Mudra Institute of Communications (MICA), is subscribing to CAT score
The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2011 will start on
Saturday 22nd Oct. 2011. As many as 2.05 lakh aspirants have registered for the
computer-based test to be conducted jointly by the Indian Institutes of Management
(IIMs) and Prometric across 36 cities. The tests will be held till November 18-the
actual testing days will be 20.
There will be five testing centres in Delhi, two in Gurgaon, and one each in Noida,
Greater Noida and Faridabad. This year, apart from the IIMs, more than 130 B-schools
across the country, including Delhi School of Economics, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute
of Management, Dwarka, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, and Mudra
Institute of Communications (MICA), are subscribing to CAT score. The new entrants
include six IITs, Faculty of Management Studies, DU, and Xavier Institute of Management,
Bhubaneshwar.
Mean while, Prometric has set up two state-of-the-art testing laboratories in Gurgaon
and Hyderabad for competitive exams like CAT, Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)
and Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Managing director of Prometric
India, Soumitra Roy, said, "These laboratories are equipped for multiple testing
sessions. These are the first laboratories set up by Prometric in India for conducting
various competitive tests. The test centre in Gurgaon can accommodate 226 aspirants
in a single session."
All test takers are advised to arrive at their centres at least one and a half hours
before time. There will be a 15-minute tutorial before the exam to familiarize the
candidates with the procedure of the test. A timer will appear on the top right
corner of the screen. There will be two sections-quantitative ability and data interpretation
followed by verbal ability and logical reasoning. The candidates will get one hour
and 10 minutes for each section. Both the sections will have 30 questions each and
will be timed separately.
Courtesy: Times of India
