CAT 2017 Results: Top 20 Include 2 Females, 3 Non-engineers

The results of the Common Admission Test 2017 (CAT 2017) have been officially announced on January 8, 2018.

The 20 candidates who have scored an overall 100 percentile includes two female candidates and three non-engineers. In 2016, all the 20 top scorers were male engineers.

While the number of transgender candidates increased to 31 from 22 in 2016, physically challenged applicants number dipped to 910 from the previous year’s 921.

The number of women candidates have been rising over the past few years. In 2017, 78,009 female candidates appeared for CAT as against 76,704 in 2016 and 69,176 in the previous year.

Candidates can check their scores on the official website – iimcat.ac.in. The name and roll number of the successful candidates will be available on the website of the respective IIMs.

Each IIM will send interview letters to the shortlisted candidates directly. The criteria for shortlisting vary for each IIM and other B-schools.

This edition of CAT, a mandatory exam for admission to flagship post graduate management programs in the 20 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other top-rated B-schools, was held on November 26 in 381 test centres spread over 140 cities in India. Around 1,99,600 candidates had sat for the computer-based test.

A total of 2,31,067 students had registered for CAT 2017 out of which 87% had sat for the test.

While the number of transgender candidates increased to 31 from 22 in 2016, physically challenged applicants number dipped to 910 from the previous year’s 921.

The number of questions across the three sections of the computer-based test remained the same as that of the previous year. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension section had 34 questions. The Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning section had 32 questions. This section was stated to be relatively tougher than the previous years.

The Quantitative Ability section had 34 questions. Overall, the test was stated to be moderately tough as in the previous year.

The 3-hour exam, comprising three sections, each of one-hour duration, was held in two shifts.