Hi

No, you cannot apply for CAT in your pre final year.

This is because,

To be eligible for CAT, you need to at least be in final year of graduation or should be already have passed graduation.

For your reference

CAT eligibility criteria is given below:

To be eligible for CAT ,

• you need a  Bachelor's/graduation degree in any discipline from a recognised university.

• you must have got  at least 50 per cent marks or equivalent CGPA in your graduation . SC/ST/PH students need only at least 45 percentage in Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline to be eligible .

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• Candidates who are in the final year of their graduation are also eligible for CAT examination.

• There is no age restriction to be  eligible

• It is not mandatory to have work experience to be eligible

For detailed information go through

https://bschool.careers360.com/exams/cat

To help you further,

Here's a brief of CAT examination pattern so that you can prepare accordingly for year CAT:-

You can get the complete examination pattern:-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-exam-pattern

Thankyou