Common Admission Test deadlines

I want to give the Common Admission Test and for that I want to get the details of Common Admission Test deadlines so can you provide me that?

[Kiran Chandar]

As you want to get the Common Admission Test deadlines so here it is for you:

Eligibility Criteria:
Candidates must have passed graduation with minimum of 50% for the general ones and 45% for the reserved ones

CAT 2014 Exam Pattern:
The exam consists of two sections- Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation and Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning with 50 questions in each section.

The duration of the exam is 170 minutes or 2 hours and 50 minutes.

The number of questions in each section has increased from 50 to 30.

Earlier the sections were time bound for 70 minutes each and switching sections was not possible which is not the case anymore.

CAT 2014 Important Dates:
Announcement of CAT 2014 by IIMs: Sunday, July 27, 2014
CAT 2014 Exam Dates: Sunday, November 16, 2014 and Saturday, November 22, 2014
Sale of CAT 2014 Vouchers: Wednesday, August 6 2014 to Tuesday, September 30, 2014
CAT 2014 Admit Card Download starts: Thursday, October 16, 2014

CAT 2014 Selection Process:
The candidates are first short listed by IIMs and other participating B-Schools on the basis of CAT cut off scores, followed by Group Discussion (GD), Personal Interview (PI) and Written Ability Test (WAT).

CAT Syllabus for 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 etc.

CAT Syllabus for 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, etc.

CAT Syllabus for Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
Data Interpretation based on text, Data Interpretation based on graphs and tables.
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