Common Admission Test (CAT) is a competitive management entrance exam. It is conducted at the national level. CAT 2020 is conducted for admissions in following courses for the 20 IIMs –

Post Graduate Programmes in Management (PGP)

Fellow Programmes in Management (FPM) [Doctoral]

There are around hundred CAT participating institutions. The various management institutions are pan-India.

CAT 2020 exam is an important entrance exam for MBA aspirants. CAT Notification has been out on 29th July 2020. CAT 2020 exam will be conducted on 29th November 2020.

Every year the CAT conducting body changes. The trend shows that any one of the older Indian Institute of Management’s conduct the CAT exam.

CAT Exam

CAT Exam Date CAT Result Declaration Date CAT Exam Conducting Body CAT 2020 November 29, 2020 1st Week of January 2021 IIM Indore CAT 2019 November 24, 2019 January 4, 2020 IIM Kozhikode CAT 2018 November 25, 2018 January 5, 2019 IIM Kolkata CAT 2017 November 26, 2017 January 8, 2018 IIM Lucknow CAT 2016 December 4, 2016 January 9, 2017 IIM Bangalore

CAT 2020 will have 3 sections –

The CAT 2020 exam tests a candidate –

quantitative skills

analytical skills

language skills

comprehension skills.

CAT 2020 is computer-based test. Since 2009 the CAT exam is conducted online. It is expected that aspirants have basic computer operating skills. They should be able to manage the speed and time because the duration of the CAT 2020 exam is 180 minutes or 3 hours.

Check out this interesting video. It gives a clear understating of the CAT test day guidelines - CAT Test Day Guidelines