CMAT 2025 Exam Analysis (Available); Check Shift 1 & 2 Difficulty Level of Paper
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CMAT 2025 exam analysis by expert has been shared here. As per the paper analysis, the CMAT question paper 2025 was moderately difficult. Check below detailed CMAT 2025 analysis.
CMAT 2025 analysis
CMAT 2025 analysis - Candidates can check the CMAT exam analysis 2025 by experts to know difficulty level, topic wise distribution of questions, number of good attempts and expected cut offs.
CMAT 2025 exam slots were 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Test forms for both shifts were different from each other. CMAT 2025 question paper for Shift 1 was easy to moderate and so was Shift 2 question paper. Check below detailed CMAT 2025 exam analysis and expected cut offs for top CMAT accepting colleges.
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- CMAT 2025 Analysis: Highlights
- CMAT Exam Analysis 2025: Question Paper Breakup
- CMAT Exam Analysis 2025: Section Wise
- Expected CMAT 2025 Cut Offs for Admission
CMAT 2025 Analysis: Highlights
Check below key highlights of CMAT 2025 exam:
- CMAT 2025 difficulty level was moderate
- Each section of CMAT question paper had 20 questions carrying four marks each
- Quantitative Technique and Data Interpretation section was easy.
- Logical Reasoning and Language Comprehension sections were easy.
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship section was moderate.
- General Awareness section was moderate.
- Every question carries 4 marks
- There is negative marking of -1 for incorrect attempts
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CMAT Exam Analysis 2025: Question Paper Breakup
The CMAT 2025 question paper will have five sections, each carrying 20 questions. Check below the section-wise CMAT difficulty level:
| CMAT 2025 Sections |
Number of Questions |
Number of Good Attempts |
Difficulty Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation |
20 |
16-17 |
Easy |
| Logical Reasoning |
20 |
15-16 |
Easy |
| Language Comprehension |
20 |
15-16 |
Easy |
| General Awareness |
20 |
10-11 |
Moderate |
| Innovation & Entrepreneurship |
20 |
11-12 |
Moderate |
| Total |
100 |
70-75 |
Easy |
CMAT Exam Analysis 2025: Section Wise
CMAT 2025 Analysis: Quantitative Technique and Data Interpretation
The Quants section of CMAT 2025 was easy. There were 20 questions out of which 10 were from Arithmetic. There were 3 data interpretation questions based on pie chart. Some questions involved true-false statement. As per the CMAT 2025 paper analysis, around 16 – 17 attempts with 80% accuracy would be good in this section.
| Topics |
Details |
Number of questions |
|---|---|---|
| Arithmetic |
Time-speed-distance, Ratio-Proportion, Profit & Loss, SI-CI, Alligation and Mixtures |
10 |
| Geometry |
Triangles |
1 |
| Modern Math |
Probability |
2 |
| Numbers |
Surds & Indices |
2 |
| Algebra |
Quad equation, Linear equation |
2 |
| Data Interpretation |
Pie charts |
3 |
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CMAT 2025 Analysis: Logical Reasoning
Logical Reasoning section of today’s CMAT exam was easy. In this section of CMAT 2025, there were 16 non-verbal reasoning questions and 4 verbal reasoning questions. Questions were asked from topics like Directions, Cubes, Counting the number of squares, Linear Arrangements, Family tree and clocks, Assertion Reason, Strong/Weak Argument, Assumption, and Conclusion, etc. As per the CMAT 2025 paper analysis, around 15 – 16 attempts with 80% accuracy would be good in this section.
| Non Verbal Reasoning |
Number of Questions |
|---|---|
| Directions |
1 |
| Cubes |
2 |
| Counting the number of squares |
1 |
| Linear Arrangement |
1 |
| Family tree |
1 |
| Clocks |
1 |
| Numerical Puzzle |
1 |
| Misc |
1 |
| Logical venn diagram |
1 |
| Set theory |
1 |
| Number Series |
1 |
| Analogy based sequence |
1 |
| Word based Analogy |
1 |
| Odd one out |
1 |
| Alpha numeric |
1 |
| Verbal Reasoning |
Number of Questions |
| Assertion Reason; Strong/Weak Argument; Assumption; Conclusion |
4 |
CMAT 2025 Analysis: Language Comprehension
In the Language Comprehension section of CMAT 2025 there was only one RC passage, which made it easy. RC passage based questions were 2 and rest 18 questions were Grammar based - FIB, Replace underlined phrase, Passive voice, Cloze passage [3 blanks], Parajumbles, Jumbled sentence, Grammar (Compound Sentence, Articles, Noun-types), Sentence Correction, etc. In this section too, about 15-16 attempts with 80 percent accuracy will be considered good.
CMAT 2025 Analysis: General Awareness
All 20 questions in this section were from Static GK. Most of the questions were related to India from fields such as science, sports, Indian constitution, history, India and its culture. There were a few questions on international events. Overall, CMAT 2025 General Awareness was of medium difficulty and 10 to 11 attempts with 80 % accuracy would be considered a good attempt.
CMAT 2025 Analysis: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
As always, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship section of CMAT 2025 was of moderate difficulty. Questions were asked from topics such as Bootstrapping, Startup valuation, Fabian entrepreneur, Angel investment, Lean startup, Trademark, Feasibility analysis, etc). Only 1 question was based on Business GK. In this section 11 to 12 attempts with 80% accuracy will be considered good attempt.
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Expected CMAT 2025 Cut Offs for Admission
The CMAT 2025 cut offs for score accepting college are expected to not rise much. Check below expected CMAT cut offs 2025:
| Colleges Accepting CMAT score |
CMAT Expected Cut Off Percentiles |
|---|---|
| 99.9 |
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| 95-99 |
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| 95-99 |
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| 99 |
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| 95-99 |
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| 90-95 |
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| 95-99 |
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| 85 |
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| 80 |
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| 85 |
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| 85 |
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| 85 |
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| 85 |
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| 85 |
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| 80 |
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| 80 |
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| 80 |
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| 80 |
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| 85 |
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