CMAT 2017
Common Management Admission Test or CMAT is a national level online aptitude test conducted every year by All India Council for Technical Education. CMAT 2016 was held in January this year and the next exam is scheduled to be held on January 28, 2017.
January 29 will be 'reserve day', which means exam will be held on that day only in case of any emergency.
Graduates in any discipline or final year students can apply for CMAT exam but they have to be Indian citizen.
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The candidates can appear for the online exam at the test centre of their preference and choose a time slot according to their convenience.
The test aims to analyse the aspirants on their knowledge in Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation, General Awareness, Language Comprehension, and Logical Reasoning. The candidates are expected to be thoroughly prepared in these four subjects.
The pattern of the exam is as follows:
| Section |
No. of questions |
Marks |
| Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation |
25 |
100 |
| General Awareness |
25 |
100 |
| Language Comprehension |
25 |
100 |
| Logical Reasoning |
25 |
100 |
| Total |
100 |
400 |
The duration to complete the paper is 3 hours. There is negative marking for wrong answers, for each wrong answer 1 mark shall be deducted.
Mock tests will be available for the aspirants a month prior to the exam. The aspirants are advised to attempt the mock tests to familiarize themselves with the exam pattern, computer screen layout and navigation and time management.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered Yesterday
CMAT response sheet and provisional answer key are same. Since the answer key contains candidate's responses too, it is also called CMAT response sheet.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered Yesterday
Candidates can use the CMAT answer key to calculate the score in the following manner:
· Check number of correct attempts
· Check number of incorrect attempts
· Add 4 marks for every correct attempt
· Subtract 1 mark for every incorrect attempt
· Sub total will be CMAT score
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered Yesterday
Filing objection against the CMAT answer key is not mandatory for all candidates. Only those candidate who feel a question/s is incorrect and they have proof to support the claim, should raise objection.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered Yesterday
The CMAT answer key objection fee per question is INR 200. Candidates have to pay it at the time of filling the objection form.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered Yesterday
CMAT answer key helps the candidate in checking their performance and it is also a window for NTA to communicate transparency in result preparation number.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered Yesterday
Objection cannot be raised against the final answer key of CMAT, as it contains the answers evaluated again after objections by candidates.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered Yesterday
CMAT final answer key is released as a downloadable PDF. Candidates can download it by visiting the NTA-CMAT website and simply downloading the document.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered Yesterday
Provisional answer key of CMAT refers to the document released by the NTA indicating answers marked by candidate and correct options. This document tell candidates about how many of their attempts are right.
Contributor-Level 10
Answered a week ago
Validity of CMAT score is one year in most of the colleges. There are a very few and Tier 3 colleges that may accept CMAT score from previous years. So, if they wish to drop a year, they should appear for the exam again in the next session.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a week ago
The first criteria is CMAT cut off. Candidates should shortlist all the colleges whose cut off is same or lower than their score. Thereafter, check fees, location, accreditation, curriculum, pedagogy and placement reports to choose one foe themselves.
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