CMAT (Common Management Admission Test)

Exam Level : P.G.
Exam Category : National Level Exam/Admission
Frequency of Exam : One Time in a Year
Exam Score Validity : One Year
Conducting Body : All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
Website : www.aicte-cmat.in
Contact : 022-66258304

What is CMAT?

CMAT or Common Management Admission Test is a national level MBA entrance exam conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). It is a multiple choice objective type test conducted for the admission to around 1,000 AICTE approved B-schools across India. Around 55,000 candidates take the test. Since 2016, CMAT is conducted once a yea..Read More

CMAT Exam Insights

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CMAT Application Details

Create an account at the AICTE website by registering through email ID and uploading scanned photograph and signature in requisite dimension.
The size of photo should be 140 x 160 (≤ 60Kb). The size of signature file should be 60 x 90 (≤ 30Kb).
Enter few basic details like your name, parent’s name, your date of birth, category, gender, religion, and other as mentioned.
You will receive a 6 digit password.
Click on proceed button to pay the application fee.

CMAT Eligibility Criteria

Recognized Bachelor’s Degree of minimum 3 Yrs duration Obtained at least 50% (45% in case of candidate belonging to reserved category) at the qualifying Examination.
Final year Bachelor’s Degree students can also apply, provided they fulfill the eligibility criteria within the stipulated schedule.

CMAT Exam Fee

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CMAT Exam Pattern

Mode of Exam: Online
Exam Format: Objective
Number of Sections: Four

CMAT Exam Section	Number of Topics	Number of Questions	Section Score

Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation

Subject	Number of Questions	Score


Ratio and Proportion	1	6
Percentages	1	4
Profit/Loss/Discount	1	4
Simple & Compound Interest	1	4
Average/Mixture/Alligation/Replacement	2	8
Time-Speed-Distance	1	4
Time and Work	1	4
Number System - Factors of a Number, Cyclicity Rule	3	12
Co-ordinate Geometry, Mensuration	4	16
Permutations and Combinations, Probability	2	8
Polynomials, Algebraic equations, Inequalities, Functions	3	10
Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions	2	6
Venn Diagrams, Set Theory	2	6
Data Interpretation - Bar Chart, Pie Chart, Table	2	8

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Logical Reasoning

Subject	Number of Questions	Score


Arrangements - Circular/Linear/Matrix Arrangements	6	24
Grouping & Conditionalities, Comparisions, Selections	2	8
Coding/Decoding	1	4
Family Tree	2	6
Logical Puzzles	2	6
Number/Letter Series	2	6
Clocks	1	2
Cube/Dice based	1	2
Directions	2	6
Calendars	1	4
Data Sufficiency	2	8
Sequential Input-Output	1	4
Syllogism	1	2
Conditional Statements	1	2
Visual Reasoning	1	4
Deductive Logic	1	2
Cause and Effect, Course of Action	1	2
Statement Assumption and Conclusion, True/False	1	4
Strong/Weak Arguments	1	4

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Language Comprehension

Subject	Number of Questions	Score


Grammar - Choosing meaningful and correct construct	2	6
Analogy, Synonym, Odd Man Out	3	12
Idioms and Phrases	1	4
Parajumbles, Fill in the blanks	2	8
Paracompletion and Summary	3	10
Critical Reasoning - Assumption, Strengthen, Weaken	7	26
Reading Comprehension - Tone, Inference, Meaning of Phrases	9	34

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General Awareness

Subject	Number of Questions	Score


History	3	10
Economics	3	10
Politics	3	12
Foreign Policy	1	4
General Science	3	12
Sports	3	10
Books and Authors	2	6
Arts,Culture and Entertainment	2	8
Economic Affairs	2	6
Business Awareness	5	18
Awards, Prizes and Recognition	1	4

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CMAT Exam Centers

CMAT exam will be held at 62 centers across the country

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CMAT Counselling Details

Candidates are shortlisted by participating institutes on the basis of their cutoffs and score/rank obtained at CMAT.
Candidates have to participate in Group Discussion/Essay Writing/Written Ability Test and Personal Interview rounds.
Participating B-schools conduct separate selection procedure.
Final selection list or merit list is announced on the basis of performance in CMAT and GD/WAT and PI rounds.

QNA - EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CMAT

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Ritika Jindal 3 days ago

Ritika JindalLast Seen: 2 days 18 hours agoJoined on: 22-Jun-2018Education Interest: ManagementEducation Level: In Graduation

CMAT MAT Management

What is difference between MAT and CMAT

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Prashant Chaudhary 3 days ago

Prashant ChaudharyLast Seen: 17 hours 9 min agoJoined on: 17-Apr-2018Education Interest: EngineeringEducation Level: In Graduation

Hii ritika,CMAT stands for common management admission test whereas MAT stands for management aptitude test. These both are admission tests for MBA and are very similar. However number of colleges acc...Read More

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Shivi501 4 days ago

Shivi501Last Seen: 3 days 13 hours agoJoined on: 25-Mar-2017Education Interest: MBAEducation Level: Graduate & Above

MET Institute of Management Mumbai Admissions CMAT CMAT Admissions CMAT Result PGDM

Met bandra is offering me admission in their emba (executive mba) program..Should i go for it or is it not worth it??

I haven't secured a pgdm seats in any of the top college..i have applied for the cap rounds as well bt i knw i wont secure a seat in the top clg as i have applied through my cmat scr of 87 percentile.

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Shivi501 4 days ago

Shivi501Last Seen: 3 days 13 hours agoJoined on: 25-Mar-2017Education Interest: MBAEducation Level: Graduate & Above

Its not actually executive mba its empowered mba they are offering all specialization...plz comment on met college opportunity should i take that..

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Chelsi 4 days ago

ChelsiLast Seen: 4 days 11 hours agoJoined on: 20-Jun-2018Education Interest: ManagementEducation Level: Graduate & Above

B.tech B.tech Eligibility CMAT CMAT Eligibility Criteria Management Rajasthan Technical University, Kota Rajasthan Technical University, Kota Eligibility Criteria

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When the cmat exam held. I had completed btech it with 72 percentage with rtu branch can I eligible .And what is the process to continue rtu

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Vikas Gaur 4 days ago

Vikas GaurLast Seen: 1 day 11 hours agoJoined on: 05-Sep-2017Education Interest: MBAEducation Level: Graduate & Above

Hi Chelsi,CMAT – Common Management Admission Test is conducted by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) in the month of January. More than 60,000 students appear for the test every year. ...Read More

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priyank 6 days ago

PriyankLast Seen: 5 days 18 hours agoJoined on: 19-Jun-2018Education Interest: Computer ApplicationsEducation Level: In Graduation

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How many students appeared from Gujarat or Ahmedabad in CMAT 2018?

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Sreetama Datta 5 days ago

Sreetama DattaLast Seen: 2 days 10 hours agoJoined on: 24-May-2013Education Interest: MBAEducation Level: Graduate & Above

Hi Priyank! AICTE has not released state or city wise data for CMAT 2018. As per the merit list, as many as 64,448 candidates had appeared for the exam across India.

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AMIT TRIVEDI 8 days ago

AMIT TRIVEDILast Seen: 6 days 16 hours agoJoined on: 16-Jun-2018Education Interest: ManagementEducation Level: In Graduation

CMAT

Please let me know which collage is accept cmat in ahmedabad or pune and also their packages.thank you

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Sumana Saha 8 days ago

Sumana SahaLast Seen: 1 week 15 hours agoJoined on: 26-Jan-2017Education Interest: MBAEducation Level: Graduate & Above

Hi amit, there are a couple of b schools accepting cmat scores as per 2016 report Amrut Modi School of management, B.K.school of business management are s few to name. They are AAA rated colleges. For...Read More

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