Mystory@Arnav: How I prepared for my competitive exams

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Find out how Arnav, an MBA aspirant, prepared for CAT. Read more on Shiksha.

If you have brains nothing can stop you from scoring in CAT. I didn’t prepare at all but I had good control on my basics. Getting above 96 percentile in CAT is easy. But to score over 99.5 percentile you should have a good command on each section. I just gave two free mock tests, appeared for CAT and secured 96 percentile.

MBA gives you the leap of more than 10 years over any other normal BTech or a diploma holder. Even more in case of a very speedy promotion. If you are working in a private firm go for MBA.

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I am right now in my final year pursuing BTech from IIT Dhanbad. My hobby includes dancing. I have been a member of my college dance club since three years.

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Answered a week ago

Admission to IIT Dhanbad BTech programme requires a student to have cleared Class 12 board exams with a minimum aggregate of 75% from a recognised board in the Science stream. Students also have to appear and score valid marks (upto the cutoff released by insitute) in JEE Advanced, followed by a cen

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Answered 2 weeks ago

The IIT ISM Dhanbad Application fee differs for each programme and student category. Check the table below to know your desired IIT Dhanbad programme application fee:

CategoryProgrammeFee amount
2-year MTech 

General / OBC / EWS

SC / ST / PwD / Transgender

INR 600

INR 300

Integrated BSc + BEd

General / OBC / EWS

SC / ST / PwD / Transgender

INR 1000

INR 500

PhD

General / OBC / EWS

SC / ST / PwD / Transgender

INR 1000

INR 500

Executive MBA, Executive MTech All candidatesINR 2,000

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aaradhy rastogi

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Answered a week ago

IIT Dhanbad BTech programme admissions are based on JEE Advanced and JEE Main as well. The JEE Advanced 2026 Last round cutoff have been released after the sixth round of IIT Dhanbad cutoffs. The Last round cutoffs ranged in #4167 for BTech CSE and #17791 for the BTech Geological Engineering special

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aaradhy rastogi

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Answered a week ago

Yes, IIT ISM Dhanbad offers Mining programmes to female students also. The employment is regulated under Section 46 (1) of the Mines Act, 1952. The institute offers severs Mining courses at the BTech level, such as BTech in Mining Engineering, Mining Machinery Engineering, Mineral and Metallurgical

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Answered 2 weeks ago

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad is ranked #701-710 in QS World University Rankings 2027. Check the table below to know more on IIT Dhanbad QS World Rankings:

CategoryRank
Asian University Rankings 2027#424
QS Sustainability Rankings 2027#698
QS WUR Ranking by Subject#21

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aaradhy rastogi

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Answered 2 months ago

The JEE Advanced counselling is ongoing. The JEE Advanced 2026 cutoffs round 5 have been released for IIT Dhanbad B.E. / B.Tech admissions. During the fifth round of admission, the closing ranks ranged from 4167 to 17791 for the General AI category candidates. Under IIT Dhanbad BTech course, the the

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Answered 2 months ago

The score required by the SC All India category for admission to the MTech course should be at least 116, according to the last round. Students can check the table below to know the cutoff rank for different Engineering branches for the SC AI category. 

CourseLast Round Cutoff 2026
M.Tech. in Petroleum Engineering116
M.Tech. in Material Science and Technology197
M.Tech. in Pharmaceutical Science and Engineering209
M.Tech. in Fuel Mineral and Metallurgical Engineering215
M.Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering232
M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering254
M.Tech. in Mining of Critical Minerals277
M.Tech. in Earthquake Science and Engineering282
M.Tech. in Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology282
M.Tech. in Mineral Engineering286
M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering with Spl in Manufacturing Engineering290
M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering with Spl in Thermal Engineering312
M.Tech. in Environmental Science and Engineering319
M.Tech. in Intelligent Control and Instrumentation323
M.Tech. in Water Resources Engineering330
M.Tech. in Electronics Engineering (Optical Communication & Integrated Photonics) (OC)334
M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (Machine Design)340
M.Tech. in Structural Engineering346
M.Tech. in Radio Frequency and Microwave Engineering350
M.Tech. in Geotechnical Engineering350
M.Tech. in Transportation Engineering353
M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering and Management361
M.Tech. in Geomatics362
M.Tech. in Power System Engineering384
M.Tech. in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives384
M.Tech. in Electronics Engineering (Communication & Signal Processing) (SP)439
M.Tech. in Data Analytics449
M.Tech. in Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design)455
M.Tech. in Mining Engineering466
M.tech. in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science530
M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering542

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Answered 2 months ago

IIT Dhanbad COAP cutoff 2026 has been released for the last round of admission to the M.Tech course and its branches. For the General AI category, the last round scores varied from 197 to 714. As per this range, M.Tech CSE was the most competitive course for admission, with the score of 714. Student

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