CMAT 2024 will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The announcement of CMAT 2024 exam dates and registration schedule will be released most likely in February. Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a national-level examination, by which candidates can take admission into management courses (MBA, PGDM, PGCM, Executive PGDM, etc.) All AICTE-approved institutions, colleges, and universities consider CMAT scores to offer admission. The CMAT exam is scheduled in April and conducted in online mode. In this article, we have provided details about the CMAT 2024 exam given below.
MBA aspirants can register and fill out the CMAT application form 2024 online at the NTA website for a fee of INR 2,000 (INR 1,000 for women and reserved category students). CMAT exam will be conducted in over 100 cities across India at designated examination centres.
What is CMAT?
CMAT full form is Common Management Admission Test (CMAT). Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a business aptitude test conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to MBA/PGDM courses. The CMAT is one of the most popular MBA entrance exams in India. About 70,000 candidates appear for it every year. CMAT score is accepted by some of the top B-schools in including including Great Lakes Institute of Management, JBIMS, SIMSREE, K J Somaiya Mumbai, Welingkar Mumbai and PUMBA. The CMAT question paper consists of 100 questions from Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness and Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The total marks of CMAT is 400. CMAT is conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode and the duration of the exam is three hours.
CMAT EXAM: Till 2018, CMAT was conducted by AICTE, now the Test is conducted by the National Testing Authority (NTA) constituted by the Government of India. More than 70,000 candidates apply for the CMAT every year. CMAT offers a unique opportunity to all the test takers as none of them is disqualified in its result.
CMAT Exam Highlights 2024
CMAT is a three hour MCQ based test. Take a look at the table below to know key highlights of CMAT 2024 exam:
| CMAT Features | Details |
|---|---|
| CMAT Full Form | Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) |
| Conducting Body | National Testing Agency (NTA) |
| Exam Level | National |
| Exam Frequency | Once a year |
| Exam Mode | Online |
| Exam Duration | 3 hours |
| Exam Syllabus | Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation Logical Reasoning Language Comprehension & Verbal Ability General AwarenessInnovation and Entrepreneurship |
| Exam Pattern | 100 questions in MCQ format |
| Language | English |
| Exam Fees | INR 2,000 (General category male)INR 1,000 (General category female/reserved category students) |
| Exam Purpose | Admission to 1,300 MBA colleges |
| Course Offered | MBA/PGDM |
| No. of Test Cities | 124 (for CMAT 2022) |
| No. of applicants | 70,000 (approx.) |
| Exam Helpdesk No. | 0120-6895200 |
| Address | NTA C-20 1A/8, Sector 62 IITK Outreach Centre, NOIDA-201309 |
| CMAT Official Website | https://cmat.nta.nic.in/ |
CMAT Exam Dates 2024
CMAT 2024 Exam Dates for various events are tabulated below. Check the table below for the tentative schedule of CMAT 2024 based on last year’s schedule:
| CMAT Events | CMAT Dates 2024 |
| NTA CMAT registration 2024 start date | First week of February 2024 |
| CMAT application form 2024 last date | First week of March 2024 |
| Last date to pay CMAT registration fee | First week of March 2024 |
| CMAT application form correction window dates | Second week of March 2024 |
| Advance exam city intimation slip | Last week of April 2024 |
| CMAT admit card 2024 release date | First week of May 2024 |
| NTA CMAT exam date 2024 | First week of May 2024 |
| CMAT 2024 answer key release date (Provisional) | Second week of May 2024 |
| NTA CMAT answer key challenge last date | Third week of May 2024 |
| CMAT result date 2024 | Last week of May 2024 |
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CMAT Eligibility Criteria
Before applying for CMAT, candidates must ensure that they meet the following eligibility criteria:
- The aspirant must have completed graduation in any discipline or equivalent degree from a recognised university.
- Final year graduation students are also eligible to apply for CMAT 2024 but they will have to present the passing certificate at the time of admission.
- There are no minimum score percentage criteria in graduation for the CMAT exam.
CMAT Registration Process 2024
The registration process for the CMAT exam will be conducted by the NTA. The CMAT application form 2024 will be available on the official website of CMAT-NTA (https://cmat.nta.nic.in/). Candidates are required to fill out the online application form to appear for the exam. The CMAT registration cum application process includes the following steps:
- Online registration by entering the name, date of birth, email ID and phone number
- Creating CMAT account and user ID by confirming registration via OTP/e-mail
- Filling the CMAT 2024 application form by furnishing personal and academic details
- Uploading passport size photo, scanned signature in prescribed format
- Payment of CMAT 2024 registration fees via credit/debit card or internet banking
CMAT Exam 2024 Pattern
CMAT exam during the last three years has gone with some key changes. The updated CMAT 2024 pattern with sectional composition is as below:
- CMAT 2024 test paper has time duration of 3 hours and consists of 5 sections
- The Exam is divided in 5 sections with 20 questions in each section. The sections are Quantitative Technique, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness and Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- There will be 100 questions for 3 hours exam
- All are of objective type questions in MCQs form.
- Question difficulty level is easy to moderate
- Each correct answer is awarded +4 Mark
- Each wrong answer is penalized with negative marking of -1 mark
- No Individual Time limit to attempt question paper. Candidates can attempt any question from any section within the overall CMAT exam time limit
- Merit Score and percentile is calculated on the basis of all the sections.
- CMAT score card displays Actual score obtained out of 400 Marks, Sectional score obtained and the sectional and overall Rank obtained in the Exam
| CMAT 2024 Exam Sections | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks Section-wise |
| Language Comprehension | 20 | 80 |
| Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation | 20 | 80 |
| Logical Reasoning | 20 | 80 |
| General Awareness | 20 | 80 |
| Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 20 | 80 |
| Total: Sections-5 | 100 | 400 |
CMAT Syllabus
CMAT syllabus is similar to other MBA entrance exams. It includes Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and General Knowledge. Apart from these subjects, there is an optional subject Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Candidates must start CMAT preparation by picking the tougher topics first. Once they are thorough with the tough topics they should move to easier topics. However, the key is to not ignore easy topics for tough ones.
| CMAT Sections | CMAT Topics |
|---|---|
| Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation | Algebra, Time-Speed-Distance, Alligation & Mixtures, Geometry, Graph, Quadratic and Linear Equations, etc. |
| Logical Reasoning | Analytical Reasoning, Linear Arrangements, Number Series, Matrix Arrangements, Blood Relationship Tests, etc. |
| Language Comprehension | Reading Comprehension, Grammar, English Usage Errors, Parajumbles, etc. |
| General Awareness | Economy, Business, World, Politics, Sports, Culture, Society |
| Innovation & Entrepreneurship | Questions related to innovation, entrepreneurship and start up business |
CMAT Admit Card 2024
CMAT admit card 2024 will be released a week before the exam. It can be downloaded from the official website of CMAT-NTA from the scheduled date. To download the CMAT 2024 admit card, the candidate will have to follow the below given process. Check below the steps to download.
- Visit the CMAT-NTA website: https://cmat.nta.nic.in/
- Click on CMAT 2024 admit card tab
- Enter CMAT application number and date of birth
- Enter security pin and click on login
- Click on CMAT admit card and download the PDF
CMAT Result 2024
CMAT result 2024 will be announced by the NTA in the form of scorecard. Test takers will be able to download their CMAT 2024 result cum scorecard from the official website by using their login credentials. Check the below steps to download the CMAT result 2024:
- Go to CMAT-NTA website
- Click on CMAT scorecard tab
- Enter CMAT application number and date of birth
- Click on CMAT scorecard and download the PDF
CMAT Test Centres And Cities
CMAT exam 2024 will be held at multiple centres in 124 cities of India. Aspirants can choose from the list of cities, up to four locations as per their preference for taking CMAT 2024. The option to choose a city of one’s choice will be given to each candidate at the time of filling up the CMAT application form. Each aspirant can choose four cities as their preferred test city.
| State | CMAT Test City | City Code |
|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar | Port Blair | AN01 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Guntur | AP07 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Kurnool | AP10 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Nellore | AP11 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry | AP13 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Tirupathi | AP16 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Vijaywada | AP17 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam | AP18 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar/Naharlagun | AL01 |
| Assam | Dibrugarh | AM01 |
| Assam | Guwahati | AM02 |
| Bihar | Bhagalpur | BR02 |
| Bihar | Darbhanga | BR04 |
| Bihar | Gaya | BR05 |
| Bihar | Muzaffarpur | BR06 |
| Bihar | Patna | BR07 |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh/Mohali | CH01 |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar/Durg | CG01 |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur | CG03 |
| Delhi | Delhi | DL01 |
| Goa | Panaji | GO01 |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar | GJ01 |
| Gujarat | Anand | GJ02 |
| Gujarat | Bhavnagar | GJ03 |
| Gujarat | Bhuj | GJ17 |
| Gujarat | Himatnagar | GJ14 |
| Gujarat | Jamnagar | GJ06 |
| Gujarat | Mehsana | GJ08 |
| Gujarat | Rajkot | GJ10 |
| Gujarat | Surat | GJ11 |
| Gujarat | Vadodara | GJ12 |
| Gujarat | Valsad/Vapi | GJ13 |
| Haryana | Ambala | HR01 |
| Haryana | Faridabad | HR03 |
| Haryana | Gurugram | HR04 |
| Haryana | Hissar | HR05 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur | HP01 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur | HP03 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | HP06 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Solan | HP07 |
| J&K | Jammu | JK02 |
| J&K | Srinagar | JK04 |
| Jharkhand | Dhanbad | JH02 |
| Jharkhand | Jamshedpur | JH03 |
| Jharkhand | Ranchi | JH04 |
| Karnataka | Belagavi (Belgaum) | KK02 |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru | KK04 |
| Karnataka | Dharwad/Hubbali | KK10 |
| Karnataka | Gulbarga | KK08 |
| Karnataka | Mangaluru | KK12 |
| Karnataka | Mysuru | KK14 |
| Karnataka | Udupi/Manipal | KK17 |
| Kerala | Ernakulum | KL04 |
| Kerala | Kottayam | KL11 |
| Kerala | Kozhikode | KL12 |
| Kerala | Thiruvananathapuram | KL17 |
| Kerala | Thrissur | KL18 |
| Ladakh | Leh | LL01 |
| Lakshwadeep | Kavaratti | LD01 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | MP03 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior | MP06 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Indore | MP07 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur | MP08 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Sagar | MP12 |
| Maharashtra | Ahmednagar | MR01 |
| Maharashtra | Amravati | MR03 |
| Maharashtra | Aurangabad | MR04 |
| Maharashtra | Dhule | MR10 |
| Maharashtra | Kolhapur | MR14 |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai/Navi Mumbai | MR16 |
| Maharashtra | Nagpur | MR17 |
| Maharashtra | Nanded | MR18 |
| Maharashtra | Nashik | MR19 |
| Maharashtra | Pune | MR22 |
| Maharashtra | Solapur | MR27 |
| Maharashtra | Thane | MR28 |
| Manipur | Imphal | MN01 |
| Meghalaya | Shillong | MG01 |
| Mizoram | Aizawl | MZ01 |
| Nagaland | Dimapur | NL01 |
| Nagaland | Kohima | NL02 |
| Odisha | Balasore | OR02 |
| Odisha | Berhanpur-Ganjam | OR03 |
| Odisha | Bhawanipatna/Kalahandi | OR18 |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar | OR04 |
| Odisha | Jeypore/Koraput | OR19 |
| Odisha | Sambalpur | OR09 |
| Puducherry | Puducherry | PO01 |
| Punjab | Amritsar | PB01 |
| Punjab | Bhatinda | PB02 |
| Punjab | Ludhiana | PB05 |
| Punjab | Patiala/Fatehgarh Sahib | PB08 |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur | RJ06 |
| Rajasthan | Jodhpur | RJ07 |
| Rajasthan | Kota | RJ08 |
| Rajasthan | Sikar | RJ09 |
| Rajasthan | Udaipur | RJ11 |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai | TN01 |
| Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore | TN02 |
| Tamil Nadu | Madurai | TN08 |
| Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli | TN14 |
| Tamil Nadu | Tirunelveli | TN15 |
| Telangana | Hyderabad | TL01 |
| Telangana | Karimnagar | TL02 |
| Telangana | Warangal | TL07 |
| Tripura | Agartala | TA01 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra | UP01 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh | UP02 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad/Prayagraj | UP03 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly | UP04 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad | UP07 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur | UP08 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi | UP10 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur | UP11 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | UP12 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Meerut | UP14 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Moradabad | UP15 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Noida/G Noida | UP09 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi | UP18 |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun | UK01 |
| Uttarakhand | Haldwani | UK02 |
| Uttarakhand | Roorkee | UK06 |
| West Bengal | Kolkata | WB10 |
| West Bengal | Siliguri | WB11 |
CMAT Cut Offs for MBA Admission
Listed below are some of the MBA colleges that have CMAT cut offs between the range of 85 to 99 percentile. Candidates meeting the cut off is eligible for shortlisting process of MBA admission
| Colleges Accepting CMAT score | CMAT Cut Off Percentiles |
|---|---|
| JBIMS, Mumbai | 99.9 |
| Goa Institute of Management | 95-99 |
| KJ Somaiya Institute of Management | 95-99 |
| SIMSREE, Mumbai | 99 |
| Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai | 95-99 |
| University of Pune, Dept of Management Sciences | 95-99 |
| Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi | 95 |
| Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai | 85 |
| Welingkar Institute of Management, Bangalore | 80 |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management | 85 |
| IFIM, Bangalore | 85 |
| IFMR, Chennai | 85 |
| NIBM, Pune | 85 |
| NL Dalmiya Institute of Management | 85 |
MBA Colleges Accepting CMAT Score
Given below is the list of some of the popular MBA colleges in India which accept CMAT score for admission:
| Top CMAT accepting MBA colleges | |
|---|---|
| Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra | Indus Business Academy, Bangalore |
| Christ University, Bangalore | Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) Mumbai |
| BIMTECH, Greater Noida | Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Hyderabad |
| Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai | KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai |
| Goa Institute of Management, Goa | KIIT School of Rural Management, Bhubaneshwar |
| LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai | Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME), Bangalore |
| N L Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai | Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai |
| Xavier Institute of Social service, Ranchi | KIIT School of Management |