CAT Exam Marks

CAT stands for Common Admission Test. It is the test, conducted for admitting aspirants for postgraduate management programme in IIMs and also in other leading B-schools around the country. The CAT Score is very essential for the aspirant who wants to pursue an MBA degree in a good college. The candidate has to score very well and clear the cutoff in order to get into the desired college.

What is a Scaled Score and Percentile?

Raw Score: Raw score is simply calculated using the number of questions you answered correctly. The maximum possible raw score is the total marks secured by the candidate which is based on the sectional scores.

Scaled Score: A scaled score is a representation of the raw score that has been converted based on a consistent and standardized scale. Raw Score is "normalized" as it differs for candidates based on the alternate sessions of CAT Exam.

Percentile: A percentile is the rank of a candidate in an examination, relative to the rest of the candidates who appeared for the same examination in the same time-frame.

Let's say there were 10 students who gave an exam, including you. If you ranked 1st, then there are 9 students behind you who took the Test, or 90% of the test-takers are ranked after you. Which means that you have a 90% percentile score. The CAT percentile is also calculated in the same way based on the candidates appeared for the exam and the scaled score you obtained.

CAT Exam Total Marks

CAT exam has three major sections for English, Maths and Reasoning. The three sections are:

• Verbal & Reading Comprehension (VARC) - 34 Questions
• Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) - 32 Questions
• Quantitative Aptitude (QA) - 34 Questions

Each section will have MCQ questions and also Non-MCQ questions. 3 marks will be rewarded for every correct answer for both MCQ and Non-MCQ and 1 mark will be deducted for the wrong answer if it is MCQ and it will not be deducted for Non-MCQ. There will be 4 choices of questions.

The CAT exam is for a total of 300 marks, as the CAT Exam has 100 questions and each carries 3 marks for a correct answer.

What is the minimum mark to qualify for CAT Exam?

The minimum mark to qualify for the CAT exam depends on which B-School you are targeting. The percentile required by B-Schools differs from one to another.

Based on which B-School you are targeting, the minimum mark changes. You have to score the minimum required mark or cutoff of your desired B-School to get into that. Though most of the candidates aim for the top (A+ category) B-Schools like IIMs, MDI, IIFT and a lot more, there are others who aim for other B-Schools like Fore, UBS, etc.

CAT Cutoff

Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) and other participating institutes release CAT cut off to shortlist candidates for admission process into various Postgraduate Management Programme. CAT 2019 is to be conducted on November 24 by IIM Kozhikode. The total marks secured by the candidate decides percentile of the student. CAT Cutoff is determined by the following factors.

• Number of applicants for CAT Exam.
• Level of difficulty of the CAT Exam.
• Number of seats available under CAT.
• Number of participating institutes
• The reputation and ranking of the institute.

After a candidate has received his or her authentic scorecard, the following parameters will be taken into consideration for selecting them.

• CAT 2019 Score
• Class 10^th Marks
• Class 12^th Marks
• Performance in Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI).
• Work experience

IIM Ahmedabad CAT Cutoff 2018

Category	VARC DI & LR QA Overall percentile
General	70	70	70	80
NC-OBC cum Transgender	65	65	65	75
SC	60	60	60	70
ST	50	50	50	60
PWD (General, NC-OBC-cum-transgender, SC)	60	60	60	70

IIM Calcutta CAT Cutoff 2018

Category	QA	DI & LR	VARC	Overall percentile
General	≥80	≥80	≥80	≥90
NC-OBC	≥75	≥75	≥75	≥85
SC	≥65	≥65	≥65	≥70
ST	≥60	≥60	≥60	≥70
PWD/DA	≥60	≥60	≥60	≥70

IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2018

Category	PGP					PGP-ABM					PGP-SM
	VARC	DI & LR	QA	Total	VARC		DI & LR	QA	Total	VARC		DI & LR	QA	Total
General	85	85	85	90	80		80	80	85	80		80	80	85
NC-OBC	77	77	77	82	72		72	72	77	72		72	72	77
SC	55	55	55	70	55		55	55	65	55		55	55	65
ST	50	50	50	65	50		50	50	60	50		50	50	60
PWD	50	50	50	65	50		50	50	60	50		50	50	60

IIM Udaipur CAT Cutoff 2018

Category	VARC	DI & LR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	90
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
DAP	30	30	30	40

IIM Vishakapatnam CAT Cutoff 2018

Category	VARC	DI & LR	QA	Aggregate
General	85	80	80	90
NC-OBC	75	70	70	80
SC	60	60	60	75
ST	50	50	50	55
DA	50	50	50	50

IIM Indore CAT Cutoff 2018

Category	QA	DI & LR	VARC	Overall percentile
General	80	80	80	90
OBC (NC)	70	70	70	80
SC	55	55	55	60
ST	45	45	45	50
PWD	45	45	45	50

IIM Bangalore CAT cutoff 2018

Category	VARC	DI & LR	QA	Overall
General	85	80	80	90
NC-OBC	75	70	70	80
SC	70	65	65	75
ST	60	60	60	70
DA	50	50	50	60

IIM Kozhikode CAT Cutoff 2018

Category	VARC	DI & LR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	90
SC	50	50	50	65
ST	40	40	40	55
NC-OBC	70	70	70	80
PWD	40	40	40	55

IIM Nagpur CAT Cutoff 2018

Category	DILR Percentile	VARC Percentile	QA Percentile	Aggregate
General	72	72	72	90
NC-OBC	65	65	65	81
SC	50	50	50	65
ST	40	40	40	40
DAP	40	40	40	55

IIM Rajpur CAT Cutoff 2018

Category	DILR	VARC	QA	Aggregate
General	80	80	80	95
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

IIM Trichy CAT Cutoff 2018

Category	VARC	DI & LR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	95
SC	60	60	60	78
ST	30	30	30	40
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
PWD	30	30	30	40

IIM Bodh Gaya CAT Cutoff 2018

Category	Section – 1 VARC	Section – 2 DI & LR	Section – 3 QA	Overall
OPEN	80	80	80	95
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DA	30	30	30	40

CAT 2018 Cutoff for IIM Jammu

Category	VARC	DI & LR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	95
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
PWD	30	30	30	40

CAT Cutoff for Various Colleges

B-School	CAT Cutoff (expected)
Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi (FMS, DU)	98.20 Percentile
DMS, IIT Delhi	98+ Percentile
SJMSOM, IIT Bombay	99+ Percentile
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras	95+ Percentile
Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon	95+ Percentile
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai	85+ Percentile
Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB)	90+ Percentile
Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad	90+ Percentile
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai	95+ Percentile
T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal	85+ Percentile
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai	90+ Percentile

The CAT cutoff depends largely on the difficulty level of the exam and it’s important to know that the exam last year was moderately tough. The CAT 2018 result was declared on January 5, 2019. Generally, after the result, each IIM or private B-School will release the list of shortlisted candidates. After that, the institutes will conduct the selection rounds - Group Discussion (GD), Personal Interview (PI), Written Ability Test (WAT). Based on this a candidate will be admitted into a college.

The CAT exam results are expected in the second week of January 2020. After the results are out, each b-school and each IIM will reveal its cutoff in their official website.

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