IIM Calcutta will announce the CAT 2024 result at iimcat.ac.in. Latest updates on cut-off, percentile, normalisation method, topper list, top MBA colleges, IIM admission policy, etc.
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Use NowVikas Kumar Pandit | December 18, 2024 | 10:43 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta will declare the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2024 result soon. Candidates who appeared in the exam will be able to access the CAT 2024 result through the official website at iimcat.ac.in.
Candidates will have to enter their login credentials such as CAT Id and password to download the CAT 2024 scorecard. The CAT scorecard will include details such as the candidate's name, registration number, category, gender, date of birth, email ID, and contact details along with sectional scores, overall score, and percentile achieved.
The institute issued the CAT final answer key 2024 on December 17. Candidates can download the CAT 2024 final answer key through the official website. The CAT 2024 exam was conducted on November 24 at 389 centres spanning 170 cities across India.
The exam took place in three slots. The institute will use a normalisation process to ensure fairness in marking. CAT 2024 results will be based on normalised scores, with percentiles calculated after scaling raw scores.
Candidates can check and download their CAT 2024 scorecards by following these steps:
Visit the official website of CAT at iimcat.ac.in.
Click on the link to access the CAT 2024 scorecard.
Enter your login credentials and submit.
The CAT 2024 scorecard will be displayed on the screen.
Verify the details mentioned on the scorecard.
Download and save the scorecard for future reference.
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IIM Calcutta will announce the CAT 2024 result at iimcat.ac.in. Latest updates on cut-off, percentile, normalisation method, topper list, top MBA colleges, IIM admission policy, etc.
Candidates who appeared for the CAT exam 2024 can use the CAT 2024 percentile predictor to know their admission chances in the top management colleges. The tool uses candidates' expected score, difficulty level of exam, and other aspects to predict the percentile of aspirants.
Candidates can have a look at the colleges accepting low CAT scores below.
Name of the institutes | Percentile needed |
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra | 50 |
Institute of Public Enterprise Hyderabad | 50+ |
Entrepreneur Development Studies, Ahmedabad | 50+ |
New Delhi Institute of Management, New Delhi | 50+ |
Institute of Rural Management, Jaipur | 55 |
MANAGE, Hyderabad | 55 |
School of Management Science, Varanasi | 55 |
Read More: CAT Result 2024: Top MBA colleges in India accepting 50-60 percentile
The formula to calculate CAT 2024 percentile is given below
Percentile = [1-{One’s CAT Rank / Number of Candidates appeared for the test}] * 100
Candidates can have a look at the CAT 2024 cut-off for IIM Ahmedabad MBA admission 2025 below.
Category | Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension percentile rank (PVARC) | Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning percentile rank (PDILR) | Quantitative Ability percentile rank (PQA) | Overall percentile rank (PT) |
General/ EWS | 70 | 70 | 70 | 80 |
NC-OBC /Transgender | 65 | 65 | 65 | 75 |
SC | 60 | 60 | 60 | 70 |
ST | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 |
PwD (in General/ EWS/ NC-OBC/ Transgender/ SC) | 60 | 60 | 60 | 70 |
PwD (in ST) | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 |
Candidates can follow these instructions to calculate the probable score with the help of CAT answer key 2024.
No, work experience is not mandatory for admission to an MBA programme at the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). However, many IIMs consider work experience as part of their selection criteria and assign weightage to it during the admission process. The weightage for work experience varies across IIMs.
Candidates can have a look at the section-wise weightage in CAT 2024 below:
CAT 2024 exam was conducted by IIM Calcutta on November 24.
Here’s a list of companies started by IIM graduates in India along with the names of startup founders.
Name of company | Founded in year | IIM alumni | Name of IIM |
Urban Company | 2014 | Abhiraj Singh Bhal (Co-founder) | IIM Ahmedabad |
FirstCry | 2010 | Supam Maheshwari | IIM Ahmedabad |
Nykaa | 2012 | Falguni Nayar | |
PharmEasy | 2015 | Harsh Parikh | IIM Bangalore |
Siddharth Shah | IIM Ahmedabad | ||
MakeMyTrip | 2000 | Deep Kalra | IIM Ahmedabad |
BharatPe | 2018 | Ashneer Grover (Co-founder) | IIM Ahmedabad |
Treebo | 2015 | Sidharth Gupta | IIM Bangalore |
Rahul Chaudhary | IIM Ahmedabad | ||
TaxiForSure | 2011 | Radhakrishna | IIM Ahmedabad |
Naukri.com | 1997 | Sanjeev Bhikchandani | IIM Ahmedabad |
Rediff.com | 1996 | Ajit Balakrishnan | IIM Calcutta |
Lenskart | 2010 | Peyush Bansal | IIM Bangalore |
WhiteHat Jr | 2018 | Karan Bajaj | IIM Bangalore |
PepsiCo | 1989 | Indra Nooyi (CEO from 2016 to 2018) | IIM Calcutta |
BigBasket | 2011 | Vipul Parekh | IIM Bangalore |
Swiggy | 2014 | Sriharsha Majety | IIM Calcutta |
Candidates can have a look at the CAT 2024 marking scheme below.
3 marks for each correct answer.
Negative marking of -1 for every wrong answer
No negative marking for skipping questions
The following credentials will be required to access the CAT 2024 result on the official website, iimcat.ac.in:
Candidates are required to meet the minimum section-wise and overall percentile cut-off in CAT 2024 for IIM Lucknow MBA admissions 2025.
Category | VARC | DILR | QA | Total |
General | 85 | 85 | 85 | 90 |
EWS | 77 | 77 | 77 | 82 |
NC-OBC | 77 | 77 | 77 | 82 |
SC | 55 | 55 | 55 | 65 |
ST | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 |
PWD | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 |
Candidates can have a look at the CAT score vs percentile details for slot 2 below.
CAT Percentile 2024 | CAT Score 2024 |
99 | 85 |
95 | 62 |
90 | 50 |
IIM Calcutta has not yet disclosed the CAT 2024 result date. The CAT 2024 results will be calculated using a normalization method. The validity of the CAT 2024 scorecard is one year after the announcement.
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The first phase of the 2025 placements at IIM Mumbai featured participation from 78 companies, resulting in 373 job offers, including contributions from 20 new recruiters. Microsoft offered the highest salary of Rs 54 lakh. The top 10% of students achieved an average salary of Rs 48 lakh, while the top 20% secured an average of Rs 43.5 lakh.
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Candidates can have a look at the CAT syllabus for DILR section below
Candidates can have a look at the CAT score vs percentile 2024 details for slot 1 below.
CAT percentile 2024 | CAT score 2024 |
99 | 91 |
95 | 67 |
90 | 55 |
The CAT 2024 result link will be active at iimcat.ac.in.
The CAT 2024 result date is not yet announced. In the past two years, CAT results were declared within three weeks of the exam.
According to the CAT 2024 marking scheme, candidates will be awarded three marks for each correct answer and one mark will be deducted for each incorrect response. Candidates can use the CAT 2024 answer key to calculate their probable scores in the exam.
Yes, there will be normalisation, and the CAT 2024 scorecard will reflect the candidates' normalised percentile score.
The institute has revised the MBA admission criteria for the academic session 2025-26. Accordingly, the weightage of Class 12 scores has been increased from 15% to 20% while Class 10 weightage has been reduced from 25% to 15% for IIM Kozhikode PGP admissions. The weightage of CAT 2024 scores is the same as last year, 35%.
The expected qualifying CAT 2024 cut off percentile is 95 for general category, 90 for EWS, 78 for NC-OBC, 55 for SC, and 30 for ST/PwD candidates.
The IIM Lucknow final selection criteria includes CAT 2024 score, PI, ARS and gender scores.
Weight | |||
SNo | Component | MBA & MBA-SM | MBA-ABM |
1 | Common Admission Test (CAT) | 30 | 35 |
2 | Academic performance (12M + GM) | 5+5 | 5+5 |
3 | Diversity Factor (DFa +DFb) | 5 | 5 |
4 | Work Experience | 5 | NA |
5 | Writing Ability Test (WAT) | 10 | 10 |
6 | Personal Interview (PI) | 40 | 40 |
Final Score | 100 | 100 |
The CAT 2024 result link will be active at iimcat.ac.in.
The full form of CAT exam is the Common Admission Test.
Candidates can check other MBA entrance exams in India apart from CAT, including:
Candidates who qualify for the CAT 2024 exam and meet the required cut-off will be shortlisted for the CAT selection process by the participating institutes, including the IIMs and non-IIMs.
There are no restrictions on the number of attempts for the CAT exam.
Candidates can follow the steps given below to download CAT results 2024.
As per IIM Calcutta, approximately 3.29 lakh candidates registered for the CAT exam 2024, with 2.93 lakh appearing for the test, reflecting an overall attendance rate of 89%.
IIM CAT exam 2024 was conducted on November 24, 2024 at various exam centres across the country.
Candidates can check the expected CAT 2024 score vs percentile is given in the details below.
Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 | ||||||||||
Percentile | VARC | DILR | QA | Overall | VARC | DILR | QA | Overall | VARC | DILR | QA | Overall |
99 | 39-40 | 31-32 | 30-31 | 90 | 41-42 | 27-28 | 28-29 | 87 | 42-43 | 28-29 | 30-32 | 93 |
95 | 31-32 | 24-25 | 23-24 | 66 | 33-34 | 22-23 | 22-23 | 63 | 34-35 | 23-24 | 24-25 | 68 |
90 | 25-26 | 19-21 | 17-18 | 56-57 | 26-27 | 18-19 | 16-17 | 55-56 | 27-28 | 19-20 | 17-18 | 58-60 |
85 | 22-23 | 16-18 | 14-15 | 45-46 | 23-24 | 15-17 | 13-14 | 44-45 | 24-25 | 16-17 | 14-15 | 46-48 |
80 | 20-21 | 13-14 | 12-13 | 40-41 | 21-22 | 12-14 | 11-12 | 39-40 | 22-23 | 13-14 | 12-13 | 42-44 |
70 | 16-17 | 11-12 | 10-11 | 35-36 | 17-18 | 11-12 | 10-11 | 35-36 | 18-19 | 12-13 | 11-12 | 37-38 |
Candidates can check the CAT 2024 cut-off for MBA admission 2025 at IIM Ahmedabad below.
Category | Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension percentile rank (PVARC) | Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning percentile rank (PDILR) | Quantitative Ability percentile rank (PQA) | Overall percentile rank (PT) |
General/ EWS | 70 | 70 | 70 | 80 |
NC-OBC /Transgender | 65 | 65 | 65 | 75 |
SC | 60 | 60 | 60 | 70 |
ST | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 |
PwD (in General/ EWS/ NC-OBC/ Transgender/ SC) | 60 | 60 | 60 | 70 |
PwD (in ST) | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 |
The CAT results 2024 will be out soon at the official website, at iimcat.ac.in. Candidates will required their CAT login ID and password to download the CAT 2024 results.
IIM Calcutta has issued the CAT 2024 final answer key on the official website at iimcat.ac.in.
The following factors will determine the CAT cut-off 2024.
The CAT 2024 scorecard will remain valid for one year from the result declaration.
Candidates will be able to download their CAT 2024 results using their login credentials such as CAT ID and password.
IIM Calcutta has not yet announced the CAT 2024 exam result. Candidates can check the expected CAT result 2024 cut off from the table given below.
IIMs | Qualifying CAT cut-offs |
IIM Ahmedabad | 85 |
IIM Bangalore | 85 |
IIM Calcutta | 85 |
IIM Lucknow | 90 |
IIM Indore | 90 |
IIM Kozhikode | 85 |
IIM Amritsar | 90 |
IIM Nagpur | 85 |
IIM Sambalpur | 93 |
IIM Trichy | 93 |
IIM Raipur | 93 |
IIM Ranchi | 90 |
IIM Kashipur | 94 |
IIM Vizag | 80 |
IIM Udaipur | 93 |
IIM Bodhgaya | 93 |
IIM Shillong | 75 |
IIM Sirmaur | 92 |
IIM Rohtak | 95 |
IIM Jammu | 93 |
IIM Calcutta earlier notified that the IIM CAT result 2024 will be out in the second week of January 2025. The institute has not announced the CAT result 2024 release date yet.
No, the institute has not announced the CAT 2024 result yet. The result is expected to be out in the second week of January 2025.
Percentile | VARC | DILR | QA | Overall |
99% | 39-40 | 31-32 | 30-31 | 90 |
95% | 31-32 | 24-25 | 23-24 | 66 |
90% | 25-26 | 19-21 | 17-18 | 56-57 |
85% | 22-23 | 16-18 | 14-15 | 45-46 |
80% | 20-21 | 13-14 | 12-13 | 40-41 |
70% | 16-17 | 11-12 | 10-11 | 35-36 |
The CAT 2024 scorecard will include the candidate's name, registration number, category, sectional scores, overall score, and percentiles. It will also detail the exam date and slot. The validity of the CAT scorecard will be for a year after the declaration of CAT results 2024.
Yes, IIM Calcutta has issued the CAT 2024 final answer key. The CAT final answer key 2024 is available on the official website at iimcat.ac.in.
CAT exam year | CAT exam date | CAT result date | Gap between exam date and CAT result date |
CAT 2023 | November 26, 2023 | December 21, 2023 | 25 days |
CAT 2022 | November 27, 2022 | December 21, 2022 | 24 days |
CAT 2021 | November 28, 2021 | January 3, 2022 | 36 days |
CAT 2020 | November 29, 2020 | January 2, 2021 | 34 days |
CAT 2019 | November 24, 2019 | January 4, 2020 | 41 days |
CAT 2018 | November 25, 2018 | January 5, 2019 | 41 days |
CAT 2017 | November 26, 2017 | January 8, 2018 | 43 days |
CAT 2016 | December 04, 2016 | January 9, 2017 | 36 days |
Candidates can check the expected CAT 2024 score vs percentile details below.
Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 | ||||||||||
Percentile | VARC | DILR | QA | Overall | VARC | DILR | QA | Overall | VARC | DILR | QA | Overall |
99 | 39-40 | 31-32 | 30-31 | 90 | 41-42 | 27-28 | 28-29 | 87 | 42-43 | 28-29 | 30-32 | 93 |
95 | 31-32 | 24-25 | 23-24 | 66 | 33-34 | 22-23 | 22-23 | 63 | 34-35 | 23-24 | 24-25 | 68 |
90 | 25-26 | 19-21 | 17-18 | 56-57 | 26-27 | 18-19 | 16-17 | 55-56 | 27-28 | 19-20 | 17-18 | 58-60 |
85 | 22-23 | 16-18 | 14-15 | 45-46 | 23-24 | 15-17 | 13-14 | 44-45 | 24-25 | 16-17 | 14-15 | 46-48 |
80 | 20-21 | 13-14 | 12-13 | 40-41 | 21-22 | 12-14 | 11-12 | 39-40 | 22-23 | 13-14 | 12-13 | 42-44 |
70 | 16-17 | 11-12 | 10-11 | 35-36 | 17-18 | 11-12 | 10-11 | 35-36 | 18-19 | 12-13 | 11-12 | 37-38 |
CAT 2024 result link will be updated on the IIM CAT official website iimcat.ac.in. Candidates should keep checking the page for the latest updates on CAT exam results.
Around 3.29 lakh candidates registered for the CAT 2024 exam, with 2.93 lakh appearing for the test, indicating an overall attendance rate of 89%, as per the data shared by IIM Calcutta.
Candidates will be able to download the CAT 2024 result through the official website at iimcat.ac.in. Candidates will have to use their CAT Id and password to download the CAT 2024 scorecard.
IIMs | Qualifying CAT cut-offs |
IIM Ahmedabad | 85 |
IIM Bangalore | 85 |
IIM Calcutta | 85 |
IIM Lucknow | 90 |
IIM Indore | 90 |
IIM Kozhikode | 85 |
IIM Amritsar | 90 |
IIM Nagpur | 85 |
IIM Sambalpur | 93 |
IIM Trichy | 93 |
IIM Raipur | 93 |
IIM Ranchi | 90 |
IIM Kashipur | 94 |
IIM Vizag | 80 |
IIM Udaipur | 93 |
IIM Bodhgaya | 93 |
IIM Shillong | 75 |
IIM Sirmaur | 92 |
IIM Rohtak | 95 |
IIM Jammu | 93 |
The following details will be mentioned in the CAT scorecard 2024:
Candidates will have to use their CAT Id and password to log in and download the CAT 2024 result. The CAT 2024 result will be available on the official website, iimcat.ac.in.
Once announced, the CAT 2024 result will be available on the official website at iimcat.ac.in.
IIM Calcutta has not yet announced the CAT 2024 result date. As per the earlier notifications, the CAT 2024 result is tentatively scheduled to be out in the second week of January 2025.