MBA Entrance Exam

CMAT is a national level entrance examination conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) every year as per the directions of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.
This test facilitates institutions to select suitable graduate candidates for admission

Yes, you can. But, if you want to get admission in IIT and IIM, you need to get a decent score in CAT exam.

The scores and percentile differs on the basis of categories:
1. General: 100 (Maximum), 96(Minimum).
2. OBC: 100 (Maximum), 88 (Minimum).
3. SC: 100 (Maximum), 60 to 65 (Minimum).
4. ST: 100 (Maximum), 45 to 60 (Minimum).

You can consider the below mentioned colleges to get admission on the basis of CMAT scores:
1. Welingkar.
2. KJ Somaiya.
3. IFMR.
4. BIMTECH – Noida.
You can check the below mentioned link for the colleges accepting CMAT score:
https://www.shiksha.com/mba/ranking/top-mba-colleges-india-accepting-cmat/2-2-

You can start preparing now with basic concepts of mathematics and make it strong. Try as many problems as possible for topics like ratio, proportion, series and algebra. You can refer books like:
1. Pearson.
2. Tata McGraw Hill.
3. Arun Sharma.
Verbal needs more of practice and concentration, and so is

You need to clear CAT exam with good percentile. You can start preparation by practicing quant questions, verbal, data interpretation and logical reasoning. You can refer books published by Arihant, TMGH and Pearson.

You can check this link last year MAT cut off score institute wise -
http://www.entrancecorner.com/bschool/mat-cutoff/

The expected cutoff varies every year. Last year it was 76 percentile in CAT for PGDM IB. A number of companies come to our college for placements and for reference you can check our placements to get the idea of the companies which come, the link for the same is http://www.fsm.ac.in/pla_placementst

IIMs will call you for WAT/PI based on your score. For others (Private/ autonomous colleges) you need to fill the application forms, which accept scores of these colleges. Depending on your score and profile these colleges will call you for WAT /PI or GD/PI.

No, it is not mandatory to write CMAT exam for MBA entrance. You can appear for other exams too like CAT, XAT, MAT, ATMA or SNAP to get into premiere B-schools.