Common Admission Test (CAT) is an Competitive Management Entrance Exam Conducted at National Level for Admission to Postgraduate Business Administration Programme and other programs in various IIT, IIM, NITs and other private management institutions accepting CAT.

CAT 2016 Exam Details

Duration of Exam 180 Minutes
No. of Sections 3
CAT 2016 Convener IIM Bangalore
Exam Sections
Quantitative ability (QA),

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR),

Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC)
Marking Scheme
Correct answer : +3

Incorrect answer : -1

No penalty for unanswered question

No negative marking for non MCQs

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List of Courses Offered under CAT
PGPEM
PGP
PGP-ABM
PGPBM
PGP-UAE
PGPWE
PGPPM
EPGPM
PGP-Mumbai
PGPSM
PGDHRM
PGDM
PGPEX

Eligibility :


Candidates must hold a Graduation Degree, having 50 % marks or equivalent CGPA. (45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disability (PWD)/Differently Able (DA) category) awarded by any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India

Reservations of Seats
As per the Government of India:
15% - Seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC)
7.5% - Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates
27% - Seats are reserved for Other Backward Classes candidates belonging to the “non - creamy” layer (NC - OBC)
3% - Seats are reserved for Differently Abled (DA) candidates

Exam pattern :

There will be 3 Sections in CAT Exam
Quantitative ability (QA) 34
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) 32
Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC) 34
Total No. of Questions 100