CAT 2024 Notification : Last week of July 2024
CAT Registration: 1st Week August 2024 to Mid September 2024
CAT 2024 Exam Date: 24th November 2024
CAT 2024 Results: 1st week January 2025 (Expected)
Common Admission Test (CAT) is an all-India examination conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) as an entrance exam to select candidates for admission to various management programmes.
Apart from the IIMs, many other top MBA colleges in India accept the CAT Score. B-schools such as the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) Delhi, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Management Development Institute (MDI), Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), IIT-MBAs, IMT Ghaziabad, etc., use CAT score in their admission process. You can also check out the complete list of top MBA colleges in India (with detailed fees and placements) here.
There are many other MBA entrance exams available, but there is a unique preference for the candidates who ace the CAT exam during the admission process of the respective colleges. But why? The reason is that CAT tests a student's aptitude, logical reasoning, reading comprehension skills, time management skills, etc. - the basic skills necessary for aspiring managers/business leaders before starting their MBA journey.
How much CAT percentile is required for an IIM call? (based on your profile)
CAT is the first stage in the selection process. The institutes prepare a shortlist of candidates based on the CAT score and several other criteria like 10th class, 12th class, Graduation percentage and Work experience. The selection criteria and weightage assigned to each criterion, including the CAT score, might vary from institute to institute
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The CAT exam is an annual management entrance test, so it will be conducted only once a year, in November. Each year, the CAT exam is conducted by any one of the top six IIMs in India. The CAT 2024 exam is expected conducted by IIM Calcutta. Check out the important dates of CAT 2024, including the examination date.
Event | Important Date |
CAT 2024 Notification | Last week of July 2024 |
CAT 2024 Registration starts | First week of Aug 2024 |
CAT 2024 Application last date | Last week of September 2024 |
Release of Admit Card | Last week of October 2024 |
CAT 2024 Exam date | 25th November 2024 (Expected) |
Answer key /Response Sheet Release | 1st week of December 2024 |
Results | 1st Week, January 2025 |
The CAT is an exam conducted by the IIMs and is held nationwide, so the candidates must fulfil certain eligibility criteria. The requirements to satisfy the CAT exam eligibility criteria are as follows:
Earlier CAT exam used to be 3 hours, but since 2020, the exam has moved to a 2-hour format. CAT Exam Pattern for 2024
is going to be same as CAT 2023. Moreover, CAT is going to be conducted in three slots across the day.
A total of 66 questions are asked in total. Some questions are Type-in-the-answer (TITA) questions. TITA questions do not carry any negative marks.
SECTION | DURATION | NUMBER OF QUESTIONS |
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Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
40 minutes | 24 |
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) | 40 minutes | 20 |
Quantitative Ability (QA) | 40 minutes | 22 |
Total | 120 minutes | 66 |
CAT does not have a defined syllabus. Two sections (VARC & LRDI) out of the three do not require you to memorise even basic formulae. VARC and LRDI are the sections entirely based on the candidate's logical reasoning ability, reading comprehension skills, language skills etc.
Coming to the third section (Quantitative Ability): This section deals with mathematics based on the concepts learned in high school. The weightage for each section is represented in the below pie chart. (You can also download the PDF of the detailed CAT syllabus, which is given under this pie chart)
The topics involved in each section are as follows.
Topics in each section of CAT
Each section constitutes specific sub-topics. The below table shows the broad sub-topics in each section.
Section | Topics |
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College | Fees | Avg. CTC |
24.61 Lakhs | 34.45 LPA | |
24.70 Lakhs | 33.07 LPA | |
24.50 Lakhs | 35.07 LPA | |
20.75 Lakhs | 32.20 LPA |
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22.50 Lakhs | 31.02 LPA | |
21.17 Lakhs | 25.68 LPA |
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2 Lakhs | 34.1 LPA |
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S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai | Rs 9.5 lLakhs- Rs 22.1 Lakhs | 33 LPA |
16.70 Lakh | 27.67 LPA |
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Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of management studies (JBIMS), Mumbai (for outside Maharashtra candidates) | 6.01 Lakh | 28.02 LPA |
21.53 Lakhs | 17.35 LPA |
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National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai | 21 Lakhs | 25.4 LPA |
15 Lakhs | 26.96 LPA |
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INR 11.8 Lakhs- INR 19.5 Lakhs | 20.55 LPA |
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INR 12 Lakhs - INR 17.5 Lakhs | 18.1 LPA |
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11.20 Lakh | 25.82 LPA |
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8 Lakhs | 28.88 LPA |
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9 Lakhs | 22.13 LPA |
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19.30 Lakhs | 20.03 LPA |
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18.20 Lakhs | 17.01 LPA |
Over the past two years (due to covid pandemic), the CAT 2023, 2022, 2021 exam pattern has been changed. Earlier CAT was conducted in a 3-hour pattern with 1 hour for each section.
But, since 2020, the exam moved to a 2-hour format. Check out the CAT exam pattern changes mentioned below in CAT 2022, CAT 2021, CAT 2020, and CAT 2019.
Also, check out the score required for CAT 100%iler, CAT 99%ile & Above.
Exam Year | CAT 2023 | CAT 2022 | CAT 2021 | CAT 2020 | CAT 2019 |
No. of Questions | 66 | 66 | 66 | 76 | 100 |
Marks Per Question | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Total Score | 198 | 198 | 198 | 228 | 300 |
Exam Duration | 120 Min | 120 Min | 120 Min | 120 Min | 180 Min |
Score to get 100%ile |
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Score to get 99%ile | 79 | 84 | 98 | 101 | 156 |
Number of Questions in VARC | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 34 |
Number of Questions in DILR | 20 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 32 |
Number of Questions in QA | 22 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 34 |
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Knowing the level of questions that arrive in the CAT examination is essential. The CAT previous year's question papers are one of the best resources to have an idea regarding the level of questions and the pattern of the examination. One can download the PDFs of the past year's question papers with all slots, with detailed video solutions, for FREE. These PDFs with video solutions of CAT previous papers will help you understand each question well. You can practice these questions or can also take these as an actual test.
Download CAT previous question papers PDFs with video solutions
Also check out the CAT Topic-Wise Previous Questions
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