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IIM Kozhikode is conducting CAT 2025 exam in three slots. Get here CAT 2025 question paper PDF for slot 1, 2, and 3.

CAT 2025 Question Paper PDF Download

CAT 2025 Question Paper PDF Download

CAT 2025 Question Paper PDF: IIM Kozhikode is conducting CAT 2025 exam in three slots. CAT official question paper PDF is not released by IIMs. However, response sheets indicate official CAT exam questions. Candidates will soon find official CAT question paper on the official website, iimcat.ac.in. The CAT 2025 question paper consists of 68 questions, distributed across three sections: VARC, DILR, and QA. Candidates can use CAT question paper PDF, answer key and response sheet to calculate their raw score.

Besides official CAT question paper, several coaching institutes publish CAT memory based questions with answers and exam analysis. Get CAT question paper PDF for slot 1, 2 and 3 here.

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Table of contents
  • CAT Question Paper PDF 2025 (Memory Based)
  • How to Download Official CAT Question Paper PDF?
  • CAT Question Paper Pattern 2025
  • CAT 2025 Analysis by Experts
  • Previous Year's CAT Question Paper

CAT Question Paper PDF 2025 (Memory Based)

Slot-wise link to download CAT question papers, answers and exam analysis are tabulated below:

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CAT Answer Key, Question Paper, & Exam Analysis

CAT 2025 Slot 1 answer key, question paper, and exam analysis

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CAT 2025 Slot 3 answer key, question paper, and exam analysis

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How to Download Official CAT Question Paper PDF?

IIMs do not share the CAT official question paper PDF. Candidates find question papers of their slotr while checking the response sheet. Soon after response sheets are out, CAT questions from all three slots are available online. Process to download CAT 2025 question papers is as follows:

  1. Visit CAT 2025 website, iimcat.ac.in
  2. Click login button from the homepage.
  3. Enter CAT login details, like registration number and password.
  4. Inside the dashboard, access CAT response sheet and answer key.
  5. Download CAT response sheet and check all questions that appeared in the exam.

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CAT Question Paper Pattern 2025

Table belkow indicates CAT question paper pattern 2025:

CAT Test Pattern Elements

CAT Exam Pattern

CAT exam mode

Computer-Based Test

CAT exam duration

120 minutes (divided equally across sections)

CAT exam slots

3 exam slots as mentioned below

  • Morning: 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
  • Afternoon: 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM
  • Evening: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Total questions in CAT exam

68

CAT sectional composition

3 sections with the following composition:

CAT total marks

204

CAT marking scheme

  • +3 marks for each correct response
  • -1 marks for each incorrect response (for MCQs only)
  • No negative marking for incorrect response in TITA type questions
  • No negative marking for unanswered questions

Question paper medium

English

Type of questions

MCQs and TITA (Type in The Answer) questions

CAT 2025 Analysis by Experts

Several coaching institutes like CATKing, Career Launcher, TIME, and IMS share CAT exam analysis soon after the exam. Check CAT exam analysis by experts here:

CAT Experts

CAT 2024 Analysis Page Links

CAT 2025 analysis by CATKing

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CAT 2025 analysis by Career Launcher

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CAT 2025 analysis by IMS

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CAT 2025 analysis by TIME

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Previous Year's CAT Question Paper

Candidates preparing for the upcoming CAT exam can use previous year question papers to analyse difficulty standards, important topics and more.

CAT Exam Session

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