Dear Simran, CAT interface accepts marks in the form of nnn.nn format. So for example if your score is 405, pkease enter 405.00 as your marks in the 10th column. This should work fine. For your convenience and many other CAT aspirants, we shall elaborate the CAT Application process:

You need to:

Register

Fill the Application form

Payment and Receipt



For registering you will need to fill in your Personal and Contact details like Name, Email Id, Mobile number and Country. Before you click on 'Agree', make sure you have entered all Correct details because you cannot go back and undo any detail on this page. Generate the OTP and you will receive it at the Mobile no# you have just given. Complete the formalities and you will be given a CAT User Id and Password . These details will be sent to your Registered Email and Mobile no#.

For filling the application form, log in using the user id and password. The application form has 5 Categories which are:

Personal Details

Academics

Work Experience

Programmes

Payment



While filling in the form, please remember that Aadhar card is not mandatory but there are clear specifications for photograph and signature file sizes to be uploaded.

Photograph: 30mm * 45mm

Signature: 80mm*35 mm

The file size in both cases should not exceed 80kb. The photograph and signature should be in .jpeg or .jpg format.

Regarding Documents like PWD/DA/OBC-NC/SC/ST: Download the CAT certificate from the website, fill in the necessary details, get it attested with authorities, self attest it and scan it as PDF and upload the same.

Under Academics section, enter the aggregate percentage, total marks, Board/University, stream, subject and degree details wherever applicable.

In regards to Selection of IIM Programmes and Cities, you can select any no.of programmes and cities. Make sure you select the same city for Interview across. And for exam centre, you can give 4 options and the authorities will select your exam city for you. You cannot select the same city more than once. Delhi and NCR Cities have been clubbed together so please remember this.

The application fees for General/OBC-NC is Rs. 1900 and its Rs. 950 for SC,ST,PWD. You can make the payment through NetBanking/Credit Card/Debit Card/Paytm and Pay U. After making the payment, you will receive a transaction number and please save it for future references. Post successful submission, you will receive a confirmation mail. And you are finally done. The last date to fill in the application form is September 18th, 2019.

For step wise instructions, transaction fees, please visit our page at:

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-to-fill-cat-application-form-step-step-guide

Some of thetop books for CAT preparation include How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Arun Sharma, The Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Nishit Sinha, Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT by Sarvesh Verma to name a few. Other than that, read newspapers and magazines daily to get a grip on your language and comprehension skills along with brushing up General Knowledge.Arvind Menon , another CAT 100 percentiler shares that he had referred to CAT preparation books by Arun Sharma and Nishit Sinha.

Dear Vivek, CAT is an entrance examination for admission to Master's programmes in 20 IIMs and almost 1000 participating Institutions. CAT is an online examination of 3 hours duration.The questions in the exam will be of MCQ and TITA type totaling 100 questions. MCQ are multiple choice questions, for which candidates get multiple answer choices. Each Question has 3 marks and a wrong answer takes away 1 mark. However Type in the Answer questions are exempted from Negative Marking.

CAT exam paper can be Categorised into 3 parts:

Quantitative Ability
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

The Verbal Ability section and Reading Comprehension has 34 Questions, Data interpretation-Logical Reasoning section has 32 MCQ questions and Quantitative Ability has 34 MCQ questions totalling up to 100 questions. Each Question has 3 marks and a wrong answer takes away 1 mark.


Quantitative Aptitude covers almost 30% of the CAT question paper. QA can be categorised into Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry and Advanced Mathematics. Practise chapter by chapter and develop mental calculations. Like practise more of basic summation, subtraction, fractions and tables. Numbers, Percentage, Profit and Loss, Simple and Compound Interest, Ratio, Proportionality, Time-Distance, Time-Work, Mixtures, Averages, Partnership, Permutation and Combinations, Probability, Set Theory, Progression and Series, Line, Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Polygon, Circles, Ares, Volume, Height and Distance, Coordinate Geometry, Basic Trigonometry are few important topics.

Preparation tips:

Because this section involves mathematics and takes most of your time, your focus should be on solving the problems efficiently in the beginning. Even if it takes time, practise upto perfection. Practise as many questions as you can in the conventional way. As and when you get a grip on the subject, you can go for short cuts. Memorise tables, square roots, cube roots, conversion from percent to fraction, etc. Solve sample papers on Mathematics. In the beginning, do not worry about the time it takes. As you practise, you will get the hang of the subject and it will be easier for you.


In Verbal Ability session, command on your English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Understanding of the given paragraph are of more importance. Reading English NewsPaper will also help you in your preparation.

Preparation tips:

Read articles from time to time. Follow newspapers, magazines, and watch the news channels and browse the internet to keep yourself updated. You will need a lot of reading to help you in the comprehension section. You will need speed to help you in this section and you can achieve that only by thorough practise and reading. Take time to understand the question because most answers are interlinked.


Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning needs to be practised as much as possible. Comparison of data, Data Analysis, taking clues, interpreting missing data, coming to conclusions and making future projections will be covered under this Category. The questions here are interlinked and so if you get one formula correct, cracking the next few questions will be easy. So it's important to memorise and practise formulae. You should cover topics like Data tables, Data Charts, Bar Diagrams, Pie Charts, Graphs, Data Comparison and Analysis.

Preparation tips:

As this is the most tricky section, this needs a lot of practise. Solve as many sample papers as possible to get the hang of the section. Make notes when required. Regular practise can help you understand and solve the questions easily as time goes on.

Overall,once you know the syllabus, it's easier from there on.Go through the previous papers to analyse and prepare a comprehensive plan and set priorities according to the importance of different topics across sections. Customise your own study plan based on your strengths and weaknesses. Gauge your preparation from time to time by taking mock tests. Solve questions to check your levels of preparation but not to set any targets. Remember, its ok to have cheat days and relax. But make sure you have a plan and stick to it for the next few months

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You might be able to make changes to your Academic profile. You might not make changes to your Category. What we would suggest you is to wait for the correction window to make changes to your Academic percentage and regarding EWS Certificate, please wrote to [email protected] They will help you further.

There are 20 IIMs and each has its own selection process.Because CAT exam will be held at different slots, CAT scores will be normalised to ensure equivalence in the difficulty levels of the exams for both slots. IIM Kozikhode will normalise the CAT scores using percentile equivalence. Adjustment of location and scale differences of score distributions across different norms and then scores will be normalised. The 20 IIMS and all the Participating Institutions will announce their Cut offs. The cut off is prepared after checking various factors. MBA aspirants will have to apply separately to all the Colleges that accept CAT scores. While CAT score remains the main criteria for selection, IIMs also consider other factors like previous academic performance, work experience, gender and Academic diversity. CAT exam paper can be Categorised into 3 parts:

Quantitative Ability

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

We shall enlist the admission criteria of all the 3 IIMS here:

IIM AHMEDABAD:

QA     DLR      VARC     Overall

General:          70       70         70           80

NC-OBC/Trans: 65    65         65           75

SC:                     60      60       60            70

ST:                    50       50       50           60

PwD-UR,OBC,SC: 60  60      60            70

PwD: ST:          50       50        50           60

At different stages of Selection process, Application rating process is included. The complete list of rating at various levels can be looked at: https://www.iima.ac.in/web/pgp/apply/domestic/admission/selection-process

IIM BANGALORE:

QA DLR VARC Overall

General: 80 80 85 90

NC-OBC: 70 70 75 80

SC: 65 65 70 75

ST: 60 60 60 70

PwD: 50 50 50 60

For all the Candidates shortlisted, the 10th and 12th board results are initially adjusted by dividing each such score by 90th percentile score of that board. And then an adjusted score is calculated for the Bachelors degree for each of the candidates based on the final scores obtained by the candidate are used for the Bachelors degree and professional degrees. For example,

CAT = 40

10th board = 20

12th board = 10

Bachelors = 20

Gender Diversity = 2

Work Experience = 8

The 40 points for CAT are derived from the performance in each of the three sections as follows:

Verbal & Reading Comprehension - 14 points

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning - 16 points Quantitative Aptitude - 10 points.

IIM CALCUTTA:

QA DLR VRC Over All

OPEN: 75 80 80 85

NC-OBC: 65 65 70 75

EWS: 65 65 70 75

SC: 60 60 65 70

ST: 55 55 55 65

PWD: 55 55 55 65

And the final selection is based on:

CAT 2019 Score 30

Personal Interview 48

Written Ability Test 10

Academic Diversity 04

Work Experience 08

Total 100

Going by all these selection criteria if you score 99% in CAT 2019, you can get a call from these 3 IIMs. And the final selection depemds on your WAT and PI round performances.Your chances at IIM Ahmedabad are more because of their changed policy. Now IIM A has reduced iys WAT cut offs to 65% from 70%.

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Just go to the link provided below for Cat 2018 question paper and answer key-

https://bschool.careers360.com/download/sample-papers/cat-2018-question-paper-and-answer-key

Also, you may consider going through the following link of sample papers that will be useful for your CAT preparation-

https://bschool.careers360.com/download/cat-sample-papers-previous-years?icn=CAT_sample_paper&ici=CAT_article_view_text-mapping