The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2015 will be conducted on November 29. The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) announced the exam date, along with other important dates in the CAT calendar on Sunday.
Results in January While the registration window will be open from August 6 to September 20, results will be announced in January next year.
The test will be conducted in two sessions in one day at 650 test centres across 136 cities. Candidates will be given the option to select four test cities in the order of preference and need not rush to block slots and sites in the initial days of registration. However, they will not be able to select the session because it will be assigned randomly, the CAT notification from Ahmedabad said.
Candidates must pay the registration fee online only and can download their admit card from October 15 till the date of the exam.
The duration of the exam has been increased to 180 minutes from 170 minutes. There will be three sections — ‘Quantitative Aptitude (QA)’, ‘Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)’ and ‘Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC).’ QA and VRC will have 34 questions each, and DILR will have 32 questions. Some questions in each section may not be of multiple-choice type. Instead, direct answers are to be typed on the screen. The use of basic on-screen calculator will be allowed.
Candidates will be allotted 60 minutes for answering questions in each section and they cannot switch from one section to another while answering questions in a section.
DATES TO REMEMBER |
Online Registration | Aug 6 to Sept 20 |
Downlaod admit card | Oct 15 to Nov 29 |
Test Date | Nov 29 |
Declaration of results | Second week of Jan 2016 |
