Which is the easiest of MBA entrance exams in India out of these: NMAT, MAT, CAT, IIFT, SNAP, CMAT, IBSAT, XAT?

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Sunil Soni | Scholar-Level 18

a year ago

Syllabus of all MBA entrance examinations such as CAT, XAT, MAT, NMAT, SNAP, CMAT, IIFT etc is similar with only minor differences. Toughness of examination is based on ratio of seats virus number of candidates appearing in MBA Entrance examination. CAT is the toughest because its score is used by l

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Abhishek Desai | Scholar-Level 17

6 years ago

Hello! Among all the MBA entrance exams conducted every year in India, MAT and ATMA are the easiest of them, comparatively to the others mainly in terms of the difficulty level of the questions asked. So to roughly rank the above exams as per their difficulty level (starting from the easiest): MAT,

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Abhishek Dhawan | Contributor-Level 10

a month ago

Candidates find the exam easy of difficult based on their prep level. The syllabus for MBA entrance exams such as CAT, XAT, MAT, NMAT, SNAP, and CMATis mostly the same, with some minor differences.

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Sneha Choughule | Beginner-Level 3

3 years ago

Through the MBA entrance exam, you can gain admission to hundreds of good B-schools. There are tests such as the CAT CMAT MAT XAT NMAT ATMA and GMAT that can help you get into MBA courses in India. Exams like the NMAT MAT SNAP and CMAT are less difficult than the CAT IIFT and XAT. For more details v

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Vilas Rane | Contributor-Level 8

6 years ago

Hello, MAT and NMAT are the easiest as compared to other exams.

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Konatham Abhishek | Scholar-Level 17

6 years ago

CAT is the toughest because its score is used by legacy Iims which are the best B-Schools in India. In India, based on MBA aspirants feedback, CMAT is the easiest MBA entrance examination. Common Management Admission Test CMAT is a national level entrance examination conducted by All India Council f

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Shikhar Patel | Guide-Level 13

6 years ago

XAT and CAT are considered to be the toughest exam for MBA whereas NMAT, SNAP and IIFT are comparatively easy to the former ones but more no. of questions and less time makes latter ones quiet challenging.

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Anushree Sen | Contributor-Level 7

7 years ago

All the exams have more or less same syllabus. However, the exam patterns vary in terms of difficulty levels. CMAT and MAT are considerably easy in terms of complexity. Then NMAT, IBSAT and SNAP. In SNAP, you also need to be aware of current affairs. And then comes CAT XAT IIFT.

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Raj Shakya | Scholar-Level 16

7 years ago

Hi dear, Syllabus of all MBA entrance examinations such as CAT XAT MAT NMAT, SNAP CMAT IIFT etc. is similar with only minor differences. Toughness of examination is based on ratio of seats virus number of candidates appearing in MBA Entrance examination. CAT is the toughest, because it's score is u

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Jayesh Kumar Upadhyay | Contributor-Level 7

7 years ago

IBSAT easier than all of this given including name.

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