CAT Exam Analysis 2025 will be released by various coaching institutes. The exam analysis of CAT 2025 will be released immediately after the exam for students. The CAT 2025 exam will be conducted by IIM Kozhikode on November 30, 2025 and the exam is expected to be moderate to difficult. Various topics will be assumed to be covered in all sections of the CAT paper 2025. Candidates can check the exam analysis of CAT 2025 here just after the exam. In this article, we will cover an in-depth discussion on the difficulty level of the paper sections, exam pattern, topic weightage, number of good attempts and the CAT cut-offs section.
Previous Year’s CAT Exam Analysis
The sectional evaluation of last year’s CAT was different. The total marks of the CAT were 204. The question type in the CAT 2025 is expected same as last year. Go through the below table to check the section-wise evaluation of the previous year’s CAT exam.
| CAT Section | Number of Questions | Total Marks |
| VARC | 24 | 72 |
| DILR | 22 | 66 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 22 | 66 |
| Total | 68 | 204 |
Section Wise CAT Exam Analysis – Previous Year
The previous year’s CAT exam analysis has been shared slot-wise. In 2024, there were 22 questions in DILR that can impact the score calculation. However, the overall CAT difficulty level was moderate, but cut-offs were stagnant.
| CAT Section | Number of Good Attempts | Perfect Score Attempt |
| VARC | 14 to 16 | 40 |
| DILR | 10 to 11 | 32 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 10 | 35 |
| Total | 36 | 90 |
CAT Exam Analysis – VARC
Entertainment or Netflix, Australian Spices and Craftsmanship, Utility & Human Economics. The corresponding question and passages were simple. Each passage had four questions with sentence completion questions, parasummary and an odd sentence.
CAT Exam Analysis – DILR
The previous year’s CAT section had various sets on Candlestick – Games, Share-Based and Tournament, Bar Graph – Blogger-Based, Bar Graph – Set Theory-Based and Caselet – Percentage Based.
CAT Exam Analysis – Quantitative Aptitude
Algebra, Arithmetic, Number System, and Modern Math were featured in this section. The questions were from Indices, Log, Equations, Maxima-Minima, Sequence & Series, Algebraic Expression, SI-CI, TSD, T& W, Mixture, PLD, Averages, P&C, Ratios, Cuboid/Square, Coordinate Geometry.
Previous Year’s CAT Score vs Percentile
Candidates must understand that MBA admission via CAT depends on the percentile and not the marks. It means that their performance must not be ultimate but better than others. The table given below will assist you to evaluate how much a raw CAT score transforms into the CAT percentile.
| CAT Percentile | VARC Mark | DILR Mark | QA Mark | Total Score |
| 99.99 percentile | 48 | 36 | 40 | 102 |
| 99.5 percentile | 44 | 32 | 30 | 89 |
| 99 percentile | 40 | 28 | 27 | 80 |
| 98 percentile | 36 | 25 | 23 | 71 |
| 95 percentile | 30 | 19 | 18 | 57 |
| 90 percentile | 25 | 16 | 15 | 9 |
| 85 percentile | 21 | 13 | 12 | 40 |
| 80 percentile | 19 | 11 | 10 | 36 |
| 75 percentile | 17 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 70 percentile | 15 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
Expected Cut-offs and Percentiles
The expected CAT cut-offs for the best MBA colleges and IIMs may be a little bigger because of the paper’s balanced difficulty. Preliminary evaluation of CAT shows.
- A good attempt for 99 plus percentile can be around 120 to 12 marks out of 204.
- Almost 58 to 61 scores may bring the 95th percentile and 50 to 51 marks the 90th percentile.
- Percentile assumptions may differ based on your exam slots and overall candidate performance.
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