JOIN US The Common Admission Test 2016 (CAT 2016) for admission to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) will take place on Sunday.
The examination will be held in two sessions. IIM Bangalore is the convener of CAT 2016. The test will be conducted in 138 cities across India. CAT 2016 results are expected to be declared during the second week of January, 2017. As many as 2.3 lakh students have registered for the test.
Students would be attempting questions in three sections in the 180 minute-exam. While Section I will be Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Section II will have Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Section III will be based on Quantitative Ability (QA).
Students appearing for the exam will be allowed to use the basic on-screen calculator for computation. Candidates will be allotted 60 minutes for answering questions in each section and cannot switch from one section to another while answering questions in a section. With a strict security protocol, candidates wearing shoes or any other closed footwear will have to leave the footwear (including socks) outside the examination hall. They will be allowed to wear open footwear like sandals. Any kind of watch, mobile phone, earphones, microphones, pager, health-band or any other electronic gadget, any printed or blank or hand-written paper, pencil box, pouch, calculator, is not allowed inside the test centre.
On the day of the test, the candidates’ digital finger print scan will be captured. Candidates whose finger prints cannot be digitally scanned due to mehndi or henna or any cosmetic colour will not be permitted to take the test.
Do’s and don’ts
Admit cards can be downloaded from the CAT website (https://iimcat.ac.in) till
the test day.
Candidates have to reach the test centre by 7.30 am. (for the forenoon session) and by 1 pm (for the afternoon session).
Those reaching late (after 8.45 am for the forenoon session and 2.15 pm for the afternoon session) will not be permitted inside the test centre
Only admit cards and original photo ID proof will be permitted inside the test hall
Applicants who have opted for using a scribe must also carry the duly filled Scribe Affidavit (available on the CAT website) along with the photo ID proof (original and a copy) of the scribe
Admit cards (plus Scribe Affidavit, if applicable) will be collected by the test invigilator and will not be returned to the test-taker.