Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad is a public university and an Institute of National importance which was established in 1999 in Uttar Pradesh. The institute is strategically located in Allahabad which is known as the holy city of India. Allahabad city is one of the most populous cities with many economical advantages therefore the one of the IIIT was established there. The institute was established with a mission of spreading technical and management education and becoming a unique and world class center of academic excellence.
IIIT Allahabad spread over 100 acres of land and has a state-of-art infrastructure. The campus is equipped with modern facilities which facilitate learning. The campus is located in the jhalwa locality in Allahabad which offers easy connectivity to all modes of transport. Bamrauli Airport offers the fastest means of air transport and is the nearest airport from the campus. It is a 10 km way from town center and 7 km away from the railway line.
The campus has three computer labs, lecture hall, a huge auditorium, library with numerous books and e-journals and hostel. The hostels are separate for men and women with all the amenities. Sport helps a lot in complete development and growth of the student. This factor is not ignored by the institute as it offers recreation and sports facility like cricket, badminton, football etc.
IIIT Allahabad has collaborated with Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Mumbai; Artificial Limb Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO), Kanpur, Govt. of India; FORTIS Hospiral, Noida, Uttar Pradesh; Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Bangalore, Zensar Technologies Ltd., Pune; Indian Oil Corporation, Faridabad
IIIT Allahabad offers its courses under four departments. These departments are Department of Applied Sciences, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Department of Information Technology and Department of Management Studies.
• IIIT Allahabad ranked at 82th position in engineering category at National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF Ranking) of 2019.
• IIIT Allahabad got 18th position in the India’s top 50 engineering college survey conducted by Outlook.
• IIIT Allahabad was placed at 25th position by QS India in the India’s top university ranking of 2019.
• IIIT Allahabad was accredited by National Board of Accreditation.
• IIIT Allahabad ranked at 5th position in the Top 10 Engineering college ranking conducted by India today
• IIIT Allahabad secured 21st position in Top 150 Engineering College ranking 2018 by Times of India.
Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad Devghat, Jhalwa, Allahabad-211015, U. P. INDIA
contact@iiita.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 |
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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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