CAT 2021 Response Sheet Released: Download from iimcat.ac.in; Check Your Responses, Calculate score and Get Best MBA Options

IIM Ahmedabad has released the CAT 2021 Response sheet for Slot 1, slot 2 and slot 3 separately for the CAT 2021 exam. You can download your CAT 2021 Response sheet from official CAT website iimcat.ac.in, by login with your CAT login ID and password. CAT Convener Prof M P Ram Mohan had earlier shared with MBAUNiverse.com that the CAT response sheet will be made available this week.

The CAT 2021 response sheet contains your responses that you marked in CAT question paper and correct official responses from IIMs. You can check CAT responses 2021 for all Slots – Slot 1, Slot 2, Slot 3 on CAT official website IIMCAT.ac.in. CAT response sheet Pdf remains available for download for two days.

Once you download your CAT response sheet for your slot and check the same, you may calculate your score and expected percentile in CAT exam. This will help you to check your shortlisting chances for admission 2022 in IIMs and other top B-schools accepting CAT score. In case you are not satisfied with the CAT answers by IIMs, you can file objection to the responses which are considered wrong by the IIMs. 

CAT 2021 Response Sheet Release Date, Time and Last Date
Below are the CAT 2021 Response Sheet Date, objection filing date and final response date

CAT Exam Response Sheet 2021 Activity	Important Dates
CAT 2021 Response Sheet Release Date	December 8, 2021
Last Date to Check & Download CAT Response Sheet 2021	December 11, 2021
CAT 2021 Response sheet Date Closing Time	5.00 PM
Last date & time to challenge and file objection form to CAT exam response sheet 2021	December 11, 2021 till 5.00PM
From where to Download CAT Response sheet 2021	IIMCAT.ac.in (CAT official website)

What to do with CAT Response Sheet 2021?
You should first download the CAT exam 2021 response sheet, view your responses, compare them with official CAT response sheet released by IIMs, and then decide whether to challenge and file objection form to CAT 2021 official responses. IIMs have advised the candidates to fill up the CAT exam response sheet objection form only for those responses which they consider as 100% correct as the fee paid to challenge the official responses of IIMs will be forfeited, if the objections to CAT responses are not found valid.   

CAT 2021 exam was conducted on November 28, 2021 by IIM Ahmedabad in three sessions. 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 exam questions and the responses which were marked by the candidates. Th CAT 2021 Official response sheet offers opportunity to the CAT test takers to check their responses viz-a-viz the correct official responses. In case they are not satisfied with the CAT 2021 official responses released by IIM Ahmedabad, they can challenge these responses. The CAT 2021 response sheet is released for actual CAT 2021 test takers only.

The CAT response sheet pdf was released for the first time for the 2017 CAT exam alongwith an objection form suggesting the CAT exam takers to submit their queries and objections in case they were not satisfied CAT official responses. 

Verify your Responses with CAT 2021 Official Responses
Only the candidates who have appeared in CAT 2021 are able to check and download the CAT Response sheet 2021 along with the test paper. These candidates can verify their responses with the CAT 2021 official response sheet for their slot. They can raise objection and can send the CAT exam response sheet 2021 with objection form. CAT response sheet 2021 with test paper Pdf will be released for all type of questions MCQs & Non-MCQs that appeared in CAT exam 2021.

Browser to be Used for CAT 2021 Response Sheet Download
Since there is heavy rush of the test takers who wish to check the CAT exam responses on the CAT 2021 response sheet release date, it is advisable to open the CAT 2021 website in mozila firefox with the recommended version to get faster navigation through the page. After completing the  CAT response sheet 2021 download, please check and compare your CAT responses and official CAT response sheet before filing the objection queries on  CAT 2021 website,

Eligibility to Check CAT Response Sheet 2021
The CAT response sheet is available for view and download only for the CAT 2021 test takers who have actually taken the CAT exam on November 28, 2021.

The candidates who appeared in morning session can check the slot 1 CAT 2021 response sheet, the candidates who appeared in afternoon session can check the slot 2 CAT exam response sheet 2021 and the candidates who appeared in the evening session can check the slot 3 CAT exam response sheet 2021.

If you have appeared in Slot 1, you are not eligible to check CAT 2021 Slot 2 response sheet and if you have appeared in Slot 2, you are not eligible to view and check CAT 2021 Slot 3 response sheet.

Alongwith the CAT 2021 response sheet, there will an objection form to raise objection in case the CAT test taker is not satisfied with CAT official response sheet published on the official CAT exam website. The CAT response sheet can be accessed with CAT login ID and Password.

Check following important links related to CAT Answer Key Release:
CAT Score Vs Percentile | Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT 2021 | MBA Admission 2022: Last Date to apply for top B-schools

How to Check & Download CAT Response Sheet 2021 for Slot 1, Slot & Slot 3
You should follow the 5 point process to check CAT 2021 response sheet and related questions as below:

1. Log on to CAT official website and Submit your CAT Login and User ID on “Login"
2. Your Personal CAT Page will appear. This has 2 tabs:

a. Applicant Details

b. Candidate Response

3. The icon on CAT website means that you can check here the CAT response sheet 2021 for your slot, questions, your response status, and the correct responses to the respective question. 
4. Next step is to click on ‘Candidate Response’ Tab. This will enable you to download your CAT response sheet for the slot in which you appeared in the CAT exam and check each question, its response status and the correct response option marked in green by IIM Kozhikode. The complete document contains CAT 2021 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.
5. 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 which runs in thousands for filing each objection to the CAT official responses 

CAT Response Sheet Download: Step by Step Process 
The steps involved to download and check your CAT Response sheet 2021 are shared screen by screen as below.

Step-1: Login to CAT Website Home Page at Registered Candidate Login

Step-2: Log on at Candidate Login with your CAT Id and Password      

Step-3: Your Personal CAT Page will appear. This has 6 tabs. You need to click on Candidate Response tab. Follow the instructions on this page.

Step-4: On Clicking on ‘Candidate Response’ Tab, all your responses for CAT 2021 questions paper along with Correct Answers will be downloaded Question by Question. You can save them at the required place like Desktop, Downloaded documents, Pen drive, Hard disk. This Response Sheet contains your own marked answers as well as the possible correct answers by IIMs as shown in the examples below. You can check each and every response and calculate your likely score after allowing for -1 negative marking for each wrong answer in MCQs and Zero negative marking for Non-MCQs.

Step-5: Challenge CAT Official Responses, If Not Satisfied
You can challenge and raise objection to the CAT 2021 official responses which are considered as correct by IIMs but wrong by you. There is an objection form tab at the side of Response tab on CAT website. You can ‘Click here to raise objection’, fill the details and submit by paying a fee of Rs.1200 for each objection

How Important is CAT Exam 2021 Response Sheet? 5 Key Facts
While CAT 2021 Response Sheet Release makes the CAT exam further transparent, the CAT responses 2021 are available only for those candidates who have actually appeared in CAT 2021 exam. It is of utmost importance for the candidates who are looking for MBA admission 2022 in IIMs and other B-Schools due to following key reasons:

1. Check Your Right CAT Responses & Cut Offs: The announcement by IIMs for Response sheet release Date for CAT 2021 makes the test takers ready to check what they had done in the exam as they have the opportunity to compare Official CAT 2021 responses with their own response sheet and assess how many MCQs and Non MCQs were correct and how many marks they have lost to arrive at the cut offs
2. Check your Expected CAT Score & Percentile: Official CAT 2021 response sheet enables the test takers to check & verify their CAT responses and thereby arrive at their expected CAT score
3. Check Admission Chances in Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT: Once you know your likely score with CAT responses, you can explore chances for MBA admission 2022 in IIMs, FMS, MDI, SPJIMR, IITs and other top MBA colleges accepting CAT. You can make choice among the CAT score accepting colleges according to expected score.
4. Explore Other MBA Entrance Exams: If your expected CAT percentile score is not upto your desired level, you still have good options to appear in other MBA entrance exams which are still open for MBA admission 2022 in top MBA colleges like XLRI-XAT 2022, NMIMS-NMAT, TISS-TISSNET, MAT, CMAT, IBSAT
5. Check MBA Colleges Open for MBA Admission 2022: Apart from taking MBA entrance exam, you need to check the last date to apply for admission in MBA colleges accepting CAT; MBA Colleges Accepting XAT; MBA Colleges accepting MAT among others

CAT response sheet Pdf & Query-cum-objection form

• CAT response sheet Pdf  is released with a Query-cum-objection form and the candidates who are not satisfied with the CAT 2021 official responses can challenge the IIMs’ responses by submitting objection to CAT centre 2021 to get the same redressed after paying requisite fee.
• If an objection raised by a candidate is found to be valid, the remedial measures taken by IIMs will be applicable to all the candidates and fee will be refunded
• The objections received for the official CAT responses by the CAT center will be reviewed. If there is no change perceived by experts in the CAT solutions, the objections will not be entertained and the objection fee will be forfeited.

CAT 2021 Scoring Pattern: Important to Calculate Score through CAT Response Sheet
Each correct answer in CAT 2021 will carry +3 marks and each wrong answer will impose a negative penalty of -1 mark for MCQ type questions.

• There is no negative marking for wrong answers on Non-MCQ type questions.
• What you attempted in CAT 2021 exam on November 28, 2021 and what is the correct answer is reflected in the CAT response sheet
• With the help of CAT official response sheet, you may arrive at your near CAT raw scores and on its basis check what percentile you could get with the help of CAT response sheet.
• Following table will guide you about your expected score as per the CAT 2021 sectional composition:

Section	No. of Questions	Max Marks per correct answer	Negative Marking for each wrong answer
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)	24	+3	-1 (Only for MCQs)
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)	20	+3	-1 (Only for MCQs)
Quantitative Ability (QA)	22	+3	-1 (Only for MCQs)
Total	66	198	--

How Much Time is given to Check & Challenge CAT Responses?
A period of 3 days is given to the candidates to check their CAT response sheet 2021 and raise and submit their objections against the CAT official responses.

Every year, there are grumblings on the ambiguous response options in CAT exam. The release of CAT 2021 response sheet helps candidates to raise their genuine queries against such official CAT responses which are not found correct and the candidates are not satisfied with them.

CAT 2021 exam was conducted on November 28, 2021 in three slot. All the slots were of moderate difficulty level as revealed by the CAT test takers. The expected cut off for 99 percentile as has been perceived by the experts in CAT 2021 Analysis at MBAUniverse.com, CL, IMS is 97-100 marks.

So, if your CAT score is good enough, you can check your expected percentile and explore shortlisting opportunity in IIMs and other top B-schools and apply before the last date is over. In case, you are not satisfied with your CAT score, you have other good options like taking other MBA entrance exams XAT, NMAT, SNAP, TISSNET, IBSAT, CMAT, MAT and check the best MBA colleges accepting these exam scores. Following important links will help you in arriving at your MBA decision

FAQs on CAT Response Sheet

Q: Who can view and download CAT response sheet?
A: Only those candidates who actually appeared in CAT 2021 exam on November 28, 2021 can check and download CAT 2021 response sheet.

Q. How can I Check & Download CAT response sheet?
A. You can check and download CAT response sheet by login with your CAT login ID and password at official CAT 2021 website

Q: What is the difference between CAT response Sheet and final CAT response sheet release?
A: IIMs release final CAT response sheet after reviewing all the objections on initially released CAT response sheet. At the time of final CAT response sheet release, in case there is no change in the CAT response sheet by IIMs, you would get following message, “The objections received against CAT 2021 questions were carefully examined by the expert panels of IIMs. There is no change in the answer key of any question subsequent to this.”

Q. What does CAT response sheet contain?
A: CAT response sheet consists of section wise questions that you attempted or not attempted in your slot, answer options that you marked, answer status – whether right/wrong as per the IIMs official response sheet

Q: How can I challenge official CAT responses?
A: You need to fill CAT response sheet objection form which is available at the official CAT website and submit the same online. Please thoroughly check and compare before submitting the query cum objection form

Q: Can I challenge the CAT official response sheet free?
A: No, there is a fee of Rs.1200 for one response objection. It means if you are raising objection to one CAT response you should pay this amount. In case you are filing more objections, you need to multiply this amount as per the number of responses. The fee should be paid payable online through credit/debit card or net banking.

Q: What is the time period allowed to challenge official CAT responses?
A: IIMs allow only 2-3 days to raise objection and submit the same. No request after closing date or after result declaration will be entertained by IIMs.

Q: Is there any chance of refund of CAT response objection fee?
A: Yes, if your objection is accepted and validated, your fee will be refunded otherwise it will be forfeited.

Q. If my objection if valid, will it help me only?
A. IIMs will update the correct response for all the test takers. This will benefit all the test takers although you took the initiative.

Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more updates on CAT 2021