CMAT Exam Pattern

The CAT 2024 exam is scheduled for November 24, 2024, and will serve as a key step for admission to the 21 IIMs and top MBA colleges across India. IIM Calcutta will be conducting this year’s exam. As per the official CAT notification released on July 28, 2024, the registration process will open on August 1, 2024, and close on September 20, 2024.

Given the challenging nature of the CAT exam, it’s important to begin preparation well in advance, ideally at least nine months before the exam. However, if you haven’t started yet, there's still time. The final batch of the IMS CATapult Live Online Program for CAT 2024 starts in August, offering a chance to complete the syllabus and be exam-ready.

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.