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NTA has released CMAT answer key on April 18 late night, for the CMAT exam conducted on April 9, 2022 in a completely changed pattern. CMAT answer key download facility is available from April 19 onwards. The last date to challenge CMAT official answer key 2022 closes at 11.50 PM on April 21, 2022. After release of final answer key, NTA will release the CMAT 2022 exam result. No grievances against answer keys will be accepted after release of CMAT Result
CMAT 2022 answer key has been released on April 18, 2022 late night on official NTA CMAT website nta.cmat.ac.in. Only the candidates who actually appeared in CMAT 2022 exam can login to download the CMAT answer key. The National Testing Agency (NTA) usually releases official CMAT answer key with candidate response sheet after three days of CMAT exam date which was April 9, 2022. However, this year CMAT answer key release has been delayed by more than 7 days. Besides, last year CMAT exam was conducted in two slots while CMAT 2022 was conducted in a single slot, still without any apparent reason, the CMAT answer key release is delayed as compared to last year
CMAT Exam Year | Date of CMAT Exam | CMAT Exam Slots | Date of CMAT Answer key Release |
CMAT 2022 | April 9, 2022 | Single Slot Exam | April 18, 2022 Late Night |
CMAT 2021 | March 31, 2021 | Two Slot Exam | April 3, 2021 |
CMAT 2020 | January 28, 2020 | Single Slot Exam | January 30, 2020 |
CMAT 2022 exam was conducted in a single slot, so there is no need of normalization of difficulty level and as such CMAT result can be declared earlier than expected.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released official CMAT answer key with candidate response sheet. The CMAT answer key has been released for all the 100 questions divided in 5 sections of 20 questions each. This year CMAT had 5 mandatory sections instead of earlier 4 compulsory sections.
The candidates who actually appeared in the exam can download CMAT answer key with their respective responses till the last date from official CMAT website nta.cmat.ac.in as mentioned by NTA. In case you are not satisfied with the official CMAT answer key, you can challenge them by paying the requisite fee of Rs.1000 per objection. The last date to challenge the official CMAT Answer keys 2022 closes at 11.50 PM on April 21, 2022. After release of final answer key, NTA will shortly release the CMAT 2022 Result. No grievances against answer keys will be accepted after release of CMAT Result. Once you download your CMAT answer key along with your responses as marked in the test paper, you can check your CMAT Score & Percentile. After completing this process, you should find out from the list below the best fit MBA college accepting CMAT with cut offs
NTA has released the CMAT 2022 Answer Keys and candidate response sheet with CMAT question paper on CMAT official website cmat.nta.nic.in along with the objection form to challenge the answer key. The process to challenge and file objection form to answer keys is online with your CMAT login ID at CMAT official website.
Through its Public Notice NTA has notified, “Question Paper and the response(s) thereof by each candidate has been uploaded on the website: https://cmat.nta.nic.in. Candidates can view question paper(s) and response(s) thereof, through login and clicking the link provided on the Website.”
CMAT Answer Key Dates & Objection Filing Schedule
National Testing Agency has displayed the CMAT answer keys and CMAT response sheet with CMAT objection form to challenge the CMAT 2022 answer key on the NTA CMAT official website – cmat.nta.nic.in.
This facility to challenge CMAT answer key remains available for four days only. Candidates should save their question papers and responses for future reference. The important dates for CMAT answer key are as below:
Activity | Important date | Remarks |
CMAT 2022 official Answer Key Release date | April 18, 2022 | Answer key is live with CMAT question paper, you can challenge from April 19, 2022 |
Last date to challenge CMAT Answer Key | April 21, 2022 | File objection online till 11.50 PM with a processing charge of Rs.200 for each question |
Final CMAT 2022 answer key release date | April 23, 2022 | NTA to release official final answer key before result |
Submission of Grievance on final CMAT answer key | April 24, 2022 | CMAT Result will be declared after final answer key is released |
CMAT 2022 Result date | April 24, 2022 | No grievance after declaration of CMAT 2022 result will be entertained. |
How to Check & Download CMAT Question Paper, Answer Keys and Response Sheet
Checking, verifying and submitting the objections after checking the CMAT 2022 question paper, answer keys and your response sheet is two steps process. However, before that you need to download CMAT answer key from the NTA.CMAT official website. NTA has clarified, “Please Login and click link for display of your question papers and your responses.”
Step-1: Check CMAT Question Paper &Answer Keys
Step-2: Check CMAT Response Sheet
CMAT Answer Key 2022: Key Features, Dates and Objection Fee
Please note that NTA’s decision on the CMAT answer key challenges shall be final and no further communication will be entertained.
CMAT Answer Key 2022: Challenge Fee
Check CMAT Score With Percentile for MBA Admission
Once you check your response sheet, question paper and the CMAT official answer key, you can assess your score and expected corresponding CMAT percentile to explore MBA admission 2022 in the best MBA college accepting CMAT score. Following CMAT score cut offs are expected for various percentile range:
CMAT Score out of 400 | Expected Percentile |
300+ | 99.5 |
250+ | 97+ |
200+ | 90+ |
170+ | 80+ |
Read More about CMAT score Leading to Corresponding Percentile
Top MBA Colleges Accepting CMAT 2022 with Cut Offs
Out of 1000 MBA colleges accepting CMAT 2022 score, many of them are open with their admission 2022 process. JBIMS, SIMSREE, PUMBA among other top MBA colleges who will shortlist candidates for admission on the basis of CMAT score, are open with their admission process 2022. All the 330 Maharashtra MBA colleges will accept CMAT score through DTE CAP 2022. Following are some of the top MBA colleges who will accept CMAT 2022 score in different cut off range:
Management Institute | Expected CMAT Cut off Percentile |
JBIMS Mumbai (Admission through DTE CAP Round) | 99+ |
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Mumbai | 92+ |
SIMSREE Mumbai (Admission through DTE CAP) | 95+ |
PUMBA Pune (Admission through DTE CAP) | 94+ |
Great Lakes Chennai: Great Lakes Institute of Management - GLIM | 90+ |
GIM Goa: Goa Institute of Management | 90+ |
IMT Nagpur | 85+ |
BIMTECH Greater Noida | 80+ |
Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research | 80+ |
Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow | 75+ |
XIME Bangalore: Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship | 75+ |
SDMIMD Mysore: SDM Institute For Management Development | 75+ |
IFMR Graduate School of Business at KREA University | 75+ |
VIT Business School (VIT) Vellore | 70+ |
Check Complete List of Top MBA colleges with CMAT cut offs
With effect from last two years, the CMAT answer keys with objection form to challenge the responses in the answer options are released by National Testing Agency (NTA) which now conducts CMAT exam instead of AICTE.
CMAT result 2022 will be released only after the CMAT final answer keys are released by NTA. NTA conducted CMAT exam on April 9, 2022 in a single session of 3 hours duration from 3 PM to 6 PM in 124 cities.
CMAT result will comprise around 60000 candidates who appeared in CMAT exam out of total 75000 registered candidates. The CMAT result will be out in the afternoon along with the score card. You can download the score card from official exam website on the CMAT 2022 result date.
A National Merit list with section wise raw and percentile score will be released for all the candidates who took CMAT 2022.
Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more updates on CMAT 2022