CMAT 2025: Last Minute Tips and Exam Strategy
Common Management Admission Test 2026 ( CMAT )
CMAT 2025 exam is a speed based test and a lot depends how you handle the pressure on exam day. It is critical to use all of 180 minutes judiciously so that you make maximum correct attempts for an optimum performance.
CMAT 2025 exam will be held on January 25, 2025 and it is time now for the final preparation. You need to be thorough with the CMAT dos and don'ts for exam day because at times not big but small mistakes that cost a lot. CMAT experts recommend that you should not study too much just before the exam. The important thing to do is free your mind from stress. Take a break so that you can perform with a relaxed mind in the CMAT exam. However, do not ignore the last few tasks. There are few things that can help candidates perform better in CMAT exam 2025. Take a look at some CMAT last minute tips below.
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1. Revise from short notes
Do not overload your brain before the CMAT exam with heavy notes. Do not start studying a new topic or try new questions at this time. Revise concepts, theorems, formulae, shortcuts and tricks from your notes prepared earlier. Assimilate all you have studied in last few months of CMAT preparation 2025.
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2. Accuracy and time management
You have to keep a tab on the time while solving the CMAT exam paper. There are 100 questions in CMAT, to be attempted in 180 minutes. Even though, you don't have to solve all the questions, maintain a fair ratio of correct attempts in all the sections of CMAT exam to ensure good sectional as well as overall scores. A judicious approach towards the CMAT question paper and a perfect exam strategy can help accomplish the goal. For example, the GK section is memory based and 8-10 correct attempts will be enough so you will not need more than 10 minutes to solve it. Keep an eye on the onscreen timer.
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3. Learn from your mistakes
Those who are appearing for the first time in CMAT, must take a look at their performance in CMAT mock tests. Make sure not to repeat the mistakes of mock tests in the exam. Aspirants appearing in CMAT for the second time must recollect all the mistakes made earlier and make sure not to make the same errors this time. This is the chance to improve the score for admission to the desired B-school. Attempt a CMAT mock test at the same time as your CMAT 2025 slot to get an experience of working on a rigorous test which includes diverse subjects.
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4. Set a defined strategy
Do not get caught up in 'how to do it'. You must have a clear vision on how to attempt CMAT 2025 question paper. Finalise an exam strategy. Attempt your exam with that strategy. Focus on the questions you can solve with maximum accuracy. Do not spend too much time on questions that don't come to you naturally or select questions from your strong areas to solve. Focus on achieving sectional cut offs first and then capitalise on it if time permits. Also, save some time for revision before submitting the test.
CMAT expert Mikin Shah suggests “have a clearly defined strategy and sequence of attempts. My recommendation is to go for GK, Verbal, Maths and Reasoning. The General Knowledge (GK) section can easily be tackled in 10 minutes and the Verbal section can be allotted a time of about 40 minutes. This would leave the candidates with two hours to solve the Maths and Reasoning sections.”
5. Do not mug up for GK
Mugging up facts, dates and names for General knowledge section a day before the exam is of no use. You won’t be able to retain the information for long. It’s better to revise notes made on static GK and current affairs.
6. Have a fair idea of number of attempts for each section
It is important for you to have a fair idea of number of minimum questions to be attempted in each section of CMAT. You have to devote a specific amount of time to each section to score well in the exam. CMAT 2024 will have 20 questions each in all five sections so the target should be 15-17 correct attempts. Practice: CMAT Question Papers of Previous Years
7. Sort everything well in advance
Surely, you don't want to commit any blunder on the CMAT exam day. Nothing can be worst than reaching your CMAT exam centre late. The entry gates will close 30 minutes before commencement of the exam. You will not get the entry if the gates have been closed already. Arrange transportation well in advance before the exam day. You can also visit the test centre a day before to see the location. Remember to get a print out of your CMAT 2025 admit card before the exam day. Also, remember to carry a photo ID such as Aadhaar Card, Passport, Voter ID, Driving License, Ration Card, PAN Card, etc.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 3 weeks ago
CMAT is one of the top accepted exams for admission to MBA-offering universities, including AURO University. As per official sources, the CMAT exam has already been conducted for the 2025 session. The exam was conducted on Jan 25, 2025 by the National Testing Agency. The exam for the 2026 session i
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Answered 3 weeks 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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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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CMAT is one of the top accepted exams for admission to MBA-offering colleges in Indore, including SGSITS. As per official sources, the CMAT exam has already been conducted for the 2025 session. The exam was conducted on Jan 25, 2025 by the National Testing Agency. The exam for the 2026 session is e
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month 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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Answered a month 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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