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Guide-Level 13
Hi Nikhil,
CAT is the short form of "Common Admission Test" and is conducted by IIMs to select the merited candidates for admission in various management courses of the Indian Institutes of Management in India. However, CAT has now become the entrance examination for several other leading institutes apart from IIMs.
On the other hand, GMAT is known as the "Graduate Management Admission Test" and is a computer adaptive standardized test in mathematics and the English language for measuring aptitude to succeed academically in graduate business studies throughout thousands of Business Schools/Universities world over. International Business
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Guide-Level 13
Hi Nikhil,
No, it does not. For more information, please follow the link mentioned below:
https://www.shiksha.com/mba/exams/cat/syllabus
https://studyabroad.shiksha.com/exams/gmat/syllabus
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Guide-Level 13
There is no particular strategy or timing for the CAT examination. It depends on how good are you at different sections of the examination. Generally, a person who is good at QA and verbal ability will require less time to prepare.
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Contributor-Level 10
FMS accepts only CAT score.
You have to apply to the college in October - November window and interview calls will be rolled out in March after the CAT result is out.
Keep checking the official website at www.fms.edu for updates and detailed information regarding admission.
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Guide-Level 13
There is no standard strategy for CAT exam. It depends on how prepared you are for different sections and what level you are. Some students are already good with QA and RC, so they work on verbal and might take less time to prepare. So, it will depend on your basic standard in the different section of the exam.
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Guide-Level 13
For improving your skills on reading comprehension and verbal ability, please refer to the following links:
https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/cat-prep-2014-shortcut-techniques-for-reading-comprehension-blogId-8834
https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/cat-2016-preparation-plan-for-verbal-ability-blogId-13092
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Guide-Level 13
First of all, you need to understand the syllabus:
This is a useful tip for almost any exam. Understand the syllabus by going through past years papers and official guidelines. CAT can be segmented into four broad parts-
Quantitative Ability
Data Interpretation
Logical Reasoning
Verbal Ability
The concepts used in this examination are broadly of class 10 level. However, the questions are little bit tricky to solve and require good amount of logical thinking. But it can be developed by practice.
Books and material
First of all, get CAT preparation material of some good coaching institute.
For Quant, there are two good books- Arun Shar
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