Gold Monetisation Scheme 2015 is a hot current affairs topic and more GK questions in recent entrance exams including MBA entrance tests have been framed on it. Questions on GK or General Awareness form an important section with a weightage of 15 to 25% in almost all the national level MBA entrance tests including XAT, IIFT, SNAP. They are also the source of discussion during GD, PI, WAT, Extempore topics for MBA admission in IIMs, FMS, MDI, SPJIMR, XLRI and other highly ranked institutes.

CAT 2016 notification will be released on July 31, 2016, it is confirmed now. The Notification will be available in all the leading news papers simultaneously on Sunday July 31, 2016. The sources have further revealed that CAT 2016 notification may bring many changes in the structure and content of the exam.

Expected changes in CAT 2016 CAT last year had a changed face. Sources have confirmed that CAT 2016 will again have a changed face. Last year CAT was totally revamped. Entire structure and content of the exam was changed.

Lot of debate is going on Net Neutrality in India and on its merits and demerits. Net Neutrality in India is one of the current hot topics and in all probability top MBA entrance exams in 2016 may ask one or two questions in their GK section on Net Neutrality. Candidates who have recently appeared in writing ability tests at various IIMs and other B-schools have encountered this topic also.

The charm of getting into one of the top rated and different MBA programmes has been and would this year also attract a high turnout of test takers in IIFT 2016 MBA(IB) 2017-19 batch entrance exam. Over the years Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has been ranked as the top institute offering MBA in international business. The career prospects and high campus placements at IIFT also add to the glory of its entrance exam.

CAT 2016 can be anticipated a tricky exam where your high or low overall percentile means nothing unless you have a balanced high sectional percentile. If you scored 60 percentile in CAT last year after regularly devoting 2-3 hours of study, dont think you can suddenly jump to score 99 percentile by making a 24 hours study plan for CAT 2016.

MAT 2016 September exam has only one separate component which CAT 2016 does not have and that is Indian and Global Environment (GK) with 40 MCQ type of questions. Given the fact that MAT has lower difficulty level than CAT, if you are preparing for CAT 2016, you will find yourself very well prepared for MAT 2016 September exam. The stand alone GK section can be prepared by daily reading of current affairs and any good book on General Awareness.

India celebrated the 1st anniversary of launch of project Smart City mission on June 25, 2016. Smart City Mission is the dream project of India to convert the 100 cities of India into world class cities with international standard infrastructure and making available all the facilities hassle free. Honble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi launched this project in June 2015.

Its not just the fancied IIMs that are producing the most promising young leaders and future CEOs in India. In fact, B-schools like ISB, NMIMS Mumbai, Symbiosis Universities SIBM Pune and SCMHRD Pune, IMT Ghaziabad and XIM Bhubaneswar are producing young managerial talent that is second to none. Thats the message coming from the recently released list of 21 students who have topped the ET Young Leaders B-school Edition 2016.