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The results of the Common Aptitude Test (CAT), conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management, was announced today. In 2011, 1.85 lakh students took the examination. The aspirational 100 percentile was managed by nine students, while 1,800 students crossed the 99 percentile barrier.
The markedly different sections of CAT 2006 will make the cut-off expectations different too.
Manish Kumar who achieved a high percentile of 99.43 in CAT 2013 and secured admission in IIM Raipur tells us how he succeeded in cracking the test.
Your plan of action should be decided based on all the practice and mock exams you might have taken and a careful analysis of your performance.
Most engineering students have their semester examinations scheduled in November. So how should they balance the limited time between exam preparation and CAT preparation?
More tips, suggestions and answers from experts ARKS Srinivas and Rahul Reddy.
CAT fever is hotting up. AKRS Srinivas, director, TIME, Mumbai, tips you on how to score well.
The technical glitches that marred the country's first online CAT have done more than inconvenience students. They have left the convenor, Satish Deodhar, taking the blame and dented the image of premier IIMs.
To answer CAT-related questions, Atul Prashar, examination expert at TCYOnline.com, hosted a chat on June 8. The transcript.
The CAT can be tamed. Here's what you should be prepared for with just a day to go.
'Are we so ready to believe that in this country whose virtues we constantly shout from the rooftops, there is no single person -- other than Modi -- in a minimum of 272 elected MPs with the talent and ability to lead this country?' asks Prem Panicker.
We bring CAT aspirants the cut-offs as predicted by the top CAT training institutes in the country.
The CAT gurus have all the answers for Get Ahead readers, in a live chat.
CAT gurus Asan Dasari and Vinayak Kudva chat with Get Ahead readers gearing up for CAT 2005.
With lesser students appearing for JMET, IITs may end up considering CAT scores starting this year.
Get Ahead, in collaboration with TCYOnline.com, an organisation that trains CAT aspirants, brings you a FREE sample CAT paper, with the answers.
Some students were caught cheating on camera. They were subsequently asked to leave the examination centre, Prometric, the company which provided the software for the test, admitted for the first time.
Aditi Jaitly who scored in the 99.73 percentile in CAT 2012 and secured admission at the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi shares her secret to success in the exam.
CAT trainers Gautam Puri and Arun Wadhwa suggested these tips for last-minute preparation in a recent chat with Get Ahead readers.
CAT has always had a tendency to surprise the candidates by a change in the pattern and this demands a little bit of flexibility in your strategy.
While preparing for CAT it is crucial to know where you stand with the CAT aspirants from across the country. Benchmarking and Analytics help you to understand just that.
A plan for the last few months to CAT 2010.
He said the South African cheetahs will first arrive at the Gwalior Air Force base in MP on Saturday morning and 30 minutes later they will be transported some 165km away to KNP in Sheopur district by IAF helicopters.
CAT trainers Gautam Puri and Arun Wadhwa answered reader queries in a recent chat.
CAT 2008 seems to be approaching faster than the speed of time. This coupled with the possible increase in the participation this year makes the going really tough. Hence, it's a must for us to identify and strengthen the strategies in the quantitative that can help us differentiate ourselves from others.
An alumnus of St Xavier's College, Kolkata discusses interesting ways to solve Para Jumble problems appearing in CAT.
Cat gurus Brijesh Singh and Jasveen Grewal of Top Careers & You answered queries on CAT during a recent chat with Get Ahead readers.
What should you do if you are a computer graduate but want to give CAT a shot? Are there any specific strategies you should be looking at to improve your percentiles? How should you prepare to get a good CAT score and hence calls from top IIMs?
Many top B-schools attach more value now to academic record, bachelor's degree marks, work experience, performance in the personal interview, as well as gender and academic diversity -- resulting in a decline of the weighting to the CAT score.
Their special skills of carrying out house intervention and hostage rescue can act as 'clincher' during a terror siege, the official said.
Five well-known, but often overlooked aspects of improving your problem solving skills in Quantitative aptitude are provided here with live examples of how to use some of them in a typical CAT scenario.
Over the past year, Amul has undergone a transformative journey, evolving from a dairy-centric entity to a comprehensive foods company. Since 2022, PepsiCo India, too, has embarked on extensive launches in the food category. Not to be left behind, ITC, which has been introducing an average of 100 fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) products across categories every year, has also launched a number of packaged food items.
Atul Prashar and Munish Kumar answer questions about CAT 2007. How do I analyse my mock examinations? How can I determine my strong and weak areas? Read on
R Shiva Kumar, director -- R&D, Career Launcher, hosted a chat with GA readers on August 29 addressing various CAT-related questions. The transcript.
Glimpses into the life of Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, who at 31, is Pakistan's youngest first lady.
Testfunda.com is conducting a FREE workshop on group discussion and personal interview (GD - PI) for CAT aspirants.
As a group of Bharatiya Janata Party workers chanted 'Jai Shri Ram' and raised 'Modi, Modi' slogans in front of Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra bus in Nagaon, the Congress leader waved, gave flying kisses and stepped down to meet them.
Aditya Dipankar, a student of MDes (Information & Interface Design) 2009-11 at the National Institute of Design (NID), Bangalore to look up the practice test and identify pain points and suggest improvements in the interface.
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