CAT Answer Key 2024: Response Sheet Release Date (Dec 3), Check How to Download

The answer key for CAT exam is released to maintain transparency in exam and to help candidates to check their responses with the correct answers. The CAT Answers were first released by IIMs for the CAT exam held in 2017. Details mentioned in Answer Key are:

• Name of the candidate.
• CAT registration number
• CAT exam centre
• Question ID
• Question Type
• Status (attempted/not attempted)
• Candidate's response
• Right Option/answer
• Test date
• Test time
• Question

How CAT Answer Key Looks Like?

The CAT answer key provides question-wise details, including the options selected by the candidates and the official correct answer by IIMs. This helps you to:

• Calculate Estimated Score: By comparing your marked responses with the answer key, you can estimate your raw score (three marks for each correct answer, minus one mark for each incorrect answer).
• Identify areas for Improvement: Analyzing your performance through the answer key helps you pinpoint areas where you excellent and topics that require further revision. This feedback is crucial for strategizing your preparation for future endeavors, including subsequent CAT attempts or other MBA entrance exams.

The CAT Answer Key and CAT Response Key serve different purposes, though they are closely related. Check their difference below:

CAT Answer Key: The Answer Key is the official document released by the conducting IIM, which contains the correct answers to all the questions in the CAT exam across various slots. It is used by candidates to verify their responses and calculate their expected scores. It is the reference point for resolving any disputes regarding the correctness of answers Released publicly on the official CAT website, typically a few days after the exam.

CAT Response Key: The Response Key, also known as the Candidate Response Sheet, is a document showing the specific answers a candidate selected during the exam. CAT Response Key helps candidates cross-check their responses against the official answer key. CAT Response Key provides transparency by allowing candidates to ensure their answers were recorded accurately. Candidate’s response keys are available on CAT official website and are accessible only to the candidate after login.

How to use Answer Key and Response Key together?
Candidates should first download their Response Key and then compare it with the official CAT Answer Key to calculate their score.

CAT Response Sheet 2024 Release 
CAT 2024 Response Sheet is expected on December 3, 2024 alongwith CAT official answer key. Cat Response Sheet 2024 link is iimcat.ac.in 

CAT Answer Key 2024 Release Date is November 29, 2024. Check details below:

Media release dated Nov 29, 2024 published on IIMCat.ac.in says: “Provisional CAT Answer Keys: The release of the Provisional Answer Keys for CAT 2024 conducted on 24 November, 2024 is scheduled on 3 December, 2024.” 

 
CAT 2023 Answer Key Release Date 
Previous year CAT answer key was released for CAT 2023 on dates below.

How to Download CAT Answer Key 2024? CAT Answer Key Download Link will be available to CAT test takers after login on the official website of CAT 2024. After release, candidates will be able to check their official CAT answer keys. To download CAT response sheet 2024, candidates should follow these steps: 

1. Visit the official CAT 2024 website - iimcat.ac.in
2. Click on the 'login' tab 
3. Enter your CAT login ID and password
4. Two tabs will appear: “Applicant Details” and “Candidate Response”. Click on Candidate Response Tab. Your CAT Answer Key will be displayed on screen. 
5. Download and Printout your CAT answer key 

After downloading your CAT answer key, you can easily calculate your CAT Score and Percentile by using following information: 

• CAT Marking Scheme: Each correct answer in CAT exam carries +3 marks and each wrong answer carries a negative penalty of -1 mark for MCQ type questions. However, there is no negative marking for wrong answers on non-MCQ type or TITA questions.
• CAT Raw Score: You can arrive at your CAT raw scores with the help of CAT answer keys and above marking scheme.

Check your CAT Score Vs Percentile and CAT Percentile Predictor. 

If you want to raise an objection to answers of a particular question, follow these instructions:

• The candidate can look at the Question Id from the Question Paper PDF available beside the "Candidate Response" tab. Candidate should ensure that the Question Id is as per the Question Paper PDF only.
• After the candidate has filled all the required fields such as Section Name, Question Id etc., (s)he should click on "Pay & Submit" button to complete the payment process and submit the objection successfully.
• Applicable fee will be Rs. 1500 per objection. This fee does not include transaction Processing Fee and applicable GST (if any).
• 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.
• Response of the concerned 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. 

If there are any changes after the objection process is completed, CAT 2024 Final Answer Key is released within a few days on iimcat.ac.in. 

CAT Answers Key PDF 
You can download CAT Answers Key 2024 and CAT Answer Key 2023 PDF from links below:

CAT Answer Key 2024 PDF Download is available on CAT official website.

Previous Year CAT Answer Key

Apart from the release of CAT official response sheet by IIMs, some CAT coaching institutes release CAT unofficial Answer Key 2024. These unofficial CAT answer key 2024 are based on memory questions taken by CAT experts. In most cases, these memory-based CAT answer keys are not reliable, and candidates must wait for the CAT official response sheet. 

In summary, CAT Answer Key will be released by IIM Calcutta on for Slot 1, Slot 2, Slot 3 together within a few days of CAT exam date – Nov 24. It can be downloaded from CAT official website after candidate login. CAT Answer Key contains the official correct answer for each question, and the candidate’s response. With the help of CAT Answer Key, candidates can check their correct or incorrect answers, calculate their CAT score and likely CAT percentile. 

Earlier, on early morning of November 29, social media was abuzz that CAT answer key has been leaked, and it can be seen on CAT official website IIMCAT.ac.in by using a simple hack. Soon, all hell broke loose as media and coaching centre joined the party. After a few hours, after thousands of students had seen their answer keys, IIM Calcutta woke up. But it was too late… By evening IIM Calcutta issued a meek press release that official answer key has not been released... In all this, students were the victims…Read a detailed MBAUniverse.com account of CAT 2024 answer key leak issue due to a technical glitch on iimcat.ac.in.