95 Percentile in CAT 2024 Means How Many Attempts?

Updated On: October 08, 2024 04:14 PM

In order to obtain a 95 percentile in the CAT 2024 exam, you must aim to answer at least 24 to 27 questions with 100% accuracy. If you are wondering how many questions to attempt in CAT 2024 to score 95 percentile, it is about 9-10 from VARC, 8-9 from DILR, and 8-10 from QA.

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Section-wise Good Attempts in CAT 2024 to Score 95 Percentile
CAT 2024 Attempts vs Percentile

If you are contemplating, ‘ 95 Percentile in CAT 2024 Means How Many Attempts? ’, the answer to this question can be anticipated depending on a number of factors like the difficulty level of the exam, normalization process, and overall performance of all the test-takers, etc. among others. However, on the basis of previous year cutoff percentile trends, it can be predicted that candidates are required to attempt a minimum of 24 to 27 questions with 100% accuracy to score between 70 to 80 marks out of a total score of 198 marks that corresponds to a 95 percentile in CAT. Additionally, sectional cutoffs are also crucial and candidates must aim to solve about 9-10 questions in the VARC section, 8-9 questions in the DILR section, and 8-10 questions in the QA section. Go through the article below to understand how many questions to attempt in CAT 2024 overall along with the section-wise attempts required to obtain a 95 percentile.

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How Many Questions to Attempt in CAT 2024 to Score 95 Percentile?

The safe number of attempts to obtain a score in the range of 95 percentile varies from 24 to 27 questions out of a total of 66 questions. Given below is the number of attempts required to score a 95 percentile in CAT exam 2024 if we assume that a score ranging from 72 to 81 is required for a 95 percentile.

Accuracy	Attempts Required			Correct	Incorrect	Raw Score
Accuracy	Description	Required Net Score	Number of Attempts	Correct	Incorrect	Raw Score
100%	The score must fall between 70-80 marks out of 198.	For a net score of 72 marks	24 questions out of 66	24 answers	0	(24 questions × 3 marks per question) - 0 = 72 marks
100%	The score must fall between 70-80 marks out of 198.	For a net score of 81 marks	27 questions out of 66	27 answers	0	(27 questions × 3 marks per question) - 0 = 81 marks
90%	For every 10 attempts, 9 questions will be correct and 1 question will be wrong Correct answers: 9 × 3 = 27 marks Incorrect answer: 1 × −1 = −1 mark Net score: 27 −1 = 26 marks for every 10 questions attempted	For a net score of 70 marks	70 / 26 ≈ 27 attempts	90% of 27 = 24 answers	10% of 27 = 3 answers	Marks from correct answers: 24 × 3 = 72 marks Negative marks from incorrect answers: 3 × 1 = 3 marks Final score = 72 - 3 = 69 marks
90%		For a net score of 80 marks	80 / 26 ≈ 31 attempts	90% of 31 = 28 answers	10% of 31 = 3 answers	Marks from correct answers: 28 × 3 = 84 marks Negative marks from incorrect answers: 3 × 1 = 3 marks Final score = 84 - 3 = 81 marks
80%	For every 10 attempts, 8 questions will be correct and 2 questions will be wrong Correct answers: 8 × 3 = 24 marks Incorrect answer: 2 × −1 = −2 mark Net score: 24 − 2 = 22 marks for every 10 questions attempted	For a net score of 70 marks	70/22 ≈ 32 questions out of 66	80% of 32 = 26 answers	20% of 32 = 6 answers	Marks from correct answers: 26 × 3 = 78 marks Negative marks from incorrect answers: 6 × 1 = 6 marks Final score = 78 - 6 = 72 marks
80%		For a net score of 80 marks	80/22 ≈ 36 questions out of 66	80% of 36 = 29 answers	20% of 36 = 7 answers	Marks from correct answers: 29 × 3 = 87 marks Negative marks from incorrect answers: 7 × 1 = 7 marks Final score = 87 - 7 = 80 marks
70%	For every 10 attempts, 7 questions will be correct and 3 questions will be incorrect Correct answers: 7 × 3 = 21 marks Incorrect answer: 3 × −1 = −3 mark Net score: 21 − 3 = 18 marks for every 10 questions attempted	For a net score of 70 marks	70/18 ≈ 39 questions out of 66	70% of 39 = 27 answers	30% of 39 = 12 answers	Marks from correct answers: 27 × 3 = 81 marks Negative marks from incorrect answers: 12 × 1 = 12 marks Final score = 81 - 12 = 69 marks
70%		For a net score of 80 marks	80/18 ≈ 45 questions out of 66	70% of 45 = 31 answers	30% of 45 = 13-14	Marks from correct answers: 31 × 3 = 93 marks Negative marks from incorrect answers: 14 × 1 = 14 marks Final score = 93 - 14 = 79 marks

Section-wise Good Attempts in CAT 2024 to Score 95 Percentile

Taking into consideration the difficulty level of the CAT 2024 question paper, candidates require a score of 27-30 marks in the VARC section to secure a 97 percentile. A minimum of 21-24 marks will be required in the DILR section and 24-27 marks will be required in the QA section.

Expected CAT 2024 Sectional Cutoffs for 95 Percentile

Check the minimum section-wise attempts required in the CAT 2024 exam to score a 95 percentile below.

Section	Required Score for 96 Percentile (Expected)	Correct Attempts with 85-90% Accuracy (Expected)
VARC	27-30 marks (out of 72)	9-10 questions (attempting 11-13 questions)
DILR	21-24 marks (out of 60)	8-9 questions (attempting 10-12 questions)
QA	24-27 marks (out of 66)	8-10 questions (attempting 11-13 questions)
Overall	70-80 marks (out of 198)	25-27 correct answers

Find the number of good attempts in each section of the CAT 2024 exam for a 95 percentile against the accuracy mentioned.

Accuracy	Section-wise Attempts Required
100%	24-27 correct attempts with 100% accuracy VARC: 9-10 questions correctly (out of 24 questions) for 27-30 marks DILR: 7-8 questions correctly (out of 20 questions) for 21-24 marks QA: 8-9 questions correctly (out of 22) for 24-27 marks
90%	27-31 questions with 90% accuracy VARC: 11-12 attempts and 9-10 correct answers DILR: 9-10 attempts and 7-8 correct answers QA: 10-11 attempts and 8-9 correct answers
80%	32-36 questions with 80% accuracy VARC: 11-12 attempts and 9-10 correct answers DILR: 9-10 attempts and 7-8 correct answers QA: 10-11 attempts and 8-9 correct answers
70%	39-45 questions with 70% accuracy VARC: 13-15 attempts and 9-10 correct answers DILR: 10-12 attempts and 7-8 correct answers QA: 11-13 attempts and 8-9 correct answers

CAT 2024 Attempts vs Percentile

If you are wondering how many minimum attempts are required in CAT 2024 to secure above 95 percentile, check the articles provided below.

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