 the common admission test (cat) is a computer based test held in india. this test scores a person on the bases of quantitative ability, data interpretation, verbal ability and logical reasoning. the indian institutes of management (iims) started this exam and use the test for selecting students for their business administration programs. the test is conducted every year by one of the iim's based on a policy of rotation. in august 2011, it was announced that indian institutes of technology (iits) and indian institute of science (iisc) would also use the cat scores, instead of the joint management entrance test (jmet), to select students for their management programmes from 2012-14 year. == history == before 2009, cat was a paper based test conducted on a single day for all candidates. the pattern, number of questions and duration have seen considerable variations over the years. on 1 may 2009, it was announced that cat would be a computer based test starting from cat 2009. the american firm prometric has been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the computer bas
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