CAT

The Common Admission Test (CAT) Computer based exam 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 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.

Before 2009, CAT was a paper based test conducted on a single day for all candidates. The pattern, number of questions and duration have seen considerable variations over the years.

The candidate must satisfy the below specified criteria:

• Hold a bachelor’s degre 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)
• The degree should be granted by any of the universities consolidated by an act of the central or state statutory body in India or other instructive organizations built up by an act of Parliament or pronounced to be considered as a university under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
• Competitors 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 likewise apply.

CAT 2018 Application Process

The CAT Pattern is created annually by the organisation in charge of administering the exam to gauge candidates’ aptitude for quickly and accurately solving mathematics and reasoning tasks. There are 3 exam portions, according to the official CAT Exam Pattern:

VARC
DILR
QA
In total, 66 questions were asked on the exam last year, which had a 120-minute overall duration and a 40-minute sectional time limit. The CAT Exam Pattern is created in a way that makes it simple for officials to assess candidates’ logical and mathematical abilities. Therefore, if you plan to take the future exam, you must familiarise yourself with the CAT Paper Pattern 2023.