CAT 2017 Admission Details

Breaking the Common Admission Test or CAT 2017 is the above all else need for a MBA wannabes. CAT is led by the Indian Institutes of Managements (IIMs) on a rotational premise. This year CAT will be directed by Indian Institute of Management Lucknow. CAT 2017 notification will be discharged on the fourth Sunday of July 2017. CAT 2017 is probably going to be led in the main week of December 2017. As far as exam design, it is a standout amongst the most powerful tests which changes practically consistently relying upon the tact of the exam leading experts. CAT 2017 scores won't just be acknowledged by the 20 IIMs in India yet more than 100 B-schools the nation over. Around 4,000 seats are offered through the 20 IIMs. CAT is the greatest national level MBA entrance test is taken by more than two lakh candidates each year. This article of Careers360 conveys to you finish points of interest of CAT 2017, for example, qualification criteria, enrollment, application method, vital dates, exam design, admit card, result, cut off, taking an interest organizations, and so forth.

CAT 2017 Important Dates

The timetable for CAT for the most part stays comparable consistently. In spite of the fact that till 2015 CAT was directed in November, CAT 2016 was held in a solitary day window on December 4. The accompanying table conveys to you the imperative dates for CAT 2017 in view of the speculative course of events.

CAT 2017 Important Dates

Events	Important Dates
CAT 2017 Notification	Fourth Sunday of July
CAT 2017 Application Commencement	First week of August
CAT 2017 last date to apply	Last week of September
CAT 2017 Admit Card	Third week of October
CAT 2017 Exam	First Sunday of December
CAT 2017 Result	First week of January

CAT Conducting Body 2017

This year the test will be directed by another BLACKIS part, IIM Lucknow (Indian Institute of Management Lucknow). The declaration in regards to directing the CAT 2017 has been transferred on the IIM Lucknow official site, welcoming offers for CAT publicizing administrations. The notification states, " IIM L, the CAT community for 2017, welcomes offered for giving promoting administrations to CAT 2017 from June 23 till August 7, 2017..." Last year, IIM Bangalore had led CAT gone before by IIM Ahmedabad in 2015. The name of the CAT 2017 Convenor has been declared by IIM Lucknow. Educator Neeraj Dwivedi, IIM Lucknow PGP Admission Chairperson, will be the CAT 2017 convener.

List of courses offered via CAT 2017

S.No.	Course
1	PGPEM (Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management)
2	PGPBM (Post Graduate Programme in Business Management)
3	PGP (Post Graduate Programme)
4	PGPWE (Post Graduate Programme for Working Executive)
5	PGPPM (Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management)
6	EPGPM (Executive Post Graduate Programme)
7	PGPSM (Post Graduate Programme in Securities Markets)
8	PGDHRM (Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management)
9	PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management)
10	PGPEX (Post Graduate Programme for Executives)
11	PGP-Mumbai (Post Graduate Programme at Mumbai)
12	PGP-ABM (Post Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management)
13	PGP-UAE (Post Graduate Programme at UAE)

CAT Eligibility Criteria 2017

The qualification criteria of CAT has stayed consistent throughout the years.

• Applicants ought to have passed and gotten Bachelor's Degree in any train from a perceived college or establishment.

• The base rate of total imprints or equal CGPA to be acquired or secured by the applicants is 50 for General category candidates and 45 for saved category candidates.

• Last year graduation understudies are additionally qualified to show up for the exam gave they satisfy the Bachelor's degree cutoff and different components inside the stipulated plan given by IIMs and other taking an interest foundations.

• IIMs and other Government establishments take after the reservation criteria of candidates. The accompanying table conveys to you the category savvy situate reservation rate.

Category wise seat reservation

Category	Percentage
PWD	3%
ST	7.50%
SC	15%
OBC	27%

CAT Application Form 2017

The CAT 2017 application form filling strategy is totally on the web. The application procedure is relied upon to start from the primary week of August. With a specific end goal to apply for CAT, candidates need to visit the official site of CAT 2017 and enroll. Once the CAT enlistment handle gets over, the IIM will send the login certifications to the candidates through SMS and email. Subsequent to getting the login qualifications, the candidates need to sign into the application window and top off the online application form of CAT 2017 which is isolated into the accompanying zones:

• Personal Details

• Contact Details

• Academic Details

• Work Experience

• Selecting IIMs to apply for

• Selecting Test Centres and Interview Cities

Candidates are told to check the information given by them in every last category and once the CAT application form 2017 is submitted, there will scarcely be any opportunity to redress it unless IIMs choose to give candidates the choice to amend the wrong information.

Applicants need to likewise transfer their photo and mark in .jpeg format. The documents ought not surpass the expressed record measure. The photo ought to be clear and the mark ought to be sufficiently intelligible keeping in mind the end goal to be qualified.

CAT 2017 Application Form Fee

The application expense is Rs. 1700 for General category candidates and Rs. 850 for held category candidates.

The method of application expense installment is through Credit/Debit Card or Net Banking.

A year ago, the quantity of CAT applications was 2,32,434, which was most noteworthy in recent years. The genuine number of test takers was around 1,95,000.

Past Application Trend in CAT

Year	No. of Registration	No. of Test Takers
2016	2,32,434	1,95,000
2015	2,18,664	1,79,602
2014	1,96,988	1,67,829
2013	1,94,516	1,73,714
2012	2,14,000	1,95,000
2011	2,05,000	1,86,000
2010	2,04,000	1,85,000
2009	2,41,000	2,30,000
2008	2,90,000	2,76,000
2007	2,50,000	2,30,000

CAT Exam Centers 2017

It is normal that CAT 2017 will be led in around 140 urban communities crosswise over India. A year ago, the test was directed in 136 urban communities. Every year, IIMs or the CAT leading experts include various urban areas where CAT is led to make it more helpful for test takers crosswise over India. Amid the application procedure, candidates need to choose four test urban areas in the request of need.

CAT Exam Pattern 2017

The exam example of CAT 2017 is relied upon to be on the comparable lines as that of a year ago. Notwithstanding, there are high possibilities that the CAT 2017 exam example will change in view of the tact of the CAT 2017 convenor and CAT council. According to the most recent year's example, CAT is a PC based trial of three hours term conveying 100 target sort questions which were blended with different decision and non-numerous decision questions.

The quantity of inquiries in Verbal and Reading Comprehension and Quantitative Ability segments is same, i.e. 34, though the quantity of inquiries in Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning area is 32.

Each section is time bound for one hour. The total duration of the exam is three hours. Take a look at the overall structure of the test.

CAT Structure

S.No.	Section	No. of MCQs	No. of Non-MCQs	Questions from each section	Time allotted to each section (minutes)
1	Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VRC)	24	10	34	60
2	Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DI & LR)	24	8	32	60
3	Quantitative Ability (QA)	27	7	34	60
Total		75	25	100	180

CAT Syllabus 2017

Despite the fact that there is no particular syllabus for CAT 2017 by IIMs, in view of the previous years' example and investigation, we can evaluate the CAT 2017 syllabus. In spite of the fact that IIMs specify that the level of the inquiries is like that of Class VIII-Class X. Be that as it may, the specialists specify that a portion of the inquiries are of Class XII to graduation level. The syllabus of CAT is separated into 3 sections:

• Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

• Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

• Quantitative Ability

CAT Syllabus

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning	Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension	Quantitative Ability
Caselets and Tables Bar Graphs and Column Graphs Venn Diagrams Line Charts & Pie Chart Combination of two or more types linked to each other Number and Letter Series Calendars, Cubes and Clocks Binary Logic Seating Arrangement Syllogism Logical Matching Logical Sequence Logical Connectives Blood Relations	Synonyms Antonyms (Vocabulary Based) Grammar or English Usage Correction in Sentence Fill in the blanks Jumbled Paragraph and Close Passage Analogies and Reverse Analogies Meaning/Usage Match Verbal Reasoning Summary Questions Reading Comprehension Facts Inferences Judgements	Number Systems LCM & HCF Profit, Loss & Discount Percentages Speed, Time & Distance Time & Work Simple & Compound Interest Ratio & Proportion Averages Quadratic & Linear Equations Complex Numbers Logarithm Binomial Theorem Sequences & Series Surds & Indices Inequalities Probability, Permutation and Combination Set Theory Functions & Geometry Mixtures & Alligations Trigonometry Coordinate Geometry & Mensuration

CAT Admit Card 2017

The admit card of CAT 2017 is relied upon to be accessible for download from the most recent week of September 2017. CAT 2017 admit card is accessible just in online mode which the candidates need to download by going to the CAT 2017 authority site and signing in with the given accreditations. The CAT admit card 2017 will contain vital information, for example,

• Candidate name

• Exam date

• Exam venue

• Important Instructions for exam day

CAT Result 2017

The result of CAT 2017 will be proclaimed in the main week of January 2018. Test takers can download their CAT 2017 score cards online by signing into the official site through the CAT ID/Sr No. what's more, secret key. The score card will bear test takers' area astute and general scaled scores and percentiles. The CAT 2017 result will be accessible just in online mode and IIMs won't send the printed version of the scorecards at the candidates' address.

CAT Cutoff of IIMs for 2016

IIMs	Sections	Category
		General	OBC-NC	SC	ST	PwD
IIM Ahmedabad	VRC	75	50	65	60	60
	DI & LR	70	50	65	60	60
	QA	70	50	65	60	60
	Aggregate	80	60	75	70	70
IIM Bangalore	VRC	85	75	70	60	60
	DI & LR	80	70	65	60	60
	QA	80	70	65	60	60
	Aggregate	90	80	75	75	75
IIM Calcutta	VRC	80	75	65	60	65
	DI & LR	80	75	65	60	65
	QA	80	75	65	60	65
	Aggregate	90	85	70	70	70
IIM Lucknow	VRC	85	77	55	50	55
	DI & LR	85	77	55	50	55
	QA	85	77	55	50	55
	Aggregate	90	82	70	65	70

CAT 2017 Participating Institutes

Upwards of 20 IIMs and more than 100 B-schools crosswise over India acknowledge the scores of CAT. For CAT 2017, the quantity of taking an interest foundations will be comparative or more. The accompanying table conveys to you the rundown of 20 IIMs and their admission and educational cost expense.

IIMs Seats and Fee

S.No.	IIMs	Fee (Lakh)	Number of Seats
1	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	19.5	385
2	Indian Institute of Management Amritsar	9	60
3	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	18.7	412
4	Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya	11	60
5	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	19	462
6	Indian Institute of Management Indore	13	550
7	Indian Institute of Management Kashipur	10.5	210
8	Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode	13.75	353
9	Indian Institute of Management Lucknow	14	436
10	Indian Institute of Management Nagpur	10	60
11	Indian Institute of Management Raipur	10.26	210
12	Indian Institute of Management Ranchi	10.5	155
13	Indian Institute of Management Rohtak	10.5	170 - 180
14	Indian Institute of Management Shillong	12.68	120
15	Indian Institute of Management Trichy	10	120
16	Indian Institute of Management Udaipur	9.5	180
17	Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam	10.5	60
18	Indian Institute of Management, Jammu	10	45
19	Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur	10	140
20	Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur	9	60