MBA Entrance Exam

Common Admission Test (CAT) 2017:
Registration:
9th August 2017 to 20th September 2017 (till 05.00 PM)
Exam:
26th November 2017 (Sunday)
Result declaration:
2nd week of January 2018 (Tentative)
IGNOU OPENMAT-XLII 2018 (MBA Entrance Exam)
15th July 2017
20th August 2017 (Sunday, 10.00 am - 01.00 pm)
IIFT 2017
Last Date for Online Registration: 08th September 2017 (Friday)
to 15th September 2017 (Friday).
Exam date:
3rd December 2017 (Sunday, 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon)
Result:
January 2018 (tentative)
Management Aptitude Test-MAT 2017 (December)
Last Date to submit filled Application Form (Offline): To be announced
Last Date to fill MAT application form (Online): To be announced
For Paper Based Test-03 December 2017 (Sunday) [10.00 am to 12.30 pm]
For Computer-Based Test-09th December 2017 (Saturday) onwards [10.00 am to 12.30 pm]
UPESMET-III 2017 MBA Entrance:
12th May 2017
14th May 2017
17th May 2017
PIM-MAT MBA Entrance Test 2017
01st May 2017 to 25th May 2017
Date of written exam: 04th June 2017 (Sunday)
Declaration of written exam result: 15th June 2017
Group Discussion and Personal Interview Schedule: 19th June to 24th June 2017
Declaration of Final Result: 27th June 2017
TANCET 2017
29th January 2017 to 20th February 2017
25th March 2017 (02.30 pm to 04.30 pm)
April 2017 (Tentative)
Common Management Admission Test CMAT 2017
10th October 2016 to 10th December 2016
28th & 29th January 2017

IBSAT exam is comparatively easy as compared to other MBA entrance tests. You must work on efficiency and time management.
Reasoning section, the candidates can practice through mock tests to be precise and accurate. Since for this section, there is no precise formula, the candidates can solve as many mock tests as possible. Simple preparation for this section can be done by solving puzzles and riddles.
Quantitative section, the candidates can prepare from the NCERT books or secondary and Higher secondary level mathematics books. Candidates can also opt for solving mock tests, previous years ATMA question papers and CAT question papers.
Lastly, for the verbal section, the candidates can brush up their grammar, vocabulary and increase their reading speed. Reading from various topics can give an advantage while dealing with long passages. It is essential that students refer to previous years question papers and rely on mock tests, as this will make them familiar with the paper pattern and will give them an idea about the type of questions asked. Thus, students are better prepared for the examination.

Here are few tips to crack the examination:
-Set your plan and keep time for revision and solving mock test papers.
-Time management is very important at every single point of time till the final day and even on the exam day.
-Be positive. Maintain a good balance between your accuracy and solving time.
-Be focused and calm.
-Keep all the formulas and tricks handy and revise on a daily basis.
-Don't be emotional while solving or appearing in the exam. Manage your time wisely.
-Make daily/weekly targets and pen down the progress.
-Revise the syllabus as per the study plan.
-Solve previous years questions as per the time frame guidelines of the actual exam. This will give you a look and feel of the actual exam.
-Manage your time well.
-Keep calm and stay cool.
-One year is good enough time but competition is also getting tough day by day. Candidates should be ready for it beforehand.
Good luck.

I would like to answer this question in a different way, apart from the regular important syllabus topics which can be easily understood by solving practice papers and past year papers, other very important topics are to focus on your self. How to prepare for the paper is the most important topic according to my personal experience.
By the way of introduction, I am an alumnus of IIM-Indore (2016 Batch). Following are the areas and tips on which a candidate should focus:
-Make daily/weekly targets and pen down each of them.
-Revise the syllabus as per the study plan.
-Solve previous years questions as per time frame guidelines of the actual exam. This will give you a look and feel of the actual exam.
-Manage your time well.
-Keep calm and stay cool.
-Plan out well and revise the syllabus with the help of tools like, last years papers, mock exams, pressure and speed tests.
All the best.

The IIFT written test has multiple choice objective type test of two hours and the test areas over the last few years have been Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, Reading Comprehension, Verbal Ability, Logical Reasoning and General Awareness.
Here are few tips to prepare for IIFT:
1. Prepare the key concepts of Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry & Modern Maths in the Quantitative Ability section in a thorough manner.
2. To tackle the Verbal Ability section, one has to focus on improving one's reading speed because the paper typically features 3-4 reading comprehensions.
3. You should prepare the basics of grammar in order to solve sentence correction questions. Practice is required to solve usage-based questions like analogy, fill in the blanks, etc.
4. It is advisable to practice different data interpretation question types like pie charts, bar graphs, data tables, line charts & combinations thereof for the DI section.
5. General Awareness is an environment-sensitive area and requires familiarity with both static and current components of the environment. For static GK, one should focus on topics like history, geography, economics, political system, etc.
All the best.

Here are few tips to crack the examination provided limited numbers of days/months:
Set your plan agile and keep buffer time for revision and solving mock test papers.
Start with your verbal and quantitative practice in parallel. One year can make or change the game, time management is very important at every single point of time till the final day.
Keep positive! Maintain a good balance between your accuracy and solving time.
Be focused and calm. For the last month keep all the formulas and tricks handy and revise on a daily basis.
Remember not to be emotional while solving or appearing for exam. Manage your time wisely.
In short:
- Make daily/weekly targets and pen down each
- Revise the syllabus as per study plan
- Solve previous year questions as per time frame guidelines of actual exam. This will give you a look and feel of actual exam
- Manage your time well
- Keep calm and stay cool