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30th January 2013, 04:40 PM
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| Re: IIM CAT Exam
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are a group of 13 public, self organized institutes of management education in India. The establishment of IIMs had done by the Jawaharlal Nehru. They were established with the objectives of providing quality management education. The IIMs primarily offer postgraduate, doctoral and executive education programmes. IIM CAT 2013: The Common Admission Test (CAT) is conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) as a pre-requisite for admission to various management programmes of IIMs. The lists of the IIMs are as given below: IIM Ahmedabad IIM Bangalore IIM Calcutta IIM Indore IIM Kashipur IIM Kozhikode IIM Lucknow IIM Raipur IIM Ranchi IIM Rohtak IIM Shillong IIM Tiruchirappalli IIM Udaipur Here I am giving the detailed description of the IIM CAT 2013: CAT Eligibility: The candidate should have a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Differently Abled (DA). The candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. Admission procedure: The admission & registration procedure of the IIM CAT is given in the following attachment, according to year 2012: Selection procedure: The IIM CAT admission process may include Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussions (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI). The Performance in CAT2013 examination is an important component in the admission process. The IIMs may use previous academic performance of the candidates, relevant work experience and other similar inputs in short listing 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. IIM CAT Paper pattern: The IIM CAT paper pattern is as given below: The Test duration will be of 2 hours and 20 minutes which means 70 Minutes is allotted to each section. From this year there are only two sections in the exam. The first section is Quantitative Ability & Date Interpretation: the second section is Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning The time limit for each section is different. The duration of the exam is 140 minutes. The Candidates will be given 70 minutes to answer 30 questions within each section, each section have an on-screen countdown timer. Once the time ends for the first section, students will move to the next section and will not be able to go to previous section. IIM CAT Syllabus: The IIM CAT syllabus is as given below: English: Comprehension of passage, Verbal Reasoning, Syllogisms , Contextual usage, Analogies, Antonyms, Fill In the Blanks, Foreign language words used in English, Sentence completion, Sentence correction, idioms, Errors in word choice, mania & phobia, Incorrect words, Conditionals & Multiple Usage , Punctuation, Proverb, , one word substitution, Different usage of same word Phrasal verb Quantitative Ability: Geometry, (Lines, angles, Triangles, Spheres, Rectangles, Cube, Cone etc) Ratios and Proportion, Ratios, Percentages, In-equations Quadratic and linear equations Algebra Mensuration, Alligation & Mixtures, Work, Pipes and Cisterns Instalment Payments, Partnership, Clocks Probability, Permutations & Combinations Profit & Loss Averages, Percentages, Partnership Time-Speed-Distance, Work and time Number system: HCF, LCM, Geometric Progression, Arithmetic progression, Arithmetic mean, Geometric mean , Harmonic mean, Median, Mode, Number Base System, BODMAS Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Data Interpretation based on text, Data Interpretation based on graphs and tables visit tutorial Graphs can be Column graphs, Graphs representing Area, Bar Graphs, Line charts, Pie Chart, Venn diagram, etc Graphs can be Column graphs, Graphs representing Area, Bar Graphs, Line charts, Pie Chart, Venn diagram, etc Critical reasoning, Visual reasoning, Assumption-Premise-Conclusion, Assertion and reasons, Statements and conclusions, Cause and Effect, Identifying Probably true, Probably false, definitely true, definitely false kind of statement, Linear arrangements, identifying Strong arguments and Weak arguments, Matrix arrangements GK/GA/BA: Current Affairs, Business, Punch line of companies, Top officials of big companies, Major corporate events Science, History, Geography, International organisations Important quotations Social issues, Sports, Finance, Automobiles, Entertainment, Politics etc Famous award and prizes World Records Books and authors Question paper & Books: Here I am attaching a file, from where you can download the IIM CAT question paper: cat preparation Book: Reading Comprehension For The CAT ISBN: 8131733084  How To Prepare For Verbal Ability And Reading Comprehension For The CAT ISBN: 0071332138  Important dates: The important dates for the IIM CAT exam are as given below: The Sale of CAT 2012 Vouchers 30th July, 2012 to 17th September, 2012 The CAT Registration date 30th July, 2012 to 19th September, 2012 The CAT Exam Date 11th October, 2012 – 6th November, 2012 The date of CAT Results 9th January, 2013 Contact details: CAT Centre C/O Admission Office, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode IIM Kozhikode Campus P.O Kunnamangalam Kozhikode- 673 570 Kerala, INDIA Phone: 0495 280 9219 FAX: 0495 280 3010 E-Mail: catcentre@iimk.ac.in Official website page: The official website page of IIM CAT looks like the image given below:  |