CAT 2025 aspirants awaiting the official notification must be specifically wondering about whether the CAT exam pattern change. Read below to know more on CAT exam pattern 2025.
CAT exam pattern 2025: What to expect?
CAT 2025 notification is expected to be released anytime soon. With the release of official CAT notification 2025 and exam brochure the latest information on the exam will be known. The most important piece of information awaited by MBA aspirant is about changes in CAT exam pattern.
It is unlikely that the CAT exam pattern 2025 will be different from CAT exam pattern 2024. Last year, a IIM Calcutta conducted the exam and minor change was made in the CAT exam pattern with increase in the number of DILR questions. In CAT 2024, the total number of questions were 68 instead of 66 previously. An interesting change noticed was that there were no parajumble questions in VARC section.
IIM Kozhikode will be conducting the CAT 2025 and it may not change the overall pattern. However, change in topic wise weightage within the CAT sections cannot be ruled out.
CAT Exam Pattern 2025
Check the tentative CAT exam pattern 2025 based on previous year’s CAT question paper:
- Number of sections: 3
- Section names: VARC, DILR, QA
- Number of questions: VARC (24), DILR (22), QA (22)
- Total time limit: 120 minutes (extra time for PwD candidates)
- Sectional time limit: 40 minutes (extra time for PwD candidates)
- Marks per question: 3
- Negative marking: -1
- Question type: MCQ and TITA
Changes in CAT exam pattern over the years
To understand the evolution of CAT exam over the last few years, check below key changes in the CAT exam pattern:
| Year |
CAT questions |
CAT time duration |
CAT sections |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |
68 |
120 minutes |
QA, DILR, VARC |
| 2023 |
66 |
120 minutes |
QA, DILR, VARC |
| 2022 |
66 |
120 minutes |
QA, DILR, VARC |
| 2021 |
66 |
120 minutes |
QA, DILR, VARC |
| 2020 |
76 |
120 minutes |
QA, DILR, VARC |
| 2019 |
100 |
180 minutes |
QA, DILR, VARC |
| 2018 |
100 |
180 minutes |
QA, DILR, VARC |
| 2017 |
100 |
180 minutes |
QA, DILR, VARC |
| 2016 |
100 |
180 minutes |
QA, DILR, VARC |
| 2015 |
100 |
180 minutes |
QA, DILR, VARC |
| 2014 |
100 |
170 minutes |
QA & DI, LR & VARC |
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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.