CMAT 2022 Analysis: Difficult 5th Section on Innovation & Entrepreneurship; RC Lengthy, GK Difficult, Quant Moderate, LR Easy - Overall Moderate; Check Cut off in Top MBA colleges

Deviating from its earlier question pattern and difficulty level, CMAT 2022 has brought a few surprises for the test takers on April 9, 2022 with a bit difficult 5^th section on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. This is the first CMAT exam with 5 mandatory sections and reduced number of questions.

CMAT 2022 exam was conducted in a single slot on April 9 from 3 PM to 6 PM as against last year when it was conducted in two slots. Unlike last year, when the 5^th section was optional, CMAT 2022 had the  5^th section as mandatory section. MBAUniverse.com CMAT 2022 Analysis shared below, consists of complete CMAT exam details, type of questions, difficulty level, expected percentile, cut offs for top MBA colleges accepting CMAT among other details.

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Key highlights of CMAT 2022 exam are:

1. Overall Moderate Exam: Students and experts have rated CMAT 2022 as a moderate difficulty level exam overall
2. Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The Section was a bit difficult with more questions on GK and No RC based question. The section needed diverse preparation. Those who had spent some time to understand the details and syllabus on the new 5^th section at MBAUniverse.com, they could prepare well on Innovation and Entrepreneurship section and could attempt a good number of questions with most of them marked with right answers. This will help them to have good improvement in their score and percentile.
3. Other Sections – Easy to Moderate: Apart from the 5^th section, CMAT 2022 question paper more focused on static GK, and placed much easier LR in the question paper while RC passages were lengthy while the questions based on it were not so difficult.

The CMAT 2022 exam analysis below contains the following:

• CMAT Analysis highlighting the key changes in CMAT 2022 exam, scoring pattern, Number of questions, sectional division among others
• CMAT 2022 expected cut offs for a different percentile range
• CMAT 2022 expected cut offs for top MBA colleges like JBIMS, SIMSREE, PUMBA, K J Somaiya, GIM Goa, Great Lakes, IFMR-GSB, BIMTECH among others
• CMAT 2022 Analysis by MBAUniverse.com and also by top coaching institutes like IMS Learning among others

CMAT 2022 Analysis: 10 Important Changes from Last Year
CMAT 2022 exam has following important changes as from last year:

Sl	CMAT 2022 Exam	CMAT 2021 Exam
1.	5 Section Exam	Both 4 & 5 Section Exam
2.	Compulsory 5th Section on Innovation & Entrepreneurship	Optional 5th Section on Innovation & Entrepreneurship
3.	CMAT Time Duration Reduced & Fixed to 3 Hours	Option to attempt CMAT in Time duration of 3 hours or 3½ Hours
4.	Total Questions Reduced to 100	Total Questions were 125 (Option to attempt 100 or 125 questions)
5.	No additional time for 5th Section	30 Minutes additional time for 5th section
6.	5th section Score counted for Percentile calculation to prepare merit list	5th section Score Not counted for Percentile calculation to prepare merit list
7.	20 Questions in Each of the five Sections	25 Questions in Each of the five Sections
8.	No sectional time limit and candidates can attempt any question in any section within time limit of 3 hours	No sectional time limit and candidates can attempt any question in any section within time limit of 3½ hours
9.	Candidates need not apply for the new course of  Innovation & Entrepreneurship	Candidates had to apply for the new course of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
10.	Number of CMAT Test cities increased to 124	Number of CMAT exam cities were 109

NTA conducts CMAT exam on behalf of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). CMAT exam 2022 is conducted in a revised test pattern as AICTE has revamped the CMAT exam pattern.

CMAT Analysis 2022: Sectional Composition of Question Paper
CMAT 2022 has 5 Sections and all the sections are compulsory. Number of questions and maximum scoring chances in CMAT 2022 are as under:

CMAT 2022 Exam Sections	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks Section-wise
Language Comprehension	20	80
Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation	20	80
Logical Reasoning	20	80
General Awareness	20	80
Innovation & Entrepreneurship	20	80
Total: Sections-5	100	400

CMAT 2022 Question Paper & Scoring Pattern

• Language Comprehension Section had  RC passages with a length between 80 and 500 words
• Quant section was moderate and had more questions on Arithmetic. Few questions were also found on Algebra, P&C, Probability, Geometry and Mensuration.
• Data Interpretation (DI) part in Quant section had PI chart and Table based questions of moderate difficulty level
• Logical Reasoning was easier but had very close answer options
• Questions in Innovation and Entrepreneur section were asked on recent innovations, initiatives taken by Govt to boost Entrepreneurship
• There was no sectional time limit and candidates could attempt any question in any section within time limit of 3 hours 
• Each Correct answer is awarded + 4 Marks and Each wrong answer is penalized with -1 negative marking
• Percentile cut off Merit will be prepared out of 400 marks

CMAT 2022 Score Vs Percentile
Based on the feedback received from the candidates and experts, we expect the following percentiles against scores for CMAT 2022

CMAT Score	Percentile
315-350	100
286-310	99.1-99.99
261-285	90-99
201-260	81-89
171-200	71-80

Check complete range of CMAT score Vs Percentile

 

CMAT 2022 Expected Cut Offs for Top MBA Colleges
The CMAT 2022 percentile range required for MBA admission 2022 may not go up in top MBA colleges. NTA awards higher percentile at low scores to the test takers. Out of 400 maximum marks, now the 95 to 99.99 percentile is awarded to a wide score range of 251 - 340 marks. Some of the top MBA colleges with expected CMAT percentile cut off for admission 2022 are as below:

Management Institute	Expected CMAT Cut off Percentile
JBIMS Mumbai (Admission through DTE CAP Round)	99+
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Mumbai	92+
SIMSREE Mumbai (Admission through DTE CAP)	95+
PUMBA Pune (Admission through DTE CAP)	94+
Great Lakes Chennai: Great Lakes Institute of Management - GLIM	90+
GIM Goa: Goa Institute of Management	90+
IMT Nagpur	85+
BIMTECH Greater Noida	80+
Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research	80+
Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow	75+
XIME Bangalore: Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship	75+
SDMIMD Mysore: SDM Institute For Management Development	75+
IFMR Graduate School of Business at KREA University	75+
VIT Business School (VIT) Vellore	70+

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CMAT Analysis 2022: Key Highlights & Questions

• The CMAT exam overall difficulty level was moderate
• General Awareness (GK) section was found tough with more questions on Static GK
• Many GK questions were based on Education system, New Education policy, History and other topics

Percentile Cut off Calculation in CMAT 2022
NTA will determine CMAT percentile out of 400 marks based on the score obtained by the test taker in all the five sections.  

Although CMAT 2022 Cut Offs & Scores will be released alongwith the CMAT result declaration by NTA on its official NTA CMAT website, you can check your expected CMAT percentile with the CMAT Percentile Predictor.

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