CAT Cutoff Score

Common Admission Test (CAT) Cutoff would be applied by the exam governing body to restrict the candidate count in the selection cum admission process for MBA postgraduate program in the participating IIMs of the country. Other B-schools would also consider the score of CAT 2015 to offer admission in various disciplines in their respective institutes. It would be issued on the basis of marks/percentile obtained in the examination. Another purpose of the cutoff is to select the best and most deserving candidates for admission on the limited number of seats available for admission.

CAT Cutoff – Decisive Factors

Some of the factors that would be taken into consideration by the exam governing body to decide upon the cutoff are given here. These factors are taken into account to reach on a decision on justified CAT Cutoff score, keeping in mind the limited number of seats and increasing competition. The factors are:

The candidate who is able to score marks more than or equal to the Cutoff Score of CAT would be selected for the next round of selection process however, if his score is less than the cutoff, he would be dropped from the admission in IIMs. Thus we can see that cutoff actually acts as a selection or screening parameter for selection in the next round. We have compiled some figures of cutoff from previous year for your reference. You can check these statistics of cutoff from some of the best participating B-schools of the country.

CAT Cutoff for IIM Bangalore

Category           Aggregate         Section 1 (QA & DI)          Section 2 (VA & LR)

General                  80                                  70                                 90

NC-OBC                80                                   80                                 80

SC                         70                                   50                                 50

ST                         70                                    50                                 50

DA                        60                                    50                                  50

CAT Cutoff for IIM Indore

Category           Section 1 (QA & DI)        Section 2 (VA & LR)         Aggregate

General                        85                                        85                                 90

OBC                              75                                        75                                 80

SC                                 65                                        65                                 70

PWD                              50                                        50                                 55

ST                                  55                                       55                                 60

CAT Cutoff for IIM Shillong

Category                        Section 1 (QA & DI)                   Section 2 (VA & LR)

General & OBC                                 70                                              70

SC                                                     60                                              60

ST                                                      50                                             50

DA                                                     50                                             50

CAT Cutoff for IIM Calcutta

Category        Section 1 Quantitative Ability     Section 2 Data Interpretation &
                                                                                       Logical Reasoning

            Section 3 Verbal Ability                    Overall

Open                                               >80                                          >80
                          >80                                               >90

NC-OBC                                          >75                                         >75

                          >75                                                >85

SC                                                    >65                                         >65

                           >65                                                 >70

ST                                                     >60                                          >60

                            >60                                                >70

DA                                                    >65                                          >65

                             >65                                               >70

CAT Cutoff for IIM Ahmadabad

Category       Verbal and Reading      Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
          Quantitative Aptitude                                          Overall percentile rank

General                                     80                        80

                              80                                                                               90

NC-OBC                                      75                       75

                              75                                                                               85

SC                                                 70                       70

                             70                                                                                80

ST                                                    60                      60

                               60                                                                              70

DA                                                     70                    70

                               70                                                                              80

CAT Cutoff Marks for IIM Lucknow

Category                QA           DI & LR           VRC         Total         QA      DI & LR

                     VRC          Total                   QA          DI & LR     VRC       Total

General                    85               85                    85                90          75             75
                        75                80                   80                80             80           86

NC-OBC                    77               77                   77                 82          68            68
                         68               72                  72                  72             72           77

SC                              55               55                   55                75           50           50
                         50                70                  50                  50            50           70

ST                              50                 50                   50               70           45          45
                         45                65                   45                 45             45           65

PWD                           55                55                    55              75           50         50
                          50               70                    50                 50            50           70

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