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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

    This Story also Contains

    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?

    Here are one of the CMAT 2026 memory based question

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    Jan 30, 12.00PM : CMAT 2026 Answer Key

    Here are one of the CMAT 2026 memory based question

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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

    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.

    CMAT 2026 Answer Key

    Click here for the CMAT 2026 Answer Key PDF

    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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