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List of the top entrance examination for MBA is provided below:-

National level entrance

• CAT

• CMAT

• XAT

• IIFT

• SNAP

• NMAT by GMAC

• IBSAT

State level

• TS ICET

• AP ICET

• JEMAT

• MAH MBA CET

UNIVERSITY level entrance exams

• B-MAT

• NIPER JEE MBA

• CUSAT CAT

For detailed information about them you can visit our page for which link is provided below

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/top-mba-entrance-exams-you-must-take

To give you gist complete information about CAT,i s provided below

WHAT IS CAT

CAT i. e Common Admission Test is a national level entrance examination for admission in MBA/PGDM in B- Schools, including IIMs and several other prestigious B- Schools. It is conducted by IIMs themselves every year in rotation in online mode/computer based examination in English medium and it is accepted by  1100+ B-Schools.

CAT eligibility criteria says that:

To be eligible for CAT ,

• you need a  Bachelor's/graduation degree in any discipline

• 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 .

• 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

PAPER PATTERN

IIMs officially don't release cat examination pattern, expected CAT 2021 pattern is provided below:-

-)CAT 2021 will be of 2 hour duration

-)it is conducted in computer-based mode.

-)In cat 2021 , there will be a total of 76 questions - 54 mcqs and 22 non - mcqs

-)The complete paper will be divided into three major sections, which are listed below along with number of questions they have:-

• QA i. e quantitative Ability :- it will have 26 questions in total (18 mcqs and 8 non - mcqs)

• DILR i. e data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning :- it will have 24 questions (18 mcqs and 6 non - mcqs)

• VARC i. e Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension :- it will have 26 questions( 18 mcqs and 8 non - mcqs)

-)There's 40 minutes for each section .

Marking scheme:-

• 3 marks is awarded for every correct answer

• -1 marks for every wrong answer in case of mcqs

• no marks deduction is there for wrong answers in case of wrong non -mcqs .

HOW TO PREPARE

To start your cat preparation, first of all go through its syllabus at

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-syllabus

Top books which you can follow for CAT are listed below section wise  :-

QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

-)How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by  Arun Sharma:-

• it is the best  book  for your Aptitude for your cat examination .

• it covers all the topics according to your cat syllabus.

• it has elaborative examples so that it's easy for you to understand them .

• questions are divided into 3 levels of difficulty

DATA INTERPRETATION AND LOGICAL REASONING (DILR) :-

-)Logical reasoning and data interpretation for cat by K. Sinha Nishit:-

• the best thing about this book is it starts with your fundamental and basics and then goes to advanced level too, you get each topics with explained examples.

• it has questions divided into three difficulty  levels, so that you can start from basic and move ahead step by step

-) how to prepare for data Interpretation for cat by arun sharma :-

• it has  strategies and concepts which you need  to solve questions  accurately and quickly.

• it has exercises which are designed in a manner to help you boost your logical thinking etc.

VERBAL ABILITY AND READING COMPREHENSION

-) word power made easy by norman lewis:-

• it is one of the best books that you can get for improving your vocabulary .

• it helps you in learning correct usage of words etc.

• at the end of each chapter you get review exercises

-) mastering the verbal ability for cat by ajay singh:-

• it has more than around 200 passages for your practice .

• it also contains test papers of other B-School as well, etc.

-) How to prepare for verbal ability and reading comprehension for the cat by arun sharma and meenakshi upadhyay:-

• it is written in a very lucid manner.

• it has past year question papers analysis .

• you get topicwise segregation  in this book along with mock papers for your practice.

For detailed information go through our page the link for the same is provided below

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/best-books-for-cat-preparation

*Make a routine and religiously follow it as it will help you to utilise the time in the best possible way and  avoid procrastination and laziness .

*Keep short breaks of 20 to 25 minutes after every 1.5 to 2 hours between your studies in your routine .Half of the time of your studies must be for practicing questions

* Plan your studies, and set daily, weekly and monthly goals and meet them without any fail.

*Solve previous  year question papers of CAT :-it will let you know the examination pattern, type and difficulty level of questions, also concepts behind the question often gets repeated, so you should definitely solve year papers . You can get cat previous year question papers at https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-question-papers

*Once you are done with complete CAT syllabus then go through CAT mock test papers , it will let you know your preparation level and and weak areas so that you can work on them and perform well in your examination

For detailed information go through

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat/amp

Thank you