All MBA aspiring students must be having basic information about CMAT, which is a computer based objective exam conducted for 3 hours. Entire exam is divided into 4 sections namely-

Logical Reasoning
Quantitative Techniques & data interpretation
Language Comprehension
General Awareness

Total marks are 400 and number of questions – 100.

Those who want admission in PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management), MBA, executive PGDM and PGCM courses offered at institutes approved by AICTE, accept the CMAT scores for admission purposes.

A fresh look at results of recent years of CMAT exam shows that, overall the difficulty level in the quant section seems to have increased compared to this year’s quant section. A total of 59,181 candidates appeared for the test and out of these, two candidates secured 100 percentiles. (2017)

Most of students well prepare for CMAT exams in advance, still everybody is on the lookout for some quick and handy last minute preparation tips that could help them score more. Lets’ look at some handy tips for last minute brush-up for the CMAT exam:

Tips for CMAT preparation

1. Around a week before the final exam date, trial tests are made available online that can give the actual feel of the test and navigation facility. Students are recommended to navigate through them carefully and get acquainted to the layout, format and screens of the exam. Also candidates can take mock tests, ideally it could be 2 mock tests a week. These mock tests are highly essential to bring to surface your strong points, areas to be improved, mistakes and performance related information.

2. Being a competitive exam, candidates who wish to score higher, must keep themselves updated with the current affairs by reading books, newspapers, watching meaningful news on TV, etc. You must devote at least some couple of hours on daily basis to practice questions on general awareness. As the proverb says ‘Practice makes a man perfect’, it will polish your skills to tackle problems related to general awareness in the actual CMAT exam.

3. When few days are left for exam, it is advisable to not start any new topic. CMAT is an MBA entrance exam, so choose the topics about which you are 100% sure. Sideline the topics in which you have   some doubt or are not comfortable with.

4. In quantitative techniques and data interpretation section, it is important to have clarity of concepts, formulas and fundamentals before the exam. Avoid scheduling the important topics’ study at the last moment.

5. The key to success in CMAT exam is to have basics clear. During last minute preparations revise all your basics thoroughly. It would help in solving maximum number of questions in the exam.

6. Time management should be prioritized during last minute preparation. Do not get stuck over any question and waste hours on it. Leave it for the end and solve the rest. Answer the easy questions first and solve the difficult ones in the end. This would make you solve most of the questions successfully.

These are some practical tips which can make a positive difference to the results of CMAT exam.

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