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CMAT (Common Management Admission Test)

Registrations: Last week of December

CMAT Overview

CMAT (Common Management Admission Test) is a national level entrance examination. This Examination was organized by NTA (National Testing Agency) every year to give admission in various management programms. All AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) Approved University Departments/ Affiliated Colleges/Institutions/Constituent Colleges accept the CMAT scores.

On the basis of your CMAT scores in the exam, you will be called for the next rounds by the participating institutions if you qualified the particular cut off. Likewise, you have to clear the Personal Interview, Group Discussion and Written Ability Test.

CMAT Exam Highlights

Features 

Details 

Exam Name

CMAT (Common Management Admission Test)

Conducting Body

NTA (National Testing Agency)

Exam Level

National Level Exams

Exam Frequency

Once in a Year

Language

English Language

Course Offered

MBA/PGDM

Exam Helpdesk No.

0120-6895200

Exam Website

 https://cmat.nta.nic.in/

CMAT Eligibility Criteria

  • Candidates must have cleared class 10th and 12th from any recognized board
  • Candidates must have done graduation from any recognized university or institute.
  • If you are in the final year of your graduation then also you are eligible to apply for CMAT exam.
  • Candidate must be an authorized citizen of India

Given below course wise eligibility criteria for various offered courses under CMAT examination:-

Courses

Eligibility Criteria

MBA/PGDM

Candidates must have done graduation with minimum 50% aggregate (45% aggregate for reserved category candidates)

Executive PGDM

Candidates must have done graduation in any stream with minimum 50% aggregate (45% aggregate for Reserved category candidates) and also must have an average work experience of five years in supervisory

Post Graduate Certificate in Management (PGCM)

Candidates must have done graduation with minimum 50% aggregate (45% aggregate for reserved category candidates).

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CMAT Important Dates

You can check below CMAT important dates:-

Events

Dates

Starting of online registration

Last week of December

Last date to register

First week of March

Last date of fee payment online

First week of March

Online Correction in the particulars

First week of March

Availability of Admit Card

Last week of March

CMAT Exam

Last week of March

Declaration of result

Second week of April

Availability of scorecard

Second week of April, 2023

CMAT Registration

You can register easily for the CMAT exam through given below steps:-

  • Firstly go to the official website – https://cmat.nta.nic.in/
  • Click on the “New Registration” tab
  • You will be redirected to a new page
  • Now the registration form will appear, fill in all the details in the given space
  • Now pay the application fees
  • After completing the form recheck all the details and click on submit
  • After the submitting the registration form, an registration number will appear with the password

CMAT Application Fee:

Category

Application Fee (in Rs.)

For Boys

For Girls

General Category candidates

Rs. 2000/-

Rs. 1000/-

EWS/ OBC- NCL/ SC/ ST/ PWD Category candidates

Rs. 1000/-

Rs. 1000/-

Transgender candidates

Rs. 1000/-

How to pay CMAT Application Fee?

CMAT Registration Fee can be paid via online mode using debit card/credit card /net banking / UPI/PayTM /CANARA/ ICI Bank (from 11: 50 p.m. till bank hours).

CMAT Exam Pattern

CMAT Examination is divided into four sections namely Quantitative, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Techniques and Data Interpretation, General Awareness will come to solve MCQ type questions

Check below details about CMAT entrance exam pattern:-

Sections

Quantitative, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, Techniques and Data Interpretation, General Awareness, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (New)

Duration of exam

Total 3 hours along with 30 minutes for new section (Optional paper)

Total number of questions

100 Questions + 25 Questions for new section

Section-wise number of questions

  • Quantitative – 25 Questions
  • Logical Reasoning – 25 Questions
  • Language Comprehension – 25 Questions
  • Techniques and Data Interpretation – 25 Questions
  • General Awareness – 25 Questions
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship (New) – 25 Questions

Total marks

100 Marks (total weightage of each section)

Language of question paper

English Language

Type of questions

MCQs

Marking Scheme

  • You will get +4 marks for every correct answer
  • 1 mark will deducted for every wrong answer in MCQs

CMAT Cut Off

The sectional cut-off percentage marks in CMAT exam section wise given below:-

Section

Expected Sectional Cut Off of CMAT (Tentative)

General Awareness

55

Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation

50

Language Comprehension

45

Logical Reasoning

40

CMAT Test Centres and Cities

CMAT examination was conducted at numerous exam centers located in 156 cities in India. You have to choose at least four exam center preferences during the registration:-

State

City

Andhra Pradesh

Guntur

Kurnool

Nellore

Rajahmundry

Tirupathi

Vijayawada

Visakhapatnam

Arunachal Pradesh

Ita Nagar/Naharlagun

Assam

Dibrugarh

Guwahati

Bihar

Bhagalpur

Darbhanga

Gaya

Muzaffarpur

Patna

Chandigarh/Mohali

Chandigarh/Mohali

Chhattisgarh

Bhilai Nagar/Durg

Raipur

Delhi

Delhi

Goa

Panaji

Gujarat

Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar

Anand

Bhavnagar

Bhuj

Himatnagar

Jamnagar

Mehsana

Rajkot

Surat

Vadodara

Valsad/Vapi

Haryana

Ambala

Faridabad

Gurugram

Hissar

Uttar Pradesh

Agra

Aligarh

Allahabad/Prayagraj

Ambedkar Nagar

Azamgarh

Ballia

Banda

Barabanki

Bareilly

Basti

Bijnor

Bulandshahr

Chandauli

Deoria

Etawah

Faizabad

Firozabad

Ghaziabad

Ghazipur

Gorakhpur

Jalaun (Orai)

Jaunpur

Jhansi

Kanpur

Kushinagar

Lakhimpur Kheri

Lucknow

Mathura

Mau

Meerut

Mirzapur

Moradabad

Muzaffarnagar

Noida/G Noida

Pratapgarh

Raebareili

Saharanpur

Shahjanpur

Sonbhadra

Sultanpur

Varanasi

Himachal Pradesh

Bilaspur

Hamirpur

Shimla

Solan

Jammu

Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar

Jharkhand

Dhanbad

Jamshedpur

Ranchi

Karnataka

Belagavi (Belgaum)

Bengaluru

Dharwad/Hubballi (Hubli)

Gulbarga

Mangaluru (Mangalore)

Mysuru (Mysore)

Udupi/Manipal

Kerala

Ernakulam

Kottayam

Kozhikode

Thiruvananthapuram

Thrissur

Ladakh

Leh

Lakshwadeep

Kavaratti

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal

Gwalior

Indore

Jabalpur

Sagar

Maharashtra

Ahmednagar

Amravati

Aurangabad

Dhule

Kolhapur

Mumbai/Navi Mumbai

Nagpur

Nanded

Nashik

Pune

Solapur

Thane

Manipur

Imphal

Meghalaya

Shillong

Mizoram

Aizawl

Nagaland

Dimapur

Kohima

Odisha

Balasore (Baleswar)

Berhampur-Ganjam

Bhawanipatna/Kalahandi

Bhubaneswar

Jeypore/Koraput

Sambalpur

Puducherry

Puducherry

Punjab

Amritsar

Bhatinda

Ludhiana

Patiala/Fatehgarh Sahib

Rajasthan

Jaipur

Jodhpur

Kota

Sikar

Udaipur

Tamil Nadu

Chennai

Coimbatore

Madurai

Tiruchirappalli

Tirunelveli

Telangana

Hyderabad

Karimnagar

Warangal

Tripura

Agartala

Uttarakhand

Dehradun

Haldwani

Roorkee

West Bengal

Kolkata

Siliguri

Andaman and Nicobar

Port Blair

Top 10 colleges Accepting CMAT score

  1. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research
  2. International School of Business and Media (ISBM)
  3. Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH)
  4. Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, Delhi
  5. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth
  6. University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES)
  7. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT)
  8. IMT Ghaziabad
  9. Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) Mumbai
  10. Xavier Business School

CMAT Exam FAQs

Ques. Who will be the conducting CMAT exam?

Ans. National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct CMAT exam.

Ques. Can I submit my registration form through offline mode?

Ans. CMAT Registration Fee can be paid via online mode using debit card/credit card /net banking / UPI/PayTM /CANARA/ ICI Bank (from 11: 50 p.m. till bank hours).

Ques. In which languages does the CMAT exam conducted?

Ans. The CMAT exam was conducted in both English language only.

Ques. From where I can register for CMAT exam?

Ans. Go to this link and register for CMAT exam – https://cmat.nta.nic.in/

Ques. Is there any age limit for registration in CMAT exam?

Ans. There is no age limit for registration in CMAT  exam.

Ques. Is there any negative marking in CMAT exam?

Ans.  Negative marking scheme for the CMAT exam is given below:-

  • 1 mark will deducted for every wrong answer in MCQs

Ques. What is the new section that has been added this year in CMAT exam?

Ans. The new section that has been added this year in CMAT exam is Innovation and Entrepreneurship and it is an optional section in the paper for which you will get 30 minutes extra along with 3 hours (total time) in the exam.

Ques. What is the CMAT registration fee for general category candidates?

Ans. The CMAT registration fee for general category candidates is:-

For Boys

For Girls

Rs. 2000/-

Rs. 1000/-

Ques. In how many cities does CMAT test or exam centers are located?

Ans. CMAT test or exam centers are located in 156 cities in India.

Ques. What is the eligibility criterion to apply for CMAT exam?

Ans. The eligibility criterion to apply for CMAT exam is given below:-

  • Candidates must have done graduation from any recognized university or institute.
  • If you are in the final year of your graduation then also you are eligible to apply for CMAT exam.
  • Candidate must be an authorized citizen of India

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