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CAT 2012 Results

CAT results are announced in the month of January. Besides IIMs, there are other 145 institutes across India that considers the score of CAT for selection of candidates for admission to different programs.
The much awaited CAT 2012 results were declared on Jan 9, 2013 (Wednesday). Over 2 lakh candidates registered for the test, wherein only 1.90 lakh students had appeared for the test aspiring to get admission to the Indian Institutes of Management and other top B-schools. The test was conducted in 61 test centres across 36 cities over a 21-day from October 11 to November 6.
The applicants can check their CAT results on the official website: www.catiim.in. Candidates can access their result by registering with their email id and registration number. IIM, Kozhikode and test-conducting agency Prometric partnered for the CAT 2012.

CAT cut offs of the top MBA institutes are as follows:

B-School                                               CAT 2012 Cut off
IIM Ahmedabad                                       99+ percentile
IIM Bangalore                                          90+ percentile
IIM Calcutta                                            95+ percentile
IIM Lucknow                                          90+ percentile
IIM Indore                                              90+ percentile
IIM Kozhikode                                         85+ percentile
FMS, University of Delhi                           95+ percentile
MDI Gurgaon                                          95+ percentile
SPJIMR Mumbai                                      85+ percentile
XIM Bhubaneswar                                   90+ percentile
IMT Ghaziabad                                        90+ percentile
IMI Delhi                                                90+ percentile
LIBA Chennai                                          90+ percentile


Aspirants must familiarise themselves with the topics of CAT by studying from reference books and practicing from sample papers. They acquaint one with the topics so that it can be applied in the CAT exam. Here are some of the books:

CAT Preparation Books

• Quantitative Aptitude for CAT & Other Entrance Exams by Avinash Agarwal, Shipra Agarwal (Disha Publication)
• CAT Common Admission Test Examination Guide by R Gupta (Ramesh Publishing House)
• Mastering the Verbal Ability for CAT Common Admission Test by Ajay Singh (Arihant)
• These books cover the syllabus of CAT, which is divided into four sections:
• CAT Verbal/English Ability Syllabus: Reading comprehension, verbal reasoning, syllogisms, analogies, antonyms and synonyms, fill in the blanks, sentence correction, idioms, etc.
• CAT Quant/Maths Ability Syllabus: Number systems, geometry, trigonometry, probability, permutation combination, algebra, mensuration, time and work, averages, percentages, profit and loss, quadratic and linear equations, etc.
• CAT Data Interpretation Syllabus: Interpretation and analysis of data based on text, tables, graphs (line, area), charts (column, bar, pie), venn diagram, etc.
• CAT Logical Reasoning Syllabus: Clocks, calendars, binary logic, seating arrangement, blood relations, logical sequence, assumption, premise, conclusion, linear and matrix arrangement, etc.