The Development Management Institute (DMI) is a public business school in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established in 2014 with the active support of the Rural Development Department, Government of Bihar.
DMI Patna offers a 2-year Post Graduate course called Programme in Development Management(PDM).
DMI was set up on 13 February 2014 pursuant to a desire and decision of the Government of Bihar to establish a High Performing Knowledge Institution patterned on the vision with which the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) was established in 1979. Nitish Kumar, chief minister of Bihar, in a meeting attended by core committee members, directed officials concerned to complete recruitment of faculty for the institute by March 2014, so that the academic work could begin from the coming academic session July–August 2014. The first class commenced their studies in June 2014. A 15 acre campus is being built in Bihta
• Development Management Institute (DMI) is supported by organizations and governing body like COMFED, Jevika and Govt. of Bihar
• DMI is establishing three Collaborative Action Research and Education(CARE) Centres hubs for innovation and incubation purposes
• Development Management Institute (DMI) conducts various kinds of Workshops,Seminars, Conferences and Guest Lectures for better enhancement of their students
• Development Management Institute (DMI) has published more than twenty National and International journals till 2019
Second Floor (II’nd Floor), Udyog Bhawan, East Gandhi Maidan, Patna, Bihar - 800004
support@dmi.ac.in
Conducting IIMs have been changed the pattern of the CAT exams several times over the years. It is extremely beneficial for the aspirants to know the CAT paper pattern as it helps in preparation and the aspirants can prepare according to the pattern and weightage of the topics.
| Mode of the Exam | Online Only |
|---|---|
| Total number of Questions | 100 |
| Total Marks | 300 |
| Duration of the Examination | 3 hours (180 minutes) |
| Sectional Division of the Paper | 3 sections |
| Types of the Questions | Both MCQs and Non MCQs |
| Marking Scheme |
For Correct Answers → +3 marks For Incorrect Answers → -1 mark For Unattempted Questions → No marks |
| Name of the Sections |
1. Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension 2. Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation 3. Quantitative Aptitude |
This Exam is conducted once in a year usually in the month of November on online mode and it is expected that this year this exam will held in the last week of November. The question paper contains 100 questions to be solved in 3 hours. 3 marks are assigned for correct answer and 1 mark is deducted for wrong answer in CAT Exam. English is the only medium of answering the questions. Each question consists of four choices from which only one is correct, candidates have to select the right answer from the given options.
CAT question paper consists of three sections divided as
| Section’s Name | Number of Questions | Duration (in mins) |
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| Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VARC) | 34 | 60 |
| Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DI & LR) |
VA → 10 Questions RC → 24 Questions |
60 |
| Quantitative Ability (QA) |
DI → 16 Questions LR → 16 Questions |
60 |
| Total | 100 | 180 minutes (3hours) |
This section is a combination of two sub-sections namely Verbal Ability (VA) and Reading Comprehension (RC). The main focus of this section is on the English language skills of the candidates and how they understand and elucidate the paragraphs and Passages. This section consists of 34 questions, 10 questions of Verbal Ability and 24 questions of Reading Comprehension. Verbal ability sub-section consists of questions related to Para-jumbles, Summary based questions, Sentence Correction and Completion. The other sub-section, Reading Comprehension is based on the questions related to Vocabulary, title etc.
This section is also divided into two sub-sections, one is Logical Reasoning (LR) and other is Data Interpretation (DI). A total of 32 questions are asked in this section, 16 questions from both the sub-section. LR section contains solvable questions generally from the topics like inequalities, symbol operations, direction sense test etc. On the other hand DI section is a little difficult and time-consuming section as it consists of several confusing data case lets questions. This section contains tricky question and a little mistake in understanding the case lets can lead the candidates to attempt all the questions from a particular set incorrectly.
This section is a standalone section which comprises only numerical questions from different topics of Math. A total of 34 questions are asked in this section. This section contains questions based on Basic Arithmetic, Number System, Geometry, Algebra, Modern Math etc. The questions in this section ranges from easy to moderately high and can be answered easily with proper practice of the syllabus of Quantitative Aptitude.
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Prof. Prabhakar H
B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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Prof. Prabhakar H
B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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Prof. Prabhakar H
B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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Prof. Prabhakar H
B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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Prof. Prabhakar H
B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
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Prof. Prabhakar H
B.Sc., PG in HRD, PG in Training & Development |
CAT 2020 will be conducted in the following cities:
| Port Blair | Kurnool | Nellore | Tirupati |
| Vijaywada | Visakhapatnam | Chittoor | Itanagar |
| Dibrugarh | Guwahati | Silchara | Aurangabad |
| Gaya | Muzaffarpur | Patna | Chandigarh |
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