Which IIM Will Conduct CAT 2025? Past Year Trends, Difficulty Level and Other Important Insights!

The Common Admission Test 2025 (CAT 2025) is a popular competitive entrance exam for admission to various management programmes at IIMs and other top business schools. Every year, one of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) is the exam-conducting body for CAT. Presently, there are typically 21 IIMs in the country. Many CAT aspirants are wondering which IIM will conduct CAT 2025? As of now, there is no official notification regarding this. However, it is anticipated that the IIM Kozhikode can conduct CAT 2025. It is also expected that the CAT 2025 exam will be conducted in the last week of November 2025. With less than 6 months left, aspirants must focus on strengthening their preparation. Read on to learn about which IIM will conduct CAT 2025, along with the difficulty level of the exam over the years for reference purposes.

Join this free whatsapp group to get the latest information about CAT exam along with the strategies by CAT experts

Which IIM will conduct CAT 2025 & Their Role

While the official notification is yet to be announced, the IIM Kozhikode is expected to conduct the CAT 2025. The official notification, along with exam date, registration process, and other details for CAT, is likely to be out in the last week of July 2025. The role of the exam-conducting IIM is to organise and oversee the entire CAT examination process.  They are responsible for:

Determining the Exam Date	IIM releases the CAT exam date along with the information bulletin
Handling Registration Process	They are responsible for opening and closing the CAT application window.
Coordinating Exam Centres	IIMs reserve the right to add/remove, change or cancel any CAT test centre/city and/or change the test time and date at their discretion.
Conducting the Exam	Ensures that the CAT exams are conducted without any hassles on the scheduled date and time
Result Announcement	Responsible for releasing the CAT result and related details

Which IIM will conduct CAT 2025? CAT Conducting IIMs Over the Years

The CAT exam is typically divided into three sections, i.e. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Quantitative Ability (QA). Every year, the level of difficulty of the CAT exam fluctuates, and a different IIM is appointed to conduct the exam. As per the past trend & analysis, the CAT exam level is typically moderately difficult. To guide aspirants, we have shared below the CAT conducting body with the difficulty level of all the sections over the years.

Which IIM will conduct CAT 2025?

Year	IIM	VARC	DILR	QA
2025	IIM Kozhikode (Expected)	Moderate (expected)	Moderate to Tough (expected)	Moderate (expected)
2024	IIM Calcutta	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate
2023	IIM Lucknow	Moderate to Difficult	Moderate	Difficult
2022	IIM Bangalore	Moderate	Difficult	Moderate
2021	IIM Ahmedabad	Moderate to Difficult	Difficult	Moderate
2020	IIM Indore	Moderate to Difficult	Difficult	Moderate
2019	IIM Kozhikode	Moderate	Moderate to difficult	Moderate
2018	IIM Calcutta	Moderate	Difficult	Difficult
2017	IIM Lucknow	Moderate	Moderate to difficult	Easy

CAT Exam Question Trends & Analysis (2020 to 2024)

Apart from knowing the difficulty level, aspirants must also be familiar with the number of questions typically asked in the CAT exam every year. This will help understand the weightage of each section and build a more strategic and focused approach. In CAT 2024, the total number of questions was increased to 68. Given below are the past CAT question trends to simplify candidates’ preparation.

CAT Question Trends Over Years

Year	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)	Quantitative Ability (QA)	Total
2024	24	22	22	68
2023	24	20	22	66
2022	24	20	22	66
2021	24	20	22	66
2020	26	24	26	76

CAT Scores Vs Percentile Trends (2024 to 2022)

CAT aspirants aiming for MBA admissions in top IIMs must be familiar with the CAT score vs percentile trends in order to set realistic goals during their preparation. Analysing the past trends helps them gauge their current preparation level and focus on key areas to achieve the target percentile. It also provides insights into how raw scores are converted into percentiles across all the CAT sections. This year, it is expected that if students obtain 40 to 45% of the total marks in CAT, then they will end up securing a 99

+ percentile in CAT 2025. Have a look at the CAT scores vs percentile trends from 2024 to 2022 in the tables below.

CAT Score vs Percentile Trend 2024

Percentile	Marks in 2024
99.9	123
99.5	104
99	96
97	79
95	70
90	58
80	44

CAT Score vs Percentile Trend 2023

Percentile	Marks in 2023
99.9	101
99.5	84
99	76
97	61
95	54
90	44
80	35

CAT Score vs Percentile Trend 2022

Percentile	Marks on 2022
99.9	109
99.5	92
99	84
97	72
95	62
90	49
80	36.02

Why Choose iQuanta for Your CAT Preparation?

With less than 6 months left for CAT 2025, aspirants are advised to speed up their preparation with a focused approach and guidance. This is where iQuanta steps in as a trusted and result-driven platform for all the aspirants. It offers features that are rarely offered in any other coaching platform. This includes customised section-wise modules, 24/7 doubt-solving support and performance analytics. Some of its offerings are as follows:

• Live Conceptual Classes
• Application Classes
• All Year Practice Sessions
• Assignments
• 24*7 Doubt Solving
• Full Mocks with Video Solution
• Sectionals with Video Solution
• Non-Engineer’s Quants Videos
• Engineer’s VARC Videos
• CAT LRDI Inception
• AI Mock Analysis
• Peer-to-Peer Learning
• 7500 CAT Qs IIM ABC Course
• IIM ABC Practice Sessions
• CAT level Books, etc.

Join the Largest CAT Preparation Community in India

iQuanta CAT Course 2025

FAQs