CMAT Preparation

In the last week of CMAT 2027 you should practice only one mock test, that too to stay in the online test mode. You must not attempt multiple tests and rather spend time on revision.

You should start practicing the CMAT mock tests after completing the syllabus. This way, you will be bale to check which topics you have mastered and which ones are your pain areas.

We suggest to attempt only one CMAT mock test on a given day, as it is a 3 hour long test and you will need time to analyse the result too.

Yes, NTA provides CMAT mock tests. Candidates can practice the official mock tests at NTA website without login. Mock tests help in understanding the exam structure and interface.

CMAT 2027 exam preparation will require two phase planning – one will be covering the syllabus and another will be practicing mock tests with revision. You should start atleast six months before the exam. You can join a coaching institute or take help from online study material to prepare for the exam.

Yes, 6 months is enough to prepare for CMAT exam. Make a plan in the following manner:

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All the five sections of CMAT have equal weightage of 20 questions and 80 marks. Candidates must prepare keeping in mind, scoring a minimum of 50 in every section is important for a decent score.

Candidates can prepare for CMAT Logical Reasoning with:

·       Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for the CAT by Nishit K. Sinha

·       How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for CAT by Arun Sharma

·       A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning by RS Aggarwal

·       Concepts of LR - Logical Reasoning for CAT and Other MBA Exams by Gajendra Kumar 

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 use CMAT question papers to know types of static GK questions asked previously. Candidates can refer to GK books too in free time.

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 questions too, but mostly from familiar areas and topics. The length is about 200-500 words.