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Hi aspirant,
- The Common Admission Test ( CAT ) is a highly competitive , computer - based entrance exam .
- CAT is administered annually by one of the IIMs for admission to its postgraduate management programs (MBA) as well as those of multiple other top business schools in India .
- It primarily assesses candidates' VARC , DILR , and QA skills.
- The exam lasts 120 minutes , with 40 minutes allotted to each section .
- The questions are a mix of multiple choice questions with negative marking for bad responses and type-in-the-answer questions with no negative marking .
- Scoring is based on a raw score , which is then normalized across exam slots to account for differences in difficulty , yielding a scaled score and a percentile that represents a candidate's performance in comparison to other test takers .
CAT 2024 Question Paper With Solutions
You can also refer to the link given above for more information on the same.
All the best!
Hello Mehak,
CAT is a national-level MBA entrance exam conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for admission to:
21 IIMs (e.g., IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta) Over 1,200 B-schools across India (like FMS, SPJIMR, MDI, IMT, etc.).
Key features:
Exam name- CAT( common admission test)
Conducting body- One of the IIMs
Level- National
Mode- Online ( computer based test)
Duration- 2 hours
Official website- iimcat.ac.in
For each correct answer you'll be given +3 marks and for each wrong answer there is negative marking of +1, there will be no penalty for unattempted questions.
Eligibility: Must hold a Bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks (45% for SC/ST/PwD).
Final year students can also apply.
Here is the link through which you can download the last year question paper of CAT exam:
(https://bschool.careers360.com/download/ebooks/cat-2024-question-paper).
Hope it helps.
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