CMAT

Common Management Admission Test is more commonly known as the CMAT. You can go a long way to top B-School, so scoring good marks is really important. Here are few general mistake to be done by student during preparation or in exam which can be minimized to score good marks:
1. It is not only necessary to learn and know all the concepts and tricks, but it is also essential to be confident and quick in using them. This means doing quick calculations in the quant section.
2. A big mistake is to focus only on one weakness. Since, general knowledge can also be forgotten easily and quickly, keep revising it. A good method can be to set a certain base level of mock questions in each category to do on each day.
3. One of the major problems is that most candidates do not recognize, that they are falling behind until it's too late. It is hard to compensate wisely in this situation, meaning, that takers are forced to take rapid and wild guesses. A simple tool to avoid this scenario is to set and stick to certain milestones.
4. Never forget to practice mock test papers. The good thing about mocks is, it helps you too face all types of questions, & makes you familiarized which the surrounding & also with the stress you have with time management.
All the Best.

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a national-level computer-based management entrance test. The test is conducted by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).
The CMAT is a three hour online test which is conducted in a single session to evaluate the candidate's ability across various segments like Quantitative Technique, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension and General Awareness. CMAT score is accepted by all AICTE-Approved Institutions/University, Departments/Constituent and Colleges/Affiliated Colleges.
To know more about exam visit - https://www.shiksha.com/mba/exams/cmat
Some of the good colleges that accept CMAT score are:
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
Institute for Financial Management and Research, Changambakkam
KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai
Prin. LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai
KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai
Goa Institute of Management, Goa
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore
Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad
Balaji Institute of Modern Management, Pune
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai
PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore
Alliance School of Business, Bangalore
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow
SCMS Cochin School of Business, Cochin
Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar

Preparation can be three types: Self, Self plus coaching and Coaching.
It depends on whether you are working or a student. So, if you are working you have to prepare either by self-using the correspondence booklets or you can take option of taking weekend coaching classes or you can buy some famous books used for preparation of MBA entrance exams. But if you are a student then you have good amount of time to prepare so you can use the correspondence courses and books initially for self-preparation and later can join coaching classes for brushing up your preparation with added techniques. So, any MBA entrance exam have generally three sections-Quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning & data interpretation and Verbal reasoning along with study of general current affairs. So, depending upon your strengths, weakness and speed prepare the three sections accordingly and nail the exam.
Strategize your preparation as per your weaknesses and strengths in the different sections.

CMAT is easy. If you are preparing for CAT then no need of separate work for CMAT. The syllabus is almost the same. I was also a student who prepared for CMAT immediately after my graduation. The important things which you should look into while preparing for this exam are as follows:
1. Select one of the best coaching centers which offer quality education- TIME is one of the famous coaching centers for CAT AND CMAT.
2. Dedication- Be focused on the aim which you need to achieve.
3. Try to read Hindu newspaper editorial. Most of the passages which appear in CMAT are from Hindu editorial.
4. Try to maximum number of online mock test. You will definitely clear CMAT by doing the above.
5. Try to read as much as you can and make note of points.
6. Revision of each week topics is very important.
7. Mathematical ability questions will be little twisted try to do as faster as you can.
These are my tips for you to crack both MAT and CAT.

MAT - Management Aptitude Test by AIMA
CMAT - Common Management Admission Test by AICTE
MAT exam:
MAT Exam is conducted four times in a year in the months of February, May, September and December. It is an online test with its scores valid for 1 year. Applicants have to register online only however submission can be made offline as well.
CMAT exam:
CMAT Exam is conducted by the All India Council for Technical Education for the admissions to those colleges which are approved by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development. Applicants have to apply online for the CMAT exam and its exam is conducted in the month of January with its last date of registration is December (tentatively).