Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)
The abbreviation of CMAT is Common Management Admission Test, an online entrance test conducted by NTA (National Testing Agency) for granting admission in courses like MBA/PGDM. The score card of CMAT is accepted by 1000 colleges i.e. B-Schools of India. The registration process starts on 23rd December 2020. The examinations will be conducted on February 22, 2021.
Fast Facts about Common Management Admission Test (CMAT):
| Features | Details |
| Exam Name | Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) |
| Conducting Body | National Testing Agency |
| 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 Awareness |
| Exam Pattern | 100 questions in MCQ format |
| Language | English |
| Exam Fees |
Rs 2,000 (General category male) Rs 1,000 (General category female) |
| Exam Purpose | Admission into 1005 MBA colleges |
| Course Offered | MBA/PGDM |
| No. of Test Cities | 153 |
| Exam Helpdesk No. | 0120-6895200 |
| Exam Website | https://www.nta.ac.in |
Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) Eligibility Criteria:
- An Aspirant must have completed graduation in any discipline from a recognized University.
- Aspirant who are in their final year are also eligible to apply for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT).
Important dates for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)
The registration process has begun from 23rd December 2020, Below provided is the schedule for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)
| CMAT Events | CMAT Exam Dates | Salient Features |
| Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) registration start date | 23-Dec-2020 | Date of commencement of CMAT registration process online on NTA website |
| Registration end date | 22-Jan-2021 | Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) registration process to conclude |
| Last date of fee payment | 23-Jan-2021 | Payment of application can be done until 11:59 PM |
| Image correction | 25-Jan to 30-Jan-2021 | Candidate can upload new image and signature if required |
| Admit card download begins | To be announced | To be available on the official website |
| Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) exam |
22-Feb-2021 27-Feb-2021 |
Exam to be held from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in 153 cities |
| CMAT answer key release | To be announced | CMAT answer key, question paper and individual response sheets available on NTA website |
| Result announcement | To be announced | Scorecards to be released on the official website along with all India rank list |
Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) Registration Process:
Like other Entrance Exam the registration process is almost same. The complete application cum registration process is online and the application form for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is available at the official website of NTA. The steps to register for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) are provided below:
Step – 1 Online registration via entering the basic details of the aspirant like
Name, Date of Birth, E-mail ID, Contact No, etc.
Step – 2 Creation of a Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) account with the User ID and Password, this
Could done by confirmation of registration via OTP/email
Step – 3 Filling the complete Application form by furnishing the personal and
Academic details.
Step – 4 Uploading passport sized photograph and signature in a prescribed
Format and file size.
Step – 5 Payment of the registration fee for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) via debit/credit card.
Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) Application Fee:
The application fee is different for the different sections of the society. The application fee is provided below:
Rs 1600 for general category (Boys)
Rs 1000 for general category (Girls)
Rs 1000 for OBC (NCL)/EWS
Rs 800 for SC/ST/PH (Boys) and Rs 700 for SC/ST/PH (Girls)
Rs 700 for Transgender
Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) Exam Pattern:
There are 100 questions asked in Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) Exam, every correct answer will give 4 marks and 1 mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer. The questions will be asked from the subjects like Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness, Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation. The overlook to the Exam Pattern is provided below in the tabulated format:
Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) Exam Pattern |
|
| Sections | 4 (Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness |
| Number of Questions | 100 |
| Number of Questions per section | 25 |
| Marks Per Question | 4 |
| Total Marks | 400 |
| Negative Marking | -1 |
| Sectional Time Limit | No |
| Difficulty Level | Moderate to Difficult |
| Duration | 2 hours |
Common Managem
ent Admission Test (CMAT) Exam Centres:
There are 153 cities in which Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is going to be conducted. Candidates will choose the centers which are nearest to them and these options will be provided to the candidates at the time of filling up the application form. The list of the cities with the states is mentioned below in tabular format:
| State | City | City Code |
| Andaman and Nicobar | Port Blair | AN01 |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
Guntur | AP07 |
| Kurnool | AP10 | |
| Nellore | AP11 | |
| Rajahmundry | AP13 | |
| Tirupathi | AP16 | |
| Vijayawada | AP17 | |
| Visakhapatnam | AP18 | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar/Naharlagun | AL01 |
| Assam | Dibrugarh | AM01 |
| Assam | Guwahati | AM02 |
| Bihar | Bhagalpur | BR02 |
| Darbhanga | BR04 | |
| Gaya | BR05 | |
| Muzaffarpur | BR06 | |
| Patna | BR07 | |
| Chandigarh/Mohali | Chandigarh/Mohali | CH01 |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar/Durg | CG01 |
| Raipur | CG03 | |
| Delhi | Delhi | DL01 |
| Goa | Panaji | GO01 |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar | GJ01 |
| Anand | GJ02 | |
| Bhavnagar | GJ03 | |
| Bhuj | GJ17 | |
| Himatnagar | GJ14 | |
| Jamnagar | GJ06 | |
| Mehsana | GJ08 | |
| Rajkot | GJ10 | |
| Surat | GJ11 | |
| Vadodara | GJ12 | |
| Valsad/Vapi | GJ13 | |
| Haryana | Ambala | HR01 |
| Faridabad | HR01 | |
| Gurugram | HR01 | |
| Hissar | HR01 | |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur | HP01 |
| Hamirpur | HP03 | |
| Shimla | HP06 | |
| Solan | HP07 | |
| Jammu | Jammu | JK02 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar | JK04 |
| Jharkhand | Dhanbad | JH02 |
| Jamshedpur | JH03 | |
| Ranchi | JH04 | |
| Karnataka | Belagavi (Belgaum) | KK02 |
| Bengaluru | KK04 | |
| Dharwad/Hubballi (Hubli) | KK10 | |
| Gulbarga | KK08 | |
| Mangaluru (Mangalore) | KK12 | |
| Mysuru (Mysore) | KK14 | |
| Udupi/Manipal | KK17 | |
| Kerala | Ernakulam | KL04 |
| Kottayam | KL11 | |
| Kozhikode | KL12 | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | KL17 | |
| Thrissur | KL18 | |
| Ladakh | Leh | LL01 |
| Lakshwadeep | Kavaratti | LD01 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | MP03 |
| Gwalior | MP06 | |
| Indore | MP07 | |
| Jabalpur | MP08 | |
| Sagar | MP12 | |
| Maharashtra | Ahmednagar | MR01 |
| Amravati | MR03 | |
| Aurangabad | MR04 | |
| Dhule | MR10 | |
| Kolhapur | MR14 | |
| Mumbai/Navi Mumbai | MR16 | |
| Nagpur | MR17 | |
| Nanded | MR18 | |
| Nashik | MR19 | |
| Pune | MR22 | |
| Solapur | MR27 | |
| Thane | MR28 | |
| Manipur | Imphal | MN01 |
| Meghalaya | Shillong | MG01 |
| Mizoram | Aizawl | MZ01 |
| Nagaland | Dimapur | NL01 |
| Kohima | NL02 | |
| Odisha | Balasore (Baleswar) | OR02 |
| Berhampur-Ganjam | OR03 | |
| Bhawanipatna/Kalahandi | OR18 | |
| Bhubaneswar | OR04 | |
| Jeypore/Koraput | OR19 | |
| Sambalpur | OR09 | |
| Puducherry | Puducherry | PO01 |
|
Punjab |
Amritsar | PB01 |
| Bhatinda | PB02 | |
| Ludhiana | PB05 | |
| Patiala/Fatehgarh Sahib | PB08 | |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur | RJ06 |
| Jodhpur | RJ07 | |
| Kota | RJ08 | |
| Sikar | RJ09 | |
| Udaipur | RJ11 | |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai | TN01 |
| Coimbatore | TN02 | |
| Madurai | TN08 | |
| Tiruchirappalli | ||
| Tirunelveli | TN15 | |
| Telangana | Hyderabad | TL01 |
| Karimnagar | TL02 | |
| Warangal | TL07 | |
| Tripura | Agartala | TA01 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra | UP01 |
| Aligarh | UP02 | |
| Allahabad/Prayagraj | UP03 | |
| Ambedkar Nagar | UP25 | |
| Azamgarh | UP19 | |
| Ballia | UP20 | |
| Banda | UP26 | |
| Barabanki | UP27 | |
| Bareilly | UP04 | |
| Basti | UP28 | |
| Bijnor | UP21 | |
| Bulandshahr | UP29 | |
| Chandauli | UP41 | |
| Deoria | UP30 | |
| Etawah | UP31 | |
| Faizabad | UP06 | |
| Firozabad | UP22 | |
| Ghaziabad | UP07 | |
| Ghazipur | UP23 | |
| Gorakhpur | UP08 | |
| Jalaun (Orai) | UP32 | |
| Jaunpur | UP24 | |
| Jhansi | UP10 | |
| Kanpur | UP11 | |
| Kushinagar | UP33 | |
| Lakhimpur Kheri | UP34 | |
| Lucknow | UP12 | |
| Mathura | UP13 | |
| Mau | UP35 | |
| Meerut | UP14 | |
| Mirzapur | UP36 | |
| Moradabad | UP15 | |
| Muzaffarnagar | UP16 | |
| Noida/G Noida | UP09 | |
| Pratapgarh | UP43 | |
| Raebareili | UP37 | |
| Saharanpur | UP38 | |
| Shahjanpur | UP39 | |
| Sonbhadra | UP42 | |
| Sultanpur | UP40 | |
| Varanasi | UP18 | |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun | UK01 |
| Haldwani | UK02 | |
| Roorkee | UK06 | |
| West Bengal | Kolkata | WB10 |
| Siliguri | WB11 |
Exam Day Guidelines for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT):
Preparation for the exam as well as for the exam day is one of the crucial things that an aspirant must keep in his mind. Keeping this in mind there are some points that is to be taken into consideration on exam date:
- Carry your admit card of Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) as hard copy, soft copy/digital copy is not acceptable at the exam centers.
- Reach 2 hours before the examination timing.
- Don’t carry valuables/electronics gadgets as these are not allowed in the examination room.
- Carry one of the below mentioned Photo Id Proof at the examination centre:
Aadhar card
PAN card
Voter ID card
Passport
Driver’s license
FAQs on Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2021:
Question: Which agency conducts Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)?
Answer: NTA (National Testing Agency) is responsible for conducting Common Management Admission Test (CMAT).
Question: What is the application fee for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)?
Answer: The application fee is different for different sections of the society:
Rs 1600 for general category (Boys)
Rs 1000 for general category (Girls)
Rs 1000 for OBC (NCL)/EWS
Rs 800 for SC/ST/PH (Boys) and Rs 700 for SC/ST/PH (Girls)
Rs 700 for Transgender
Question: Is Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is an online or offline exam?
Answer: Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a online examination.
Question: What are eligibility criteria for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)?
Answer: The eligibility criteria for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is
- An Aspirant must have completed graduation in any discipline from a recognized University.
- Aspirant who are in their final year are also eligible to apply for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT).
Question: What is the frequency of Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)?
Answer: Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is an annual exam conducted once in a year.
Question: What are the age criteria for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)?
Answer: There is no criteria for upper ages but an aspirant must of 20 years of age
which is the minimum age for this exam.