MBA Entrance Exam

Yes, AIT in Bengaluru accepts MAT scores and offers an opportunity to students, which covers around 50 per cent management quota admissions in addition to those with MAT, CMAT, or KMAT, while the balance 50% is from those who take Post Graduate Common Entrance Test by the Karnataka Examinations Authority or KEA. A bachelor's degree with at least 50% marks (45% for reserved categories) is a must for being eligible.

The admission to the PGP course offered by MET Institute of Software Development and Research does not need candidates to crack the CAT exam, rather there is a separate test called MET Online Test. MET Institute of Software Development and Research admission is entrance-based for courses offered at PG levels. Some of the popular exams accepted by the institution for admission are MET Online Test, etc.. The institution offers 1 course to the students in the streams of Data Science and Machine Learning.

The GNIOT CAT cutoff 2025 was released for admission to the PGDM programme for various categories. For the General AI category, the estimated cutoff was 25 overall and 25 sectional. Students who attain a CAT percentile of at least 25 are then eligible to proceed to the 2nd round of admissions, which involves WAT, GD or PI. 

Note - The cutoff data given here is based on an estimate of the previous years and is therefore not official. 

Yes, you can get into North East Frontier Technical University in Arunachal Pradesh. The university also considers scores from national and state level entrance exams. But you can also take the NEFTU Entrance Exam, University Entrance Test only for safe side.

Yes, you can join the master of business administration programme at pondicherry university directorate of distance education without the CAT exam.The university has been accepting students for the MBA programme through the CUET PG entrance exam since the 2022-23 admission year.

Every year, over 2 Lacs candidates appear for the CAT exam and about 10-14 test takers score 100 percentile. In CAT 2024, the number of 100 percentiler was 11, and in CAT 2023 the number of 100 percentilers was 14. In CAT 2022, the number of 100 percentilers was 11. In CAT 2021, only 9 candidates scored 100 percentile.

Yes, it is possible to score 99.99 percentile in CAT in first attempt. Many toppers of previous years' are such candidates. One must study in a focussed manner and do a lot of mock test practice. Exam day strategy is also crucial for better performance.

Candidates can take reference of subjects and topics from CAT study material for Verbal Ability, Data Interpretation and Quantitative Aptitude, but XAT preparation has to be exam specific and must include exam specific study material. Aspirants can use CAT sample questions too for practice purpose, but that is not enough. They need to practice XAT sample questions and XAT mock tests too, as the nature of questions in XAT is different from CAT.

XAT syllabus for Verbal Ability, Data Interpretation and Quantitative Aptitude are same as CAT syllabus. Decision Making and General Knowledge syllabus are not a part of CAT syllabus. Thus, XAT aspirants have to study more than CAT aspirants, which is why one needs to have a XAT specific preparation plan in order to score above 95 percentile.