MICAT 2024 - MICA Admission Test
MICAT
MICA Admission Test (MICAT) is a national-level online entrance exam conducted by Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad. The exam is conducted twice a year for the candidates interested in Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) at MICA, and the best score of both is considered. The main program offered at this institute is Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Communication (PGDM-C). The exam duration was reduced from 2 hours 45 minutes to 2 hours 15 mins in 2020 due to the COVID precautions and continued to be the same for last year. The final selection will be based on the performance of candidates in CAT/GMAT/XAT, MICAT, Group Exercise and Personal Interview.
Eligibility
•Qualification: The aspirants must have Bachelor’s Degree under 10 + 2 + 3 or 10 +2 + 4 pattern of any equivalent qualification in any AIU recognized discipline. The candidates currently in the last year of the Bachelor’s program are also eligible for application.
•The applicants must be in possession of valid scores of CAT 2022, XAT 2023, GMAT (2021 onwards) to be eligible for MICAT.
Pattern
| Number of sections: 3 | •Section I (30 minutes) - Psychometric Test - 150 questions •Section II (80 minutes) - Verbal Ability (20 questions), Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation (20 questions), General Awareness (10 questions), Divergent & Convergent Thinking (20 questions) •Section III (25 minutes) - Descriptive Test (4 questions) |
| Time | 135 minutes |
| Total number of questions | 224 questions |
| Marking scheme | •Each correct answer will carry +1 mark and incorrect answer will carry -0.25 Marks in the total except for the Psychometric test section. |
Syllabus
The Syllabus for MICAT is similar to other MBA entrance exams like CAT or XAT.
| Psychometric Test | Personality Factors, Behavioural Patterns, Career Goals, Life Goals, Situational Judgements, Personality Traits etc. |
| Descriptive Test | Essays, Arguments (For and Against), Personal Opinion and Story based on pictures given |
| Verbal Ability | Passages, Reading Comprehension, Inference and Conclusion, Use of Appropriate Words, Jumbled Sentences, Summary, Cloze Test, Fill in the blanks, Corrections of grammatical errors, Antonyms & Synonyms, Idioms, and Vocabulary |
| Quantitative Ability | •Numebr: Number theory, Factors and Remainders, Divisibility, Number system, Surds and indices
•Arithmetic:Percentages, Interest & Growth, Ratio & Partnership, Proportion & Variation, Profit & Loss, Averages, Mixtures & Alligations, Time & Speed, Time & Work •Algebra:Linear Equations, Quadratic Equations, Logarithm, Inequalities and Functions •Geomentry:Lines and Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles, Coordinate geometry, Trigonometry and Menstruation •Modern Maths:Permutation and Combination, Probability, Set theory and Sequence and Series |
| General Awareness | Contemporary Events of National and International Significance, Art and Culture, International Affairs and Historical Events of significance |
| Divergent-Convergent Reasoning | Puzzles, Blood Relations, Coding-Decoding, Number Series, Seating Arrangement, Data Arrangement, Data Sufficiency, Caselets, Bars, Graphs, Tables, Venn Diagrams, Pie Charts, Syllogism |
Important Dates
The MICAT 2024 application will be available on MICAT 2023
| MICAT Registration | Dates |
|---|---|
| MICAT 2024 Registration | MICAT - I – Oct, 2023 MICAT - II – Nov, 2023 |
| MICAT Registration Charges | 2100 /- |
| MICAT 2024 Closing Date | MICAT - I : Nov, 2023 MICAT - II : Jan, 2024 |
| MICAT 2024 Exam Dates | MICAT I : Dec, 2023 MICAT II : Jan, 2024 |
| MICAT 2024 Result Dates | MICAT I : Jan, 2024 MICAT II : Feb, 2024 |
Cut-offs
| Entrance Exam | Likely overall cut off percentile |
|---|---|
| CAT 2023 | 80 - 85 |
| XAT 2024 | 80 - 85 |
| GMAT (Taken 2021 onwards) | 80 (600 - 620+) |
This is the expected cut-off based on past years, and actual cut-off for this year is subject to change. We will update additional details as we receive them from MICA/other trusted sources.
Expected Cutoff for MICAT
| Section | Expected Cut off |
|---|---|
| Divergent Convergent Thinking | 8.5 - 12 Marks (out of 30 marks) |
| Verbal Ability | 8 - 10 Marks (out of 25 marks) |
| Quant & DI | 6.5 - 7.5 Marks (out of 25 marks) |
| General Knowledge | 5.5 - 6.5 Marks (out of 25 Marks) |
| Overall Cutoff | No specific cutoff considered |
MICAT Merit List 2024 expected Cut off
| Section | Merit List Cut off |
|---|---|
| General Exercise | 3.5 out of 5 |
| Personal Interview | 4 out of 5 |