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CMAT (Common Management Admission Test)
Conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) ↗
NTA's national management entrance test, accepted by AICTE-approved institutions: 100 questions in 180 minutes across five sections, +4 / −1. CMAT 2027 was not announced on 26 Oct 2026, so the pattern below is from the CMAT 2026 bulletin.
Every fact below links the official page Shishya read it on, on 26 Oct 2026. The official practice links go to the conducting body's own mocks and papers.
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Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)
- 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 ↗
Official practice and documents
- CMAT official site (NTA) ↗Where NTA posts the CMAT 2027 notice (cmat.nta.nic.in)
- CMAT-2026 Information Bulletin ↗Pattern, marking, eligibility (PDF) (cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in)
- NTA Abhyas ↗NTA's practice platform (nta.ac.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.
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