CAT 2018

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What is CAT 2018 Exam for MBA?
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Common Admission Test (CAT) is a competitive
management entrance exam conducted at the
national level. CAT 2018 is conducted for
admissions in Postgraduate Business
Administration Programme and other programs in
various IIMs and other B-Schools accepting CAT
2018.
Conducted on Result Declaration Date Convened By
CAT 2018 November 25, 2018 2nd week of January 2019 Yet to be Announced
CAT 2017 November 26, 2017 January 8, 2018 IIM Lucknow
CAT 2016 December 4, 2016 January 9, 2017 IIM Bangalore
Since 2009, the CAT mode has been
computer-based. The exam has a duration of 3
hours, giving 100 objective-type questions,
divided into three sections Verbal Skills and
Reading Understanding (VARC), Data Interpretation
and Logical Justification (DI LR), and
Quantitative Skill ( QA). The time set for each
section is 60 minutes each. Candidates must pass
the exam in chronological order and can not pass
from one section to another during the exam.
Results are published in the form of Percentage,
in a cut list. Candidates can check the same
thing by providing their login info. The
counseling procedure for the newspaper starts
from the last week of January. Upon the release
of the exam, Candidates are required to appear in
Round of Written Testing (WAT), Group Discussion
(GD), Group Activity (GA), Extempore Activities
and Personal Interview (PI) for admission to IIM,
or other business schools in India.
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CAT 2018 Eligibility
Eligibility Criteria for CAT 2018 The candidate
must have a Bachelor's degree with at least 50
mark or equivalent CGPA (45 for SC, ST and PWD /
DA categories). The percentage gained on the
bachelor's degree will be calculated based on the
practice followed by the respective university /
institution. In case of grades / CGPA, the
conversion would be based on the process set by
the respective university / institution. In the
absence of any percentage conversion scheme, the
CGPA of the candidate will be divided by the
maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the score
by 100. Candidates applying for the last year of
bachelor / equivalent qualification also have the
right to apply for CAT.
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CAT 2018 Process
STEP 1 CAT 2018 Application Procedure CAT 2018
application form is to be submitted online with
payment of application fee through Credit Card,
Debit Card or Net Banking. STEP 2 CAT
2018 Admit Cards CAT 2018 admit cards
will available for download on the official
website. CAT aspirants must download their admit
cards from the official website as they won't be
sent to them by post. STEP 3 CAT 2018
Results CAT 2018 result will be declared in
January 2019. The test takers can check their
scores and download their scorecards from the
official website. Based on their scores they will
be invited by the IIMs for GD/PI rounds. CAT
score is accepted by most of management
institutes in India.  
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CAT 2018 Exam Centers
CAT 2018 will be conducted in the following
cities
Port Blair Rohtak Ahmednagar
Kurnool Sonipat Kolhapur
Nellore Simla Nashik
Tirupati Jammu Solapur
Vijaywada Dhanbad Amravati
Visakhapatnam Jamshedpur Aurangabad
Chittoor Ranchi Jalgaon
Itanagar Bangalore Kolhapur
Dibrugarh Belgaum Mumbai
Guwahati Bidar Nagpur
Silchar Chikballapur Nanded
Aurangabad Davanagere Nashik
Gaya Hassan Pune
Muzaffarpur Kolar Ratnagiri
Patna Mandya Satara
Chandigarh Mangalore Solapur
Bhilai Mysore Shillong
Raipur Ramnagara Balasore
New Delhi Shimoga Berhampur
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Madgaon Tumkur Bhubaneswar
Verna Udupi Cuttack
Ahmedabad Kochi Sambalpur
Anand Kasargod Rourkela
Gandhinagar Kollam Puducherry
Rajkot Kozhikode Fatehgarh Sahib
Surat Malappuram Jalandhar
Vadodara Thrissur Khanna
Ambala Trivandrum Ludhiana
Bahadurgarh Bhopal Mohali
Faridabad Gwalior Pathankot
Gurugram Indore Patiala
Palwal Jabalpur Phagwara
Panipat Sagar Ropar
Sangrur Madurai Bareilly
Ajmer Namakkal Ghaziabad
Alwar Thanjavur Gorakhpur
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Jaipur Tiruchirappalli Greater Noida
Jodhpur Tirunelvelli Kanpur
Kota Hyderabad Lucknow
Sikar Karim Nagar Mathura
Udaipur Khammam Meerut
Chennai Agra Noida
Coimbatore Allahabad Varanasi
Dehradun Burdwan Durgapur
Roorkee Hooghly Kalyani
Asansol Howrah Kolkata
Siliguri    
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CAT 2018 Exam Analysis
The CAT is Indias top management entrance exam
and it is a gateway to 20 IIMs and over 8000
other business schools in India. The CAT 2017
exam was held in two sessions on Nov 26, 2017.
The first session was held from 10 am to 1 pm and
the second session will be held from 2 pm to 5
pm. The question paper of CAT 2017 first slot
consisted of 100 questions. There were 34
Quantitative Ability (QA) questions, 34 Verbal
Ability Reading Comprehension (VARC) questions
and 32 Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
questions (DILR). In the QA section of the first
slot of CAT 2017, there were 11 MCQs with more
arithmetic questions, while in DILR section was
equally divided between DI and LR questions. 16
questions were on DI and 16 on LR. There were 8
MCQs out of 32 questions in this section. The
difficultly level in DILR section was high while,
in QA section it can be termed as easy. The VARC
section in the first slot of CAT 2017 was of
moderate difficulty with 24 questions on RC (5
passages). 10 questions were from grammar out of
which 7 were non-MCQs. The first slot question
paper of CAT 2017 indicates that the DILR section
will prove crucial in terms of scoring.  CAT
2017 slot 2 analysis The second slot of CAT 2017
was easier than the first one. The questions
focused more on basics and were on the same lines
as slot one, i.e. same break up in terms of MCQs
and non-MCQs. DILR section in the second slot was
slightly easier than the first slot but was
lengthy and time taking. Difficulty level of QA
and VARC section was same as slot 1. VARC There
were total 34 questions out of which 24 were on
RC (5 passages). Rest of the 10 questions were
from VA, out of which 7 were non-MCQs. The para
summary questions were MCQs with negative
marking. In the VA section parajumbles were
somewhat time consuming, while rest were
doable. DI-LR Like the first slot, DI-LR in slot
2 had 32 questions as well. 16 questions were of
DI and 16 of LR, with 12 MCQs and 4 non-MCQs in
both sets. The difficulty level in this section
was higher in slot 2 as compared to slot
1. QA The Quantitative Ability section in slot 2
of CAT 2017 was of easy to moderate difficulty
with more questions from Arithmetic. Out of 34
questions 11 were non-MCQs. The questions ranged
from topics like Arithmetic, Geometry,
Mensuration, Algebra to Series Sequence,
Modulas, Number System etc.
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