the CMAT is the Aptitude test Conducted by the AICTE for Admission into the Management Institutes of India

Eligibility :

Applicant must be a citizen of India.

Graduates in any discipline can apply for CMAT exam.

Final year students of Graduate Courses (10+2+3) whose result will be declared before commencement of admission for academic year 2016-17 can also apply for CMAT online exam.


the CMAT Examination is Total 400 Marks the Distribution of Marks for Each Section of the Examination are as Follow

Examination Pattern


Types of Questions No. of Questions Maximum Marks
Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation 25 100
Logical Reasoning 25 100
Language Comprehension 25 100
General Awareness 25 100

Duration of Paper : The duration of the test is 3 hours (180 minutes) and will be held in a single session

Marking Scheme :

The test will be marked out of a total of 400 marks, each section will have 25 questions carrying 100 marks each.

For every correct response marked, 4 marks will be awarded but for every incorrect response marked, 1 mark will be deducted.