CAT

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                       Common Admission Test (CAT) is national-level management entrance examination conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM). CAT scores are used for admission to various management courses across the country.

  CAT 2017 Notification

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow will be conducting this year's Common Admission Test (CAT). Professor Neeraj Dwivedi from IIM Lucknow, who specialises in Strategic Management will be the convenor for CAT 2017. IIM Lucknow will be conducting the CAT after a span of seven years. The last two CATs were conducted by IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore. Last year, allegations of paper leak had surfaced after the CAT 2016 examination and this year IIM Lucknow would like to avoid such a situation.

The Indian Institutes of Management will conduct computer based common admission test (CAT) 2017 on 26th November 2017 in two sessions. Aspirants can start applying from 9th August 2017 and last date of applying form is 20th September 2017 (5:00 pm). Admit card of the exam will be available on 18th October to 26th November 2017.

    ELIGIBILITY

Candidates require minimum 50% aggregate mark in graduation in any discipline from a recognized institute. The candidates from SC, ST, OBC and DA category need an aggregate of 45% marks. Final year graduation students can also apply provided they can submit the graduation final marks to the institutes within the requisite schedule.

                     Common Entrance Test or CAT analyses the skills of the aspirant in four sections: Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal Ability, Logical & Analytical Reasoning and Data Interpretation. It is also a test of time management.

    QUANTITATIVE SECTION (Questions-34 & Time-60 min)

1.  Numbers systems
2.  Progressions
3.  Averages and mixtures
4.  Percentages
5.  Profit and loss
6.  Interest
7.  Ratio, proportion and variation
8.  Time and work
9.  Time, speed and distance
10.  Geometry
11.  Algebra
12.  Permutations and combinations
13.  Probability
14.  Set theory

     ENGLISH AND VERBAL SECTION (Questions-32 & Time-60min)

1. Reading comprehension
2. Vocabulary
3. Grammar
4. Critical reasoning    

    LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING SECTION(Questions-34 & Time-60)  

      Some important topics in LR..

1. Blood relations
2. Direction sense
3. Puzzles
4. Arrangements 
5. Data structure
6. Series
7. Coding-decoding
8. clock and calendars etc.

   DATA INTERPRETATION SECTION

1. Tables
2. Bar graph
3. pie chart
4. Line graphs etc.

   SOME TOP COLLEGES ACCEPTING CAT SCORE       

1.  Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)
2.  Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)
3.  Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC)
4.  Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK)
5.  Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML)
6.  Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai
7.  S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
8.  J. Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)   
9.  XLRI Xavier Institute of Management, Jamshedpur
10.  Institute of Management Indore (IIMI), Indore
11.  Gandhi Indian Institute of Management (RGIIM), Shillong
12.  Indian Institute of Management Raipur (IIMR), Raipur
13.  Indian Institute of Management Ranchi (IIM-Ra), Ranchi
14.  Indian Institute of Management Rohtak (IIM-Ro), Rohtak
15.  Indian Institute of Management Trichy (IIMT), Trichy
16.  Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU), Udaipur
17.  Indian Institute of Management Kashipur (IIM-Ka), Kashipur
18.  Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon 
19.  Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Mumbai
20.  K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Reserach, Mumbai
21.  Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai