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Hello
I am 35 years old and a government
teacher with an experience of 10 years.
I want to give CAT exam.
Am I eligible to CAT of IIMs?

CAT stands for Common Admission Test. It is a entrance test which is conducted by IIMs for admission in MBA course. Candidates who have completed Bachelor's degree or equivalent with at least 50% (45% for SC/ST) marks from a recognised university are eligible to appear in CAT examination. Candidates who are appearing in final year of Bachelor's degree course are also eligible to apply for CAT examination. There is no age limit to appear in CAT examination. If you have completed Bachelor's degree course from a recognised university, you are eligible to appear in CAT examination.

Yes, you are eligible to appear for CAT exam, because there is no certain age limit, which you have to satisfy to attend for CAT exam.

Eligibility:-
1. Candidate must have completed his/her graduation or any equivalent education with at least 50% of marks from a recognized institute.
2. Candidates who are pursuing their final year of graduation can also apply

Reservation:-

15.00% Scheduled Caste (SC) 7.50% Scheduled Tribe (ST) 27.00% Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates belonging to the “non-creamy” layer 3.00% Differently Abled (DA)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hello
I am 35 years old and a government
teacher with an experience of 10 years.
I want to give CAT exam.
Am I eligible to CAT of IIMs?

You have completed graduation degree so you are eligible for CAT exam.

CAT stands for Common Admission Test. CAT examination is conducted by IIM's every year for admission in IIM and top level MBA colleges.

Those candidate who have completed graduation degree from a recognized with above 50% marks are eligible for CAT exam. Final year students are eligible for CAT exam.

Pattern for CAT exam:-

1.Data Interpretation.
2.Quantitative Aptitude.
3.Logical Reasoning.
4.Verbal Ability.

Best books for CAT exam:-

1. TIME - Book for Quantitative Aptitude - Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency
2. Siddhartha Balakrishnan - Mathematics for CAT
3. Theodor Seuss Geisel - The CAT in the HAT
4. Servash Verma - Quantum CAT
5. B S Sijwali - Analytical and Logical Reasoning
6. Sujit Kumar - Verbal Ability for CAT
7. Arun Sharma - How to prepare for CAT
8. Disha Publication - CAT Solved Papers as topic wise
9. Nishant K Sinha - The Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for CAT

For more details about CAT exam, you can visit to the official website http://www.catiim.in