Overall, CMAT 2023 was slightly more complex than CMAT 2022.Time was no issue, enough time for revision. Some of the questions in the five sections were sitters. While, some questions in all sections esp General Awareness and Innovation and Entrepreneurship sections were challenging.Ideal Attempts in CMAT 202390+ ques for 99.5%ile plus for JBIMS, Syd, Other MMS Colleges85+ ques for 99%ile plus needed for PGDM top colleges.80-75 quesfor 90%ile70+ for approx 80%ileNote: it depends on ur accuracy
Score Vs Percentile in CMAT 2023
99.99%ile 350 marks
99.90%ile 340 marks
99%ile 300 – 290 marks
90%ile 250 – 230 marks
80%ile 200 – 180 marks
Quant in CMAT 2023
Excellent Score 70+
Very Good Score 60+
Good Score 50+
Quant section was medium level with many easy but lengthy and tricky questions in terms of Level of Difficulty.Percentages, Averages, Ratios, Compound Interest, Time-Speed-Distance, Time & Work), Numbers, Geometry, Modern Mathematics (Probability) and Algebra.
Logic in CMAT 2023
Excellent Score 70+
Very Good Score 60+
Good Score 50+
Logic was lengthy. Like every year logic section was covering very wide range of topics IN CMAT 2023Section was dominated by topics from Direction sense, blood relation, Series, coding and critical reasoning
Verbal In CMAT 2023
Excellent Score 65+
Very Good Score 55+
Good Score 50+
Verbal section in CMAT 2023 was short n sweet yet tricky questions. Section was full of Vocab and Grammar. RC PJ were also present.
Gk in CMAT 2023
Excellent Score 55+
Very Good Score 45+
Good Score 40+
Loads of Ques from Cmatking Bible.
Out of the 20 General Awareness questions, 16 were based on Static GK. 4 questions were on Current Affairs. Around 11 questions were based on Indian events, 4 were on international ones and the remaining 5 were miscellaneous ones. Most of the questions were on Sports, constitution, history, books and authors, awards, physics, geography, etc. Overall, this section was manageable.
Innovation Entrepreneurship
Excellent Score 65+
Very Good Score 55+
Good Score 50+
Loads of Ques from Cmatking Bible.Questions on business, economics, management, government schemes dominated this section. Overall, this section was manageable.
CMAT Dates
| CMAT 2023 Event | CMAT 2023 | CMAT 2022 | CMAT 2021 |
| Registration CMAT 2023 | 13 Feb–06 Mar | 16 Feb–17 Mar | 23 Dec-1 Mar |
| Admit card CMAT 2023 | 6–9 Apr 2023 | 6–9 Apr 2022 | 24–31 Mar |
| Exam CMAT 2023 | 06-May-23 | 09-Apr-22 | 31-Mar-23 |
| Results available CMAT 2023 | 30-May-23 | 30-Apr-22 | 09-Apr-21 |
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CMAT 2023 Cutoffs
MMS Cutoffs are high because no GDPI!
| CMAT Cutoffs for MMS Programs in Maharashtra | CMAT Cut off Percentile |
| JBIMS Mumbai: Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies | 99.99 |
| SIMSREE Mumbai: Sydenham Institute | 99.94 |
| WeSchool Welingkar Institute | 99.92 |
| PUMBA | 99.92 |
| Top 7 Colleges | 99.6 |
| Top 10 Colleges | 99% |
CMAT Cutoffs for PGDM Programs – Tentative Cutoffs
High Cutoffs 90%ile+
| GIM Goa: Goa Institute of Management | 99 |
| National Institute of Banking Management | 99 |
| SIMSR Mumbai: K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies And Research | 98 |
| IMT Hyderabad | 90 |
| IMT Nagpur: Institute of Management Technology | 90 |
| Great Lakes Chennai: Great Lakes Institute of Management – GLIM | 90 |
| IFMR Graduate School of Business at KREA University | 90 |
| National Insurance Academy | 90 |
CMAT Cutoffs 80 – 90%ile
| WeSchool Mumbai | 80 |
| WeSchool Bangalore | 80 |
| N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai | 80 |
| SIES Nerul, Navi Mumbai | 80 |
| Vivekanand Business School, Mumbai | 80 |
| ITM Navi Mumbai: ITM Group of Institutions | 80 |
| iFeel Business School, Lonavala | 80 |
| Xavier Business School (XBS), St Xavier’s University, Kolkata | 80 |
| BIMTECH Greater Noida: Birla Institute of Management Technology | 80 |
| XIME Bangalore: Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship | 80 |
| Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow | 80 |
| KIIT School of Management – KSOM Bhubaneswar | 80 |
| IPE Hyderabad: Institute of Public Enterprise | 80 |
| ISBM Pune: International School of Business and Media | 80 |
| CIMP: Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna | 80 |
| AIMS Institutes Bangalore | 80 |
| Indus Business Academy – IBA Bangalore | 80 |
| JIMS Rohini Delhi: Jagan Institute of Management Studies | 80 |
| Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management – VJIM Hyderabad | 80 |
| SDMIMD Mysore: SDM Institute For Management Development | 80 |
| Chetana’s Institute of Management and Research – CIMR Mumbai | 80 |
CMAT Cutoffs 75%ile or less
| IES Management College And Research Centre, Mumbai | 75 |
| Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida | 75 |
| Thakur College, Mumbai | 75 |
| SCMS Cochin: SCMS Cochin School of Business | 75 |
| GBS Kolkata: Globsyn Business School, Kolkata | 75 |
| New Delhi Institute of Management – NDIM New Delhi | 75 |
| XIME Chennai: Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship | 75 |
| Indira Pune: Indira Institute of Management – IIMP | 75 |
| Christ University Bengaluru: Institute of Management | 75 |
| Calcutta Business School, Kolkata | 70 |
| GSIB Visakhapatnam: Gitam School of International Business | 70 |
| GITAM Hyderabad Business School, GITAM Deemed University, Hyderabad | 70 |
| DSIMS Mumbai: Durgadevi Saraf Institute of Management Studies | 70 |
| FIIB Delhi: Fortune Institute of International Business | 70 |
| Acharya Bangalore B-School – ABBS Bangalore | 70 |
| VESIM Mumbai: Vivekanand Education Society Institute of Management Studies and Research | 70 |
| RSB Chennai: Rajalakshmi School of Business | 70 |
| DSB Delhi: Delhi School of Business | 70 |
| XISS Ranchi: Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi | 70 |
| MSRIM Bangalore: M S Ramaiah Institute of Management | 70 |
| BULMIM New Delhi: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan`s Usha & Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management | 70 |
| Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India – EDII Ahmedabad | 70 |
| IIMS Pune: International Institute of Management Studies | 65 |
| Vishwa Vishwani Hyderabad: Vishwa Vishwani Institute of Systems and Management | 65 |
| EMPI Business School, New Delhi | 65 |
| Jaypee Business School – JBS Noida | 65 |
MMS CMAT Cut off Percentile for JBIMS Mumbai: Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies is approximately 99.99%ile
MMS CMAT Cut off Percentile for SIMSREE Mumbai: Sydenham Institute is approximately 99.94%ile
MMS CMAT Cut off Percentile for WeSchool Welingkar Institute is approximately 99.92%ile
MMS CMAT Cut off Percentile for PUMBA is approximately 99.92%ile
MMS CMAT Cut off Percentile for Top 7 Colleges is approximately 99.6%ile
MMS CMAT Cut off Percentile for Top 10 Colleges is approximately 0.99%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for GIM Goa: Goa Institute of Management is approximately 99%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for National Institute of Banking Management is approximately 99%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for SIMSR Mumbai: K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies And Research is approximately 98%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for IMT Hyderabad is approximately 90%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for IMT Nagpur: Institute of Management Technology is approximately 90%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Great Lakes Chennai: Great Lakes Institute of Management – GLIM is approximately 90%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for IFMR Graduate School of Business at KREA University is approximately 90%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for National Insurance Academy is approximately 90%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for WeSchool Mumbai is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for WeSchool Bangalore is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for SIES Nerul, Navi Mumbai is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Vivekanand Business School, Mumbai is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for ITM Navi Mumbai: ITM Group of Institutions is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for iFeel Business School, Lonavala is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Xavier Business School (XBS), St Xavier’s University, Kolkata is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for BIMTECH Greater Noida: Birla Institute of Management Technology is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for XIME Bangalore: Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for KIIT School of Management – KSOM Bhubaneswar is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for IPE Hyderabad: Institute of Public Enterprise is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for ISBM Pune: International School of Business and Media is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for CIMP: Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for AIMS Institutes Bangalore is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Indus Business Academy – IBA Bangalore is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for JIMS Rohini Delhi: Jagan Institute of Management Studies is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management – VJIM Hyderabad is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for SDMIMD Mysore: SDM Institute For Management Development is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Chetana’s Institute of Management and Research – CIMR Mumbai is approximately 80%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for IES Management College And Research Centre, Mumbai is approximately 75%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida is approximately 75%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Thakur College, Mumbai is approximately 75%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for SCMS Cochin: SCMS Cochin School of Business is approximately 75%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for GBS Kolkata: Globsyn Business School, Kolkata is approximately 75%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for New Delhi Institute of Management – NDIM New Delhi is approximately 75%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for XIME Chennai: Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship is approximately 75%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Indira Pune: Indira Institute of Management – IIMP is approximately 75%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Christ University Bengaluru: Institute of Management is approximately 75%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Calcutta Business School, Kolkata is approximately 70%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for GSIB Visakhapatnam: Gitam School of International Business is approximately 70%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for GITAM Hyderabad Business School, GITAM Deemed University, Hyderabad is approximately 70%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for DSIMS Mumbai: Durgadevi Saraf Institute of Management Studies is approximately 70%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for FIIB Delhi: Fortune Institute of International Business is approximately 70%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Acharya Bangalore B-School – ABBS Bangalore is approximately 70%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for VESIM Mumbai: Vivekanand Education Society Institute of Management Studies and Research is approximately 70%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for RSB Chennai: Rajalakshmi School of Business is approximately 70%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for DSB Delhi: Delhi School of Business is approximately 70%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for XISS Ranchi: Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi is approximately 70%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for MSRIM Bangalore: M S Ramaiah Institute of Management is approximately 70%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for BULMIM New Delhi: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan`s Usha & Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management is approximately 70%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India – EDII Ahmedabad is approximately 70%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for IIMS Pune: International Institute of Management Studies is approximately 65%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Vishwa Vishwani Hyderabad: Vishwa Vishwani Institute of Systems and Management is approximately 65%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for EMPI Business School, New Delhi is approximately 65%ile
CMAT Cut off Percentile for Jaypee Business School – JBS Noida is approximately 65%ile
CMAT 2023 Analysis Coming Soon
GK Section CMAT 2023 Analysis
| Section | Area | Topic | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| GK | GK | Current Affairs | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| GK | GK | Business & Economy | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| GK | GK | History | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| GK | GK | Geography | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| GK | GK | Polity | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| GK | GK | Science Tech | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| GK | GK | Sports | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| GK | GK | Awards | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| GK | GK | Books | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| GK | GK | Programs & Acts | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Logic Section CMAT 2023 Analysis
| Section | Area | Topic | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Logic | CR | Arguments | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Logic | CR | Assumption Inference Conclusion | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Logic | CR | Cause Effect | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Logic | Modern | Series Numbers | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Logic | Modern | Series Alphabet | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Logic | Modern | Ranking | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Logic | Modern | Set Theory | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Logic | Modern | Input Output | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Logic | Modern | Visual reasoning | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Logic | Puzzle | Arrangement | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| Logic | Traditional | Coding -decoding | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Logic | Traditional | Blood Relations | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Logic | Traditional | Directions | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Logic | Traditional | Analogy | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Logic | Traditional | Odd one out | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Quant Section CMAT 2023 Analysis
| Section | Area | Topic | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Quant | Algebra | Simple Equations | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Quant | Arithmetic | Time Speed | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Quant | Arithmetic | Time Work | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Quant | Arithmetic | Clocks Calendar | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quant | Arithmetic | Averages Mixtures | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Quant | Arithmetic | Percentages | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Quant | Arithmetic | Profit Loss | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Quant | Arithmetic | Ratio | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Quant | Arithmetic | SI CI | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Quant | DI | Data Interpretation | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Quant | Geometry | Trigonometry | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Quant | Geometry | Mensuration | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Quant | Geometry | Angles Triangles | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quant | Geometry | Set Theory | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quant | Modern | Functions Graphs | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Quant | Modern Math | PnC Probability | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Quant | Modern Math | Statistics | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Quant | Modern Math | PnC | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Quant | Numbers | LCM HCF | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Quant | Numbers | Divisibility Rules | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Verbal Section CMAT 2023 Analysis
| Section | Area | Topic | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Verbal | Grammar | Sentence Correction | 7 | 3 | 5 | |
| Verbal | Others | PJ | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Verbal | RC | RC | 4 | 14 | 6 | |
| Verbal | Vocab | Synonyms/Antonyms | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Verbal | Vocab | FIB | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Verbal | Vocab | Idiom-based | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Verbal | Vocab | Word analogy | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Verbal | Vocab | Meaning of word | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Verbal | Vocab | Spelling | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Innovation & Entrepreneurship CMAT 2023 Analysis
| Area | Topic | 2023 | 2022 |
| I&E | Govt Schemes | 4 | |
| I&E | Start up CEOs | 1 | |
| I&E | Customer Segments | 1 | |
| I&E | Business Opportunity | 2 | |
| I&E | Business Plan | 2 | |
| I&E | Competition | 2 | |
| I&E | Taglines | 1 | |
| I&E | Prototype | 1 | |
| I&E | Entrepreneur Theory | 1 | |
| I&E | Business Expansion | 1 | |
| I&E | Leaders | 2 | |
| I&E | Investment | 1 | |
| I&E | Entrepreneurial process | 1 |
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