Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a national level entrance examination conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) every year as per the directions of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

CMAT or Common Management Aptitude test is conducted to judge capabilities in various skills such as logical reasoning, data interpretation and current affairs of a student.

It’s a mandatory test to secure admission to the first year of post graduate management programmes in the colleges that are approved by AICTE. There are more than 3500 business schools that utilized CMAT score for admission in India.

CMAT Syllabus:-
There is no set syllabus for the exam but questions will be asked various common subjects such as Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making, Logical Reasoning and Data interpretation.

The test include Basic English i.e. reading comprehension, verbal ability and verbal reasoning.

CMAT Pattern:-

Type of Questions No. of Questions Maximum Marks

Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation 25 100

Logical Reasoning 25 100

Language Comprehension 25 100

General Awareness 25 100

Duration of test is 3 hours

There shall be negative marking for wrong answers, for each wrong answer 1 mark shall be deducted.