• First, you need to go through your syllabus i.e., the revised syllabus and pattern of CMAT 2020. As before starting preparation one should know about the syllabus and pattern of exam and prepare accordingly.
• Then pick your weak and strong areas in all four sections i.e., Quantitative Aptitude, General Knowledge, Reasoning and Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension.
• Prepare your time table accordingly, first focus on your weak areas then go and focus on your strong parts. So that, every part is prepared well. For making your Verbal ability strong read newspapers and novels or watch english movies.
• Use good books and study material for your preparation. Some of the books which is preferred among the CMAT aspirants are-

1. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension - How to prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT by Arun Sharma & Meenakshi Upadhyay, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Nishit K Sinha.
2. Reasoning- Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for the CAT by Nishit K. Sinha, How to prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT by Arun Sharma.
3. Quantitative Aptitude - How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Arun Sharma,.     How to prepare for Data Interpretation by Arun Sharma,.    Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT.
4. General Knowledge- You have to prepare for both National and international GK. For this you have to read newspaper (The Hindu) on daily basis. You can also refer Manorma Year Book,.  Lucents General Knowledge book.

• After completing your whole preparation you should take as many mock tests and do the analysis of them. So that you can improve your mistakes and lackings. You can also practice previous year's question papers. For downloading them you can visit this link-

Dear Aspirant,

CMAT or Common Management Admission test 2020 is a national level postgraduate exam for management. It happens once a year and is conducted by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) Here is how to prepare for CMAT. It is a 3-hour computer-based exam with multiple choice questions. The exam is on January 28, 2020.

Here is how to prepare:

1. Believe in yourself. Boost your confidence levels and know that you will be able to do it.
2. Practice a lot and revise a lot. Don't try new things. Know what works the best for you and follow it. Don't just learn but revise your concepts again and again.
3. Try mock tests and previous year question papers and analyse your performance of the basis of that. Also, check the time you are taking for the various types of questions and get habituated to your methods of solving them.
4. If you are stuck on one question, do not waste your time on it. Move on and come back to it if there is time left.
5. Spend time to prepare your current affairs for the general awareness section.
6. For the Quantitative techniques and Data Interpretation section, select the topics which are your weaknesses and work on them. You can try shortcut tricks to solve certain questions to save time. Data interpretation is a mirror to your decision-making and analysing ability. Take notice how you are doing it.
7. Logical Reasoning is easy to score if you know how to use your brain in the right direction. Try solving different difficulty level problems to get it running. A quick revision will help you score better in this section.
8. For better Language Comprehension, try to read as much as you can.
9. For General Awareness, have a quick look on understanding the recent government schemes in the areas of the economy, environmental issues, news related to finance, sports, politics, social issues, major corporate events, famous awards, world records and international news. Most questions are asked based on the recent news, so beware! Read newspaper or watch videos on youtube.

To know more about CMAT: https://bschool.careers360.com/download/ebooks/all-about-cmat?icn=exam-view&ici=exam-view_related-ebook-samplepaper

Here is the link to sample papers:

https://bschool.careers360.com/download/sample-papers/cmat-2018-question-paper-answer-key-slot-1-2?icn=exam-view&ici=exam-view_related-ebook-samplepaper

https://bschool.careers360.com/download/sample-papers/cmat-sample-paper-2?icn=exam-view&ici=exam-view_related-ebook-samplepaper

https://bschool.careers360.com/download/sample-papers/cmat-sample-paper?icn=exam-view&ici=exam-view_related-ebook-samplepaper

https://bschool.careers360.com/download/sample-papers/cmat-solved-sample-paper?icn=exam-view&ici=exam-view_related-ebook-samplepaper

Here are some books which you can refer for your preparation:

1. Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by RS Agarwal

2. How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Arun Sharma

3. Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Aggarwal

4. Quantitative Aptitude for the CMAT and Other MBA Entrance Examinations by Jaimin Shah

5. General Knowledge by Disha Experts

6. General Knowledge 2018 by Manohar Pandey

7. Manorma Year Book or India Year Book

8. The Pearson Guide to Verbal Ability by Sujit Kumar

9. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay

10. Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension by Ajay Singh

11. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Nishit K. Sinha

12. Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis

13. Barron’s Pocket Guide to Vocabulary

14. A Modern Approach To Logical Reasoning By R. S. Aggarwal

15. How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for CAT by Arun Sharma

16. The Hand On Guide To Analytical Reasoning And Logical Reasoning by Peeyush Bhardwaj

17. Analytical Reasoning by M K Pandey

Hope this helps. All the best!

Hello Niraj,

Hope you are going great.

CMAT or any MBA exam is test of choice of questions you make during the test.

And going for the right question in the exam hall comes only from PRACTICE. The more you practice, the more used to you get with the types of question that will be asked in the exam. Practice as many test paper as you can. The level of difficulty of CMAT is between Moderate to Easy. So you can easily expect 95 percentile and above with consistent practice.

From this year, the exam will be conducted by NTA and not AICTE, so there may be some changes in the level of difficulty. Therefore, you need to prepare for the best.

Also, here's a link to All about CMAT by Careers360 which may help you understand more about the exam and give you an insight of questions asked in CMAT.

Please go through it :

https://bschool.careers360.com/download/ebooks/all-about-cmat

All the best for your exam!

Hope this helps !

Thank-you.