Expected Marks for 87 Percentile in CAT 2024
87 percentile in CAT 2024 means how many marks? Likely, 49.5 marks. Based on previous CAT score vs percentile trends, an expected scaled score analysis for CAT 87 Percentile Marks 2024 is given here.
CAT 87 Percentile Marks 2024: Here the candidates can find out the CAT 87 percentile vs expected scaled score analysis, for which the previous year’s percentile vs score analysis has been considered. As per the previous year’s trends, the CAT 87 percentile is likely equivalent to a 49.5 scaled score; for which the candidates should correctly answer 17 to 20 questions in the CAT exam. Go through the following section to get to know about the section-wise detailed analysis.
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CAT 87 Percentile Expected Scaled Score 2024
Considering the cumulative marks of all three sections, the expected scaled score analysis from 88 to 87 percentile is provided below:
| Percentile | Expected Overall Scaled Score |
| 88 percentile | 50.2+ marks |
| 87.9 percentile | 50.1+ marks |
| 87.8 percentile | 50+ marks |
| 87.7 percentile | 50+ marks |
| 87.6 percentile | 50+ marks |
| 87.5 percentile | 49.9+ marks |
| 87.4 percentile | 49.8+ marks |
| 87.3 percentile | 49.8+ marks |
| 87.2 percentile | 49.6+ marks |
| 87.1 percentile | 49.6+ marks |
| 87 percentile | 49.5+ marks |
Section-wise CAT 87 Percentile Expected Scaled Score 2024
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 |
| 87.5 percentile | 24.5+ marks | 16.4+ marks | 14.3+ marks |
| 87 percentile | 24.1+ marks | 16.1+ marks | 14.1+ marks |
| 86.5 percentile | 23.6+ marks | 15.8+ marks | 13.8+ marks |
How many attempts are required to score 87 percentile?
Depending on the scaled score analysis above, the number of section-wise and overall attempts to score 87 percentile are detailed here:
| Overall Score | Accuracy | Number of questions to be answered |
| 49.5 | 100% | 17 questions |
| 49.5 | 90% | 18 questions |
| 49.5 | 80% | 18 questions |
| 49.5 | 70% | 19 questions |
| 49.5 | 60% | 19 questions |
| 49.5 | 50% | 20 questions |
Section-wise details:
| Section | Expected score for 87 percentile | Number of questions to be answered (Accuracy - 100% to 50%) |
| VARC | 24.1 | 9 to 10 questions |
| DILR | 16.1 | 6 to 7 questions |
| QA | 14.1 | 5 to 6 questions |
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