CMAT 2015-16 First Test Notification : (FIRST TEST) 25th to 29th September, 2014,Important Dates,

Common Management Admission Test CMAT 2015 - 16,(FIRST TEST) 25th to 29th September, 2014

AICTE will conduct the CMAT as an entrance test for admission to the colleges that offer MBA and for those which run postgraduate diploma in management programs. All the B-Schools recognized by AICTE can and are expected to accept the CMAT Score.  AICTE will be conducting CMAT TWO TIMES in a year. The candidates will be given two opportunities to appear in CMAT; first in September 2014 and second in February 2015. The better of two scores will be used for admission for 2015-16 CMAT 2015-16 First Test Notification  First Test  The test is scheduled to be conducted within a 5 day test window from 25.09.2014 to 29.09.2014 The candidates will have option of selecting date and city for appearing in the test. Registration Online registration Online from 3rd July, 2014 to 25th August, 2014 on website www.aicte-cmat.in Choice of 3 dates and 3 cities of India for online examination in the order of preference. First come first served; actual allotment subject to availability of the slots in a particular city. Important Dates Registration window opens on 03.07.2014 Last Date for Online Registration 25.08.2014 Print out of Hall ticket From 12.09.2014 Computer based test dates 25.09.2014 to 29.09.2014 Declaration of result 30.10.2014 Print out of Score Cards From 30.10.2014 to 30.11.2014 Study Material Logical Reasoning Logical Reasoning section Basics of Data Interpretation Permutation and Combination Important Problem on Progressions Quantitative Technique : Number System - Important Formulas Quant questions of Progressions Logical Reasoning Quantitative Techniques Section - Volume and Surface Area Questions Data Interpretation - Pie Charts Logical Reasoning - Concepts Data Interpretation - Sales Figures COORDINATE GEOMETRY Language Comprehension Algebra - Inequalities Expert Advice on Preparation CMAT First Test Eligibility Graduates with 50% in any discipline Final year students of Graduate Courses can also apply Test Fee  General/OBC: Rs.1400 + Bank charges as applicable SC/ST/PD: Rs.700 + Bank charges as applicable Note: Fee once remitted is not refunded under any circumstance. Mode of Payment  Net Banking / Credit / Debit Card: Online through www.aicte-cmat.in Cash: Payment Through challan generated online and Cash deposited in any branch of State Bank of India.   List of Test Centers for CMAT First Test The CMAT First Test (2015-16) is expected to be conducted in 23 Indian (States and Union Territories) covering the following cities: 1. Agartala  2. Ahmedabad  3. Ahmednagar  4. Allahabad  5. Amravati  6. Amritsar  7. Aurangabad  8. Bangalore 9. Bareilly  10. Bhavnagar  11. Bhopal  12. Bhubaneswar  13. Bhuj  14. Chandigarh 15. Chennai  16. Coimbatore 17. Davangere  18. Dehradun  19. Delhi  20. Dhanbad  21. Dharwad 22. Durgapur  23. Gulbarga  24. Gurgaon  25. Guwahati  26. Gwalior 27. Hyderabad  28. Indore 29. Jabalpur 30. Jaipur  31. Jammu 32. Jamshedpur 33. Jodhpur  34. Kanpur  35. Kochi  36. Kolhapur  37. Kolkata 38. Kozhikode  39. Lucknow 40. Ludhiana 41. Mangalore  42. Meerut 43. Mumbai 44. Mysore 45. Nagpur  46. Nasik  47. Navi Mumbai  48. Noida 49. Panaji  50. Patna  51. Pune  52. Rajkot 53. Raipur  54. Ranchi  55. Shimla 56. Srinagar  57. Surat  58. Trivandrum  59. Udaipur 60. Vadodara 61. Varanasi 62. Visakhapatnam (Note: AICTE reserves the right to change or cancel any test venue / center and / or change the test time and dates at their own discretion) Structure-Pattern of the CMAT First Test No. of sections: The computer-based CMAT First Test 2015 – 2016 will have the following four sections with multiple choice questions. (MCQ) S. No. Type of Questions No. of questions Maximum Marks 1 Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation 25 100 2 Logical reasoning 25 100 3 Language comprehension 25 100 4 General Awareness 25 100 Total   100 400 Important  Expected Duration of the CMAT: 3 hours (180 minutes). Expected Time per section in CMAT: 45 minutes. Marking Scheme for CMAT: 4 marks per correct answer. Incorrect answers will carry a penalty of 1 mark. Admission Process The detailed merit list will be provided to the respective State Government for allotting the students through central counseling or otherwise as per their notified admission procedure In case there is no central counseling, scores awarded will be used for admission in the AICTE approved institutes/University departments.