MBA Entrance Exam

CAT is one of the accepting exams for admission to MBA programme at Rathinam School of Business. However, it is not compulsory to have a CAT score. Candidates can also get admission in MBA through MAT, XAT, GMAT or Karnataka PGCET scores. Selected aspirants have to further pass the GDPI round for admission.

Yes, MBA admission at Adarsh Group of Institutions is based on CAT, MAT, CMAT, KMAT, or PGCET scores. Students can apply through any of these scorecards. Though it is not compulsory to take admission only on the basis of CAT for Adarsh Group of Institutions MBA.

GK is memory based, so all that you need to do is memorise important events and occurrences. So, candidates may not need a lot of time to prepare for CMAT GK. They can devote one or two months for it. On daily basis, they can read Year Books for one hour to memorise events. Apart from that they can use CMAT question papers to know types of static GK questions asked previously. Candidates can refer to GK books too in free time.

CMAT RC passages are easy. Candidates need not worry about RCs in CMAT because they are short and pretty much straight forward. Questions are fact based and generally require candidates to identify the main argument/theme/idea of the passage. Sometimes, there are a few vocabulary and idiom based questions too, but mostly from familiar areas and topics. The length is about 200-500 words.

Yes, it is necessary to attempt GK section in CMAT as unlike other MBA entrance exams, scores of GK are included in percentile calculation in CMAT. Total number of GK questions in 20 and attempting 8-10 questions correctly, can get the candidate desired sectional cut off in CMAT. So, while preparing for CMAT exam, do not ignore GK. You can prepare for it in the last couple of months with the help of year books as most of the questions are asked from Static GK.

SIU does not accept any exam score other than SNAP for MBA admission. All domestic students, must appear for the SNAP exam if they wish to pursue MBA from SIBM or any of the 16 Symbiosis institutes. The SNAP exam is conducted in December. There are three sessions and questions are asked from- English, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude. The SNAP exam is of low difficulty level but requires practice for scoring high to meet the admission cut off.

There is usually not much change in the SNAP cut offs year on year. The average range of cut offs for MBA admission in SIU is 80-96 percentile. Check the table below for expected SNAP 2025 cut offs:

Candidates do not require passing CAT for admission to MBA programme at St. Joseph University Dimapur. Aspirants only need to meet the eligibility requirements to get admission. Candidates who have passed a UG degree from a recognised university with at least 40% aggregate can apply for MBA.