CAT Information/Important dates

Focused CAT aspirants like you have already started preparation for CAT 2014 which is being conducted by IIM Indore. The countdown has already begun for computer based test CAT 2014. Professor Rohit Kapoor is the convener of the exam.

Important Dates :

Registration starts Date : 6th August’ 2014

Registration ends Date : 30th September’ 2014

Exam dates : 16th & 22nd November’ 2014 ( 2 days) in forenoon and afternoon sessions.

Admit Cards can be download from : 16th October’ 2014 till exam date

Results will be declared : Third week of December 2014.

Another significant change that CAT aspirants will see this year will be flexibility for devoting more or less time to each section according to their ability. Candidates will be able to switch from one section to another during the examination timing.

The examination will be conducted in 354 test sites of 99 cities. The test cities will be available from 16th Oct. 2014 at www.iimcat.ac.in. The CAT 2014 will give an option to prefer three test cities in the order of preference. A candidate will be allotted a test site in one among the three preferred test cities in any one of the four sessions after the last date of registration.

Besides 13 IIMs who consider only valid CAT scores, there are other 106 top B schools who will accept CAT scores for their MBA programs.

The difference between the paper and pencil test and the online test is that now the tests are conducted online otherwise, almost everything remains the same. Candidates are provided with sheets for rough calculations. The right answer is clicked using the mouse. Candidates can also scroll the entire paper and start from wherever they want. Likewise they can also change their answers. But all these has to be completed within stipulated time as there will be an on-screen countdown timer For each section. Once the time ends for the first section, candidates will move on to the second without having the option of being able to come back.

Thus, time management will have an inevitable part to play in CAT 2014.

There will be only 2 Sections in CAT 2014

• Quantitative ability and Data interpretation (QA & DI)
• Verbal ability and Logical reasoning (VA & LR)

The duration of Examination has been increased to 170 minutes instead of 140 minute exam. The Questions have also been increased to 50 in each section from existing 30 questions and you have 85 minutes to answer 50 questions in each section.

CAT 2014 – Notice the changes

All MBA aspirants must note the major changes done in CAT 2014 (Common admission Test) from this year

CAT 14 exam duration has been increased from 140 minutes to 170 minutes and the MBA aspirants will have to answer 50 questions instead of 30 questions earlier in each section of Quantitative Ability (QA) and Data Interpretation (DI) and Verbal Ability (VA) and Logical reasoning (LR).

Before CAT 14 exam aspirants had to solve QA / DI and VA / LR in a serial order in a stipulated time duration. From CAT 14 aspirants can switch over and come back from one section to another.

As per the new changes in CAT 2014, the MBA aspirants can allot time according to their choice to solve the sections depending on their convenience.

Important Tips for Logical Reasoning

Important Tips for Logical Reasoning

Before you try to answer a few sample questions, here are some general test-taking tips that should help you with the Logical Reasoning section.
Study the question carefully. A brief explanation of why each choice is correct or incorrect follows each practice question. If you understand this reasoning for the practice items, you will do well on the actual assessment.

NEVER assume or use any information that the question fails to give you. This is NOT an assessment of how much you know about economics in general. Consider ONLY the information given in each reading passage when choosing among the alternative responses.

Read both the factual passage and the sentence completion instruction carefully. Both must be considered in making your choice. Be sure to read all the response choices carefully before choosing one.
In questions that ask you to select a valid conclusion, always choose the one conclusion that must definitely follow from the information you are given. In questions that ask you to find the invalid alternative, choose the one conclusion that does not definitely follow from the information.

Pay special attention to words like "all," "some," or "none" when you read the factual information each question gives you. Other qualifying words such as "other than," "only" or "unless" are important, too. These words can play a critical part in precisely specifying the facts to be used in your reasoning.
Pay attention to negative prefixes also, such as non-, un-, or dis-. These can be crucial to specifying the basic facts in the paragraph. "Test-taking" courses or your college instructors may have advised you to avoid any response choices that contain the quantifiers "all" or "none." In both the practice questions here and in the actual economist assessment, these words are NOT signs of incorrect response choices. They will appear in both correct and incorrect response choices.

Pay close attention to the word "ONLY" and to the phrase "IF AND ONLY IF." Saying "The door will open IF AND ONLY IF both keys are used" sets up a highly specific condition that must be met. There is exactly one way to open the door-you must use both keys. By contrast, if the sentence says, "The door will open if the key is used," there may be several ways to open the door besides by using the key.
The questions in the assessment will vary in difficulty level, and difficult questions will be mixed in with easier ones throughout the assessment. When you encounter a question that is difficult for you, try drawing diagrams or other schematic notes on the "scratch" paper provided to support and confirm your thought processes. Also, bear in mind that you can stop working on a difficult question temporarily and return to it later.

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Common Management Admission Test CMAT 2015 - 16 (FIRST TEST) 25th to 29th September, 2014

AICTE will conduct the CMAT as an entrance test for admission to the colleges that offer MBA and for those which run postgraduate diploma in management programs. All the B-Schools recognized by AICTE can and are expected to accept the CMAT Score. AICTE will be conducting CMAT TWO TIMES in a year. The candidates will be given two opportunities to appear in CMAT; first in September 2014 and second in February 2015. The better of two scores will be used for admission for 2015-16 CMAT 2015-16 First Test Notification First Test  The test is scheduled to be conducted within a 5 day test window from 25.09.2014 to 29.09.2014 The candidates will have option of selecting date and city for appearing in the test. Registration Online registration Online from 3rd July, 2014 to 25th August, 2014 on website www.aicte-cmat.in Choice of 3 dates and 3 cities of India for online examination in the order of preference. First come first served; actual allotment subject to availability of the slots in a particular city. Important Dates Registration window opens on 03.07.2014 Last Date for Online Registration 25.08.2014 Print out of Hall ticket From 12.09.2014 Computer based test dates 25.09.2014 to 29.09.2014 Declaration of result 30.10.2014 Print out of Score Cards From 30.10.2014 to 30.11.2014