CMAT Eligibility criteria

The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a national-level entrance exam for admission to management programs, conducted by the NTA since 2019. The exam consists of 100 questions across five sections: Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness, and Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Each section carries 20 questions for 80 marks. The total score is 400 marks, with a marking scheme of +4 for correct answers and -1 for incorrect answers in the Language Comprehension section. There is no negative marking for other sections.

Eligibility criteria

The eligibility criteria for CMAT are:

1. The aspirant should be a graduate of any discipline.
2. Final-year students of graduate courses (10+2+3) are also eligible for CMAT, provided the results are declared before the commencement of admission.

Category	Passing Marks in Graduation
General/EWS/NC-OBC	50%
SC/ST/PwD	45%

3. There’s no age limit for CMAT.
4. The candidate must be a citizen of India.