Career Guidance Cell informs that Common
Admission Test or CAT is
a management aptitude test conducted by the IIMCAT for admission to the Indian
Institutes of Management (IIMs) and over 1000 other B-schools
across India. The CAT exam is conducted by one of the IIMs on behalf of
IIMCAT, in online mode at various test centres in over 156 cities. In 2018,
about 2.41 lakh candidates applied for the CAT exam. The number of applications received
was the highest since 2010. CAT
2019 will be conducted by IIM Kozhikode.
CAT 2019 Selection Procedure
Important Points About CAT Exam Pattern
What's New in CAT 2019 Exam?
Overview of Syllabus for CAT 2019
Topics under Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
Topics under
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation
Logical Reasoning (DILR): Key Points
Topics under Quantitative
Ability
Overview of CAT 2019 Exam Pattern
Please click the links below for detailed notification
CAT
2019 Highlights
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Exam
Name
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Common
Admission Test
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Exam
Frequency
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Once
a year
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Exam
Mode
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Online
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Exam
Duration
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3
hours
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Test
Takers
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2,09,405
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Accepting
Colleges
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CAT
2019 : Important Dates
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CAT
2019 Events
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CAT 2019 Dates
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CAT
2019 notification
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July
28, 2019
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CAT
2019 registrations
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August
7 - September 18, 2019
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CAT
exam tutorial to be available
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October
16, 2019
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CAT
exam admit card download
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October
23, 2019 (download begins at 5 pm)
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CAT
exam 2019
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November
24, 2019
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Declaration
of CAT result 2019
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January
6, 2020 (tentative)
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CAT
Eligibility Criteria
·
The candidate must possess a bachelor's
degree with at least 50 per cent marks or equivalent CGPA (45
per cent for SC, ST and PWD/DA category) from a recognised board or
university
·
The candidate must havecompleted professional
degree (CA/CS/ICWA)with required percentage
·
Candidates appearing for the final year of
bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification or awaiting result are also eligible
to apply for CAT exam 2019
CAT 2019 Selection Procedure
IIM
Admission Process
CAT selection procedure for all the
IIMs includes the following:
1.
Screening of candidates on the basis of their
CAT 2019 score
2.
Written Ability Test/Group
Discussion/Personal Interview (WAT/GD/PI)
3.
Computation of composite score followed by
final selection
Non-IIM
Admission Process
Institutes accepting CAT score other than
IIMs also conduct GD/PI for admission to their MBA/PGDM programmes.
exam pattern, and marking scheme are
summarized below.
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CAT 2019 Pattern
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Number
of sections
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3
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Duration
of exam
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60
minutes per section
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Number
of questions
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100
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Total
marks
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300
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Language
of question paper
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English
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Number
of answer choices
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4
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CAT 2019 - Overall and Sectional Time Limit
CAT exam has sectional time limit, which
means the candidates will not be allowed to choose any section to start with or
switch from one section to another. They will have to follow the CAT 2019
question paper chronologically, from section 1-3. The chronology of the
sections will be:
·
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension,
·
Data Interpretation and Logical
Reasoning
·
Quantitative Aptitude.
Aspirants must remember that they will have
to complete each section within one hour and the moment one hour is complete,
the screen will automatically move to the next section. No changes or
corrections will be allowed at a later stage.
The number of questions asked in each section
of CAT exam and time allotted to each is summarized in the table below.
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CAT
2019 Section
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Questions
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Allotted
Time
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Quantitative
Aptitude (QA)
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34
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60
minutes
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Logical
Reasoning & Data Interpretation (LRDI)
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32
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60
minutes
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Verbal
Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)
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34
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60
minutes
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Total
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100
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180
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CAT
Marking Scheme
It is important to know the CAT marking
scheme before attempting the exam so that you can select which questions to
answer and which ones to skip.
·
Total marks of CAT 2019 paper will be 300
·
Each question will carry 3 marks
·
There will be negative marking of 1 each for
a wrong answer
·
There will be no deduction of marks in case a
candidate chooses not to attempt a given question
·
Some questions in each section may not be of
multiple choice type, thus the answers will have to be typed on the screen
The following table summarizes
the marking scheme for CAT 2019:
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Type of Questions
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Correct Answer
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Incorrect Answer
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MCQ
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+3
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-1
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Non-MCQ
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+3
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0
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Important Points About CAT Exam Pattern
·
Use of basic onscreen calculator will be
allowed for computation
·
An onscreen clock will help candidates keep a
check on time
·
A rough paper will be provided for rough
work, which has to be submitted at the exam centre as soon as the exam gets
over
·
The candidates will not be allowed
to start solving the question paper before time
·
All the computer screens will switch on at
the same time
·
Candidates must sit in their designated area,
if found sitting anywhere else, he/she will be debarred from the exam
CAT Question Paper Analysis 2018
The basic pattern of CAT exam has remained
the same over the years but the exam has witnessed a few
perceptible changes in the number of questions. Given below is the summary
of the CAT 2018 paper difficulty and CAT 2018 exam analysis.
Slot-Wise Difficulty Level of CAT 2018
Question Papers
Take a look at the section-wise difficulty
level of both the slots of CAT 2018.
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CAT sections
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CAT 2018: Slot 1
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CAT 2018: Slot 2
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VARC
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Easy
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Easy
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DILR
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Moderate
to Difficult
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Moderate
to Very Difficult
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QA
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Difficult
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Difficult
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The CAT 2018 question paper saw a few changes
in the pattern of questions especially in the Quantitative Ability section.
·
The Quantitative Ability section was
difficult. In fact, more difficult than CAT 2017.
·
The Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
section of CAT 2018 was of moderate difficulty and the VARC section was
the easiest.
What's New in CAT 2019 Exam?
·
No changes have been made in CAT exam pattern
or syllabus for 2019. The question paper will have 3 sections with a total of
100 questions from Quantitative Ability (QA), Data Interpretation & Logical
Reasoning (DILR) and Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC).
·
Last year, IIMCAT had made a few changes in
the exam pattern of CAT. In CAT 2018, there were more TITA-type questions
as compared to MCQs. TITA questions meaning - questions require you to type in your answer in the text
box provided, hence, they are also referred to as Type in the Answer (TITA) questions.
Top
Colleges Accepting CAT Exam Score
CAT
scores are accepted by 20 IIMs and various B-schools across the country. Here
is a list of all MBA colleges accepting CAT exam, and following are the IIMs
that accept the CAT score. You can visit these links to see the cut offs,
placements, fees, rankings and selection process of each college/institute.
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List of IIMs accepting
CAT scores
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Courses Offered by IIMs Through CAT Exam
Score
·
The IIMs accept the CAT exam score not just
for the MBA (PGDM) programme, but also for a number of other management
courses. Given below is the list of courses offered by IIMs for which
admissions are done through CAT. Read more about the courses offered by IIMs.
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Courses
Offered by IIMs
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PGPEM
(Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management)
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PGP-ABM
(Post Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management)
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PGP-Mumbai
(Post Graduate Programme at Mumbai)
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PGPSM
(Post Graduate Programme in Securities Markets)
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PGPBM
(Post Graduate Programme in Business Management)
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EPGPM
(Executive Post Graduate Programme)
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PGP
(Post Graduate Programme)
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PGPEX
(Post Graduate Programme for Executives)
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PGPWE
(Post Graduate Programme for Working Executive)
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PGPPM
(Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management)
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PGDHRM
(Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management)
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PGDM
(Post Graduate Diploma in Management)
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PGP-UAE
(Post Graduate Programme at UAE)
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Overview of Syllabus for CAT 2019
Each of the three sections - QA, DILR and
VARC - contains various important topics the students need to study and prepare
for. The tables below list the important topics under these sections .
Topics under Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
VARC
section is the first section of the CAT question paper and is to
be attempted first. The section is divided into two sub-parts, VA and RC. The
sectional time limit for VARC is 60 minutes. Take a look at important topics
and some key points of this section.
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Fill
in the blanks
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Verbal
Reasoning
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Sentence
completion
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Grammar
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Syllogisms
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Jumbled
paragraphs
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Para
Completion and inference
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Contextual
usage
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Foreign
language words used in English
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Reading
Comprehension
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Analogies
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Sentence
correction
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Verbal
Logic
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Different
usage of same word
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Idioms
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Parajumbles
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Antonyms
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One
word substitution
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Verbal
Ability (VA): Key Points
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Number of questions asked range from 7-11.
·
Sectional weightage of this section is 7-11
per cent.
·
The type of questions are all non-MCQs, which
means the candidates have to type in the answer (TITA).
·
There is no negative marking in VA since the
questions are non-MCQ type.
·
Types of questions range from para-jumbles,
out of context sentence in a para, error correction in a para, vocabulary usage
and sentence completion to analogies and critical reasoning.
Reading
Comprehension (RC): Key Points
·
Number of questions asked range from 24-28.
·
Sectional weightage of this section is 24-28
per cent
·
The type of questions are all MCQs, hence
there is negative marking of -1
·
CAT has a mix of RC passages, on an average
4-3 long passages and 2-3 short passages.
·
According to the trend of the last three
years, long passages are of 900 word and short passages are of 600 words.
·
Topics of these RCs range from science,
history, politics, environment, society to literature, mythology and abstract
topics.
Topics under
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation
LRDI is the second section of CAT question
paper and is to be completed after the VARC section. This section has a
sub-division of LR and DI.The sectional time limit for LRDI is 60 minutes. Take
a look at important topics and some key points of this section.
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Blood
Relations
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Series
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Proposition
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Direction
Sense
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Coding-Decoding
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Assumptions
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Puzzles
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Clocks
and Calendars
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Statements
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Data
Arrangement
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Family
Tree
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Binary
Logic
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Seating
Arrangement
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Venn
Diagram
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Sets
|
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Data
Structures
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Syllogism
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Caselets
|
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Tables
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Pie
Charts
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Data
Sufficiency
|
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Bars
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Line
Graphs
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Logical Reasoning (DILR): Key Points
·
Number of questions asked are 16.
·
Sectional weightage of this section is 16 per
cent.
·
LR contains both MCQ and Non-MCQ type
questions.
·
Number of MCQs and non-MCQs may vary.
·
There is negative marking for MCQs.
·
There is no negative marking for non-MCQs.
Data
Interpretation (DI): Key Points
·
Number of questions asked are 16.
·
Sectional weightage of this section is 16 per
cent.
·
LR contains both MCQ and Non-MCQ type
questions.
·
Number of MCQs and non-MCQs may vary.
·
There is negative marking for MCQs.
·
There is no negative marking for non-MCQs.
Topics under Quantitative
Ability
QA is the last section of CAT question paper
and is to be completed in the last one hour of the exam. Take a look at
important topics and some key points of this section.
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Geometry
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HCF
& LCM
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Averages
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Trigonometry
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Algebra
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Partnership
(Accounts)
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Mensuration
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Profit
& Loss
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Time-Speed-Distance
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Ratios
and Proportion
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In-equations
Quadratic and linear equations
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Surds
and Indices
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Number
system
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Geometric
Progression
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Inequalities
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Work
and time
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Percentages
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Logarithms
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Quantitative
Aptitude (QA): Key Points
• Number of questions asked are 34.
• Sectional weightage of this section is 34
per cent.
• LR contains both MCQ and Non-MCQ type
questions.
• Number of MCQs and non-MCQs vary every
year. Past trends suggest, the number of MCQs in QA section range from 24-27
and non-MCQs range from 7-10.
• There is negative marking for MCQs.
• There is no negative marking for non-MCQs.
Overview of CAT 2019 Exam Pattern
Besides having an understanding of the CAT
2019 syllabus, you also need to be well aware of the pattern of the CAT exam.
The most important things you need to keep in mind are that
·
The exam will be conducted in online
mode
·
Each section will be allotted 60 minutes
·
Total number of questions in CAT will be 100,
carrying 3 marks each
This is summarized in the table below:
Section
Name
|
No of
Questions
|
Allotted
Time
|
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Quantitative
Ability (QA)
|
34
|
60
minutes
|
|
Data
Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)
|
32
|
60
minutes
|
|
Verbal
Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)
|
34
|
60
minutes
|
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Total
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100
|
180
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Q:
For how many times is CAT exam held in a year?
A: CAT exam is conducted online once every
year. The exam is held in two sessions - forenoon and afternoon. The
forenoon session is held from 9 am to 12 pm and the afternoon session is
held between 2 pm and 5 pm.
Q:
What is the application fee of CAT exam?
A: The application fee for CAT exam is Rs
1,900 for General category and Rs 950 for reserved category students.
Q:
Is there an age limit to appear in CAT exam?
A: No, there is no age limit to appear in the
exam. Any candidate who is a Graduate or is in the final year of Graduation is
eligible to apply for CAT.
Q:
What are the scholarship schemes in IIMs that candidates appearing in CAT can
avail of upon admission?
A:
IIMs provide scholarships to meritorious candidates and the ones belonging to
economically weaker section.
CAT 2019 exam centres will be allotted
to candidates on the basis of test cities selected in the application form. CAT
2019 will be conducted at over 4000 exam centres in 156 cities across India.
The aspirants will be given the option to choose up top four
cities according to their preference for allottment of CAT exam
centre.
Selecting CAT 2019 Test
Cities: Key Points
·
The CAT application form has a field in which the aspirants
are supposed to fill their choice of preferred cities for exam centre allotment.
·
The candidates can select up to four cities from the list of 147.
·
Selection must be done in order of preference starting from first.
·
Test city is allotted based on availability.
·
If the first preferred city is not available, the second
preference will be allotted to the candidate.
List of CAT 2019 Test
Cities
Given below is the list of cities in which CAT 2018 was held. The
test cities for CAT 2019 are expected to be the same.
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CAT Test Cities
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Port Blair
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Rohtak
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Ahmednagar
|
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Kurnool
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Sonipat
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Kolhapur
|
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Nellore
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Simla
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Nashik
|
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Tirupati
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Jammu
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Solapur
|
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Vijaywada
|
Dhanbad
|
Amravati
|
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Visakhapatnam
|
Jamshedpur
|
Aurangabad
|
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Chittoor
|
Ranchi
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Jalgaon
|
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Itanagar
|
Bangalore
|
Kolhapur
|
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Dibrugarh
|
Belgaum
|
Mumbai
|
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Guwahati
|
Bidar
|
Nagpur
|
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Silchar
|
Chikballapur
|
Nanded
|
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Aurangabad
|
Davanagere
|
Nashik
|
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Gaya
|
Hassan
|
Pune
|
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Muzaffarpur
|
Kolar
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Ratnagiri
|
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Patna
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Mandya
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Satara
|
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Chandigarh
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Mangalore
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Solapur
|
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Bhilai
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Mysore
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Shillong
|
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Raipur
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Ramnagara
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Balasore
|
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New Delhi
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Shimoga
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Berhampur
|
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Madgaon
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Tumkur
|
Bhubaneswar
|
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Verna
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Udupi
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Cuttack
|
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Ahmedabad
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Kochi
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Sambalpur
|
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Anand
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Kasargod
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Rourkela
|
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Gandhinagar
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Kollam
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Puducherry
|
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Rajkot
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Kozhikode
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Fatehgarh Sahib
|
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Surat
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Malappuram
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Jalandhar
|
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Vadodara
|
Thrissur
|
Khanna
|
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Ambala
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Trivandrum
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Ludhiana
|
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Bahadurgarh
|
Bhopal
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Mohali
|
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Faridabad
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Gwalior
|
Pathankot
|
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Gurugram
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Indore
|
Patiala
|
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Palwal
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Jabalpur
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Phagwara
|
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Panipat
|
Sagar
|
Ropar
|
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Sangrur
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Madurai
|
Bareilly
|
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Ajmer
|
Namakkal
|
Ghaziabad
|
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Alwar
|
Thanjavur
|
Gorakhpur
|
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Jaipur
|
Tiruchirappalli
|
Greater Noida
|
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Jodhpur
|
Tirunelvelli
|
Kanpur
|
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Kota
|
Hyderabad
|
Lucknow
|
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Sikar
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Karim Nagar
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Mathura
|
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Udaipur
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Khammam
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Meerut
|
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Chennai
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Agra
|
Noida
|
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Coimbatore
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Allahabad
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Varanasi
|
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Dehradun
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Burdwan
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Durgapur
|
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Roorkee
|
Hooghly
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Kalyani
|
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Asansol
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Howrah
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Kolkata
|
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Siliguri
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