The Common Admission Test (CAT) is an all-India test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) as an Entrance Exam for Admission to the Post-graduate and Fellow Programs in Management courses of several management institutes all over India including the IIMs.

Eligibility :

Candidate must be a graduate with 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of SC/ST/DA/PWD) or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the ministry of HRD, Government of India.

Reservation:

15.00% Scheduled Caste (SC)
7.50% Scheduled Tribe (ST)
27.00% Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates belonging to the “non-creamy” layer
3.00% Differently Abled (DA)

Test Duration & Pattern :

No. of Questions Duration
Quantitative Ability
34 3 hrs
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
34
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
32
Total 100


Number of Questions 100 Quantitative Ability – 34 Data Interpretation & Logical
Reasoning - 32 Verbal and Reading Comprehension – 34

Duration 180 minutes

Sectional Duration 1 hour for each section

Question Types Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), Non-MCQs


QA and VRC will have 34 questions each, and DILR will have 32 questions.

Candidates can select four test cities in order of preference. Allotment of sessions will be random.

Test duration has also been increased from 170 minutes to 180 minutes.

Written answers will be introduced along with multiple-choice questions (MCQ)

Top Colleges Under CAT :

S.P. Jain Institute of Management Research
IMT Ghaziabad
NITIE K. J. Somaiya Institute Of Management Studies And Research
Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) Delhi
MICA Ahmedabad
MDI Gurgaon SJMSOM (IIT-Bombay)
VGSOM (IIT Kharagpur)
Department of Management Studies (NIT Trichy)
DMS (IIT-Delhi)
TAPMI
IMI Delhi
XIM-B