CAT 86 Percentile Marks 2024: Expected scaled score analysis
86 percentile in CAT 2024 means how many marks? Likely, 48.9 marks. Based on previous CAT score vs percentile trends, an expected scaled score analysis for CAT 86 Percentile Marks 2024 is given here.
CAT 86 Percentile Marks 2024: CAT 86 Percentile is likely equivalent to 48.9 scaled score. Based on the previous years’ CAT Percentile vs scaled score, the expected analysis has been done. Here the candidates can check out the section-wise expected VARC, DILR, and QA scaled score for 86 percentile. Also, to secure the marks, the candidates should answer 17 to 20 questions correctly in the IIM CAT 2024 exam. For further details and section-wise analysis, the candidates can refer to the following section.
CAT 86 Percentile Expected Scaled Score 2024: Overall
Considering the cumulative marks of all three sections, the expected scaled score analysis from 87 to 86 percentile is provided below:
| Percentile | Expected Overall Scaled Score |
| 87 percentile | 49.5+ marks |
| 86.9 percentile | 49.5+ marks |
| 86.8 percentile | 49.4+ marks |
| 86.7 percentile | 49.4+ marks |
| 86.6 percentile | 49.3+ marks |
| 86.5 percentile | 49.2+ marks |
| 86.4 percentile | 49.1+ marks |
| 86.3 percentile | 49.1+ marks |
| 86.2 percentile | 49+ marks |
| 86.1 percentile | 49+ marks |
| 86 percentile | 48.9+ marks |
CAT 86 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 |
| 86.5 percentile | 23.6+ marks | 15.8+ marks | 13.8+ marks |
| 86 percentile | 23.3+ marks | 15.5+ marks | 13.5+ marks |
| 85.5 percentile | 23.1+ marks | 15.2+ marks | 13.3+ marks |
How many attempts are required to score 86 percentile?
Depending on the scaled score analysis above, the number of section-wise and overall attempts to score 86 percentile are detailed here:
| Overall Score | Accuracy | Number of questions to be answered |
| 48.9 | 100% | 17 questions |
| 48.9 | 90% | 17 questions |
| 48.9 | 80% | 18 questions |
| 48.9 | 70% | 18 questions |
| 48.9 | 60% | 19 questions |
| 48.9 | 50% | 20 questions |
Section-wise details:
| Section | Expected score for 86 percentile | Number of questions to be answered (Accuracy - 100% to 50%) |
| VARC | 23.3 | 8 to 10 questions |
| DILR | 15.5 | 6 to 7 questions |
| QA | 13.5 | 5 to 6 questions |
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