CMAT 2017 rescheduled to single-day test window

CMAT 2017

CMAT or the Common Management Admission Test is a national level entrance examination conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) every year for admissions to various B-Schools across India.

Till 2015, CMAT was held twice in a year but the practice has now been abolished as the AICTE decided to hold the exam once a year. In the upcoming year, CMAT will be held in January, registrations for which will start from October 10, 2016.

CMAT 2017 will be held on January 28, 2017 in single session. January 29 will be 'reserve day', which means exam will be held on January 29 only in case of any emergency. The computer-based exam will be held in a single-session of three hours.

Earlier, it was announced that CMAT 2017 will be held over two days on January 28 and 29, 2017, but the arrangement has been now reworked.

Important dates:

At the time of registration, the candidates will be given the choice of 2 dates and 3 cities of India for online examination in the order of preference. The provision is first come first served basis.

CMAT is conducted at 62 test centres across India. In the test, the candidates will be analysed on the basis of their knowledge in:

• Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation
• General Awareness
• Language Comprehension
• Logical Reasoning

The exam is of 400 marks with every section carrying 25 questions to be solved in 3 hours. There is negative marking for wrong answers. For each wrong answer 1 mark shall be deducted.

CMAT score is accepted by all AICTE-Approved Institutions/University Departments/Constituent Colleges/Affiliated Colleges.

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