CAT is conducted by the 13 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for admission to their management programs.

Another more than 100 institutes use the CAT score to shortlist candidates for their admission process.

CMAT:

CMAT is a national level admission test conducted for selection of to management programs approved by the All India Council for Technical education (AICTE).

The first edition of CMAT was conducted in February 2012.

FORMAT :
CAT: Computer based test, online test and given at test centre
CMAT: Computer based test, online test and given at test centre

TEST – DATES :
CAT: Once in a year, CAT 2013, 16th oct to 11th nov
CMAT: Twice in a year, CMAT 2013, September 26 to 30

SECTIONS :
CAT: 2 sections, Total 60 questions
CMAT: 4 sections, Total 100 questions

PATTERN :
CAT: 2 sections, 30 questions each, 70 min each
CMAT: 4 sections, 25 questions each.

DURATION :
CAT: 2 hours 20 min ( 140 min)
CMAT: 3 hours (180 min)

TIME / QUESTION :
CAT: 2 min 20 sec
CMAT: 1 min 48 sec

MARKING SCHEME :
CAT: Correct answer: +4, incorrect answer: -1
CMAT: Correct answer: +4, incorrect answer: -1

NO. OF STUDENTS :
CAT: Around 2 lakh
CMAT: Around 4 lakh expected in September 2013

MAJOR INSTITUTES :
CAT: IIMS, NITIE, MDI, SPJIMR
CMAT: JBIMS – Mumbai, SIMSREE – Mumbai, GIM – Goa, KJ SOMAIYA – Mumbai, PUMBA – Pune, XISS ( RANCHI ), IMT – Nagpur, Hyderabad, BIT – Mesra, Noida, WELINGKAR – Mumbai, Banglore, ITM – Mumbai, GREAT LAKES – Chennai, IFIM, Banglore, ASIA PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT – New Delhi

Difference Between CAT and CMAT