NTA CMAT 2020 – National Testing Agency has released the notification of CMAT January 2020 exam date in the month of August. Common Management Admission Test will be held on January 24, 2020. The online registration of CMAT 2020 Application Form will start on 1st November 2019. NTA is conducting the online computer-based test (CMAT) for getting admission into all the management programmes approved by AICTE like MBA/PGDM at the well-reputed universities/institutions/colleges. All the exam applied candidates can get CMAT 2020 Admit Card/Hall Ticket can be downloaded on 24 December 2019. Candidates can get the details regarding the CMAT 2020 registration, exam date, application form, exam pattern, syllabus, question paper, admit card, answer key, result, cutoff, selection and counselling procedure, etc.
Summary of CMAT 2020 Examination
| Examination Name | Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) | ||
| Exam Conducting Body | National Testing Agency (NTA) | ||
| Courses | Management Programmes (MBA/PGDM) | ||
| Examination Level | National Level | Frequency of Exam | Once a year |
| The validity of CMAT 2020 Score | 2020-2021 Academic Session | Official Website | https://ntanet.nic.in |
| Helpline Numbers | 7042399521, 7042399525, 7042399526 | ||
Important CMAT 2020 Exam Date
Students can check the below-mentioned table for CMAT 2020 important dates about exam date, registration date, registration date, application form registration date, admit card release date, result date, counselling schedule, etc.
| Events | Dates |
| Starting Date of CMAT 2020 Registration | 01 November 2019 |
| Closing Date for Submission of Online Application | 30 November 2019 |
| Printing of Admit card | 24 December 2019 |
| CMAT 2020 Exam | 24 January 2020 |
| Timing of Examination | First Shift: 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM |
| Second Shift: 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM | |
| Announcement of Result | 03 February 2020 |
| Downloading of Score Card | Second week of February 2020 (tentatively) |
CMAT 2020 Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria are mandatory for appearing in the CMAT examination. Students who wish to apply the CMAT 2020 examination should fulfill the below mentioned eligible requirements.
Nationality
- Applicants must be an Indian citizen
Education Qualification
- Candidates should have completed the bachelor’s degree of minimum three years in any discipline from a recognized university/institution.
- Students should be secure their graduate aggregate marks of a minimum of 50% in any discipline.
- Students who pursuing their final year studies (10+2+3) whose result will be released before the beginning of the admission for the next academic year 2020-2021 can eligible for CMAT 2020 examination.
Age Limit
- There is no age limit to appearing the CMAT exam
CMAT 2020 Reservation
If students want to get an admission from a particular institute based on the CMAT score should check the reservation applicable that institute.
| Category | Reservation |
| General | 50.5% |
| Other Backward Classes (NCL) | 27% |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 15% |
| Scheduled Tribes (ST) | 7.5% |
| Person with Disability (PwD) | 5% from each category |
CMAT 2020 Application Form
Students are advised to should ensure the eligibility criteria for the CMAT exam before filling the application form. The CMAT registration will start from on 1 November 2019 and close on 30 November 2019. The application process of filling the CMAT application form has the five steps to complete the entire process. These steps are listed as follows.
- Registration
- Fill the application form
- Upload the images of candidate’s photograph and signature
- Pay the application fees
- Print the confirmation page
How to fill the CMAT 2020 Application form
Candidates should read the instructions carefully at the time of form filling and also keep in hand the necessary documents. Here we have mentioned the detailed steps for how to fill the CMAT application.
Step 1: Registration
Applicants very first should register themselves for the CMAT 2020 registration in the online mode at the CMAT official website https://ntacmat.nic.in. In Registration stage, candidates should provide the basic details such as the Full name, a valid email address, a valid mobile number. After submitting the above-mentioned details the newly generated application number and the password will be sent to the registered email address.
Students should ensure the application number and password by checking the registered email id and the message received from the registered mobile number to fill the remaining part of the application form.
Step 2: Filling the CMAT Application Form 2020
Students should log in the official page of CMAT 2020 to complete the remaining part of the registration process. In this stage, applicants should provide their basic details like Name, Father and Mother name, DOB, Gender, Category, Educational qualification details, ID proof, etc. Students should check and ensure that the entered details are correct before the submission of the basic and educational details. After submitting this, candidates are automatically move to the uploading process of necessary documents.
Step 3: Upload Photograph and Signature
Candidates should keep their clear photograph and signature with adequate size and good quality for uploading the documents in this stage. The size of the scanned photograph should be in 10kb to 200kb and the scanned photograph should be in 4kb to 30kb. Applicant’s photograph should be colored or black/white (but clear contrast).
Note: Students are advised to upload the photograph and signature as the facility for correction in uploaded images will not be given.
Step 4: Paying Application Fees
There are two modes are available to pay the application fees i.e., online mode and offline
Online mode: Select any method from Credit/Debit/Net Banking.
Offline mode: State Bank of India (SBI) E-challan.
After the uploading process has been done, it will navigate into payment gateway for paying the applicable fees for the examination. The application fees may be varies based on the candidate’s category. The candidate has to select the Credit/Debit/Net Banking option to pay the application and follow the online instruction at the time of paying the application fees to complete the payment of fees. According to the candidate’s category, the application fees are mentioned below as follows.
| Category | Application Fees | |
| General / OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) | Male – Rs. 1400/- | Female – Rs. 700/- |
| Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribes / Person with Disability | Male – Rs. 700/- | Female – Rs. 700/- |
| Transgender | Rs. 700/- | |
Note: Service and Processing charges & GST to be paid by the candidates based on the candidate’s transaction methods (Credit/Debit/Net Banking).
Step 5: Printout the Confirmation Page
Candidates who have successfully submitted the application fees they will get status of the fee payment at the NTA website. Students are required to check the status of the fee payment at the NTA website and if the status is “OK” the candidate shall be able to take the printout of the confirmation page. in case, the status of the fee payment is not “OK” then the candidate should contact immediately the concerned bank to update his/her status on the website.
Note: Print Confirmation page of online application form from the official page of NTA after the payment of the fees. No change in the category will be entertained after the last date of the CMAT-2020 application form.
CMAT Exam Pattern 2020
| Exam Mode | Computer Based Test (CBT) |
| Question Paper Language | English |
| Number of Shifts | Two (Forenoon & Afternoon) |
| Time Duration | 3 Hours |
| Number of Questions | 100 |
| Number of Sections | There are totally 4 Sections
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| Type of Question | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) |
CMAT 2020 Question Sections & Marking Scheme
| Questions Types | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks |
| Quantitative Techniques and Date Interpretation | 25 | 100 |
| Logical Reasoning | 25 | 100 |
| Language Comprehension | 25 | 100 |
| General Awareness | 25 | 100 |
| Total No. of Question: 100 | Total Marks: 400 |
CMAT exam pattern is designed according to the above-mentioned question types. There are will be provided for each correct answer from each section. There shall be negative marking for wrong answers, for each incorrect answer one mark will be deducted from the total marks. No deduction of the mark for the blank or unattempted questions.
CMAT Syllabus 2020
CMAT exam syllabus is classified into under the four categories. It can be listed as follows.
- Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation
- Logical Reasoning
- Language Comprehension
- General Awareness
Students who have applied the CMAT 2020 exam they should next focus their exam preparations to get the good marks. Here we have mentioned some important topics related to the above mentioned four sections.
| Sections | Important Topics |
| Language Comprehension | Verbal Ability, Vocabulary, Jumbled paragraphs, Syntax and grammar, Tenses, Synonyms, Antonyms, Sentence Correction, Reading Passage, Fill in the blanks, idioms, Reading Comprehension, Sentence Improvements, One word Substitution, Phrases, Syllogisms, Prepositions, Analogy, Figures of speech, Odd word out, Contextual usages, Foreign Language word used in English. |
| Logical Reasoning | Blood Relations, Deductions, Directions, Ranking Tests, Encoding and decoding, Matrix Arrangements, Numeric grid, Linear Arrangements, Analytical Reasoning, Inferences, Cause and Effects, Statements Arguments, Symbol based problems, Clock and Calendars, Family Tree, Statements and conclusions, Seating Arrangements, Input and Output, Comparisons. |
| Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation | Time and Distance, Height and Weight, Venn Diagram, Tables, Simple and Compound Interest, Algebra, Geometry, Number series, Date interpretation, data sufficiency, problem solving, arithmetic, Pie chart, Ratio and Prepositions, Profit & Loss, Logarithms, Permutation and Combination, Pipes and Cisterns, HCF & LCM, Caselets, Quadratic and Linear Equations, Number based problems, Work and Time. |
| General Awareness | History, Geography, Politics, Personalities in News, World Records, Important Quotes, Literature, Social issues, Science, Economics, Business, Current Affairs of National and International Economy, Culture, Trade Awareness, India and the World, Awards, Punch Line of Companies, Politics and Societies. |
CMAT Admit Card/Hall Ticket 2020
CMAT 2020 admit card will be download from the NTA official website on 24 December 2019. All the eligible candidates can download the admit card/hall ticket from the NTA official page with valid login details. Admit card is an essential thing for CMAT examination. Admit card has the details about the examiner and exam day instruction. Students should keep safe the admit card for attending the CMAT examination.
How to download the CMAT Admit card 2020
Students should follow the below-mentioned instructions for how to download the CMAT 2020 Admit card.
- Visit the CMAT official site
- Select the link for Download Admit card.
- Provide the enrollment ID and password then submit it.
- Candidates respected admit card will open on the screen.
- Take two or more copies for the examination purposes.
Exam Preparation Tips for CMAT 2020
Students are should make a plan to stating the preparation for the examination. There are some useful tips are mentioned below for candidates can get more ideas to the upcoming examination
- Candidates can take Mock Test will be available in the online mode for knowing the examination pattern and how to handle the time management also from this test.
- Exam applied candidates are should focus the CMAT previous years old question paper for the practice purposes. The previous year question papers are available from the CMAT official portal. Candidates can check and download the previous year question papers/sample papers according to their selected subject.
- Students should take the number of online tests of CMAT exam to practice themselves to achieve the eligible criteria to get the admission into the well-reputed universities/colleges/institutions.
CMAT 2020 Mock Test
Mock Test is the example examination pattern of the CMAT exam. Candidates whoever wants the basic awareness about the examination and how to face the questions and how the questions will be asked can be known clearly from this type of Mock Test. If applicants prepare number mock test it will be led to get higher marks in the examination. Candidates can take and prepare themselves well to the examination as per their applied examination and its syllabus based.
CMAT 2020 Answer Key
After the examination concludes, the answer key will be announced by the exam authority at the NTA official website. Students who are all participated in the CMAT 2020 exam can check and download the answer keys. Approximately the provisional answer key will be released before the announcement of the result and also candidates’ responses.
Students can check their correct and incorrect answer from that answer key. Subsequently, the final answer key shall issue after some days from the announcement of provisional answer key. Candidate’s marks will be finalized based on the final answer has been released by the exam conducted authority.
CMAT 2020 Challenging the Answer key
After the declaration of the provisional answer key, candidates can raise their hands for the answer to questions that they think are wrong. They can participate in the contest to provide their suggestions about that the answer the question with paying the applicable fees for that within the stipulated time. The paid amount will not be refunded.
How to challenge the CMAT 2020 Answer Key
Aspirants who wish to participate in the event of challenging the answer key should follow the below-mentioned steps.
- Visit the CMAT official page
- Select the link for the contest of challenging the answer key
- Provide your valid reason for that assumed answer to the question.
- Pay the application fees for that concerned questions
CMAT 2020 Result
CMAT Result 2020 will be announced by exam conducted authority for all the exam attended candidates. Those who are willing to know their CMAT 2020 result should check and download the official page of the CMAT. Students can know the result by providing valid details like Application number and password, etc. After some days, the merit list will be prepared for the eligible candidates who reach the required cutoff marks. Students can get admission into based on the merit list.
How to check and download the CMAT 2020 Result
Students should follow the below mentioned simple instruction for how to check the result of CMAT 2020.
- Go to the CMAT official page
- Choose the suitable link for CMAT Result 2020
- Enter the valid details and then submit it
- The requested result will be open on the screen
- Take a printout for further upcoming processes.
CMAT 2020 Cut Off Marks
The cutoff mark is the eligible criteria for getting the admission into the universities/institution/constituent/affiliated colleges. Each and every institution or university will set the needed cutoff marks to provide admission in the management programmes. The cutoff will be prepared after the announcement of the merit list.
Previous Year’s CMAT Cut Off Mark (2019)
The cut off marks may be variable by every year. Students should check the previous year cut off marks of the each and every institute to know the possibility of getting admission on there.
| University/institute/constituent colleges | Cut off Marks |
| Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies | 99.92 percentile |
| Goa Institute of Management | 99.85 percentile |
| K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research | 99.20 percentile |
| Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai | 99.06 percentile |
| Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi | 95 percentile |
| IFIM Business School, Bangalore | 85 percentile |
| Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida | 82 percentile |
| Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi | 75 percentile |
Note: The cutoff marks is defined the total number of candidates participating in the test, overall merit list, difficulty level of the exam, pass percentage.
CMAT 2020 Score Card
Students can download their merit list after it is announced by the NTA. Students can download it from the NTA website. Candidates can get the admission into the participating institution they have to apply the particular institutes according to the merit list. The seat will be allocated by the particular institutes after the selection processes such as screening test or the Group discussion etc.
Details mentioned on the Score Card
CMAT scorecard contains the details about the candidate and examination. That important details are listed as follows.
- Candidate Name & Roll Number
- Date of Birth
- Date of Examination
- Category & Gender
- Overall Rank and Percentage
- Maximum and Secured Score
CMAT 2020 Selection Procedure
Students who have qualified the CMAT examination have to appear for the selection procedure for the particular institute/university. Candidates are advised to check the admission or selection details of each participating institute of CMAT 2020 on their respective official webpage. The selection process may comprise of Group Discussion (GD) and followed Personal Interview. The candidates will be shortlisted and finalized by the above-mentioned selection process.
Necessary Documents for Selection/Counselling Process
At the time selection/counselling procedure candidates should keep in hand below mentioned original documents for verification purposes.
- Candidate’s Photograph
- 10th and 12th Certificated and Mark Sheets
- Community Certificate
- Provisional and Degree Certificates
- Photocopy of CMAT Admit card
- CMAT Score Card
- A government-issued ID (Aadhar, Voter ID, PAN, etc.
CMAT Participating Institutes 2020
- BIMTECH Greater Noida (Specialized Programmes)
- JBIMS Mumbai
- K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai
- PUMBA Pune
- GIM Goa
- IFMR Chennai
- IMT Nagpur
- SIMSREE Mumbai, etc.
CMAT Score will be accepted by over 1000 participating institutes. The participating institutes are will be accepting the CMAT 2020 score. Students should apply separately to the desired institutes based on the CMAT Score.
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