MBA Entrance Exam

No, without CAT admission is not possible in IIM. It is compulsory to attempt it for admission. You can go for private colleges for admission if you have not given entrance exam. Thanks!!

At 50 percentile it will be difficult to get top tier colleges. You can look for one more attempt for CAT and other MBA entrance exam. At this score you may try for state engineering colleges MBA department. You can also look below link for this year colleges predictor-
https://www.shiksha.com/mba/re

No you need to prepare for GK as well. There is sectional cut off for GK in IIFT. Yes, preparation for CAT and IIFT is similar. You can check the syllabus for IIFT on below link
https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.shiksha.com/mba/exams/amp/iift/syllabus
Also check this link-
https://www.google.co.in/amp

No, idea about SIDES College, Mumbai but blink chance in PUMBA. PUMBA is one of the leading B-School in Maharashtra in terms of ROI. It is under Pune University. Less fees with good ROI. Your are from open category. So, your chance is almost nill at PUMBA.

You need more than 95 percentile in CAT to get a call from IIM.

You need to attempt a specific number of questions correctly. However, you need to overcome the situation where you are performing well in one section as compared to other due to the paucity of time. You need to look for questions taking less time to solve. This comes through regular practice. Join

You have to score above 95 percentile for a safe BET on your entry to IIMs and other reputed colleges.

Your score is decent.The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) Maharashtra will publish the MHTCET 2018 cutoff for each of the CAP rounds. You may get a call from Lala Lajpat Rai Inst of Management, Thakur Inst of Management, Rizvi Inst of Management, for. C. Rodrigues Inst. Of Management, St. Fr