Category
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Details
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Exam Name
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Common Admission Test (CAT)
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Conducting Body
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Any of the Top IIMs
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Official Website
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www.iimcat.ac.in
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Medium of exam
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English
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Exam Level
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National
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Frequency
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Annual
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Exam Mode
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Computer-Based Test (CBT)
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Number of Questions
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68
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Question Types
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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) & Type in The Answer (TITA)
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Selection Process
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CAT scores, Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD), and Personal Interview (PI) for some IIMs
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Score Validity
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1 year
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Number of IIMs Participating
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21 IIMs
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Other Institutes Accepting CAT Scores
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1000+ Prestigious management institutes and business schools in India
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Events
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Dates 2026 (Tentative)
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Notification release of CAT 2026
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Last week of July 2026
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Release of CAT 2026 application form
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1st week of August 2026
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Last date to fill CAT 2026 registration form
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3rd week of September 2026
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CAT 2026 Application Correction
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4th week of September 2026
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Availability of CAT 2026 admit card
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4th week of October 2026
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CAT 2026 Exam Date
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4th week of November 2026
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CAT 2026 Answer key
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1st week of December 2026
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CAT 2026 Last date to submit objection against answer key
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1st week of December 2026
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Announcement of CAT 2026 result
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4th week of December 2026
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Category
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Reservation Percentage
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OBC
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27%
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SC
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15%
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ST
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7.50%
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PwD
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3%
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Mode of Examination
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Computer-based
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Medium of Examination
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English
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Slots for Exam
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3
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Total Questions
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68
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Questions Per Section
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VARC: 24
DILR: 22
QA: 22
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Time Allotted
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120 minutes (40 minutes per section)
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Type of Questions
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MCQs and TITA (Type In The Answer)
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Marks Awarded for Correct Answer
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+3 for every right answer
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Marks Deducted for Wrong Answer
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-1 for every wrong answer
No negative marking for TITA
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Syllabus
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Topics
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Verbal Ability Reading Comprehension
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Fill in the blanks, Verbal Logic, Para Jumbles, Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Sentence, Completion, Jumbled, Paragraphs, Different Usage of the same word, Syllogisms, Parts of speech
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Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
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Venn Diagram, Coding-Decoding, Binary Logic, Blood Relations, Syllogism, Direction Sense, Tables, Bars and Line Graphs, Puzzles, Family Tree, Assumptions, Pie Charts, Seating Arrangement, Data Sufficiency, Clocks and Calendars
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Quantitative Aptitude
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Mean, mode, median, Binomial theorem, Geometry, Ratios and Proportion, Work and Time, Algebra, Percentages, Mensuration, Time, Speed and Distance, Square Root and Cube Root, Number System, Simple interest and compound interest, Geometric Progression, Surds and Indices
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Category
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Registration Fee
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SC/ST/PWD candidates
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Rs. 1200/-
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All other category candidates
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Rs. 2400/-
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IIMs
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CAT 2026 Expected Cutoff (%ile)
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IIM Ahmedabad
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99-100 %ile
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IIM Bangalore
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99-100 %ile
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IIM Calcutta
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99 %ile
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IIMLucknow
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97-99 %ile
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IIM Indore
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97-99 %ile
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IIM Kozhikode
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97-98 %ile
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IIM Amritsar
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95-99 %ile
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IIM Nagpur
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95-99 %ile
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IIMSambalpur
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95-99 %ile
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IIMTrichy
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93-94 %ile
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IIM Raipur
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92-94 %ile
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IIM Ranchi
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93-94 %ile
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IIMKashipur
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92-94 %ile
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IIMVizag
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92-93 %ile
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IIM Udaipur
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92-93 %ile
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IIM Bodhgaya
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90-92 %ile
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IIMShillong
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90-92 %ile
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IIMSirmaur
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93-95 %ile
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IIMRohtak
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90-95 %ile
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IIM Mumbai
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97+ %ile
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CAT Colleges
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Expected Cutoff (%ile)
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FMS, Delhi
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98.20 %ile
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BITSOM
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94 %ile
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DMS, IIT Delhi
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98-99 %ile
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Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai
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90-95 %ile
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SJMSOM, IIT Bombay
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99-100 %ile
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Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad
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90-99 %ile
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MDI Gurgaon
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95-97 %ile
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IIM Mumbai
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95-99 %ile
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SPJIMR
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85-90 %ile
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XIMB
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90-99 %ile
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Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
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95-99 %ile
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TAPMI, Manipal
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85-90 %ile
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State/UT
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Test Cities
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Andhra Pradesh
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Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Kurnool, Nellore, Kakinada, Guntur, Rajahmundry, Vizianagaram, Vijayawada
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Assam
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Silchar, Guwahati, Jorhat, Tezpur, Dibrugarh
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Port Blair
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Arunachal Pradesh
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Itanagar
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Bihar
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Patna, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Aurangabad, Arrah, Bhagalpur
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Chhattisgarh
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Raipur, Bhilai, Bilaspur
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Chandigarh
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Chandigarh, Mohali
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Delhi-NCR
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Delhi, Faridabad, Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Meerut, New Delhi, Noida
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Haryana
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Ambala, Hisar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Rohtak
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Gujarat
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Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Anand
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Goa
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Panaji
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Himachal Pradesh
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Shimla, Hamirpur
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Jharkhand
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Bokaro, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh
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Jammu and Kashmir
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Jammu
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Karnataka
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Belagavi, Bengaluru, Dharwad, Hubbali, Kalaburagi, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Udupi
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Kerala
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Trivandrum, Kannur, Kollam, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Thrissur
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Madhya Pradesh
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Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain
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Maharashtra
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Mumbai, Nagpur, Amravati, Pune, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad-Maharashtra, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Nanded, Nashik, Satara, Solapur, Ulhasnagar, Raigad, Thane, Palghar, Navi Mumbai, Vasai
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Mizoram
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Aizawl
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Meghalaya
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Shillong
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Nagaland
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Kohima
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Odisha
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Sambalpur, Cuttack, Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Rourkela
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Puducherry
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Puducherry
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Punjab
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Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana, Pathankot, Sangrur
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Rajasthan
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Jaipur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Sikar, Kota
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Telangana
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Hyderabad, Karim Nagar, Warangal
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Tamil Nadu
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Madurai, Chennai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Salem, Tirunelveli, Vellore
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Uttar Pradesh
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Varanasi, Agra, Jhansi, Lucknow, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar
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Uttarakhand
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Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee
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West Bengal
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Siliguri, Asansol, Bankura, Burdwan, Kolkata, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kalyani
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