CAT 2015 Announcement

July 26, Ahmedabad: Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have announced the Registration
for Common Admission Test 2015 (CAT 2015). The Advertisement for CAT 2015 has been
released in 24 newspapers across the country on 26th July, 2015 (Sunday).
Following are the salient features important for CAT 2015 aspirants:
CAT 2015 will be conducted in two sessions in one day. The exam will be held on 29.11.2015

(Sunday).
The exam will be conducted in 136 Cities comprising 650 Test Sites.
Candidates will be given the option to select 4 Test Cities in order of preference and hence
need not rush to block slots and sites in the initial days of registration.
We will try our best to assign candidates their first preferred city. In case it is not possible, they
will be assigned a city following their given order of preference. However, candidates will not
be able to select the session because it will be assigned randomly.
Candidates must pay the registration fee through online mode only, including Credit Card,
Debit Card, and Net Banking.
After submission of Application, candidates will be permitted to download their Admit Card
from October 15, 2015 onwards, till the date of examination.
Duration of the examination has been increased to 180 minutes instead of 170 minutes. There
will be three sections, Quantitative Aptitude (QA), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
(DILR) and Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC). QA and VRC will have 34
questions each, and DILR will have 32 questions. Some questions in each section may not be
of multiple choice type. Instead, direct answers are to be typed on the screen. The tutorials will
clearly explain this change. Also, we will allow use of basic on-screen calculator for
computation.
Candidates will be allotted exactly 60 minutes for answering questions in each section and they
cannot switch from one section to another while answering questions in a section.
Tutorial to understand the format of the examination will be available on the CAT website
from 15th October 2015. Candidates are advised to work on the tutorials, available on the
website, well in advance.

You are welcome to contact the helpdesk over mail or phone if you have any queries on any
matter related to CAT 2015.
Wish you all the best,
Prof. Tathagata Bandyopadhyay
Convener CAT 2015, IIM Ahmedabad

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Online Registration: 06th August to 20th September 2015

Download of Admit Card: 15th October 2015, 1:00 PM to Exam Day
Test Date: 29th November 2015 (Sunday) (Forenoon & Afternoon Sessions)
Release of Results: Second week of January 2016

Contact Information:
Website: www.iimcat.ac.in
Email ID: cat2015@iimahd.ernet.in
Help Desk Number: 18002660207 (Monday to Saturday 09:00AM to 06:00PM; Not available on
National/Public Holidays)
Correspondence Address:
CAT Centre 2015,
C/O IIM Ahmedabad
Vastrapur
Ahmedabad 380 015
Contact Numbers: 079-66324633/34