The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have announced the registration for Common Admission Test 2016 (CAT 2016) on Sunday with the coveted All India management entrance examination scheduled to be conducted in two sessions (forenoon and afternoon sessions) on December 4 this year.

It is learnt that aspirants can register online from August 8- September 22 (till 5 pm). The exam will be conducted in 138 cities and the candidates will be given the option to select 4 test cities in order of preference.

Test cities and centers will be assigned to the candidates only after the last date for CAT 2016 registration i.e September 22 and hence candidates need not rush to block slots and sites in the initial days of registration.

The three sections in the CAT 2016 will include- Section I- Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Section II- Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning and the Section III will be- Quantitative Ability and some questions in each section may not be of multiple choice type. The usage of basic on-screen calculator for computation will also be allowed.

As per the official release out on Sunday, candidates will be allotted exactly 60 minutes for answering questions in each section and they cannot switch from one section to another while answering questions in a section. Meanwhile, tutorial to understand the format of the examination will be available on the CAT website from October 18, 2016.

Aspirants can download the admit cards from October 18- 1 pm till the examination day.