CAT 2025 Answer Key (OUT) LIVE: IIM CAT objection facility from December 8; cut-offs, score vs percentile

Here's the step-by-step procedure to convert CAT score into percentile:

• Step 1: Calculate the total number of candidates (N) who are likely to appear in both sessions.
• Step 2: Allot Rank (r) based on the scaled score obtained in the VARC section to all the candidates who appeared in the CAT. If two or more candidates score the same marks in the section, then assign identical ranks to the candidates.
• Step 3: Calculate the percentile score (P) of a candidate with rank (r) in the VARC section as:

• Step 4: Now, round off the calculated percentile score (P) of a candidate up to two decimal points only. For example, all percentile scores greater than or equal to 89.995 are rounded off to 90.

Follow the same methodology for computing the overall CAT percentile scores and for the percentile scores of other sections.

The steps to download the IIM CAT response sheet 2025 are as follows.

• Go to the official website.
• Click on the CAT candidate login window.
• Enter the CAT 2025 registration ID and password, and click the submit button.
• A new page will open to download the CAT response sheet 2025.
• Calculate the probable marks based on the CAT exam pattern.
• Download and take a printout of the CAT 2025 response sheet.

MBA aspirants, sat for the IIM CAT 2025 on November 30, held in three shifts, can check their CAT 2025 percentile using Careers360's CAT percentile predictor .

Candidates who appeared for the Computer-based IIM CAT 2025 on November 30 and awaiting the answer key and response sheet to calculate their probable scores can check the score vs percentile for each slot 1 by experts from the table given below.

The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode) has not announced the result date for the Common Admission Test 2025 (CAT 2025) results. However, as per previous years trends, the result will be declared between last week of December 2025 and January 2026 first week.

CAT 2025 result date soon. (Image source: Official)

As per the CAT marking system, 3 marks will be given for a correct answer, and 1 mark will be deducted for an incorrect answer. To calculate the probable CAT 2025 score, candidates should add 3 marks for each correct answer, deduct 1 mark for every incorrect MCQ

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) will open the objection window for CAT 2025 answer key on December 8 at 12 noon. Candidates will be allowed to challenge the CAT answer key by December 10 through the official website, iimcat.ac.in.

A score of 70 percentile in the CAT exam is considered a moderate to good score, which opens the door to a wide range of tier-2 and tier-3 MBA colleges, but it is unlikely to get into the top IIMs.

A score of 37 in the CAT exam generally corresponds to an 80-85 percentile, but this varies depending on the difficulty of the exam and the specific slot.

A score of around 40 marks in the CAT exam generally corresponds to an 80 percentile, though this may fluctuate slightly depending on the difficulty level of the exam and slot.

Yes, it is possible to get into IIM Kozhikode with 95 percentile marks, especially since it is a strong mid-tier IIM, but it depends a lot on your overall profile and the final selection criteria.

According to the official schedule, the CAT 2026 results will be declared in the first week of January 2026. Based on last year's trends, the CAT exam results are expected to be declared in the last week of December.

The IIM CAT 2025 answer key for November 30th exam will be released today. Candidates will be able to raise objections against the CAT 2025 provisional answer key from December 8 to 10 through the official website at iimcat.ac.in.

CAT 2025 score will be used by IIMs for admission. (Image source: Official website)

The CAT answer key 2025 will include the following details.

• Candidates name
• CAT 2025 registration number
• CAT test date
• Test time
• CAT 2025 exam centre
• Question
• Question ID
• Question type
• Status (attempted/not attempted)
• Right option/answer
• Candidate's response

The expected CAT 2025 score vs percentile as per the previous year for slot 1 paper is given below.

CAT 2025 candidates awaiting the answer key and response sheet can calculate their probable scores for MBA college entrance test using the CAT 2025 marking scheme.

Candidates will be given 3 marks for each correct answer, whereas one mark will be deducted for each wrong response. With the answer key of CAT 2025, candidates can analyze their performance and calculate their expected score.

IIM CAT 2025 answer key out. (Representational image: Freepik)

MBA aspirants, sat for the IIM CAT 2025 on November 30, held in three shifts, can check their CAT 2025 percentile using Careers360's CAT percentile predictor .

IIM CAT 2025 college predictor. (Image source: Official)

Here's the step-by-step procedure to convert CAT score into percentile:

• Step 1: Calculate the total number of candidates (N) who are likely to appear in both sessions.
• Step 2: Allot Rank (r) based on the scaled score obtained in the VARC section to all the candidates who appeared in the CAT. If two or more candidates score the same marks in the section, then assign identical ranks to the candidates.
• Step 3: Calculate the percentile score (P) of a candidate with rank (r) in the VARC section as:

• Step 4: Now, round off the calculated percentile score (P) of a candidate up to two decimal points only. For example, all percentile scores greater than or equal to 89.995 are rounded off to 90.

Follow the same methodology for computing the overall CAT percentile scores and for the percentile scores of other sections.

Candidates who appeared for the Common Admission Test 2025 (CAT 2025), held on November 30 in three shifts, will be able to raise objections against the CAT 2025 response sheet and answer key from December 8 through the official website at iimcat.ac.in.

The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode) has not announced the result date for the Common Admission Test 2025 (CAT 2025) results. However, as per previous years trends, the result will be declared between last week of December 2025 and January 2026 first week.

CAT 2025 result date soon. (Image source: Official)

The top B-schools which admit students to its management courses through CAT scores also require high cut-offs. Take a look.

• FMS Delhi: 97–99 percentile
• IIFT: 95–97 percentile
• MDI Gurgaon: 96–98 percentile
• IIT Bombay SJMSOM: 96–97 percentile.

In a major shift in admission policy, IIM Udaipur has decided to exit the centralised admission process (CAP 2026) and conduct its own independent MBA admission starting from the academic year 2026-28.

For MBA admission at IIM Udaipur, nearly 55% weightage will be given to CAT score, and the remaining 45% for personal interview or written ability test ((WAT) and profile evaluation.

IIM Udaipur MBA Admission 2025. (Image: Official)

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) will open the objection window for CAT 2025 answer key on December 8 at 12 noon. Candidates will be allowed to challenge the CAT answer key by December 10 through the official website, iimcat.ac.in.

As per the CAT marking system, 3 marks will be given for a correct answer, and 1 mark will be deducted for an incorrect answer. To calculate the probable CAT 2025 score, candidates should add 3 marks for each correct answer, deduct 1 mark for every incorrect MCQ

The 95 percentile score in the CAT exam usually falls within the range of 30–33 marks.

To calculate the CAT 2025 percentile, candidates can use the formula: Percentile = [1-(Candidate rank/ Total number of candidates appeared)]*100. Also, candidates can use the CAT 2025 percentile calculator tool to know their percentile.

The steps to calculate CAT 2025 scores are as follows.

• Count your Correct Answers : Identify the number of MCQs and TITA questions that you have solved correctly.
• Count wrong MCQs : Incorrect MCQs will carry negative marking.
• Use the CAT Raw Score Formula: Raw Score = (Correct Answers × 3) − (Wrong MCQs × 1)
• Next, calculate the score for each section separately: VARC, DILR< and QA.

The CAT answer key 2025 will include the following details.

• Candidates name
• CAT 2025 registration number
• CAT test date
• Test time
• CAT 2025 exam centre
• Question
• Question ID
• Question type
• Status (attempted/not attempted)
• Right option/answer
• Candidate's response

The expected CAT 2025 score vs percentile as per the previous year for slot 1 paper is given below.

Candidates will be able to calculate their CAT scores 2025 using the marking scheme. This year, CAT 2025 registered an attendance rate of around 86%. In comparison, last year saw 2.93 lakh candidates take the exam, with an overall attendance of 89%.

CAT 2025 Answer Key, Response Sheet Date: How to calculate scores, predict percentile?

Approximately 2.58 lakh candidates took the exam out of the 2.95 lakh who had registered. The test was held at 339 centres spread across 170 cities in India.

As per the marking scheme, candidates will be awarded 3 marks for each correct answer and one mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer.

IIM CAT 2025 answer key, response sheet out for 2.58 lakh; object by December 10

Candidates will be able to access their CAT answer key 2025 along with their response sheet.

CAT 2025 answer key out. (Image: Official website)

The steps to download the IIM CAT response sheet 2025 are as follows.

• Go to the official website.
• Click on the CAT candidate login window.
• Enter the CAT 2025 registration ID and password, and click the submit button.
• A new page will open to download the CAT response sheet 2025.
• Calculate the probable marks based on the CAT exam pattern.
• Download and take a printout of the CAT 2025 response sheet.

IIM Kozhikode has published the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2025 answer key along with the response sheet today.

Candidates will be able to access the CAT answer key 2025 along with their response sheet. Candidates will be able to calculate expected scores using the CAT answer key.

CAT 2025 answer key soon

IIM Calcutta saw a sharp rise in applicants from science streams, while enrollment from arts backgrounds dropped notably. IIMC will select candidates for its 2026–28 Postgraduate Programme (PGP) through the CAT 2025 examination. In 2024, the number of male candidates in the IIM PGP batch increased from 54% to almost 60%. However, in contrast, the share of female students declined to 41%, compared to about 46% three to four years earlier. Out of 889 students in total, 528 were men, and 361 were women.

CAT 2025: IIM Calcutta MBA sees widening gender gap, dominance of science students, freshers

As the CAT answer key and response sheet are scheduled to be released today, the official website is currently under maintenance. Hence, it is expected that the CAT 2025 answer key download will start soon.

CAT 2025 official website.

As the CAT answer key and answer sheet are scheduled to be released today, the official website is currently under maintenance. Hence, it is expected that the CAT 2025 answer key download will start soon.

IIM Kozhikode will announce the CAT 2025 answer key and response sheet today.

The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode) has not yet issued the CAT 2025 answer key and response sheet for 2.85 lakh candidates, appeared for the college entrance test on November 30.

"The release of the Provisional Answer Keys for CAT 2025 conducted on 30 November, 2025 is scheduled on 4 December, 2025," the official statement by the institute reads.

It is expected that the IIM CAT 2025 answer key and response sheet will be issued shortly on the official website at iimcat.ac.in.

Login details for IIM CAT 2025 answer key. (Image source: Official website)

Apart from IIMs, here is a list of other top MBA colleges that accept CAT 2025 exam scores:

• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay
• Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad
• International Management Institute (IMI) Delhi
• Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai
• Faculty of Management Studies (FMS)
• Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
• S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
• SDA Bocconi Mumbai

IIMs accepting CAT 2025 score. (Image source: Official website)

The IIM CAT 2025 answer key for November 30th exam will be released today. Candidates will be able to raise objections against the CAT 2025 provisional answer key from December 8 to 10 through the official website at iimcat.ac.in.

CAT 2025 objection facility from December 8. (Representational image: Freepik)

The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode) will issue the Common Admission Test 2025 (CAT 2025) response sheet and answer key shortly on the official at iimcat.ac.in.

IIM CAT 2025 response sheet soon. (Image source; Official website)

The Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIM Udaipur) has announced that it will exit the centralised admission process (CAP 2026) and conduct its own independent admission process for MBA programme from the academic year 2026-28. The management institute give nearly 55% weightage to CAT score, and the remaining 45% for personal interview or written ability test (WAT) and profile evaluation.

IIM Udaipur exits CAP 2026. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)

The IIM Kozhikode will host the CAT 2025 answer key download link soon on its official website at iimcat.ac.in. Candidates who will not be satisfied with the CAT 2025 answer key can challenge it by paying an objection fee of Rs 1,200 per objection. The fee is nonrefundable. It will be refunded to only those candidates whose objection will be accepted.

Here's the step-by-step procedure to convert CAT score into percentile:

• Step 1: Calculate the total number of candidates (N) who are likely to appear in both sessions.
• Step 2: Allot Rank (r) based on the scaled score obtained in the VARC section to all the candidates who appeared in the CAT. If two or more candidates score the same marks in the section, then assign identical ranks to the candidates.
• Step 3: Calculate the percentile score (P) of a candidate with rank (r) in the VARC section as:

• Step 4: Now, round off the calculated percentile score (P) of a candidate up to two decimal points only. For example, all percentile scores greater than or equal to 89.995 are rounded off to 90.

Follow the same methodology for computing the overall CAT percentile scores and for the percentile scores of other sections.

The IIM CAT 2025 answer key for November 30th exam will be released today. Candidates will be able to raise objections against the CAT 2025 provisional answer key from December 8 to 10 through the official website at iimcat.ac.in.

Candidates can check the IIM CAT 2025 answer key and response sheet through the official website at iimcat.ac.in.

IIM CAT 2025 answer key soon at iimcat.ac.in. (Image source: Official website)

No, the CAT 2025 answer key is not out yet. IIM Kozhikode will issue the CAT 2025 answer key and response sheet soon on its official website at iimcat.ac.in.

IIM CAT 2025 answer key, response sheet shortly. (Representational image: Freepik)

CAT 2025 stands for Common Admission Test (CAT 2025). It is conducted for admission to MBA and other management courses at IIMs and various management institutes across the country.

CAT 2025 score is accepted by IIMs. (Image source: Official website)

The Common Admission Test (CAT 2025) was held on November 30 in three shifts by the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode). The institute has not yet announced the result date for the CAT 2025. However, as per previous year trends, the result is expected to be declared between December 2025 last week and January 2026 first week.

CAT 2025 candidates awaiting the answer key and response sheet can calculate their probable scores for MBA college entrance test using the CAT 2025 marking scheme.

Candidates will be given 3 marks for each correct answer, whereas one mark will be deducted for each wrong response.

IIM CAT 2025 answer key, response sheet soon at iimcat.ac.in. (Representational image: Freepik)

The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode) will host the CAT 2025 answer key and response sheet links on its official website soon. Candidates who appeared for the MBA college entrance test, held on November 30 in three slots, will be able to download the CAT 2025 answer key, and response sheet from iimcat.ac.in using login details such as CAT ID and password.

CAT 2025: How to check and download answer key, response sheet

• Go to the official website at iimcat.ac.in.
• On the homepage, click on 'Candidate login, response sheet, objection window' link.
• A new page will open.
• Type login credentials such as CAT ID and password and click submit.
• Then click on the response sheet and download it.
• Check answer key and response sheet using marking scheme.
• Can objections if any.

IIM CAT 2025 login credentials. (Image source: Official website)

As such the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode) has not designated a time slot for the release for CAT 2025 answer key and response sheet. However, as per previous year trends, the CAT 2025 answer key is issued between 10 am and 2 pm. The CAT 2024 answer key was released on December 3 after 12 noon, as per media reports.
CAT 2025 answer key will be released at iimcat.ac.in. (Image source: Official)

Around 2.85 lakh candidates appeared for the IIM CAT 2025 college entrance test for admission to MBA or PGP programmes at Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) and other management institutes across the country, accepting CAT percentiles.
IIM Kozhikode conducted CAT 2025 on November 30 in three slots. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)

Objection fee for CAT 2025 answer key is INR 1200 per objection. The fee is nonrefundable. It will be refunded to only those candidates whose objection will be accepted.

The IIM CAT 2025 answer key for November 30th exam will be released today. Candidates will be able to raise objections against the CAT 2025 provisional answer key from December 8 to 10 through the official website at iimcat.ac.in.

IIM CAT 2025 objection facility will open from December 8. (Representational image: Freepik)

Candidates can check the IIM CAT 2025 answer key and response sheet through the official website at iimcat.ac.in.

IIM CAT 2025 answer key soon at iimcat.ac.in. (Image source: Official website)

Yes, the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode) will issue the provisional answer key and response sheet for IIM Common Admission Test 2025 (CAT 2025) today. Around 2.58 lakh candidates appeared for the IIM college entrance test, held on November 30.

Some of the top MBA colleges accepting CAT are:

• FMS, Delhi
• DMS, IIT-Delhi
• MDI, Gurgaon
• IMI Delhi
• JBIMS, Mumbai
• SIMSR, Mumbai
• IMNU, Ahmedabad
• SJMSOM, Mumbai
• SPJIMR, Mumbai
• LIBA, Chennai
• GIM, Goa
• NIT Trichy
• VGSoM (IIT Kharagpur)LBSIM
• Welingkar (WeSchool), Mumbai
• TAPMI, Manipal
• IBS, Hyderabad
• IIISWBM, Kolkata
• IMT Nagpur
• SOIL Institute of Management
• IILM, Delhi
• BIM, Tiruchirappalli
• Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, Delhi
• FIIB, Delhi
• JIMS, Rohini
• BITSoM Mumbai
• XIMB - Xavier University, Bhubaneswar
• XIME, Bangalore
• Amity Business School, Noida
• Asian Business School Noida
• BIMTECH, Greater Noida
• Woxsen University, Hyderabad
• AIMS Institutes (AIMS), Bangalore

Steps to download the CAT 2025 response sheet:

• Go to iimcat.ac.in website.
• Click on the response sheet or the login option.
• Enter CAT ID and password.
• Go to the response sheet.
• Download PDF.

The CAT marking scheme is as follows:

• +3 for correct attempt
• -1 for incorrect attempt
• 0 for unanswered question
• 0 for incorrect TITA

For 95% and above, the following numbers can be considered a good attempt.

• VARC: 16 to 17 questions
• DIRL: About 12 attempts
• QA: 12-13 questions

With the answer key of CAT 2025, candidates can analyze their performance and calculate their expected score.

To download the CAT 2025 response sheet PDF, candidates have to use the CAT ID and password.

Candidates can calculate their CAT 2025 score by:

• Adding 3 marks per correct answer
• Subtract 1 mark for every wrong answer
• Adding 0 mark per unanswered question

The CAT 2025 result is expected to be out in the third week of December 2025, with an expected date of December 19-20.

Objection fee for CAT 2025 answer key is INR 1200 per objection. The fee is nonrefundable. It will be refunded to only those candidates whose objection will be accepted.