CAT Answer Key 2024 Updates: Response sheet released at iimcat.ac.in

The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta will today start the objection window for the provisional answer key of the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2024. Students can visit the official website and log in using credentials like registration number, date of birth and Captcha code to raise objections on the CAT answer key.

The objection management window will close on December 5 at 11: 55 pm. The official website of the CAT says that the objection window will open today at 6 pm, however, there is no information on whether the window is open or not.

Students can access their responses using login credentials like registration number, date of birth and password followed by Captcha Code.

In order to ensure fairness and equity in the comparison of the performances of candidates across different test sessions, the scores of candidates shall be subjected to a process of Normalisation. The Normalisation process shall adjust for location and scale differences of score distributions across different forms. After normalisation across different forms, the scores shall be further normalised across different sections. The Scaled Scores obtained by this process shall be converted into percentiles for purposes of shortlisting, read the website.

Students can check and download the provisional answer key from the official website — iimcat.ac.in.

Applicants get a call from IIMs for the next rounds of admission on the basis of the CAT cut-off for various IIMs and based on the preferences made by applicants. The shortlisted candidates are called for the next rounds of selection by the respective IIMs which normally include the writing ability test (WAT), personal interview (PI) and group discussion (GD).

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Mumbai (formerly NITIE) is inviting applications for admissions to the MBA Program in Sustainability Management. The programme is aimed at empowering leaders who are ready to drive positive environmental and social change.

A candidate with a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50 per cent marks (45 per cent for SC/ST/PwD candidates) is eligible to apply for the programme. The last date to register for the programme is January 31, 2025 via CAT 2024 scores.

Candidates who have successfully completed the test shall be provided with the option to raise objections, if any, to the answer keys, through the Objection Management link on the CAT website using the CAT application login id and password. This facility is available only during the below specified time window.

Objection Management window Opens: 3 December at 06.00 PM

Objection Management window Closes: 5 December at 11.55 PM

No, the answer key is not yet out. This is what the website of CAT says about the objection window,

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad on Monday completed its cluster three of summer placements for the PGP class of 2026. Around 60 firms participated in the summer placement including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) with nine offers, followed by Adobe, Tata Steel and Silver Consumer at five offers.

Other companies that participated in the IIM Ahmedabad campus placement cluster 3 were: Microsoft, Sprinklr, Salesforce, Innovapptive, Ola, Practus, Black Brix, Suzuki Japan, Saint Gobain, Tata Steel, Forbes Marshall, Thyssenkrupp, Italica Granito, FinIQ Consulting, HDFC Ergo, Axis Bank, IIFL, SMBC, Next Bharat Ventures, Samsung Electronics, Boult Audio, Zaggle and Progcap among others.

Meanwhile, in cluster one, the firms that participated comprised six cohorts management consulting, transformation and operations consulting, advisory consulting, cards and financial advisory, investment banking and markets, and PE/VC, asset management and hedge funds. The process was conducted in hybrid mode with companies joining in online as well as offline mode.

Of the 2.93 lakh candidates who appeared for the exam, 1.07 lakh were female candidates, 1.86 lakh were male candidates, and five were transgender candidates.

Around 2.93 lakh candidates appeared for the exam out of 3.29 lakh registered eligible candidates.

Candidates will be awarded three marks for each correct option in the multiple choice question, whereas one mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer.

Step 1 – Go to the official website – iimcat.ac.in

Step 2 – Navigate to the option, “CAT 2024 Answer key”, available on the homepage

Step 3 -- Enter your user id and password in the designated field to login

Step 4 -- On new window, the answer key pdf will be displayed on the candidate screen

Step 5 -- Save and download your answer key for future reference.

Candidates are informed that iimcat.ac.in is the only authentic website for CAT 2024, as has been publicly advertised, and there is no other website for information.

The provisional answer key will be released today. however the Institute has not updated on the time when the answer key will be out