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Shishya's tracker has no announced CMAT exam date yet. CMAT CMAT: 100 questions, 400 marks, 180 minutes, −1 for a wrong answer; no marks for an unanswered question (NTA brochure, 17 Oct 2025). Official site: cmat.nta.nic.in.

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)

The national management entrance test run by the National Testing Agency (NTA); AICTE-approved institutions accept its score for MBA / PGDM admission. A three-hour computer-based test in English: 100 questions, 20 each in Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship; +4 for a right answer and −1 for a wrong one.

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A shopkeeper buys a batch of 200 pens for Rs 4,000. He sells 40% of them at a 10% profit and the rest at a 20% loss. What is his overall profit or loss percentage on the total transaction?

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CMAT — Frequently asked questions

Is Shishya free for CMAT preparation?
Yes. Every CMAT mock test, PYQ-pattern paper and study tool on Shishya is completely free — no subscription and no credit card. Questions are written with AI to follow each exam's syllabus topics on Shishya, and re-checked whenever a student reports one.
How many CMAT practice questions does Shishya have?
Shishya has 100 CMAT practice questions, written with AI (any question a student reports is re-checked), available as adaptive mock tests with a worked solution for every question.
How long is the CMAT exam?
The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) (CMAT) runs for 3 hours. Shishya's mock tests mirror this duration so you can practise under real exam-time pressure.
What is the exam pattern of CMAT?
CMAT CMAT has 100 questions for 400 marks in 180 minutes: Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation 20 questions (80 marks), Logical Reasoning 20 questions (80 marks), Language Comprehension 20 questions (80 marks), General Awareness 20 questions (80 marks), Innovation and Entrepreneurship 20 questions (80 marks). Source: NTA brochure, 17 Oct 2025 — https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3a381c2c35c9157f6b67fd07d5a200ae1/uploads/2025/10/202510171049586023.pdf
Is there negative marking in CMAT?
In CMAT CMAT: −1 for a wrong answer; no marks for an unanswered question (NTA brochure, 17 Oct 2025).
In which languages is CMAT conducted?
CMAT CMAT question paper: English only (NTA brochure, 17 Oct 2025).
What is the expected cutoff for CMAT?
Cutoffs change every cycle with paper difficulty and vacancies. Shishya maintains indicative score-to-rank bands and category-wise (General/EWS/OBC/SC/ST) expected cutoffs — not official figures — at https://shishya.in/exams/CMAT/cutoff
Can I build a topic-wise CMAT mock test?
Yes — pick any topics from the CMAT syllabus, choose 10, 25 or 50 questions and the difficulty, and attempt it as a timed mock with solutions and weak-topic analysis, free, at https://shishya.in/exams/CMAT/build-mock — questions can be read in Hindi and 17 other Indian languages inside the test.
How can I prepare for CMAT for free?
Shishya offers CMAT preparation 100% free: adaptive mock tests, the full syllabus (https://shishya.in/exams/CMAT/syllabus), a free day-by-day coach plan and an AI tutor in 18 Indian languages.

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CMAT: official dates, pattern and rules

From the conducting body's own pages, each linked, read on 26 Oct 2026. Their site is the final word.

CMAT 2027
Not announced on 26 Oct 2026; cmat.nta.nic.in showed only CMAT 2026 notices (scorecard and final answer key). Source: cmat.nta.nic.in ↗
Pattern (CMAT 2026 bulletin)
100 questions, 400 marks, 180 minutes, computer-based, English only: Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation 20, Logical Reasoning 20, Language Comprehension 20, General Awareness 20, Innovation and Entrepreneurship 20. Source: cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in ↗
Marking
+4 for a right answer, −1 for a wrong one, 0 for an unanswered question. Source: cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in ↗
Who could sit it (2026)
A bachelor's degree in any discipline, or final-year students whose result comes before admission for 2026-27; Indian citizens; no age limit. Source: cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in ↗
Fee (2026)
General (UR) male ₹2,500; female, Gen-EWS, SC, ST, PwBD, OBC-NCL and third gender ₹1,250; bank charges and GST extra. Source: cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in ↗
  • CMAT 2027: registration and exam dates not announced on 26 Oct 2026 (cmat.nta.nic.in showed CMAT 2026 notices only). For CMAT 2026, registration ran 17 October to 17 November 2025.

Shishya's practice paper

One full paper of 100 questions in 180 minutes, in the official sections and counts (Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation 20, Logical Reasoning 20, Language Comprehension 20, General Awareness 20, Innovation and Entrepreneurship 20). The questions are Shishya's own — drafted with AI, then read and answer-checked by a person — not questions from any past CMAT paper.

  • General Awareness here is static general knowledge only; the real paper also asks about current affairs.

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  • Language Comprehension

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  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    20 Qs

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