Events
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Dates
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Notification Release Date of CAT Exam 2023
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4th week of July 2023
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Registration of CAT 2023
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1st week of August 2023
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Last date to fill out the Online Application form
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2nd week of September 2023
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Last date to submit the fees for the Application Form
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2nd week of September 2023
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Beginning of Application Correction for CAT 2023
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3rd week of September 2023
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Admit Card availability for CAT 2023
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4th week of October 2023
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Date Of Examination of CAT 2023
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4th week of November 2023
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Answer Key Release Date
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1st week of December 2023
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Last date to submit an objection
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2nd week of December 2023
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CAT 2023 Announcement of Results
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1st week of January 2024
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Particulars
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Details
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Name of the Exam
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CAT 2023
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Official Website
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Exam Conducting Authority
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Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)
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Mode of the exam
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Computer-Based Mode (CBT)
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Duration of the CAT Exam
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2 Hours (120 Minutes)
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Duration (Section-wise)
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40 Minutes for (VARC, DILR, QA).
Each section -53 Minutes 20 Seconds for PwD candidates.
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Session (Slot-wise)
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No. of Questions
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66 Questions
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Total marks
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198 marks
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Category
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Reserved Seats
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Schedule Cast (SC)
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15%
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Schedule Tribe (ST)
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7.5%
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Other Backward Classes (NC-OBC)
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27%
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PWD(Persons with Disability)
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3%
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Degree
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Approval Authority
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Engineering Degree – B. Tech/ B.E.
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MHRD/ UPSC/AICTE Approved
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Bachelor’s Degree from any University
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UGC Approved
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Bachelor’s Degree from any University
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UGC Approved
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Students pursuing the final year of their Bachelor’s degree can also take the examination.
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MHRD/ UPSC/AICTE or UGC Approved
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CA/CS/ICWA/Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India (FIAI)
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MHRD/ UPSC/AICTE Approved
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Documents
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Dimension
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Format
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Size
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Photograph
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Dimension: 30 mm X 45 mm
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.jpg or .jpeg
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<= 80 Kb
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Signature
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Dimension: 80 mm X 35 mm
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.jpg or .jpeg
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<= 80 Kb
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NC-OBC/SC/ST Certificate
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Self-attested Scanned Copy
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PDF
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<=200 Kb
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PwD/DA Certificate
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Self-attested Scanned Copy
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PDF
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<=200 Kb
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Particulars
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Details
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Exam Window
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Three Sessions
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Mode of Conduct
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Computer-based
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Sections
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Test Duration
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120 Minutes
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Total No. of Questions
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66
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Duration of each section of CAT
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40 Minutes
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Type of Questions
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MCQs & Non-MCQs
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Expected Marking Scheme
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-1 for each wrong answer
+3 for every correct answer
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Sections
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No. of Questions
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Duration
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Marks
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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
(VARC)
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24
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40 minutes
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72
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Quantitative Ability (QA)
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22
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40 minutes
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66
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Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)
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20
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40 minutes
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60
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Section
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MCQ
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TITA Questions
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Marks(MCQ)
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Marks(TITA)
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Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
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20-21
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4-5
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+3, -1
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+3, no negative
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Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
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20-21
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2-3
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+3, -1
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+3, no negative
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Quantitative Ability
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20-21
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4-5
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+3, -1
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+3, no negative
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Syllabus
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Topics
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Weightage
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Verbal Ability
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Questions like Para jumbles, Summary Based, Sentence exclusion.
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Questions - 8 to 10
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Reading Comprehension
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RC passages
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Almost 16 questions in the VARC section are based on RCs.
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Quantitative Ability
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Number System, Algebra, Geometry, Arithmetic, Mensuration.
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Arithmetic and Algebra dominate the section, with nearly 8 questions from each area.
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Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
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Seating Arrangement, DI-based reasoning, Grid-Based DI, Graphs. Tables, Data Caselets
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An almost equal number of sets are from DI and LR.
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VARC Syllabus
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Fill in the blanks
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Para Completion and inference
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Verbal Logic
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Verbal Reasoning
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Subject-verb agreement
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Para Jumbles
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Sentence completion
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Foreign language words used in English
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Different usage of the same word
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Grammar
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Reading Comprehension
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Idioms
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Syllogisms
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Analogies
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Antonyms
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Jumbled paragraphs
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Sentence correction
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One word substitution
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Parts of speech
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Preposition
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Types of Clauses
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Phrases Modifiers
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Errors in tenses
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Articles usage
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DILR Syllabus
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Blood Relations
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Clocks and Calendars
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Syllogism
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Series
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Statements
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Venn Diagram
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Proposition
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Data Arrangement
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Data Structures
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Direction Sense
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Family Tree
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Tables
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Coding-Decoding
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Binary Logic
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Pie Charts
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Assumptions
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Seating Arrangement
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Data Sufficiency
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Puzzles
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Sets & Caselets
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Bars & Line Graphs
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QA Syllabus
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Geometry
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Ratios and Proportion
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Inequalities
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Trigonometry
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In-equations Quadratic and linear equations
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Work and Time
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Algebra
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Surds and Indices
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Percentages
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Mensuration
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Time-Speed-Distance
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Logarithms
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Partnership (Accounts)
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Number System
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Square Root and Cube Root
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Profit & Loss
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Geometric Progression
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Probability
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Mean, mode, median
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Binomial theorem
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Simple interest and compound interest
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CAT Cut-off
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Institutes
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94+
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FMS, MDI-G, IISc-B, IIM-RH, IIM-RN, IIM-RP, IIM-KS, IIM-UP, IIM-T, IIM-BG
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90+ (profile-based)
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IIM-I, IIM-J, IIT-B, IIT-D, IIT-KH, IMT-G
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80+ (profile-based)
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IIM-A, IIM-B, IIM-C, IIM-L, IIM-K, SPJIMR, NITIE, KJSIMSR
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80+
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DU, UBS-CHD, IMT-N, GLIM, FSM, IRMA, TAPMI, NIRMA, IIFM, LBSIM
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70+
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IMT-H, BIMTECH, MDI-M
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