2. ABOUT CAT
• Computer based test held in India.
• This test scores a person on the bases of quantitative ability,
data interpretation, verbal ability and logical reasoning.
• 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.
3. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The candidate should have
• Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent
CGPA (45% in case of the candidates belonging to SC, ST &
DA categories
or
• An equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of
HRD, Government of India
4. APPROVAL
• Conducted by the Indian Institutes of
Management as a pre-requisite for
admission to various management
programmes
• A 170 minute test consisting of 100
questions (50 from quantitative ability
& data interpretation and 50 from
verbal ability & logical reasoning)
5. SOME OF POPULAR MBA COLLEGES
The Indian Institutes of Management
MICA(Mudra Institute of Communication)
TA Pai, Manipal
IMT, Ghaziabad
MDI, Gurgaon
Goa Institute of Management
Institute of Technology and Management
Institute of Management Development & Research, Pune
6. NUMBER OF CANDIDATES APPEARING FOR THE
EXAMINATION
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