Management Entrance Exams

Management Exams

Managing and maintaining, the entrance test for the management related admissions would enhance the management education standards in the country.

Management Entrance Exams

Anyone will be taken aback to see the wide choices of management entrance exams that are conducted for admissions in the business schools and other management institutions in India. It is a known fact that India would be one among the top ten countries that are offering good quality education. During the recent days, it is also becoming, one of the top hosts for management studies too. The growth of management studies is not new to India, as it had won world fame for its renowned IIMs (Indian Institutes of Management), very long year back. Recently, the many private institutions and universities have started to attract people from, not only from in and around the country, but also from outside the country, i.e. across the world. Each and every institution has designed a specific standard entrance exam for management related admissions, but there are many known entrance exams that are specific for particular management institutions, such as follows:

CAT (Common Admission Test)

It is majorly designed for the admissions to the management degrees in the IIMs. The CAT exam should be called as the father of entrance exams for management related admissions, as it was the first entrance exams developed specifically for the management related admissions in the country. If any student has an aim of doing MBA, then first, the student would think of attempting CAT. It is considered, as prestigious and honors to get through the CAT exams in India. It is an two and half hours exam with 90 multiple choice questions, comprising of 40 questions in verbal ability, 25 questions in quantitative aptitude, 25 questions in logical reasoning, and 25 questions in data interpretation. The CAT score is also accepted approximately by 120 prominent MBA institutions in India.

XAT (Xavier Admission Test)

This is also considered as an all India level admission test for MBA admission progrmas. It is been designed and conducted successfully till date, by the XLRI, Jamshedpur for its management admissions, but it is also accepted by 70 other MBA institutions in the country. The XAT question paper comprises of 3 sections, such as, reading comprehension and verbal ability questions framing the first section, quantitative ability, reasoning and data interpretation questions falling under the second section and last, but not least the third section consisting of general awareness questions. Each section consists of a time limit of 40 minutes, besides separate 20 minutes for essay writing.

JMET (Joint Management Entrance Test)

It is considered as the qualifying examination for the admissions to the management institutions like, IITs and IISC. Currently, IIT, Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee and IISC, Bangalore offer management related programs and they follow the admission procedures based on the qualifying scores of the candidates in the JMET. However, the admission procedures are more specific to each institution and would also be varying from one another. The JMET comprises of questions from more or less the same categories, like other exams, such as, verbal communication, data interpretation, logical reasoning, and quantitative ability. The test is for duration of about 3 hours with 120 questions in each section. It also consists of negative makings, i.e. about 25% of marks would be deducted for wrong answers.

If a person cannot manage the different management entrance exams for his/her preferred list of colleges/universities, then how he/she can handle as a MBA graduate?

The management entrance exams are becoming more popular in India. As a result, there are numerous entrance exams categorizing into sections like, common entrance test, entrance test conducted exclusively for IITs, IIMs, prominent institutions, renowned business schools, etc… This is the moment of happiness, as you could see the standard infrastructure of the management studies has gone higher. Earlier, people from India used to travel to the foreign countries for learning MBA, but those days have gone, as India has become the renowned hosts of management studies. It is cheaper compared to the management studies in the foreign countries and it is becoming better in standards too. It is the long lasting worry of management students, as the MBA degrees achieved even through IIMs are not recognized worldwide! But, recently, I also heard about the news that IIMs are trying to get recognized by foreign universities. If this happens, then the percentage of Indian students would fall much below the minimum level.

The management entrance exams have become the style icon, as they bear the control of the management related admissions. They have also set a standard in the management cadre, by creating awareness among the students and professionals, regarding the effective consequences of these exams, if taken seriously. For example, Common Admission Test (CAT) is considered to be tough and difficult to crack. Hence, if a student is able to crack the exam, then it is considered to be the prestigious gift in his/her career. Because the person, who is studying in an IIM can feel the difference over the other candidates, as they would be setting the benchmark for standard salaries in the management cadre jobs. This have made the students to take the management entrance exams with most attention, as many students usually start studying for CAT from 3rd year of their under graduate degrees. The CAT is usually conducted to enter into the IIMs, but it is also accepted by other prominent management institutions, such as Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, and many more, accounting to around 120 MBA institutions in the country. Many management institutions have specific entrance exams designed for their purpose, which had also accepted as the standard entrance test by other management institutions, such as, Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET), which is majorly designed as the qualifying entrance test for the admission procedures of the Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs) and IISC, likewise, the Xavier Admission Test (XAT) is conducted for the admissions of the Xavier Business School, but it is also accepted by around 70 other management institutions in the country, another entrance exam, which is popular in this category is the Management Aptitude Test (MAT), which is conducted by the Centre for Management Services, which again falls into the specialized division of All India Management Association (AIMA). The MAT score is usually accepted by many AICTE approved management institutions in the country and it is conducted 4 times a year. Most of the management entrance exams are the result of assortments of the categories, such as: verbal ability, quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning, general knowledge, English writing skills, and data interpretation.

MBA Entrance Exams


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