CMAT Answer Key 2025: Check Release Date, How to Download Response Sheet

Table of Contents

1. CMAT Answer Key 2025 - Released Date 
2. CMAT 2025 Answer Key: Key Facts
3. CMAT Answer Key Release Date: Key Trends
4. How to Check & Download CMAT Answer Key 2025 Pdf, Question Paper, and Response Sheet
5. Procedure How to Challenge Answer Key of CMAT 2025
6. CMAT Answer Key 2025 Challenge Fee
7. NTA Verdict Final on CMAT Answer key Challenge
8. CMAT Score Based on Final CMAT Answer Keys
9. CMAT 2025 Answer Keys: Know the CMAT Scoring Pattern
10. CMAT Answer Key 2024 

1. CMAT Answer Key 2025 - Released Date 
Below are given the important timelines for CMAT Answer key 2025 release date:  

2. CMAT 2025 Answer Key: Key Facts

• CMAT answer key 2025 and response sheet will be displayed for all the question sets on CMAT exam website
• Only the candidates who have appeared in CMAT 2025 exam can view, print and verify the CMAT 2025 answer keys on NTA-CMAT official website
• Display of recorded responses and CMAT exam Answer Key for inviting challenges on NTA’s website are available for 3-4 days, with an objection form to challenge CMAT 2025 answer keys
• The candidates, who are not satisfied with the answer keys and recorded responses, can challenge by filling online application (Objection) form. 
• A processing charge of Rs. 200/- per question must be paid online to challenge the each CMAT answer key 2025. 
• Only paid challenges made during stipulated time through key challenge link will be considered.
• The NTA’s decision on the challenges shall be final and no further communication will be entertained. NTA will not inform the Candidates individually about their challenges
• The subject experts will examine all the challenges received and then a final answer key will be displayed and declared
• The result will be compiled on the basis of the CMAT Final Answer Key declared

3. CMAT Answer Key Release Date: Key Trends

4. How to Check & Download CMAT Answer Key 2025 Pdf, Question Paper, and Response Sheet
Responding to CMAT test takers’ query, How can I check my CMAT Answer Key 2025 and response sheet, the process is shared below for checking, verifying, downloading and submitting the objections after checking the CMAT 2025 answer key and response sheet in following steps:

Step 1: How to Check CMAT Answer key 2025 & Question Paper

• Go to CMAT official website
• Click on Display Question paper and Responses
• Login either with your CMAT application number and password Or with application number and date of birth
• Complete CMAT question paper with question ID and answer options will open
• Now you can view the CMAT question paper, question ID and answer option IDs
• To check & download your CMAT response sheet you have to follow Step-2

Step 2: How to Check CMAT Response Sheet 2025

• Go to CMAT official website
• Click on Challenge Answer Keys
• Login either with your CMAT application number and password Or with application number and date of birth
• The CMAT response sheet with the question ID and answer ID that you attempted gets opened
• To check correct answer, you have to go with each question one by one and cross check which is the correct answer option ID for the question

Step 3: How to Download CMAT Answer Key 2025?
NTA will activate CMAT Answer key 2025 PDF Download Links on the CMAT Answer key release date. CMAT 2025 answer keys download can be completed in two steps from official CMAT website when it is released:

Step 1: Open CMAT 2025 website and click on the icon – CMAT 2025 Answer key responses

Step 2: Use CMAT Login ID to download the CMAT 2025 answer keys PDF file

Step 3: How to Challenge the CMAT Answer Key 2025?

In case you are not satisfied with the correct answer key as given on the CMAT website, you can challenge the answer keys through CMAT Answer Key Challenge Window.

5. Procedure How to Challenge Answer Key of CMAT 2025

• Please go to official CMAT website
• Click ‘Challenge(s) regarding Answer Key’ button.
• Login with your Application Number and Date of Birth and enter Security Pin as displayed and then click on Submit button.
• You will be able to see 100 Questions IDs along with Option IDs & Correct Option IDs, they are in sequential order.
• The Option IDs next to the Question ID under the column ‘Correct Option(s)/Answer’ is correct answer key.
• If you wish to challenge this option, you may select one or multiple Option IDs given in the next four columns by clicking in the check box.
• If you want to upload supporting documents, you can select ‘Choose File’ and upload (all documents to be put in a single pdf file).
• After clicking your desired option, scroll down, ‘submit your Claim’ and move to next screen.
• You will be able to see a display of all the Option IDs which you want to challenge.
• Click on ‘Save your Claim and Pay Fee Finally’.
• Select Mode of Payment and Pay your processing fee @ Rs. 200/- for each question challenged. You have to make payment through Debit/Credit Card/Net Banking only.

6. CMAT Answer Key 2025 Challenge Fee
The Fee to challenge CMAT official answer key is Rs. 200/- per question. The processing charges can be paid by credit/debit card/Net banking. The processing charge once paid is non-refundable. 

7. NTA Verdict Final on CMAT Answer key Challenge
On the issue of examining, entertaining and taking final decision on the challenges submitted by the candidates on the CMAT Answer Keys, the National Testing Agency has clarified, “The NTA’s decision on the challenges shall be final and no further communication will be entertained.” NTA has further clarified that No Grievance with regard to CMAT answer key(s) after declaration of result of CMAT will be entertained nor shall there be a provision for re-valuation/re-checking of the CMAT Score and no correspondence in this regard shall be entertained by NTA

8. CMAT Score Based on Final CMAT Answer Keys
NTA has confirmed that the CMAT result will be released after finalizing the CMAT answer keys. According to NTA, “The result will be compiled on the basis of final answer keys.” Clarifying further NTA has shared, “The raw (actual) marks obtained by a candidate will be considered further for computation of the Result of CMAT 2025. No Score Card will be dispatched to the candidates and the candidates are advised to download their Score Cards from the website: cmat.nta.nic.in only.”

9. CMAT 2025 Answer Keys: Know the CMAT Scoring Pattern
Each correct answer in CMAT exam carries +4 marks and each wrong answer will impose a negative penalty of -1 mark. Following table will guide you about your expected score as per the CMAT 2025 sectional composition:

10. CMAT Answer Key 2024 
Here are highlights of last year’s CMAT 2024 answer key release. NTA released CMAT 2024 final answer keys on June 3, 2024 for shift-1 and shift-2 question papers as below:

Shift-1: Two objections on Provisional Answer key have been accepted. Out of 100 questions, 2 questions have been dropped from the question paper. It implies that all the test takers will get benefit of 8 marks. NTA will now calculate the CMAT score without taking into account the marks of dropped 2 questions

Shift-2: No Objection against shift 2 answer key found valid by NTA. As such provisional answer key for all the 100 questions are found correct.