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CAT 2025 Attendance Drops - Only 2.58 Lakh Show Up for MBA Entrance Test

CAT 2025 Attendance Drops - Only 2.58 Lakh Show Up for MBA Entrance Test

About 86 percent attendance was recorded in the 2025 CAT exam this year. Nearly 2.58 lakh students appeared out of a total of 2.95 lakh registrations candidates.

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CAT 2025 Attendance Drops - Only 2.58 Lakh Show Up for MBA Entrance Test

The test was held in 339 centres across 170 cities in India. IIM Kozhikode conducted the exam in three shifts.

• Slot One - 8:30 am to 10:30 am
• Slot Two - 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
• Slot Three - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

The test had three sections which are VARC, DILR and QA with a total of sixty eight questions. The pattern was the same as last year.

As per the official statement the exam duration was 120 minutes for most candidates. PwD candidates got 160 minutes. Each section had a fixed time limit of forty minutes for general candidates and fifty three minutes twenty seconds for PwD candidates.

Last year 2.93 lakh students took the test and the attendance was 89 percent. The exam was held at 389 centres across 170 cities.

This year attendance dropped slightly to about 86 percent. The number of test centres also reduced from 389 to 339 though the cities remained the same.