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Category
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Details
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Exam Name
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Common Admission Test (CAT)
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Conducting Body
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Indian Institutes of Management, Kozhikode
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Official Website
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www.iimcat.ac.in
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Medium of exam
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English
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Exam Level
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National
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Frequency
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Annual
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Exam Mode
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Computer-Based Test (CBT)
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Number of Questions
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68
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Question Types
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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) & Type in The Answer (TITA)
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Selection Process
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CAT scores, Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD), and Personal Interview (PI) for some IIMs
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Score Validity
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1 year
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Number of IIMs Participating
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21 IIMs
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Other Institutes Accepting CAT Scores
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1000+ Prestigious management institutes and business schools in India
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CAT 2025 Important Dates & Timeline
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Important Dates
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CAT 2025 Notification Date
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27 July 2025
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CAT 2025 Registration Date
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01 August 2025 (10:00 AM)
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CAT 2025 Registration Last Date
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13 September 2025 (5:00 PM)
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CAT 2025 Exam Date
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November 30, 2025
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CAT 2025 Result Date
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1st week of January 2026 (Tentative)
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Mode of Examination
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Computer-based
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Medium of Examination
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English
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Slots for Exam
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3
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Total Questions
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68
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Questions Per Section
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VARC: 24
DILR: 22
QA: 22
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Time Allotted
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120 minutes (40 minutes per section)
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Type of Questions
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MCQs and TITA (Type In The Answer)
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Marks Awarded for Correct Answer
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+3 for every right answer
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Marks Deducted for Wrong Answer
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-1 for every wrong answer
No negative marking for TITA
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Syllabus
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Topics
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Verbal Ability Reading Comprehension
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Fill in the blanks, Para Jumbles, Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Sentence completion, Jumbled paragraphs, Verbal Logic, Different usage of the same word, Syllogisms, Parts of speech
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Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
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Seating Arrangement, Venn Diagram, Coding-Decoding, Binary Logic, Blood Relations, Syllogism, Direction Sense, Tables, Bars and Line Graphs, Puzzles, Family Tree, Assumptions, Pie Charts, Clocks and Calendars
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Quantitative Aptitude
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Ratios and Proportion, Work and Time, Algebra, Percentages, Mensuration, Time, Speed and Distance, Square Root and Cube Root, Number System, Simple interest and compound interest, Mean, mode, median, Binomial theorem, Geometric Progression, Surds and Indices
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IIMs
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CAT 2025 Expected Cutoff
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IIM Ahmedabad
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99-100 %ile
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IIM Bangalore
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99-100 %ile
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IIM Calcutta
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99 %ile
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IIM Lucknow
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97- 99 %ile
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IIM Indore
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97- 99 %ile
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IIM Kozhikode
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97 - 98 %ile
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IIM Amritsar
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95- 99 %ile
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IIM Nagpur
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95- 99 %ile
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IIM Sambalpur
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95- 99 %ile
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IIM Trichy
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93-94 %ile
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IIM Raipur
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92-94 %ile
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IIM Ranchi
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93-94 %ile
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IIM Kashipur
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92- 94 %ile
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IIM Vizag
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92- 93 %ile
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IIM Udaipur
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92-93 %ile
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IIM Bodhgaya
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90-92 %ile
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IIM Shillong
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90-92 %ile
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IIM Sirmaur
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93-95 %ile
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IIM Rohtak
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90- 95 %ile
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IIM Mumbai
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97+ %ile
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CAT Colleges
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Expected Cutoff
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FMS, Delhi
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98.20 %ile
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BITSOM
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94 %ile
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DMS, IIT Delhi
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98-99 %ile
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Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai
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90-95 %ile
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SJMSOM, IIT Bombay
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99-100 %ile
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Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad
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90- 99 %ile
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MDI Gurgaon
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95- 97 %ile
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IIM Mumbai
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95-99 %ile
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SPJIMR
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85-90 %ile
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XIMB
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90-99 %ile
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Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
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95-99 %ile
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TAPMI, Manipal
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85-90 %ile
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Exam Centres
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Test Cities
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Port Blair
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Andhra Pradesh
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Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore and Rajahmundry
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Arunachal Pradesh
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Itanagar
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Assam
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Dibrugarh, Guwahati and Silchar
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Bihar
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Aurangabad, Muzaffarpur, Patna and Purnea
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Chandigarh
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Chandigarh
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Chhattisgarh
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Bhilai and Raipur
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Delhi-NCR
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Panipat, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Delhi, New Delhi, Faridabad, Gurugram and Noida
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Goa
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Madgaon and Panaji
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Gujarat
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Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara
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Haryana
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Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Hisar, Palwal, Rohtak and Sonipat
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Himachal Pradesh
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Simla and Waknaghat
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Jammu and Kashmir
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Jammu, Samba and Kashmir
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Jharkhand
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Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur and Ranchi
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Karnataka
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Banglore, Belagavi (Belgaum), Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore and Udupi
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Kerala
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Ernakulam, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thrissur and Trivandrum
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Madhya Pradesh
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Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur and Sagar
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Maharashtra
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Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Raigad, Satara, Solapur, Thane, Ulhasnagar, Ahmednagar, Amravati, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Kolhapur and Mumbai
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Meghalaya
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Shillong
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Manipur
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Imphal
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Odisha
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Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur and Rourkela
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Puducherry
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Puducherry
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Punjab
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Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Ropar, Sangrur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh and Fatehgarh Sahib
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Rajasthan
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Ajmer, Alwar, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar and Udaipur
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Tamil Nadu
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Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Namakkal, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli and Tirunelvelli
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Telangana
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Hyderabad, Karim Nagar, Warangal
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Uttar Pradesh
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Gorakhpur, Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Varanasi, Agra, Allahabad, Barabanki, Bareilly and Ghaziabad
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Uttarakhand
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Dehradun, Roorkee
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West Bengal
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Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri, Asansol, Bankura, Burdwan and Durgapur
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Dadra
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Kohima
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Ladakh
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Leh
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu
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Silvassa
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Tripura
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Agartala
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Mizoram
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Aizawl
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The CAT 2025 is scheduled to be held on 30th November 2025, which falls on the last Sunday of November.
The official notification for CAT 2025 was released on July 29, 2025.
IIM Kozhikode is confirmed as the administering body for CAT 2025.
It is estimated that over 4 lakh aspirants will take the CAT 2025, given its significance as the entry point to 21 IIMs and other top business schools.
CAT 2025 will be conducted as a Computer-Based Test (CBT) in three slots, comprising three sections: VARC, DILR, and QA.
Candidates should have a bachelor's degree with a minimum score of 50% (45% for SC, ST, and PWD candidates) or an equivalent qualification. Final-year students can also apply, subject to meeting the degree requirement with the necessary scores upon graduation.
There is no age restriction for candidates taking the CAT exam; however, they must have completed their bachelor's degree.
The CAT 2025 will have a mix of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Type in The Answer (TITA) questions.
Post-CAT, selected candidates will undergo a selection process which may include a Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD), and Personal Interview (PI), particularly for admissions into various IIMs.
Candidates can apply for CAT 2025 by visiting the official website (www.iimcat.ac.in) when the registration opens, which starts from1st August 2025. Follow the online application process, upload the necessary documents, and pay the application fees to complete your registration.
The admit card for CAT 2025 will be available from November 5, 2025, to November 30, 2025. Registered candidates will be able to download it from the official CAT website by logging into their accounts.
CAT 2025 results are expected to be declared in the first week of January 2026. Aspirants can check their results on the official CAT website by logging in with their credentials.
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