Common Admission Test (CAT) is an entrance exam to get into 2 year MBA programs at 20 IIMs in India. CAT 2021 is expected to held in the last week of November 2021 and CAT registration 2021 to begin in July. The eligibility for taking CAT exam is 50% marks in graduation, for reserved categories the qualifying marks are relaxed up to 5%. Check CAT Eligibility & reservation criteria 2021
Every year CAT exam is conducted by one of the IIMs for over 2 lakh candidates to offer admission in 5000+ seats. CAT Application fee 2021 for general & male candidates is INR 2000 + Bank Processing Charge & for other candidates is INR 1000 + Bank Processing Charge.
CAT Latest Updates:
- May 21: IIM Kashipur has released the final admission list while the remaining IIMs are expected to release the result in the 4th week of May.
- IIM Raipur has also released the 1st Admission Merit List PGP 2021-23 today on its website.
- May 20: IIM Lucknow has released the final admission result of the MBA programs on the official website.
- May 17: IIT Roorkee has released the 2nd list of candidates to offer admission in MBA and the last date to deposit the admission fee is May 24.
- May 14: IIM Amritsar will release the 2021-23 batch admission results for MBA, MBA-BA, & MBA-HR programs on May 17, 2021, at 10 am.
- May 13: IIM Ahmedabad & Indore have released the final admission list for the MBA batch of 2021-23.
- May 12: CAT 2021 conducting body ‘IIM Ahmedabad’ appoints Prof M P Ram Mohan as convener of CAT examination.
- May 8: IIM will release the score normalization method to maintain transparency in the CAT result process.
- April 21: CAT aspirants can download section-wise CAT Previous Years Question Papers to boost preparation.
- April 15: IIM-R Director has suggested the formation of ‘CAT Corporation’ to conduct CAT in multiple languages & attempts.
CAT 2020 has been conducted successfully and IIMs have released CAT shortlisted candidates and have begun with their admission cycle. IIM Ahmedabad has decreased the weightage of the CAT exam this year from 80% to 65%. This increases the chance of candidates from diverse background to sit for the selection process.
Common Admission Test Highlights
| Particulars | Details |
|---|---|
| CAT 2021 Conducting Body | IIM-A |
| CAT Official Website | iimcat.ac.in |
| Duration | 2 Hours |
| Number of Sections | 3 (Quantitative Ability-34, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension-34, and Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning-32) |
| CAT 2021 Application Mode | Online |
| Medium of Exam | English (Exam is conducted in CBT mode) |
| CAT Helpdesk | [email protected]; 1800-2090-830 |
CAT 2021 Registration, Eligibility & Reservation
CAT Application Form 2021
CAT Registration can be made online at the official website iimcat.ac.in once the link gets activated. Students need to pick the preferred IIMs while filling the application form along with four exam centers. The allocation of CAT exam centers is done as per the availability and preference. It is advised to fill all the four exam center preferences carefully, though authorities may provide a small window for CAT form correction around September 2021.
CAT Application fees as discussed in the opening lines is 2000 for general candidates and 50% rebate is offered for female and reserved quota candidates. The payment can be made online only.
CAT Eligibility 2021
CAT Eligibility is 50% in graduation for general candidates and CA, CS, ICWA degrees are also eligible to take the exam. There is no limit to take the CAT exam. CAT 2021 Eligibility
Reservation in the CAT exam is offered to the reserved quota students as per the GOI guidelines. There is a 5% relaxation in qualifying percentage and also the qualifying percentile is subsidized for such candidates. Check More about CAT Reservation details
CAT 2021 Admit Card & Exam Centers
CAT Registration is followed by the release of CAT Admit Card 2021 which can be downloaded from the CAT website from October 2021. The CAT Hall Ticket will be released in fourth week of October 2021. Check the details around CAT 2021 Admit Card
CAT 2021 will be conducted in 425 test centers across 156 exam cities in the nation. The probability of conducting CAT in 2 slots rather than in 3 slots like that of CAT 2020 is high.
CAT 2021 Marking Scheme
CAT Marking Scheme & Percentile
CAT score is the total marks obtained by a candidate in the entrance exam. Conventionally CAT is a 300 marks exam scored from 100 questions i.e. 3 marks per question and one negative marks for a wrong answer. Score is not widely circulated data for CAT but percentile. Many IIMs also consider sectional cut off for ex IIM Trichy sectional cut off is 80, 80 and 95 for QA, VARC & DILR respectively overall it is 94. Percentile can be mapped with the score on the basis of this score vs percentile mapper.
