CAT 2025 Result LIVE: Final answer key out for 2.58 lakh at iimcat.ac.in; cut-offs, top MBA colleges

CAT Result Date 2025: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode has published the Common Admission Test (CAT 2025) final answer key 2.58 lakh MBA aspirants. Candidates can access the CAT final answer key online at iimcat.ac.in. The CAT exam results are expected to be announced soon; however, IIM Kozhikode has officially announced the result date as the first week of January 2026.

The IIM CAT final answer key will include the CAT 2025 registration number, the candidate’s name, date of birth, exam date, slot, timings, question data, candidate's response, and the correct answer for each question. The provisional CAT 2025 answer key was published on December 4, and the objection window was closed on December 10, 2025. The CAT 2025 was conducted on November 30, 2025, by the IIM Kozhikode in three slots for admission to MBA and other management courses.

Candidates who qualified for the CAT 2025 will have to appear in three stages of the selection process, including a written ability test (WAT), a personal interview (PI) round, and a group discussion (GD). The CAT 2025 final selection for the MBA, PGDM, and PGP programmes is based on composite scores (which differ for each IIM).

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CAT 2025 Result: Final answer key details

The candidates raised a total of 187 objections across 3 sections and 3 shifts, out of which only one objection was accepted. Check the table below for detailed information.

CAT 2025 aspirants reported that while the DILR and VARC sections were manageable across all three CAT exam slots, the Quant section in slot 3 was the most challenging, featuring arithmetic-heavy and calculation-intensive questions. Students in slots 1 and 2 said their exams went smoothly, but slot 3 proved significantly tougher, particularly in Quant.