CMAT 2024: Highlights, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, and Accepting Colleges

CMAT 2024 Exam Highlights

The exam is accepted by more than 1500 MBA colleges in India to select candidates for their MBA or PGDM programs. The difficulty level of CMAT tends to be on the lower side compared to other exams like CAT,GMAT, and XAT. However, it is not to be underestimated.

Following are the key exam highlights and other important details:

CMAT 2024: Important Dates

Given below are the tentative dates for the CMAT 2024 exam:

CMAT 2024 Exam Pattern

To understand the exam format in detail, let us study the information tabulated below:

Here are some points you must keep in mind regarding CMAT 2024:

• There are a total of 100 questions in the paper
• All the questions are MCQ-type questions
• Each question in the paper carries 4 marks
• For every incorrect attempt, there is a negative marking of one mark

CMAT 2024 Eligibility Criteria

Aspirants must fulfill the following eligibility criteria to be allowed to sit for the exam:

• Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
• Final-year students whose results will be declared before the start of the academic year can also apply
• The candidate must be a citizen of India
• There is no age restriction

CMAT 2024 Registration Process

The registration process is expected to commence in the 2nd week of February 2024. The students are required to submit their applications online. There is no provision to submit the application offline.

• Register for the online application form

The first step in the process is to submit the basic information. After the successful submission, the candidate will receive his application number and password. In order to log in thereafter, the candidate will be required to log in with his credentials to submit the application form.

• Complete your Application

Log in with your system-generated login credentials and complete your application form. Upload all the documents including your scanned photograph and signature

• Payment

Select a suitable payment option and follow the instructions available online to complete the payment. After a successful payment transaction, a confirmation page will be generated. If the confirmation page is not generated then the amount debited will be refunded back and you will have to make the transaction again.

Documents Required for Registration

• Both the scanned photograph and signature should be in JPG/JPEG format.
• The size of the scanned photograph should be between 10 kb to 200 kb
• The size of the scanned signature should be between 4 kb to 30 kb
• The photograph can be colored or black/white (but with clear contrast)

CMAT 2024 Application Form Fee

The next step after filling up the online Application Form is to pay the registration fee. As per last year, the application fee for different categories is as follows: -

Application Fee Payment through Online Mode

Check the validity of the Debit/ Credit Card and keep it ready with you while logging on to the website for submitting the application form. Enter the information very carefully to avoid any discrepancies and keep the proof of fee paid.

 Fee can be paid using SBI/HDFC Bank through:

• Net Banking
• Debit Card
• Credit Card
• UPI

CMAT 2024 Syllabus

The exam syllabus is not exactly defined. But, on the basis of previous year's papers we have listed down the important topics for each section.

Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation

• Arithmetic
• Geometry
• Algebra
• Number System
• Probability & Set theory
• Permutation and Combination
• Charts (Column, Bar, Pie)
• Tables
• Graphs (Line & Area)
• Venn Diagram
• Data Sufficiency

Logical Reasoning

• Arrangements
• Blood Relations
• Series
• Statement Conclusions
• Venn Diagrams
• Coding and Decoding
• True/False Statements
• Puzzles
• Visual Reasoning
• Calendars

Language Comprehension

• Para Jumble
• Fill In the Blanks
• Idioms/Phrases and clauses
• Reading Comprehension
• Grammar - Articles, Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Prepositions, Adjectives, Adverbs
• Language Usage and Their Rules
• Vocabulary

General Awareness

• Static GK - Geography, Polity, History
• Recent Current Affairs
• Significant National and International Events
• Business & Economics
• Important Personalities
• Important Award Recipients for the given year
• Sports

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

• Government Intervention in Entrepreneurship
• Business and Corporate Affairs
• New Investment and schemes
• Policies Related to Entrepreneurship
• General Economy
• Adequacy of Market

The syllabus is expected to be on the same lines as the CMAT 2023 Syllabus.

Read in detail: CMAT Detailed Syllabus

CMAT 2024 Marking Scheme

Here is the marking scheme for CMAT 2024:

• For a correct attempt, you will be awarded 4 marks.
• For a wrong attempt, 1 mark will be deducted.
• No marks will be deducted for unanswered questions.
• The total composite score will be evaluated by totaling marks earned or deducted in each section.

Details Provided on CMAT 2024 Scorecard

Following are the details that will be mentioned on the scorecard 2024:

• Name of the student
• Candidate's rank
• Sectional scores obtained by the student
• Total score obtained
• Section-wise percentile
• Total percentile

Top MBA Colleges Accepting CMAT Exam Scores

The National Testing Agency releases the list of colleges that accept the exam score and this list is also available on the AICTE website. There are around 1500 MBA/PGDM colleges that will accept the exam score for MBA admission in 2024. Here are some of the prominent names among them:

• JBIMS Mumbai
• K J Somaiya Mumbai
• IMS Ghaziabad
• Jaipuria School of Business
• Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai/Gurgaon
• PUMBA Pune
• GIM Goa
• BIMTECH Greater Noida