CAT 2024: Official website link active at iimcat.ac.in

The registration process for CAT 2024 will begin at 10 am on August 1 and conclude at 3 pm on September 13.

CAT 2024: Exam pattern

The CAT exam will be divided into three sections, each allotted 40 minute mandatory time section, i.e. candidates will not be permitted to switch between sections. Once the time allotted for a section is over then only they will be permitted to other sections.

— Section 1: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

— Section 2: Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

— Section 3: Quantitative Ability

Last year, the exam calendar was released on August 2 and the exam was conducted on November 26 for which a total of 3.28 lakh candidates registered out of which approximately 2.88 lakh candidates appeared for the exam.

The registration fee this year for CAT 2024 is Rs 2,500 for the general category and students from SC, ST and PwD categories were charged Rs 1,250.

CAT exam open gateway for candidates seeking postgraduate admission into various courses, including an MBA at the prestigious IIMs of the country and other participating B schools. Last year, a total of 91 non-IIM institutions also used the CAT score scores to grant admission to aspirants into various management programmes.

While IIM institutions seeking admission through CAT score were — IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Amritsar, IIM Bangalore, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Calcutta, IIM Indore, IIM Jammu, IIM Kashipur, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Lucknow, IIM Mumbai, IIM Nagpur, IIM Raipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Rohtak, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Shillong, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Tiruchirappalli, IIM Udaipur, and IIM Visakhapatnam.