CAT begins today in 24 Bengaluru centres

Bengaluru: The countdown has begun for the prestigious Common Admission Test (CAT) for the admissions in the 19 prestigious Indian Institute of Management institutes including IIM-B. The exams will held in two sessions on Sunday. For the first time this year, as many as 80 transgenders are also attending the examination.

In Bengaluru city, 24 examination centres were set up mostly in the city outskirts. More than 10,000 students expected to appear for the examination in the city centres. Added to this, for the first time exam centres have also been set up in other major cities of the state including Mysuru, Tumakuru, Chikkaballapur etc.

This year’s duration of the CAT has been increased to 180 minutes instead of 170 minutes. This year, IIM-A is conducting the examination. The results are expected in the second week of January 2016.

According to the host IIM, all the candidates were given the option to select 4 test cities. Candidates have also been allowed to download their admit cards till the date of examination.

Examination format: According to the IIM-A officials, there will be three sections, Quantitative Aptitude (QA), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC). QA and VRC will have 34 questions each, and DILR will have 32 questions. Candidates will be allotted exactly 60 minutes for answering questions in each section and they cannot switch from one section to another while answering questions in a section. Some questions in each section may not be of multiple choice type. Instead, direct answers are to be typed on the screen.