CAT Exam Date, Notification, Syllabus, Registration, & Exam Pattern

CAT EXAM

CAT, CAT Exam Notification, CAT Syllabus, CAT Registration Process, and CAT Exam Pattern

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) will conduct the computer-based Common Admission Test (CAT) on Sunday, November [date], in two sessions. The CAT exam serves as a pre-requisite for admission to various management programs offered by the IIMs

The exam is scheduled to be held on November CAT Registration will commence from August, and the last date for the same is September. This year, the exam will be conducted in approximately 156 exam centers across the country. Last year, the exam was conducted at 147 exam centers.

CAT Exam Highlights

CAT Conducting Body	IIM Kozhikode
Official Website	iimcat.ac.in
Mode of CAT 2022	Computer Based Test
Official Notification	July
Exam Date	November
Exam Duration	Total: 120 minutes Section wise: 40 minutes per section
Eligibility	Graduation Degree with 50% Aggregate
Number of Sessions	Morning: 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM Afternoon: 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM Evening: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Total Sections	3 (Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning)
CAT 2022 Application Fee	NC-OBC category candidates is INR 2,300. For SC/ST/PwD category candidates, the fees is INR 1,150
Courses Offered	Admission to MBA/PGDM Courses
CAT 2022 Participating Institute	IIMs, IITs, FMS, ISB and other B-Schools

CAT Important Dates

CAT important dates are given below:

Event	Date
Official Notification of CAT	July
CAT Application Form	August 3 – September
Form Correction Window CAT	Fourth week of September,
Release of CAT Admit Card	October – November
CAT Exam Date	November
CAT Result Date	First week of January

CAT ELIGIBILITY

The candidate must have a Bachelor’s Degree, with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent CGPA, [the minimum marks required for SC/ST/PwD candidates is 45%] awarded by any University or educational institution as incorporated by an Act of Parliament or State law-makers in India or declared to be deemed as a University underneath Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess a similar qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

Candidates showing up for the final year of Bachelor’s degree/equivalent course and candidates who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results may also apply.

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PAYMENT OF CAT 20 REGISTRATION FEE

₹1150 for SC/ST/PwD candidates. ₹2300 for all other candidates. Please note that a candidate needs to pay the registration fee only once, irrespective of the number of institutes he/she is applying for. SC, ST and PwD candidates will have to upload a copy of their SC/ST/PwD certificates at the time of registration. Fees once paid will not be refunded below any circumstances.

REGISTRATION FOR CAT

The CAT registration window opens on August and will close at 5:00 p.m. on September . The details will be accessible within the registration guide. At the time of registration, the candidates have to select any four test cities, as per their preference, from a drop-down menu. After the last date of registration, candidates will be allotted one of the four most well-liked cities subject to convenience. In the rare case that a candidate is not allotted any of the preferred cities, he/she will be allotted a nearby city. The candidates can download the admit cards from October, until November.

CAT Exam Pattern

Candidates should check the CAT Exam Pattern before appearing in the exam so that they can perform well.

Exam Mode	Online
Sessions	Two (Morning and Evening)
Type of Questions	MCQs
Number of Questions	100
Marking Scheme	Correct Answer: +3,Wrong Answer: -1

Sections	Subjects	Time Allotted	Number of Questions	Total Marks
Section I	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	60 minutes	34	102
Section II	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	60 minutes	32	96
Section III	Quantitative Ability	60 minutes	34	102
Total	180 minutes	100	300	-

CAT Syllabus

The detailed CAT Syllabus is given below:

Section	Sub-Topics
Verbal and Reading Comprehension	Verbal reasoning, analogies and reverse analogies, sentence correction, facts inference judgments, syllogism, antonyms, and synonyms, fill in the blanks, critical reasoning, summary questions, passage-based questions
Data Interpretation	Area graph, Venn diagram, Line and Pie Charts, Column and Bar graphs, Case lets and Tables
Logical Reasoning	Number and letter series, Syllogism, Clocks, Directions, Blood relations, Binary Logic, Coding-decoding, calendars and cubes, Logical sequence, Matrix, and linear arrangement
Quantitative Ability	Number system, Permutation and Combination, Geometry, Algebra, Mixtures and Allegations, Ratio & Proportion, Logarithm, Functions, Time & Work, Coordinate Geometry, Trigonometry, and Mensuration

CAT SCORECARD

Candidates' CAT scorecards will be made accessible on the CAT website. The CAT results are likely to be declared by the second week of January. The CAT score is valid only till December.

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