Confirmed! CAT 2020 Answer Key to be Released on December 8
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IIM Indore has announced CAT 2020 answer key release date. Candidates can download their CAT response sheets from December 8, 10 AM onward.
CAT 2020 answer key will be released on December 8 at 10 AM. IIM Indore has confirmed CAT answer key release date through an official notification. The window to raise objections on CAT 2020 answer key will be opened from December 8 to December 11 (till 5 PM).
“The objection management tab for CAT 2020 will be active from 10 am on December 8 till 5 pm on December 11, 2020. Candidates will be able to see the answer key as well as their individual responses to questions during this duration,” the notification said.
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Usually, the answer keys and response sheets of candidates are released within two to three days of CAT exam but this year it has been delayed.
The CAT answer key challenge fee is Rs 1,000 per question. CAT result 2020 will be declared in the second week of January 2021. The final CAT 2020 answer key will be released along with the result.
CAT 2020 Answer Key Dates
| Events |
Dates |
|---|---|
| CAT 2020 answer key release |
08-Dec-2020 (10 AM) |
| Process to raise objection begins |
08-Dec-2020 (10 AM) |
| Process to raise objection ends |
11-Dec-2020 ( 5PM) |
| Final CAT 2020 answer key and result declaration |
Second week of January, 2021 |
CAT 2020 exam was conducted on November 29 in three shifts at 430 exam centres in 156 cities across India. About 1.90 lakh candidates appeared for CAT 2020 amid COVID-19 pandemic. The CAT 2020 question paper was of moderate difficulty level. According to experts, the question paper of third slot was toughest of the three.
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