CMAT EXAM

Earlier before 2011 -12 mostly all the institute who conduct MBA in India use to conduct separate and individual entrance exam for getting admission in to their prestigious institutes. And, all the institute use to have different paper pattern, structure and syllabus for their test. So the students use to prepare for each test separately and could not concentrate on each exam precisely. 

Then AICTE, the so called All India council for Technical Education came up with new test namely CMAT that is Common Management Aptitude Test. So the basic question which arises in everyone’s mind is what is CMAT exam?  And why it’s been conducted?

CMAT is a computer base as well as Paper base format exam which is been held twice a year (one in September and the other in February) for getting admission into India’s top MBA colleges. There are nearly more than 4000 MBA colleges and around 500 Post Graduate diplomas in management Colleges which accept the scores of CMAT exam.

CMAT PAPER PATTERN

CMAT exam has a total of 4 sections in the paper namely

Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation

Logical Reasoning

Language Comprehension

General Awareness

The test is conducted in two format - Paper base and Computer Base whichever is appropriate can be opted by the students. The entire paper holds 100 questions which mean each section carries 25 questions. You have to complete the paper within 180 minutes. So the average time behind one question is 1.8 minutes.
CLICK HERE to get detailed information on CMAT PAPER PATTERN. 

CMAT SYLLABUS

You can get CMAT syllabus 2013 by clicking on this link.

CMAT SCORING

The entire paper has multiple choice questions. Each correct answer rewards you 4 marks and each wrong answer will deduct -1 mark from your total score (negative marking). If you don’t attempt the question then you will be rewarded 0 marks for it. So if you don’t know the answer then it’s better not to answer it because if your answer goes wrong then 1 mark will be deducted from your paper.

The scores of exam will be valid for 2 years.

CMAT ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA

Those students who are appearing the final year of their bachelor’s degree are eligible to appear

OR

Those students who have completed their final year of their bachelor’s degree from any field are eligible for the test.

CMAT APPLICATION FEES

If you are from General or OBC grounds then you guys have to pay Rs. 1200 along with the bank charges which are nominal.

OR
If you belong from SC/ ST/PD grounds then you guys just have to pay Rs. 600 + Bank charges. Quite lucky ha.

HOW TO APPLY

You guys can pay the fees online by Credit Card/ Debit/ Card/Net Banking or you can pay directly by depositing CASH (no cheques/Demand Drafts) in any of the State bank of India Branch in your Locality.

CMAT ONLINE REGISTRATION DATE

The online registration for appearing CMAT exam begins 3 months prior to the exam and gets closed 1 month before the exam.

CMAT CENTERS

You can appear for CMAT exam in 61 different cities. To get the list of CMAT centers in India CLICK HERE. 

CMAT ADMIT CARD

You will be getting your admit card on 11th February 2013. Admit card will be available online after when it’s out, so you can download it and keep it with you during your exam. The admit card carries your name, roll number, test date, test center, reporting time at the venue, Venue Name and Address.

P.S. Without the admit card you won’t be allowed to appear or the exam, so you have to keep a copy of it with you during your exam. So don’t forget to get a attested copy of CMAT admit card and a recent passport size photo along with you.

CMAT COLLEGES/INSTITUTES

All the institutes or the colleges which are been approved by AICTE accept the score of CMAT exam. Here is the list of 4000 B school and 500 Post Graduate Diploma Colleges. CLICK HERE to get the list of cmat colleges in India

CMAT EXAM 2013 DATE

Registration window opens is on 10.03.2013.Last Date for Online Registration is on 10.04.2013.Print out of Hall ticket From is on 03.05.2013.Computer based test dates is on 19.05.2013 to 22.05.2013.
TimingsTimings for Test  9.30 am - 12.30 pm and 2.30 pm - 5.30 pm.Declaration of result 01.06.2013.Print out of Score Cards From 01.06.2013 to 01.07.2013.

CMAT BOOKS

To crack CMAT exam you need to study well. So we will be providing you the list of CMAT books.

CMAT (Common Management Admission Test) Guide - By RPH Editorial Board

The Complete Reference Manual for CMAT: Common Management Admission Test 2013 - Col JS Rana, S Satyanarayan, SK Sinha

CMAT Entrance Guide - Disha Experts

Maharashtra Mba Entrance Cet/cmat Complete Book A4 (Paperback) - by Chandresh Agrawal

CMAT INSTRUCTIONS
Before appearing for CMAT exam you must read the instructions for how to appear for the test. CLICK HERE to get the instruction manual.