MBA Entrance Exam

No, its not possible. With 42 percentile, you will not get the call for GD/PI.

Normally, the specialization in management will be taken based on your graduation and other experience. You can take MBA in finance.
You can also opt for marketing and production and operations management. You can get admission based on your MAT score.
All the best.

You can consider the below mentioned colleges:
1. SIMSREE.
2. XIME – Bangalore.
3. Christ University.
4. PUMBA.
5. AMRITA.
6. PSG.
7. IPE.
8. ITM.
9. UPES.
10. Alliance.
11. Birla Global University.
12. FOSTIIMA.
13. Asia Pacific.
14. GITAM.
15. IISWBM.

You won't be able to get any decent B-school with this percentile. You can reappear for CAT exam next year and try to get more than 90 percentile.

The expected cutoffs for open category is 80 percentile in CAT, XAT and CMAT. For MMS program, the cutoff of 99.2 percentile is needed in MH CET.

If your score meets the required CAT criteria (85 percentile overall,75 percentile individual) and have applied for SPJIMR admissions 2017, you'll get a call.
After that you have a psychometric test + WAT + 2 group interviews, which are manageable.

Its great connecting with you. First of all, congratulations for scoring good in CAT and MAT. Yes, you can expect a call because last year, one student got the call at 68% in MAT. So, hope for the best.

Registration would start from first week of February.
CAT cut-off would be anything more than 60 percentile but it may increase this as the cut-off is calculated by looking on average of all the CAT scores of candidate who have applied and with its IIT factor the no. of registration is expected to increase.
All the best.

With such decent score, you can surely get admission in IBS Gurgaon depending upon your performance in GD and PI.
IBS Gurgaon is famous for its finance and marketing placements. Regarding the true data, you can check college's official website. All major and big players of finance world come for hiring over here.

You should initially prepare yourselves for the entrance exams. Later, take some coaching from the institutes and do not forget to solve old papers. Do not expect that a single book will help you to solve the entire entrance exam.