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IIM CAT Final Answer Key 2025: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode, which conducted the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2025, has released the final answer keys on December 17, with result-scorecards expected to follow soon. The CAT 2025 was held on November 30, across multiple shifts.
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Following the release of the provisional answer keys, the IIM-K opened the objection window from December 8 to December 10, allowing candidates to challenge any discrepancy in the answers.
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During this window, a total of 187 objections were received across all three sections, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Quantitative Ability (QA), covering all three shifts of the examination.
| Section | Assessment shift | Number of objections | Decision on objections |
| Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) | Shift 1 | 4 | No change |
| Shift 2 | 1 | No change | |
| Shift 3 | 6 | No change | |
| Quantitative Ability (QA) | Shift 1 | 113 | One objection accepted |
| Shift 2 | 0 | No change | |
| Shift 3 | 2 | No change | |
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) | Shift 1 | 22 | No change |
| Shift 2 | 26 | No change | |
| Shift 3 | 13 | No change | |
| Total | 187 | ||
IIM Kozhikode stated that all objections were reviewed by panels of subject experts constituted for CAT 2025. After a detailed examination of the challenges submitted by candidates, only one objection, related to the Quantitative Ability section in Shift 1, was accepted. All other objections were found to be without merit, and no changes were approved for the remaining questions across sections and shifts.
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The institute clarified that the final answer keys will be released on December 17, and will be the basis for evaluation and preparation of CAT 2025 results, which are expected to follow subsequently.