What's the difference between KMAT and CMAT?

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J
3 years ago
The KMAT is a state-level MBA entrance test for the state of Karnataka, whereas the CMAT is a national MBA entrance exam. The differences between KMAT and CMAT are as follows: 1. Syllabus: There are five sections in the CMAT syllabus: quantitative techniques and data interpretation; comprehension; l

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Deeksha Dixit
3 years ago
The KMAT is a state-level MBA entrance test for the state of Karnataka, whereas the CMAT is a national MBA entrance exam. The differences between KMAT and CMAT are as follows: 1. Syllabus: There are five sections in the CMAT syllabus: quantitative techniques and data interpretation; comprehension; l

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3 years ago
The KMAT is a pencil-paper based exam and the CMAT is an online computer-based test. The number of test-takers of CMAT is more than KMAT. Hence, it is tougher to score a good percentile in CMAT. Very few good MBA colleges accept the KMAT score as compared to the CMAT.

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