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CAT 2024

Common Admission Exam 2024 Online

About CAT 2022

Common Admission Exam 2022 One of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) located across the country takes up the responsibility of conducting the Common Admission Test (CAT) to provide admissions into MBA or PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management) courses in IIMs located across the country.

The IIM which would be conducting CAT for 2022 is yet to be announced. The exam is one of the most popular ones among the management exams, many institutions consider CAT scores of the candidates while providing seat in MBA courses offered by them.

Candidates who wish to do masters in business administration or postgraduate diploma in management can aim for this exam.

The notification is released on the official website of CAT at appropriate time every year. Candidates can submit applications after the notification is released. Candidates can visit the official website and click the link for registration and create an account comprisiing username and password. Post creation of account, they can login with help of password and username obtained during the registration and start filling the form, they can upload the required documents, pay the registration fees and then submit the form.

Post application form submission, applicants have to appear for a written test. The exact schedule, time, and mode of the test will be communicated through registered e-mail id or through other source. The written test will be conducted in online mode and questions related to Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC),  Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Quantitative Ability (QA) have to be answered in two hours.

Candidates who pass the exam with the required score (minimum qualifying marks or cutoff marks) will be called for further admission procedure. Cutoff marks will be set and candidate's score in the exam has to be equal to the set cutoff marks or above it. Candidates can compare their score with the set cutoff marks,  If they find their score to be either equal or greater than cutoff, they can take part in the further admission process. Information about the exam is provided below in a tabular format for the sake of the students:

Main features

Particulars Details
Name of Exam CAT (Common Admission Test)
CAT 2022 Conducting Body IIM, Indian Institute of Management
CAT Official Website iimcat.ac.in
Frequency of CAT exam Once every year
CAT Application Process Online
CAT Application Fees
  • Rs 2200 for General category
  • INR 1100 for Reserved category
Minimum Marks Eligibility 50% and 45% in Graduation for GN & Reserved category respectively
Duration of CAT Exam 2 Hours
Number of Sections 3 Sections:
  • Quantitative Ability (QA)
  • Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)
  • Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)
Number of Questions 66
Medium of Exam English (Exam is conducted in CBT mode)
Admission IIMs + Various other Institutes
Courses Offered MBA or PGDM
CAT Helpdesk

1-800-210-1088 (Toll Free) - Call on the Toll free number, Monday to Saturday 9:00AM to 6:00PM (excluding National holidays)

cathelpdesk@iimcat.co.in

Schedule (Tentative)

Application submission start date May 2022 Tentative
Application submission last date June 2022 Tentative
Exam date July 2022 Tentative
Result declaration  August 2022 Tentative
Admission/Counselling procedure start date August/September 2022 Tentative

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