This is the stage where students are required to take written tests as a first step to qualify for the B-school of their choice. These tests are conducted on an all-India level and their scores are evaluated. However, the number of students taking each test varies. Students are screened for the second phase on the basis of these scores.

Remember Class X Board Exam Math? That's what QA is all about. Some of the topics that you need to deal with are number systems, arithmetic, geometry, algebra, permutation & combination and set theory.
Take a Quantitative Ability test

How well can you analyze and get specific information from data? This section features problems based on different forms of data representation, such as tables, activity charts, bar charts and so on.
Take a Data Interpretation test

Reading and understanding. How fast can you do both? Five passages of about 800 words each followed by questions on the same should be test enough.
Take a Reading Comprehension test

If you have been in touch with current affairs and business events, you will enjoy this section. Except CAT, most tests have this section. Questions in this section cover static general knowledge, current affairs and business awareness.
Take a General/Business Awareness test

What kind of a thinker are you? This section has questions on data sufficiency and puzzles.
Take Analytical Reasoning test

This section is present only in the Maharastra CET and other regional MBA exams. These are questions based on pictorial logic, which contain different figures having different objects. You need to apply logic and determine the relationship between these objects and answer the questions.
Take a Visual Reasoning test