CMAT 2020 Exam Syllabus – The exam pattern of CMAT 2020 is covers the topics from the Quantitative Technique, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, and General Awareness. Common Management Admission Test 2020 exam is a computer-based test for getting admission into MBA/PGDM courses. CMAT 2020 examination will be held on 24 January 2020. Before that, the registration process will commence from 01st November 2019 and close on 30th November 2019. CMAT 2020 Admit Card will be downloaded from NTA website on 24 December 2019. All the exam applied candidates are should need to check and ensure the CMAT 2020 Exam Pattern, syllabus, previous year old question papers of CMAT examination, practice the mock up test, etc.
CMAT 2020 Exam Pattern
| 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 Question (MCQ) |
| Maximum Marks | 400 |
CMAT 2020 Important Exam Dates
| Events | Dates |
| Starting Date of CMAT 2020 Registration | 1 November 2019 |
| Closing Date for Submission of Online Application | 30 November 2019 |
| Printing of Admit card | 24 December 2019 |
| CMAT 2020 Examination | 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 | 3 February 2020 |
| Downloading of Score Card | Second week of February 2020 (tentatively) |
CMAT Syllabus 2020
CMAT 2020 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 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.
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