CAT Exam Details

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Common admission test (CAT) is conducted by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) for admission in management colleges are situated in India .

Eligibility :
You have to passed graduation with minimum of 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Differently Abled (DA)

Important Dates:
Online Registration/Voucher Sale - First week of August to last week of September.
Registration Window - First week of August to last week of September.
Test Dates - Between second week of October and first week of November
Results - First or second week of January of the next year.

CAT Exam pattern:
Exam pattern:
This test will have 2 sections
The first section is Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation
The second section is Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning.
Total time which will be given for the exam will be 140 minutes

CAT exam books :
Quantitative Aptitude:
How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT – By Arun Sharma
Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for CAT – By Nishit K. Sinha

Data Interpretation / Logical Reasoning:
How to prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT – By Arun Sharma
How to prepare for Logical Reasoning for CAT – By Arun Sharma
Pearson Guide to Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for CAT – By Nishit K. Sinha
Puzzles to Puzzle You – Shakuntala Devi

Verbal Ability:
How to prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT – By Arun Sharma
Word Power Made Easy – By Norman Lewis
English Grammar and Composition – Wren and Martin
Arts & Letters Daily – Refer this link for reading on diverse topics from the most diverse set of resources. Excellent means to improve Reading Comprehension skills.
Barron’s GRE
Manhattan GMAT Preparation – Critical Reasoning
Manhattan GMAT Preparation – Sentence Correction

General Knowledge:
Indian Year Book
Management Compass Magazine
Competition Success Review
Newspapers
Online material available at either of the following coaching institutes – CL / TIME / IMS

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CAT exam:

CAT: Common Admission Test

Eligibility for CAT:

Candidates must have Degree with 50% aggregate marks in any discipline from a recognized university or equivalent qualification.

Those candidates in the final year of degree course are also applying for CAT examination.

Age limit: no age limit.

Number of attempts: no limit

Test Duration & Pattern (CAT 2014)

Time duration: `2 hrs. 50 mins

Section No. of Questions

1. Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation 50

2. Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning 50
Total 100

Syllabus:

Section I
Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation
Quantitative Ability comprising mainly of arithmetic, mensuration, geometry, algebra, trignometry, probablity and calculus etc

Arithmetic - number systems, ratio propotions, simplification, averages, ages, time, work, distances etc.
Geomtery - triangles and circles
Mensuration - areas and volumes
Algebra - theory of equations, quadratiic equations, pemutations and combinations, sequence and series etc
Trignometry - height and distances
Calculus - maxima and minima, functions etc
Data Interpretation
Data Interpretation - line graphs, bar charts, tables, pie diagrams, scatter diagrams

Section II
Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning
Verbal Ability comprising English Grammar, Vocabulary, Proficiency, Usage and Comprehension

English Grammar - not many core questions
English Vocabulary - no straight synonyms or antonyms but sometimes analogies or pairs in fill in blanks
English Proficiency - correction, rearrangement and completion of sentences and paragraphs
English Usage - inappropriate usage of words, commonly confused pair of words
English Comprehension - around five to six paragraphs with around 1000 words and five to six questions each mainly checking your ability to comprehend with speed.
Logical Reasoning comprising passages on Logical Ability


Examination / Test Centres

Ahmedabad Gurgaon Lucknow
Bangalore Guwahati Mumbai
Bhopal Hyderabad Nagpur
Bhubaneswar Indore Noida
Chandigarh Jaipur Patna
Chennai Jamshedpur Pune
Coimbatore Kolkata Varanasi
Delhi Kozhikode


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