The 2018 edition of the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2018 will be held on November 25, according to an announcement on the official website iimcat.ac.in.
CAT, a mandatory exam for admission to flagship post graduate management programs in the 20 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and several other top-rated B-schools, is organised on a rotational basis by the IIMs. CAT 2017 was held by IIM Lucknow.
Details of CAT 2018, except the date of test announced in the form of a scroll on the website, were yet to be made available. Going by past practice, a detailed notification is expected to be released in July/August.
The official announcement of results came on January 8, 2018. Among the 20 candidates who scored an overall 100 percentile were two females and three non-engineers. In 2016, all the 20 top scorers were male engineers.
Last year, around 1,99,600 candidates had sat for the computer-based test held on November 26 in 381 test centres spread over 140 cities in India. A total of 2,31,067 students had registered for CAT 2017 out of which 87% appeared for the test. The IIMs have a combined number of 11,000 for the various programs.
The official announcement of results came on January 8, 2018. Among the 20 candidates who scored an overall 100 percentile were two females 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.
The test has three sections, namely, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Ability.
In CAT 2017, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension section had 34 questions. The Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning section had 32 questions. The Quantitative Ability section had 34 questions.
The 3-hour exam, comprising three sections, each of one-hour duration, was held in two shifts.