CAT 81 Percentile Marks 2024: Expected scaled score analysis
81 percentile in CAT 2024 means how many marks? Likely, 47.2 marks. Based on previous CAT score vs percentile trends, an expected scaled score analysis for CAT 81 Percentile Marks 2024 is given here.
CAT 81 Percentile Marks 2024: The CAT 81 percentile is likely equivalent to 47.2 marks in the scaled score. To obtain the score, the candidates should answer 16 to 19 questions correctly in the CAT 2024 exam. For further clarification, the candidates can check out the section-wise scaled score and the section-wise number of questions that need to be answered in the CAT exam, here. Based on the previous year’s CAT percentile vs scaled score, the analysis has been made here.
CAT 81 Percentile Expected Scaled Score 2024: Overall
Considering the cumulative marks of all three sections, the expected scaled score analysis from 82 to 81 percentile is provided below:
| Percentile | Expected Overall Scaled Score |
| 82 percentile | 47.5+ marks |
| 81.9 percentile | 47.5+ marks |
| 81.8 percentile | 47.4+ marks |
| 81.7 percentile | 47.4+ marks |
| 81.6 percentile | 47.4+ marks |
| 81.5 percentile | 47.4+ marks |
| 81.4 percentile | 47.3+ marks |
| 81.3 percentile | 47.3+ marks |
| 81.2 percentile | 47.3+ marks |
| 81.1 percentile | 47.3+ marks |
| 81 percentile | 47.2+ marks |
CAT 81 Percentile Expected Scaled Score 2024: Section-Wise
Separately for the three sections, candidates can expect the section-wise scaled scores as follows:
| Percentile | Expected VARC Scaled Score | Expected DILR Scaled Score | Expected QA Scaled Score |
| 82 percentile | 21.1+ marks | 13.9+ marks | 11.5+ marks |
| 81.5 percentile | 20.9+ marks | 13.8+ marks | 11.3+ marks |
| 81 percentile | 20.6+ marks | 13.6+ marks | 11+ marks |
How many attempts are required to score 81 percentile?
Depending on the scaled score analysis above, the number of section-wise and overall attempts to score 81 percentile are detailed here:
| Overall Score | Accuracy | Number of questions to be answered |
| 47.2 | 100% | 16 questions |
| 47.2 | 90% | 17 questions |
| 47.2 | 80% | 17 questions |
| 47.2 | 70% | 18 questions |
| 47.2 | 60% | 18 questions |
| 47.2 | 50% | 19 questions |
Section-wise details:
| Section | Expected score for 81 percentile | Number of questions to be answered (Accuracy - 100% to 50%) |
| VARC | 20.6 | 7 to 9 questions |
| DILR | 13.6 | 5 to 6 questions |
| QA | 11 | 4 to 5 questions |
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