IIM Kozhikode to Release CAT 2025 Answer Key and Response Sheet Today
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode, which is a conducting body of the CAT exam 2025, is releasing the CAT 2025 Response Sheet and Provisional Answer Key today on its official website. This is important news for over two lakh students who took the exam on November 30, 2025. Candidates can now check the answers they marked, estimate their scores, and raise objections if they find any mistakes in the answer key. The objection window will be open from 8 December to 10 December, 2025. Students can raise objection only through the official website. They need to select the question and section, choose the type of issue, and pay INR 1,200 for each question.
Candidates can use the response sheet, answer key and marking scheme to calculate their raw score in CAT exam. The CAT exam has both negative and positive marking. The CAT percentile score is calculated after the score is normalised. Because the CAT exam is held in three slots, IIM Kozhikode will adjust the scores of all candidates to make them fair and comparable.
Key Dates for CAT 2025 Answer Key Release
On November 30, 2025, the IIM CAT 2025 was held. Given below are the important dates for the release of the Answer Key, Response Sheets, and Objection window:
CAT Answer Key 2025 Highlights
- IIM Kozhikode releases the CAT official answer key for all three exam slots.
- The official answer key is released in two phases:
a. Provisional Answer Key
b. Final Answer Key
- If candidates discover any mistakes in the provisional answer key, they may object.
- IIM Kozhikode reviews all objections and prepares the final answer key.
- CAT scores are calculated using the final answer key.
- Candidates can access the official answer key on the IIM CAT website.
Step-by-Step Guide to Filing Objections for CAT 2025 Answer Key
Given below are the steps to raise objections against the CAT answer key:
Step 1: Visit the CAT exam website
Step 2: Access ‘Candidate Login’ by entering login details, like registration number and password.
Step 3: Click the tab ‘Objection Form’ inside the dashboard.
Step 4: Choose the section and question number against which you want to raise objection.
Step 5: Select the option among
- None of the options is correct
- More than one option is correct
- Answer key is incorrect
Step 6: Enter remarks up to 500 words and pay the objection fee to submit the form.
CAT Marking Scheme 2025
To calculate the CAT scores, IIM will use the following marking scheme:
