CAT Exam Eligibility For MBA

I want to apply for Common Admission Test CAT Exam for admission in MBA program so can you tell me the eligibility criteria to apply for exam?

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The Common Admission Test (CAT) is an all-India test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) as an entrance exam for admission to the Post-graduate and Fellow Programs in management courses of several management institutes all over India including the IIMs.

CAT Eligibility Criteria

Bachelors Degree in any discipline from a recognised University or Institute.

The minimum percentage of aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA to be obtained or secured by the applicants is 50 for General category candidates and 45 for reserved category candidates.

Final year graduation students are also eligible to appear for the exam

CAT Exam Pattern

CAT is a computer-based test of three hours duration carrying 100 objective type questions which were mixed with multiple choice questions (MCQ) and non-multiple choice questions (Non-MCQs) or TITA Question (Type in the Answer Questions without options).

The number of questions in Verbal and Reading Comprehension and Quantitative Ability sections is same, i.e. 34, whereas the number of questions in Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning section is 32.
Each section is time bound for one hour and cant switch from 1 section to another section.

The total duration of the exam is three hours.

Section No. of No. of Non- Questions Total Time
MCQs MCQs from each section Marks

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VRC) 24 10 34 102 60

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DI & LR) 24 8 32 96 60

Quantitative Ability (QA) 27 7 34 102 60

Total 75 25 100 300 180

The order of the section is same as given in the above table.
Each question carries three marks.

For each wrong answer, there is a negative marking of 1 mark.

There is no negative marking for non-MCQs or unattempted questions.