CAT 2025 Analysis, Expected Cutoff by CATKing; Check Slot-wise Paper Analysis

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 conducted CAT 2025 exam in three slots on November 30. CATKing has released question paper analysis for all three slots. CAT analysis highlights the topic weightage, any surprise elements in CAT exam, and section wise CAT difficulty level.

CAT slot 1 and 2 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.

CAT analysis by CATKing indicates slot 2 was easier than first slot. CAT slot 2 question paper was as per the prediction. Candidates found RC topic on fishes and AI as well. The RC passages were looking lengthy but were doable.

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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:

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CAT Slot 2 Analysis by CATKing

CAT slot 2 was found ot be moderately difficult. If compared with CAT 2024, slot 3 of CAT 2025 was tough, however exam was easier than CAT 2023. Candidates found VARC to be scoring. DILR was tougher than expecter. On the other hand, QA was challenging but doable. DILR from Slot 2 of CAT 2025 was wasy with three sets doable. 

Section Wise CAT Slot 2 Exam Analysis by CATKing

VARC: Out of four RCs, three were doable, whereas one was difficult. Candidates found 2 TITA questions having parajumble questions. Para summary, Paracompletion, and Odd one out had 2 questions each.

DILR: As per CAT analysis by CATKing, DILR was the lengthiest section with heavy data handaling. Out of five sets in DILR, three were doable, one was moderate, whewreas one was on the tougher side.  Those who have been solving sets in mocks daily practicing and prepared well essentially were able to attempt 3 sets.

QA: Quant in Slot 3 was tougher than 2024 exam and easier than 2023 exam. Candidates found the questions to test conceptual knowledge. Many reported the questions in QA to be calculation heave. AP-GP, Geometry, Time & work were among important topics in the section. Candidates did not find any question on probability in second slot of CAT 2025 exam. As per CATKing analysis of CAT slot 2 exam, candidates who attempted 10-12 questions in QA can score good marks.

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.

"If slot 1 sets the tone for CAT 2025, we may be in for a year of examinations that valie thinking stamina as much as raw aptitude" 

Section Wise CAT Slot 1 Exam Analysis by CATKing

VARC: There were lengthy passages, while these had friendly logic. Initially the VARC section was looking intimidating as it had dense topics, lengthy passages, and parajumbles (which were dumped in previous session). However, once candidates started attempting questions, the passages felt easy as eliminating incorrect options led to an answer quickly. There were three questions from parajumbles, two question for para summary, one question for odd one out, and two para completion questions. CAT VARC analysis by CATKing indicated that VARC was easier than it looked and had a moderate difficulty level.

DILR: Questions came in as per the prediction. Candidates found question sets from spider charts, networks, route, etc. There werre four sets in LRDI with two doable and two having moderate difficulty.

Four sets in DILR included:

• Spide/Radar chart + Bar graph - doable
• Circular arrangement with movement: moderately difficult and required careful tracking
• Traditional table-based analytical puzzle: moderately difficult
• Routes and network puzzles: classic CAT-style set

Only one set of all wasd found to be doable others were easy to moderate. LRDI sets were not tricky but were lengthy. As per CAT slot 1 analysis by CATKing, good attempt in LRDI was attempting 2 sets completly and a part of third set. Overall, LRDI section was tougher than 2024, but was fair and predictable.

Quant: This section had usual weightage with Arithmetic on heavier side and focused on concepts. There was a noticeable rise in Geometry questions and some well structured Algebra questions. Arithematic had 7-8 questions, Algebra had a moderate presence, Geometry had slighly higher weightage than last year. CAT slot 1 analysis by CATKing also reported a mixture of TSD, Progression with Time and Work. There was a distance problem based on TSD and AP. Time and Work problem had 'man-hours' logic. The overalll difficulty of CAT QA section reported by CATKing was moderate with aq 10-12 attempts to be decent. Students did not find anything out of the syllabus. As per CATKing the section was scoreable if a candidfate had good fundamentals. 

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Sumit Singh Gandhi, CEO Founder CATKing Educare. He completed his MBA from SPJIMR and is a Master of Information Technology from Virginia Tech. He has also pursued SPNM from Havard Business School. Among numerous awards, he's been honoured with Digital Indian of the Year 2016 and Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2015.