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CAT 2014 Announcement: July 27 , 2014

Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) has announced the Registration for Common Admission Test
2014 (CAT 2014). The Advertisement for CAT 2014 has been released in 25 newspapers across the
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country on 27 July, 2014 (Sunday). The major changes for CAT 2014 which is an improvement from
past five years are as follows;

The CAT 2014 will be conducted in two days, consisting of four sessions overall
The exam will be conducted in 99 Cities comprising 354 Test Sites

Candidates will be given the option to select 3 Test Cities in the order of preference and hence
need not rush to block slots and sites in the initial Registration days

As far as possible, candidates will be given their first preferred city across the four sessions on
a random basis, if not possible the second then the third preferred city will be allotted
The exams will be held on 16.11.2014 (Sunday) and 22.11.2014 (Saturday).

The candidates have no option to select the dates. The dates will be allotted by CAT Centre
2014 on random basis

The purchase of offline Vouchers has been discontinued from this year and the candidates
have to make Registration fee payment through online modes only by Credit Card, Debit Card
or through Net Banking.

After submission of Application, candidates will be permitted to download their Admit Cards
from 16.10.2014 onwards till their exam date. For example, if the candidate is appearing for
the test on 16.11.2014, then she/he can download the Admit Card only upto 16.11.2014
(forenoon or afternoon session) according to her/his slot.

Duration of the examination has been increased to 170 minutes from the existing limit of 140
minutes.

Questions in each section, Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation, Verbal Ability & Logical
Reasoning have been increased to 50 in each section from the existing 30 questions.

Candidates have the flexibility for devoting more or less time to each section according to their
ability and they can switch over from one section to another section for the duration of the
examination.

Tutorial to understand the format of the examination will not be available before the start of
the examination. Candidates are advised to do the tutorials, from the website well in advance.

Important Dates:

Registration: 06.08.2014 (Wednesday) to 30.09.2014 (Tuesday) 56 Days

Download of Admit Card: 16.10.2014 (Thursday) till exam date

Testing Days: 16.11.2014 (Sunday) & 22.11.2014 (Saturday), Forenoon & Afternoon
Sessions on both days

Release of Result: 3 week of December, 2014.

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Contact Information:
Website: www.iimcat.ac.in
Email Id: cat2014@iimidr.ac.in/cat2014helpdesk@iimcat.ac.in
IVRS No.: 1800-2100-151
(Monday to Saturday 09:00AM to 06:00PM; Not available on National/Public Holidays)
Correspondence Address:
CAT Centre 2014, C/O IIM Indore, Prabhandh-Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur, Road, Indore453556 Contact No. of CAT Centre: 0731-2439-688,689 & 690

Prof. Rohit Kapoor

Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan

Convener CAT 2014-IIM Indore

Chairman CAT 2014 & Director IIM Indore