CAT Exams
- What is CAT?
- Why CAT?
- How to prepare for CAT?
- What is the method of evaluation of exams?
What is CAT?
The CAT (Common Admission Test) conducted by the IIMs is a very competitive test conducted for admission to the around 1200 graduate programs in management at the six campuses, and is usually considered one of the most competitive exams in the world, with a success rate of less than one in a hundred.
Why CAT Exam?
Today, an MBA degree is looked at by many as a passport to a good career. MBA is highly challenging and extremely rewarding. CAT is the entrance exam for MBA conducted by the IIMs.
In recent years, many other institutes in the country also accept the CAT as their qualifying test. It is one of the toughest entrance tests in the world.
How to prepare for CAT?
The structure of the CAT is not certain. In general one has to go through a selection process that includes
- Written Test and
- Group Discussion/Interview, etc
This exam is mainly concentrated on two subjects English and Mathematics that is sub-divided into
- Quantitative Ability,
- Data Interpretation,
- Data Sufficiency,
- Logical Reasoning,
- Reading Comprehension,
- Verbal Reasoning And
- Verbal Ability
The CAT test consists of questions divided into 3-4 sections. About 75 to 150 objective type questions can be expectedand. Each question has a question statement followed by four alternate answer choices and the candidate has to choose the best answer for each of the questions and mark it on a special Optical Reader answer sheet. Even as the number of questions may vary so also do marks of each question. There can be a combination of 0.5 marks, 1 mark and 2 marks questions. The duration of the test is of 120 minutes, Which means each question needs to be answered in seconds and not minutes. Most students are unable to attempt all questions, therefore the important thing is to attempt as many right answers as possible and not try completing even difficult questions. This is so because not only of shortage of time but also negative marking. While each correct answer carries 0.5 or 1 or 2 positive mark, each incorrect question carries 1/3rd of the marks allocated to it as negative marks. Smart Selection and Acuuracy is the key to the Cat or Common Admission Test.
What is the method of evaluation of CAT exams?
The CAT being an aptitude test grades students on different parameters. The scores are presented in Percentage score (%score) and Percentile.
Percentage (%)score: The % score represents normalized percentage of scores secured by the candidate. It is a relative method of representing the score. This is not the actual % score.
Percentile: Percentile indicates student's relative performance position among the total students who took the CAT. For example 96.7 percentile means that the student is among the top 3.3 percent of the population who took the CAT.
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