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CAT– Common Admission Test

Indian Institutes of Management accept only CAT exam scores for admission to their flagship PGP programmes which are the 2 years Post Graduate programmes in management. Each of the 20 IIMs announces its admission policy and CAT percentile score cut offs for the PGP Programmes before the CAT exam is held. PGP is the short from of IIMs’ Post Graduate Programme in Management which in fact has become the MBA programme as per the IIM Act 2017. Now, the students of PGP programmes at IIMs are awarded MBA degree instead of diploma, although many IIMs have not changed their programme name from PGP to MBA.

CAT Eligibility

If you have completed Bachelor’s degree with 50% marks or completed professional degree (CA/CS/ICWA), or are in the final year of Bachelor’s degree you can appear in CAT exam. There is no Age bar to apply and appear for CAT exam.

CAT Exam: Pattern

180 Minutes Exam: CAT exam is a computer delivered test of 3 hours duration but it is not an Online Exam
100 Questions: CAT exam will have 100 questions divided in 3 sections of VARC, DILR and Quantitative Ability.
25% No Penalty Questions: Out of 100 questions in CAT, more than 25 questions will not have negative marking. CAT is divided into MCQ and Non-MCQ type of questions and the Non-MCQs do not carry negative marking. In case any non-MCQ has negative marking, a few MCQs are changed to no negative marking questions.
70-75% CAT Questions with Negative Marking: More than 70% questions in CAT are of MCQ type and will carry penalty of 1/3 negative marking
Minimum CAT Score Requirement by IIMs: A Minimum qualifying score between 70 and 90 percentile in CAT is required by IIMs in each of the 3 sections to shortlist candidates for final admission round
Other Criteria with CAT score: Apart from High score in each of the 3 sections in CAT exam, you need to have good academic profile, diversity, to get into IIMs.