Common Admission Test (CAT)

 

The IIM's will host CAT 2021. (Indian Institute of Management). The exam will take place once a year. CAT scores are accepted by a number of business schools for admission to MBA, PGDM, and other programmes. In general, students who want to apply to IIMs will study for the CAT exams. The Standardized Aptitude Test (CAT) is a common entrance exam for India's 20 IIMs and over 1,200 business schools. IIMs conduct the CAT test on a rolling basis. In 2021, the CAT test was held in IIM Ahmedabad. The CAT inquiry article contains MCQs and non-MCQs from Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Quantitative Ability (QA). The CAT test is taken by approximately two lakh students every year. A total of 2.30 lakh CAT 2021 attracted 1.90 lakh applications, with 1.90 lakh applicants taking the exam. The CAT 2021 notification will be given in the last week of July, and registration will begin in the first week of August. In the last week of November, the CAT exam is held in 156 locations across India at various exam centres. Shortlisting for IIMs begins shortly after the CAT results are revealed in the first week of January. The CAT 2021 exam is set to take place on November 28. The CAT 2021 is accepted by over 2,000 other MBA institutes in India for admission to their PGP, MBA, and PGDM programmes. The CAT 2021 is an exam that evaluates a candidate's logical and analytical thinking abilities, as well as their numeric aptitude and general knowledge. Any student with a bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university is eligible to take the CAT 2021 exam. It is the most popular entrance exam for Management  admissions in India. On a single day, the exam is given in a single paper throughout various shifts. The CAT 2021 score is used by management institutes to shortlist applicants for their GD/PI/WAT rounds.

 

Entrance Exam Highlights:

 

Exam	Common Aptitude Test
Organized by	Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Exam Type	National level
Frequency	once a year
Official Website	www.iimcat.ac.in
Mode of Registration	Online
Exam Mode	Online
Total Questions	100
Negative marking	Yes
Languages	English
Exam Pattern	Computer-Based Test
No. of Participating Colleges	20 IIMs and over 1200 B-schools in India
Score Validity	One year

 

Important Dates for CAT 

 

Event	Dates (officially announced)
CAT 2021 Official Notification	July 29, 2021
CAT 2021 Application Form Start	August 4, 2021 (10 am onwards)
CAT 2021 Application Form Closing	September 22, 2021 (5 pm onwards)
Release of CAT Admit Card 2021	October 27, 2021
CAT 2021 Exam Date	November 28, 2021
CAT Result Date 2021	January 03, 2022

 

Courses offered:

 

Applicants can take part in the following courses offered by 20 IIMs and other top Bussiness schools in India on the basis of a CAT Marks:

• PGPEM (Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management)
• PGP-UAE (Post Graduate Programme in United Arab Emirates) (Post Graduate Programme at UAE)
• PGPBM (Post Graduate Programme in Business Management)
• PGP-ABM (Post Graduate Programme in Applied Business Management) (Post Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management)
• PGP-Mumbai (Post Graduate Programme) (Post Graduate Programme at Mumbai)
• PGPWE PGPWE PGPWE PGPWE (Post Graduate Programme for Working Executive)
• PGPEX PGPEX PGPEX (Post Graduate Programme for Executives)
• PGPPM (Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management)
•  PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management)
• EPGPM (Executive Program in Public Policy and Management) (Executive Post Graduate Programme)
• PGDHRM (Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management)
• PGPSM (Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Management)
• Post Graduate Programme in Securities Markets

CAT 2021 Eligibility

 

• An applicant must have earned a graduate degree in any field. Candidates in their last year/semester of their degree programme may also apply for CAT 2021.
• Candidates with a CA/CS/ICWA degree are also eligible (General: 50 percent & SC/ST/ PWD: 45 percent).
• Throughout terms of the CAT Age Limit, there is no set minimum or maximum age limit, and a student can take the exam up to eight times in their lifetime.

 

Admission Process for CAT 2021:

 

CAT 2021 Application Form:

 

• The CAT 2021Application Form will be available beginning August 4 and will remain open until September 22, 2021. The complete application procedure will take place at iimcat.ac.in in an online format.

 

A few quick facts

• IIMs send a Unique CAT registration ID and password to the Common Admission Test online portal to log in.
• You must select management programmes in all 20 IIMs listed on the registration form while applying online.

 

How to Apply for the CAT 2021

 

There are some  steps to registering for the exam. :

• Step 1: Register - Go to the official CAT website and fill out your e-mail address, contact information, and date of birth.
• Step 2: Complete the CAT Application Form - Include your personal information, phone numbers, academic information, work experience, and choice for the programme, as well as a preference for the location of the exam.
• Step 3: Scan and Upload Documents – Scan and upload your documents in accordance with the CAT 2021 Photo Size, Dimension, Format and Other Information (Photo, Signatures & Needed Certified)
• Step 4: Paying the Application Fee - Candidates can pay the CAT 2021 Application Fee online using net banking, credit card, or debit card. The category wise application fee for CAT 2021 is listed below:

 

Category	CAT 2021 Application Fee (in INR)
General/OBC	2200
SC/ST	1100
PWD	1100

 

CAT 2021 Application Fee Payment Options

 

The sole option for paying the registration fee is to do it via the internet. The payment options are as follows:

• Visa or MasterCard Credit Card/ Debit Card
• Net Banking
• American Express Card/ Diners Card
• IMPS
• UPI
• Mobile Wallets

 

Exam Pattern for CAT 2021

 

Exam Type: Computer-based test

Total number of questions: 100

Quantitative Ability, Verbal Ability, and Reading Comprehension, and Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning are the number of sections (there are three sub-sections).

Exam time: three hours, with one hour allotted to each component.

75 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) with negative marking

Non-MCQs (questions with no negative marking): 25

Marking Scheme: +3 points for correct answers; -1 point for incorrect answers 

 

CAT 2021 Syllabus

 

The IIMs do not provide a CAT syllabus. However, a list of commonly occurring subjects has been compiled based on the analysis of previous year's exam papers.

Geometry, Arithmetic progression, Installment Payments, Arithmetic mean, Logarithm, Work and time are all examples of quantitative aptitude.

Graphs, critical reasoning, statements and assumptions, syllogisms, and Venn diagrams are all DILR terms.

VARC: Analogies, Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Idioms, Sentence Correction, Sentence Completion

 

CAT 2021 Selection Process :

 

More than 2 lakh individuals take the CAT test each year, with those who score well enough in the CAT moving on to the CAT Selection Procedure. Applicants must pass the CAT 2021 cut-off, which is one of the prerequisites of the CAT 2021 screening process. Verification of certificates and documents, as well as cross-verification of the CAT 2021 .CAT 2021 applicants will need to apply under the reserved category. Read the detailed CAT 2021 selection method for more information.

 

Admit Card CAT 2021

 

CAT 2021 admit cards will be available to download at iimcat.ac.in in the last week of October 2021 for all students who have successfully registered for the entrance exam.

• On the CAT admit card, information like will be underlined.
• The Name of the Candidate's Exam Center
• The Address of the CAT Exam Center
• Time and date of the examination

 

CAT 2021 Admit Card Requires Identification Documents

 

Along with their CAT 2021 admit card, candidates must bring one of the following photo ID proofs:

 

• Voter identification card PAN (Personal Identification Number) card

• Aadhaar card,

• Passport and driver's licence

 

How to Get the IIM CAT Admit Card 2021

 

• Visit the official website of CAT 2021 is  iimcat.ac.in.

• Click the Login button under the title Login. Download the CAT Admit Card for the current year.

• To access your CAT admit card, enter your CAT login credentials (CAT User ID and Password) and click the login button.

• After you have provided all of your information, the admit card will display on the screen.

• You can now obtain your Hall Ticket for CAT EXAM.

• Make a duplicate of the admission card for future use.

 

CAT 2021 Result

 

The CAT 2021 results are declared on Monday at 5 pm. Candidates can now download their official CAT 2021 scorecards by logging onto the CAT 2021 website (www.iimcat.ac.in). This year, seven students from an engineering background and two from a non-engineering background scored 100 percentile in the IIM CAT examination.

CAT 2021 was successfully conducted on November 28, 2021, at 438 test centres spread across 156 cities in India.
Around 1.92 lakh candidates appeared for the exam out of 2.30 lakh registered eligible candidates. The overall attendance was approximately 83 percent.

Out of the total number of candidates, 35 percent were females, 65 percent were males and 2 candidates represented transgender.

 

The candidate's name, rank, registration, picture, sectional score, overall score, sectional percentile, and overall percentile will all appear on the CAT 2021 scorecard.

 

Answer Key for CAT 2021

 

The correct answers to all of the exam's questions will be included in the CAT 2021 response key. Using the CAT 2021 answer key, candidates will be able to calculate how many correct and erroneous answers they recorded on the admission exam. In order to appropriately estimate their likely ratings, candidates must also be conversant with the CAT 2021 labelling scheme.

 

How to Get the CAT Answer Key 2021

 

This section will walk you through the process of downloading the CAT 2021 answer key. Following the processes mentioned below, test takers can study the right answers to the questions on the admission exam. The infographic below is for CAT 2021, although the procedure for CAT 2021 will remain the same.

 

Step 1: Go to the exam's official website once the CAT 2021 response key is published.

Step 2: Go to the homepage and click 'Login.'

Step 3: After clicking the connection, enter your User ID and Password.

Step 4: After entering the proper credentials, the CAT 2021 response key will show on the screen.

Step 5: Check your answers against the CAT 2021 answer key.

Step 6: Save the CAT 2021 response key on your PC in case you need it again.