IIM CAT 2025 answer key, response sheet for 2.58 lakh today; slot 3 quant section toughest of all
Anu Parthiban | December 4, 2025 | 09:16 AM IST | 1 min read
CAT 2025 answer key objection window will open on December 8 at 12 noon and will remain active till December 10 at iimcat.ac.in.
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Download EbookAround 2.58 lakh candidates will be able to view and download their response sheet and answer key for the Common Admission Test (CAT 2025). The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode) will upload the individual response sheet and provisional CAT answer key 2025 on the official website, iimcat.ac.in. CAT 2025 Answer Key LIVE
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This year, the exam pattern remained the same, with a total question count at 68 – 24 in verbal ability and reading comprehension (VARC), 22 each in data interpretation and logical reasoning (DILR) and quantitative aptitude (QA) sections.
Among all the three shifts, the quantitative aptitude (QA) section of CAT slot 3 was the toughest , as per the exam paper analysis.
Of the total 2.95 lakh registered candidates, around 2.58 lakh appeared in the IIM CAT exam for MBA and management programmes in all 21 IIMs and over a thousand B-schools, and recorded 86% attendance.
As per the latest announcement, IIM Kozhikode will publish the CAT response sheet and answer key for all candidates on its official website, iimcat.ac.in, within four days after the exam. However, the CAT answer key objection window will be opened on December 8 at 12 noon.
Candidates will have to pay Rs 1,200 to challenge the CAT answer key 2025 before the deadline.
Recap of IIM CAT 2025 slot-wise analysis
While quant was rated the toughest section in CAT 2025, VARC was moderate and DILR was ‘doable’, as per this year's difficulty level.
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Easy to moderate Arithmetic was tricky and VARC was moderately difficult compared to DILR and Quant |
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Moderately difficulty Quant section tougher than slot 1 More questions on geometry Arithmetic and number-related questions were time consuming. |
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DILR was balanced, VARC moderate, and Quant difficult of all these sections. |
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