Common Admission Test or CAT is a national level management aptitude test conducted annually for admission to MBA/PGP programmes offered by the Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) and over 1,200 B-Schools in India. Every year, about 2 lakh candidates appear for the CAT exam, which is conducted on the last Sunday of November. In CAT, candidates have to solve 66 questions on Quantitative Aptitude, Data Interpretatation, Logical Reasoning, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, in 120 minutes. CAT 2022 exam will be conducted on November 27, 2022 and the online registration process for the same will commence by August 3, 2022.
The 20 IIMs that accept CAT score for admission to post graduate management courses are IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Shillong, IIM Raipur, IIM Indore, IIM Nagpur, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Trichy, IIM Visakhapatnam, IIM Bodhgaya, IIM Ranchi, IIM Jammu, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Udaipur, IIM Amritsar, IIM Kashipur and IIM Rohtak.
Top colleges accepting CAT scores apart from IIMs include IMT, IMI, FMS, SPJIMR, MDI, IITs, GLIM, NITIE, NMIMS, ICFAI, GLIM, TAPMI, Amity University, Xavier University, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, BIMTECH and LIBA among others.
MBA aspirants must start preparations CAT 2022 exam now as minimum six months are required to complete the exam syllabus and practice enough numbers of mock tests. If you've appeared for the exam before, you'll need lesser time to prepare for it. Read all about CAT 2022 exam in this article including dates, application process, fees, eligibility criteria, syllabus, pattern, preparation, etc.
CAT 2022 Highlights
Every year, one of the top IIMs conducts the CAT exam. CAT 2022 convening institute is IIM Bangalore. Read below key highlights of CAT exam 2022:
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CAT Exam
Features |
CAT Exam
Details |
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CAT full form |
Common Admission
Test |
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Conducting IIM |
IIM Bangalore |
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Exam level |
National |
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CAT syllabus |
Verbal Ability
& Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
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Data Interpretation
& Logical Reasoning (DILR) |
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Quantitative
Ability (QA) |
|
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CAT pattern |
CBT with MCQs and
non-MCQs |
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No. of test cities |
156 |
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Exam frequency |
Annual |
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CAT 2022 exam date |
November 27, 2022 |
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Exam fees |
INR 2,300 (General
category) and INR 1,150 (Reserved category) |
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Eligibility |
Graduation with 50
% aggregate (45 % for SC/ST students) |
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Number of
applications |
2.31 lakh (in 2021) |
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Number of test
takers |
1.92 lakh (in 2021) |
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Exam purpose |
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Exam helpdesk no. |
1-800-210-1088
(Toll Free) |
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Exam website |
https://iimcat.ac.in |
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