CAT 2015 - Important Dates And Major Changes In Exam Pattern

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) announced the details for Common Admission Test (2015) on 26th July 2015.

Important Dates 

• Registration period:  06th August to 20th September 2015.
• Exam Date: 29th November, 2015 (one day), in two slots (Forenoon & Afternoon Sessions).
• Download of Admit Card: 15th October 2015, 1:00 PM to Exam Day
• Results Date: 2nd Week January

Important Features of CAT 2015

•  Exam will be conducted in 136 cities across India, in 650 test sites.
• Duration of the examination has been increased to 180 minutes instead of 170 minutes. 

There will be 3 sections:

1. ‘Quantitative Aptitude (QA) : 34 questions (60 minutes)
2. ‘Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR): 32 questions (60 minutes)
3. ‘Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC) : 34 questions (60 minutes)

• Some questions may not carry multiple choices and will have to be typed on the screen.             Also, use of basic on-screen calculator for computation will be allowed. 
• One will not be able to shift among sections.
• Format of the examination will be available on the CAT website from 15th October 2015.
• The Normalization process to be implemented shall adjust for location and scale differences of score distributions across different forms. After normalization across different forms the scores shall be further normalized across different sections and the scaled scores obtained by this process shall be converted into percentiles for purposes of short listing.

Eligibility Criteria

• The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA
• For the candidates  appearing in the final year of bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification      examination and those who have completed degree, the last date of submission for programme certificate is June 30, 2016.
• IIMs may verify eligibility at various stages of the selection process, the details of which are     provided at the website www.iimcat.ac.in

Contact Information

Website: www.iimcat.ac.in
Email ID: cat2015@iimahd.ernet.in
Help Desk Number: 18002660207 (Monday to Saturday 09:00AM to 06:00PM)

Best Strategic Tips and Tricks for Solving DATA Interpretation

Taking on Data Interpretation

Data Interpretation is an integral part in most of the competitive exams and has changed over the period. From being organized in early 2000’s it shifted to unorganized data in late 2000’s but with the advent of online CAT things have changed radically. The focus on organized data is back but the difficulty level has shifted to a new area i.e. calculation and understanding.

If one is preparing in any of the top MBA coaching classes, then they would be having idea about the in the current scenario a typical CAT paper has approximately 8-10 questions of DI within the quantitative section which is spread across 3-4 sets of 2-3 questions each. This has resulted in two things:

1.    Not much time can be devoted to understanding the set as the overall time allocation is also low.
2.    Difficulty level has moved from understanding the set to solving the set or calculation.

Isn’t it so much easier to solve a DI set on paper by writing the numbers right next to the question and marking things on the graph itself, but with online all this luxury has gone for a toss.

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