Common Admission Test (CAT) is conducted by Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) and other participating institute across the country.

The reservation policies for the Common Admission Test are as follows –

Category Reservation (%)

Scheduled Caste (SC) 15

Scheduled Tribe (ST) 7.5

Non Creamy – Other Backward Classes (NC-OBC) 27

People with Disability (PWD) 3


The candidates applying under the PWD category must have the following disabilities

-Low vision blindness

-Hearing impairment

-Locomotor disabilities (more than 40%)


Each of the IIMs will be having their own selection process. However, there will be no changes in category after the completion of the registration.



Eligibility Criteria for CAT


-The candidate must possess a Bachelor’s Degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% for SC, ST and PWD/DA category).

-In absence of any percentage conversion scheme, candidate’s CGPA will be divided by maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result with 100.



Test Pattern:

-Paper will have mix of MCQ and NON MCQ questions

-Duration of the Exam Will be three Hours or 180 Minutes

-Each Correct Answer will bring 3 Marks

-For wrong answers there is a penalty of -1 marks

-The tesr paper will have three papers Quantitative Ability, Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation and Verbal Reasoning

-Total Paper Will Contain 100 Questions