CAT 2019 Objection Form: Final Objections Examined - No Change in CAT Answers - IIMs Expert Panel
No change in any official answer of the CAT 2019 questions in any section, has been made by IIM Kozhikode after examining all the objections received from CAT 2019 test takers. The CAT Objection form to challenge the official CAT answer keys was made live at official CAT exam website. The last date to challenge the answer key with CAT 2019 objection form was December 6, 2019 till 5 PM. No changes were allowed after submission of your CAT objection form.
Expert panels of IIMs have examined all the objections received from the CAT test takers in regard to the official answers to the CAT 2019 test questions. No substance was found that could necessitate any change in the official answers. IIM Kozhikode has clarified, “The objections received against questions in CAT 2019 were carefully examined by the expert panels. The answer key remains unchanged after careful examination of the various objections that had been received and examined by the expert panels.”
IIM Kozhikode has now proceeded to prepare the final CAT 2019 exam result which is expected on January 7, 2020 instead of second week of January 2020.
The CAT 2019 objection form to challenge the official CAT answer keys was made live at official CAT website. The last date to challenge the answer key with CAT 2019 objection form was December 6, 2019 till 5 PM. No changes were allowed after submission of your CAT objection form. An objection fee of Rs.1200/- to challenge each official answer key was prescribed by IIM Kozhikode. You could raise only one objection at a time.
Important Instructions to Raise Objection to CAT Official Answers
Read the instructions given below very carefully, before filling the CAT objection form. Please note that the Fields marked with * are mandatory to be complied with
- You should check the Question Id from the Question Paper PDF available beside the "Candidate Response" tab.
- Please ensure that the Question Id is as per the Question Paper PDF only.
- After you have filled all the required fields such as Section Name, Question Id etc., you should click on "Pay & Submit" button to complete the payment process and submit the objection successfully.
- Applicable fee is Rs. 1200* per CAT objection. This fee does not include transaction Processing Fee and applicable GST (if any).
- CAT Objection fee (excluding transaction charges) will be refunded in case your objection is found valid by CAT expert panel
- Objections once submitted cannot be edited later
- Only one objection can be raised at a time.
Please note that the response of the CAT 2019 examination authority will be treated as final against the objections raised. In case this process leads to any change in the evaluation mechanism, the decision taken by the concerned authority will be treated as final. Wherever applicable, the indicated mark of 1 for wrong answer is the mark deducted for incorrect answer.
How to challenge and Submit CAT Objection Form
You need to login at CAT official website, click on the objection form, Click on the plus icon to proceed with submitting the CAT objection and after submitting the CAT objection form, click on refresh icon to view the number of objections submitted
Step by Step process to Raise & Submit CAT 2019 Objections
The step by step process to raise objection to CAT answer key is as below:
Step-1: Login to official CAT website with your CAT login ID and password
Step-2: Click on the CAT Objection Form and then click on + icon on right hand side of the screen. It will open the CAT objection form submission page
Step-3: Read the instructions, fill up the CAT objection form accordingly, pay the objection fee and Submit
Last date to Submit CAT Objection Form: December 6, 2019
IIM Kozhikode has given 3 days time to raise and submit CAT objection form against the official responses. The deadline to submit the CAT 2019 objection form is December 6, 2019 at 5 P.M.
The CAT objection form has to be submitted online with online payment of objection form fee @ Rs.1200/- per objection
Before Submitting CAT Objection, Download your Response sheet
IIM Kozhikode has already released the CAT 2019 Slot 1 and slot 2 response sheet separately to enable the CAT exam takers to file objection to the responses which are considered wrong by the IIMs. You should download the CAT 2019 response sheet, related questions before raising objections to CAT official answers:
- Log on to CAT official website and Submit your CAT Login and User ID on “Login"
- Your Personal CAT Page will appear. This has 2 tabs:
Applicant Details - Candidate Response
- Your Personal CAT Page will appear. This has 2 tabs:
- Click on candidate response and your CAT questions & answers with official answers are downloaded. Before raising objection, you should check here the CAT 2019 responses, questions, your response status, and the correct responses to the respective question.
After downloading your CAT response sheet for the slot in which you appeared in the CAT exam and checking each question, its response status and the correct response option marked in green by IIM Kozhikode, you should take decision whether to raise and submit CAT objection form. If you have any doubt on official CAT response sheet to any question in your slot of CAT exam, you can submit your doubts in the ‘Objection Form’. But remember, there is a cost of Rs.1200/- per objection filing objection to the CAT official responses
The complete document contains CAT 2019 responses with questions. This contains all responses with Questions that appeared to you in your slot of CAT exam with official correct solutions. Response Sheet contains your own marked solutions in the CAT exam for the respective slot.
CAT 2019 exam was conducted on November 24, 2019 by IIM Kozhikode in two sessions. The candidates who appeared in morning session can check the slot 1 CAT 2019 answers and file objections and the candidates who appeared in afternoon session can check the slot 2 CAT 2019 answers to raise objection.
Only Actual Exam Takers can Submit CAT objection form
Only the candidates who have appeared in CAT 2019 are able to check and download the CAT 2019 Response sheet along with the test paper and can file objection. These candidates can verify their responses with the CAT 2019 official response sheet for their slot. They can raise objection and can send the CAT 2019 slot wise response sheet with objection form. CAT 2019 response sheet with test paper Pdf has been released for all type of questions MCQs & Non-MCQs that appeared in CAT exam 2019.
To bring more transparency and to enable the CAT test takers, to find out where they have gone wrong, the CAT exam conducting IIM releases the official CAT response sheet with CAT Objection form. The CAT response sheet pdf and CAT objection form was released for the first time for the 2017 CAT exam suggesting the CAT exam takers to submit their queries and objections in case they were not satisfied CAT official responses.
IIM Kozhikode has advised that 209,926 out of total 244,169 registered candidates have taken the CAT exam marking an absentee of 14.02% on November 24, 2019 in two slots. The expected cut off for 99 percentile as has been perceived by the CAT experts at MBAUniverse.com, CL, IMS is 155-162 marks overall.
Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more updates on CAT 2019