CAT Exam 2023: Expected score vs percentile; No. of questions to answer for 95+ percentile
Anusha Bhalotia | November 24, 2023 | 07:02 PM IST | 1 min read
IIM Lucknow is all set to conduct the CAT 2023 on November 26. Check out the expected good attempts required to score 95+ percentile in the CAT exam.
Start your CAT journey today and download CAT 2024 most scoring concepts PDF, including study materials based on CAT previous year papers, CAT question papers, and CAT exam sample questions.
Download EBook
NEW DELHI-
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow has scheduled the CAT 2023 exam on November 26. The Common Admission Test (CAT) is the most widely accepted entrance exam for admission to Masters of Business Administration. Admission into the top B-schools including IIMs, IITs, MDI, FMS, etc., are based on the 95+ percentile in the CAT exam. Candidates must know the probable good attempts needed to score an excellent percentile in the CAT 2023.
Check CAT 2023 exam live updates here
Latest: CAT’24 preparation with experts from CL. Know more
Free Study Material: VARC | DILR | Quant | Chapter-wise Practice MCQs
CAT 2024: 60-day study material | CAT'23 Official Question with Solutions (Slot 1, 2, 3)
Test: 20 Free Mock Test | 10 Year PYQs | Most Scoring Concepts
Candidates can get an idea about the conversion of their CAT scores into percentiles through this CAT scores vs percentiles analysis. Appearing candidates can check the expected number of good attempts required to score their desired percentile from the tables below.
CAT 2023: Section-wise good attempts to score 95+ percentile
The difficulty level of the CAT question paper 2023 is likely to be moderate. It is expected that like last year 66 questions will be asked from 3 sections-Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC),Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning,Quantitative Ability. The expected number of good attempts required for each section are tabulated below-:
|
Sections |
Total Questions per Section |
Expected Good Attempts |
|
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension |
24 |
13-15 |
|
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning |
20 |
9-12 |
|
Quantitative Ability |
22 |
11-13 |
|
Total Questions |
66 |
27-33 |
Expected score vs percentile
The analysis between CAT score vs CAT percentile helps the candidates understand the CAT score required to achieve a specific percentile. The actual difference between them is that the CAT score is the overall score of the candidate whereas the CAT percentile is the score obtained with regard to other candidates appearing in the exam.
|
CAT Percentile |
VARC Score (expected) |
DILR Score (expected) |
QA score (expected) |
Total Overall score (expected) |
|
99% |
41 |
29 |
42 |
97 |
|
98% |
37 |
26 |
37 |
86 |
|
95% |
32 |
21 |
28 |
72 |
|
90% |
27 |
17 |
23 |
59 |
|
85% |
23 |
15 |
19 |
52 |
|
80% |
21 |
13 |
16 |
44 |
As CAT 2023 is around the corner, writing the mock tests and self-analysing the performance becomes very crucial. Candidates are advised to keep calm and revise the CAT important topics to excel in this MBA entrance.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]Featured News
]- Experts propose 7 spots for university townships in education ministry’s post-budget webinar
- Primary school teachers in Karnataka must serve 12 years before promotion, say new recruitment rules
- JNU, TISS Mumbai, BHU: Student unions vanish from universities with elections scrapped, councils taking over
- Students in University of Aberdeen, Mumbai, get credential exactly the same they’d get in Scotland: COO
- ‘IIMC to upgrade all journalism and mass communication courses to MA degrees, phase out PG diplomas’: VC
- Rebuilding Calcutta University: VC Ashutosh Ghosh’s priorities are recruitment, fixing finances, reforms
- PARAKH’s Foundational Learning Study 2026 to cover 1 lakh Class 3 students across 10,000 schools
- Telangana: Government Degree College Vikarabad moves out of school and into DIET campus
- ‘Shouldn’t open universities like shops’: Odisha higher education expands but students rue plummeting quality
- Dual degrees, faculty exchange: States bet on foreign university tie-ups, but fine print tells another story