MBA ENTRANCE EXAMS 2021-2022
Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Time Break-up, Marking Scheme, Top Colleges accepting Exam Score
- All B-Schools offering MBA/PGDM have their separate eligibility criteria for admissions to their Post Graduate Programs of MBA/MMS/PGDM/PGDBM etc.
- Minimum requirement for all courses across India is - candidate must have scored more than 50% in Graduation (45% in case of SC/ST).
- Candidate's score of all semester/annual exams by most of the colleges.
- To secure admission in one of the Top-50 B-Schools in India, please make sure you have minimum 60% in 10, minimum 60% in 10+2 and minimum 50% (45% in case of SC/ST) in Graduation.
- There are more than 1 dozen MBA Entrance Exams in India.
- We have listed only 10 MBA Entrance Exams - based on number of takers. All exams listed below have minimum 50,000 takers per year.
- Only Colleges which are in the list of TOP 50 B-Schools in India and accept particular exam, are listed in the table. There are many other Management Colleges which accepts these exam scores.
| Exam | Month & Yr |
Ques. | Break Up | Time Limit | +ve | -ve | Summary | Colleges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAT* | Nov-21 | 76 |
VA - 26 LRDI - 24 QA - 26 |
40 mins per section | +3 | -1 for MCQs No Negative for TITA |
120 mins 76 Ques. |
20 IIMs 20 Top Non IIMs 90% Indian B-schools |
| XAT* | Jan-22 | 100 | VALR - 26 DMA - 21 QADI - 28 GK - 25 |
VALR + DMA + QADI - 165 mins GK - 15mins |
1 | VALR + DMA + QADI - 0.25 per wrong answer 0.05* per unattempted ques. (more than 8 ) GK - 0 |
100 Marks 180 mins |
XLRI, JBIMS, S.P. Jain, XIMB, XUB, SIMSREE, MICA, IMT Ghaziabad |
| IIFT | Dec-21 | 110 | QA - 25 VARC - 35 LRDI - 30 GK - 20 |
120 mins No Sectional Time Limit |
3 - QA, VARC, LRDI 1.5 - GK |
1 - QA, VARC, LRDI 0.5 - GK |
300 Marks 120 mins |
IIFT - Delhi, Kolkata, Kakinada |
| SNAP* | Dec-21 |
110 | VARC - 15 QADI - 20 LR - 25 |
60 mins No Sectional Time Limit |
+1 | 1/4th of all positive marks | 60 Marks 60 mins |
SIBM, SCMHRD All Colleges under Symbi. University |
| NMAT | Oct to Dec 3 Attempts |
120 | QADI - 36 LR - 36 VARC - 36 |
QADI - 52 LR - 40 VARC - 28 (student can chose order of sections) |
+3 | -1 | 360 Marks 120 mins |
NMIMS, SP Jain, IBS |
| MBA CET | Not yet declared for 2021 | 200 | LR - 75 VARC - 50 QADI - 50 VR* - 25 |
150 mins No Sectional Time Limit |
1 | No Negative Marks | 200 Marks 150 mins |
JBIMS, SIMSREE, Welingkar, PUMBA, CoEP, SIES, MET, Chetna |
| MAT | Sept-21 Dec-21 Feb-22 May-22 |
200 | QA - 40 DIDS - 40 LR - 40 VARC - 40 GK - 40 |
150 mins No Sectional Time Limit |
1 | 0.25 | 200 Marks 150 mins |
DMS-IIT Madras, TAPMI, SIMSREE, PUMBA, SIES |
| CMAT | Jan-22 | 100 | QADI - 25 VARC - 25 LR - 25 GK - 25 |
180 mins No Sectional Time Limit |
4 | 1 | 400 Marks 180 mins |
JBIMS, SIMSREE, GIM, KJ Somaiya, Welingkar, Great Lakes |
| TISS NET | Jan-22 | 100 | VARC - 30 QALR - 30 GK - 40 |
100 mins | 1 | 0 | 100 Marks 100 mins |
TISS Campuses Mumbai, Hydrabad, Tuljapur, Guwahati, Chennai |
- CAT* - There are around 25% TITA Questions (wherein you have to Type In The Answer) in CAT every year. These questions attract no penalty for incorrect answer. (So, the secret to improve your score is, you must solve all these questions)
- XAT* - If you leave more than 8 questions unattempted, each unattempted question beyond 8th will attract penalty of 0.1 Mark.
- SNAP* - N - Normal MCQ Question / S - Special Question, wherein you have to Type In The Answer (TITA)
- QA - QUANTITATIVE ABILITY
- VA - VERBAL ABILITY
- LR - LOGICAL REASONING
- DI - DATA INTERPRETATION
- DMA - DECISION MAKING ABILITY
- GK - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
- VR - VISUAL REASONING
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| Topic | Subject | Exams |
|---|---|---|
| Grammar (Subject Verb Agreement, Preposition & Conjunction, Noun-Pronoun....) |
VA | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Vocabulary | VA | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Reading Comprehension | VA | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Analogies | VA | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Critical Reasoning | VA | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Parajumbles | VA | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Cloze Passage | VA | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Arithmetic (Ratio, Proportion, Variation, Profit & Loss, SICI, Mixture, Alligations, Time & Work, Time-Speed-Distance) | QA | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Algebra (Equations, Inequalities) | QA | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Geometry (Lines, Angles, Triangles, Polygons, Circles, Mensuration, Co-ordinate Geometry) | QA | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Numbers (HCF-LCM, Divisibility Rule, Cyclicity, Remainder Theorem) |
QA | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Probbility, Permutation-Combination | QA | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Seating Arrangements (Linear, Circular, Floors, Matrix) | LR | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Blood Relation | LR | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Directions | LR | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Clocks | LR | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Calendars | LR | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Venn Diagrams | LR | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Syllogisms | LR | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Critical Reasoning | LR | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Graphs & Charts (Bar, Line, Pie) | DI | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Caselets | DI | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Tables | DI | All MBA Entrance Exams |
| Data Sufficiency | DS | All MBA Entrance Exams |
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