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The fees for hotel management course is different in every institute. Normally, it ranges between Rs. 25000 and Rs. 1,50,000. The leading institutes in the field include Indian Institute of Hotel Management, The Oberoi Centre for Learning and Development, Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Institute of Advanced Management (IAM), Kolkata, J.P Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Meerut and Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Bangalore. You may also check with the institutes in person for more details of the different courses offered by them like the admission procedure and requirements, fees, duration, etc.

Eligibility Of the Master of Science [M.Sc] (Microbiology)
For being eligible for this course, candidate must have a recognized undergraduate degree in B. SC. from a recognized university or equivalent, with two subjects combination among home science, human genetics, nutrition and dietetics, botany, zoology, biochemistry, biotechnology, plant protection, microbiology, dairy sciences, agriculture and horticulture, home science, fisheries and public health from any recognized university or equivalent.
Most of the institutions have entrance exams as admission mode. Hence, the students who have appeared in final year examination of under-graduation and await the result are allowed to apply for the course by such institutions.
How to Get Admission in Master of Science [M.Sc] (Microbiology)
The route to this course is through entrance exam. The entrance tests for this course are IISc Entrance Exam, Goa University Microbiology Entrance Exam, Guru Nanak Dev University M. Sc. Microbiology Entrance Exam, Osmania University Microbiology Entrance Exam and Lovely Professional University Microbiology Entrance Exam. The universities accept the scores of these tests for selection of candidates. A merit list is prepared on the basis of scores in aforementioned tests.
Some institutes such as St. Xaviers College, Mumbai take admissions purely on the basis of merit list prepared in accordance to the score in microbiology at Bachelor level.
Entrance Mode:
The top entrance exams for M.Sc. Microbiology are:
IISc Entrance Exam: Held by IISc in April every year, it is a national level entrance test to take admission for post graduate program at IISc. This test asks questions from Mathematics, Chemistry, Ecological Sciences and Biological Sciences.
Osmania University Entrance Exam: Conducted every year, Osmania University Microbiology Entrance Exam is an entrance examination for admissions In post graduate course. Its syllabus covers Mathematics, Chemistry, Ecological Sciences and Biological Sciences.
Goa University Entrance Exam: This entrance examination is held every year. This test covers questions from Mathematics, Chemistry, Ecological Sciences and Biological Sciences.
Selection Process:
Every institute follows a selection process of its own. Most of them accept scores of entrance tests conducted by them.
Some universities proceed with the students who qualify the entrance exams and move them to next filtering stage that is a personal interview or group discussion.

Yes, you can prepare for CAT at home. First, clear your basics and then move forward.
Here are some books that you can refer for your preparation:-
1) Quants - First solve the NCERT from 6th to 10th standard and then solve M.Tyra and Rs Aggarwal. These books will strengthen your foundation. Once you complete these books you can go for Arun Sharma.
2) Verbal/ RC- Start reading as much as you can. Read newspaper, novels, magazine etc, this will increase your ability to understand the context. Also, refer to verbal ability and reading comprehension book by Arun Sharma.
After all this, you need to have a good command over vocabulary, for vocabulary you can refer to word power made easy by Norman Lewis.
Also, join test series of any coaching. It will provide you real-time tracking of your preparation.