History Of Common Admission Test

I am preparing for the Common Admission Test (CAT) and want to know the History of Common Admission Test. Can you please tell me when CAT got approval for the taking entrance exam for various management Colleges? Also tell me number of students appeared for the first time in CAT exam?

Hello sir I want to know about History Of Common Admission Test so here can you please give me details ?

[Kiran Chandar]

Hey as The Common Admission Test (CAT)[3] is a computer based test held in India. The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) started this exam and use the test for selecting students for their business administration programs. The test is conducted every year by one of the IIM's based on a policy of rotation

Eligibility

Candidate should have bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognised university with 50% Marks in graduation.


Exam pattern

Quantitative Aptitude (QA) having 34 questions

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) with 32 questions

Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC) with 34 questions

Duration

Exam duration has been increased to 170 minutes from the existing limit of 140 minutes.

Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation will consist of 50 questions and Logical Reasoning and Verbal Ability will have 50 questions each.

The tutorial which was made available before start of examination will not be available this time.

Candidates have the flexibility to devote more or less time to each section according to their ability.

One can switch over from one section to another section at any point during the examination timing.