CAT
The Common Admission Test (CAT) is an entrance test conducted by IIM for the management program of its six IIMs . CAT is also adopted by the other top B-schools of India like MDI, SP jain, TA Pai..Etc.
CAT looks for candidates who have ability to conceptualize, assume, analyze, and take decision out of alternatives. As the other aptitude exams it also tests the candidates aptitude through a few topics listed below.
Quantitative Skills
Verbal Ability and Verbal Reasoning
Reading Comprehension
Data Interpretation
Data Sufficiency
Analytical and Logical Reasoning
The above listed topics are categorized into three sections in the CAT test paper. The exam duration is usually 2:00 hours, but it increased to 2:30 hours in 2006. The number of questions are surprise from IIM, they are kept varying from year to year, they can be any number from 75-150 questions. The CAT is conducted every year on the third Sunday of November
As it is to remember regarding the cut-off mark of the CAT therefore you have to have a concern about your aptitude skills. This aptitude skill is nothing but a talent of the student to pick up the right question in their area of expertise and to find the correct option as soon as possible. It is not compulsory to solve all questions of the CAT paper in a given time. REMEMBER CAT doesn't test for the subject skills, It tests for the aptitude skills. The key element of the CAT is getting accuracy by selection of appropriate questions in your area of expertise.
Point to be noted that marking wrong option imposes a penalty of negative mark.
CAT Syllabus
Eligibility for CAT
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