can anyone please explain me clear about cat and all sectional syllabus
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CAT or common Admission test is a highly competitive exam conducted by the IIM's. It is computer based exam. Around 2.44 lakh students give this exam.
Eligibility Criteria :- Must be graduated with 50% marks and final year students can also appear for this exam.
About paper pattern:-
This paper is MCQS based. Paper is of 300 marks. Total number of question are 100. Time duration for this exam is 180 minutes. For correct questions marking will be 3 marks. And for incorrect there will be negative marking of 1 marks.
There are 3 sections in the paper:-
1. Quantative Aptitude:- It includes basic Arithmetic, Algebra, mensuration, geometry, modern maths etc.
2. Verbal Ability:- Reading comprehension, grammar, substitution words,etc.
3. Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation:- Basic Reasoning, data suffieciency , etc
Tentative Dates for this exam:-
Registration:- In the month of August
Exam Date:- In the month of November
Results:- in the month of january.
All the best:)
Dear Aspirant,
CAT is Common Aptitude Test entrance exam which a person can give to take admission in MBA college. It is one of the renowned entrance exam hence many colleges accept CAT other than IIMs
There are three sections and following is the syllabus
Verbal ability and reading comprehension- Para completion, Grammar, Inferences, etc
Data interpretation and logical reasoning - Puzzles, Pie charts, data sufficiency, caselets etc
Quantitative aptitude - Geometry, algebra , percentages, ratio and proportion etc
For detailed information do visit
https://www.careers360.com/mba/articles/cat-syllabus/amp#catsyllabus2020forquantitativeaptitude
Hope this helps
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