CMAT 2026: Answer Key (Out), Result, Dates, Cuttoff, Analysis
25 Nov '25 - 27 Nov '25
Updated on 27 Feb 2026
By Silki Joshi, Content Creator
The CMAT 2026 exam, conducted by National Testing Agency on January 25, 2026, was held in a single session in computer-based mode.
As per student feedback, the overall difficulty level was easy to moderate, with most sections being straightforward.
Candidates were able to make 70–75 good attempts overall with high accuracy, especially in Quantitative Techniques, Logical Reasoning, and Language Comprehension.
General Awareness and Innovation & Entrepreneurship sections were moderate, while Quantitative and Logical Reasoning were rated easy and scoring.
CMAT Exam Analysis 2026: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has concluded the CMAT 2026 exam today, January 25, 2026 in the morning session. The candidates have shared the exam analysis for today's exam, which was held in the first shift only. As per the candidates, the overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate. The candidates were able to attempt 70-75 questions with high accuracy. Know more details about the CMAT good attempts and memory based questions here.
Read the section below to know about the CMAT 2026 overview:
| Particulars | Details |
| Exam Name | Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2026 |
| Conducting Body | National Testing Agency (NTA) |
| Exam Date | 25 January 2026 |
| Exam Mode | Computer-Based Test (CBT) |
| Exam Duration | 3 Hours (180 Minutes) |
| Exam Sessions | Single Session |
| Question Type | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
| Total Number of Questions | 100 |
| Total Marks | 400 |
| Marking Scheme | +4 for correct answer |
| Negative Marking | -1 for each incorrect answer |
| Sections | Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness, Innovation & Entrepreneurship |
| Level of Exam | Moderate to Difficult (overall) |
| Medium of Exam | English |
| Selection Process | Score-based Shortlisting followed by Counselling |
According to the candidates, the CMAT exam analysis 2026 was of an easy to moderate level. Know about the subject wise CMAT difficulty level in the section below.
| CMAT 2026 Sections | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation | 20 | Easy |
| Logical Reasoning | 20 | Easy |
| Language Comprehension | 20 | Easy |
| General Awareness | 20 | Moderate |
| Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 20 | Moderate |
| Total | 100 | Easy |
CMAT 2026 examination was of an easy to moderate level for all the questions. Overall, the candidates were able to attempt around 16 to 17 questions from the majority of the sections. Know about the subject wise CMAT 2026 good attempts below:
| CMAT 2026 Sections | Number of Questions | Number of Good Attempts |
| Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation | 20 | 16-17 |
| Logical Reasoning | 20 | 15-16 |
| Language Comprehension | 20 | 15-16 |
| General Awareness | 20 | 10-11 |
| Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 20 | 11-12 |
| Total | 100 | 70-75 |
Read below to know about the subject wise CMAT exam analysis 2026.
CMAT paper analysis of the Quantitative Aptitude section reveals maximum questions were asked from Arithmetic. Check below topic wise break up of the section.
| Quants topic | Total | Sub topics |
| Arithmetic | 7 | Time and Work (1), Ratio-Proportion(1), Profit & Loss (2), Clock (1), Allegations and Mixtures (1), Percentages (1) |
| Geometry | 3 | Triangles(1), Mensuration (1), Quadrilateral (1) |
| Modern Math | 1 | Probability (1) |
| Numbers | 6 | Surds(1), Indices (1), Fraction(1), Classification (1), HCF – LCM (1), Misc (1) |
| Data Interpretation | 3 | 1 Set of 3 questions (Table) |
The Logical Reasoning section of today’s CMAT exam was easy. As per the CMAT 2026 paper analysis, about 15 to 16 attempts with 80% accuracy can be considered good.
| Non Verbal Reasoning | Number of Questions |
| Directions | 1 |
| Cubes | 2 |
| Counting the number of squares | 1 |
| Linear Arrangement | 1 |
| Family tree | 1 |
| Clocks | 1 |
| Numerical Puzzle | 1 |
| Misc | 1 |
| Logical venn diagram | 1 |
| Set theory | 1 |
| Number Series | 1 |
| Analogy based sequence | 1 |
| Word based Analogy | 1 |
| Odd one out | 1 |
| Alpha numeric | 1 |
| Verbal Reasoning | Number of Questions |
| Assertion Reason; Strong/Weak Argument; Assumption; Conclusion | 4 |
There was only on RC passage of 150 words. It had 2 questions. Out of 20 questions were grammar-based. Check the table below for topic wise composition of Language Comprehension section of the CMAT 2026 question paper:
| Area | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension: Scientific Theories | 2 |
| Cloze Passage (3 blanks) | 3 |
| Jumbled Sentence | 1 |
| Vocabulary (1 meaning of the underlined idiom, 1 meaning of the phrase) | 2 |
| Grammar (compound sentence, verb forms, active-passive voice, reported speech, prepositions, degrees of comparison, miscellaneous) | 12 |
The candidates who have appeared for the CMAT exam must have a look at the questions asked in today’s exam below.
Ques: Sudhir purchased a chair with 3 successive discounts of 20%, 12.5% and 5%. Find the equivalent single discount.
Answer: 33.5%
Ques: Consider the statements:
There exists a smallest natural number.
There exists a largest natural number.
Every rational number is also a real number.
Between two consecutive natural numbers, there is always a natural number
Answer: A and C
Ques: Four electronic devices make a beep after every 30 mins, 1 hour, 1.5 hour and 1hour 45 minutes, respectively. All beeped together at 12 noon. They will again beep together at?
Answer: 9 am
Ques: If height and radius of a right circular cylinder and equal and its volumn is 176/7 cm3, find diameter.
Answer: 4 cm
Ques: A person buys two watches for INR 1000 in total. He sells one watch at a loss of 5% and the other at a gain of 20%. On the whole, he gains INR 50. What are the cost price of the two watches?
Answer: INR 600 and INR 400.
Ques: Some of 3 consecutive odd numbers is always divisible by:
2
3
5
6
Answer: B only
Ques: Even after reducing the marked price by INR 32, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 15%. If the cost price is INR 320, what would be the percentage profit it the item is sold at the marked price?
Answer: 25%
Ques: Four coins tossed. What is the probability that two coins heads never occur together.
Answer: ½
Ques: In KV Ujjain, 20% students are athletes. In NV Ujjain, 25% are athletes. If NV has 60% more students than KV, then the number of athletes in NV is what percent of athletes in KV?
Answer: 200%
Ques: 85 litres of mixture contain milk and water in the ratio 27:7. How much water is required to be added, so that the resulting mixture contains milk and water in the ration 3:1?
Answer: 5 litre.
Ques: What is the unit digit of (234)100 +(234)101?
Answer: 0
General Awareness Questions (Memory Based) and Answer Keys
Ques: Arrange the following battles in chronological order:
Battle of Haldighati
Battle of Chausa
First Battle of Mysore
First Battle of Tarain
Battle of Plassey
Answer: d,b,a,e,c
Ques: In which of the following is a concave mirror not used?
Answer: As a rear view mirror in vehicles
Ques: Which are the components of capital accounts?
External Commercial Borrowing
Government Aid
Equity Capital
Gifts, Remittances, Grants
Answer: a, b, c
Ques: Which country won ICC World Cup 2023?
Answer: Australia
Ques: Who is the first Indian aboard ISS?
Answer: Shubhanshu Shukla
Ques: Who among the following are not recipients of Padma Vibhushan Award 2025?
Shri MT Vasudev Nair
M Venkaiah Naidu
Shin Osamu Suzuki
Bindeshwar Pathak
Padma Subrahmanyam
Answer: b, d and e only
Ques: Which country is not a member of SAFTA?
Answer: Myanmar
Ques: Which European country accepts Indian UPI payment?
Answer: France
Ques: Who holds the record of the highest number of Olympic medals?
Answer: Michael Phelps
Ques: On which date did EPFO remove Aadhaar as proof of date of birth?
Answer: Jan 16, 2024.
CMAT cut off marks 2026 will be released online for all the courses. The candidates who have appeared for the exam must go through the cut off marks to know about their qualifying status. Go through the section below to know about the score wise CMAT percentile 2026:
| CMAT Score | CMAT Percentile |
| 340+ | 99.99 |
| 295 - 305 | 99.5+ |
| 275 - 285 | 99 |
| 255 - 265 | 95 |
| 235 - 245 | 90 |
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