IPMAT Result 2023: Check Steps To Download Scorecard
May 24, 202339 Insightful Publications
The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a national-level management aptitude test that candidates must pass in order to be admitted to MBA programs at 20 IIMs and over 1,200 B-schools in India. This exam also helps applicants to get admission to Executive MBA, Ph.D., and FPM programs. IIM Bangalore announced the CAT 2022 result on December 21, 2022.
Candidates who appeared for the exam on November 27, 2022, can check their results online at iimcat.ac.in. Based on the CAT result, they will be shortlisted for a group discussion (GD), a written ability test (WAT), and a personal interview (PI). Read on to find out more.
Check out the table below for the key highlights of the Common Admission Test 2022 exam:
Particulars | Details |
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CAT Full Form | Common Admission Test (CAT) |
Conducting Body | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore |
Exam Level | National |
Application Process | Online |
Frequency of Exam | Once a year |
Exam Purpose | Admission into IIMs, SPJIMR, FMS, MDI, IMT, and over 1,200 B-Schools in India |
Courses Offered | MBA/ PGDM in various streams |
Number of Sections |
3 sections: Quantitative Ability (QA), Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC), and Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) |
Medium of Exam | English (CBT mode) |
CAT Helpdesk | 1800-2090-830 |
Official Website | https://iimcat.ac.in/ |
IIM Bangalore issued the CAT 2022 notification on July 31, 2022, on the official website – iimcat.ac.in. The notification includes details related to the exam date, registration process, eligibility, and so on. Find out more information related to the CAT 2022 exam by clicking on the link below:
Check out the Common Admission Test 2022 notification here.
Check out all the latest news and events related to CAT 2022 exam below:
IIM Bangalore released the CAT 2022 exam schedule on its official website. Check out the important dates and events related to Common Admission Test 2022 from the below table:
CAT 2022 Events | CAT 2022 Dates |
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CAT 2022 Official Notification Release Date | July 30, 2022 |
CAT 2022 Registrations Start | August 03, 2022 |
Registrations End | September 21, 2022 |
Form Correction | September 23 to 26, 2022 |
Admit Card Release | October 27, 2022 |
Mock Test Release Date | November 09, 2022 |
CAT 2022 Exam Date | November 27, 2022 |
Answer Key Release Date | December 01, 2022 |
Answer Key Challenge Process | December 01 to 04, 2022 |
CAT 2022 Result Declaration | December 21, 2022 |
The minimum eligibility criteria for the CAT exam is graduation in any stream. Candidates applying for this exam can check the detailed eligibility criteria below:
There will be no age or attempt limit for CAT applicants.
The following are academic requirements that candidates must meet in order to apply for the CAT 2022 exam:
Candidates in their final year of a Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination, as well as those who have finished their final examination and are waiting for results, are eligible to apply.
Get complete details on CAT Eligibility & Reservation Criteria 2022 here.
The online registration for the CAT 2022 exam began on August 03, 2022. However, IIM Bangalore closed the CAT exam registration window on September 21, 2022. As the CAT 2022 form was available online, registration for the CAT test could have been done only on the official website- iimcat.ac.in.
Get complete details on CAT Application Form 2022 here.
To apply online for the Common Admission Test 2022, follow the steps outlined below:
Check out the registration fees for Common Admission Test from the below table. The applicant must pay the -below-mentioned fee online through credit/debit card or net banking as per their category.
Category | CAT Application Fee |
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General/ NC-OBC | INR 2,300 |
SC/ST/PWD | INR 1,150 |
At the time of filling CAT application form, candidates were allowed to choose six exam centres based on their preferences from the list given below:
Test Cities | ||
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Port Blair | Hamirpur | Mumbai |
Guntur | Jammu | Nashik |
Nellore | Bokaro | Satara |
Vijayawada | Dhanbad | Palghar |
Kakinada | Hazaribagh | Ulhasnagar |
Rajahmundry | Jamshedpur | Shillong |
Visakhapatnam | Ranchi | Aizawl |
Kurnool | Belagavi(Belgaum) | Kohima |
Tirupathi | Bengaluru | Balasore |
Vizianagaram | Hubballi(Hubli) | Cuttack |
Itanagar | Mysuru(Mysore) | Sambalpur |
Dibrugarh | Kalaburagi(Gulbarga) | Berhampur |
Silchar | Shivamogga(Shimoga) | Dhenkanal |
Guwahati | Dharwad | Bhubaneswar |
Tezpur | Mangaluru(Mangalore) | Rourkela |
Jorhat | Udupi | Puducherry |
Aurangabad-Bihar | Kannur | Pathankot |
Darbhanga | Ernakulam | Ludhiana |
Arrah | Kollam | Amritsar |
Muzaffarpur | Kottayam | Bhatinda |
Bhagalpur | Kozhikode | Patiala |
Patna | Thrissur | Jalandhar |
Mohali | Trivandrum | Sangrur |
Chandigarh | Bhopal | Ajmer |
Bhilai Nagar | Jabalpur | Jaipur |
Bilaspur | Ujjain | Sikar |
Raipur | Gwalior | Alwar |
Delhi | Sagar | Jodhpur |
Faridabad | Indore | Udaipur |
Gurugram | Satna | Bikaner |
Ghaziabad | Bhopal | Kota |
New Delhi | Jabalpur | Madurai |
Greater Noida | Ujjain | Chennai |
Noida | Gwalior | Salem |
Meerut | Sagar | Trichy |
Panaji | Indore | Coimbatore |
Ahmedabad | Satna | Vellore |
Mehsana | Amravati | Tirunelveli |
Vadodara | Jalgaon | Hyderabad |
Anand | Nagpur | Karimnagar |
Rajkot | Pune | Warangal |
Gandhinagar | Solapur | Allahabad |
Surat | Navi Mumbai | Bareilly |
Ambala | Ahmednagar | Kanpur |
Hisar | Kolhapur | Muzaffarnagar |
Karnal | Nanded | Agra |
Kurushetra | Raigad | Gorakhpur |
Panipat | Thane | Lucknow |
Rohtak | Vasai | Varanasi |
Shimla | Aurangabad | Aligarh |
Jhansi | Moradabad | Dehradun |
Haldwani | Roorkee | Asansol |
Durgapur | Bankura | Burdwan |
Kolkata | Hooghly | Kalyani |
Siliguri | Srinagar | Imphal |
Get state-wise CAT Exam Centre lists & Exam-Day Guidelines here.
The CAT exam pattern consists of three sections: Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Quantitative Ability (QA). Candidates must answer both MCQ and non-MCQ-type questions. As per the pattern, the QA section poses more difficult questions as compared to other sections. Check out the CAT 2022 exam pattern from the table below:
Paper Pattern and Structure | |
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Sections | VARC, DILR & QA |
Duration of Exam | 40 Minutes Per Section (Total 120 Minutes) |
Total Number of Questions | 66 |
Section-wise Number of Questions |
– VARC- 24 – DILR- 20 – QA- 22 |
Total Marks | 198 |
Language of Question Paper | English |
Number of Answer Choices | Four |
Type of Questions | MCQs and Non-MCQs |
Marking Scheme | – 3 marks for every correct answer – Negative marking of 1/3 for every incorrect MCQ response – No negative marking for wrong non-MCQ answer |
Get detailed CAT 2022 Exam Pattern here.
IIMs and other CAT 2022 participating management institutes will conduct the selection procedure for the exam in the following stage:
For the past few years, the CAT 2022 exam syllabus has remained unchanged. Check out the topics included in the Common Admission Test syllabus from the below table:
Sections | Syllabus |
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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) | Reading Comprehension, Para Jumbles, Para Summary, Odd Sentence Out, etc. |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) | Set Theory (Variables), Puzzles, Coding-Decoding, Series, etc. |
Quantitative Aptitude (QA) | Number System, Algebra, Arithmetic, Geometry, etc. |
Get detailed subject-wise CAT Exam Syllabus 2022 here.
The CAT exam is challenging for students to pass on the first attempt. However, if they plan a proper strategy and timetable for this exam, they will undoubtedly succeed in passing it with an excellent percentile. Check out some CAT exam preparation tips below:
The CAT Admit Card 2022 was released on October 27, 2022, only for the candidates who completed the application process successfully. It was a mandatory document to be brought to the exam centre. The Common Admission Test 2022 hall ticket included the details related to the CAT exam centre address, the exam day and time, the reporting time, a link to a Google map to locate the exam site, and exam day recommendations.
Get steps to download CAT Admit Card 2022 here.
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore released the CAT Answer Key 2022 on December 1, 2022. The last date to download the response sheet was December 4, 2022. Candidates who appeared in the exam must download the official answer key to estimate their final scores.
Get steps to download CAT Answer Key 2022 here.
The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore released the CAT 2022 exam results on December 21, at 5 p.m. According to the CAT Result 2022, there were 11 toppers who obtained a perfect 100 percentile. However, the IIM CAT 2022 result link was only available online on the official website- iimcat.ac.in. Candidates must log in with their registered CAT login ID and password to view and download the scorecard.
Check the steps to download CAT 2022 Result here.
The CAT 2022 cutoffs for admission to the IIMs are expected to be in the 95 to 100 percentile range for all categories. However, the CAT 2022 cutoff percentile for top IIMs for general category candidates is expected to be around the 99 to 100 percentile. To achieve a total score of more than 100, one must obtain at least 35 marks in VARC, 30 marks in DLRI, and 37 marks in QA.
Check below the table indicating the expected qualifying IIM cutoff 2022:
IIM | Qualifying CAT Cutoff |
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IIM Ahmedabad | 85 |
IIM Bangalore | 85 |
IIM Calcutta | 85 |
IIM Lucknow | 90 |
IIM Indore | 90 |
IIM Kozhikode | 85 |
IIM Amritsar | 90 |
IIM Nagpur | 85 |
IIM Sambalpur | 93 |
IIM Trichy | 93 |
IIM Raipur | 93 |
IIM Ranchi | 90 |
IIM Kashipur | 94 |
IIM Vizag | 80 |
IIM Udaipur | 93 |
IIM Bodhgaya | 93 |
IIM Shillong | 75 |
IIM Sirmaur | 92 |
IIM Rohtak | 95 |
IIM Nagpur | 85 |
IIM Jammu | 93 |
Check the list of MBA colleges that accepts CAT score below:
College | Cutoff Round 1 | Fees |
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IIM Bangalore – Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore | PGPM Opening Percentile – 99 |
₹ 23,00,000 (Total Fees) |
Indian Institute of Management – [IIMA], Ahmedabad | PGPM Opening Percentile – 99 |
₹ 23,00,000 (Total Fees) |
Indian Institute of Management – [IIMC], Kolkata | MBA Opening Percentile – 99 |
₹ 23,00,000 (Total Fees) |
Indian Institute of Management – [IIM], Lucknow | PGP-ABM Opening Percentile – 97 |
₹ 10,05,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Indian Institute of Management – [IIM], Indore | PGPM Opening Percentile – 97 |
₹ 16,00,000 (Total Fees) |
Indian Institute of Management – [IIMK], Kozhikode | Post Graduate Program in Management Finance Opening Percentile – 97 |
₹ 20,50,000 (Total Fees) |
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology – [DOMS], Roorkee | MBA Finance Opening Percentile – 95 |
₹ 4,13,500 (1st Year Fees) |
Indian Institute of Management – [IIMU], Udaipur | MBA Opening Percentile – 93 |
₹ 7,97,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Indian Institute of Management – [IIM], Tiruchirappalli | PGPM Quantitative Techniques & Operations Management Opening percentile – 94 |
₹ 16,50,000 (Total Fees) |
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras – [DoMS IIT Madras], Chennai | MBA Finance Opening Percentile – 85 |
₹ 4,00,000 (1st Year Fees) |
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research – [SPJIMR], Mumbai | PGDM Finance Opening Percentile – 92 |
₹ 19,00,000 (Total Fees) |
NIT Trichy, Tiruchirappalli | MBA Human Resource Management Opening Percentile – 80 |
₹ 1,39,750 (1st Year Fees) |
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai | PGDM Finance Opening Percentile – 85 |
₹ 11,76,000 (Total Fees) |
Indian Institute of Management – [IIM], Raipur | PGP-OM Opening Percentile – 94 |
₹ 7,27,600 (1st Year Fees) |
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies -[JBIMS], Mumbai | MHRD Opening Percentile – 96 |
₹ 7,00,000 (Total Fees) |
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management – [SIBM], Pune | MBA Finance Opening Percentile – 98 |
₹ 9,80,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development – [SCMHRD], Pune | MBA Human Resource Management Opening Percentile – 96 |
₹ 9,60,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Indian Institute of Management – [IIM], Rohtak | PGPM Opening Percentile – 95 |
₹ 8,35,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Indian Institute of Management – [IIM], Shillong | Post Graduate Programme in Marketing Opening Percentile – 94 |
₹ 1,46,000 (Total Fees) |
Indian Institute of Management – [IIM], Kashipur | MBA Opening Percentile – 93 |
₹ 7,82,500 (1st Year Fees) |
International Management Institute – [IMI], New Delhi | PGDHRM Opening Percentile – 90 |
₹ 9,11,850 (1st Year Fees) |
Indian Institute of Management – [IIMR], Ranchi | MBA Human Resource Opening Percentile – 94 |
₹ 8,80,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research – [WeSchool], Mumbai | PGDM Opening Percentile – 75 |
₹ 6,50,000 (1st Year Fees) |
T. A. Pai Management Institute – [TAPMI], Manipal | PGDM Opening Percentile – 80 |
₹ 7,55,000 (1st Year Fees) |
ICFAI Business School – [IBS], Hyderabad | MBA Finance Opening Percentile – 68 |
₹ 8,01,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Loyola Institute of Business Administration – [LIBA], Chennai | PGDM Finance Opening Percentile – 70 |
₹ 15,38,800 (Total Fees) |
FORE School of Management – [FSM], New Delhi | PGDM International Business Opening Percentile – 85 |
₹ 8,49,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | MBA International Business Opening Percentile – 85 |
₹ 49,807 (1st Year Fees) |
Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad | MBA Family Managed Business & Entrepreneurship Opening Percentile – 85 |
₹ 5,52,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Institute of Management Technology – [IMT], Ghaziabad | PGDM Marketing Opening Percentile – 90 |
₹ 19,50,000 (Total Fees) |
Alliance University, Bangalore | MBA Finance Opening Percentile – 75 |
₹ 13,50,000 (Total Fees) |
University Business School, Panjab University – [UBS], Chandigarh | MBA Opening Percentile – 85 |
₹ 18,725 (1st Year Fees) |
Goa Institute of Management – [GIM], North Goa | PGDM Opening Percentile – 88 |
₹ 9,32,500 (1st Year Fees) |
Lovely Professional University – [LPU], Jalandhar | MBA Financial Markets Opening Percentile – 80 |
₹ 3,22,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Birla Institute of Management Technology – [BIMTECH], Greater Noida | PGDM Retail Management Opening Percentile – 60 |
₹ 10,00,000 (Total Fees) |
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida | PGDM Opening Percentile – 50 |
₹ 5,87,500 (1st Year Fees) |
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow | PGDM Opening Percentile – 50 |
₹ 5,50,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Jagan Institute of Management Studies – [JIMS] Rohini, New Delhi | PGDM Opening Percentile – 75 |
₹ 15,90,000 (Total Fees) |
Institute of Management Technology – [IMT], Nagpur | PGDM Finance Opening Percentile – 85 |
₹ 6,42,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Jagdish Sheth School of Management – [JAGSOM], Bangalore | PGDM Finance Opening Percentile – 75 |
₹ 14,40,000 (Total Fees) |
IIHMR University, Jaipur | MBA Hospital & Health Care Management Opening Percentile – 50 |
₹ 9,60,000 (Total Fees) |
Institute of Public Enterprise – [IPE], Hyderabad | PGDM International Business Opening Percentile – 70 |
₹ 4,55,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Christ University, Bangalore | MBA Finance Opening Percentile – 70 |
₹ 3,80,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research- [WeSchool], Bangalore | PGDM Business Design Opening Percentile – 70 |
₹ 6,50,000 (1st Year Fees) |
SDM Institute for Management Development – [SDMIMD], Mysore | PGDM Marketing Opening Percentile – 70 |
₹ 11,20,000 (Total Fees) |
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship – [XIME], Bangalore | PGDM Finance Opening Percentile – 75 |
₹ 11,50,000 (Total Fees) |
ITM Business School Kharghar – [ITM], Navi Mumbai | PGDM Marketing Opening Percentile – 78 |
₹ 10,45,000 (Total Fees) |
Indus Business Academy – [IBA], Bangalore | PGDM Human Resource Management Opening Percentile – 70 |
₹ 4,81,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management – [IISWBM], Kolkata | MBA Marketing Management Opening Percentile – 70 |
₹ 3,09,000 (1st Year Fees) |
SCMS Cochin School of Business, Kochi | PGDM Human Resource Management Opening Percentile – 75 |
₹ 3,75,000 (1st Year Fees) |
Let us take a look at a few frequently asked questions related to CAT 2022.
Q: When will the CAT 2022 result be announced?
A: The CAT 2022 Result was announced on December 21, 2022.
Q: What is the CAT 2022 exam date?
A: The CAT 2022 exam was administered on November 27, 2022, in three slots.
Q: When will IIM shortlisting process begin for admission through CAT?
A: The Common Admission Test shortlisting process is expected to begin in the second week of January 2023.
Q: Is the CAT exam tough?
A: Yes. The Common Admission Test is regarded as one of the most difficult MBA entrance tests. However, proper preparation and determination are essential for passing this exam.
Q: Who has conducted CAT 2022?
A: IIM Bangalore conducted the CAT 2022 exam.