The 65 non-IIM institutions on iimcat.ac.in as of 29 September 2026, by state, against the official counts of 91, 86 and 93 in 2023–25 — and why “1,200+” is not the official count.

Which Non-IIM Colleges Use CAT 2026: the Official List, by State

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The floors IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Calcutta print for General, EWS, NC-OBC, SC, ST and PwD — overall and by section — against the “99+” myth, with a checker.

Minimum CAT Percentiles IIMs Actually Publish, by Category

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IIM Calcutta’s three stages from its latest published policy: sectional minimums, an 85-point shortlist score built on your scaled score, and a 100-point final. With a calculator.

IIM Calcutta’s 85-Point Shortlist and 100-Point Final Score Explained

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IIMA has already published how it will use CAT 2026: a 35/65 composite, minimum percentiles of 95/85 for General, and a 50/10/40 final score. Every table, with a calculator.

IIM Ahmedabad PGP 2027-29: Application Rating, Composite, Cut-Offs

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The IIMs’ own equating formula and P = (N − r)/N, step by step, with a simulator — and a check that the official top-percentile counts are consistent with the formula.

How CAT Turns Raw Marks Into a Scaled Score and a Percentile

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CAT 2026 on 29 November: Sessions, 40-Minute Sections, Timeline

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What went into these seven pages

CAT 2023–2025 papers, counted by question

CAT 2026

Seven-page revision kit for CAT 2026 (29 November 2026), weighted by the 2023–2025 question counts: Quantitative Ability formulas with worked examples, DILR methods and worked sets, VARC methods, the +3 / −1 and +3 / 0 scoring maths, the exam-day rules from the CAT FAQ and the traps that cost marks.

CAT on seven pages, laid out by what the 2023–2025 papers actually asked: the Quant formulas unit by unit with worked examples, the DILR set types and VARC question types with their methods, the +3 / −1 scoring maths, 15 traps, the exam-day rules and a timed self-test.

CAT 2026 — Revision Kit

All three CAT sections on seven pages

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Official 2025 syllabus extracted from https://iimcat.ac.in/per/g06/pub/32842/ASM/WebPortal/1/PDF/CAT_2025_Advertisement.pdf

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

Reading comprehension

Para-jumbles

Para-summary

Sentence completion

Odd sentence out

Vocabulary in context

Inference questions

VARC

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)

Tables, bar/line/pie charts

Caselets and combined data sets

Games and tournaments

Arrangements (linear, circular, matrix)

Puzzles

Logical conditions

Venn diagrams

Data sufficiency

DILR

Quantitative Ability (QA)

Arithmetic: percentages, profit and loss, simple/compound interest, ratio, time-speed-distance, time and work, averages, mixtures

Number system

Algebra: linear and quadratic equations, inequalities, functions, sequences and series, logarithms

Geometry and mensuration: triangles, circles, polygons, 2D/3D mensuration, coordinate geometry

Modern math: permutation and combination, probability, set theory

Quantitative Ability

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