CAT 2025 Answer Key LIVE: Objection window open till tomorrow; IIMK hikes challenge fee

As per the trends, the expected CAT 2025 score vs percentile is as follows.

IIMK will close the CAT provisional answer key 2025 window tomorrow, December 10.

Yes, a 90 percentile score in CAT 2025 is considered a good score, which puts you in the top 10% of candidates and qualifies you for many good MBA colleges, including the new IIMs and top non-IIM B-schools. However, the old IIMs generally demand 98–99+ percentiles for interview calls.

If candidates have any objections against the CAT 2025 answer key, they can raise them online at the website, iimcat.ac.in.

The CAT final answer key is usually released after the objection window closes. Based on last year’s trend, it is expected to be published in the last week of December, likely along with the CAT 2025 result.

The CAT objection fee, which was earlier Rs. 1200, has now been increased to Rs. 1500. It is mandatory to pay the prescribed fee to confirm submission.

The last date to raise objections to the CAT 2025 provisional answer key is December 10, 2025, until 11:55 PM.

Getting into IIM Kozhikode (IIMK) with 95 percentile marks is possible but challenging, especially for general category candidates, as top IIMs generally prefer scores of 98–99 or above.

As the IIM Guwahati takes root, the Northeast’s oldest management institution, Assam Institute of Management (AIM), is not viewing it as competition. Instead, AIM is redefining its mission to further strengthen the region’s management education ecosystem.

Recently, the parliament approved the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025, enabling IIM Guwahati to become the country’s 22nd IIM and conferring upon it the status of an “institution of national importance.” While introducing the bill in the Rajya Sabha, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan stated that the institute would “begin admitting students from this academic year.”

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Newer IIMs like IIM Shillong, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Amritsar, and IIM Nagpur typically have lower CAT cut-offs for the general category (around 85–95 percentile), with IIM Shillong often having the lowest. However, the CAT cutoffs vary depending on the year, category (SC/ST/PwD have the lowest requirements) and the admission criteria of the particular IIM.

IIM Udaipur's EMBA admission 2026 will be based on academic profile, work experience, GMAT, GRE, CAT, or IIMU test scores, and performance in the interview.

• Candidates must have completed Class 10 and 12 and hold a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with at least 50% marks or an equivalent CGPA. For SC, ST, and PwD applicants, the minimum required marks are 45%.
• They must also have at least 36 months of full-time post-graduation work experience as of May 20, 2026.
• Additionally, applicants need a valid score in GMAT, GRE, GRE (focus), CAT (taken in 2021 or later), or the IIMU test.

IIM Bodh Gaya and IIM Sirmaur will take part in the Common Admission Process (CAP) 2026 for MBA admissions, even though five IIMs have opted out of the joint process. IIM Jammu had previously confirmed that it would continue to participate in CAP 2026.

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IIM Kozhikode has opened the CAT 2025 answer key objection window today. Candidates can raise their objections by December 10 on the official website, iimcat.ac.in.

IIM Kozhikode opens CAT 2025 answer key objection window; hikes challenge fee to Rs 1,500

The steps to calculate the CAT 2025 percentile are as follows.

• Calculate the number of students who appeared for the CAT in all slots.
• Assign ranks based on scaled scores obtained by the candidates in the entrance exam.
• Percentile will be calculated using the formula: P = ((n-r)/n) * 100
• Round the calculated percentile to two decimal places.

The things to keep in mind while challenging the IIM CAT 2025 answer key are as follows.

• Candidares should object only if they are 100% sure of the error.
• The objection fee will be refunded if the objection made is valid and accepted.
• The form will not be submitted without payment of the CAT objection form fee.
• The objection fee will be refunded within 5 working days
• Objections once submitted cannot be edited
• No objection will be entertained after the publication of the final CAT 2025 answer key
• CAT question paper or candidate response cannot be re-checked under any circumstances

The CAT 2025 answer key objection fee has increased to Rs 1,500 per objection. Earlier, the objection to IIM CAT provisional answer key 2025 was Rs 1,200.

The details mentioned on the IIM CAT response sheet 2025 are as follows.

• Name of the candidate
• 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 marks vs percentile 2025 for slot 2 in each section, is given below.

Candidates can calculate their potential CAT percentile score by following the steps below.

• Number of candidates who appeared for the CAT 2025 exam in all slots.
• Assign ranks based on scaled scores obtained by the candidates in the entrance exam.
• CAT percentile will be calculated using the formula: P = ((n-r)/n) * 100
• Round the calculated percentile to two decimal places.

The expected CAT marks vs percentile for slot 1 are as follows.

According to the CAT 2025 attendance report , about 2.58 lakh candidates appeared for the exam out of 2.95 lakh registered applicants. IIM Kozhikode is likely to release the CAT 2025 results in the first week of January 2026.

MBA aspirants can expect a CAT percentile above 99 for admission to IIM Ahmedabad, while cut-offs for IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode are likely to remain between 97 and 99, as per previous years' trends.

The top B-schools in India, IIMs, admit students on the basis of their performance in CAT, personal interview, written ability test (WAT), group discussion, and work experience.

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CAT 2025 score vs percentile as per trends for each slot are as follows.

The CAT 2025 exam was conducted on November 30 in three shifts in online mode: Shift 1 from 8:30 am to 10:30 am, Shift 2 from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm, and Shift 3 from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm.

IIM Kozhikode has issued the CAT answer key and response sheet for over 2.58 lakh candidates. Candidates can access the CAT answer key and response sheet 2025 using their user ID and passwords

CAT 2025 marking scheme to calculate scores are as follows.

• For each correct answer, 3 marks will be awarded.
• For each wrong answer, one mark will be deducted.
• For unanswered CAT questions, no marks will be deducted.
• Also, for non-MCQs, no marks will be deducted

The steps to object CAT provisional answer key 2025 are as follows.

• Visit the official website, iimcat.ac.in
• Click on the “Candidate Login” tab available.
• Enter the login credentials
• Fill in the candidate's personal details page and click on the “Objection Form” tab
• Choose the Question number, section, and type of objection. Select one of the following three: None of the options is a correct answer, more than one option is the correct answer, or the incorrect answer key.
• Enter any remarks if needed (remarks up to 500 words are allowed).
• Pay the required objection fee.
• Submit the CAT answer key objection form

IIM Kozhikode will open the window to object to the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2025 provisional answer key today. Candidates will have access to the CAT provisional answer key on the official website, iimcat.ac.in, by December 10.