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.

Giving low attention or even slightly neglecting Data Interpretation (DI) in CAT 2016 can cost you more than leaving a few topics in other sections. As a result you may end up with low sectional scores in DILR section as happened in last year CAT exam when 99 percentilers could not score minimum qualifying percentile in DILR section and were not short listed by any IIM.

Global Warming, its causes and harmful effects on the world population and how to control it, is one of the hot debated current GK topics. Countries across the world are worried with the trends of climate changes. The recent Paris summit on Climate change has placed the issue as one of the major global concerns. Now the move is to legally bind the developed countries who contribute more to the climate changes and add to global warming.

CAT 2016 - Common Admission Test since it was computerized in 2009 has constantly been changing its attire - structurally as well as content wise. Last year CAT created history after introducing very different type of questions called NON-MCQs which carried no negative marking for wrong answers. Going by the trends, CAT 2016 may bring more surprises and set a new trend by introducing many firsts in the exam structure and content.

Brushing aside, as rubbish and misleading unauthentic information being spread on some portals, sources from Symbiosis International University (SIU) Pune have informed that the decision on key dates for SNAP 2017 is yet to be taken.