MICAT Exam Pattern 2025 (Released): Sections, Syllabus, Marking Scheme, Recommended Books

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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

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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

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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

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On February 17, 2022, MICA, Ahmedabad, announced the MICAT 2022 result for phase 2 on mica.ac.in. Using their login credentials, candidates may check the MICAT 2022 phase 2 result. MICAT result 2022 has been emailed to applicants' registered email addresses, and students who took the entrance exam can now verify their qualifying status.

To check the result, follow the below mentioned steps:

Visit MICA Ahmedabad's main website at mica.ac.in.

Select "MICAT 1 Result" from the drop-down menu.

On the screen, a candidate login window will display.

Click the "Login" tab after entering the user ID and password.

Download the MICAT scorecard 2022 and check your qualifying status.

For further information, check out the link provided below.

https://media.careers360.com/articles/micat-result

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MICAT Syllabus  - Psychometric Test

Basically, this is a personality test and this section is different from other management entrance examinations. It is mandatory for the candidates to attempt all the questions in this section. Some of the important aspects related to the test are explained below.

In this section, the questions are designed to assess the candidates’ behavior which includes thinking ability, personality, strengths and weaknesses etc. Questions are based on career goals, life goals, situational judgement. Candidates should answer the questions with honesty and open mind

Multiple-choice questions are asked.

Duration allotted for the psychometric test is 25 minutes.

According to previous year sample papers, in the first set of questions, out of the three options candidates should select the option which describes their behavior in the best way.

In the second set of MICAT questions, candidates were asked to give a rating on a scale of 1 to 6 for the responses in terms of their priority under a certain scenario. Around 8 to 10 questions were asked in the entrance exam.

MICAT Syllabus  - Verbal Ability

The verbal ability section is used to assess the language proficiency of the candidates. The topics under the verbal ability section of the MICAT exam syllabus are given below:

Reading Comprehension

One-Word Substitution

Parts of speech

Idioms

Grammar

Para-jumbles

Cloze Test

Spot the Errors

Sentence Completion

Phrasal Verbs

Fill in the blanks

Antonyms and Synonyms

MICAT Syllabus - Quantitative Ability

The quantitative ability section includes the same topics that are covered in the other MBA entrance exam. The topics that are covered under the quantitative ability of the MICAT 2022 syllabus are as follows:

Algebra

Average

Geometry 2D & 3D

Trigonometry

Mensuration

Number system

HCF & LCM

Surds and Indices

Time-Speed-Distance

Logarithms

Modern Mathematics

Ratio and Proportion

Profit & Loss

Percentage

Time & Work

Mixtures & solutions

Solid Geometry

Coordinate Geometry

Probability

Statistics

Permutation & Combinations

MICAT Syllabus 2022 - General Awareness

The general awareness section of MICAT 2022 syllabus includes current affairs. The candidates should have a good knowledge regarding the topics of business and economics to score good marks. All the topics covered in the MICAT syllabus 20222 are given below:

Business

Brands

Media

Advertising and marketing

Geography

Current affairs

Entertainment

Economy

Books & Authors

Mass Media

Indian Constitution

Politics

Literature

MICAT 2022 Syllabus - Divergent-Convergent Reasoning

From this section of the MICAT syllabus 2022 approximately 25-30 questions are asked. The topics under this section are listed below:

Data Sufficiency

Verbal and Non-verbal Reasoning

Statement-Assumptions

Seating arrangements

Sequence & Series

Hope it helps.

Hello,

You have tagged MICAT, hence I believe your query is for MICA Ahmedabad, the entrance test scores of CAT/XAT/GMAT are acceptable for PGDM admission,

Further for Group Exercise & Personal Interview, candidates need to qualify Psychometric test firstly, and then on the basis of this, the performance in CAT/XAT/GMAT will be taken into consideration and further they will be assessed on the following MICAT sections: VA/QADI/GA/DCT, Those who will qualify the minimum cutoff for each of these sections- VA, QADI, GA and DCT and  required cut-offs for CAT/XAT/GMAT, their Descriptive Tests will be analyzed for selection, the cut--offs for CAT/XAT is expected to be 80 percentile, to know more details regarding this, visit our page at https://media.careers360.com/exams/micat?utm_source=google&utm_medium=kg