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CONTENTS
Introduction 3
Key exam Highlights 4
CMAT Exam Dates 5
CMAT Eligibility Criteria 6
CMAT Application Form 7
CMAT Exam Centers 9
CMAT Admit Card 10
CMAT Exam Pattern 11
CMAT Exam Syllabus 12
CMAT Mock Test 13
CMAT Answer Key 14
CMAT Result 15
CMAT Cut Off 16
CMAT Selection Process 17
CMAT Participating Institute 18

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INTRODUCTION
The Common Management Admission Test is conducted by the National Testing
Agency (NTA). The CMAT registration Form is available from the first week of Decem-
ber every year. The aspirants who hold a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline are
eligible to register for the CMAT exam. The application form will be available only in
online mode. The examination is conducted in the online Computer Based Test (CBT)
in the first week of February. Candidates can find here details about CMAT application
form, syllabus, exam pattern, eligibility, admit card, result, important dates, cut off,
and exam fees, go through this article.

CMAT Exam : Overview

Common Management Admission Test is a National Entrance Examination to take
admission to various management programs across the country. The students who
are willing to apply are advised to apply on or before the end of the CMAT registra-
tion date. Before that, you need to know what CMAT is? Where is it used?. Key exam
highlights and other major details are as follows:

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KEY EXAM HIGHLIGHTS

Particulars Events
Name of the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)
Examination
Conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA)
Mode of the Exam Online - Computer Based Test (CBT)
Sections • Logical Reasoning

• General Awareness

• Language Comprehension and Verbal ability

• Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation

Duration 3 hours (180 Minutes) - 9:30 AM to 12:30 Noon

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CMAT EXAM DATES

The candidates who are all going to apply for NTA CMAT should know the application
starting and end date, admit card available date, examination date and also result
declaration date. With the help of knowing the CMAT Exam Dates, you can easily
schedule the time for preparation. The dates of the Common Management Admission
Test are given below.

Exam dates of CMAT

Events Dates (Tentative)
CMAT Online First Week of December
Registration Link
Starts From
Last Date to Submit Last Week of January
the Application
Admit Card Live on First Week of February
CMAT Exam Date First Week of February
Answer Key
Second Week of February
Available on
Declaration of Third Week of February
Result

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CMAT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

To register for the exam, you need to know the eligibility criteria of CMAT. If you meet
the qualification, age limit, and other eligibility you can apply. Here are the details of
all the eligibility to apply for CMAT.

• The students who successfully completed the Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline
from recognized University/ Institute/ College are eligible to apply.
• Aspirants appearing for the final year of Graduation (10+2+3) whose result will
be declared before starting of admission can also apply for CMAT Computer
Based Test.
• The candidate must be an Indian citizen.
• There is no age limit for appearing in CMAT.

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CMAT APPLICATION FORM

The registration form of CMAT is available in online mode. The students can get the
application form from the NTA CMAT official website. The online application process
commences in the first week of December and it will end in the last week of January.
To complete the application, you need to follow some steps given below.

Required Documents to complete the CMAT Application Form online:

Candidates should have the following documents and information ready with them
before filling the application form of CMAT.

• Scanned coloured Photographs (between 10 kb to 200 kb)

• Scanned Signature (between 4 kb to 30 kb)
• Qualification Details (10th, 12th, Graduation)
• Personal Details (Aadhaar Card, Pan Card)
• Valid Email ID and Phone Number
• Payment Details (Credit/ Debit Card, Netbanking, UPI, PayTM)

Steps to fill CMAT Application Form:

Step 1: As a new candidate, you must go to the ‘New Candidate Registration’. This
will redirect you to the CMAT Registration Form.

Step 2: On this page, you will need to enter all the personal details (Name, Email ID,
Phone Number), create a password, and choose the security question and answer to
complete the first step of the CMAT registration form.

NOTE: Upon completion of the form, you will receive a notification from NTA-CMAT
informing you of your CMAT application form number.

Step 3: With the help of login credentials (Application Number and Password) you can
login to the application form page.

Step 4: Follow the instructions carefully and fill in all the remaining personal details
and you must select four test cities for CMAT to appear (Once the test centre selected,
can not be changed in future).

Step 5: Next, you have to upload all the required documents in a prescribed format.

Step 6: Then you have to pay the CMAT Exam fees online using Credit/ Debit card, Net
banking, PayTM, UPI, e-Challan and other payment methods.
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CMAT Application Fee

Category Boys Girls Transgender
General Rs. 1600 Rs. 1000 Rs. 700
Gen-EWS/ OBC Rs. 1000 Rs. 1000
(NCL)
SC/ ST/ PwD Rs. 800 Rs. 700

NOTE: Service/ Processing Fees and Goods and Services Tax (GST) shall be paid by
the applicant as applicable.

Step 7: Finally, download and take a printout of the submitted Common Management
Admission Test application form for your future reference.

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CMAT EXAM CENTERS

There are 104 exam cities and 245 exam centres are available across the country
for CMAT. The Common Management Admission Test is held during the first week of
February. All CMAT exam centers are assigned specific codes so that the candidates
can immediately know the code assigned to them by any CMAT test city. The name
of the Common Management Admission Test city is assigned to the test examinee
and will be marked on the CMAT Admit Card with the test location. The state wise list
of CMAT examination centers in India is shared below:

Exam Centres of CMAT

Andaman and Nicobar Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh
Assam Bihar Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa
Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka
Kerala Ladakh Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur
Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland
Odisha Puducherry Punjab
Rajasthan Tamilnadu Telangana
Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand
West Bengal

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CMAT ADMIT CARD

CMAT Admit Card can be downloaded from the official website from the second week
of February. The admit card is only available in online mode and can be downloaded
until exam day. CMAT Admit Card will not be sent as a hard copy to the candidate’s
registered address. The step-by-step process on how to download the CMAT Admit
Card is shared below.

Step 1: First, visit the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA).

Step 2: Find and click the “Download Admit Card” link from the bottom of the page. It
will redirect you to the hall ticket download page.

Step 3: From there, you have to enter the application number, password and security
pin/ captcha. After entering the required information, click on the “Sign In” button.

Step 4: It will take you to your dashboard page. In the dashboard page, you have to
click the “Download Admit Card” button.

Step 5: The CMAT Admit Card will automatically download and save it on your local
PC drive.

Step 5: Take a printout of the downloaded admit card and check if all the required
details are available.

When going to appear for the Common Management Admission Test , you must carry
the hard copy of admit card with you. Otherwise, you will not be allowed to enter the
exam hall.

NOTE: Note that only those who have pre-registered can download the CAT Admit
Card. If any applicant is unable to download his/her CMAT Admit Card, he/she can
email to cmat.nta2020@gmail.com

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CMAT EXAM PATTERN

The National Testing Agency has been conducting the Common Management Admis-
sion Test on online computer-based mode. Similarly this year also they are going
to follow the same pattern. CMAT Exam Pattern consists of 100 questions of MCQs
and divided into 4 sections. The overall composition of the CMAT exam pattern is
as follows:

Particulars Events
Type of Questions Objective Type Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Total Number of Questions 100
Total Marks 400
Duration of the Exam 3 hours (180 Minutes)
Mode of the Exam Online Computer Based Test (CBT)
Marking Scheme • +4 Mark for Each Right Answer
• -1 Mark for Each Invalid Answer

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CMAT EXAM SYLLABUS

CMAT syllabus deals with four CMAT exam sections. However, the CMAT syllabus is
not strictly defined in advance by the AICTE or the National Testing Agency (NTA). To
know the overall CMAT syllabus, you need to know about the sectional structure of
the CMAT syllabus and the section weightage of each section in the Common Man-
agement Admission Test.

Many titles are added or removed each year. This will continue to change with each
Common Management Admission Test. The updated CMAT syllabus PDF will help
you increase your CMAT preparation according to the current CMAT syllabus. The
CMAT syllabus PDF free download link is available online. It contains existing and
expected topics along with the types of questions expected in the Common Manage-
ment Admission Test.

The CMAT question paper has four sections with multiple questions and maximum
scoring opportunities:

Sectional Breakup of Questions

Sections Number of Question Maximum Marks
Logical Reasoning 25 100
General Awareness 25 100
Language
Comprehension and 25 100
Verbal ability
Quantitative Techniques 25 100
and Data Interpretation
Total 100 400

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CMAT MOCK TEST

Online mock test for CMAT is the best preparation method that will help CMAT test
takers to get better scores. Help Common Management Admission Test enthusiasts,
Careers360 experts have prepared several CMAT online mock tests with various dif-
ficulty levels based on the latest CMAT exam pattern. Before attempting CMAT Mock
Test, you should know the latest exam pattern and syllabus.

We also provide the CMAT study material pdf free download link on our website.
Before going to take a mock test, you are encouraged to download the study material
in pdf format and go through it. A lot of students have a question about the Best book
for CMAT preparation. The answer is, there is no best book for CMAT. The dedication,
preparation and practice will help you to clear the CMAT with good percentile/ score.

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CMAT ANSWER KEY

NTA will release the CMAT Answer Key in the second week of February. The National
Testing Agency will display the CMAT answer key and response sheet along with the
objection form to challenge the answer key of CMAT on the official website. Along
with the CMAT answer key, the NTA will display the question paper of CMAT attempted
by the aspirant. Candidates who are not satisfied with the CMAT answer keys can
challenge them by filling up the online application form.

Steps involved to download the CMAT answer key:

Step 1: Open the CMAT NTA website and click the link “CMAT Answer Key”.

Step 2: Download the answer key in pdf format by using CMAT login credentials
(Application Number, Password, Security Pin).

Step 3: Once got the answer key, compare with your attempted questions.

NOTE: If you are not satisfied with the correct answer key as given on the CMAT web-
site, you can challenge the answer key by filing a claim after paying a fee of Rs.1000
per question.

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CMAT RESULT
The NTA will release the CMAT Result in the third week of February. The result will
be released in the afternoon along with the scorecard. The score card can be down-
loaded from the official exam website on the result date. You can only know the CMAT
result online. The hard copy of the result/ scorecard will not be sent to your registered
address.

CMAT results will be compiled based on the final CMAT answer keys. If you are not
satisfied with your CMAT scores, your CMAT scorecard cannot be re-evaluated/
rechecking. NTA provides the facility for all test takers to challenge the official CMAT
answer key before announcing the CMAT result.

The following is the step-by-step procedure for downloading NTA CMAT Exam
Results and Score Card:

Step 1: Go to the official NTA website.

Step 2: Click the “View Result/ Score Card” button.

Step 3: It will carry you to the Result page. From there, you have to enter the Applica-
tion Number, Date of Birth, and Enter Security Pin (case sensitive).

Step 4: After entering the required information, click the “Submit” button.

Step 5: Finally, the electronically generated CMAT scorecard will be downloaded.

NOTE: Note that separate scorecards will not be sent to candidates by email or post.

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CMAT CUT OFF

The Institute will list candidates for admission based on the overall CMAT cut off.
Some B-schools may consider the CMAT sectional cut off as category wise/ course
wise. Here are some of the best MBA colleges that accept 90 percentile and above
overall cutoff and sectional cutoff.

CMAT Cutoff for Various Participating Colleges

To MBA Colleges CMAT Cut Off Percentile
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) 99.99
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies and Research 99.96
and Entrepreneurship Education (SIMSREE)
Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) 90
Goa Institute of Management (GIM) 90
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies And
90
Research (SIMSR)
Department of Management Sciences University of Pune 90
(PUMBA)
IFMR Graduate School of Business (GSB) at KREA • 90
University

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CMAT SELECTION PROCESS

The CMAT exam procedure for MBA admission will start in February after the CMAT
results are announced. There are 1000+ AICTE accredited MBA/ PGDM colleges par-
ticipating in the CMAT exam process as they accept the CMAT exam score on MBA
admission. The CMAT Selection Process has four main stages:

Taking CMAT Exam: The first part of the CMAT exam is based on the candidate’s per-
formance in the CMAT exam, which can be measured by the overall score, percentage
score, and section score in the CMAT exam.

Declaration of Result: The CMAT Result will be available from the first week of Febru-
ary. The CMAT score card includes the overall raw score, sectional score, overall per-
centile, and sectional percentile. The CMAT selection process depends on your place
in the National Merit List. The candidate must also submit their CMAT exam score to
the respective B-School where they have already applied or plan to apply now.

Shortlisting by B-Schools: The next stage of the selection process is a shortlist for
the final admission round based on the CMAT exam score of the B-School where you
applied for MBA Admission. Each participating institute will publish their respective
CMAT cutoff, candidates must meet to qualify to join the particular institute. Upon
qualification, the candidates must appear for the selection procedure of the particular
institution including Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI).

Participate in GD and PI: Many MBA colleges conduct their own GD and PI process
for selecting candidates through the CMAT selection procedure for MBA admission.
CMAT selection procedure for final counselling based on entrance exam score, aca-
demic performance, work experience, and GD & PI round performance. Final admis-
sion offers will be successfully made by B-Schools in May/ June.

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CMAT PARTICIPATING INSTITUTE

The CMAT score is used by a number of MBA colleges that accept the CMAT score for
MBA Admission. Here, we provide a list of CMAT accepting colleges in India.

• Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore

• Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai
• Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi
• Goa Institute of Management, Goa
• Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
• Balaji Institute of Modern Management, Pune
• MYRA School of Business, Mysore
• Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
• TERI University, Delhi
• WeSchool Mumbai & Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business (IISWBM), Kolkata
• Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida
• Future Business School, Kolkata
• Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow
• Acharya Bangalore Business School, Bangalore
• ITM Business School, Bangalore
• KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai
• Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development,
Mysore
• Dr. DY Patil Institute of Management, Pune
• Indira School of Business Studies, Pune
• Pune University MBA (PUMBA) Department of Management Sciences
• Doon Business School, Dehradun
• Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bangalore
• Sydenham Institute of Management Studies Research and Entrepreneurship
Education (SIMSREE), Mumbai

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