All About Education: Exam Date, Registration, Pattern, Syllabus of CAT 2022

Exam Date, Registration, Pattern, Syllabus of CAT 2022

The registration date for CAT 2022 will close soon. One can check the website iimcat.ac.in to register and Rs 2300/- is required for application. The last date of registration is 14th September, 2022. This test is conducted by one of the top 7 IIMs. This is a mandatory entrance exam to study MBA. This exam will be held on 27th November, in 3 slots of 2 hours each.

What is CAT Exam?

Common Admission Test (CAT) is an entrance exam which is mandate for the students who want to pursue MBA from 20 IIMs, FMS Delhi, MDI Gurgaon, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi and many more. Almost more than 2 lakh candidates sit for this exam.

Salient features for this exam are as follows:

It is a computer based exam at more than 155 cities and more than 400 exam venues.
This exam time has been reduced to two hours from three hours since 2020.
This exam is divided in three sections. They are Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning; Quantitative Ability.
Each section should be finished in a specific time.
IIMs will offer admission according to the CAT 2022 score.

Check out for the application procedure for CAT Exam

CAT registration:

Login to the official website of CAT iimcat.ac.in and then create a profile
The registration details are filled along with the application form
Lastly make online payment for registration fee of CAT.

Trends for Previous CAT registration

Last year more than 2 lakhs candidates had registered for CAT exam despite the pandemic of COVID 19. The registration for this exam is increasing gradually and the competition to pursue MBA is increasing day by day.

Key Features and Highlights for CAT 2022

CAT Full Form	Common Admission Test
Date of Exam	27th November 2022
Sessions of CAT Exam	Conducted in 3 sessions- Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Conducting Institute	IIM Bangalore
Exam Mode	Computer Based Exam but not an online exam
Notification for CAT	From 31st July, 2022
Details of Notification of CAT	Exam details, Application fee, dates of Registration, IIMs, Management programmes
Maximum Age, Minimum percentage to appear in CAT	No age limit, graduates having minimum 50% can apply
Total Questions	66 questions in 3 parts
Duration of Exam	2 hours for each slot
Section Time limit	40 minutes for 1 section
Name of sections and number of questions	VARC-24 Questions; DILR- 20; Quant-22
Expected difficulty level	Moderate to Difficult
Order of sections	Pre-fixed, no change allowed
Top MBA colleges accepting CAT score	20 IIMs, FMS, MDI, SPJIMR, IITs, IMI, IMT and 1000 other MBA colleges in India.
CAT Exam Fees	Rs. 2300/-
CAT official website	iimcat.ac.in
IIMs application fee	No separation application fee for IIM
How to apply	Online mode

Pattern of CAT exam, 2022

CAT 2022 exam components	MCQs (With negative marking)	Non-MCQs (TITA Qs without negative marking)	Total questions
Section 1: VARC (Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension) 40 minutes time limit	19	5	24
Section 2: DILR (Data Interpretation and logical reasoning) 40 minutes	15	5	20
Section 3: QA (Quantitative Aptitude) 40 minutes	14	8	22
Total 120 minutes	48	18	66

Syllabus of CAT- section wise

Sectional Division	Overview of Topics in the CAT Syllabus 2022	Weightage in exam
QA	Arithmetic, mensuration, trigonometry, geometry, modern math, number system, algebra	34 to 36%
DILR	Data charts, graphs, venn diagrams, data tables, clocks and calendars, team formation, seating arrangement	30-32%
VARC	Long and short passages jumbled paragraphs, para-summary, picking the out of context sentence from a jumbled paragraph	32- 34%