On November 28, 2021, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) will conduct a computer-based Common Admission Test 2021 (CAT 2021).
The test will be divided into three sections.
According to an official announcement, the CAT will be held in 158 test centers across the country. Candidates will be able to choose among the list of six test cities in order of preference.
CAT 2021 registration will begin on August 4th at 10:00 a.m. and close on September 15, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. Prior to the end of the registration window, the registered applicants will have access to a very brief editing window.
Only those candidates who have paid the necessary registration fee and successfully registered for CAT 2021 within the stipulated deadline will be eligible for this option.
Candidates will be allotted 40 minutes for answering questions in each section and they will not be allowed to switch from one section to another while answering questions in a section.
The duration of the test will be 120 minutes. There will be three sections:
Section I: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
Section II: Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
Section III: Quantitative Ability
Eligibility: The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50 percent marks or equivalent CGPA (45 percent in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Persons with Disability (PwD) categories), awarded by any university or educational institution as incorporated by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature in India or declared to be deemed as a university under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
Candidates applying for CAT 2021 should fulfill any one of the following conditions:
-Completed Bachelor’s degree with the required percentage of marks.
-Completed professional degree (CA/CS/ICWA/Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India (FIAI)) with a required percentage.
-Should be in the final year of Bachelor’s degree with the required percentage.
-SC/ST/PwD candidates should have a minimum 45 percent score.
For General, EWS, and NC-OBC candidates, the minimum is 50 percent.
