CMAT

Congratulations for your score.
Yes, definitely you should go for CAT, XAT and CMAT.
They provide admission opportunities in India's best B-School like IIM-A, B or C, XLRI, Jamnalal Bajaj and SIMSREE.

CAT registrations have already started. You can register for the same at the IIM's official website. This time IIM Lucknow is conducting the CAT exam. For GMAT, you can book a test date by registering at www.mba.com. You can choose any date and test center based on your convenience. You take GMAT once a month, five times a year. There is no limit for number of attempts for CAT or GMAT. XAT is for XLRI mainly. XLRI takes GMAT score also. So, if you take GMAT, you need not take XAT. However, if you take both, XLRI will consider best of two. CAT and GMAT cover most of the top institutes both in India and abroad.

Both the exams are competitive. But CMAT has a wider pool of colleges than MAT. Though to make sure, you can check the accepted exams of the college that you are targeting.

Hello Shikha,
Depending upon your preparation level, you can decide whether to take the test this year or next year.
Also, to get an idea of the difficulty level of all these exams, you can appear for it this year too.
Good Luck!

Hello Akshay!
Yes, GDPI takes place in some, but not all, of the top colleges in Maharashtra. Let me just list down these colleges which conduct GDPI, followed by those which do not,
1. SP Jain
2. NMIMS
3. IIM Indore(Navi Mumbai Campus)
4. NIIE
5. Shailesh Mehta(IIT Mumbai)
6. KJ Somaiya(SIMSR; PGDM program)
7. Welingkar(PGDM)
Now, those which do not conduct GDPI:-
1. JBIMS
2. Sydenham(SIMSREE)
3. SIMSR(MMS)
4. Welingkar(MMS)
5. NL Dalmia(MMS)

No, without CMAT, you won't be able to get admission in maritime MBA.

Hello,
Apologies for the late reply! Yes, as long as one scores minimum 50% marks in his/her graduation, one can appear for the various MBA entrance exams held like CAT, XAT, NMAT, etc.