CAT Exam
CAT is the Common admission test conducted every year. Every year, this exam has been conducts in computer mode. There are more than 500 centres in India that conduct this exam every year. It is conducts in 3 slots.
CAT entrance exams has been conducts in 3 sections include VARC (Verbal Ability Reading Comprehension, DILR ( Data Interpretation Logical Reasoning) & QA (Quantitative Ability). The official exam notification will released in July 2025 and give the complete information about the exam to students. Check CAT 2025 details to know CAT 2025 registration date , exam date, exam pattern, admit card, cut off marks, etc. The application forms for CAT 2025 Exam will starts in august 2025, and allow candidates to become eligible for this entrance exam. Here are the CAT exam details you should know
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Category |
Details |
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Exam Name |
Common Admission Test (CAT) |
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Conducting Body |
Indian Institutes of Management, Kozhikode (Expected) |
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Official Website |
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Medium of exam |
English |
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Exam Level |
National |
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Frequency |
Annual |
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Exam Mode |
Computer-Based Test (CBT) |
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Selection Process |
CAT scores, Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD), and Personal Interview (PI) for some IIMs |
CAT Exam Pattern
The candidates who are preparing for exam should know about latest CAT exam pattern. It helps the students to cover every subject and save their time and effort. According to the exam pattern, there are total 66 MCQ questions are asked in this exam. The exam duration is 120 minutes. There are the 3 sections in this exam. Candidates can get 40 minutes to finish every section. If the candidate are unable to finish the first section within 40 minutes, then the next section starts automatically
Here are the section-wise exam pattern given below will help you in CAT preparation
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Section |
Marks |
Time Limit |
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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
24 questions x 3 Marks for the right answer |
40 minutes (fixed) |
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Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) |
20 questions x 3 Marks for the right answer |
40 minutes (fixed) |
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Quantitative Ability (QA) |
22 questions x 3 Marks for the right answer |
40 minutes (fixed) |
CAT Exam Eligibility
The students who want to appear in this exam should meet the CAT exam eligibility criteria.
- A candidate must have the bachelor degree from the any stream with 50 % passing marks for general and NC-OBC categories.
- The candidates of SC, ST and PWD category need to achieve 45% marks in bachelor to become eligible for management courses in top CAT Colleges.
- Candidate who are in final year of graduation are also eligible to appear in CAT.
- If the candidate has a professional degree in CS/CA/ICWA/FIAI, then they are also eligible for this paper.
- There is no age limit set for CAT, so you do not need to meet your age requirements
CAT 2025 Exam Dates
According to the CAT notification 2025, it is expected that the exam will conducts on 30 November, 2025. Moreover, here are the important CAT 2025 dates you should know for better CAT preparation
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Events |
Dates (Expected) |
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Release of CAT 2025 notification |
30 July 2025 |
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CAT 2025 registration start date |
2 August, 2025 |
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CAT 2025 registration last date |
21 September, 2025 |
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CAT 2025 application correction date |
September 25-28, 2025 |
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CAT 2025 admit card release date |
7 November, 2025 |
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CAT 2025 exam date |
30 November, 2025 |
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CAT 2025 answer key release date |
5 December, 2025 |
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CAT 2025 results date |
21 December, 2025 |
Top CAT Colleges
There are many Top MBA colleges in India that accept CAT scores. Check CAT 2025 details on the list of colleges with the CAT 2024 Cut-offs for IIMs that give admission to students in management courses.
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Name of the College |
CAT Cutoffs (Tentative) percentile |
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Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad |
99-100 |
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Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore |
99-100 |
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Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kolkata |
99 |
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Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow |
97-98 |
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Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi |
98-99 |
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Indian Institute of Management, (IIM) Kozhikode |
97-98 |
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National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai |
86-97 |
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Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai |
81-90 |
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Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi |
— |
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Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai |
96 |
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee-Indian Institute of Information Technology And Management (ABV-IIITM), Gwalior |
70-80 |
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Indian Institute of Management, Indore |
97-98 |
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Vinod Gupta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur |
80-90 |
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Dept. of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi |
90 |
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Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai |
86-88 |
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Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur |
92-94 |
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Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli |
94-95 |
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Indian Institute of Management, Raipur |
94-95 |
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Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi |
94-95 |
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MHRM Department of Humanities and Social Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur |
85-87 |
CAT Exam Fee
The candidates who wants to sit in CAT exam should pay the CAT Exam fee. This fees are vary according to the category of candidates. For example, the general category candidates need to pay Rs 2400 fees. The category of SC/ST/PwD candidates need to pay Rs 1200 fees, through online payment modes. They can pay this fees by credit card, debit card, net banking payment modes. It is non-refundable exam fees
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Mode of Payment |
Credit card, Debit card, Net banking |
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General/ EWS/ NC-OBC |
Rs. 2400/- |
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SC/ ST PwD |
Rs. 1200/- |
CAT Exam Syllabus
The exam authority has set the CAT Exam syllabus. The syllabus is breakdown in three sections , data interpretation and logical reasoning, verbal ability and reading comprehension, and quantitative analysis. Here are the comprehensive CAT syllabus that prepares the students according to the CAT exam pattern
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Section |
Topics |
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Quantitative Ability (QA) |
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Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) |
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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
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