CAT 2022 Application Form, Exam Dates, Eligibility, Syllabus

CAT exam is conducted once a year in November. Every year, around two lakh applicants take the CAT exam. It is known as one of the most difficult exams in India. The IIMs issue the authority notification regularly, usually in July. As a result, the CAT Exam 2022 authority notice is expected in the fourth week of July. The authority communication will include all relevant information such as test dates, eligibility, pattern, etc. In addition, applicants can review the prior year's notice from IIM.

The following table contains more information on the subject:

IIMs can access the eligibility criteria of the candidate at the different stages of the selection process. Don't try to fill in any incorrect information while filling the CAT 2022 application form. If your data is detected as incorrect at any stage, you would be declared ineligible, and the CAT 2022 official authority would cancel your candidature. Henceforth, Candidates must meet the CAT 2022 eligibility requirements before filling CAT application form.

• To apply for CAT 2022, Candidates must hold a graduate degree from a university recognized by the HRD, Government of India.
• Before applying for the CAT 2022 exam, make sure you're eligible. It is recommended that students with CGPA scores convert their scores to percentages using a reliable and recognized method.
• The CAT 2022 eligibility criteria are very simple and have always been the same for many years. If the candidates cannot meet the eligibility criteria, they are not eligible for the CAT 2022 exam.

The following are the detailed eligibility requirements for the CAT 2022 examination:

• Qualification- To appear for CAT 2022 exam, the candidate must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent from any of the recognized institutions
• Qualifying Marks- The candidate must have scored a minimum of 50% marks (45% marks for reserved category) in their graduation degree
• Appearing- The students who are in their final semester of graduation can also appear for this exam
• Age limit- There is no set age limit for CAT 2022 examination. Anyone who has a graduation degree could appear for the exam.
• Applications having a professional degree like CA, CS or ICWA are also eligible for CAT 2022
• CAT exam does not have any restriction on the number of attempts that a candidate could take
• The category once filled cannot be changed under any circumstances
• Candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PwD category need to upload their category certificate at the time of CAT 2022 registration

Some of the very important CAT 2022 eligibility criteria regarding academic details of CAT 2022 have been noted below.

• Can any candidate who has scored 50% (45% for reserved category) in their graduation, even with supplementary, apply for CAT 2022 exam
• CAT 2022 offers reservation to category students; the seats in percentage form are distributed as for General- 75%, OBC- 27%, SC- 15%, EWS- upto 10%, ST- 7.5%, and PwD- 5%
• The total number of seats available in all the IIMs are about 4000, out of which only 1900 seats are for the general category, and the rest are reserved for category candidates.
• It is not necessary to fulfil the work experience criteria, but if any candidate holds work experience, he would be given some weightage during the final examination.

To be eligible for MBA admission in Top B Schools or IIMs, candidates must undertake CAT compulsory. Moreover, candidates must satisfy all the CAT 2022 Eligibility Criteria prescribed by the examination authority. Eligible students can fill CAT 2022 Application form via online mode. Students must fill the online CAT application form with all essential details and documentation before the application deadline. As per the tentative schedule, the CAT 2022 Registration Process will begin in the first week of August 2022.

How to apply for CAT 2022?

• Step 1- Begin by registering on the CAT official website (@  iimcat.ac.in )
• Step 2- Fill out the CAT application form, including all required information and valid details.
• Step 3- Scan all the relevant documents and upload them in the proper format.
• Step 4- Pay for CAT application form fees; payment must be made only via credit/debit card or net banking.

CAT 2022 Application fee:-

CAT 2022 registration fees have also been increased. The current CAT 2022 fee for general is Rs. 2,200 and Rs. 1,100 for SC/ST/PwD

CAT Application form status:-

• Once the application form is properly submitted, a pop-up will appear asking you to pay for your CAT application form fees.
• Following your payment, you will receive a confirmation email and an SMS text to your registered mobile number.
• If the form is successfully submitted, the application status will be 'Successfully submitted'; else, it will be 'Application Rejected.'

CAT Application form correction:-

If anything wrong is being filled in the form, then no need to worry about it. The CAT examination authorities activate the CAT 2022 Application Correction Window once the main registration process concludes. As per the tentative schedule, the CAT 2022 application form correction facility will be available from the third week of September 2022. Candidates who have completed the registration process of CAT by paying the stipulated fees will only be able to make corrections in the CAT 2022 Application form.

Only the following details can be edited in CAT 2022 Application form:

• Photographs
• Signatures
• Test City Option
• Other documents can be modified

Details that cannot be edited in CAT 2022 Application Form

• Candidates Name
• Date of Birth
• Mobile Number
• Date of Birth

 IMPORTANT things to know:-

• Your application form may be rejected if you submit incorrect information during the registration process.
• During your CAT 2022 counselling/document verification round, all of your certificates will be verified. If anything is found to be incorrect, your entrance to the CAT exam will be cancelled.
• You must have a valid photo ID with you when you enter the CAT examination centre. Calculators and cell phones would be restricted in the examination hall.

CAT 2022 is a computer-based exam. In a year, over two lakh candidates appear for this management exam. Candidates need good preparation to crack the CAT 2022 exam. Developing the right strategies would be helpful for candidates in scoring well in the exam. In addition, candidates must be aware of CAT 2022 Exam Pattern as well CAT 2022 Syllabus to prepare better for examination. Before the exam dates, the exam authority will release the official notification pertaining exam pattern & syllabus. Candidates are required to visit the official website to access it.

CAT 2022 Exam Pattern:

In CAT 2022 exam pattern, there would be 3 sections to attempt, and the duration will be two hours. The aspirants to crack the exam need to make a section-wise strategy. Some of the top institutions which aspirants must focus on are IIMs, FMS New Delhi, IMT Ghaziabad, and SPJIMR Mumbai

• CAT 2022 will be an online-mode exam.
• The question paper will have 76 questions in total.
• CAT 2022 exam paper will have three sections:

• data interpretation & logical Reasoning
• verbal ability
• quantitative ability

• The duration of the exam will be 2 hours.
• In CAT 2022 exam, for every right answer, 3 marks will be given, and 1 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer. But if the candidate does not attempt the question, then no marks will be given.

The below-given table will explain the CAT 2022 exam pattern in the more clear picture:

Below given is another table that provides more detailed information on CAT 2022 exam patterns:

CAT 2022 Exam Syllabus:

According to the CAT exam trends, the syllabus for the exam is derived from the 10^th to 12^th standard chapters and largely remains undefined. Every year IIM releases the CAT mock test, which highlights the question types and syllabus.

To crack CAT 2022 exam, the candidates have to work according to their capacity and strategy. Candidates can check the section-wise topics below.

• Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC):

• Reading Comprehension- In this section of the CAT Exam, the questions will be asked from the comprehensive passages of medium length. The passage would be about 250-500 words. The questions from the passage would be direct.
• Verbal Ability- In this part of the VARC section, the questions will be asked from Grammar, fill in the blanks, verbal Reasoning, sentence correction, Antonyms, Synonyms, etc

• Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DI & LR):

• Data Interpretation- Data sufficiency, Combination of Graphs, Tables, Bar Graph, Pie Chart etc.
• Logical Reasoning- Binary Logic, Matching Puzzles, Blood Relations, Family Tree, Proposition, Sets Seating Arrangement, Syllogism, Venn Diagram, Statements, Clocks and Calendars, etc

• Quantitative Ability (QA):

• Algebra, Number System, Geometry, Arithmetic, Higher Maths, Modern Mathematics, Trigonometry, Mensuration, etc

In the below-given table are important topics if CAT 2022 Syllabus:

Books for CAT 2022 Preparation:

Candidates planning to appear in the CAT 2022 exam can refer to a few of the books listed below. These books will help in improving the understanding of the topics.

• NCERT Maths 8^th to 10^th- NCERT
• Quantitative Aptitude for MBA Entrance Examinations- Abhijit Guha
• Word Power Made Easy- Norman Lewis
• Business English and Communication- Clark Grade C
• All about Words- Rosenblum and Nurenberg
• How to Prepare for the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT- Arun Sharma & Meenakshi
• Higher Algebra- Hall and Knight
• Crack The CAT Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation- Vivek Gupta and Sandeep Amar
• How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT- Arun Sharma/TATA McGRAW HILL
• Puzzles and some other number books- Shakuntla Devi
• Course in Mental Ability and Quantitative Aptitude         - Edgar Thorpe
• Fundamental of Reasoning A Logic Book- Robert M. Johnson

CAT 2022 Preparation tips:

Only serious aspirants would look for planning guidance at first, not because others aren't important, but because devotion is. To receive a call from a top MBA school or institution, one must outline or strategize regularly. The following are a few tips for passing the CAT 2022 Exam.

• Start getting ready from the beginning: If you're in graduation and want to take the CAT, now is the perfect time to start. For the time being, any success would not be possible without careful planning.
• Basics should be more solid: Make sure that your CAT 2022 planning includes your final marks from graduation, as marks are required to apply to any institution. Possibly the most important suggestion is to make your basics more grounded, that is, acquire from zero levels, so that any inquiry or difficulty can be dealt with more rationally and.
• Keep track of the CAT test date, mock test, and application form: To plan a layout timetable, keep track of the CAT 2022 exam date so that you may read, study, and adjust as needed. Understand the test example and timetable before you begin preparing for the CAT. There is a market full of CAT 2022 study materials, so obtain the review materials of claimed authors or any assessment groups and make a list of every concept and formula beneficial during the test. In addition, if any changes are made to the test pattern that should not bother you, the arrangement should proceed.
• Set goals and take CAT to practise exams:  To pass these difficult examinations, you must be able to manage your time properly. Set goals for accomplishing the concepts in a short amount of time or passing the exams sooner. Take CAT to practise tests and answer questions from previous years' exams to help us feel more confident and learn more about how the test will be conducted.
• CAT exams are moderate. They aren't much tough if one appears in the CAT exam with good preparation.

CAT 2022 admit cards will only be issued on the official website. Candidates who have completed the CAT 2022 application process and paid the application fee of CAT 2022 will only be issued admit cards. The candidates can download cards through the official website using the same login details they used during their CAT registration process.

• Candidates must bring their admit cards to the exam centres as a physical printout copy.
• Candidates must also carry a valid photo ID proof along with CAT admit card.
• All the important details regarding the exam centre and timings will be mentioned on the admit card.
• To be precise, the admit card will have the following details
• Name of the candidate
• Roll number of the candidate
• Date of the CAT 2022 exam
• Timing of the CAT 2022 exam
• Address of the exam centre
• Session
• Candidates will not be allowed in the exam hall without a CAT admit card. So candidates make sure they carry their admit card before leaving their home for CAT 2022 exam.
• The admit card will be released for download in the last week of October.

After the CAT entrance exam concludes, IIM usually releases the CAT 2022 result in December 2022. (tentative). The result would be declared on the official website. Candidates can check the result of CAT 2022 via online mode only by logging into the website.

• It is very easy to know the result as candidates have to enter the same login details as the CAT registration process to log in and check the result of CAT 2022.
• The scorecard of the CAT exam is valid for one year. Candidates have been advised to print out the scorecard and keep it safe until they complete their CAT 2022 admission process.
• The CAT scorecard consists of all the detailed marks and percentile of the candidate and their section-wise performance.

The below table explains the process to download CAT 2022 scorecard.

Expected Cut-offs for IIMs:

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) releases a separate list for CAT cut-off after declaring CAT results every year. The cut-offs are released after the result to shortlist the candidates for the further selection procedure. It includes two cut-offs, are sectional cut-off and overall cut-off

• The sectional CAT cut-off is the one that based on the candidate's score in each section to qualify for the exam
• The overall CAT cut-off is based on the overall score varying between 90 to 99 percentile
• CAT 2022 cut-offs will be released in later January after the declaration of the CAT 2022 result
• Every year the cut-offs vary from college to college, and for each category
• The only student who scores marks equal or above the cut-offs are eligible for the admission procedure

Some of the predicted cut-offs of CAT 2022 for different IIMs are listed below

IIM releases the dates for CAT 2022 counselling on its official website. After the declaration of the result, the candidates are expected to download their rank cards. Once this is done, the candidates must check for their CAT counselling date based on their rank cards.  The candidate's necessary documents and certificates are verified on this date. After the result of the candidates are sent to each of the items. The admission and counselling process is different for all IIMs. The admission is made based on the merit of the candidate. The IIMs selection process includes the Personal Interview round, Essay Writing, and Group Discussion apart from the Written CAT exam.

• The candidates are selected based on their exam scores by IIMs for the second stage of the selection process.
• The selection in IIMs is based on the written ability test (WAT), personal interview (PI), and group discussion (GD)
• The candidate's work experience is counted as well, along with the candidate's academic performance.
• CAT 2022 qualified candidates will only be called for WAT, GD, and PI round
• CAT  2022 participating colleges does not have any collective counselling

In the below-given table, the different criteria are given on which CAT candidates are selected for PI and WAT rounds.

The final selection of the candidate for the colleges will be calculated based on the criteria given in the below-mentioned table.

CAT exam is conducted in around 140+ cities all over India. While registering for CAT 2022 examination, the candidates are required to fulfil their preference for exam centres. Up to four cities are added in the registration form as the exam centre preference. The allocation of the time slot for the CAT exam is done randomly. With every passing year, the number of candidates appearing for the CAT exam is increasing. The CAT score is accepted by almost all the business schools in India.

The below mentioned are a few of the recently added cities as exam centres in the CAT 2022 exam.

The below-given is the list of some of the major CAT participating colleges.

Calculator allowed inside the CAT Exam or in Centre provides calculators for use?

Calculator not allowed in the examination hall. Any other electronic devices like mobile /iPad are not allowed inside CAT exam Hall.

Any guidelines for important topics in Analytical Reasoning for CAT?

• Need to select books before starting the preparation. Topics that are there in the CAT exam for Reasoning:
• Coding-Decoding, Direction Sense, Data Structures, Series, Arrangements, Puzzles, Clocks and Calendars, Blood Relations.
• Few students prefer CAT Exam Preparation, like Nishit Sharma, Arun Sharam, Sarvesh Verma.

May I know the CAT Eligibility criteria and the percentage of seat reservations for SC/ST candidates?

CAT Eligibility Criteria:

• Candidates should be qualified in their Bachelor’s degree or equivalent recognized by India's Government.
• Percentage criteria in CAT Eligibility: 50% aggregate marks (For SC/ST/PWD candidates, 45% marks).  
• For ST Candidates, Reserved seat availability is 7.5%. 
• For SC Candidates, Reserved seat availability is 15%.

Which sections do we have in the CAT Exam pattern? And I want to know the duration of the CAT exam? 

Exam pattern details:

• In the Exam pattern, there will be 3 sections: Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Ability, and Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension.
• The exam will be scheduled online via a Computer-based test.
• Exam duration is of 3 Hours.
• Exam pattern, there will be a total of questions of 100. 
• Exam, for each correct response, 3 marks will be provided.
• 1 mark will be deducted for every wrong response in the exam. 

I want to know some Important CAT Preparation Tips? 

CAT Preparation Tips: 

• The candidates must be well aware of the CAT syllabus.
• One must need to be thorough with the CAT basic topics.
• The candidates need to practice the previous year CAT question papers.
• One must practice CAT mock tests with all the levels, i.e., easy, moderate, and Difficulty. 
• In this way, the candidates will be aware of their strengths and weakness. 

I want to know the expected CAT cutoff for IIMS for the General cadre? 

Expected CAT cutoff for IIMS for the year 2018:

• The expected CAT cutoff for IIM Ahmedabad is 80.
• The expected CAT cutoff for IIM Bangalore is 90.
• The expected CAT cutoff for IIM Calcutta is 90.
• The expected CAT cutoff for IIM Lucknow is 90.
• Given above are some of the Expected CAT cutoffs for IIMs. Still, various other factors are involved in the cutoffs, i.e., the number of applicants who appear for the CAT exam and the exam's difficulty level.

Did I want to know the CAT Admission Process?

Details on CAT Admission Process:

• The Top b-schools and IIMs shortlist the candidates depending upon the CAT cut-off marks.
• Shortlisted candidates will be called for WAT (Written Ability Test) followed by Group Discussion and Personal Interview (PI).
• CAT Admission process varies depending upon the B-school to B-schools.
• IIMs will have their Admission criteria to provide admission.
• The aspirant’s academics and work experience do matter at the time of admission.

Candidates planning to appear in the CAT 2022 exam can refer to a few books listed below. These books will help in improving the understanding of the topics.

• NCERT Maths 8^th to 10^th- NCERT
• Quantitative Aptitude for MBA Entrance Examinations- Abhijit Guha
• Word Power Made Easy- Norman Lewis
• Business English and Communication- Clark Grade C
• All about Words- Rosenblum and Nurenberg
• How to Prepare for the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT- Arun Sharma & Meenakshi
• Higher Algebra- Hall and Knight
• Crack The CAT Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation- Vivek Gupta and Sandeep Amar
• How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT- Arun Sharma/TATA McGraw HILL
• Puzzles and some other number books- Shakuntala Devi
• Course in Mental Ability and Quantitative Aptitude         - Edgar Thorpe
• Fundamental of Reasoning A Logic Book- Robert M. Johnson

CAT 2022 Preparation tips:

Only serious aspirants would look for planning guidance at first, not because others aren't important, but because devotion is. To receive a call from a top MBA school or institution, one must outline or strategize regularly. The following are a few tips for passing the CAT Exam.

• Start getting ready from the beginning: If you're in graduation and want to take the CAT, now is the perfect time to start. For the time being, any success would not be possible without careful planning.
• Basics should be more solid: Make sure that your CAT planning includes your final marks from graduation, as marks are required to apply to any institution. Possibly the most important suggestion is to make your basics more grounded, that is, acquire from zero levels, so that any inquiry or difficulty can be dealt with more rationally and.
• Keep track of the CAT test date, mock test, and application form: To plan a layout timetable, keep track of the CAT exam date so that you may read, study, and adjust as needed. Understand the test example and timetable before you begin preparing for the CAT.
• There is a market full of CAT materials, so obtain the review materials of claimed authors or any assessment groups and make a list of every concept and formula beneficial during the test.
• In addition, if any changes are made to the test pattern that should not bother you, the arrangement should proceed.
• Set goals and take CAT to practise exams:  To pass these difficult examinations, you must manage your time properly. Set goals for accomplishing the concepts in a short amount of time or passing the exams sooner.
•  Take CAT to practise tests and answer questions from previous years' exams to help us feel more confident and learn more about how the test will be conducted.
• Last I'd want to mention practising and exercising more regularly.