ABOUT CET & CAT for MBA

Posted by chintan

December 5, 2007

Common Entrance Test – Maharashtra for MBA

The Common Entrance Test – Maharashtra (CET) is demeanor by the Directorate of Technical Education and is accepted by over 80 Institutes in Maharashtra. CET will be held on February 2006. With the declaration of CET 2007 we will update the information on this page.

The total duration for the exam of CET is 120 minutes.

The Total marks are 240 and the distribution is as follows

Personal Interview 17 marks

Academic record 4 marks

Written Test 200 marks

Group Discussion 17 marks

Work experience 2 marks

CET is a 2-½ hour paper consisting of 200 questions. Each question carried 1 mark, with no negative marking. It tests the following areas:

Quantitative Ability , Analytical Reasoning, Mathematical Reasoning, Visual Reasoning

Reading Comprehension,Verbal Ability, Data Sufficiency

Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation

CAT For MBA

CAT - The Common Admission Test to the six IIM s is also the entry test for few other top B-Schools such as SP Jain, MICA, and T A Pai. CAT tests your ability in five broad areas viz.

Data Interpretation, Verbal ability and way of thinking, Quantitative skills

Reading understanding, Analytical and Logical analysis.

The test comprises between 150 to 200 objective type questions and is usually separated into three to four sections. Each question has a question statement followed by four alternate answer choices and the applicant has to choose the best answer for each of the questions and mark it on a special ocular Reader answer sheet.

Over the years, the number of questions being asked in CAT has been decreasing steadily. While the early 90s observer 180 to 200 questions, the late 90s, specifically CAT 1999 and CAT 2000 had 165 questions each. CAT 2001, CAT 2002 and CAT 2003 had only 150 questions each and these 150 questions were divided into three part of 50 questions each.

The period of the test is of 120 minutes. This literally translates to answering a CAT question in 48 seconds. Most successful aspirants do not attempt anything more than 120 plus questions. And quite a lot of them attempt between 85 and 100 questions. The key to success, therefore, lies in two important strictures

1. Smart Selection

As it is clear that you will not be generally able to attempt all 150 questions, and you skip between 30 and 50 questions, key to success lies in selecting questions properly. Remember, every correct question carries the same 1-mark and each incorrect answer carries a one-third negative. Hence, there are no kudos, Nobel prizes or awards waiting for attempting the tough questions. Be smart to choose, the easiest of the questions and the ones that you have skillful a lot and smash them. Do not venture into unsafe country or to questions which you only have a vague idea.

CAT and entrance tests of other top B Schools are a unique breed of entrance exams. They focus on testing some of the basic qualities essential for managers - the grit to work hard, smartness to choose the best alternative, quick thinking and above all perseverance.

Exams like IIT JEE test the depth of your knowledge, while the Civil Services exams test your width of knowledge. CAT evaluates your presence of mind and the ability to carry out under pressure. You cannot prepare for CAT throughout the last 10 days, as one generally does for semester exams. A minimum of 3 to 9 months of regular preparation is essential.

2. The accurateness or strike rate

Each correct question carries 1 positive mark, while each wrong question carries negative marks. Though, it is not clearly known what the negative mark, it would not be way off the mark to suppose it to be one-third of a mark. Hence, it is important to get a strike rate of over 85% - that is reducing the amount of negatives.

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