CAT 2011 Entrance Exam

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CAT MBA Exam – Overview:

CAT Entrance Exams are conducted for admission to MBA programme of Indian Institutes of Management of Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Shillong, Rohtak and Ranchi.

Each IIM will send interview letters to the candidates it has short-listed. The criteria for short-listing varies from IIM to IIM. If a candidate is short-listed for interviews by any IIM, he/she has to comply with the eligibility verification.
The IIM Common Admission Test is a test of general skills and abilities. The CAT percentile is highly considered by many B-schools for short listing the candidates for Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI).

Eligibility Criteria for CAT Exam:
To Get Appear for IIM Common Admission Test, the candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Differently Abled (DA)categories], awarded by any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply.
CAT Exam Schedule

CAT Exam Important Dates:
Sr.No. Event Start Date End Date
1. Sale of CAT Vouchers Wednesday, 17 August 2011 Monday, 26 September 2011
2. Registration for CAT 2011 Wednesday, 17 August 2011 Wednesday, 28 September 2011
3. CAT Test Dates Saturday, 22 October 2011 Friday, 18 November 2011
4. CAT Result Wednesday, 11 January 2012


Exam Pattern

CAT Exam Pattern and Syllabus:
Quantitative, Logical
Verbal
Logical & Data interpretive


Duration
2 Hours and 30 minutes


At the test venue for IIM Common Admission Test, each candidate will be seated at a desk with a computer terminal and he/she will be provided with a scratch paper for calculations. After the CAT Exam, candidate must leave the scratch paper at the desk.

CAT Exam Centres:

Exam Centres

CAT Exam Fees:
Fee for the CAT entrance exam is Rs. 1400/-. If candidate belongs to the SC/ST category then he can pay a discounted fee of Rs. 700/-. A prospective candidate buys a voucher from the designated bank branches, and later registers online for CAT entrance exam. Candidate is required to fill a pay-in-slip at the selected Axis Bank Outlets to obtain the voucher. There will be two copies of the pay-in-slip. The bank will retain one copy of the filled pay-in-slip and the other will be stamped and given back to you. Candidate has to retain copy of the pay-in-slip during the entire selection process.


Contact Details:
CAT Centre,
C/O Admission Office,
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow,
Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road,
Lucknow - 226013.
Tel: 0522 2736681/82.
Fax: 0522 2734025.
E-mail: [email protected]
 
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