CMAT 2023 Preparation Tips for General Awareness: Best Books, Strategy, Tips & Tricks

Hello,

GMAT is graduate management admission test which is conducted by GMAC for admission of MBA in many countries, the eligibility criteria regarding this is as follows;

Candidates needs to be 18 years old or above,

Pass bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university, those in the final year or working professionals too are eligible to apply,

Should have a valid passport,

As the exam is conducted in English, hence proficiency in the same language is required as well,

Candidate can take maximum of five attempts in a year, and overall 8 attempts for lifetime, and there has to be a gap of 16 days prior to retaking the exam,

Colleges in India accepting GMAT scores are as follows;

• SPJIMR Mumbai
• IMT Ghaziabad
• IMI New Delhi
• Xavier University Bhubaneswar (XUB)
• Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai
• T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal
• K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai
• Goa Institute of Management (GIM) Goa
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management
• FORE School of Management, New Delhi
• Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi
• BIMTECH Greater Noida
• MICA Ahmedabad
• IFIM Business School, Bangalore
• SOIL-School of Business Design, Gurgaon

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SNAP is conducted for 60 minutes in MCQs format, each question consists of one mark, there is deduction of 0.25 marks for each incorrect attempt, the following sections are included in the entrance test:-

• General English
• Analytical & Logical Reasoning
• Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency

The colleges accepting scores of SNAP are listed below;

• Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development, Pune
• Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pimpri-Chinchwad
• Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, Pune
• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune,
• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bangalore
• Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology, Pune,
• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Rangareddy,
• Symbiosis School of Banking and Finance, Pune
• LM Thapar School of Management, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dera Bassi
• Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences, Pune,
• Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik,
• Lala Lajpat Rai Institute of Management, Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research Pune,
• Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication Pune,
• Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore,
• Symbiosis School of Sports Sciences, Lavale,
• Symbiosis Institute of Digital and Telecom Management, Lavale
• Shri Ram Murti Smarak International Business School, Lucknow
• Symbiosis School of Media and Communication
• Bangalore
• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management,, Nagpur
• Om Bio Science and Management College, Haridwar Roorkee

check out our page at https://bschool.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-mba-colleges-in-india-accepting-snap to know more details regarding this.

CMAT is conducted for 180 minutes, and additional 30 minutes is allotted for optional section, there are total of five sections(one is optional) and each one consists of 25 questions for 100 marks as mentioned below-

• Quantitative techniques and data interpretation
• Logical reasoning
• General awareness
• Language comprehension
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship (optional)

for each correct answer four marks are awarded and in case of each incorrect attempt one mark is deduced,

The selection process mainly consists of three rounds:-

Written Ability Test,

Group Discussion, and

Personal Interview

Some of the top colleges offering admission for MBA Programme through CMAT are mentioned below-

• JBIMS, Mumbai
• SIMSREE, Mumbai
• KJ Somaiya Institute of Management
• Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
• University of Pune, Department of Management Sciences
• Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi
• Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai
• Goa Institute of Management
• Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
• Amity University, Noida
• Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida

Explore more detailed information about the complete list of colleges offering MBA through CMAT at https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/top-b-schools-accepting-cmat-scores

The list of colleges accepting scores of NMAT are as follows;

• SPJIMR, Mumbai
• School of Business Management SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
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• VIT Business School Vellore,
• IBS Business School Hyderabad,
• K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai
• ITM Business School Navi Mumbai
• Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore
• GITAM Hyderabad Business School Hyderabad,
• GITAM Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam
• Alliance School of Business, Bangalore
• Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Mumbai,
• Amity Business School Noida,
• Goa Institute of Management Poriem,
• Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad
• ISBR Business School Bangalore
• Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Hyderabad,
• Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University
• Centre for Management Studies, Jain University, Bangalore
• Bangalore, Karnataka
• Bennett University, Greater Noida
• Jindal Global Business School, Sonipat,
• IIHMR University, Jaipur
• Amity University, Mumbai
• Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida
• Galgotias University, Greater Noida
• BML Munjal University, Gurgaon
• Chitkara Business School, Patiala
• Woxsen University Hyderabad - Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad,
• School of Petroleum Management, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar
• Amity University, Noida
• School of Business, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun

check out our page at https://bschool.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-mba-colleges-in-india-accepting-nmat-by-gmac to know more details regarding this.

Hello aspirant,

Looking at the previous year CMAT Cutoff for various MBA Colleges in PUNE, with 125 marks in CMAT, you have good chances to get admission in MBA Colleges in Pune. The previous year Cutoff for various MBA Colleges in Pune was as follows :

Balaji Institute of International Business (BIIB) Sri Balaji University Pune - 80 to 100

ISBM Pune - 80 to 100

Balaji Institute Of Modern Management (BIMM) Sri Balaji University Pune - 80 to 100.

Further, to know more about the CMAT cutoff for MBA colleges for previous years, you can follow the below mentioned link to know more : https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cmat-cutoff

I hope that this will help.

Dear Aspirant,

Based on your score, your percentile lies in the range of 51-60 percentile. If you belong to the general category then getting a good college at this percentile is not possible. It would be better if you prepare well and give the exams another shot. The final decision rests in your hands. All the best!

Hi Aspirant,

Hope you are doing great as per the question asked by you, as you have secured more marks in C.M.A.T as compared to C.A.T that is 88 percentile. So your best of both will be considered at the time of admissions that is your C.M.A.T percentile will be considered in these cases average is not considered only best will be considered.

Hope you found this answer useful. Stay motivated stay positive.

All the best!