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CMAT 2020 Exam Analysis!

Aditi Gupta updated on : 10 Feb, 2020 115

CMAT 2020 is a national-level online aptitude test for candidates seeking admission in top management institutions that accept CMAT scores. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) conducts this entrance exam every year. Like 2020, CMAT was held on January 28, 2020 for the academic session 2020-19. The CMAT merit list 2020 has been declared by AICTE, while candidates can download the scorecards on February 9, 2020 from 10:00 am onwards.

Also Check: Colleges accepting CMAT Score 

Important: Use CMAT Percentile Predictor to predict your CMAT Score and shortlist colleges based on your predicted scores.

CMAT 2020 Paper Analysis

CMAT 2020 examination was conducted on January 28, 2020. The difficulty level of the paper was moderate according to many candidates who appeared for the examination. the Quant section was the toughest out of all the sections, while the difficulty level of the paper overall was just moderate. On one hand, LR section was comparatively easy, while on the other hand, English Section was of moderate difficulty. Around 15 questions were based on pure Reading Comprehension and each passage had six questions. Apparently,  after the Quant section, General Knowledge was the most challenging. 

CMAT 2020 Application Process

Candidates interested in CMAT 2020 can register themselves through online application that will be available on the official website of AICTE-CMAT as soon as the official notification about the same is released.

The registration process is simple and can be easily done by following these steps-

  • Visit the official website of AICTE-CMAT and carefully read the instructions.
  • Accept the declaration, a six-digit password will be generated and will be send to you via SMS/Email.
  • Use this password to log in any time as an existing user.
  • The next step is to pay the registration fee, that can be done though Debit/Credit Card/Net Banking or Challan.
  • Once the payment is done, the only thing left is to fill the personal/academic details about yourself and with that the registration process is complete.
  • The admit card will soon be available for download.

Registration Fee:

The registration fee is INR 1400 for General and OBC candidates and INR 700 for SC/ST/PD candidates.

CMAT 2020 Test Centers

The exam will take place at 62 centers Pan India.

Agartala

Coimbatore

Amritsar

Bangalore

Bhavnagar

Kanpur

Davangere

Dhanbad

Durgapur

Lucknow

Gwalior

Indore

Jodhpur

Kolhapur

Kozhikode

Ludhiana

Meerut

Mysore

Panaji

Rajkot

Ranchi

Srinagar

Trivandrum

Vadodara

Chennai

Amravati

Dehradun

Bareilly

Bhopal

Bhuj

Delhi

Dharwad

Gulbarga

Guwahati

Hyderabad

Jabalpur

Kochi

Kolkata

Gurgaon

Mangalore

Mumbai

Nagpur

Pune

Raipur

Shimla

Surat

Udaipur

Varanasi

 

Chandigarh

Jaipur

Nasik

Navi Mumbai

Jamshedpur

Noida

Ahmedabad

Aurangabad

Vishakhapatnam

Bhubhaneshwar

Jammu

Patna

Allahabad

Ahmednagar

 

 

 

 


Top B-Schools that accept CMAT scores:Colleges that take candidature through CMAT

  1. Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad
  2. Department of Management Studies, NIT Durgapur
  3. Great Lakes Institution of Management, Chennai
  4. Prin. LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai
  5. KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai
  6. Goa Institute of Management, Goa
  7. IFIM Business School, Bangalore
  8. Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad
  9. Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore
  10. Pune University Department of Management Studies, Pune

Know more about CMAT Application here.


CMAT 2020 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates interested in CMAT can check the eligibility criteria and selection process of  the same here.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • The candidate should be an Indian Citizen
  • Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university is compulsory
  • All age groups can apply
  • Students pursuing their last year of graduation are also eligible to apply

Selection Process:

The selection process for admission is different for each college and also depends on the rank secured by the aspirant in the merit list. However, the basic criteria for selection is:

  • Valid CMAT score
  • Group Discussion
  • Document Verification
  • Personal Interview

The final selection will be done as per the merit list released by the particular Institute depending on the above criteria.

Know more about CMAT Eligibility Criteria here.

CMAT 2020 Test Pattern

The Common Management Aptitude Test will have 100 objective type questions, which will be divided into 4 sections:

  • Quantitative Technique
  • Logical Reasoning
  • General Awareness
  • Language Comprehension

The test pattern would be-

Section

No. of Questions

Marks

Quantitative Technique

25

100

Logical Reasoning

25

100

General Awareness

25

100

Language Comprehension

25

100

Total

100

400

It is a 400 mark paper. There will be a negative marking of 1 mark for every wrong answer. 3 hours will be given to each student to complete the test.

Know more about CMATTest Pattern here.

CMAT 2020 Syllabus

The CMAT paper is designed to check the basic concepts of an aspirant. Questions will be asked from Mathematics, Reasoning and English. The syllabus for each section is as follows:

Quantitative Technique:

This section is all about mathematics. This sections tests your basic knowledge about the mathematical concepts like arithmetic, and also some advance topics like permutation and combination, probability, geometry, trigonometry and statistics.

Logical Awareness:

This section includes topics based on number and letter series, calendar, clocks, syllogism, cubes, logical sequence, logical matching, and many more.

General Awareness:

For this section, the candidate needs to stay updated with the recent national and international happenings.

Language Comprehension:

In this section, questions are asked about basic grammatical concepts, reading comprehension,  jumbled sentences, vocabulary and many more.

Know more about CMATSyllabus here.

CMAT 2020 Important Dates

Process

Date

Application Starts

October 10, 2020

Application Ends

December 25, 2020

Admit Card download

January 13, 2020

Exam Date

28th January, 2020

Results

To be Announced

Know more about CMAT Important Dates here.

CMAT 2020 Admit Card

The admit cards for CMAT 2020 will be available for download from January 13, 2020, between the last day of registration and the CMAT exam date.

The admit card will include the name, photograph, roll number and signature of the candidate, the date and venue of the exam and the instructions that are to be followed during the exam. It is compulsory for all candidates who are appearing for the online exam, to carry a copy of their admit card to the venue as an ID proof.

Know more about CMAT Admit Card here.

CMAT 2020 Results

CMAT 2020 results are expected to be announced in the second half of January 2020and a merit list will be released with the results. This merit list will be a national list and will include names of all candidates who appeared for the test. Individual score cards will include the scores and ranks of the particular candidate while the merit list will include names of all along with percentile.

Know more about CMAT Results here.

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