The document discusses MBA entrance exams in India. It explains that there are several equivalent management programs to an MBA degree, such as MMS, PGDBA, etc. Candidates must take various entrance exams to be eligible for admission to business schools for these programs. There are national, state, and university level exams administered by different bodies. The exams test verbal ability, reading comprehension, problem solving, and data interpretation. Candidates are also evaluated on time management, decision making, and handling pressure. The choice of entrance exam depends on the program and institute applied to. Exams are typically held in May, June, or November. Some prominent Indian exams mentioned are CAT, CMAT, MAH-MBA-

1. MBA Entrance Exams
MBA seems to be the most sought after degree today. But little do we know that this vast field of
Management does not consist of only an MBA degree. It includes equivalent full-time course
options like MMS, PGDBA, PGPMS, PGDBM, etc. For pursuing all these courses one has to
prepare for various MBA Entrance Exams.
Management Entrance Exams is a first step to be eligible for admission into B-Schools for MBA,
PGDM, PGDBA, and so on. With the huge number of Management Institutions in India there are
several number Entrance Examinations are conducted by different bodies. We can differentiate
these tests as National level, State level, and Deemed Universities / Autonomous level.
The entrance exams primarily consist of Verbal ability, Reading Comprehension, Problem Solving
and Data interpretation.
Management exams necessarily check a candidate on Time Management, Decision making
abilities, handling pressure; much has been written about handling these critical factors, we will
focus on Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension part of these critical exams.
Your choice of the entrance exams from the aforementioned list would entirely depend on the
institute you plan to apply to; specific institutes consider scores of specific entrance exams. These
exams are generally held in the months of May and June except for CAT conducted by the IIMs
which is held in the month of November.
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2. Following are some of the prominent Entrance Exams in
India:
Name of the
Entrance Test
Entrance Exam
Month
Form Availability URL
From To
Common
Admission Test
(CAT), IIM
November July September www.catiim.in
Common
Management
Aptitude Test
(CMAT)
February
October
December
August
January
September
www.aicte-cmat.in
MAH-MBA-
CET
February January February www.dte.org.in
All India
Management
Association
(AIMA), MAT
Mat is usually conducted 4 times in a year in
February, May, September & December.
www.aima-ind.org
Xavier Aptitude
Test (XAT)
January September November www.xlri.edu
NMAT –
NMIMS
January October November www.nmims.edu
Symbiosis
National
Aptitude
(SNAP)
December September October www.snaptest.org