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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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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 months ago
The admissions into MBA courses at Marwadi University have been concluded in the year 2025. Hence, candidates can no longer apply for admissions into the MBA course at Marwadi University in the year 2025. The CMAT exam for the year 2025 has also been concluded for this year. Candidates must now wait
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
No, candidates do not have to mandatorily appear for the CMAT entrance exam for MBA in Business Analytics at Marwadi University. Candidates can apply for MBA admissions through any of the national level entrance exam such as CAT, XAT, ATMA and more. However, during admissions into the MBA in Busines
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Yes, it is possible to get an MBA seat at CET Trivandrum with a valid CMAT score. The institute accepts CAT, CMAT, and KMAT scores for MBA admissions. Thus, students who did not appear for CMAT or did not score well can apply via KMAT or CAT scores. Students are selected for the programme after eval
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No, CMAT scores are not compulsory for admissions to the MBA course at Sabarmati University. Because the university accepts CMAT/ CAT or any other entrance exam accepted by the counselling body. Thus, applicants with CMAT scores can get admission to the MBA course. However, it is not compulsory. App
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No, getting admission into SGSITS MBA courses is not possible without taking CUET. For admission to its MBA courses, the institute only accepts valid CMAT scores. Other than this, it is also essential that students aspiring to enrol into the programme meet the eligibility criteria prescribed by the
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Answered 2 months ago
GK is memory based, so all that you need to do is memorise important events and occurrences. So, candidates may not need a lot of time to prepare for CMAT GK. They can devote one or two months for it. On daily basis, they can read Year Books for one hour to memorise events. Apart from that they can
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 2 months ago
CMAT RC passages are easy. Candidates need not worry about RCs in CMAT because they are short and pretty much straight forward. Questions are fact based and generally require candidates to identify the main argument/theme/idea of the passage. Sometimes, there are a few vocabulary and idiom based que
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Yes, it is necessary to attempt GK section in CMAT as unlike other MBA entrance exams, scores of GK are included in percentile calculation in CMAT. Total number of GK questions in 20 and attempting 8-10 questions correctly, can get the candidate desired sectional cut off in CMAT. So, while preparing
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Answered 3 months ago
The minimum academic criteria for MBA admission through CMAT is minimum 50% in graduation for General category students and minimum 45% for SC/ST/PwD category students. Even though this eligibility criteria is not mandatory for CMAT, it is the basic requirement for full time MBA as per the AICTE reg
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For admission to MBA/MMS courses offered by State affiliated universities, Maharashtra State CET cell accepts CAT/MAT/CMAT/XAT/GMAT/ATMA scores too for All India category candidates. If you wish to participate in the MAH MBA CAP round through your CMAT score, you can fill the CAP registration form a
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