CMAT 2022 Student Reactions and Reviews: English and LR Easy, Quant Moderate
Common Management Admission Test 2026 ( CMAT )
Registration - 17 Oct '25 - 18 Nov '25
Read and watch video of students’ reactions and review of the CMAT 2022 exam and question paper.
CMAT 2022 exam was held today at various examination centres in 124 cities across India. The examination timings were 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Shiksha visited a CMAT test centre for CMAT 2022 students’ reactions and reviews. According to the students we spoke to, the CMAT question paper was of easy to moderate difficulty evel and could be completed in three hours. Most of the students found LR and English easy. Quants questions were moderate and GK was tough. Read below and watch the video for student reactions and reviews of CMAT 2022 exam.
Vridhi
The CMAT 2022 exam was quite easy. Quant section, LR section and verbal sections were very easy and scoring. On the contrary, GK was very tough. I am from commerce background so it was helpful to me in solving Inoovation and entrepreneurship. It might not be helpful for engineers. In Quants section, there were a couple of wrong questions. CMAT cut off can go up to 320.
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Rajshree
If u compare CMAT with CAT and XAT, it was easier. If someone is skeptical about whether they give the CMAT or not to get a good college them I will surely suggest them to give this exam. According to the time given the paper was easy and could be solved within the given time period.
CMAT is an easy exam. Despite having an extra section, its difficulty level is generally moderate. However, it has been seen previously that some questions in Logical Reasoning and General Awareness sections of CMAT turn out to be more difficult than questions of Quantitative Techniques, Language Comprehension and Innovation and Entrepreneurship. If a candidate can solve about 70-75 of the total questions with about 80 per cent accuracy in each section, they can score well in CMAT. Sectional difficulty in CMAT is as follows: 1. Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation: Moderate 2. Logical Reasoning: Easy to Moderate 3. Language Comprehension: Easy to Moderate 4. General Awareness: Moderate 5. Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Moderate For the latest exam pattern and difficulty level of CMAT click here: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/cmat-exam-analysis.
Since every section of CMAT has 20 questions in total, solving 15-18 questions in each section with 80 percent accuracy is considered a good attempt in CMAT, and it can ensure a good percentile in the exam. In the GK section, about 10-12 correct attempts will be enough. Out of 100 questions, candidates must try to solve about 70-75 questions to achieve a 99 percentile. However, candidates must aim to solve a higher number of questions with maximum accuracy and minimize negative marking. To be able to achieve this target, candidates need to prepare for the CMAT in a dedicated and disciplined manner. Candidates must set aside a minimum of three months to complete the CMAT syllabus, as they have to study five subjects and their numerous topics. If they have appeared for the CAT, XAT, and IIFT exams, then they can complete the CMAT syllabus in one month as well. However, it is advised that candidates spend at least three months on the CMAT syllabus for complete preparation.
Aditi
The exam was overall nice. The Quant section was easy. The LR section was easy. I faced difficulty in GK and also in Innovation and Entrepreneurship as this section was new to me.
Carol
CMAT 2022 was pretty easy. I thought it would be tough but it was not that much difficult. The difficulty level was low. For me, Maths is very difficult so the section was tougher compared to other sections. And the new section – Innovation and Entrepreneurship was scoring. Reasoning was also good. Maths was also not that difficult but I wasn’t prepared. Time limit was enough. I will get pretty decent marks. I’ll appear for this exam next year also, this year I was just testing it.
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Avisha
The exam was easy. The DI part was a bit lengthy and calculative. Apart from that, I found English and LR easy and GK was easy to moderate. Innovation and Entrepreneurship was good, you could make out the answer from the question and could eliminate wrong options. Overall, the CMAT 2022 question paper was easy to moderate. Compared to all the MBA entrance exams, CMAT was the easiest.
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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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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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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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