CMAT 2018: Details you must know

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a national level test directed by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for admission to all programs offered in AICTE affiliated foundations. In 2018 CMAT will be held in the month of January 2018. The test will have in every one of the 100 questions which must be solved in 180 minutes. There is negative marking of 1 mark for each wrong answer. For CMAT 2018, the general example, no. of questions and the marking scheme will be the same as CMAT 2017. The accompanying table will give you an understanding of the exam pattern:

Mode: Computer-based online test

Number of Sections: 4

Sections: Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension and General Awareness

Number of Questions:100(Every area has 25 questions)

The span of the Test CMAT 2018: 180 minutes (3 hrs.)

Marking Scheme: Every question conveys 4 marks. For each wrong answer, 1 mark will be deducted

A couple of preparation tips that will help a candidate to exceed expectations in the preparation are:

CMAT is a three-hour Computer Based examination where difficulty levels, number of questions and the time duration of each segment is predetermined and are same with little regard to when and where the test is conducted.

The quantitative and data interpretation segment ordinarily contains questions having a difficulty level of moderate to tough. The vital subjects canvassed in this area are Geometry, Mensuration, Profit and Loss, Number System, Averages, Probability, Logarithms and so forth. To have an edge in this segment, you have to practice routinely and have good concept clarity.

Developing a regular habit of perusing English newspapers frequently alongside books and magazines will help you in building your vocabulary and do well in the verbal section of CMAT. It is a balanced section and covers all the expansive points going from Reading Comprehension, Idioms, Vocabulary, Para Jumbles, Fill in the Blanks, Critical Reasoning, Analogy, Sentence Rearrangement, FIJs and Para Jumbles.

The Logical and Analytical Reasoning Section constitutes questions on Analytical Reasoning, Blood Relations, Input/yield, Alpha-Numeric Series, Visual Reasoning, True/False Statements, Deductive Logic, Data course of action, Family relations, Linear game plan, Coding-Decoding, Direction based inquiries, Syllogisms and Data Sufficiency. The level of trouble of this segment vacillates each year; so you have to ace every one of the ideas, tips and solutions to understand this zone.

The 25 questions from General Awareness segment are isolated in two general classes: Current GK and Static GK. The previous have inquiries on the Constitution of India, Fiscal Policy, World undertakings, Sports, Taxation and General Science and so forth and the last covers zones like Awards, Politics and Art and Culture.

The takeaway from here is that to be an expert in CMAT, the candidate would have to understand all critical aspects in order to well in the examination. CMAT Admit Card would be released on January 15, 2018 for all interested candidates which may be referred by them in order to do well in the examination.

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