Online CAT unpopular

Several experts said earlier that the fall in registrations this year was due to Common Admission Test going hi-tech. Students in rural areas, who do not have access to computers have stayed away from taking the exams, sources said.

The test is scheduled in 105 centres of 32 cities, all connected to a main server. CAT exam assesses quantitative, logical, verbal and data interpretation ability of students.

CAT scores determine entry to the IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Indore, Lucknow, Kozhikode and Shillong as well as the Management Development Institute in Gurgaon, Institute of Management Training in Ghaziabad, Mudra Institute of Communications in Ahmedabad and Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research in Mumbai.