CAT 2018 Exam Date Announced, Detailed notification to follow in July

CAT 2018 Exam Date Announced, Detailed notification to follow in July

CAT 2018 Exam Date Announced
CAT 2018 Exam Date Announced: The CAT 2018 MBA entrance exam date has been announced officially by the exam conducting body on their official website. The official website www.iimcat.ac.in has put up a notification on their website stating that the CAT 2018 MBA entrance exam will be held on 25th November 2018, Sunday. Along with announcing the CAT 2018 exam date, the notification also states that the detailed notification regarding the CAT 2018 will be released in the month of July / August 2018.
The news has come across as a great relief for the MBA aspirants gearing up to take the most popular MBA entrance exam of the country. The declaration of CAT exam date will help them plan their preparation strategy well in advance to crack the entrance exam.
The notification available on the official website of CAT 2018 says that the ‘CAT 2018 will be held on Sunday, November 25, 2018. Detailed notification for CAT 2018 may be released in July / August 2018. (IIMs reserve the right to change the test date in case of exceptional circumstances)’. MBA aspirants who are planning to appear for the CAT 2018 should start their preparations accordingly.
Although the date has been confirmed on the official website, the exam conducting body has also put a disclaimer stating that “IIMs reserve the right to change the test date in case of exceptional circumstances.” However, going by the past track-record, the CAT exam date is unlikely to be changed by the exam conducting authority, as future of nearly 2 lakh MBA aspirants depends on the exam.
 
Important Facts about CAT 2018 Exam:
CAT MBA entrance exam is an All-India level test conducted to screen students for admission to top MBA colleges across India
CAT exam is conducted by IIMs – the premier B-schools of India; each IIM gets a chance to organize exam on rotational basis
Nearly, 2 lakh MBA aspirants appear for CAT MBA exam every year
CAT exam is conducted in the online format and includes questions from three key sections i.e.
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
Quantitative Ability
The CAT MBA exam consists of two types of questions i.e.
MCQs – Multiple Choice Questions
TITA – Type in Your Answers
The CAT Exam follows negative marking scheme i.e.
Correct Answer: 3 marks
In-correct Answer: -1 mark

CAT 2018: Registration process to apply for IIMs

CAT 2018: Registration process to apply for IIMs

As per the past trend, the registrations for CAT 2018 exams generally begins in the secong week of August. The application window remains open for a period 40 days. All the interested and eligible CAT aspirants can apply for the exam during this period. So before you get registered to appear in one of the most coveted management exams, here are a few instructions that you must read to avoid any mistakes while registering.

Registration Guide for CAT 2018

The CAT website i.e. iimcat.ac.in is made available for the purpose of registration and the conducting body also release registration guide and video to help the aspirants in smooth registration process. Before you register for the exam, it is recommended that ‘do watch the video and read the registration guide’ which talks about the forms that you would need for registering online. After watching the video, you will feel comfortable while registering for CAT 2018. Any discrepancy can cost you re-registration and payment of fee again. This process might seem time taking but would help you avoid blunders during registration.

CAT Exam: Application fees

Another crucial aspect is the registration fee. This year the CAT conducting body i.e. IIM Lucknow has increased the application fee to Rs. 1800/- from the previous year CAT registration fee of Rs. 1700/-. For the other reserved category aspirants the application fee for CAT exams remains Rs. 900/- only.

Category

Registration Fees

General / NC-OBC

Rs. 1800/-

SC/ST /PWD (DA)

Rs. 900/-

You can pay the fee through online mode only. So keep the Credit card/ Debit Card/ Online Banking facility ready to make the payment after registration is done.

Mode of Registration for CAT 2018

CAT exam aspirants are supposed to apply entirely through the ONLINE mode only. IIM Lucknow has made it mandatory for the exam aspirants to get registered online and has saved them from the hassles of visiting the banks to make the fee payment.

Perks for Women Candidates

As per the recent guidelines, female candidates will get an opportunity to take the test in their domicile city. This move is aimed at encouraging the female candidates take the test eagerly and would also invite more participation from both the genders without a bias.

This perk is also aimed at enhancing the gender diversity in the IIMs. It is expected that after this announcement the absentee ratio among the female candidates to take the exam will gradually reduce.

When the first time this initiative commenced in 2015, it became a hit and an increase in the attendance of females was quite evident.  

Rectification of errors in CAT Registration form

Caution! Once you press the ‘SUBMIT button’ after filling all the details, you will not be able to make any changes in the CAT application form. Rectification of errors is not welcomed so it is advisable that you double check the filled in information or else you might end up re-registering and paying application fee of Rs. 1800/- again. Do not submit your CAT registration form unless you are sure of all the details put in the form.

CAT 2017: Exam Tentatively In December; Know Complete Syllabus

CAT 2017: Exam Tentatively In December; Know Complete Syllabus

07Jul.2017

CAT 2017: Exam Tentatively In December; Know Complete Syllabus
NEW DELHI: Are you planning to appear for CAT 2017 and wondering what should be your first step? Ideally, the first step will be to apply for the exam but the commencement of application process is still almost a month away. So let's skip to the second step which is preparing for the exam. When preparing for the CAT exam, you will need to know a concise list of the topics from which questions are generally asked in CAT exam. A clear idea of the syllabus will help you prepare for the exam in a structured and focused manner.
The first myth that should be dispelled about CAT syllabus is that IIMs have set a syllabus for CAT exam. None of the previous IIMs have ever set a syllabus for CAT exam and nor will IIM Lucknow set a syllabus for CAT 2017.
The CAT exam syllabus which you come across online or are provided by coaching centres are all based on the CAT exam structure in the previous years and the topics which have been repeated over the years in the exam. 
CAT 2016 question paper had three sections - Verbal and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Aptitude. It is expected that CAT 2017 will follow the same pattern and will have same number of sections in the question paper. 
Based on previous year question trends we have prepared an outline for the CAT 2017 syllabus.
Read Here: Important Points About CAT 2017 Exam Pattern
 
Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC)

In VRC section there will be 5 Reading Comprehension passages. 
The Reading Comprehension passages will cover a wide variety of topics such as Current affairs, Social and Economic issues, Literature, Science and Technology, Culture, History and Politics etc.
The questions asked from the Reading Comprehension passage can be true/false statement based on the passage, Author's point of view on the issues raised in the passage, Inference from the passage, central idea of the passage and its purpose.  
The questions from the Reading Comprehension part will be objective in nature.
In case of Verbal Ability questions can be of the following nature - Jumbled Paragraph, Summary of a paragraph, essence or central idea of a paragraph, jumbled paragraphs with out of context sentence, sentence correction, Vocabulary based questions. 
Verbal Ability questions will mainly be Non-MCQs. 
 
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DI & LR)

Data Interpretation Section will have both MCQ and Non-MCQ questions.
DI questions will mainly be based on Data Tables, Data charts, bar diagrams, Pie charts, Graphs, Data analysis and comparison. 
In case of Logical Reasoning, the topics are vast but some of the recurring topics are Clocks, calendars, binary logic, seating arrangement, blood relations, logical sequence, assumption, premise, conclusion, linear and matrix arrangement.
LR questions can be individual or be in a set of 4 or more questions. 
 
Quantitative Ability (QA) 

CAT questions in QA are mostly based on topics from the Mathematics syllabus till class 10th including a few topics from 10+2 syllabus as well. 
Some important topics are - Number System, Algebra, Percentage, Profit and Loss, Probability, Permutation and Combination, Time and Work, Averages, Mean, Median, Mode, Speed, Time and Distance, Ratio and Proportion. 
Some other important topics are - Linear Equation, Quadratic Equation, Geometry, Trigonometry, Co-ordinate Geometry, Mensuration, Set Theory, Binomial Theorem, Surds and Indices, Mixture and Allegations.