What is the Eligibility norm specified by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for admission in various engineering collages for admission in B.tech courses? Is there any relief grant by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for it?

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a national level entrance examination conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) every year as per the directions of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

It is a three hour computer based online test which is conducted in a single session to evaluate the candidate’s ability across various segments like Quantitative Technique, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension and General Awareness.

Eligibility Criteria for CMAT 2017 Exam
• 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 2017-18 can also apply for CMAT online exam.


Test Pattern for CMAT

Type 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 test is 180 minutes (3 hours).

There is negative marking for wrong answers, for each wrong answer 1 mark shall be deducted.

A Trial test will be available from 15-Dec-2016 onwards for one to have a feel of the online test and navigation functionality and to familiarize themselves with the screens, layout, and navigation.

At the test venue, one is seated at a desk with a computer terminal and provided with a scratch paper for calculations.

After the test, one has to leave the scratch paper at the desk.

Rough work cannot be done on any other paper/sheet, as nothing is allowed inside the testing room.

No breaks will be given during the test.