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All in One Stopfor All MBA

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1) Exam Name: CAT

2) Conducted by: IIMs

3) Exam Date: Second week of October till first week of November

4) Registration Dates: From last week of July to last week of September

5) Mode: Computer based test (CBT)

6) Exam Format: CAT 2012 saw 2.14 lakh registered CAT aspirants

The CAT 2012 will have only two sections. The first section isQuantitative Ability & Data

Interpretation; the second section is Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning. These two sections will

be implemented sequentially with separate time limits.

The examination will be 140 minutes. Candidates will have 70 minutes to answer 30 questions

within each section which will have an on-screen countdown timer.

Within the 70 min provided for the section, candidates can review the answers. Once the time

ends for the first section, they will move to the second section and will no longer be able to go

back.

A 15-minute tutorial will be provided before the start of the test, and candidates are advised to

go through that carefully before starting the main examination

You get +3 for a correct answer and -1 for a wrong answer and 0 if you dont attempt the

question.

7) Test Duration: 2 hours 35 minutes (including tutorial)

8) GD/PI/WAT: Either one or all three can be conducted depending upon the IIM you select.

9) Website:http://www.catiim.in/

10)Eligibility:The candidate must hold a Bachelors Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent

CGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST)

and Differently Abled (DA) (It may also referred to as Persons with Disability (PWD) category)],

awarded by any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in

India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be

deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent

qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.


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11)Statistics: (will add about how many students took this exam)

12)Things that you need to know: (points that are not mentioned anywhere and students come to

know about it during or after exams. Through this section we will add min. 3 max. 5 points that

will make students aware about things that they dont know about CAT)

There are many institutes apart from IIMs that consider the score of CAT for their respective

MBA admissions. You can check them here: http://www.catiim.in/non_iim_institute.html


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1) Exam Name: XAT

2) Conducted by: Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur

3) Exam Date: First Sunday of January

4) Registration Dates: Beginning of September to last week of November

5) Mode: Paper based test (PBT)

6) Exam Format:

It was divided into an initial section of two hours and twenty minutes, consisting of multiple-

choice questions that tested Quantitative Ability (Mathematics), Verbal Ability (English) and

Data Interpretation/Logical Reasoning skills and a final section of 40 minutes which contained

General Awareness questions and an Essay question.

The XAT is quite similar to the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the IIMs, except that

the CAT has no Essay and General Awareness sections.

Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning

The areas tested are:

Reading Comprehension - Standard reading comprehension passages.

Logical Reasoning - Critical Reasoning (short passage), Inductive Reasoning, Critical

Reasoning (Strengthening / Weakening).

English Usage - Jumbled Paragraph, Fill in the blanks (Passages based on grammar and

vocabulary), Odd one out, Miscellaneous language based questions.

Data Interpretation and Quantitative Ability

Areas tested are Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, Data Sufficiency, Reasoning based

questions in quantitative ability.

Analytical reasoning and Decision Making

Areas tested are Matching, Arrangement, Data Verification, Mathematical Reasoning,

Decision Making (Verbal)

Essay writing

Current affairs, Economy, Social environment


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7) Test Duration: 3 hours

8) GD/PI/WAT: WAT

9) Website:http://www.xatonline.net.in/

10)Eligibility:

Candidates who intend to take up the XAT must have a bachelors degree or an equivalent

degree from a recognized university or a deemed university under the 10+2+3 or the 10+2+4

system.

Students in their final year are also eligible, provided they produce valid documents certifying

course completion to the admitted institute before the program commences.

11)Statistics: About 1,03,427 students appeared for the XAT exam in 2010.

12)Things that you need to know:

XLRI Jamshedpur has about 240 seats in its flagship BM (Business Management) and

PMIR (Personnel Management and Industrial Relations) programmes and 120 seats in itsflagship 15 months full-time residential GMP (General Management Program).

The PMIR program has been renamed HRM (Human Resource Management). Apart

from XLRI, 60 other institutes accept XAT scores for selection of candidates to their

respective programmes.


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1) Exam Name: MAT

2) Conducted by: AIMA

3) Exam Date:

AIMA conducts MAT four times in a year in February, May, September and December.

The Paper Based Test is being conducted on the first Sunday of the February, May, September

and December from 1000-1230 hours. Whereas the Computer Based Test is being conducted

from Saturday onwards (6 days after the Paper Based Test date) and in different Time slots.

4) Registration Dates: A month before the declaration of exams (re check)

5) Mode: PBT and CBT both

6) Exam Format:

The exam pattern changes from year to year.

There is not any prescribed format for the test.

The pattern of the exam is objective type. In this exam 200 questions are asked and the duration

of the exam is 2 hours and 30 minutes.


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Section

No.

Section No of

Questions

Time

Suggested(Minutes)

1. Language Comprehension 40 30

2. Mathematical Skills 40 40

3. Data Analysis and

Sufficiency

40 35

4. Intelligence and Critical

Reasoning

40 30

5. Indian and Global

Environment

40 15

Total 200 150

7) Test Duration: 2 hour 30 minutes8) GD/PI/WAT: Depending upon the b-school one chooses

9) Website:http://www.aima.in/testing-services/mat/mat.html

10)Eligibility:

Graduates in any discipline.

Final year students of Graduate Courses can also apply

There is no age limit for appearing for MAT

Job experience is not necessary.

11)Statistics: Unknown

12)Things need to know:


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Validity of the MAT score is for that particular session for most MIs is one year from the

date of declaration

There is no particular test format for MAT and keeps on varying each year. It is anobjective type test with multiple-choice answers, designed to measure a persons

general aptitudes.

Each session has a different number of institutes participating. So, if youre planning to

appear for Feb MAT exam, make sure your required institute is a part of it and accept

your score

There is no cut-off as specified by MAT, institutes choose their respective cut-offs.


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1) Exam Name: NMAT

2) Conducted by: NMIMS

3) Exam Date: First week

4) Registration Dates: Firs

5) Mode: CBT (conducted

6) Exam Format:

Candidates can choose

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answer and review the

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Language Skills

Quantitative Skills

Logical Reasoning

Total

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7) Testduration: 2 hours (

8) GD/PI/WAT: all or any

9) Website:www.nmat.or

10)Eligibility:

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A candidate can take NMAT up to a maximum of 3 times (first attempt plus 2 retake attempts)

including no shows, if he / she wish to. There has to be a gap of at least 15 days between two

successive attempts.

For candidates having multiple attempts, the best score (total and sectional) is considered for

short listing purposes.

The result for each attempt is declared separately, approximately 15 days after the test attempt.


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1) Exam name: CMAT

2) Conducted by: AICTE

3) Exam Date: Last week of September and Third week of febuary

4) Registration dates: First week of July-Third week of August

5) Mode: CBT

6) Exam format:

There will be four sections in the test. The sections are (a) Quantitative Techniques & Data

Interpretation b) Logical Reasoning c) Language Comprehension and d) General Awareness.

There will be 25 questions in each section. In total, 100 questions

For each correct answer there are 4 marks, for each wrong answer 1 mark shall be deducted.

You can move forth and back according to your choice of sections during exam.

7) Test Duration: 3 Hours (180 minutes)

8) GD/PI/WAT: Depending upon the college requirement

9) Website: http://aicte-cmat.in/College/Index_New.aspx

10)Eligibility: Candidates who are in the final year of the Bachelors Degree (10+2+3) Programmes

or who have appeared in thefinal year examination from a recognized institution/university can

also appear in the test

11)Statistics: 67,000 registered for CMAT additional exam that happened in MAY 2013, apart from

the other two exams in Feb. and Sept.

12)Things that you need to know:

All AICTE approved Institutes / Departments of Universities are expected to accept

CMAT scores.

There is no sectional cut off in the CMAT examination.

There is no age restriction for appearing in CMAT.

Distance learning and part time are eligible to apply

CMAT score will be considered for admissions to all AICTE approved part-time programs.


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CMAT exam is held in 62 Cities in India and 5 Cities outside India. You can select up-to 3

cities in India giving order of preference towards your test city.

There are two time slots for CMAT exam. 1

st

session at 9.30 AM and 2

nd

at 2.30 PM


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1)Exam name: IIFT

2) Conducted by: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

3) Exam date: Last week of November

4) Registration dates: starting from august till September

5) Mode: PBT

6) Exam format:

The pattern of the exam keeps on changing. Every year sectional cutoffs, no. of questions

vary.

Subject Questions

Reading Comprehension 15

Verbal Ability 23

Quantitative Aptitude 24Data Interpretation 16

Logical Reasoning 21

General Knowledge 21

Total 120

1/3rd of the question mark will be deducted as negative mark.

7) Test duration: 2 hours

8) GD/PI/WAT: All

9) Website:www.iift.edu

10) Eligibility:

Recognized bachelors degree of minimum 3 years duration in any discipline

Candidates appearing in the final year examination of graduation can also apply subject to

submission of proof of requisite qualification.

11) Statistics: 47,000 candidates registered for the year 2012

12) Things you should know:


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There is no age bar for students.

NRI students are also eligible to apply. Seats are reserved for foreign nationals, NRIs and

children of NRIs and the admission is considered on the basis of General ManagementAptitude Test (GMAT) score

The entrance is conducted to provide admissions for various campuses of IIFT, Delhi and

Kolkata

1) IIFT score is valid for one year. And will only get you admission in IIFT institutes


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1) Exam Name: SNAP

2) Conducted by: Symbiosi

3) Exam Date: December4) Registration Dates: last

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