MBA Entrance Exams Guide Line
CAT: CAT is a two and half hours paper consisting of three sections: Quantitative Ability, Verbal Ability and Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning. The level of the paper is generally difficult and the exam is popular for throwing surprises every year. Let’s have a look at the last three year’s CAT structure and difficulty levels.
CAT Eligibility:
The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50 per cent marks or equivalent CGPA [45 per cent in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Differently Abled (DA)categories], awarded by any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
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The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in the bachelor’s degree would be calculated based on the practice followed by the university/institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree. In case the candidates are awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the conversion of grades/CGPA to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure certified by the University/ institution from where they have obtained the bachelor's degree. In case the university/ institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result with 100.
Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply.
XAT
XAT is an all-India examination conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur. XAT is designed on multiple-choice questions of two-and-a-half hours in which the last 20 minutes are given to an essay. Like CAT, XAT is also based on the areas which includes verbal ability and reasoning, reading comprehension, quantitative skills, data interpretation, analytical and logical reasoning. In XAT, the additional areas in comparison to CAT are the general awareness section and the 20-minute essay writing section.
IIFT
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is a leading management institution, with campuses in Delhi and Kolkata, with a strong emphasis on International business. The MBA Institute organizes its own entrance exam. IIFT is a paper pencil based test of two hours duration. It covers the areas of English Comprehension, General Knowledge & Awareness, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Analysis..
FMS
The FMS exam is the management entrance exam conducted by New Delhi-based Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University. FMS, set up in 1954, is one of the pioneers of management Education in India and its entrance exam is one the oldest one. The pattern of the exam includes Quantitative Ability, Verbal Ability and Language Comprehension, Analytical Ability and Environmental Sensitivity.
SNAP
The Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) is the common entrance exam for the Symbiosis institutes. The duration of SNAP is two hours. The four sections of the test are General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, and Verbal Ability; Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency; General Awareness: General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Business Scenario; Analytical and Logical Reasoning.
JMET
The Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) is the entrance exam for the two-year full-time postgraduate programs in management at the Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs). The exam is of duration of 180 minutes and had 120 questions in total. The exam tests the areas of Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning and Verbal Communication.
NMAT
The Narsee Monjee Aptitude Test (NMAT) is the entrance exam for the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS). NMAT has become computer based test from 2010. The exam was conducted by Pearson Vue. The three sections of NMAT are Language Skills, Quantitative Ability and Logical Reasoning. Total number of questions is 150. Total time allotted is 120 minutes.
ATMA
The AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA) is the MBA entrance exam organized by Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) since 2000. The test is of three hours and it contains 170 multiple choice questions. The areas covered in the test are Quantitative, Verbal and Analytical Reasoning skills. For a correct answer a candidate gets 1 mark and for an incorrect answer 1/3rd mark is deducted.
MAH-CET
The Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MAH-CET) is one of the biggest state level MBA entrance exam organized by the Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra. In this MBA entrance exam there is no negative marking. The areas which are tested are Reasoning, Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency, Quantitative Ability, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension. The duration of the paper is 150 minutes.