Common Admission Test (CAT) is a national level management entrance exam for admission to Postgraduate Business Administration Programme and other programs in various IIT, IIM, NITs and other private management institutions accepting CAT.

Common Admission Test (CAT) is conducted once in a year.
It conducts in the month of August.

CAT Exam pattern-

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

Tentative dates-

CAT Notification July 2016
Registration Start Date August 2016
Registration End Date September 2016
Admit Card download Window October 2016
CAT Exam Date End of November 2016 (Sunday)
CAT Results Second week of January 2017

CAT Eligibility-

Graduation degree with 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of SC/ST/DA/PWD) or possess an equivalent qualification

Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor’s degree can also apply