Common Admission Test (CAT) is an all India Entrance test conducted by IIMs. The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) started this exam and is a pre-requisite for selecting students for their business administration programs. This computer-based test is conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for admission to their 2-year full time postgraduate programs in management. Other Indian business schools like IITs, FMS, S P Jain, MDI, and NITIE also accept CAT scores as part of their selection process.
*SC/ST/PwD candidates should have a minimum 45%. For General, EWS and NC-OBC candidates, the minimum is 50%.
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CAT is a computer based test.
Refer the below table with the details as per CAT 2020:
Section | Section Name | Time |
Section-I | Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension | 40 min |
Section-II | Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning | 40 min |
Section-III | Quantitative Ability | 40 min |
Total | 120 |
The Scoring pattern of CAT 2020 will be +3 for each correct answer and -1 for each wrong answer. The students are also scaled on percentiles which are the criteria for short listing students for the next round.
CAT 2020 results will be tentatively available from the second week of January 2021 on the CAT website. The list of candidates shortlisted for the next level of selection will be made available on the website of the respective IIMs. Each IIM will send interview letters to the shortlisted candidates directly. The criteria for shortlisting vary across IIMs.
IIMs shortlist candidates for the interview stage based on their own criteria, which may be independent of each other. The process may include Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI). Performance in the CAT 2020 examination is an important component in the admission process. IIMs may additionally use other factors such as the previous academic performance of the candidates, relevant work experience, gender and academic diversity and other similar inputs in shortlisting and ranking of candidates at various stages of the admission process. The processes, academic cut-offs and the weights allocated to the evaluation parameters may vary across IIMs.
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Institute | Average Salary (LPA) |
IIM Ahmedabad | 25.83 |
IIM Bangalore | 26.18 |
IIM Calcutta | 28 |
IIM Indore | 20.79 |
IIM Kozhikode | 23.08 |
IIM Lucknow | 24.25 |
IIM Kashipur | 13.82 |
IIM Ranchi | 15.11 |
IIM - Rohtak | 13.07 |
IIM Shillong | 18.76 |
IIM Trichy | 14.96 |
IIM Udaipur | 12.25 |
IIM Raipur | 14.53 |
IIM Amritsar | 12.61 |
IIM Bodh Gaya | 11.02 |
IIM Jammu | 11.2 |
IIM Nagpur | 13.13 |
IIM Sambalpur | 11.61 |
IIM Sirmaur | 11.28 |
IIM Vizag | 13.08 |
Apart from the CAT, an MBA aspirant may need to take a few more entrance tests based on the list of B-Schools one is planning to apply to. Some of the important B-School entrance tests are XAT, IIFT, NMAT, SNAP, TISS-NET, CET (Mah), CMAT, MAT and ATMA. These tests are generally unpredictable in their structure and composition. Whilst the objective of the test to assess the students’ aptitude in the broad areas of Quantitative, Verbal, Logical and Analytical Reasoning remains unchanged, the same cannot be said about the weightage given to each area. Increasingly, many institutes are also testing the students’ awareness of current affairs and general knowledge. The two prime requirements to beat these tests are (a) a really thorough knowledge of each basic area and (b) a consciously cultivated ability to think on one’s feet. Find below the test structure analysis of the latest edition of each of the above tests: