CMAT Previous Year Question Papers for 2027 Preparation

The question order can differ across sets. Compare the question and its options when checking an answer from a different set.

The CMAT syllabus covers Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

CMAT 2025 Question Papers: Shift 1 and Shift 2

The 25 January 2025 papers are available for both shifts. Shift 1 includes data interpretation, fractional ratios, profit and loss, and comparisons of numerical expressions in Quantitative Techniques.

For example, a placement chart may give one distribution for all students and another for placed students. A percentage for one specialisation needs the number placed in that specialisation divided by its total students, not the overall placement percentage. Work out the two counts before dividing.

General Awareness questions refer to their original exam year. An answer about an office-holder, award or recent event must be read in that context rather than treated as current affairs for 2027.

CMAT 2024 Question Papers: May 15 Shifts

CMAT 2024 was held on 15 May. The papers include Shift 1, Set 2 from the morning session and Shift 2, Set 3 from the afternoon session.

The CMAT preparation guide includes section-wise practice alongside full papers. The two 2024 shifts offer separate sets for practising the same five sections.

CMAT 2023 Memory-Based Question Papers

The 4 May 2023 collection includes memory-based questions from Shift 1 and Shift 2. Shift 1 includes number properties, averages and selection-based problems. Shift 2 includes coding, business terms and General Awareness questions.

Older CMAT Papers: What to Keep in Mind

Older papers add questions for Quantitative Techniques, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension and General Awareness. The 2018 collection is divided by subject and session, so a single subject download is a sectional exercise rather than a complete exam.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship carries 80 marks in the five-section pattern, the same as each other section. It needs separate preparation when using older four-section papers.

CMAT Paper Pattern and Marking Scheme

CMAT 2026 had the following section-wise distribution:

Each correct answer earned 4 marks, each incorrect answer lost 1 mark, and an unanswered question earned zero. For ordinary questions, raw score = 4 × correct answers − incorrect answers.

For example, 68 correct answers, 22 wrong answers and 10 unanswered questions give 250 out of 400: 272 minus 22. That is 62.5% of the maximum marks, not a 62.5 percentile. Percentile depends on the scores of other candidates.

Final-key decisions can change the calculation. Under the 2026 rules, a question dropped for a technical error carried full marks for every candidate, whether attempted or not. Where more than one option was accepted after revision, credit followed the revised correct options.

How to Review a CMAT Paper

Compare section scores as well as the total. For example, 20 wrong answers cost 20 marks; leaving 20 questions unanswered loses the chance to earn 80 marks but incurs no deduction.

A complete paper takes 180 minutes. Subject-wise papers can be used separately for revision, but their scores cannot be converted into a full-exam percentile.