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Afrin Hossain 24th Feb, 2020

Hi!

CAT stands for Common Admission Test .

This entrance  exam is  for aspiring candidates who desire to make a career in management and business administration i.e. MBA. This examination is conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) on a rotational basis.

Eligibility :

In order to be  eligible  for the  CAT Exam  , the candidate has to pass at least their Bachelor's degree with at least 50% (for General Category and for candidates from the NC-OBC caste). For SC/ST and Differently Abled (DA) candidates, the percentage required is 45%.

Subjects Content :

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Verbal and  Reading Comprehension  (34 questions)

Data Interpretation and  Logical Reasoning  (32 questions)

Quantitative Ability  (34 questions)

For more information go the link given : CAT exam

Hope this Helped.


Sudarshan kumar 24th Feb, 2020

Hi Hasrat,

Common Admission Test or CAT is a common aptitude test which is a gateway to 20 IIMs and over 1200 B-schools in India. CAT is conducted by the IIM in the month of November in online mode. The exam is held in two slots and the question paper comprises 100 MCQs from Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Ability. Over 2 lakh candidates appear in CAT every year. In 2019, the number of candidates who appeared in the exam was 2,09,926.

You can see the colleges which takes admission through CAT marks by visiting this link:-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-participating-institutes

To know about CAT in Details you can visit the link:-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-when-and-how-start-preparations

Hope this will help,please feel free to ask if you have any further queries.

Thank you.


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