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CAT is the Common Aptitude Test held every year for the management course in IIMs and other prestigious B Schools.

The eligibility criteria for the CAT exam is that the candidate must have minimum of three years if bachelor degree with the minimum percentage of 50 for the general categories and 45 percent for the reserved categories like SC and ST.

Fir giving CAT exam the candidates must be well prepared for giving the exam, the candidate must take many mock tests which will help to manage time and boosts the confidence.

The exam is computer based test which is held for 180 minutes with MCQ and Non- MCQ questions. Each right answer gives 4 marks and one negative marking for the wrong answer. However there is no negative marking for the non-MCQ questions.

The sections in CAT exam are:

Quantitative ability

Verbal ability and reading comprehension

Data interpretation and logical reasoning.

There are 34 questions in quantitative ability, 34 questions in Verbal ability and 32 in data interpretation.

For further details check in the link given below:

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

MAT is the Management Aptitude Test for the mana B schools. It is conducted four times a year by AIMA. Compared to CAT, MAT is easier to score. It is both computer based test and paper based test for the duration of 2 hours 30 minutes.

The sections in MAT are:

Language comprehension

Data analysis and sufficiency

Mathematics

Intelligence and critical reasoning

Indian and global environmental section

The each question carries 1 mark and wrong answer has the negative marking of one fourth of the mark.

However comparing to CAT MAT exam is easier. The last section in MAT that is Indian and Global environmental is the general knowledge questions which is not considered for the total percentile of the marks obtained. So not attending the section also doesn't affect your total score.

The syllabus for both CAT and MAT is same. But the level of difficulty in the questions differ.

MAT is held in the month of February,May ,September and December. So even if you do not reach a very good score you can write the exam next time. But CAT is conducted only once a year and there must be concentration and you must be careful while giving it.

All the best