CAT (Common Admission Test) ek national-level entrance exam hai jo MBA / PGDM courses me admission ke liye hota hai.
👉 CAT ke score se IIMs aur top B-Schools me admission milta hai.
🔹 2. Kaun conduct karta hai?
👉 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)
(Har saal koi ek IIM CAT conduct karta hai)
🔹 3. CAT ka purpose
- MBA / PGDM admission
- Leadership, Management & Business careers
- Top B-Schools ke liye single entrance exam
🔹 4. Top Colleges accepting CAT
🏫 IIMs
- IIM Ahmedabad
- IIM Bangalore
- IIM Calcutta
- IIM Lucknow
- New & Baby IIMs
🏫 Other Top MBA Colleges
- FMS Delhi
- SPJIMR Mumbai
- MDI Gurgaon
- IMT Ghaziabad
- IIT MBA programs
- Many private universities
🔹 5. Eligibility Criteria
✔ Bachelor’s Degree (any stream)
✔ Minimum Marks:
- General / OBC: 50%
- SC / ST / PwD: 45%
✔ Final year students also eligible
✔ No age limit
🔹 6. CAT Exam Pattern
| Section | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|
| VARC (Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension) | ~24 | 40 min |
| DILR (Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning) | ~20 | 40 min |
| Quantitative Aptitude | ~22 | 40 min |
| Total | ~66 | 120 min |
✔ Mode: Computer Based Test (CBT)
✔ +3 correct, –1 wrong (MCQs)
✔ TITA questions = No negative marking
🔹 7. CAT Syllabus (Broad)
❌ Fixed syllabus nahi hota
📘 VARC
- Reading Comprehension
- Para Jumbles
- Vocabulary
- Sentence Completion
📊 DILR
- Graphs, Tables
- Puzzles
- Caselets
- Arrangements
➗ Quant
- Arithmetic
- Algebra
- Geometry
- Number System
🔹 8. CAT Score & Selection Process
CAT sirf first stage hai 👇
1️⃣ CAT Exam
2️⃣ Shortlisting by colleges
3️⃣ WAT / GD / PI
4️⃣ Final Merit List
👉 Final selection me:
- CAT score
- Academics
- Work experience
- Interview performance
sab count hote hain
📝 QUESTIONS (Common Doubts with Expected Answers)
Q1. CAT ka full form kya hai?
✅ Common Admission Test
Q2. CAT exam kaun conduct karta hai?
✅ Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)
Q3. CAT kis course ke liye hota hai?
✅ MBA / PGDM
Q4. CAT exam mode kya hota hai?
✅ Computer Based Test (CBT)
Q5. CAT me total time kitna hota hai?
✅ 2 Hours (120 minutes)
Q6. CAT me negative marking hoti hai?
✅ Yes (MCQs me –1)
❓ Q1. Kya CAT bina Maths background ke crack ho sakta hai?
✅ Yes, Arithmetic level 10th tak hota hai.
❓ Q2. Kya CAT ke bina MBA possible hai?
✅ Yes, private universities me possible hai, but top IIMs ke liye CAT compulsory.
❓ Q3. CAT kitni baar de sakte hain?
✅ Unlimited attempts
❓ Q4. CAT ke liye coaching zaroori hai?
❌ No, self-study + mock tests kaafi hote hain.
❓ Q5. Average student CAT crack kar sakta hai?
✅ Yes, smart strategy aur mocks se possible hai.
❓ Q6. IIM ke liye kitna percentile chahiye?
✅ Approx:
- Top IIMs: 99+ percentile
- New IIMs: 90–95
- Good B-Schools: 80–90
❓ Q7. CAT aur MAT / CMAT me difference?
✅
- CAT → IIMs & Top B-Schools
- MAT/CMAT → Tier-2 colleges
