What is CAT exam? Also tell me about its eligibility?

I want to appear in the CAT exam so can you please tell me what is CAT exam and the eligibility required for this exam? tell me about its paper pattern?

[Kiran Chandar]

The CAT stands for the Common Admission Test. CAT is an all-India test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) as an entrance exam.

This exam is conducted for admission to the Post-graduate and Fellow Programs in management courses of several management institutes all over India including the IIMs.


Eligibility

The applicant who wants to appear in this exam must be a graduate with 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of SC/ST/DA/PWD) or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the ministry of HRD, Government of India.

Reservation:
15.00% Scheduled Caste (SC)
7.50% Scheduled Tribe (ST)
27.00% Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates belonging to the “non-creamy” layer
3.00% Differently Abled (DA)

Test Duration & Pattern

Section No. of Questions Duration
1. Quantitative Ability 50 2 hrs. 50 mins
& Data Interpretation

2. Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning 50 2 hrs. 50 mins


Total 100

Top Colleges under CAT
S.P. Jain Institute of Management Research
IMT Ghaziabad
NITIE
K. J. Somaiya Institute Of Management Studies And Research
Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) Delhi
MICA Ahmedabad
MDI Gurgaon SJMSOM (IIT-Bombay)
VGSOM (IIT Kharagpur) Department of Management Studies (NIT Trichy)
DMS (IIT-Delhi) TAPMI
IMI Delhi
XIM-B

Syllabus:

CAT English/Verbal Ability: Reading comprehension, verbal reasoning, syllogisms, analogies, antonyms and synonyms, fill in the blanks, sentence correction, idioms, etc.

CAT Maths/Quant Ability: Number systems, geometry, trogonometry, probability, permutation combination, algebra, mensuration, time and work, averages, percentages, profit and loss, quadratic and linear equations, etc.

CAT Data Interpretation: Interpretation and analysis of data based on text, tables, graphs (line, area), charts (column, bar, pie), venn diagram, etc.

CAT Logical Reasoning: Clocks, calendars, binary logic, seating arrangement, blood relations, logical sequence, assumption, premise, conclusion, linear and matrix arrangement, etc.