CAT 2025 Paper Pattern

The 2025 paper carried 204 marks and lasted 120 minutes, with 40 minutes per section. PwD candidates had 160 minutes in total, divided into 53 minutes and 20 seconds per section.

The section order was VARC, DILR and QA. Candidates could not transfer unused time from one section to another. The CAT pattern page explains the section order, timing and marking scheme.

CAT 2025 VARC Analysis

Each slot had four RC passages with four questions each. The eight verbal-ability questions included two each on paragraph summaries, para jumbles, odd sentences and sentence placement.

RC and verbal-ability questions were mixed throughout the section, so the last eight questions were not a separate verbal-ability block.

The VARC analysis includes the question-wise breakup for all three slots.

CAT 2025 DILR Analysis

Each DILR section had five sets: three sets of four questions and two sets of five questions.

The train-occupancy set required tracking passengers on each stretch of the route. The pollution set used weighted averages and assignments. Trade-balance questions required the difference between imports and exports.

The DILR paper analysis gives the question counts and set details for all three slots.

CAT 2025 QA Analysis

Algebra includes progressions, functions, logarithms, equations and inequalities in these topic counts. Number Properties covers digits and factors. Each question is counted once.

Geometry had three questions per slot, covering coordinates, chords, tangents, area ratios and triangles. Arithmetic included ratios, mixtures, discounts, work and travel.

The QA analysis lists the question numbers for each topic. Some mixed questions can fit more than one chapter; the counts above use one category per question.

CAT 2025 Difficulty and Marks

The reported difficulty levels for CAT 2025 were:

CAT awards 3 marks for a correct answer and deducts 1 mark for a wrong MCQ. Wrong typed answers and unanswered questions receive zero. Percentiles are calculated from scaled scores, not from attempt counts alone.

For example, 10 correct answers and 3 wrong MCQs give 27 raw marks. With 10 correct answers and 3 wrong typed answers, the score is 30.

The CAT 2025 papers provide the questions for a full sectional attempt. The CAT score calculation explains raw marks and scaling, while the score-percentile comparisons show previous-year score trends.

1. 2025 Paper Structure
2. VARC Task Comparison
3. DILR Set Comparison

1. QA Topic Comparison
2. Reported 2025 Difficulty