CAT 2011 information Brochure

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In this section you will find top and best CAT coaching institutes, centres and classes for CAT exam colleges thataccept, accepting cat score, require cat score in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune, Chandigarh,Hyderabad and other places in India, CAT sample test papers, results and articles.

Common Admission TestPopularly known as CAT, is one of the toughest management entrance examinations inIndia, conducted by the elite Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for admission to 2-year full time Post GraduatePrograms in Management. Apart from IIMs, there are other premier B-Schools in the country accepting CAT scores

for admission to their respective management programs

CAT, is to become a computer based test from 2009 onwords. There are certain changes in type of questions andnumber. Candidates will have attempting Reading Passesges, Data Interpretation and Analytical Reasoningquestions on computer screen and then attempting to solve them. CAT - Compute based test had greater flexibilitywill be afforted that score may be valid for more than a year.

This year CAT 2011 will be conducted by IIM Calcutta.

CAT 2011 Exam Dates / Notification:-

Sale of CAT Vouchers:- Wednesday, 17 August 2011 - Monday, 26 September 2011

Registration for CAT 2011:- Wednesday, 17 August 2011 - Wednesday, 28 September 2011

CAT Test Dates:- Saturday, 22 October 2011 - Friday, 18 November 2011

CAT Result :- Wednesday 11 January 2012

CAT 2011 Eligibility:-

The candidate must hold a Bachelors Degree, withat least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of thecandidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Differently Abled (DA)categories],awarded by any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or othereducational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government ofIndia.

The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in the bachelors degree would be calculated based on thepractice followed by the university/institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree. In case the

candidates are awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the conversion of grades/CGPA to percentage of markswould be based on the procedure certified by the university/ institution from where they have obtained the bachelor'sdegree. In case the university/ institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, theequivalence would be established by dividing the candidates CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplyingthe result with 100.

Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelors degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who havecompleted degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. IIMs may verify eligibility at various stages ofthe selection process, the details of which are provided at Selection Process of IIMs.

CAT 2011 Paper Pattern:-

There will be some changes in the pattern of the CAT paper from 2011. CAT 2011 will have only two sections insteadof the erstwhile three sections. The first section will focus on Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation; the second onVerbal Ability & Logical Reasoning. There will be total 60 questions in the paper, 30 in each section. The duration ofCAT 2011 will be 140 minutes. Candidates will have 70 minutes to answer 30 questions within each section which willhave an on-screen countdown timer. Within the 70 min provided for the section, candidates can review the answers.Once the time ends for the first section, they will move to the second section and will no longer be able to go back.

A 15-minute tutorial will be provided before the start of the test, and candidates are advised to go through thatcarefully before starting the main examination. The total duration will be two hours and thirty five minutes includingthe tutorial. A practice test to provide candidates with a feel of the timed sections, as well as navigation andfunctionality of the actual test will be made available in the coming weeks. Once again candidates are advised to gothough them carefully to familiarise themselves with the screens, layout, and navigation.


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CAT 2011 Syllabus:-

CAT Exam Quantitative Ability Syllabus 2011 :-

Geometry, (Lines, angles, Triangles, Spheres, Rectangles, Cube, Cone etc)

Ratios and Proportion, Ratios, Percentages, In-equations

Quadratic and linear equations Algebra

Profit & Loss

Averages, Percentages, Partnership

Time-Speed-Distance, Work and time

Number system: HCF, LCM, Geometric Progression, Arithmetic progression, Arithmetic mean, Geometricmean , Harmonic mean, Median, Mode, Number Base System, BODMAS

Mensuration, Alligation & Mixtures, Work, Pipes and Cisterns

Simple Interest & Compound Interest

Set Theory, Venn Diagram

Instalment Payments, Partnership, Clocks

Probability, Permutations & Combinations

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Syllabus for CAT Exam 2011:-

Data Interpretation based on text, Data Interpretation based on graphs and tables. visit tutorial

Graphs can be Column graphs, Bar Graphs, Line charts, Pie Chart, Graphs representing Area, VennDiagram, etc.

Critical reasoning, Visual reasoning, Assumption-Premise-Conclusion, Assertion and reasons, Statementsand assumptions, identifying valid inferences , identifying Strong arguments and Weak arguments,Statements and conclusions, Cause and Effect, Identifying Probably true, Probably false, definitely true,definitely false kind of statement, Linear arrangements, Matrix arrangements.

Puzzles, Syllogisms, Functions, Family tree - identifying relationship among group of people, Symbol Basedproblems, Coding and decoding , Sequencing , identifying next number in series, etc.

IIM CAT Entrance Exam 2011 English Syllabus:-

Comprehension of passage, Verbal Reasoning, Syllogisms , Contextual usage, Analogies, Antonyms, Fill In theBlanks, Jumbled paragraphs with 4 or 5 sentences, Foreign language words used in English, Sentence completion,Sentence correction, odd man out, idioms, one word substitution, Different usage of same word, Errors in wordchoice, mania & phobia, Incorrect words, Mood, Conditionals & Multiple Usage , Punctuation, Proverb, Phrasal verbetc.

GK/GA/BA :-

Current Affairs, Business, Punch line of companies, Top officials of big companies, Major corporate events

Famous award and prizes

World Records

Books and authors

Science, History, Geography, International organisations

Important quotations

Social issues, Sports, Finance, Automobiles, Entertainment, Politics etc.

List of the Institutes/ Colleges accepting CAT 2011 Score for admission:-

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)Ahmedabad


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Indian Institute of Management (IIM)Bangalore

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)Calcutta

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)Indore

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)Kozhikode

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - Lucknow

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - Shillong

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - Ranchi Indian Institute of Management (IIM)Rohta

Indian Institute of Information TechnologyAllahabad

Institute of Agri Business Management Rajasthan

ITM Business School, Jaipuria Institute of Management

Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management & Technology

ACCMAN Institute of Management, Army Institute of Management

Balaji Institute of International Business (BIIB)

Calcutta Business School

Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research

MICA (Mudra Insitute of Communication), Ahmedabad

S.P.Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai

Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon

T.A.Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal, Fore School of Management (FSM), New Delhi

Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.


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CAT Syllabus

There is no set or defined syllabus for the exam. CAT examination mostly consists of quantitative

ability, data interpretation and English multiple type questions.

Quantitative Aptitude:

Geometry, (Lines, angles, Triangles, Spheres, Rectangles, Cube, Cone etc) Ratios and Proportion, Ratios, Percentages, In-equations

Quadratic and linear equations

Algebra

Profit & Loss

Averages, Percentages, Partnership

Time-Speed-Distance, Work and time

Number system: HCF, LCM, Geometric Progression, Arithmetic progression, Arithmetic mean,

Geometric mean , Harmonic mean, Median, Mode, Number Base System, BODMAS

Mensuration, Alligation & Mixtures, Work, Pipes and Cisterns

Simple Interest & Compound Interest

Set Theory, Venn Diagram Installment Payments, Partnership, Clocks

Probability, Permutations & Combination

Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency:

Data Interpretation based on text, Data Interpretation based on graphs and tables.

Graphs can be Column graphs, Bar Graphs, Line charts, Pie Chart, Graphs representing Area,

Venn Diagram, etc.

Critical reasoning, Visual reasoning, Assumption-Premise-Conclusion, Assertion and reasons,

Statements and assumptions, identifying valid inferences , identifying Strong arguments and Weak

arguments, Statements and conclusions, Cause and Effect, Identifying Probably true, Probably false,

definitely true, definitely false kind of statement, Linear arrangements, Matrix arrangements.

Puzzles, Syllogisms, Functions, Family tree identifying relationship among group of people,

Symbol Based problems, Coding and decoding , Sequencing , identifying next number in series, etc.

English :

Comprehension of passage ( Poems can also come).

Verbal Reasoning, Syllogisms , Contextual usage, Analogies, Antonyms, Fill In the Blanks,

Jumbled paragraphs with 4 or 5 sentences, Jumbled paragraphs (6 sentences with first and last fixed),

Sentence Correction, Foreign language words used in English, Sentence completion, Sentence

correction, odd man out, idioms, one word substitution, Different usage of same word etc.

GK/GA/BA :

Current Affairs, Business, Punch line of companies, Top officials of big companies, Major

corporate events

Famous award and prizes

World Records Books and authors

Science, History, Geography, International organisations

Important quotations

Social issues, Sports, Finance, Automobiles, Entertainment, Politics etc.

Documents

CAT 2011 information Brochure