Common Aptitude Test (CAT) Exam-Know everything: Exam dates, Syllabus, Cut-OFFs, Pattern

Common Admission Test (CAT Exam) is an entrance examination to secure admission in the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) across the country and many other colleges for Masters in Business Administration (MBA) or Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) courses. It is taken once every year, on the last Sunday of November.  Go through this article to know more about CAT. What is CAT?  Common Admission Test (CAT) is a national level entrance examination which is given by nearly 2 lakh aspirants every year. All the 20 IIMs and other 90+ Business schools consider the score of CAT for their admission process. Each year, one of the top IIMs takes the responsibility of conducting and administering the CAT exam. For example, This year, i.e. in 2022, IIM Bangalore conducted the CAT exam.  CAT is a computer-based examination with Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Type In The Answer (TITA). The MCQs carry +3 for a correct answer and -1 for an incorrect answer. The TITA questions don’t carry any negative marking. CAT Exam Overview: CAT website https://iimcat.ac.in/ Exam duration 2 hours (3 sections of 40 minutes each) Exam date Last Sunday of November month Conducting body Any one of the IIMs Exam sections 3 sections:Verbal Ability and Reading ComprehensionData Interpretation and Logical ReasoningQuantitative Ability Question types Multiple Choice Questions and Type In The Answer (TITA) Exam mode Computer-based (in a desginated exam center) Exam centres 150 cities approx, all over India Exam Fees INR 2200 (For general Category), INR 1100 (For reserved category) Exam results First week of January (subject to change) Why should you appear for CAT? CAT is a gateway to the top management institutes of the country, some of which have an average placement of around 30 lakhs per annum.  Following are a few reasons why you should appear for CAT : Important dates related to CAT-23 (tentative) Events Dates Online Application starts First week of August, 2023 CAT 2023 Exam 26th November, 2023 (expected) CAT 2023 Exam result First week of January 2024 (expected) CAT 2023 Exam Syllabus CAT Exam Syllabus Topic Names Quantitative Aptitude Arithmetic, Algebra, Number Systems, Modern Math, Geometry Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning Puzzles, Graph and table related sets, Arrangement, Tournaments, Relations, etc Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension based questions, Para-jumbled, Odd sentences, Fill in the blanks CAT Exam eligibility: All the CAT aspirants are required to have at least a Bachelor’s degree of 3 years with an aggregate score of 50% (at least). The students in their final year of bachelor’s degree are also eligible to appear in the CAT exam. Students passed out from a few universities that were offering (previously) a bachelor’s degree of 2 years are also eligible, provided their university is recognised by UGC India.  CAT Exam pattern: The CAT exam used to be a 3 hour long exam before 2020. Exam duration has been reduced from three hours to two hours since 2020.  CAT consists of 3 sections: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude. Each section is 40 minutes long.  Refer the table below to get information on the marking scheme and no of questions in CAT 2022 Exam Section Question numbers Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) MCQs: 19, TITA: 5 Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) MCQs: 15, TITA: 5 Quantitative Ability (QA) MCQs: 14, TITA: 8 Total 66 Top colleges accepting CAT scores and their cut-offs: College Name Cut-off Percentile (%ile) (approx.) IIM Ahmedabad 99+ IIM Bangalore 99+ IIM Calcutta 99+ FMS Delhi 99+ IIM Lucknow 98+ IIM Indore 98+ IIM Kozhikode 98+ MDI Gurgaon 97+ SPJIMR 96+ Baby IIMs 92+ To know more about other exams, click on the links below: SNAP, NMAT, CMAT, IIFT, GMAT, XAT.

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2023- Know Everything: Exam Dates, Fees, Cut-Offs

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a National level entrance exam conducted by NTA for admission into management programmes offered by AICTE affiliated institutes. CMAT is a 3 hour long computer based exam and tests the language skills, logical and critical thinking of the aspirants.  CMAT 2023 will be conducted across 100+ designated examination centres. It is conducted once annually. Go through this article to know more about the same. What is CMAT exam? CMAT is a popular business aptitude test taken by aspirants who are willing to go for an MBA or a PGDM degree. Every year around 70,000 students give CMAT. It is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).  The score of CMAT is accepted by many top level B-schools like Great Lakes Institute of Management, KJ Somaiya Mumbai, JBIMS, Welingkar Mumbai, and many more. The test consists of 100 questions and has 5 sections namely Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness and Innovation and Entrepreneurship.  Why should you appear for CMAT? CMAT 2023 important dates  Events Dates (expected) CMAT registration starts First week of January 23 CMAT registration last date Third week of March 2023 CMAT 2023 admit card download April 2023 CMAT 2023 exam First week of April 2023 CMAT 2023 results Fourth week of April 2023 CMAT Eligibility  To apply for CMAT, an aspirant must meet the following criterias: CMAT Exam pattern  The syllabus of CMAT is similar to other MBA entrance exams. Following is the exam pattern: Exam section Questions Quantitative Ability and Data interpretation 20 Logical Reasoning 20 Language Comprehension 20 General awareness 20 Innovation & Entrepreneurship 20 Cut-offs of top colleges accepting CMAT scores:  College Name Estimated Cut-Offs in Percentiles (%ile) JBIMS, Mumbai 99.9+ SIMSREE, Mumbai 99+ Goa Institute of Management, Goa 95+ KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai 95+ Great Lakes of Management, Chennai 95+ Dept. Of management Sciences, University of Pune 95+ Xavier institute of Social Science, Ranchi 95+ Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai 85+ Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management 85+ IFIM, Bangalore 85+ To know more about other exams, click below:CAT, SNAP, NMAT, GMAT, IIFT, XAT.

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)- Know Everything: Exam dates, Fees, Syllabus, Cut-offs

IIFT or Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is an entrance exam for getting an admission to MBA course(s) offered by IIFT Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada campus. The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts the IIFT exam nationwide in numerous designated centres. It is a computer based exam and will be 2 hours long. It consists of 4 sections, namely: Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Ability and General Awareness. Exam Overview Full form Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Conducting Body National Testing Agency (NTA) Campuses Delhi, Kolkata, Kakinada Exam Date (IIFT 2022) 18 Dec, 2022 Exam Duration 120 minutes Total Questions 110 IIFT Exam Sections – Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension– Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation– Quantitative Ability– General Awareness IIFT Exam Fees INR 2500 Exam Mode Computer Based (in a designated Exam center) IIFT Exam Syllabus Section name Important Topics Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension – Reading Comprehension– ParaJumbles– Synonym & Antonym– Grammar based questions– One word substitution Quantitative Ability – Arithmetic– Algebra– Geomerty– Modern Math– Numbers Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning – Line+Bar graphs– Pie Chart sets– Linear & Circular arrangement– Tournaments– Logical sets General Awareness – Current Affairs– Static GK IIFT Exam Pattern IIFT Section Marking scheme No of questions VARC +3 / -1 35 QA +3 / -1 25 DILR +3 / -1 30 General Awareness +1.5 / -0.5 20 Exam Cut-Offs IIFT Section Expected Cut-Off (GEN category, Raw score) VA 30+ QA 13+ DILR 20+ General Awareness 8+ Total 110+ IIFT is considered to be one of the most prestigious college with an average placement of around INR 25 lakhs per annum. Students whose CAT didn’t go well, should definitely work hard and clear the this exam, whose difficulty level is lower and has many other criterias for scoring mechanism. To know more about any other exam, click on a link below:SNAP, NMAT, CAT, CMAT, GMAT, XAT.

NMIMS Admission Test (NMAT) by GMAC- Know everything

To pursue a management degree in NMIMS and many other institutes, you need to appear for NMAT, which is a computer based adaptive test. It is similar to GMAT in many aspects like choosing your preferred exam date during a given test window, selecting your preferred sequence of sections, etc.  NMAT Exam Overview: NMAT Conducting body Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) Test dates To be selected from a 74 day long test window (Oct to Dec) Exam Mode Computer based:– Center based– Home based Exam duration 120 minutes Exam Fees INR 2,300 /- Courses Management courses in various National and International Institutes NMAT Official website https://register.nmat.org/ NMAT 2022 Important Dates: Events Timeline NMAT Registrations begins 01 Aug 2022 NMAT registrations ends 12 Oct 2022 NMAT Exam Dates 10 Oct to 19 Dec 2022 Retake Registrations timeline 11 Oct to 16 Dec 2022 NMAT additional phase teset window 11 Jan to 15 Jan 2023 NMAT Eligibility Following is the eligibility criteria for NMAT Exam: NMAT Exam Pattern Exam Section Time per section Total Questions Score range Quantitative Aptitutude 52 minutes 36 12-120 Language Skills 28 minutes 36 12-120 Logical Reasoning 40 minutes 36 12-120 NMAT Exam Syllabus Refer to the following table to get to know the important topics for NMAT. Section Important Topics Language Skills – Error identification– Sentence Completion– Analogies– Synonyms/Antonyms– Reading Comprehension Quantitative Skills – Arithmetic– Algebra– Numbers and Modern Math– Data Interpretation– Geometry Logical Reasoning Skills Verbal Reasoning– Critical Reasoning– Coding & Decoding– Inference, argument, assumption based questions– Decision Making– Course Of Action Non Verbal Reasoning– Linear and Circular arrangements– Syllogisms– Coding, Decoding– Matrix based questions– Blood Relation and input-output questions NMAT Exam CutOffs (estimated) and Average Placement in 2022 For NMIMS: Campus Quantitative Skills Language Skills Logical Reasoning Skills Total score Average Placement (INR, LPA) Mumbai 73+ 85+ 79+ 240+ 23.07 Bangalore 70+ 72+ 73+ 220+ 11.8 Navi Mumbai 64+ 67+ 65+ 200+ 9.7 Hyderabad 55+ 55+ 55+ 180+ 11.65 Indore 50+ 55+ 50+ 160+ 10.5 Other Colleges: College Cut-Off in marks Average Placement (INR, LPA) KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai 210+ 12.23 SDA Bocconi, Mumbai 210+ 13.74 XIMB (Bhubaneshwar) 210+ 17.54 VIT University 200+ 5.01 ITM Business School, Mumbai 200+ 8.5 To know more about other exams, click on the links below: SNAP, CAT, CMAT, IIFT, GMAT, XAT.

Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) 2022: Know Everything Exam Dates, Cut-Offs, Syllabus, Fees.

SNAP exam is conducted by the Symbiosis International University (SIU) for admission in PGDM/MBA programmes offered by around 15+ institutes under it. It is conducted annually on three different dates (usually in the month of December and January) and candidates can approach for all the three dates where the best of the three scores will be finally considered. SNAP is a computer based exam with 60 questions to be solved in 60 minutes. It consists of 3 sections: General English, Analytical & Logical Reasoning and Quantitative-Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency. There is no sectional cut-off. SNAP Exam Overview Full form Symbiosis National Aptitude Test Conducting Body Symbiosis International University SNAP ’22 dates 10, 18 & 23 December 2022 SNAP result date 10 Jan 2023 Total duration 60 minutes Total Questions 60 Application Fees INR 1950 Participating Colleges 15+ Exam Sections – General English– Analytical & Logical Reasoning– Quantitative-Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency SNAP Exam Syllabus SNAP Exam sections Important Topics General English – Synonyms and Antonyms– Idioms and phrases– Parajumbles– Fill in the Blanks– Grammar based Analytical & Logical Reasoning – Logical sets– Family tree– Coding and Decoding– Syllogisms – Analogy and Series Quantitative-Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency – Artihmetic– Algebra– Modern Math– Numbers– DI sets (Table/Bar graphs/Pie charts) SNAP Exam Cut-offs Top 4 Symbiosis Colleges with cut-offs above 90%ile: College Estimated Cut-Off Percentile (%ile) SIBM, Pune 98 SCMHRD, Pune 96 SIIB, Pune 93 SIBM, Bangalore 90 Other Colleges under SIU with cut-offs below 90%ile: College Estimated Cut-Off Percentile (%ile) SIOM, Nashik 88 SITM, Pune 83 SICSR, Pune 82 SIMS, Pune 77 SCIT, Pune 77 SSMC, Bangalore 76 SIMC, Pune 75 SSBF, Pune 65 SIHS, Pune 60 SIBM, Hyderabad 58 SSSS, Pune 58 To know more about any other exam, click on a link b

GMAT exam- Know everything: Registration, Fees, Eligibility, Test, Syllabus

The GMAT exam is an entrance exam for Management and Business programs in prestigious colleges across the globe. It is conducted by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) GMAT is a computer based adaptive exam, that means it adapts as per the ability of the test giver. This exam is essential to get an admission to your preferred B-school around the world. GMAT can be given 5 times in a rolling 12 month period and in total 8 times (life-time). There should be a gap of 16 days between any two attempts. This article covers all the important details related to the GMAT exam. What is GMAT exam? GMAT by GMAC is an aptitude test required for admission in a graduate management program. The GMAT exam is 3 hours 30 minutes long including test instructions and breaks. The exam can be taken online from the comfort of one’s home or from a test centre nearby. There are 650 testing centres in 114 countries taking the GMAT exam. It consists of four sections that test your writing, verbal, reasoning and quantitative ability.  GMAT Exam Overview GMAT official website https://www.mba.com/ Entrance exam for MBA courses across INDIA and outside Conducting Body GMAC Exam Mode Computer based- adaptive test GMAT exam fees US $ 275 (INR 22,800 approx) Number of sections 4 GMAT Eligibility and criteria 2023  GMAT exam has no set eligibility as such. It is the college you are targeting that has an eligibility criteria. Other criteria is that the candidate should be at least 18 years old.  GMAT Exam Fee Structure Exam Fees: INR 22,800/- ($275) Rescheduling Fees:  If you reschedule exam:60 days before: $50 15 to 60 days prior: $100 1 to 14 days prior: $150 GMAT Registration and Dates for 2023: You can get yourself registered for GMAT 6 months prior to the test till 24 hours before the preferred test slot. The registration can be done online or through a phone call.  You can select any exam date, as per the availability and convenience and can even reschedule your date.  GMAT Exam Pattern and Syllabus: GMAT provides the flexibility of choosing the sequence of sections you want to The exam pattern of GMAT is as follows: Section No of Questions Time per section Description Integrated Reasoning (IR) 12 questions 30 minutes Two-part analysis, Multi source reasoning, Table Analysis, Graphics Interpretation Quantitative Reasoning (QR) 31 questions 62 minutes Math problem solving, Data Sufficiency Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) 1 topic 30 minutes Essay writing Verbal Reasoning 36 questions 65 minutes Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, Sentence Completion Syllabus: Analytical Writing Assessment—measures candidates’ ability to think critically and communicate their ideasIntegrated Reasoning—measures candidates’ ability to analyse data and evaluate information presented in multiple formatsQuantitative Reasoning—measures aspirants’ ability to analyze data and draw conclusions using reasoning skillsVerbal Reasoning—measures the ability of the candidates to read and understand written material, evaluate arguments, and correct written material to conform to standard written English Important Note:Your GMAT Score is valid for 5 years. Top colleges and their GMAT cut-offs College Name GMAT score for Cut-Off Stanford University 737 Harvard University 729 Yale University 730 University of Chicago 730 University of Pennsylvania 730 Northwestern University 732 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 722 Dartmouth College 722 Colmubia College 724 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 720 To know more about any other exam, click on a link below:IIFT, NMAT, CAT, CMAT, SNAP, XAT

Xaviers Aptitude Test (XAT Exam) Know everything: Date, Syllabus, fees, Cut-offs

Xaviers Aptitude Test (XAT) is a national level entrance exam conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur for securing admission into MBA/PGDM programmes. Over 800 B-schools across India accept XAT scores for their admission process. It is considered to be one of the toughest management aptitude test. XAT is 3 hours 30 minutes long and has 100 MCQs. It consists of two main parts, first one has questions on Verbal & Logical Ability, Decision Making and Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation. The second part consists of General Knowledge questions and Essay writing. Essay writing has 3 topics out of which any one can be selected and answer can be typed in using a keyboard. XAT Exam Overview XAT full form Xavier’s Aptitude Test Conducting body XLRI Jamshedpur XAT 2023 date January 8th 2023 Exam Duration 3 hours 30 minutes Exam sections Part 1:– Verbal Ability– Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation– Decision MakingPart 2:– General Knowledge – Essay Writing XAT fees INR 2000 Exam mode Computer based No of questions 100 Marking scheme (per response) +1 for correct– 0.25 for incorrect-0.1 for more than 8 unattempted questions Important dates related to XAT 2023 Event Dates XAT Registration period 10 August to 30 November, 2022 Admit card availability 20 December 2022 XAT Exam Date 08 January 2023 XAT Response sheet 10 January 2023 XAT Answer Key 17 January 2023 XAT Result date 31 January 2023 (estimated) XAT Syllabus Section Main topics Verbal and Logical Ability – Reading Comprehension– Parajumbles– Grammar questions– Error detection– Idioms & Phrases Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation – Arithmetic– Algebra– Geometry– DI sets– Mensuration Decision Making – Ethical dilemmas– Business decisions– Special caselets– Analytical Reasoning General Knowledge – Static GK– Current Affairs XAT accepting Colleges and Cut Offs College Estimated Cut-Offs (%ile) XLRI Jamshedpur 93+ XIMB 90+ SPJIMR, Mumbai 93.5+ IMT Ghaziabad 90+ GIM, Goa 85+ TAPMI, Manipal 85+ MICA, Ahmedabad 85+ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai 85+ KJ Somaiya, Mumbai 85+ IRMA, Anand 85+ The above cutoffs are for General category aspirants. To know more about any other exam, click on a link below:IIFT, NMAT, CAT, CMAT, GMAT, SNAP.