CAT 2017 to be on November 26 - Know here all about CAT 2017

Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) conduct Common Admission Test (CAT). The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow will conduct CAT 2017 in computer-based mode on 26th November 2017 in 2 sessions.

CAT 2017 examination will be held by IIMs as a pre-requisite for admission to various management programmes in 20 IIMs and 100+ management institutes across India. Every year 2 lakh+ students take this national level Management entrance test.

To apply for CAT, students must hold a Graduation degree, with at least 50 percent marks or equivalent CGPA [45 percent marks in case Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons With Disability (PWD) categories students]. Final year students can also apply for CAT.

CAT Application form or registration was available from 9th August to 25th September 2017 in the online mode only. The application or registration fee is Rs. 1800 for General and NC-OBC category students and Rs. 900 for SC, ST, PWD, DA category students.

CAT Admit Card is available for download from 25th October 2017 in the online mode only. Students can download admit card by entering their login details which they provided at the time of registration. The details of the exam centre will be provided in the admit card.

The CAT 2017 exam is divided into 3 sections — Quantitative Ability (QA), Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) and Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DI & LR). The duration for test is 3 hours and the total no. of questions asked in the examination is 100. Each question carry 3 marks and there is negative marking of 1 mark for each wrong answer.

CAT result announces in the 2nd week of January. The result announces in the form of score card and available in the online mode only. CAT result or score card is vailid for only 1 year. After the declaration of CAT result, IIMs and top management institutes release the list of shortlisted students for next round of selection — Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI).

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