MAT

You can appear for this exam thrice in a year, next exam will be in December of this year. For preparation you should also concentrate on current affairs, aptitude and comprehensive.

Check these links for the same:
http://blog.oureducation.in/top-coaching-centres-for-mba-entrance-in-pune-maharashtra/
https://testprep.shiksha.com/mba-entrance-exams-pune-categorypage-14-47-1-0-0-174-114-2-0-none-1-0

The eligibility criteria for MBA at Manipal university is Bachelors degree in any discipline from a recognised university with aggregate marks of 50% or above. Based on your 49% in graduation degree, you are not eligible for admission in Manipal University if you are a general category student.

Yes, you can, apart from those exams SNAP, IRMA, ATMA, KMAT, MH-CET are there. You can get good college by appearing in these exams.

A Composite Score 600 and above is needed.

A Composite Score of 600 and above is needed to get the admission and the fees structure is around 3.5LPA for 1st year and same amount for next year also.

It would change according to whether you are applying for PGDM or MMS,
For PGDM, selection depends on Group Discussion, Personal Interviews.
For MMS, CMAT cut off is 99 percentile

Yes, visit the given link to know about the other important dates of MAT 2016:
https://www.aima.in/testing-services/mat/mat.html

yes you can get, but take TANCET to get into councillling quota where your fees will be very less.

The best institutes under MAT exam are:
1. XIME.
2. BIMTECH