A common entrance test for the upcoming management aspirants: CMAT

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A common entrance test for the upcoming management aspirants: CMAT

Educators who create college entrance exams are continually striving to perfect their exams and to formulate fair tests with accurate score results. While many of these exams have improved, problems still remain and some colleges are assessing whether these tests should continue to be used for application purposes-leaving students to wonder if entrance tests and exams are really all that important on their admissions applications.

Entrance exams are an important part of an application to any premier institute, they give an appropriate capability of a student irrespective of his/her grades, it gauges the students’ aptitude on one scale and therefore standardization prevails in the selection process. Since there is dire need of talented and brainy management professionals in our country; it is extremely important that a standard entrance test for management institutes is established. There are number of entrance exams today which are varied and stringent according to the fields of study.

To bring about a wave of consistency and regularity; AICTE has come up with Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) in 2012 to reduce the burden on management institutes as well students across the country. CMAT will bring about uniformity in the selection procedure in the management institutes and become a single-shot solution due to the nationalization. CMAT is a computer-based test (CBT) which will be conducted twice a year. Each Candidate is eligible to appear in both the exams and the better of the two scores will be used for the admission for each academic year.  The second CMAT exam for admissions to the academic year 2014-15 will be conducted from 20th February 2014 – 24th February 2014.

Following are the details about CMAT:

CMAT is a 3 hour test. CMAT question paper comprises four sections:

There are 25 questions in each section. While each correct answer carries four marks, each wrong answer will carry one negative marking.

CMAT Eligibility

  • Graduates with 50% in any discipline
  • Final year students of Graduate Courses can also apply
  • Test Fee
  • General/OBC: Rs.1200 + Bank charges as applicable
  • SC/ST/PD: Rs.600 + Bank charges as applicable
  • In Foreign Countries: $125 + Bank charges as applicable

 Important Tip: 

 

  • You may stop preparing GK questions a fortnight ahead of the forthcoming examination as the test paper is usually set about a fortnight in advance. However, continue revising whatever you have learnt, Because knowledge never goes in vain!Image

 

 

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