CMAT - Common Management Admission Test

Latest Updates: CMAT 2020 was conducted in a single slot from 9.30 AM to 12.30 PM on January 28, 2020.  More than 65000 candidates appeared in CMAT out of 74486 registered candidates. NTA conducted CMAT exam in 104 cities at 245 centres in 30 States and UTs. CMAT 2020 exam day Guidelines were released by NTA a day before the exam. 

CMAT 2020 Analysis: Overall & Sectional Analysis with Key Changes in Pattern, Difficulty Level, Likely cut offs

Important Advisory for the Candidates of CMAT-2020 Examination

• Download your Admit Card from the NTA’s website cmat.nta.nic.in
• Check following details as indicated on the Admit Card:
• Reporting Time at Centre
• Gate Closing time of Centre 
• Date of Examination 
• Test Timings 
• Venue of Test 
• You should visit the Examination Centre, a day before the examination and familiarize yourself with the location and means of reaching the venue of the Test on time
• Reach the venue of the Test at the Reporting Time mentioned in the Admit Card. If you report beyond the Gate Closing time of Centre, you will not be allowed to enter in the Test venue. 

Items You Should Carry at Exam Centre
Carry with you only following items:

• Admit Card on a clear colour printout on A4 size paper
• One Passport size photograph (same as uploaded with the Online Application Form) to be pasted on the Attendance Sheet at the Centre
• A valid Photo ID Proof in ORIGINAL (PAN card/ Driving License/ Voter ID/ Passport/ Aadhaar Card (With photograph)/E- Aadhaar/Ration Card/ Bank Passbook with Photograph). 
• Please note that ID Cards issued by Schools/ Colleges/ Universities/ Coaching Centres, AADHAR enrollment receipt without AADHAR NUMBER and PHOTOCOPIES OR Images Stored in mobile phones etc will NOT be accepted
• No Candidate would be allowed to enter the Examination Centre, without identity verification
• PwD certificate issued by the Competent Authority, if claiming the relaxation under PwD category. 

Don't Carry the following
Candidates are NOT allowed to carry Instrument/ Geometry/ Pencil box, Handbag, Purse, any kind of Paper/ Stationery/ Textual material (printed or written material), Eatables and Water (loose or packed), Mobile Phone/ Ear Phone/ Microphone/ Pager, Calculator, DocuPen, Slide Rules, Log Tables, Camera, Tape Recorder, to wear/carry any type of watch including Electronic Watches with facilities of calculator, any metallic item or electronic gadgets/ devices in the Examination Hall/Room 

There may not be any provision for safe keeping of valuables at the Centre. 

Inside the Examination Hall

• Pen/ Pencil and blank paper sheets for rough work will be provided in the examination Hall/Room. 
• Write Your name and Roll Number at the top of the sheet and must return the sheets and Admit Card to the Invigilator, before leaving the examination Hall/Room.
• Enter required details in the Attendance Sheet in legible handwriting, put your signature, Left Hand Thumb Impression and paste the Photograph at the appropriate place. Ensure that Your Left Hand Thumb Impression is clear and not smudged. 
• No Candidate should adopt any unfair means or indulge in any unfair examination practices. The candidature of candidates in case of impersonation will be automatically cancelled without any notice   

What is CMAT?
Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a government organized national MBA entrance examination for entry into 600 + management programmes (MBA/PGDM) all over India. Till 2018, CMAT was conducted by AICTE every year. The Test is now conducted by the National Testing Authority (NTA) of Government of India. CMAT 2020 is a three hour computer based online test which is conducted in a single session. CMAT Test Paper evaluates a candidate’s ability in Quantitative Technique, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension and General Awareness areas. CMAT 2020 score will be accepted by all AICTE-Approved Institutions/University Departments/Constituent Colleges/Affiliated Colleges like JBIMS, SIMSREE, K J Somaiya Mumbai, Welingkar Mumbai and PUMBA.

CMAT 2020:

CMAT 2020 exam will be held on January 28 from 9.30 AM to 12.30 PM in 109 centres all over India. CMAT 2020 Exam pattern will have 100 questions equally divided into 4 sections of 25 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) in each section. Read this comprehensive article, prepared by MBA Exam experts, to know more about Key Facts, CMAT Admit Card Download, exam pattern, syllabus. 

Exam Highlights
CMAT 2020 exam offers MBA admission opportunity in more than 600 MBA colleges in India and among them are some of the prominent management institutes. It is an important but an easier MBA entrance exam. Following are the key Exam highlights and other important details:

Important Dates
The CMAT 2020 important dates, exam Schedule, eligibility, start and last date to apply, last date to download admit card and other exam details are as under:

CMAT Test Pattern: Duration, Sectional composition & Scoring pattern
CMAT 2020 test paper has a time duration of 3 hours with 100 objective type questions in MCQs form.

• Question difficulty level is easy to moderate
• Exam is divided in 4 sections with 25 questions in each section. The sections are Quantitative Technique, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension and General Awareness
• Each correct answer is awarded +4 Mark
• Each wrong answer is penalized with negative marking of -1 mark
• No Individual Time limit to attempt question paper. Candidates can attempt any question from any section within the overall time limit of 3 hours.
• Merit Score and percentile is calculated on the basis of all the 4 sections.
• CMAT score card displays Actual score obtained out of 400 Marks, Sectional score obtained and the sectional and overall percentile obtained in the Exam

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How to Prepare for CMAT Exam?
Over the years CMAT exam pattern and syllabus has not changed. So the exam preparation is also not very difficult. Reading good preparation books, practicing with sample papers and CMAT previous year papers with solutions are a good tool for exam preparation.

CMAT 2020 exam Preparation can get you admission to MBA 2020 in good MBA colleges. It is high time that CMAT exam preparation must be started without any further delay as per the exam pattern. 

One of the important points which differentiate CMAT exam preparation from other exams is the separate section with 25 questions on ‘Logical Reasoning’ which has questions based on reasoning only. The LR Preparation for the exam and the strategy to prepare for this important section is to be properly planned and followed to score high.

The exam preparation strategy needs more focus on all the four sections. It requires your focus on following:

• When to Start exam Preparation?
• How to prepare?
• Which are the best Preparation Books?
• What is the best preparation material available apart from the books?
• Preparation Tips by CMAT Toppers
• Whether to Prepare with Coaching or Self prepare - which is better?
• If time is short, How to prepare for CMAT Online?
• Exam Taking Strategy - how to crack the Exam with High score?

Read More How to Prepare for CMAT Exam

CMAT 2020 Syllabus: At par with other MBA entrance exams
The exam Syllabus contains all the topics on which questions are asked in other national level MBA entrance exams. Past question papers and the exam pattern reveal that CMAT syllabus does not throw tough questions in the exam, although the syllabus topics are same.

The syllabus is based on past exam pattern and types of questions that appear in the exam. The best way to get hands-on feel and practice on question topics covered in CMAT syllabus, is to go through the previous exam papers and attempt CMAT Mock tests.. Read More

MBA Colleges Accepting CMAT Exam
The list of CMAT exam accepting colleges is released by National Testing Agency and is also available on AICTE website. There are around 600+ MBA/PGDM colleges who will accept the exam score for MBA admission 2020. Here are some of the best MBA colleges accepting CMAT exam score:

• JBIMS Mumbai
• SIMSREE Mumbai
• K J Somaiya Mumbai
• Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai/Gurgaon
• PUMBA Pune
• GIM Goa
• IFMR Chennai
• IMT Nagpur
• BIMTECH Greater Noida (Specialized Programmes)
• Welingkar, Mumbai
• N L Dalmia

The updated list of Management Institutes who accept CMAT exam scores for admission to their MBA programmes is available on MBAUniverse.com and is released by AICTE.. Read More 

MBA Admission Process with CMAT 2020

CMAT Admit Card 2020 Download: Available till Jan 28 
Theadmit card is available for download from December 24, 2019 to January 28, 2020. All provisionally registered candidates for CMAT exam 2020 can download their Admit Card from NTA website. No admit card is now sent as hard copy to the candidate’s registered address.. Read More

CMAT: An Easy Question paper 
The CMAT colleges cut offs in MBA admission are not very high although the question paper and scoring pattern award liberal marks to exam takers. The cut offs especially among top 20 colleges are slightly higher as compared to other MBA colleges, since the merit position in top 20 colleges is based on little higher cut offs. 

CMAT Result Declaration: Download Score Card from NTA Website
CMAT exam result will be declared on February 7, 2020 in afternoon. The Result will be available for download on NTA CMAT official Website and no score card will be sent by post or E-mail.. Read More

CMAT Score Needed for Top MBA colleges
‘How much score 2020 is required to get admission in one of the top MBA colleges?’ Cut offs in these MBA colleges vary from institute to institute. Apart from the overall score, many colleges also consider CMAT sectional score.

Most of these MBA colleges are autonomous, University B-schools offering MBA degree, private PGDM colleges. The cut off in good MBA colleges go in the range of 80 to 90+  percentile.

To help MBA aspirants searching for top MBA colleges accepting CMAT scores, MBAUniverse.com has prepared a list of MBA colleges with their expected cut off.. Read More 

CMAT Registration: Closed on December 10, 2019
The Registration & Application process closed on December 10, 2020 at 11.50 PM.

Registration Process: 5 Steps
CMAT Exam Registration process was online. It could be completed in five simple steps:

• Step-1: Create login
• Step 2: Fill the CMAT Registration 2020 Form 
• Step 3: Upload Images on Registration Form 2020
• Step 4: Make Payment of Registration Fee
• Step 5: View Registration summary, Save the filled in Form.. Read More

MBA Colleges in Maharashtra to Accept CMAT Exam Score
The Higher and Technical Education Department, Directorate of Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra has clarified while determining the entrance exam eligibility of All India category candidates for MBA/MMS admission process in Government, University affiliated, private aided and unaided Maharashtra MBA colleges, that All India Candidature Candidate, Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Candidature Candidate will be considered for MBA/MMS admission on the basis of obtaining non zero positive score in CET conducted by the Competent Authority; CAT -conducted by Indian Institute of Management; CMAT; GMAT among others.

National Testing Agency Created to Conduct CMAT
NTA, a newly created test conducting body, is conducting the entire CMAT 2020 exam alongwith other exams which were conducted by other agencies earlier. NTA will use highly secured IT software and encryption to ensure delivery of tests just in time. This will ensure no leakages and other malpractices. National Testing Agency (NTA) has been established by Government of India as a testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for admission/fellowship in higher educational institutions. NTA has replaced AICTE as exam conducting authority. AICTE conducted CMAT exam till 2018. CMAT is now known as NTA CMAT instead of AICTE-CMAT. From 2019 onwards, National Testing Agency has been assigned to conduct the CMAT exam.

The revised CMAT exam is similar to past exam pattern. It is a three hour computer based online test, conducted in a single session to evaluate the candidate’s ability across four sections like Quantitative Technique, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension and General Awareness.

Score Accepted by AICTE Approved MBA/PGDM Colleges
All the top colleges accepting CMAT 2020 exam score are the ones offering AICTE approved MBA/PGDM programmes. They include top MBA colleges like JBIMS, SIMSREE, K J Somaiya, GIM, Great Lakes among others. According to AICTE, ‘All AICTE approved Institutes / Departments / Constituent Colleges / Affiliated Colleges of Universities are expected to accept CMAT scores. The specific notifications issued by Universities and State Governments are available at CMAT website.’

CMAT is one of the largest National Level MBA/PGDM entrance examination and is conducted once a year in the month of January, as per the directions of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

Universities in 13 states including Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka among others accept CMAT exam scores alongwith CAT for admission to their MBA programmes. The governments have officially notified CMAT as their official test. In addition, many B-schools offering AICTE approved PGDM programs will be using the CMAT 2020 scores. More than 600+ B schools running AICTE approved management programmes in India accept the CMAT score. It is the 2nd largest MBA/PGDM entrance test after CAT in the country. More than 60000 candidates register and apply for CMAT every year.

If you don’t get good scores in CAT/XAT/SNAP, the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is the answer to your MBA/PGDM needs leading to 600+ AICTE approved B-schools across the country. The exam will be conducted in 109 test cities. With effect from 2016, CMAT has become a yearly exam as against twice a year exam.  Earlier till 2015, there used to be 2 CMAT exams in one year. The first CMAT was held in the month of September while the second followed in the month of coming February. 

Test Training
NTA has opened centres across India, from August 2019 onwards, to make candidates understand about the revised CMAT 2020 exam pattern, navigation, test taking strategy among other details.   The test training will help the candidates to understand all about the revised CMAT exam pattern.

Important Changes in CMAT exam
The key changes and features of the exam are: