Saturday, 11 August 2018

Know all about Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2019

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a national level management entrance test held by National Testing Agency (NTA). CMAT is a multiple choice objective type exam held for the admission to 500+ AICTE approved B-schools across India. CMAT 2019 will be held on 27 January 2019 in comuter based mode. Around 65,000 students take the entrance exam every year.

To apply for CMAT, students must hold a Graduation degree (minimum 3 years duration), with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% marks in case SC/ST categories students]. Final year graduation students can also apply for CMAT 2019.

CMAT registration or Application form will be available from 22 October until 15 December 2018. The registration/ application fee is Rs. 1400 for General/OBC category students and Rs. 700 for SC/ ST/ PWD/ DA category students. The registration fee can be paid via 3 modes:
  • Debit/ Credit Card
  • Cash deposit at SBI Bank
  • Net-banking
CMAT admit card will be available for download in the month of January in the online mode only. Students can download CMAT admit card by entering their login credentials which they provided at the time of filling the application or registration form. The details of the CMAT exam centre will be provided in the hall ticket/admit card.

The CMAT syllabus is divided into 4 sections:
  • Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation
  • Logical Reasoning
  • Language Comprehension and
  • General Awareness
The total duration of the CMAT exam is 3 hours (180 minutes) and the number of questions asked in the test is 100. Each section carry 25 questions. Each question carry 4 marks and there is negative marking of one mark for each wrong answer.

CMAT result will be announced in the 1st week of February. The result of CMAT 2019 will be announced in the form of score card and available in the online only. CMAT 2019 result or score card is valid for only one year. After the announcement of CMAT result, participating colleges release the list of shortlisted students for next round of selection process: Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI).