CAT Exam Notification 2021 to be Released in July

CAT exam 2021 is likely to be conducted on November 28. The exam convening institute IIM Ahmedabad will release the CAT exam notification in July. 

CAT exam will be conducted IIM Ahmedabad this year and the official notification will be released in July. CAT is the most popular MBA entrance exam in India conducted annually by the IIMs on rotation basis. Last year, IIM Indore conducted the exam, this year the responsibility has been given to IIM Ahmedabad. Professor M P Ram Mohan has been appointed at the CAT 2021 convener.

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the CAT 2021 is expected to be conducted on time i.e. by the last week of November. The expected CAT exam date is November 28, 2021. CAT 2021 registration process will begin in the first week of August. Candidates having graduation degree in any stream or final year candidate can apply for CAT exam 2021. Check key highlights of CAT 2021 below.

CAT Exam Highlights

CAT Exam Features	Details
Full Form	Common Admission Test (CAT)
CAT Exam Date	28-Nov-2021
Application Starts	04-Aug-2021
Application Fees	Rs 2,000 (General category) and Rs 1,000 (Reserved category)
Eligibility Criteria	Graduation with 50 % aggregate (45 % for SC/ST students)
Exam Syllabus	Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC),  Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Quantitative Ability (QA)
Exam Mode and Duration	Computer based test mode 3 hours or 2 hours (official announcement awaited)
Colleges Accepting CAT score	20 IIMs and over 1200 other B-Schools

Will there be a change in CAT exam pattern?

Last year, IIM Indore revised the CAT exam pattern in view of COVID-19 pandemic. The exam was held in three slots instead of two, to accommodate all the applicants on a single day while maintaining social distancing at the exam centres. The duration of CAT exam was reduced from three hours to two hour. There was also reduction in total number of questions in the CAT exam paper. There were 76 questions instead of 100. This year, the examination body may follow the two hour exam format as the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over and there may be a third wave in October.

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