CAT 2021 Exam Dates and Notification Expected on July 25

CAT 2021 Exam Dates and Notification Expected on July 25

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Vipra Shrivastava
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New Delhi, Updated on Jul 20, 2021 12:54 IST

CAT 2021 notification is expected to be released on July 25. The exam will be conducted on November 28. Read details.

CAT 2021 notification

CAT 2021 exam dates and notification are expected to be released by IIM Ahmedabad on July 25. Every year, the CAT exam notification is released by the end of July and registrations begin in the first week of August. The CAT 2021 registration cum application process is expected to begin by August 4.

The CAT convening institute, IIM Ahmedabad will release the CAT 2021 notification on its website and the exam portal will go live on the same day. This year, candidates are eagerly awaiting the exam notification to know if the CAT exam pattern will be same as last year or will to be reverted to pre-COVID-19 pattern.

CAT 2021 Notification

The CAT 2021 notification will contain the following information about the exam.

CAT 2021 Important Dates

CAT exam process includes several events from registration to result announcement. Check the table below for CAT 2021 dates.

CAT 2021 Events

CAT 2021 Dates

CAT 2021 notification release

July 25, 2021 (tentative)

Exam registrations start

August 4, 2021 (tentative)

Registrations end

Third week of September, 2021

CAT form correction

Last week of September, 2021

CAT admit card release

Last week of October, 2021

CAT mock test release

First week of November, 2021

CAT exam 2021

November 28, 2021 (tentative)

CAT answer key release

First week of December, 2021

Answer key challenge process

First week of December, 2021

Final answer key release

Last week of December, 2021

CAT 2021 result declaration

First week of January, 2022

CAT Exam Pattern 2021

The CAT 2021 exam pattern is expected to be on the same lines as last year, i.e. 2 hour-76 questions. Check below the key highlights of CAT exam pattern.

  • CAT 2021 is likely to be conducted in three slots of two hours each
  • There will be three sections in CAT- VARC, DILR and QA
  • The sectional time limit is expected to be 40 minutes each (60 minutes for PwD candidates)
  • VARC is expected to have 26 questions, DILR to have 24 questions and QA to have 26 questions
  • Each question will carry three marks for correct answer and minus one for incorrect attempt
  • There will be no negative marking for Type In the Answer (TITA) questions
  • Total marks of the CAT 2021 question paper is expected to be 228
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