CAT 2025 Slot 3 Official Answer Key PDF (OUT), Question Paper Analysis Available
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CAT Slot 3 Answer Key PDF and Exam Analysis
CAT 2025 Slot 3 Answer Key PDF: IIM Kozhikode has released CAT slot 3 answer key 2025. Candidates can check CAT 2025 slot 3 answer key and response sheet to calculate their score and predict the percentile marks. Candidates who took the CAT exam were able to check the 2025 slot 1 unofficial answer key and exam analysis online. CAT slot 3 official answer key is avaialble inside login dashboard at iimcat.ac.in. IIM Kozhikode had allowed candidates to raise objections against CAT answer key. Scroll down to get CAT 2025 slot 3 answer key and question paper analysis of VARC, Quant, and DILR.
Also Check: CAT 2025 Question Paper PDF (Slot 1,2, & 3)
- CAT 2025 Official Answer Key (Slot 3 - OUT)
- CAT Slot 3 Exam Analysis 2025
- Section Wise CAT Slot 3 Paper Analysis 2025
CAT 2025 Official Answer Key (Slot 3 - OUT)
IIM Kozhikode releases official CAT answer keys for all three slots. Candidates who appear for third slot, find CAT slot 3 answer key inside their login dashboard. Candidates can calculate their score using CAT slot 3 answer key PDF, response sheet, and marking scheme. CAT slot 3 response sheet and answer key PDF will be out on the same day at iimcat.ac.in. Candidates will have to use their registration number and password to access CAT 2025 answer key and response sheet.
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Commonly asked questions
Difficulty level in CAT exam is not specific to any of the three slots. The difficulty level across slots may vary every year. Know how the CAT scores are normalised: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/understanding-cat-normalization-process-blogId-9386.
CAT question papers are released within a week of the exam in the form of a PDF as a response sheet and answer key. Response sheet hosts CAT exam questions and answers.
CAT has 68 questions. Each question carries three marks. There is negative marking of minus one for incorrect attempts. There is no deduction of marks for unanswered questions. Total marks in 204.
In CAT exam, each candidate gets 120 minutes to solve the paper. There are three sections in CAT Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude. For each section 40 minutes are allotted as sectional time limit. For PwD candidates, the sectional time limit is 53.20 minutes per section. Candidates have to complete each section within the given time limit. Since the CAT is an online mode exam, the test screen will move from first section to the next section automatically as soon as the time limit gets over. Thus candidates have to be mindful of the on-screen timer and pre-decide the number of questions to solve in each section. The Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension section of CAT has 24 questions, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning section has 22 questions and Quantitative Aptitude section has 22 questions. It is not mandatory to solve all the questions in CAT so candidates can devise a strategy to use 40 minutes per section as per their strength and weakness.
CAT Slot 3 Exam Analysis 2025
CAT exam analysis is released by top coaching institutes after all three slots. CAT slot 3 question paper analysis is out for VARC, Quant and DILR sections. Check key details of CAT slot 3 paper analysis 2025 below:
- Several candidates reported to have attempted not more than 8 questions in QA.
- Arithmetic had 8-9 questions.
- Calculation intensive question in QA.
- One set in LRDI on import export
- LRDI section was easy.
- Log question in quant was easy.
- Nearly 10 TITA questions in quant.
- 1 each question was from percentage and time and work.
- 2 questions from TDS.
- 1 question from number system.
- One set in LRDI was on circular arrangement.
- Parajumble, Para summary, Para completion, and odd sentence out had two questions each.
- Odd one out was tricky in all three slots.
- Slot 3 was difficult compared to slot 1 and 2.
- Similar pattern for VARC in all three slots.
- 500 - 550 word long RC appeared in slot 3 of CAT 2025
- One RC on ethics and AI.
- Out of 4 two RCs were difficult.
- There were 3-4 inferences based question in RC
- Assumption question was there in slot 3 RC
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Section Wise CAT Slot 3 Paper Analysis 2025
Find CAT 2025 section wise exam analysis for third slot below:
| CAT 2025 Slot 3 Sections |
Total Questions |
CAT Exam Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
24 |
Moderate |
| Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) |
22 |
Easy to moderate |
| Quantitative Aptitude (QA) |
22 |
Moderate |
| Overall |
68 |
Moderate |
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered Yesterday
No, according to the estimated data, you would need a CAT cutoff of atleast 94 percentile to be qualified for final admission offer. Note that this percentile is not official and is only an estimate, since the institute does not release the cutoff publicly.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 days ago
Yes, you can join IIM Kashipur without CAT, depending on the desired programme. You can get admission to any of the offered courses except MBA. Check the list below to know which exam is accepted for which programme.
- Executive MBA (EMBA): GMAT, IIM Kashipur EMAT (Executive Management Aptitude Test).
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 days ago
Candidates must maintain a dedicated formula sheet for properties of polygons, circle theorems, and mensuration formulas. Instead of memorising blindly, candidates must solve 15-20 problems for each sub-topic to understand how and when to apply each formula.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 3 days ago
It is technically possible to get 99 percentile in CAT Quants if a candidates obtains a perfect score in Arithmetic and Algebra. However, it can be highly risky as CAT exam often has Geometry questions aligned with Algebra or Coordinate systems. Sometimes candidates must know two different concepts
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 3 days ago
Triangles (properties, similarity, congruence, and theorems) is the most heavily tested sub-topic in CAT exam. Other high-yield areas include Circles (tangents, chords, and cyclic quadrilaterals), Mensuration (area and volume of 2D/3D shapes), and Coordinate Geometry.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 3 days ago
Geometry is a an important topic in the Quantitative Aptitude (QA) section. Candidates can typically expect 3 to 5 questions out of the 22 total QA questions, making up roughly 15% to 20% of the section.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 4 days ago
Candidates should first understand basic concepts, including divisibility rules, prime factorisation, HCF and LCM, and remainders. They should then solve topic-wise practice questions and previous years' CAT questions to improve accuracy and problem-solving speed.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 4 days ago
There is no fixed number of questions from the Number System in CAT. The number of questions varies across exam slots and years. Candidates should prepare the topic along with other important areas of Quantitative Aptitude.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 4 days ago
Yes, the Number System is an important topic for CAT Quantitative Aptitude. Questions may test concepts such as divisibility, remainders, factors, and properties of integers. Candidates should also practise applying these concepts to different question types.
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