CAT 2016 exam notifications expected by July 31
Common Admission Test
Notifications related to Common Admission Test (CAT) 2016 has been delayed by a week for unknown reasons. Earlier, CAT 2016 dates were to be announced on July 25, 2016. It is now expected that the announcement will be made by July 31, 2016.
Registrations for the nationwide management entrance exam is expected to begin in the first week of August and the exam is likely to be conducted in the third week of November 2016.
The official notification will be issued on the official website and all leading dailies, simultaneously.
CAT aspirants are waiting for the notifications with bated breath as further change in the exam pattern is expected this year.
It is being said that CAT 2016 will be further revamped to accommodate more and more aspirants from varied fields. Last year, the exam was restructured in order to provide ‘even’ field to candidates from different fields.
In the past, CAT has been severely criticized for being more favourable for candidates from the engineering background, which led to the authorities to bring about changes in the exam pattern.
The last year’s exam paper consisted of not two but three sections- Quantitative Aptitude (QA), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC). In the previous years, Data interpretation was a part of Quantitative Aptitude and Logical Reasoning was a part of Verbal and Reading Comprehension.
The duration of the exam was also increased from 170 minutes to 180 minutes last year.
According to the reports, single-day window is being reconsidered. Last year, the exam was held in single day and two sessions, instead of two days and four sessions to enhance operational efficiency and quality of the test content.
CAT 2016 will be conducted by IIM Bangalore in collaboration with TCS as the test taking agency.
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