CMAT Exam: 2020 Application, Eligibility, Syllabus & Pattern

CMAT will be conducted on 28th and 29th of the month of January. The answer key is released after one or two weeks of the entrance test. The scorecard will be released on 9th February.

AICTE has set eligibility norms for appearing in the CMAT entrance test. Candidates must be a citizen of India in order to appear for the test. Candidates should hold at least graduation degree for appearing for the test.

Students who have completed their graduation degree in arts, commerce and science are eligible for applying for the examination. Candidates in the final year of graduation are eligible for applying for the entrance test.

General candidates should have a score of at least 50 % in graduation whereas scheduled tribe and scheduled caste should obtain 45 %. The bachelor degree should be of at least 3 years duration. For executive PGDM, a work experience of 5 years is mandatory.

• AICTE has set some eligibility criteria for the candidates to appear for the test. The applicant must go through the eligibility criteria , before filling the application form.
• The applicant must be a citizen of India.
• The candidate must be a graduate from any recognized university or institutions.
• The final student appearing for graduation whose result will be released before the start of the academic year 2019-2020 session are also eligible for CMAT 2018 exam.

Candidates who are willing to appear for CMAT entrance test need to fill the application form online. The application form of CMAT was available from 10th October . The last date of registration of the test is December 10^th . 

For appearing inthe test, candidates need to enter a New User and fill the registration form after entering basic details. A 6 digit password is generated after submission of the form. The password will be sent to the student by SMS and email. 

Candidates need to login into the registration portal by using the user ID and password for filling the application form and paying the application fee. General candidates require paying a non-refundable application fee of Rs. 1400  whereas reserved category candidate require paying the nonrefundable fees of Rs. 700. The fees can be paid by Debit card, credit card, net banking, cash.

• The candidates interested for CMAT exam need to apply for the application form online and register themselves.
• The form will get released in the first week of Novenmber
• The candidates should visit the official website and fill and submit the application form. 
• All the details to be provided correctly by the candidate.
• A new user name will be provided and the self-registration form to be filled with basic details
• Followed by the submission of the form and a password will be generated , the candidate will receive it through SMS or mail.
• With the generated login id the applicant need to login the registration portal and fill the application form and payment of the fee to be made.

APPLICATION FEE:

• For General category- Rs.1400/-
• For reserved category- Rs.700/-

The payment can be done via 2 ways:

Online Payment:  the payment can be done through online by using debit card/credit card/net banking
Once the payment is done, the candidate will receive a confirmation by SMS or Mail.

Cash:  Cash payment to be done by SBI Bank. The payment can be done in any branch of SBI. Once the candidate start the procedure, a CHALLAN will appear filled with all the details. 3 Print outs to be taken of the challan  and walk-in to the nearest branch of SBI with the cash. Cash deposit will be taken only after the next day of the Challan generation.

The questions in CMAT entrance examination are multiple-choice questions. 180 minutes are allowed for attempting these questions. 4 marks are awarded for each correct answer whereas there is a deduction of 1 mark for every wrong answer. There are four sections in the test and each section consists of only 25 questions. Each section carries 100 marks.

The syllabus of CMAT comprises of General Awareness, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Quantitative Techniques.

• The CMAT exam is computer based.
• The questions are objective type MCQ Pattern. 
• Total duration of the test is 180 minutes. 
• There is negative marking for each wrong answer, 1 mark will be deducted.4 marks for each correct answer. 
• No breaks will be given.  A scratch paper will be provided and the candidate needs to leave that back in the exam center.

After successful completion of the application form, candidates are released admit card. The admit card can be downloaded from the official website of the organizing body. The admit card of CMAT will be released to all the registered candidates, in the first week of January.

The admit card consists of necessary information about the candidate which include name and roll number of the candidate, time, date, and venue of the examination. It is mandatory to carry the admit card at the time of examination.

AICTE will declare the results of CMAT on 9th February. Candidates can check the results on the official website of AICTE. 

Candidates need to login into their account with their login credentials for checking the result and downloading the score card of CMAT. The score card will comprise of the sectional and total percentile, sectional and total score and all Indian rank.

The CMAT counseling will start tentatively in May. Candidates who are willing to seek admission in the management courses offered by AICTE approved colleges must attend the counseling. There will be allotment of college to the candidate in accordance with the ranking in the merit list. 

Thus, after the announcement of the results, the organizing body will prepare the merit list and send the same to different management colleges for allowing the seats via central counseling. If there is no counseling, students can apply for the management colleges according to the score card.

There are almost 1000 business schools in India which accept the CMAT scores for granting admission in different management degrees to the candidates. Some of the top participating institutes in CMAT are :

• SIMSREE Mumbai,
• Doon business school, Dehradun,
• Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra,
• Ranchi, MIT School of Business, Pune,
• National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM), Jaipur,
• LBSIM Bareilly,
• Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) Mumbai,
• XISS Ranchi,
• MET Institute of Management, Mumbai,
• Alliance School of Business, Bangalore,
• IFIM Business School, Bangalore

What are the eligibility criteria of CMAT?

• Aspirants should be a graduate from a recognized university with minimum 50% aggregate (45% in case of SC/ST).
• Aspirants pursuing their final year degree program can also apply.
• Aspirants should fulfill the eligibility criteria within the stipulated schedule.

How much percentage is required in graduation degree in order to fulfill CMAT Eligibility criteria?

CMAT Eligibility criteria: 

• CMAT aspirants must be qualified in their bachelor’s degree of minimum 3 years from a recognized Indian university.
• Percentage criteria: 50% aggregate marks (For SC/ST candidates, it is 45%).
• Aspirant must be a citizen of India.
• Final year appearing candidates can apply for the CMAT exam.
• There is no such age limits and attempts for CMAT exam. 

I want to know the CMAT Admission process? 

CMAT Admission process details: 

• From the CMAT conducting authority will release the CMAT merit list, then the candidate need to apply for the respective participating management institutes.
•  In the CMAT Admission process, the participating management institutes will conduct 3 rounds i.e. WAT, Group Discussion followed by Personal Interview for the qualified candidates.
• Final selection mainly depends on the candidate’s performance in the selection rounds. 

I want to know, what is the CMAT Application form fee cost?

Details on CMAT Application Form Fee:

• The candidates need to pay the Application form fee after filling up the CMAT Application Form
• CMAT Application Form fee for General/OBC cadre costs Rs 1400. CMAT Application Form fee for SC/ST/PWD/Female costs Rs 700.
• The payment can be done via Debit/Credit card/net banking or Cash deposit at SBI Bank.

I want to know the number of questions asked for each section in CMAT Exam Pattern?

Details on CMAT Exam Pattern:

• CMAT exam will be scheduled Online i.e. Computer Based Test.
• CMAT exam will have 4 sections such as: Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension and General Awareness. The number of Questions is 25 each.  
• For CMAT exam, The Total Number of questions is 100. 

Can I know the structure of CMAT Syllabus? 

CMAT Syllabus:

• As there is no appropriate fixed CMAT syllabus.
• In CMAT syllabus, most of the questions asked from Reading Comprehension, Basic Mathematics and Reasoning.
• CMAT syllabus also includes various topics related to General Awareness, Language Comprehension and Quantitative Techniques, Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation.