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CMAT 2026 Answer Key Released @cmat.nta.nic.in: LIVE Updates, Download Link, Expected Cutoff, Score

CMAT 2026 Answer Key Released @cmat.nta.nic.in: LIVE Updates, Download Link, Expected Cutoff, Score

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Suvam MaitiUpdated on 02 Feb 2026, 01:01 PM IST

CMAT 2026 answer key is out on January 31, 2026, @cmat.nta.nic.in. Interested candidates can download the CMAT answer key from the link mentioned below. Generally CMAT answer key pdf gets released 6 days after the CMAT exam. Last year, the provisional CMAT answer key released date was on January 31st. Once the CMAT 2026 answer key link is out, candidates can login to their candidates dashboard on the CMAT 2026 official website - cmat.nta.nic.in to check the provisional CMAT 2026 answer key. This CMAT 2026 answer key will not only give the management aspirants an idea about their probable CMAT 2026 score to check if they can match the CMAT 2026 cutoff or not.
CMAT Answer Key Link 2026

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  1. CMAT 2026 Answer Key: Live Update
  2. CMAT 2026 Answer Key Date : An Overview
  3. cmat.nta.nic.in@CMAT Answer Key Date Past Years Trends : 2026 vs 2025 vs 2024 vs 2023
  4. CMAT 2026 Answer Key Link
  5. CMAT 2026 Answer Key : Step-by-Step process to download CMAT 2026 Answer Key PDF.
  6. CMAT 2026 Answer Key Released: CMAT 2026 Score vs Percentile (Expected)
  7. CMAT 2026 Cutoff
CMAT 2026 Answer Key Released @cmat.nta.nic.in: LIVE Updates, Download Link, Expected Cutoff, Score
CMAT Answer Key 2026 Release Date

CMAT 2026 Answer Key: Live Update

Jan 30, 3.20 PM : CMAT Answer Key 2026 Release Date

CMAT 2026 Cutoff for JBIMS is expected to be around 100 percentile.

Jan 30, 3.20 PM : CMAT Answer Key 2026 Release Date

CMAT 2026 Cutoff for SIMSREE is expected to be around 99.99 percentile.

Jan 30, 3.20 PM : CMAT 2026 Answer Release OUT?

CMAT 2026 answer key will be out on the official website on the official website - cmat.nta.nic.in.

Jan 30, 2.00 PM : CMAT 2026 Answer Release date

Candidates need to go through the following step by step process to download the CMAT 2026 answer key PDF on the CMAT 2026 answer key release date.

  1. Visit the official website-

  2. Click on the CMAT 2026 Candidate Login.

  3. Put in the CMAT registration number and the password.

  4. Click on the Download and Save the CMAT 2026 answer key PDF for further purpose.

Jan 30, 1.30PM : CMAT 2026 Answer Key out?

CMAT 2026 answer key link will be available on the cmat.nta.nic.in CMAT official website. Once the CMAT 2026 answer key pdf is live candidates need to visit the CMAT 2026 login to their candidate dashboard.

Jan 30, 1.00PM : CMAT 2026 Answer Released?

As per the latest update, CMAT 2026 answer key has not been released yet.

Jan 30, 12.20PM : CMAT 2026 Answer Key Release Date

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Jan 30, 12.10PM : CMAT 2026 Answer Key Out?

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Jan 30, 12.00PM : CMAT 2026 Answer Key

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Jan 30, 11.30 AM : CMAT 2026 Answer Key Released

As per the latest update, CMAT 2026 answer key has not been released yet.

Jan 30, 10.30 AM : CMAT 2026 Answer key Date

Candidates need to go through the following step by step process to download the CMAT 2026 answer key PDF on the CMAT 2026 answer key release date.

  1. Visit the official website-

  2. Click on the CMAT 2026 Candidate Login.

  3. Put in the CMAT registration number and the password.

  4. Click on the Download and Save the CMAT 2026 answer key PDF for further purpose.

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Jan 30, 9.30 AM : CMAT 2026 Answer key Date

Those curious about the CMAT 2026 answer key release should know that looking at the trends of the past years, Xaviers Business School CMAT 2026 cutoff is expected to be around 85+ percentile.

Jan 29, 9.20 AM : CMAT 2026 Answer key Date

Those curious about the CMAT 2026 answer key release should know that looking at the trends of the past years, GIM CMAT 2026 cutoff is expected to be around 90 percentile.

Jan 29, 9.10 AM : CMAT 2026 Answer key Date

Those curious about the CMAT 2026 answer key release should know that looking at the trends of the past years, XIME CMAT 2026 cutoff is expected to be around 80 percentile.

Jan 29, 8.10 AM : CMAT 2026 Answer key

Those curious about the CMAT 2026 answer key release should know that looking at the trends of the past years, Welingker CMAT 2026 cutoff is expected to be around 85+ percentile.

Jan 29, 7.10 AM : CMAT 2026 Answer key Date

Those curious about the CMAT 2026 answer key release should know that looking at the trends of the past years, CMAT 70 percentile would mean 179 marks.

Jan 30, 6.10 AM : CMAT 2026 Answer key Date

Those curious about the CMAT 2026 answer key release should know that looking at the trends of the past years, CMAT 80 percentile would mean 205marks.

Jan 29, 9.30 PM : CMAT 2026 Answer key Date

Those curious about the CMAT 2026 answer key release should know that looking at the trends of the past years, CMAT 95 percentile would mean 271 marks.

Jan 29, 9.10 PM : CMAT 2026 Answer key Date

Those curious about the CMAT 2026 answer key release should know that looking at the trends of the past years, CMAT 90 percentile would mean 258 marks.

Jan 29, 8.10 PM : CMAT 2026 Score vs Percentile.

Those curious about the CMAT 2026 answer key release should know that looking at the trends of the past years, 99 percentile would mean 291 marks in CMAT 2026.

Jan 29, 7.10 PM : CMAT 2026 Answer key Date

Those wondering about the CMAT 2026 answer key should know that CMAT 2026 result is expected to be out around February 13, 2026.

Jan 29, 6.10 PM : CMAT 2026 Answer key Date

This is CMAT 2025 exam was held on January 25, 2025.

Jan 29, 5.20 PM : CMAT 2026 Answer key Date

Last year CMAT 2026 answer key was out on January 31, 2025.

Jan 29, 5.15 PM : CMAT 2026 Answer key Date

CMAT Answer key generally gets published 5-6 days after the CMAT 2026 exam date.

Jan 29, 5.10 PM : CMAT 2026 Answer key

Looking at the trends of the past years, CMAT 2026 answer key is expected to be out between Jan 29-30, 2026.

CMAT 2026 Answer Key Date : An Overview

CMAT answer key is out on January 31, 2026. Most importantly after the completion of the CMAT 2026 exam, here are some of the important CMAT 2026 exam dates that one needs to keep in mind for further updates.

CMAT 2026 events

CMAT 2026 Dates

CMAT 2026 exam

January 25, 2026

CMAT 2026 answer key date

January 31, 2026

CMAT 2026 result date

February 13, 2026 (tentative)

cmat.nta.nic.in@CMAT Answer Key Date Past Years Trends : 2026 vs 2025 vs 2024 vs 2023

After the completion of the CMAT 2026 examination on January 25, 2026, while one could only expect the CMAT 2026 answer key to be released between today and January 31, 2026, here is the table about the CMAT answer key date from the previous four years. Though until last year CMAT used to be held in May, the gap between the CMAT exam date and the CMAT answer key date remained the more or less same.

CMAT Year

CMAT Exam Date

Anwerkey Release Date

Difference Between Exam Days and Answer key dates

2026

January 25,2026

January 31, 2026

6

2025

January 25, 2025

January 31, 2025

6

2024

May 15, 2024

May 23, 2024

8

2023

May 03, 2023

May 12, 2023

9

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CMAT 2026 Answer Key Link

CMAT 2026 answer key link will be available on the cmat.nta.nic.in CMAT official website. Once the CMAT 2026 answer key pdf is live candidates need to visit the CMAT 2026 login to their candidate dashboard.

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CMAT 2026 Answer Key : Step-by-Step process to download CMAT 2026 Answer Key PDF.

Candidates need to go through the following step by step process to download the CMAT 2026 answer key PDF on the CMAT 2026 answer key release date.

  1. Visit the official website-

  2. Click on the CMAT 2026 Candidate Login.

  3. Put in the CMAT registration number and the password.

  4. Click on the Download and Save the CMAT 2026 answer key PDF for further purpose.

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CMAT 2026 Answer Key Released: CMAT 2026 Score vs Percentile (Expected)

Candidates who appeared in the CMAT 2026 exam, which concluded on January 25, 2026, must check the expected CMAT 2026 score vs percentile analysis to predict their chances of getting into a premier CMAT-accepting college for MBA admission 2026-28.

CMAT percentile 2026

CMAT 2026 Score

99.99

360

99.9

325

99.5

299

99

291.5

98

282.5

95

271

90

257.5

85

237.5

80

205.5

75

192.5

70

179

65

166.5

60

154

50

133

CMAT 2026 Cutoff

A list of colleges with the CMAT 2026 cutoff of above 80 percentile is curated for the candidates. MBA aspirants appearing for the CMAT 2026 can see the CMAT 2026 cutoff expected for top colleges along with their fees.

Name of the College

Expected CMAT 2026 Cutoff

CMAT percentile 2026

Welingkar CMAT Cut Off

238

85+

Great Lakes CMAT cut off 2026

235

95-99

NIMB Pune CMAT cutoff

242

90+

Xavier Business School - St. Xavier’s University (XBS) CMAT cut-off 2026

240

85+

CMAT cutoff 2026 for N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research

261

95-99

CMAT cut off 2026 for the Institute of Management Technology (IMT)

250

90+

Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) CMAT cut off marks

245

90+

Jaipuria Institute of Management CMAT cut off 2026

260

80+

CMAT cutoff 2026 for Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME)

235

80+

KIIT School of Management (KSOM) CMAT cut off marks

242

99.2+

International School of Business and Media (ISBM) CMAT cutoff marks

255

80+

CMAT cut off for Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE)

260

80+

CMAT cut off 2026 for Chandragupt Institute of Management (CIMP)

245

80+

AIMS Institutes CMAT cut off

245

80+

SIES College of Management Studies (SIESCOMS) CMAT cutoff

250

80+

CMAT cut-off for Jagannath Institute of Management Studies (JIMS)

235

80+

CMAT cut off 2026 for Indus Business Academy (IBA)

250

80+

Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management (VJIM) CMAT cut off 2026

260

80+

ITM Business School, ITM Group of Institutions CMAT cutoff

260

80+

CMAT cut-off 2026 for Chetana’s Institute of Management and Research (CIMR)

258

80-85+

Acharya Bangalore Business School (ABBS) CMAT cut off

255

80+

SRM Institute of Science and Technology CMAT cut-off 2026

261

80+

CMAT cut off marks Asia Pacific Institute of Management

247

80+

CMAT cut off marks for Prestige Institute of Management

241

90

CMAT cutoff for GIM, Goa

-

90

CMAT cutoff for IRMA

-

  • Above 80 percentiles for Profile-cum-merit based Calls

  • Above 85 percentiles for Merit-based Calls

CMAT cutoff for NIMS Pune

-

85

CMAT Cutoff for SIMSREE

-

99.96

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