CAT 2025 Analysis, Expected Cutoff by CATKing; Check Slot 1 Paper Analysis
Common Admission Test 2025 ( CAT )
Exam On - 30 Nov '25
IIM Kozhikode conducts CAT exam in three slots. Get here CAT 2025 analysis by CATKing. CAT exam analysis by CATKing includes section-wise difficulty standards, expected cutoff, and more. By Sumit Singh Gandhi.
CAT 2025 Exam Analysis by CATKing
CAT 2025 Analysis by CATKing: IIM Kozhikode is conducti9ng CAT 2025 exam in three slots on November 30. CATKing will share question paper analysis for slot 1, 2, and 3 of CAT 2025 exam along with the expected CAT cutoff. CAT analysis by CATKing highlights the topic weightage, any surprise elements in CAT exam, and section wise CAT difficulty level.
CAT slot 1 exam has been concluded at 10:30 AM. CAT slot 1 exam analysis by CATKing is now out. As per CATKing, CAT 2025 overall difficulty was between 2023 and 2024, it was moderate but lengthy. VARC saw the return of parajumbles like before, RCs were lengthy hence looked scary but were doable. QA was dominated by Arithmetic and Algebra, a little more questions of geometry. DILR as predicted by CATKing had Spider chart, Routes and Network and Caselet based Questions. IIM K gave a fair exam on similar lines of 2023
Second slot of CAT exam will end at 2:30 PM. CAT slot 3 exam will conclude at 4:30 PM. CATKing releases CAT exam analysis for all three slots.
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- CAT 2025 Analysis by CATKing: Slot-wise Highlights
- CAT Slot 1 Analysis by CATKing
- Previous year’s CAT analysis by CATKing
CAT 2025 Analysis by CATKing: Slot-wise Highlights
CAT is conducted across three slots. CAT exam pattern remains the same across all three slots. However, the difficulty standards vary across all three slots of CAT exam. Check highlights of CAT 2025 exam analysis by CATKing below:
| CAT 2025 Particulars |
Slot 1 |
Slot 2 |
Slot 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total questions in CAT 2025 |
68 |
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| CAT 2025 exam difficulty |
Moderate | to be updated | to be updated |
| Section-wise question weightage |
VARC: 24 DILR: 22 QA: 22 |
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| Maximum marks |
204 | ||
| Good attempt |
to be updated |
to be updated |
to be updated |
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CAT Slot 1 Analysis by CATKing
As per the detailed exam analysis for CAT slot 1 exam by CATKing, The first slot was doable. In the LRDI section, two sets were doable. The overall difficulty level of CAT slot 1 exam was in between the difficulty standards of 2023 paper and 2024 exam. In VARC section, 2 RCs were doable. Attempting all four RCs were difficult. DILR had question based on spider chart, roots and network.
Previous year’s CAT analysis by CATKing
Check past year's CAT exam analysis and expected cutoff by CATKing:
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Analysis by CATKing |
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| CAT exam analysis 2024 |
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| CAT exam analysis 2023 |
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| CAT exam analysis 2022 |
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