Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a national level entrance examination which is conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). It is an online computer based test. Every year large number of candidates apply for this exam. The test is held for the candidates who are interested in management courses offered by the various management colleges in India. Here in this article we are providing you the detailed information regarding eligibility criteria, important dates, admit card, application form, exam pattern, and many more.
Important Dates
The dates mentioned below are tentative. They are based on the last year estimation.
- On line Application Form starting date: November 2016
- Last date of online application form: December 2016
- Admit Card Uploading Date: January 2017
- Date of Examination: January 2017
- Answer Key Releasing Date: One/ Two weeks after the examination
- Result Declaration Date: January 2017
- Counselling Date: May 2017
CMAT Application Form
The application form of CMAT will be available through the online process only. The application form will be available from the month of November tentatively. The candidates are requested to fill the form correctly and completely. As any wrong or incomplete information may lead to the rejection of the application form. The last date of submitting the online application form will be in the month of December tentatively.
Application Fee
The application fee for the (general/ OBC) candidate is 1400/- and for the (PD/SC/ST) candidate is 700/- only. The candidates can pay the fee through the online payment mode by using debit card/ credit card and net banking. The candidate can also pay the fee by the use of challan and submit to the SBI bank. The candidates are also suggested to take the print out of the documents for the security purpose.
Eligibility Criteria
- The candidate must be the citizen of India.
- Minimum qualification to appear for the test is graduation. The candidates who have completed their graduation in any of the streams like science, commerce and arts can apply for the exam.
- The candidates who are in the final year of the graduation can also apply for the exam.
CMAT Exam Pattern
The test is having the duration of three hours and will consist of 100 questions. Each section will consist of 25 questions having four marks each. The questions will be of objective type and there will be negative marking. For every incorrect answer one mark will be deducted.
CMAT Syllabus
The questions will come mainly from the four subjects they are quantitative techniques and data interpretation, logical reasoning, language comprehension and general awareness.
Preparation Tips
The candidate can solve the previous year unsolved papers. The candidates should also analyze each mock and sectional test that they take. This will help them ascertain what worked or did not work for them. The analysis basically is about finding the questions that were easy but were not attempted and about realizing why did a particular question wasn’t answered correctly.
CMAT Admit Card
The candidates will get the admit card through the official website. The candidate will not be allowed to enter the examination hall without the admit card. The admit card will be available in the month of January tentatively.
CMAT Answer Key
Students can check their answers and can calculate their marks and score with the help of the answer key. Hence after completion of the exams students need not to wait for the result for their score as they can calculate their marks and score from the answer key. CMAT entrance exam answer key will be declared after one/two weeks of the examination.
CMAT Result
The result will be announced through the official website of the board. The result will be announced in the month of January tentatively.
CMAT Counselling
The CMAT counselling will be conducted in the month of May tentatively. After the declaration of the result the merit list will be prepared. The candidates will be allotted the college according to their rank in the merit list. Hence after the declaration of the result the merit list will be prepared and send to various management colleges for the allotment of seats through central counselling. In case if there will be no counselling then candidates can apply for the management colleges as per their score card.
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