The Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) announced the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2018 exam schedule, dates and venues. Those who aspire to study management in India’s top business schools can apply for this exam. This year, CAT will be held across 147 cities on November 25, and IIM Calcutta is coordinating the exam. The registration for the same will begin on August 8 till September 19. Interested candidates can visit the official website, iimcat.ac.in to read the detailed notification of CAT’s registration and application process by IIM Calcutta.

According to the official notice, CAT 2018 Admit Card will be available from October 24 to November 25, and the exam results are expected to release in the second week of January 2019. The confirmed result date will be announced after the commencement of the entrance exam. CAT is a 180 minutes duration test which is comprised of three sections; verbal ability, data interpretation, logical reasoning and quantitative ability. And the exam is conducted in two sessions. For each section, 60 minutes is allotted to the students to answer the questions.

All the candidates can put four city preferences on their registration form for centres where they wish to sit for the examination. For general category students, the registration fee is Rs. 1,800 and for reserved candidates, it is Rs. 900. To clarify any doubts, the aspirants are recommended to visit the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Section on the CAT website. CAT is not only an entrance test for all the IIMs for their MBA programs, but it is also calculated for admission into several other top B-schools in India.

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