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Common Admission Test (CAT) is a computer based test held in India. This test scores a person on the bases of Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning. According to Asian Survey of Exams, CAT is rated as the third toughest test in Asia, after UPSC's Indian Engineering Services at first and IIT-JEE at the second spot. The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) started this exam and use the test as an important component in selecting students for their business administration programs. The test is conducted every year by one of the IIM's based on a policy of rotation. Other institutes can also opt to use the scores of CAT as a criteria for admissions. In August 2011, it was announced that Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) would also use the CAT scores, instead of the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET), as the initial phase of the student selection process of their MBA and Masters in Management programmes from the academic year 2012-14.

CAT
Common Admission Test (CAT) is a computer based test held in India. This test scores a person on the bases of Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning. The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) started this exam and use the test as an important component in selecting students for their business administration programs. The test is conducted every year by one of the IIM's based on a policy of rotation. Other institutes can also opt to use the scores of CAT as a criteria for admissions. For more details check out the wiki page on Common Admission Test(CAT)

XAT
The XLRI Admission Test prominently known as XAT is an all-India test conducted by XLRI (formerly known as Xavier Labour Relations Institute), a business school in Jamshedpur, India, as an entrance test for its management programmes as well as to many other reputed Top B-Schools in the country such as XIM [Xavier Institute of Management] Bhubaneswar, LIBA [Loyola Institute of Business Administration], Chennai, and many other reputed B Schools such as XIME Bangalore. For more details check out the wiki page on Xavier Aptitude Test(XAT)

SNAP
CAT exam has changed in structure with the passage of time. Till the early 2000s, it was based more on speed and the number of questions being asked was high with respect to the time given. However, it started mutating and the number of questions started to reduce, with the difficulty level increasing. CAT, the first decade of the century, became a paper which did not rely on speed but the ability of students to pick doable questions from the tough questions. The relative cut offs due to previous year also fell drastically. In 2009, CAT went online.

NMAT
The CAT, like virtually all large-scale exams, utilises multiple forms, or versions, of the test. Hence there are two types of scores involved viz. raw score and scaled score.

The raw score is calculated for each section based on the number of questions one answered correctly, incorrectly, or omitted. Candidates are given +3 points for each correct answer and -1 point for each incorrect answer. There are no points for questions that are not answered. The raw scores are then adjusted, as necessary, through a process called equating. Equated raw scores are then placed on a common scale or metric to ensure appropriate interpretation of the scores. This process is called scaling.

Three scaled scores will be presented for each candidate: an overall scaled score and two separate scaled scores for each section. As the two sections evaluate distinct sets of knowledge and skills, scores do not correlate across... sections. A high score in one section does not guarantee a high score in another section. Percentile rankings are provided for each individual section as well as for the overall exam score.

IIFT
Before 2009, CAT was a paper based test conducted on a single day for all candidates. The pattern, number of questions and duration have seen considerable variations over the years.

On 1 May 2009, it was announced that CAT would be a Computer Based Test starting from CAT 2009. The American firm Prometric has been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the computer based test. The first computer based CAT was marred by technical snags. The issue was so serious that it prompted the Government of India to seek a report from the convenor. The trouble was diagnosed as 'Conflicer' and 'W32 Nimda', the two viruses that attacked the system display of the test, causing severe slow down.

CMAT
Many business schools in India other than the IIMs also use the CAT scores as a criterion for admission. As of 2011, CAT scores are used by approximately 145 institutes in India. These include management faculties in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) such as the Vinod Gupta School of Management in IIT Kharagpur, and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) such as National Institute of Technology Calicut, other national institutes such as the Indian Institute of Forest Management and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology and many other prominent colleges and universities. However, there are many colleges in India which accept CAT despite not being officially registered with the IIMs.