Common Admission Test (CAT): Exam Fees, Test Structure and Pattern, Important Dates, Exam date

Common Admission Test (CAT): History, Exam Fees, Test Structure and Pattern, Important Dates, Exam date, Application Form, Registration, Eligibility Criteria

Common Admission Test, which is generally called CAT is an all-India Management College Entrance test conducted by the Indian Institute of Management(IIMs). The Indian Institutes of Management(IIM) is India’s top management institute, which started the Common Admission Test (CAT) exam for selecting students for their business management administration programs. This entrance exam is totally computer-based and is conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management for students to be admitted to their 2-year full-time postgraduate programs in management. Other Indian business schools like IITs, FMS, Jaipuria, S P Jain, MDI, and NITIE are some of the top management institutes, that accept CAT scores as part of their selection process.

Common Admission Test, (CAT) History

After 2008, CAT subjects were subdivided into different areas like Data Sufficiency, Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Ability, Reading Comprehension, Verbal Ability, and Verbal Reasoning. Until CAT 2013, the Common Admission Test was held over a couple of weeks in October/November month. But In 2014, TCS started conducting this test, and the test window was reduced to two days.

Since 2015 when the Common Admission Test (CAT) was conducted by IIM Ahmedabad, it has become a one-day test. Later on 2016, the Test was conducted by IIM Bangalore on 4th December 2016, and the next year, the test was conducted by IIM Lucknow on 26 November 2017. In 2018, IIM Calcutta conducted the CAT 2018 exam with his technology support partner TCS on 25th November 2018.

Even when the exam conducting body for CAT changes, the dates have mostly been the last Sunday of November. Keeping this trend in mind, the CAT 2023 exam will be on November 26, 2023.

Who can apply

If you want to appear in the CAT you must hold a Bachelor’s degree, with at least 50 percent marks or equivalent and 45 percent If candidates belong to a Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Differently Abled (DA) category.

Bachelor’s degree must be awarded by the government Universities or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

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Candidates who are appearing for the final year of bachelor’s degree or other equivalent qualification examination and those who are awaiting results can also apply.

The CAT exam is a computer-based test. Since 2009 the CAT exam has been conducted online. It is expected that aspirants have basic computer operating skills. They should be able to manage the speed and time because the duration of the CAT 2023 exam is 120 minutes or 2 hours.

CAT 2023 Exam Fees:

CAT Test Structure and Pattern

For CAT 2023, the IIMs have not changed the structure and continue to be a 3 section test.

Refer to the details below:

Common Admission Test (CAT) 2023 Important Dates