CAT 2025 Registration Closes Tomorrow: The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2025 registration will close tomorrow on September 13, 2025. Candidates can apply for the CAT 2025 registration through their official website iimcat.ac.in. As per the schedule, the CAT exam will be conducted on November 30 in three sessions in 170 cities. The IIM CAT admit card will be issued on November 3 for all registered candidates.
How to Apply for CAT 2025
- Visit the Official Website: Go to iimcat.ac.in
- New Candidate Registration: Click on “New Candidate Registration” and enter personal details.
- OTP Verification: Verify your mobile number with the OTP received.
- Login and Complete Application: Use your credentials to log in and fill in academic details, work experience, and program preferences.
- Upload Documents: Upload scanned documents as per the specified format.
- Payment of Application Fee: Pay the fee online — ₹2,600 for General/EWS/NC-OBC candidates and ₹1,300 for SC/ST/PwD candidates.
- Submit Application: Review all details carefully and submit the form.
- Download Confirmation: Save and print the confirmation page for future use
IIM CAT 2025 Syllabus
The CAT exam will have around 68 questions. The VARC section usually consists of 24 questions, and DILR and QA will have 22 questions each. As per the marking scheme, three marks will be awarded for each correct answer, one mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer, and zero marks will be awarded for unanswered questions.
| CAT Question Paper | VARC section Topics |
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) | Fill in the Blanks Reading Comprehension Verbal Logic Subject-Verb Agreement Sentence Completion Paracompletion and Inference Verbal Reasoning Article Usage Different Usages of the Same Word Grammar Idioms Analogies Errors in Tenses Antonyms Foreign Language Words Used in English Syllogisms Sentence Correction One Word Substitution Prepositions Types of Clauses Parts of Speech Phrase Modifiers |
| Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) | Blood Relations Clocks and Calendars Series Statements Syllogism Proposition Venn Diagram Data Arrangement Direction Sense Data Structures Tables Family Tree Binary Logic Coding-Decoding Assumptions Pie Charts Data Sufficiency Puzzles Seating Arrangement Sets and Caselets Bars and Line Graphs |
| Quantitative Aptitude (QA) | LogarithmsTrigonometry Number System Permutation and Combination Simple interest and compound interest In-equations: Quadratic and linear equations Surds and Indices Time-Speed-Distance Probability Partnership (Accounts) Profit and Loss Ratios and Proportions Mean, mode, median Binomial theorem Mensuration Inequalities Square Root and Cube Root Work and Time Geometry Percentages Geometric Progression |
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