CMAT 2020: Student Reactions and Reviews
Common Management Admission Test 2026 ( CMAT )
CMAT 2020 was conducted today from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. Check out CMAT analysis and review by students here.
CMAT 2020 exam was conducted today at 245 exam centres in 104 cities across India. The CMAT question paper was of moderate difficulty and there were no surprise questions. However the students found General Knowledge (GK) section tricky. Shiksha team visited an exam centre for students' review of the CMAT 2020 exam. Here's what they said.
Aishwarya Mathur said, “It was a moderate paper. GK was little tough, English was easy, Maths and Reasoning were also easy to moderate. In terms of section-wise difficulty level, Maths was difficult and even GK was not easy, Compared to the GK section of IIFT exam, this was more difficult.”
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Amritanshu said, “I didn’t find any section difficult but Quant was a bit tricky. I attempted all the questions in Logical Reasoning and for me the main scoring section was GK. I attempted all the questions in Quant and Reasoning, but GK was a bit tricky.”
Shimona Chowdhary said, “CMAT exam was quite easy, the Logical Reasoning section was easy and English section was also good, so overall the paper was good so I just hope I get good percentile."
Nikita who prepared for the exam without coaching said, “CMAT 2020 was quite easy but GK section was tough.”
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Expected CMAT Cut Offs for 2020 Admission
Listed below are expected CMAT cut off percentiles of some of the popular MBA colleges accepting CMAT score.
| Colleges Accepting CMAT score |
CMAT Expected Cut Off Percentiles |
|---|---|
| 99.9+ |
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| 95-99 |
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| 95-99 |
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| 99+ |
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| 95-99 |
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| 90-95 |
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| 95-99 |
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| 85 |
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| 80 |
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| 85 |
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| 85 |
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| 85 |
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| 85 |
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| 85 |
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| 80 |
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| 80 |
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| 80 |
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| 80 |
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| 85 |
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