CAT 2025 Response Sheet, Answer Key PDF Download: Slot 1, 2 & 3

IIM Kozhikode will release CAT 2025 response sheet and answer key within a few days of the exam date. Get here CAT 2025 response sheet and answer key for all three slots.

CAT 2025 Response Sheet and Answer Key PDF Download

CAT Response Sheet and Answer Key 2025: IIM Kozhikode will release CAT 2025 answer key and response sheet 2025. Several coaching institutes releases CAT unofficial answer key for all three slots immediately after the exam using memory-based questions. CAT memory based answer key indicates answers to most of the questions that appear in the CAT 2025 exam. 

CAT 2025 response sheet releases online on the official website, iimcat.ac.in. Candidates who took CAT exam can find answers marked by them in the response sheet PDF. CAT response sheet and answer key can be used to calculate the raw score and predict CAT percentile before declaration of results.

Scroll down to know all about CAT response sheet and answer key 2025, including how to download, memory based answers, and more.

Also Check: Slot Wise CAT Question Paper PDF

CAT Response Sheet and Answer Key Dates 2025

Schedule for release of CAT answer key and response sheet is as follows:

CAT Response Sheet PDF 2025

IIM Kozhikode will release CAT response sheet for all test takers inside their login dashboard. CAT response sheet mentions all answer options and the answer option that were marked by candidates on the CAT exam day. CAT response sheet inside your login dashboard will indicate the answers that were marked by you and will differ for every test taker.

Candidates can check these answers from the CAT answer key to evaluate performance in the CAT exam.

How to Download CAT 2025 Response Sheet?

Know how to download CAT response sheet below:

1. Visit CAT website, iimcat.ac.in
2. Click on the 'login' button
3. Enter registration number and password
4. Click to CAT response sheet link inside login dashboard

CAT Answer Keys 2025 - Unofficial

Several coaching insititutes that impart courses for CAT aspirants releases answer keys soon after the exam. CAT unofficial answer keys are based on questions shared by the candidates once they come out from the test centre. Unofficial answer keys are also termed as CAT memory based answer key. Candidates can use CAT memory based answer keys to evaluate their performance before release of CAT official answer keys.

CAT Memory Based Answer Key 2025

Find direct links to access CAT memory based answer key for all three slots below:

CAT Official Answer Key 2025

IIM Kozhikode releases CAT official answer key for all three slots. Official CAT answer key is released in two phases, proviosional and final. Candidates are allowed to raise objections against the CAT provisional answer key. Based on these objections, IIM will draft the CAT final answer key. IIM will calculate CAT scores using final answer key. Candidates find CAT answer key official on the IIM CAT website, iimcat.ac.in.

How to Challenge CAT Provisional Answer Key 2025?

Know how to raise objections against CAT answer key below:

1. Visit CAT exam website, iimact.ac.in.

2. Access ‘Candidate Login’ by entering log in details, like registration number and password.

3. Click the tab reading ‘Objection Form’ inside dashboard.

4. Choose section and question number against which you want to raise objection.

5. Select the option among

   • None of the options are correct

   • More than one option is correct

   • Answer key is incorrect

6. Enter remarks up to 500 words and pay the objection fee to submit the form

Calculating Score using CAT 2025 Response Sheet & Answer Key

Candidates can use response sheet, answer key and marking scheme top calculate their raw score in CAT exam. CAT exam has both negative and positive marking. CAT score calculated using marking scheme, response sheet and answer key is the raw score. Percentile score is calculated after the score is normalised.

Since CAT exam has three slots, IIM Kozhikode will normalise CAT scores of each candidate.

Also Check: CAT Score Normalisation Process

CAT Marking Scheme 2025

To calculate CAT scores, IIM will use the following marking scheme:

1. +3 marks for each correct response
2. -1 mark for each incorrect response
3. There is no negative marking for unattempted question.

CAT Raw Score = 3*(Number of correct responses) - 1*(Number of incorrect responses) 

CAT Score vs Percentile Analysis

The table below indicates CAT score and percentile analysis from previous sessions:

Also Check: CAT Score vs Percentile 2025

How is CAT Percentile Score Calculated?

Check process to calculate CAT percentile score is as follows:

1. Calculate number of test takers for CAT in all three slots. (can be denoted by N)
2. Assign a rank based on scaled score (normalised score) to all CAT test takers. (rank can be denoted by r)
3. Assign same rank to candidates with identical score.
4. Calculate percentile score using the formula (N -- r/ N)*100
5. CAT percentile is rounded off to two decimal points.

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