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Updated on Nov 25, 2024 17:27 IST

CAT exam is conducted at designated test centres across India. The examination body allots a CAT test centre closest to the home address mentioned by the candidate so that they can reach there on time. CAT 2024 was conducted at over 375 CAT exam centres in 170 cities. The list of test cities for CAT 2024 was released with the application form. Candidates will have to choose up to five cities for CAT 2024 test centre allotment. 

 

Q:   How would I know my CAT exam centre?

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Candidates will know their allotted CAT exam centre only from the admit card. There is no way to know the test centre before the release of the CAT admit card. The examination authority allots a test centre to aspirants in the city of their first preference as mentioned in the city. So, candidates can atleast be assured that they will get a test centre in the city they had chosen as first preference in the CAT application form. However, the venue will be mentioned only on the candidate’s admit card. So as soon as the CAT admit card is released, candidates must check the test city and test centre details. In order to avoid any confusion, they must visit the centre at least once before the exam day.

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Q:   In how many cities is CAT exam held?

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CAT exam is held in about 170 cities across India. Candidates can choose up to six cities as their preferred test location. The list of test cities for CAT is available in application form. Candidates should choose the test city carefully as the request to change the test city later may or may not be accepted due to non-availability of seats at the centres in that particular city. Given below are the cities where CAT exam is usually held.

Port Blair, Hamirpur, Mumbai, Guntur, Jammu, Nashik, Nellore, Bokaro, Satara, Vijayawada, Dhanbad, Palghar, Kakinada, Hazaribagh, Ulhasnagar, Rajahmundry, Jamshedpur, Shillong, Visakhapatnam, Ranchi, Aizawl, Kurnool, Belagavi (Belgaum), Kohima, Tirupati, Bengaluru, Balasore, Vizianagaram, Hubballi (Hubli), Cuttack, Itanagar, Mysuru (Mysore), Sambalpur, Dibrugarh, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Berhampur, Silchar, Shivamogga (Shimoga), Dhenkanal, Guwahati, Dharwad, Bhubaneswar, Tezpur, Mangaluru (Bangalore), Rourkela, Jorhat, Udupi, Puducherry, Aurangabad-Bihar, Kannur, Pathankot, Darbhanga, Ernakulam, Ludhiana, Arrah, Kollam, Amritsar, Muzaffarpur, Kottayam, Bhatinda, Bhagalpur, Kozhikode, Patiala, Patna, Thrissur, Jalandhar, Mohali, Trivandrum, Sangrur, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Ajmer, Bhilai Nagar, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Bilaspur, Ujjain, Sikar, Raipur, Gwalior, Alwar, Delhi, Sagar, Jodhpur, Faridabad, Indore, Udaipur, Gurugram, Satna, Bikaner, Ghaziabad, Bhopal, Kotak, New Delhi, Jabalpur, Madurai, Greater Noida, Ujjain, Chennai, Noida, Gwalior, Salem, Meerut, Sagar, Trichy, Panaji, Indore, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Satna, Vellore, Mehsana, Amravati, Tirunelveli, Vadodara, Jalgaon, Hyderabad, Anand, Nagpur, Karimnagar, Rajkot, Pune, Warangal, Gandhinagar, Solapur, Allahabad, Surat, Navi Mumbai, Bareilly, Ambala, Ahmednagar, Kanpur, Hisar, Kolhapur, Muzaffarnagar, Karnal, Nanded, Agra, Kurushetra, Raigad, Gorakhpur, Panipat, Thane, Lucknow, Rohtak, Vasai, Varanasi, Shimla, Aurangabad, Aligarh, Jhansi, Moradabad, Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee, Asansol, Durgapur, Bankura, Burdwan, Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri, Srinagar and Imphal.

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Q:   What are the CAT exam slot timings?

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CAT exam is held in three slots for the past three years. Earlier it used to be held in two slots of three hours each, but since 2020 it is held in three slots of two hours each. The three slots are conducted between 8 am to 4 pm. The first slot is held from 8:30 am to 10:30 am, the second slot is held from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm and the third slot is held from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. In these three slots, about 2.22 Lacs candidates are accommodated at over 400 test centres in about 150 plus cities across India. The exam slots are allotted to candidates by the examination authorities as per the receipt of applications and candidates cannot request for change of examination slot. They have to give the test in the slot mentioned on the admit card.
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What is CAT exam centre?

CAT exam centres are well-equipped computer labs, where the candidates are required to take the test on the scheduled day. About 400 such labs conduct the CAT exam in over 150 cities. CAT 2021 exam was held in 156 cities. In 2022, the exam was conducted at 150 cities. For CAT 2023, the number of test cities was 167. CAT 2024 will be held in 170 cities.

CAT is taken by over 2 lakh candidates across India, every year. Since CAT has the highest number of applicants among all MBA entrance exam, it is conducted in three slots at multiple exam centres. The CAT 2024 exam centres list remained with the authorities, candidates got to know their examination centre location and address upon release of the CAT 2024 admit card. 

CAT 2024 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of CAT 2024 exam

DatesPast Exam Dates

24 Nov '24

CAT 2024 exam

05 Nov '24 -

24 Nov '24

CAT 2024 admit card download

27 Sep '24 -

30 Sep '24

CAT 2024 form correction process

List of CAT Test Cities 2024

Check the list of CAT 2024 test cities. These are the cities in which CAT exam was conducted on November 24, 2024. There more than one CAT exam centres in Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and other cities.

State

CAT Test Cities

Andaman & Nicobar

Port Blair

Andhra Pradesh

Anantapur, Guntur, Kurnool, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam, Chirala, Kadapa, Nellore, Tirupathi, Vizianagaram, Chittoor, Kakinada, Ongole, Vijayawada

Arunachal Pradesh

Itanagar- Naharlagun

Assam

Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur

Bihar

Arrah, Darbhanga, Patna, Aurangabad, Gaya, Purnea, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur

Chandigarh

Chandigsarh-Mohali

Chhattisgarh

Bilaspur CG, Bhilai Nagar, Raipur

Delhi

Other-New Delhi

Dadra and Nagra Haveli Daman and Diu

Silvassa

Goa

Panaji-Madgaon

Gujarat

Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Vapi

Haryana

Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar, Kurukshetra

Himachal Pradesh

Bilaspur-HP, Hamirpur, Kangra, Shimla

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu, Samba, Srinagar

Jharkhand

Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi

Karnataka

Belagavi (Belgaum), Bengaluru, Hubli-Dharwad, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Mangaluru (Mangalore), Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Udupi

Kerala

Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Trivandrum

Ladakh

Leh

Lakshadweep

Kavaratti

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain

Maharashtra

Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad (CS Nagar), Bhiwandi, Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Palghar-Boisar, Pune, Raigad, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Thane, Vasai, Wardha

Manipur

Imphal

Meghalaya

Shillong

Mizoram

Aizawl

Nagaland

Kohima

Odisha

Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur

Puducherry

Puducherry

Punjab

Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana- Phagwara, Patiala

Rajasthan

Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur

Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Coimbatore, Kanchipuram, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore

Telangana

Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal

Tripura

Agartala

Uttar Pradesh

Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, NOIDA-Greater NOIDA, Prayagraj, Varanasi

Uttarakhand

Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee

West Bengal

Asansol-Durgapur, Bankura, Burdwan, Howrah, Kalyani-Hooghly, Kolkata, Siliguri

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CAT 2024 Exam Centre Allotment: How to select CAT Test City?

For allotment of preferred CAT test centre, the candidates had to specify their preference of cities in the CAT application form 2024. Candidates were allotted CAT test centre in the city of their preference. For CAT 2024 aspirants, the number of exam centres/test cities preference was five. Here’s the process to select preferred test city in CAT 2024 form:

  • Register for CAT 2024 on the official website: iimcat.ac.in
  • Once the login ID is created, use it to fill the application form
  • Go to the section 'select test city'
  • Select up to five cities from the drop down i.e. from first to fifth
  • Fill up rest of the fields in the form, make payment of exam fee and click on submit

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CAT Exam Centre 2024: Important Points to Remember

  • The candidate get to know their exam centre only upon the release of their CAT admit card.
  • The exact location of CAT exam centre is mentioned on the admit card.
  • There is no provision of changing the CAT exam centre after the release of admit card.
  • The exam conducting body has full authority to cancel any exam centre iin case of unprecedented circumstances.

CAT Test Centre: Dos and Don’ts

Each CAT exam centre has elaborate identification process for which the candidates have 1.5 hours before commencement of the exam. If a candidate’s exam starts at 8:30 AM, they need to reach their CAT test centre by 7:00 AM. For candidates taking the exam in second slot, reporting time is 10:00 AM. We have listed down a few dos and don’ts to follow at their CAT 2024 exam centre.

CAT exam centre dos and don'ts

CAT exam centre dos and don'ts

CAT Dos

  • Carry two print outs of CAT admit card 2024, ID proof (in original) and a pen to the exam centre.
  • Show the original print out of your CAT 2024 admit card to gain entry into the exam centre.
  • Follow the instructions and cooperate in identification and frisking at the entry gate.
  • Use the Reference Number printed on your CAT admit card to locate your exam hall, go inside and be seated at your designated work station.

CAT Don’ts

  • Do not carry electronic items to the exam centre. Closed shoes, belts, caps, jackets and other outfit and accessories with metal are prohibited inside the exam hall.
  • Test centre gates will close 15 minutes prior to the exam, thus do not get late for the exam.
  • Do not argue with test centre staff or other candidates. Unruly behavior may invite disqualification.
  • Do not use keyboard at any point of time during the exam or your system will automatically get locked.

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