CAT 2024 Result: Plea Before Delhi HC Over Error in VARC Answer Key

CAT 2024 Result: Plea Before Delhi HC Over Error in VARC Answer Key

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A CAT 2024 test taker has approached the Delhi High Court seeking cancellation of CAT 2024 result over an alleged error in the official CAT answer key 2024. The exam was conducted on November 24, 2024 and the result was announced on December 19, 2024. Read details.

CAT 2024 result

Error in VARC Answer Key of CAT 2024

CAT 2024 result finds itself in the middle of legal net after a test taker reached the Delhi High Court seeking cancellation of the result. As reported by Bar and Bench, Aditya Kumar Mallick, who appeared for the CAT 2024 exam on November 24, 2024, has raised an objection to the provisional answer key, contending that there was an error in one question from the VARC section of the CAT 2024 question paper.

He filed a petition before the Delhi High Court challenging the CAT result 2024. The matter was taken up on December 24 by a Bench comprising Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav. The court has sought the responses of the Union Ministry of Education and the CAT convening institute, IIM Calcutta. The case has been posted for hearing next on January 3, 2025.

CAT 2024 exam was conducted on November 24, 2024 and over 2.93 lakh candidates appeared for it. The official CAT 2024 answer keys were released on December 3 and the objection window was opened till December 5, 2024. A total of 405 objections were received and upon examination, none of them were found to be valid. Maximum objections were raised in the VARC section (371) across three exam slots but none of them were accepted as valid. The final CAT 2024 answer key was released on December 16, 2024 three days before declaration of the CAT 2024 result.

The petitioner states that the final CAT 2024 answer key was released with no change in the provisional answer key. He added that his objection is supported by distinguished experts and faculty members of various CAT coaching centres.

Final CAT 2024 Answer Key

Check below th decision shared by IIM Calcutta after examination of objections from candidates against CAT 2024 answer key.

Section Name

Assessment Shift

Number of Objections

Decision

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)

Shift 1

5

No change

Shift 2

9

Shift 3

7

Quantitative Ability (QA)

Shift 1

11

No change

Shift 2

1

Shift 3

1

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

Shift 1

31

No change

Shift 2

272

Shift 3

68

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Q: Β  What is the benefit of CAT answer key and response sheet?

A:
The main benefit of CAT answer key and response sheet is that through this document, candidates can analyse their performance in the exam. The CAT answer key contains, candidate's response as well as correct answer to every question. This can help them in calculating how much marks they will score out of the total marks. They can use that information to SEE how much percentile will they score, even before the result has been declared. They can use the estimated CAT score and percentile to take further decisions regarding MBA Admission such as which colleges to shortlist or which other MBA entrance exams to appear for. Taking these decisions is crucial as many colleges close their application window before the CAT result declaration. Candidates can calculate their CAT score with the help of answer key in the following way: For every correct answer in CAT three marks are awarded, which means if the candidate has got 50 answers correct, the score will be 50x3 i. e. 150 marks. For each incorrect answer, one mark is deducted. So, if a candidate has marked 10 questions incorrectly, then -10 marks will be awarded. So, the score of the candidate out of 198 (total marks in CAT will be: 150 - 10, I. e. 140. For CAT score and percentile click here: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/cat-percentile-predictor.

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