CAT Answer Key 2025 Released: Download Slot 1, 2, 3 PDFs, Response Sheet Link & Objection Window

CAT 2025 Answer Key Release Date

The CAT 2025 answer key release date is expected to be around the first week of December 2025. The unofficial CAT answer key 2025 will be released by CAT coaching institutes and experts right after the conclusion of the CAT 2025 exam. Check the CAT 2025 answer key release time and schedule below.

CAT 2025 Answer Key PDF Download

IIM Kozhikode has released the official CAT 2025 answer key on December 4. Candidates are advised to use the CAT 2025 answer key to analyse their CAT exam performance and predict their CAT score and percentile before the official announcement of the CAT 2025 result. Download the CAT 2025 answer key slot-wise, the CAT unofficial answer key 2025, along with the response sheet from the table below.

How to Download CAT 2025 Answer Key?

Candidates are advised to follow the steps to download the CAT 2025 slot-wise official answer key with the CAT question paper. If a candidate appears for slot 3, they need to download the CAT 2025 slot 3 answer key. Likewise, candidates can download the CAT 2025 slot 2 answer key and the CAT slot 1 answer key 2025. Follow the step-by-step process to check the CAT 2025 answer key.

• Step 1: Visit the CAT 2025 official website: iimcat.ac.in.
• Step 2 - Click on the “CAT Candidate Login” tab.
• Step 3: Now, enter the CAT ID and password, and then click on the “Submit” tab.
• Step 4: Click on the “Download PDF” tab to download the CAT 2025 answer key PDF.
• Step 5: Use the “Candidate Response” tab to download the response sheet.

A snapshot of the CAT answer key

NOTE: The correct responses are marked in green, and incorrect answers are marked in red, along with the cross symbol in the CAT official answer key 2025.

How to Object to the Official CAT 2025 Answer Key?

The CAT 2025 objection window is expected to be open by IIM Kozhikode in the first week of December 2025. Interested candidates can raise objections against the doubtful question in the CAT 2025 answer key. Follow the simple steps below to object to the provisional CAT 2025 answer key.

• Visit the CAT 2025 official website
• Click on the “Candidate Login” tab
• 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
  • The answer key is incorrect
• Enter any remarks if needed (remarks up to 500 words are allowed).
• Pay Rs 1200 per question. Bank service charges and GST are extra
• Submit the CAT answer key objection form

** There is no restriction on the number of objections that candidates can raise

CAT 2025 Answer Key - Details Mentioned

Candidates will find the following details mentioned on the CAT 2025 response sheet.

• 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

CAT 2025 Answer Key Objection Window: Points to Remember

Before raising objections against the CAT 2025 answer key, candidates are advised to keep the following points in mind.

• Applicants should object only if they are 100 per cent sure of the error.
• The objection fee will be refunded if the objection made is valid and accepted.
• The objection 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
• There is no limit to raising objections against the CAT official answer keys 2025.
• No objection will be entertained after the publication of the final CAT 2025 answer key and the CAT 2025 result
• The CAT question paper or candidate response cannot be re-checked under any circumstances

Also Read: CAT Cutoff 2025

How to Calculate Score Using the CAT 2025 Answer Key?

One of the benefits of having the CAT 2025 official answer key would be that one can calculate their probable CAT score before the declaration of the CAT result 2025. To calculate this probable score, the CAT marking scheme is given herewith.

CAT Marking Scheme 2025

How to Calculate CAT Score?

• For example, if the candidate got 30 answers right in the exam, which will also be reflected in the answer key CAT 2025, the score will be 30 x 3 = 90 marks.
• If they got 10 answers wrong in the CAT exam, their score will be 10 x (-1) = -10.
• So, the total CAT marks scored by the candidate will be 90 - 10 = 80

Once the CAT score is known, candidates can check their admission chances to the top MBA colleges in India. The calculation can also be made easy with the help of a CAT percentile predictor. Check the list of MBA colleges in India before deciding to apply.

Read more on:

• How To Calculate CAT Percentile
• Top MBA Colleges in India Accepting CAT

CAT Score vs Percentile 2025

After calculating their probable CAT scores, candidates can check their CAT 2025 percentile by referring to the tables given below. Given below are the expected overall CAT score vs percentile, along with the sectional score vs percentile CAT 2025.

CAT Score vs Percentile: Slot 1

Why is the CAT 2025 Answer Key Important?

• Answer key release makes the CAT exam transparent.
• With the help of the CAT answer key 2025 PDF, they can instantly know their CAT score and CAT percentile.
• If a correct answer is marked as incorrect by IIM, you can object to the question. It will be revised, and IIM will release the final CAT answer key along with the CAT 2025 result.
• Test takers can check the official CAT answer keys and get their potential CAT score to explore their MBA admission opportunities in top B-schools like IIMs, FMS, MDI, IIFT, SPJIMR, and IITs.

What After CAT Answer Key 2025?

After the closure of the CAT objection window 2025, IIM Kozhikode will release the CAT final answer key likely in the third week of December 2025. The CAT 2025 result will be announced in the fourth week of December 2025. Candidates will be able to check their CAT 2025 results on the official CAT website. They must enter their CAT candidate login details to download their CAT scorecard. The CAT percentile score will be the basis for MBA admissions.

B-School Accepting CAT Scores - Location-wise

CAT 2025 Previous Year Question Papers with Solutions PDF

Here are the CAT Previous Year Question Papers with solution PDF for the candidates appearing for the CAT 2025 exam scheduled to be held on November 30, 2025. Refer to the table to download the CAT Previous Year Question Papers PDF with solutions PDF for your preparation.

CAT Answer Key Download: Previous Year (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017)

While solving CAT's previous year question papers, candidates can check their answers by matching answers from the tables. The slot-wise CAT answer key ranges from the CAT 2023 answer keys to the CAT 2017 answer keys.

CAT answer key 2023 PDF download

After the conduct of the CAT 2023, the Objection Management Exercise was opened from December 5 to December 8, 2023. The CAT Centre received a total of 85 objections across 3 sections and 3 shifts. The panels of sectional review experts for CAT 2023 reviewed all the objections that were received during this window. The divisions and decisions were:

CAT 2022 Answer Key PDF

CAT 2021 Answer Key PDF free Download

CAT 2020 Answer Key PDF

CAT Exam Answer Key PDF (2019, 2018, and 2017)

CAT Previous Year Final Answer Key: Overview

Check out below the list of objections received and changes in the CAT answer key. The details are as follows:

Earlier, the IIM Calcutta has released the provisional CAT answer key pdf on December 3. Candidates were downloaded their respective CAT 2025 answer key on their dashboard at iimcat.ac.in. To download the CAT exam answer key pdf, students should enter their valid CAT login ID and password. The CAT answer key challenge window was opened on December 3 and it was closed on December 5.

Importance of Previous Year CAT Answer Keys

All candidates must note that analysing their performance with the previous year's CAT answer keys is crucial, as they get to understand their strengths and weaknesses. The following are some of the reasons why the previous year's CAT answer keys are important:

• They provide insights into question patterns.
• They help candidates identify areas of strength and weakness.
• One is able to understand the marking scheme and allocation of marks for the CAT exam.
• They facilitate effective time management during the exam.
• They provide confidence and reduce last-minute anxiety by familiarising yourself with question types and difficulty levels.
• Lastly, you can also self-evaluate and benchmark progress.

Memory-Based CAT Answer Key and Question Paper (Last Year)

Check out memory-based CAT questions for all slots as reported by the test takers.

CAT Slot 2 Questions and Answers (Memory-Based)

1. Question: A fruit seller has a stock of mangoes, bananas and apples with at least one fruit of each type. At the beginning of a day, the number of mangoes make up 40% of his stock. That day, he sells half of the mangoes, 96 bananas and 40% of the apples. At the end of the day, he ends up selling 50% of the fruits. The smallest possible total number of fruits in the stock at the beginning of the day is

2. Question: Find the remainder 3333 ÷ 11

3. Question: When 2 liters of water is added to a mixture of acid and water, the concentration of acid becomes 50%. Then, 15 liters of acid is added to the solution, which makes the concentration of acid 80%. What is the quantity of the initial mixture?

4. Question: If α and β are the roots of the quadratic equation x2+px+q=0 find the value of

Using CAT Percentile Predictor candidates can calculate their probable CAT score.(α3+β3)2

CAT Slot 1 Questions and Answers (Memory Based) (Previous Year)

CAT Exam Slot 1 DILR Questions (Memory Based)

Question 1: 3 friends Dheeraj, Samantha and Nitesh visited different countries in Asia, Europe and Row

• I. 32 countries visited by at least one of them.
• II. USA (in Row) was the only country visited by all.
• III. China by Dheeraj and Nitesh
• IV. France (in Europe) was visited by Dheeraj and Samantha but not by Nitesh.
• V. Half of the countries, visited by Samantha and Nitesh both, are in Europe.

Answer the following questions:

1. How many countries in Asia were visited by at least one of the person.

2. How many countries in Europe were visited by Only Nitesh.

3. How many countries in Row were visited by both Samantha and Nitesh.

4. How many countries in Europe were visited by exactly one of the 3 people.

CAT Slot 1 Quant Questions (Last Year's)

1. Find the remainder of 1001007

2. There are 187 fruits in a basket. The ratio of apples to mangoes is in the ratio 5:2. After selling 75 apples and 26 mangoes and half the number of oranges, the leftover apples and oranges was in the ratio 3:2.

• Ans: 66

3. If an represents the greatest integer function of n, then sum of a1,a2,a3,…a49,a50 is?

• Ans: 217

4. S.P of product is fixed to ensure 40% profit. If product cost 40% less, and have been sold for Rs. 5 less, Then Profit would have been 50%, then the original S.P is:

• A) 5
• B) 10
• C) 20
• D) 14
• Ans: 14

5. A vessel is full of milk 2/3rd of the milk is removed and replaced with water. This process is repeated 3 more times. Then find ratio of milk and water in the final solution.

6. AB=56,CD=45. Inradius of circle in ADE..

Ans: 10

7. Q. (1/8)k×(1/85)1/3=(1/8)x (1/85)1/k. Find the sum of all posslble values of ' k '

8. For any natural Number ' n ', let an be the largest number not exceeding n, then a1+a2+ a3... +a50=

9. x is a +ve real no,4lox10x+4log100⁡x+ 8log⁡1000x=13, then the greatest integer not exceeding ' x '

10. (1/8)k×(1/85)1/3=(1/8)× (1/85)1/k. Find the sum of all possible values of ' k '

11. Let x,y,z be real numbers and 4(x3+y2+z2)=a,4(x−y−z)=3+a, then find the value of ' a '

Types of CAT Answer Keys

Two types of answer keys are released for the CAT exam. They are as follows:

1. Provisional Answer Key: This is the initial answer key, which is released by IIM after the conclusion of the CAT exam. This answer key is open to scrutiny, and candidates are given a window to raise objections against any answer which they believe is incorrect. All candidates will need to pay a fee for each objection raised. The main purpose behind the provisional key is to ensure the accuracy of the final CAT answer key.
   
   
2. CAT Final Answer Key: This is the revised and final answer key, which is released after considering all the valid objections that were raised by the candidates against the provisional key. The final answer key will be considered the definitive version, and the CAT results will be prepared based on the same.