CMAT 2025: Eligibility, Registration, Exam Date, Cutoffs

CMAT 2025 will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on January 25, 2025. Registrations for CMAT exam 2025 have begun. The CMAT 2025 exam will be a three-hour entrance exam in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. The structure of the CMAT 2025 exam includes sections focused on quantitative techniques, logical reasoning, language comprehension and general awareness. This information has been announced on the official website of CMAT https://exams.nta.ac.in/CMAT/. This article provides information regarding the CMAT exam pattern, syllabus, mock tests, and additional details.

What is CMAT Exam?

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a computer-based national level MBA entrance exam conducted by the government for admission to 1000 AICTE approved management colleges (MBA/PGDM) across India. Till 2018, Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) was conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), now CMAT exam is conducted by National Testing Authority (NTA) constituted by the Government of India. More than 75,000 MBA aspirants apply for CMAT entrance exam every year. CMAT entrance exam 2025 presents a unique opportunity for all aspirants as no one will be disqualified. 

CMAT entrance exam is the second largest national level MBA/PGDM entrance exam in India after CAT and XAT. CMAT is an easier test than CAT and XAT, with a lower entrance cutoff and simpler questions. You have to solve 100 questions in 3 hours. The total marks in CMAT entrance exam is 400. CMAT exam consists of five different sections, namely Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation, General Awareness, Language Comprehension, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

As per CMAT score vs percentile analysis, you can get a percentile equal to 81-89 with a score of 201-280 in the exam. However, for admission into top MBA institutes like JBIMS, GIM Goa, SIMSREE, Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai etc. You need a CMAT score above 280 and a percentile above 95 for a top MBA colleges in India.

CMAT 2025 Highlights:

CMAT 2025 Exam Pattern:

The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) exam pattern consists of 100 MCQ type questions, divided into 5 sections. CMAT is a computer-based examination conducted online mode.

The CMAT exam 2025 is to be conducted in two slots on a single day. The CMAT exam from 2022 remains on this pattern. The same pattern is likely to be followed for 2025 as well, as given below:

The total questions are 100, divided into 5 sections.

All questions are MCQ type

Each correct answer are +4 marks and -1 marks for negative marking applies for wrong answers

No marking for unattempt questions

All questions have four options with one correct option

The table below shares the sectional order, number and type of questions in every section, questions for every section in the CMAT exam.

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