CMAT Exam – Dates, Application Form, Syllabus, Admit Card, Pattern

CMAT 2020 Exam – Dates, Application Form, Syllabus, Admit Card, Pattern

CMAT 2020 will be conducted in online format for admission to AICTE approved MBA/ PGDM courses 2020-22 batches. Find out exam pattern, structure of CMAT exam, and Admit card details.

The CMAT or Common Management Admission Test is an online entrance test conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to MBA/PGDM courses in over 1000 B-schools across India. CMAT is conducted every year in the month of January and the result is declared in February. CMAT 2020 was held on January 19, 2020 in two shifts and the result was announced on February 6, 2020.

Highlights of CMAT

CMAT Conducting Authority	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Exam Level	National
CMAT Periodicity	Once in a year
CMAT Number of Shifts	2 (9:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm)
CMAT Official Website	ntacmat.nic.in
CMAT Mode of Application	Online
CMAT Exam Mode	Online
Type and Number of Questions	100 Objective Questions
CMAT Duration	3 Hours
CMAT Marking Scheme	+4 for a correct response, -1 for an incorrect response
CMAT Score Validity	1 year
CMAT Score Accepting Colleges	1000+ colleges
CMAT Helpdesk	9644440101

CMAT 2020 Overview

Name of the Exam	Common Management Aptitude Test (CMAT)
Category of the Exam	National Level PG Exam
Name of the Exam Conducting Body	National Testing Agency
Mode of Exam	Computer-Based Exam
Duration of Exam	3 Hours
Frequency of Test	Annually
Objective of CMAT	1000+ B-school offering MBA/PGDM programme
Validity of the Score	One Year

CMAT 2020 Exam Schedule

While the official notification of CMAT 2020 is expected to release in October, given below are the CMAT Exam Dates for your reference:

CMAT Events	Date (Tentative)
CMAT Official Notification	October 9, 2019
CMAT Registration Date	November 12- December 17, 2019
CMAT Admit Card Date	January 15, 2020
CMAT Exam Date	January 19, 2020
CMAT Result Date	February 6, 2020

CMAT Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criterion of CMAT comprises the academic qualifications which the candidates must meet, age criteria and nationality.

Academic Qualifications - Those Candidates who are in their final year of their graduation or have completed their graduation, they can apply for CMAT.
Age Criteria - As per CMAT 2020 eligibility qualification criteria, there is no age limit for those applicants who can appear in the entrance exam.
Nationality - Only those candidates who are native of India, they can appear for CMAT.

CMAT Application Form

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will release the application form for CAT in online mode tentatively in the first week of November and the last date for filling the form will be the first week of December. In order to fill CMAT application form, applicants will have to follow the steps that are given below:

Steps to fill CMAT Application Form

Step 1 - Click at the official link to fill the application form https://ntacmat.nic.in

Step 2 - Register and therefore login to fill the application form

Step 3 - Enter all the mandatory details in the application form of CMAT

Step 4 - Upload the necessary scanned documents

Step 5 - Pay the registration fee for the CMAT

Step 6- Download the application and take a print out of the form

CMAT Application Fee

Category	Male (INR)	Female (INR)
General/ Non-creamy layer OBC	1400	700
SC/ ST/ PWD	700	700
Transgender	700

Mode of Payment of Fees

Candidates can pay the fee through different modes such as:

Debit card
Credit card
Cash deposited at SBI bank

The fee for the application form of CMAT cannot be paid in cash. If the candidate is willing to pay in cash, they will have to generate Challan by visiting the official website or visit the nearest SBI bank on the following day for the generation of challan.

CMAT Exam Centers

The exam centers of CMAT are those cities where the entrance exam will be conducted.Candidates have the choice to choose at least four cities wherever they want to appear for CMAT examination.

Agartala	Gulbarga	Nagpur	Ahmedabad	Gurgaon	Nasik
Bhubaneswar	Kanpur	Srinagar	Bhuj	Kochi	Surat
Ahmednagar	Guwahati	Navi Mumbai	Chandigarh	Kolhapur	Trivandrum
Allahabad	Gwalior	Noida/Greater Noida	Tirunelveli	Warangal	Madurai
Chennai	Udaipur	Kolkata	Tirunelveli	Warangal	Madurai
Mohali	Ghaziabad	Nanded	Coimbatore	Faridabad	Vadodara
Amravati	Hyderabad	Panaji	Dhule	Kozhikode	Varanasi
Amritsar	Indore	Patna	Davangere	Lucknow	Visakhapatnam
Aurangabad	Jabalpur	Pune	Dehradun	Ludhiana	Bhilai-Durg
Thane	Solan	Ponda	Solapur	Kadi	Vijayawada
Bangalore	Jaipur	Rajkot	Delhi	Mangalore	Anand
Bareilly	Jammu	Raipur	Dhanbad	Meerut	Belgaum
Bhavnagar	Jamshedpur	Ranchi	Dharwad	Mumbai	Mangaluru
Bhopal	Jodhpur	Shimla	Durgapur	Mysore	Sambalpur
Guntur	Nellore	Tirupati	Kurnool	Rajahmundry	Amritsar
Panchkula	Durg	Madgaon	Bhilai	Bhilai Nagar	Bhatinda
Bhavnagar	Mehsana	Hamirpur	Gandhinagar	Hisar	Ludhiana

CMAT Exam Pattern

The Test pattern of CMAT includes the sort of questions that will be asked in the entrance exam, the duration of the exam, marking scheme, total number of questions that will be asked in each section.

Exam Pattern of CMAT

Sections	Total Number of Questions	Total Marks
General Awareness	25	100
Logical Reasoning	25	100
Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation	25	100
Language Comprehension	25	100
Total	100	400

Marking Scheme for CMAT

Candidates would be given four marks for each correct question and for each incorrect answer one mark was deducted.

CMAT Syllabus

Syllabus of CMAT will include the topics from which the questions will be asked. Some of the sections that are part of CMAT syllabus include :

(i)Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation
(ii)Logical Reasoning
(iii)General Language
(iv)Comprehension

CMAT Syllabus

General Awareness

Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation

Logical Reasoning

Comprehension and Language

Current Affairs of National and International Economy

Science in Everyday Life

Culture

Sports News

History

Trade Awareness

Literature

Geography

Politics

Tabulation

Pie Chart

Bar Chart

Line Graph

Permutations & Combinations

Simple Interest and Compound Interest

In-equations

Number Systems

Time-Speed-Distance

Work and Time

Profit and Loss etc.

Analytical Reasoning

Cause and Effects

Coding and Decoding

Analogy Test

Symbol Based Problems,

Statements Arguments,

Blood Relationship Tests,

Direction and Distance Test

Inferences

Matrix Arrangements

Linear Arrangements etc.

Sentence Correction

English Grammar

One-word Substitution

Paragraph Completion

Synonyms and Antonyms

Sentence Improvement

Reading Comprehension

Jumbled Para, etc.

Best Books For CMAT

In order to score well in the entrance examination of CMAT, candidates can refer to the books that are given below in order to make their fundamentals strong.

CMAT- Best Books for Preparation

Name of the book	Name of the author / Publication
MAT solved papers	Disha experts
The Pearson MAT super course with CD	Pearson
Barron’s guide for MAT	Eugene D. Jaffe
Study package for MAT	Arun Sharma
MAT Entrance Guide	Deepak Agarwal

CMAT Admit Card

National Testing Agency will release the admit card online on 15^th January. Candidates will be able to download the CMAT admit card by entering the required login details. Candidates would be able to download the admit card of CMAT till the test day. Along with CMAT admit card, candidates must carry with them a valid identity proof to the test centre. The following details are mentioned in the CMAT admit card.

Photograph of the candidate
Name of the candidate
Signature of the candidate
Roll number of the candidate
Date of the exam
Time of the exam
Address of the test centre
Exam day guidelines

CMAT Mock Test

The mock test of CMAT is going to be released by NTA ahead of the computer based examination. Candidates can practice from the CMAT mock test and get an idea about the total number of questions that will be asked, how they can navigate between different sections. With an aim to make sure that the candidates can practice well for the examination, NTA will set up the test centers for CMAT mock exam. The officials at the test practice centers will assist the candidates to take up the mock tests.

CMAT Answer Key

The National Testing Agency will release the answer key of CMAT in online mode by 28^th January. Candidates will be able to download CMAT answer key by entering the necessary login details. If the candidates find any discrepancy in CMAT answer key, they can challenge it within the given time. NTA will release their final answer key of CMAT after taking into consideration the challenges created. With the assistance of CMAT answer key 2020; candidates will be able to assess the possible marks that they will be able to score.

CMAT Result

The result of CMAT will be declared by NTA 6^th February. Candidates will be able to download the result by entering the required login details. CMAT result will be in the form of scorecard. The merit list of CMAT will be prepared on the basis of the result that has been declared. Candidates who qualify the entrance examination, they’ll be able to enter in the next round of selection.

I hope this article was helpful and provided you with all the information you need,

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