CAT 2017 Registration, CAT 2017 Exam Date
CAT Registration and Online Application Form 2017-2018 - Indian Institute
of Management Bangalore starts CAT 2017 Registration online from 9th August 2017.
The
Indian Institute of Management conducts the CAT (Common Aptitude Test), a computer based exam, every year for
admissions in management programs of 13 IIMs and other colleges and B-Schools.
As it is a national level exam, around 3 lakh aspirants from across the Country
appear in CAT exam held year after year. The CAT 2017 Registration starts 9th August and ends on 20th September 2017.
CAT 2017 will
be held on 2 days in 4 slots per day. CAT 2017 Exam Date is 26th November 2017(Sunday). CAT 2017 result will be announced around the second week of January 2018.
Candidates can apply for the CAT 2017application process online.
CAT 2017 will
be conducted by IIMs. The CAT 2017 scores will serve as the basis for admissions in
all the 13 IIMs and over 150 B-schools for the year 2017-18. This year the IIMs
have 3,335 number of seats.
Candidates
willing to apply for CAT exam can do so by applying at the official website. We
have mentioned here the CAT exam eligibility, exam pattern, and other CAT Exam Details here. Candidates are advised to kindly go through these
details for applying to CAT 2017 exam.
CAT
2017 Eligibility: To appear in
CAT 2017 exam, a candidate requires a minimum 50% aggregate mark in graduation
from a recognized institute/university in any discipline. SC, ST, OBC and DA
category candidates requires an aggregate of 45% marks. Students pursuing
graduation and in their final year can also apply.
CAT 2017 Application Procedure: Candidates need to register online for the CAT exam at the official CAT 2017
website. Candidates need to fill CAT 2017 application form with details such as personal, educational,
contact and work experience details. Then select the test center, date and time
slot for the CAT 2017 exam. After the successful submission of CAT 2017 application form online, candidates need to wait for the Admit
Card and application summary in email. CAT 2017 application form fees can be made online via Credit Card, Debit
Card or Net Banking.
CAT 2017 Application Fee: Rs. 1800 for General and NC-OBC category candidates
and Rs. 900 for SC/ST.PWD(DA) candidates.
CAT 2017
Exam Pattern: CAT 2017 is a
computer based objective type exam with multiple choice questions(MCQs). The
CAT exam will have two sections with 50 questions each - Quantitative Ability
& Data Interpretation and Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning. CAT exam
duration is 170 minutes or 2 hours and 50 minutes. Candidates can switch over
between any section during the test. A candidate gets 3 marks for each correct
answer, 1 mark is deducted as negative marking for questions not answered
correctly. CAT 2017 exam pattern is changed somewhat from the previoys years as
number of questions per section has increased from 30 to 50. You can switch
between any section starting from this year and time duration has also
increased by 30 minutes, from 140 minutes to 170 minutes.
CAT 2017 Admit Card: The CAT admit card download will be made available to
the candidates from the CAT 2017 official website from 18th October at 1 PM till the start of CAT exam. CAT 2017 Admit Card will
not be sent to the email of the candidates but the candidates need to download
the CAT Admit Card 2017 from the CAT website.
CAT 2017 Selection Process: On the basis of CAT 2017 cut-off scores, candidates
are selected by IIMs and other B-Schools. Then candidates are again shortlisted
in Group Discussion (GD), Personal Interview (PI) and Written Ability Test (WAT).
IIMs such as Kashipur, Raipur, Ranchi,
Rohtak, Trichy and Udaipur also conducts Common Admission Process (CAP).
CAT 2017 Online Registration Start Date: 9th August 2017
CAT 2017 Online Registration End Date: 20th September 2017 at 5 PM
CAT 2017 Exam Date: 26th November 2017 (Sunday)
CAT 2017 Admit Card Download Date: 18th October 2017, 1 PM
till exam day
CAT 2017 Test Centers: CAT 2017 exam will be held in 99 cities across the length and breadth of India. A candidate needs to provide 3 test cities in the
online CAT 2017 registration process.
CAT 2017 Results: CAT 2017 Result will be announced in the second week
of January 2018. Wish all the best of luck.
For
any doubts, students can contact the helpline number- 1800-266-3549 from Monday
to Saturday between 9 AM to 5:30 PM.
