The Common Admission Test is a computer based test held in India. The test scores a candidate on the bases of Quantitative Ability, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning.
Common Admission Test (cat) 2018
Common Admission Test (CAT) 2018 is the computer based exam and is the largest MBA entrance exam in India for MBA admission in 2019 to 20 IIMs and more than 500 other top MBA/PGDM colleges including FMS, SPJIMR, MDI, among others. CAT 2018 Exam is scheduled on November 25, 2018 in two slots.
Common Admission Test (cat) · 2018 Entrance Exam
Event Details |
Specifications |
|---|---|
| Exam Name | Common Admission Test (CAT) |
| Conducting Body | IIM Calcutta |
| Exam Level | National Level Exam |
| Exam Frequency | Once a Year |
| Exam Mode | Online |
| Exam Duration | CAT Forenoon session: 3 Hours Advertisement
CAT Afternoon session: 3 Hours |
| Language | English |
| Exam Purpose | Admission into 20 IIMs and various management institutes across the country |
| Course Offered | MBA/PGDM |
| No. of Test Cities | 147 |
| Exam Helpdesk No. | 1-800-266-3549 (Toll Free) |
CAT 2018 Important Dates
Events |
Dates |
| CAT tutorial to be available | October 17, 2018 |
| Download CAT Exam Admit card | October 24, 2018 |
| CAT Exam 2018 | November 25, 2018 |
| Declaration of result | January 7, 2019 |
Courses Offered by IIMs |
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| PGPEM (Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management) | PGP-ABM (Post Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management) |
| PGP-Mumbai (Post Graduate Programme at Mumbai) | PGPSM (Post Graduate Programme in Securities Markets) |
| PGPBM (Post Graduate Programme in Business Management) | EPGPM (Executive Post Graduate Programme) |
| PGP (Post Graduate Programme) | PGPEX (Post Graduate Programme for Executives) |
| PGPWE (Post Graduate Programme for Working Executive) | PGPPM (Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management) |
| PGDHRM (Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management) | PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management) |
| PGP-UAE (Post Graduate Programme at UAE) | – |
Cat Exam Syllabus
CAT syllabus 2018 – The key to success in CAT exam is understanding the CAT syllabus and exam pattern. The syllabus of CAT includes Quantitative Aptitude (QA), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC). IIM Calcutta, the CAT 2018 conducting institute, has not released CAT syllabus.
Here’s the pattern of CAT 2018 question paper
| Section | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Quantitative Aptitude (QA) | 34 | 60 minutes |
| Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) | 32 | 60 minutes |
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) | 34 | 60 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 180 |
Overview of CAT syllabus 2018
Given below are the main topics of QA, DILR and VARC on which the CAT candidate must pay extra attention while preparing from CAT exam syllabus.
| Sections | Important Topics |
|---|---|
| Quantitative Aptitude (QA) | Number System, Geometry, Algebra, Mensuration, Time and Work |
| Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) | Seating Arrangement, Blood Relation, Syllogism, Tables, Graphs, Data Caselets |
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) | Para-jumbles & para-summary, sentence completion, inferences, RC passages based questions. |
The CAT exam paper of 2018 had 100 questions. There were 34 Quantitative Ability (QA) questions, 34 Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) questions and 32 Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DI-LR) questions. Aspiring candidates can refer to this CAT exam paper to strategies how to complete preparation from CAT syllabus.
| VARC | |
|---|---|
| No. of MCQs | 27 |
| No. of non-MCQs | 7 |
| Total questions | 34 |
| Total marks | 102 |
| Good Attempts | 28+ |
| DILR | |
| No. of MCQs | 24 |
| No. of non-MCQs | 8 |
| Total questions | 32 |
| Total marks | 96 |
| Good Attempts | 16+ |
| QA | |
| No. of MCQs | 22 |
| No. of non-MCQs | 12 |
| Total questions | 34 |
| Total marks | 102 |
| Good Attempts | 15+ |
1. CAT Syllabus for Mathematics or Quantitative Aptitude (QA)
| Geometry | HCF & LCM | Averages |
| Trigonometry | Algebra | Partnership (Accounts) |
| Mensuration | Profit & Loss | Time-Speed-Distance |
| Ratios and Proportion | In-equations Quadratic and linear equations | Surds and Indices |
| Number system | Geometric Progression | Inequalities |
| Work and time | Percentages | Logarithms |
Best Books for CAT Mathematics or Quantitative Aptitude (QA)
| Books for CAT | Author Name/Publisher |
| CAT 2018 Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning | Gautam Puri |
| Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for the CAT | Nishit K. Sinha |
| Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency | Ananta Ashisha |
| How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT | Arun Sharma |
2. CAT Syllabus for English or Verbal Section
| Fill in the blanks | Verbal Reasoning | Sentence completion |
| Grammar | Syllogisms | Jumbled paragraphs |
| Para Completion and inference | Contextual usage | Foreign language words used in English |
| Reading Comprehension | Analogies | Sentence correction |
| Verbal Logic | Different usage of same word | Idioms |
| Parajumbles | Antonyms | One word substitution |
Best Books for CAT Exam Verbal Section
| Books for CAT Exam | Author Name/ Publisher |
| How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT | Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay/Arihant |
| 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary Mass Market Paperback | Wilfred Funk & Norman Lewis/ Simon & Schuster |
| How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT | Sharma and Upadhyay |
| PSC for VA for CAT | Nishit Sinha |
3. CAT Syllabus for Analytical Reasoning Section
| Blood Relations | Series | Proposition |
| Direction Sense | Coding-Decoding | Assumptions |
| Puzzles | Clocks and Calendars | Statements |
| Data Arrangement | Family Tree | Binary Logic |
| Seating Arrangement | Venn Diagram | Sets |
| Data Structures | Syllogism |
4. Data Interpretation Section
In CAT syllabus for Data Interpretation, problems related to organised and unorganised data are quite common. Core topics in this section are:
| Tables | Pie Charts | Caselets |
| Bars | Line Graphs | Data Sufficiency |
Best Books for CAT Exam Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Preparation
| Books for CAT | Author Name/Publisher |
| CAT 2018 Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning | Gautam Puri |
| Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for the CAT | Nishit K. Sinha |
| Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency | Ananta Ashisha |
| How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT | Arun Sharma |
Cat Exam Eligibility
As per the basic eligibility criteria of CAT 2018, the management aspirants must have a Bachelor’s Degree with minimum 50 percent marks in aggregate. The final year graduation students are also eligible to apply for the exam. There is a relaxation of 5 percent in graduation marks for SC, ST and PwD candidates.
Cat Exam Papers
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Cat Registration
CAT 2018 Photo Re-upload facility has been closed by IIM Calcutta on Sep 30. No further error correction facility in CAT 2018 Application form is allowed by IIMs. For any rectification in the CAT Application 2018, now the candidates who have successfully submitted their form should contact on phone or email to CAT 2018 Exam Centre immediately as nothing would be done after the CAT 2018 Admit card is ready to be released.
CAT 2018 Registration Dates
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CAT Registration Activity
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Important Dates
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CAT 2018 Registration Starts
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August 8, 2018
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CAT Registration Last Date
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September 26, 2018
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Closing time to Complete & Submit CAT Form
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11.59 PM
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CAT 2018 Registration Fee
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Rs.1900/-
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CAT Registration Last Date with late fee
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Not Announced
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