CMAT 2025 on January 25; Check Latest Exam Pattern and Last Minute Tips

CMAT 2025 exam is two days away. Have you done enough preparation? What are the ways you can optimize your performance? Get CMAT last minute tips here.

CMAT 2025 exam is scheduled on January 25, 2025. Now is the time to make an exam day strategy that will help you in making optimum use of the exam preparation. Knowing all the topics is not enough. You need to be able to use the knowledge during the exam. For example, the most crucial aspect of a good performance in a speed based exam like CMAT is choice of questions. CMAT 2025 will have 100 questions and the exam duration is 180 minutes. So, effectively you will get 1.8 minutes for every question. But it is not mandatory to solve all the questions. So, the key is to know how many and which questions to solve. Make your CMAT 2025 exam day strategy accordingly.

CMAT 2025 Exam Pattern

CMAT 2025 will be held in computer based test mode. Check the table below indicating CMAT 2025 exam pattern:

Particulars	Details
Number of sections	5 (Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness and Innovation & Entrepreneurship)
Test Mode	Computer Based
Exam Duration	180 minutes
Number of Shifts	One
Number of questions	100
Total Marks	400
Number of answer choices	5
Marking scheme	+4 marks for every correct answer -1 mark for every incorrect answer

CMAT 2025 Last Minute Tips  

CMAT is a moderate exam in terms of difficulty level but one needs to be able to handle it well on the exam day for getting a good score. Here are a few tips that will be helpful performing better in the CMAT exam 2025.

Revise important points: Revision of important points related to important topics should be your main focus now. Go through all the important concepts, theorems, etc. every day and the night before exam day.

Use short notes for revision: There is no time to revise everything in detail. Use short notes that you prepared during CMAT 2025 preparation. Short notes are easy to consume and remember.  

Do not start a new chapter: If you have missed covering any topic. Don’t fret over it. Focus on what all you have covered. In the CMAT 2025 exam, attempt questions from the topics you have covered.

Make a strategy basis your strength: All the knowledge gained during preparation period may not be of much use. Questions may not be asked from all topics of the CMAT syllabus. So, work on topics from which maximum questions are asked. Take a look at previous years’ CMAT questions papers for topic wise weightage and then make a strategy.

Target sectional cut off: For a good overall score in CMAT, you need to solve a good number of questions in every section. There are 20 questions in every section, so target solving 15-17 questions in each with maximum accuracy.

Do not do guess work: CMAT has negative marking so you need to stay away from the trap of guess work. Every question carries 4 marks. One mark is deducted for incorrect attempt but there is no negative marking for skipping questions. So, if you are not sure of the correct answer, skip it.

Attempt a mock test as per your exam timing: CMAT 2025 exam will be conducted in two shifts. From 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The exam slot allotted to you is mentioned on the CMAT 2025 admit card which is now available for download. Check your exam slot and take a CMAT mock test at the same time.

Read More: CMAT admit card 2025 out, download here

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