CMAT Exam Pattern

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.

CMAT Exam Pattern

The exam Pattern of CMAT 2025 includes 5 sections with an equal number of questions in each section. The exam does not include a sectional time limit. Candidates have to answer all 100 MCQs within 3 hours.

Year	Registration Period	Admit Card Download	Exam Date
Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation	20	80	No
Logical Reasoning	20	80	No
Language Comprehension	20	80	Yes, +4.00 / -1.00
General Awareness	20	80
Innovation & Entrepreneurship	20	80
Total	100	400

Marking scheme

According to the CMAT 2023 marking scheme:

A candidate will be awarded +4 marks for each right answer.

A -1 mark will be deducted for each wrong response.

Unanswered/unattempted questions will receive no credit.

If a question is ignored or dropped, all students will receive a +4, regardless of whether the question was answered correctly or not.