Common Admission Test (CAT)
Registrations: First week of August 2021
CAT Overview
What is CAT Exam?
CAT (Common Admission Test) which is organized by all the IIMs on rotational basis. It is computer-based MBA entrance examination for getting admission in 20 IIMs and over 1,200 top B-Schools in the India for MBA and PGDM programms and also for the Post Graduate Programms (PGP).
Every year IIMs select a Convener for overseeing all aspects of the exam. Convener is the one who is responsible and see all the possibilities for managing everything.
This year IIM has appointed Prof. M P Ram Mohan as a Convener for CAT 2021 examination, he was a faculty for Business Policy and Chairperson Admissions at IIMA (IIM Ahmedabad).
The CAT 2021 examination is expected to be organized soon by the July last week and the registration procedure may begin in the 1st week of August, 2021.
CAT 2021 Exam Highlights
Features | Details |
Exam Name | CAT (Common Admission Test) |
Conducting Body | IIM |
Exam Level | National Level Exams |
Exam schedule | Last week of November, 2021 |
Course Offered | MBA/PGDM |
Exam Helpdesk No. | 1-800-209-0830 (Toll Free) |
Exam Website |
CAT 2021 Eligibility Criteria
- Candidates must have a Graduation degree with minimum 50% aggregate (45% aggregate for SC, ST and PWD category candidates) or equivalent from any recognized university or institute.
- You must have done a professional degree in CA/ CS/ ICWA with the required percentage.
- Candidates who are in the final year of their graduation are also eligible to apply for CAT exam
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CAT 2021 Important Dates
You can check below CAT 2021 tentative important dates:-
Events | Important Dates (Tentative) |
CAT 2021 notification release | Last week of July, 2021 |
Registrations start | First week of August, 2021 |
Registrations end date | Third week of September, 2021 |
Registration form correction | Third week of September, 2021 |
Admit card release date | Last week of October, 2021 |
Mock test release date | First week of November, 2021 |
CAT official tutorial release | First week of November, 2021 |
Exam Date | Last week of November, 2021 |
Release of Answer key | First week of December, 2021 |
Declaration of result (CAT 2021) | First week of January, 2022 |
CAT 2021 Registration
You can register easily for the CAT 2021 exam through given below steps:-
- Firstly go to the official website – https://iimcat.ac.in/
- Now register yourself by entering your details such as name, date of birth, email ID and mobile number
- Now ask for the OTP for successful registration
- An OTP will be sent on your registered phone number or mail ID
- Now after the successful registration process, login by entering the OTP in the given field
- Now enter all the required details in the registration form
- Upload scanned documents in the required place
- After this select the test centers and preferred IIM campus for Writing Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI)
- Now pay the registration fees for CAT 2021 exam
CAT 2021 Application Fee:
CAT 2021 Application Fee
- General and OBC Category Candidates – 2,000/-
- SC, ST and PWD Category Candidates – 1,000/-
How to pay CAT 2021 Exam Fee?
CAT 2021 exam fee can be paid through online mode – debit/credit card or net banking.
CAT 2021 Exam Pattern
CAT 2021 Examination is divided into three sections namely VARC (Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension), QA (Quantitative Aptitude) and DILR (Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning) will come to solve Non-MCQ and MCQ type questions.
Know distribution details of CAT 2021 exam Sections and questions below:-
Sections | VARC, QA and DILR |
Duration of exam | Total 120 minutes (40 minutes per section) |
Total number of questions | 76 Questions |
Section-wise number of questions |
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Total marks | 228 Marks |
Language of question paper | English Language |
Type of questions | Non-MCQs and MCQs |
Marking Scheme |
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CAT 2020 Cut Off for IIM Admission
IIM | CAT cut off 2020 |
IIM Trichy | 95 |
IIM Jammu | 95 |
IIM Sirmaur | 95 |
IIM Ranchi | 95 |
IIM Raipur | 95 |
IIM Bodhgaya | 95 |
IIM Udaipur | 90 |
IIM Amritsar | 90 |
IIM Kashipur | 90 |
IIM Sambalpur | 90 |
IIM Nagpur | 90 |
IIM Lucknow | 90 |
IIM Indore | 90 |
IIM Rohtak | 90 |
IIM Visakhapatnam | 90 |
IIM Kozhikode | 85 |
IIM Calcutta | 85 |
IIM Ahmedabad | 80 |
IIM Bangalore | 80 |
IIM Shillong | 75 |
CAT Test Centres and Cities
CAT 2021 examination was conducted at numerous exam centers located in 156 cities in India. You have to choose at least six exam center preferences during the registration:-
| Mumbai | Hamirpur |
| Nashik | Jammu |
| Satara | Bokaro |
| Palghar | Dhanbad |
| Ulhasnagar | Hazaribagh |
| Shillong | Jamshedpur |
| Aizawl | Ranchi |
| Kohima | Belagavi (Belgaum) |
| Balasore | Bengaluru |
| Cuttack | Hubballi(Hubli) |
| Sambalpur | Mysuru(Mysore) |
| Berhampur | Kalaburagi(Gulbarga) |
| Dhenkanal | Shivamogga(Shimoga) |
| Bhubaneswar | Dharwad |
| Rourkela | Mangaluru(Mangalore) |
| Puducherry | Udupi |
| Pathankot | Kannur |
| Ludhiana | Ernakulam |
| Amritsar | Kollam |
| Bhatinda | Kottayam |
| Patiala | Kozhikode |
| Jalandhar | Thrissur |
| Sangrur | Trivandrum |
| Ajmer | Bhopal |
| Jaipur | Jabalpur |
| Sikar | Ujjain |
| Alwar | Gwalior |
| Jodhpur | Sagar |
| Udaipur | Indore |
| Bikaner | Satna |
| Kota | Bhopal |
| Madurai | Jabalpur |
| Chennai | Ujjain |
| Salem | Gwalior |
| Trichy | Sagar |
| Coimbatore | Indore |
| Vellore | Satna |
| Tirunelveli | Amravati |
| Hyderabad | Jalgaon |
| Karimnagar | Nagpur |
| Warangal | Pune |
| Allahabad | Solapur |
| Bareilly | Navi Mumbai |
| Kanpur | Ahmednagar |
| Muzaffarnagar | Kolhapur |
| Agra | Nanded |
| Gorakhpur | Raigad |
| Lucknow | Thane |
| Varanasi | Vasai |
| Aligarh | Aurangabad |
| Dehradun | Moradabad |
| Asansol | Roorkee |
| Burdwan | Bankura |
| Kalyani | Hooghly |
| Siliguri | Aurangabad-Bihar |
| Port Blair | Darbhanga |
| Guntur | Arrah |
| Nellore | Muzaffarpur |
| Vijayawada | Bhagalpur |
| Kakinada | Patna |
| Rajahmundry | Mohali |
| Visakhapatnam | Chandigarh |
| Kurnool | Bhilai Nagar |
| Tirupathi | Bilaspur |
| Vizianagaram | Raipur |
| Itanagar | Delhi |
| Dibrugarh | Faridabad |
| Silchar | Gurugram |
| Guwahati | Ghaziabad |
| Tezpur | New Delhi |
| Jorhat | Greater Noida |
| Ambala | Noida |
| Hisar | Meerut |
| Karnal | Panaji |
| Kurushetra | Ahmedabad |
| Panipat | Mehsana |
| Rohtak | Vadodara |
| Shimla | Anand |
| Jhansi | Rajkot |
| Haldwani | Gandhinagar |
| Durgapur | Surat |
| Kolkata |
Top 10 colleges Accepting CAT score
- IIM Calcutta
- IIM Shillong
- Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
- Amity Business School, Noida
- Asia Pacific Institute of Management
- Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH)
- P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR)
- DY Patil University
- IMS Ghaziabad
- UPES University
CAT Exam FAQs
Ques. How many times CAT examination was conducted in a year?
Ans. CAT examination was conducted once in a year.
Ques. Can I pay application fee through offline mode?
Ans. No, you can only pay application fee in online mode via debit/credit card or net banking.
Ques. Is there any limit for registration in CAT exam?
Ans. No, there is no age limit specified to appear in the CAT exam. You only have to fulfill the eligible criteria.
Ques. When will CAT 2021exam result be declared?
Ans. CAT 2021exam result will be declared in the first week of January 2022.
Ques. Can I apply for more than one slot for CAT 2021 exam?
Ans. No, you can’t apply for more than one slot for CAT 2021 exam, you can appear for CAT exam in one slot only.
Ques. Is there any advantage given to PWD category candidates in CAT question paper timings?
Ans. Yes, PWD category candidates will get extra 20 minutes in CAT question paper.
Ques. Is there any negative marking in CAT 2021 exam?
Ans. Negative marking scheme for the CAT 2021 exam is given below:-
- 1/3 (-1) marks will deducted for every wrong answer in MCQs
- There is no negative marking for every wrong non-MCQ answer
Ques. What is the registration fee for general category candidates?
Ans. The registration fee for general category candidates is Rs. 2,000/-
Ques. From where I can register for CAT 2021 exam?
Ans. Go to this link and register for CAT 2021 exam – https://iimcat.ac.in/
Ques. How many questions will come in CAT 2021 exam section wise?
Ans. There are total 76 questions in CAT exam:-
- VARC – 26 Questions
- DILR – 24 Questions
- QA – 26 Questions
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