through this examination you get a chance to do post graduation in management in 20 IIMS colleges of our country.
Friends, today most of the engineering students are preparing for the CAT exam because after passing this exam, they get a chance to do a management course from famous places of the country. After completing their master’s degree from these colleges, they get jobs in very good posts in very big companies. More than 20,0000 students take this exam every year. Friends, this exam is conducted online and this exam is conducted in a total of 156 cities of our country. Through the exam, you get admission in more than 1200 B schools. Friends, for the last few years, the number of students for this exam is increasing every year.
- A total of 219,000 students had registered for the 2015 exam
- For the 2016 examination, 232000 students had registered
- A total of 231000 students had registered for the 2017 exam
- For the 2018 examination, 240000 students were made to do it
- In 2019, 244000 students had taken the exam
Friends, this exam is conducted every year by the IIMS of our country. The CAT Exam 2020 will be conducted by IIM Indore.
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CAT Exam Eligibility
- To enroll in this post-graduation course, for this exam, you have to have a bachelor’s degree from any subject from a recognized university and college and you have to pass your bachelor’s degree with 50% marks.
- A relaxation of 5% marks has been given for reserved category and handicapped students.
- Students who are in the final year of their graduation can also apply for this examination.
CAT Exam Important Dates
- All the information of the CAT exam is announced by IIM in the fourth week of July.
- The application for this exam starts from the first week of August and the last date to apply is in the last week of September.
- If there is a mistake in the application, if you want to make some corrections, then you have time till the fourth week of September.
- The CAT exam mock test starts in the second week of October.
- An official video is released by IIM to tell the students about the exam which is released only in the second week of October.
- The CAT EXAM ADMIT CARD is released in the third week of October and you can download this ADMIT card by visiting the official website of CAT.
- The CAT exam is held in the month of November.
- The answer key of this exam is released in the 4th week of November.
- If you want to do an answer challenge in this exam, then you also get time for this, it starts from the first week of December and you have to pay ₹ 1000 for each question and in this way the last date to do the challenge is till the first week of December.
- The CAT EXAM RESULT is released in the first week of January.
CAT Exam Pattern
The CAT Exam is conducted in 2 slots, in this exam you are asked a total of 100 questions. In this, you are asked questions such as Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR), Quantitative Ability (QA). In this exam, you are asked both objective and subjective questions. It is divided into three parts of the exam. And you are given 60 minutes for each part. That is, in total you get 180 minutes and you have to answer 100 questions in 180 minutes. All questions in this exam are asked in English. A total of 300 marks questions are asked in the CAT EXAM. Number of question in each section
- verbal ability and reading comprehension
- Data interpretation and logical reasoning
- A total of 34 questions are asked from Quantitative ability
Friends, there is also negative marking in this exam, that is, some marks are also deducted for your wrong answer. You get 3 marks for each correct answer while one mark is deducted for the wrong answer. Negative marking occurs only in objective type questions.
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CAT Exam Syllabus
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Friends, in this section, 24 mcq questions and 10 questions of non-mcq are asked.
- Grammar
- Fact inference judgment
- Fill in the blanks
- For completion
- For jumble
- Sentence correction
- Verbal reasoning
- Word usage
- Idioms
- Analogies
- Data interpretation and logical reasoning
DI & LR You are asked 27 mcqs and 7 non mcq questions
- Bar
- Graph combination of suffiency, line graph, pie, charts, tables,
- Logical reasoning
- blood relation
- binary logic
- clocks and calendar
- assumptions
- constraint based puzzles
Quantitative ability Mathematics questions are asked, in which you are asked 24 objective questions while questions of eight subjects are asked.
Arithmetic
Number system HCF LCM ratio and proportion simply situation percentage average age calculation time and work distance.
Algebra
Questions from the following topics of Algebra Square are asked.
Theory of Equations, Quadratic Equation, Permutation & Combination, Sequence & Series Algebra
Geometry
Geometry is one of the most difficult topics of mathematics, for this topic you need continuous practice and in this exam you are asked questions from the following topics.
Angles, Lines, Triangles, Circles
Mensuration
Areas and Volumes – Rectangles, Squares, Triangles, Circles, Cubes, Cones, Spheres, Pipes and Cistern
- Calculus
- Maxima and Minima,
- Function
- Trigonometry Trigonometric Ratios, Heights, and Distances
Friends, in this article, we have learned about the CAT exam, in this article, I have provided you with all the important information related to the CAT exam. I hope that I have been able to answer all the questions related to this exam in detail in this article and I hope that you will like this article and you have got a lot of important information by reading this article.