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CMAT Percentiles Vs Scores
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
Rank 1 | 365 | 385 | 345 |
99.99 | 360 | 380 | 340 |
99.9 | 325 | 350 | 300 |
99.5 | 299 | 303 | 295 |
99 | 292 | 293 | 290 |
98 | 283 | 280 | 285 |
95 | 271 | 260 | 282 |
90 | 258 | 240 | 275 |
85 | 238 | 225 | 250 |
80 | 206 | 211 | 200 |
75 | 193 | 200 | 185 |
70 | 179 | 188 | 170 |
65 | 167 | 178 | 155 |
60 | 154 | 168 | 140 |
50 | 133 | 150 | 116 |
CMAT 2022 Score | CMAT 2022 Rank | CMAT 2022 Percentile |
385 | 1 | 99.9980447 |
383 | 2 | 99.9960895 |
380 | 3 | 99.9941342 |
375 | 11 | 99.9784921 |
361 | 28 | 99.9452526 |
350 | 43 | 99.9159237 |
320 | 100 | 99.8044736 |
303 | 254 | 99.5033631 |
300 | 311 | 99.3919130 |
293 | 502 | 99.0184577 |
280 | 1012 | 98.0212733 |
260 | 2523 | 95.0668700 |
250 | 3723 | 92.7205537 |
240 | 5111 | 90.0066479 |
225 | 7671 | 85.0011732 |
211 | 10222 | 80.0132958 |
200 | 12750 | 75.0703895 |
188 | 15327 | 70.0316753 |
168 | 20392 | 60.1282653 |
150 | 25309 | 50.5142343 |
100 | 39900 | 21.9849836 |
71 | 45627 | 10.7871891 |
19 | 50831 | 0.6119975 |
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
Rank | Top 10 CMAT Based MBA Colleges |
1 | Great Lakes Chennai: Great Lakes Institute of Management – GLIM |
2 | National Institute of Banking Management |
3 | WeSchool Mumbai, Bangalore |
3 | GIM Goa: Goa Institute of Management |
4 | IMT Hyderabad |
4 | IMT Nagpur |
4 | Flame University, Pune |
4 | SIMSR Mumbai: K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies And Research |
5 | National Insurance Academy |
6 | SIES Nerul, Navi Mumbai |
6 | N. L. Dalmia Mumbai |
7 | Vivekanand Business School, Mumbai |
7 | IFMR Graduate School of Business at KREA University |
8 | iFeel Business School, Lonavala |
9 | ITM Navi Mumbai: ITM Group of Institutions |
10 | Chetana, BIMTech, GNIMS Guru Nanak, MET |
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Scope & Syllabus of Innovation Management in CMAT
(Index of Ck Innovation Management Handbook)
What is Innovation 2
Types of innovation 4
Stages of Innovation 8
Idea Generation 13
Essentials of innovation 19
Innovation Framework 32
Innovation Management 35
Innovation Risks 39
End 40
Scope & Syllabus of Entrepreneurship Management in CMAT
(Index of Ck Entrepreneurship Management Handbook)
Theories of Entrepreneurship 2
Concepts of Entrepreneurship 8
Leadership Qualities in an Entrepreneur 11
Role and Importance of Entrepreneur 14
Entrepreneurship in Modern Economy 19
Entrepreneur vs Manager 22
Functions of an Entrepreneur 24
Types of Entrepreneurs 29
Entrepreneur as Innovator 34
Entrepreneurs Challenges 38
Sample questions CMAT NTA NET Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Question 1 CMAT NTA NET Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Match the following
List-I (Developers) List-II (Concepts)
(A) Thompson and Strickland 1. Superior performance
(B) Stonerand Freeman 2. Discontinuous process
(C) Kuratko, Hornsky 3. Organisational process
(D) Peter Kilby 4. Management
5. System
A.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1 2 3 4
B.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1 4 3 2
C.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 1 2 4
D.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 4 1 2
Question 2 CMAT NTA NET Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The entrepreneur in an advanced economic is an individual who _ something new into the economy – a method of production not yet tested by experience in the branch of manufacture concerned, a product with which consumers are not yet familiar, a new source of raw material, new markets and the like.
A. Introduces
B. Produced
C. Reduced
D. Increased
Question 3 CMAT NTA NET Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The components of E-business model are
i. Web Server
ii. Web Master
iii. Internet
iv. Web Administrator
a. i ii & iii
b. i ii iii & iv
c. i & iii only
d. iii only
Question 4 CMAT NTA NET Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Assertion (Ꭺ)
The functions of entrepreneurs are to reform or revolutionize the pattern of production by exploiting an invention or, more generally an untried technological possibility for producing a new commodity or producing an old one in a new way.
Reason (Ꭱ)
Lack of innovation will usually reduce the life span of a product and/or service.
Choices
Choice (4) Response
a. Both Ꭺ and Ꭱ are true but Ꭱ is NOT the correct explanation of Ꭺ
b. Both Ꭺ and Ꭱ are false
c. Ꭺ is true but Ꭱ is false
d. Both Ꭺ and Ꭱ are true and Ꭱ is the correct explanation of Ꭺ
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Question 5 CMAT NTA NET Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Assertion (Ꭺ)
Entrepreneurial innovation and experimentation constantly destroy the old and introduce new equilibria, making possible higher standards of living.
Reason (Ꭱ)
Markets do not passively tend towards equilibrium until profit margins are wiped out.
a. Both Ꭺ and Ꭱ are true but Ꭱ is NOT the correct explanation of Ꭺ
b. Both Ꭺ and Ꭱ are false
c. Ꭺ is false but Ꭱ is true
d. Ꭺ is true but Ꭱ is false
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Quant | Arithmetic | Mixtures | 1 | ||
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Quant | TSWPnC | TimeWork | 1 | ||
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Quant | GN | Triangles | 1 | ||
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Logic | Traditional | Blood Relations | 4 |
Logic | Modern Logic | Series completion | 2 |
Logic | Traditional | Logic based | 3 |
Logic | Traditional | Symbol Based | 1 |
Logic | Modern Logic | Venn Diagram | 1 |
Logic | Traditional | Number Grid | 1 |
Logic | Traditional | Directions | 1 |
Logic | Modern Logic | Miscellaneous | 1 |
Logic | Visual reasoning | Visual reasoning | 2 |
Logic | Verbal Reasoning | Strong/Weak Argument | 2 |
Logic | Verbal Reasoning | Analogy | 2 |
Logic | Verbal Reasoning | Odd one out | 1 |
Logic | Modern Logic | Syllogism | 2 |
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Verbal | Reading | RC | 6 |
Verbal | Vocab | FIB 2 Blanks | 2 |
Verbal | Grammar | FIB (Grammar) | 1 |
Verbal | Vocab | Idiom-based | 2 |
Verbal | Vocab | Word definition | 3 |
Verbal | Reading | Paragraph Jumbles | 2 |
Verbal | Vocab | Meaning of phrase | 1 |
Verbal | Vocab | Anto Syno | 6 |
Verbal | Vocab | Spelling | 1 |
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Gk | International Events | International Events | 9 |
Gk | Static | Static | 5 |
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