CAT Cut off Marks 2021 | Expected & Previous year IIM cut off

CAT Cut off

CAT Cut Off 2021: Following the announcement of the CAT Result 2021, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad will publish the CAT Exam 2021 Cut Off on its official IIM website. It is the minimum score necessary for examinees to be summoned for the MBA selection process. Read the article to have complete details for the same.

CAT Cut Off 2021: Important Dates

The important dates regarding CAT Cut off 2021 are given below.

Event Date (Tentative)
CAT Exam 2021 Date November 28, 2021
Final Answer key of CAT 2021 Second Week of December 2021
CAT Result 2021 declaration date Third Week of December 2021
CAT Cutoff 2021 Third Week of December 2021

Factors Determining CAT Cut Off

CAT cut off percentile for each institute depends on numerous factors. The main factors are mentioned below.

  • The difficulty level of the exam
  • Number of aspirants who appeared for the exam
  • Number of aspirants who passed the exam
  • Number of seats in a particular institute
  • Ranking of the institute

Expected CAT 2021 Cut Offs as per different IIM Institute

Here you can check the expected CAT 2021 cut off percentiles for all the students for admission to the top 20 IIMs. The below-mentioned cut-offs are the final cut-offs based on which the candidates will be called for the interview round.

IIM  Expected Cutoff 
IIM Ahmedabad  99 
IIM Bangalore  99
IIM Calcutta  99
IIM Lucknow  97-98 
IIM Indore  97-98 
IIM Kozhikode  97-98 
IIM Amritsar  95-96 
IIM Nagpur  95-96 
IIM Sambalpur  95-96 
IIM Trichy  94-95 
IIM Raipur  94-95 
IIM Ranchi  94-95 
IIM Kashipur  94-95 
IIM Vizag  92-94 
IIM Udaipur  92-94
IIM Bodhgaya  92-94
IIM Shillong  90 
IIM Sirmaur  90 
IIM Jammu  90 

You should know that for General category students the CAT cut-offs remain high every year (90-100) but for Reserved category students, there is considerable relaxation of marks.

CAT Cut Off 2021: Section Wise Expected Cut Off

The information regarding CAT Expected cut-off 2021 for each section wise is given below.

IIMs QA DILR VARC Overall
IIM Ahmedabad 70 70 70 80
IIM Bangalore 75 75 80 85
IIM Calcutta 80 80 75 85
IIM Kozhikode 75 75 75 85
IIM Shillong 75 75 75 80
IIM Lucknow 85 85 85 90
IIM Raipur 80 80 80 95
IIM Rohtak 70 70 70 95
IIM Kashipur 80 80 80 90
IIM Ranchi 80 80 80 90
IIM Indore 80 80 80 90
IIM Tiruchirapalli 80 80 80 95
IIM Udaipur 80 80 80 90
IIM Bodh Gaya 80 80 80 90
IIM Amritsar 75 75 80 80
IIM Nagpur 72 72 72 85
IIM Jammu 80 80 80 90
IIM Visakhapatnam 80 80 85 90
IIM Sambalpur 80 80 80 95
IIM Simraur 80 80 80 95

CAT 2019 Sectional Cutoff

You can check the released Sectional CAT cut-off for all participating IIMs for general candidates. You will find the individual cutoffs for QA, DILR, and VARC sections:

IIMS QA DILR VARC OVERALL
IIM Ahmedabad 70 70 70 80
IIM Bangalore 75 75 80 85
IIM Calcutta 80 80 75 85
IIM Kozhikode 75 75 75 85
IIM Shillong 75 75 75 80
IIM Lucknow 85 85 85 90
IIM Raipur 80 80 80 95
IIM Rohtak 70 70 70 95
IIM Kashipur 80 80 80 90
IIM Ranchi 80 80 80 90
IIM Indore 80 80 80 90
IIM Tiruchirapalli 80 80 80 95
IIM Udaipur 80 80 80 90
IIM Bodh Gaya 80 80 80 90
IIM Amritsar 75 75 80 80
IIM Nagpur 72 72 72 85
IIM Jammu 80 80 80 90
IIM Visakhapatnam 80 80 85 90
IIM Sambalpur 80 80 80 95
IIM Simraur 80 80 80 95

You should know that most of the items have their own admission process according to personalized guidelines. But for the 10 third-generation, IIMs participate in a common ability test and personal interview through the Common Admission Process (CAP).

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IIM Ahmedabad CAT Cutoff 

The table below provides Section-wise CAT Cutoff data for IIM Ahmedabad.

Sections General NC-OBC-cum transgender SC ST DA
Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC) 70 65 60 50 50
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DIILR) 70 65 60 50 50
Quantitative Aptitude (QA) 70 65 60 50 50
Overall Percentile 80 75 70 60 60

IIM Bangalore CAT Cutoff 

The table below shows the CAT cut off percentile for different categories set by IIM Bangalore:

Sections General NC-OBC SC ST DA
Section 1 (QA & DI) 75 65 60 55 50
Section 2 (VA & LR) 80 70 65 55 50
Overall Percentile 85 75 70 65 60

IIM Calcutta CAT Cutoff 

The table below shows CAT cut off percentile for IIM Calcutta. 

Section Open NC-OBC SC ST DA
Section 1 (Quantitative Ability) 75 65 60 55 55
Section 2 (Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning) 80 65 60 55 55
Section 3 (Verbal Ability) 80 70 65 55 55
Overall Percentile 85 75 70 65 65

IIM Indore CAT Cutoff 

The table below shows CAT cut off percentile for IIM Indore-

Sections General OBC SC PWD ST
Section 1 (QA) 80 70 55 45 45
Section 2 (DI & LR) 80 70 55 45 45
Section 3 (VARC) 80 70 55 45 45
Overall Percentile 90 80 60 50 50

IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 

The table below shows CAT cut off percentile for IIM Lucknow:

Section Open NC-OBC SC ST DA
Section 1 (Quantitative Ability) 85 77 55 50 50
Section 2 (Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning) 85 77 55 50 50
Section 3 (Verbal Ability) 85 77 55 50 50
Overall Percentile 90 82 70 65 65

IIM Shillong CAT Cutoff 

The table below shows CAT cut off percentile for IIM Shillong:

Sections General & OBC SC ST DA
Section 1 (QA) 75 60 50 50
Section 2 (DI & LR) 75 60 50 50
Section 3 (VARC) 75 60 50 50
Overall Percentile

IIM Kozhikode CAT Cutoff 

The table below shows CAT cut off percentile for IIM Kozhikode:

Sections General OBC SC ST/DA
Section 1 (QA) 75 65 55 45
Section 2 (DI & LR) 75 65 55 45
Section 3 (VARC) 75 65 55 45
Overall Percentile 85 75 65 55

IIM Rohtak CAT Cutoff 

The table below shows CAT cut off percentile for IIM Rohtak:

Sections General SC ST NC-OBC PWD
Section 1 (QA & DI) 80 45 40 70 40
Section 2 (VA & LR) 80 45 40 70 40
Overall Percentile 95 55 30 78 30

IIM Ranchi CAT Cutoff 

The table below shows CAT cut off percentile for IIM Ranchi:

Sections General SC ST NC-OBC PWD
Section 1 (QA) 80 50 30 60 30
Section 2 (DI & LR) 80 50 30 60 30
Section 3 (VARC) 80 50 30 60 30
Overall Percentile 90 60 40 78 40

IIM Trichy CAT Cutoff 

The overall Expected CAT cut off for IIM Trichy is given in the table below:

Sections General SC ST NC-OBC PWD
Section 1 (QA & DI) 80 50 30 60 30
Section 2 (VA & LR) 80 50 30 60 30
Overall Percentile 95 60 40 78 40

IIM Udaipur CAT Cutoff 

The overall CAT cut off for IIM Udaipur according to the categories is given in the table below:

Sections General SC ST NC-OBC
Section 1 (QA) 80 50 30 60
Section 2 (DI & LR) 80 50 30 60
Section 3 (VARC) 80 50 30 60
Overall Percentile 90 60 40 78

IIM Kashipur CAT Cutoff 

The cut off for IIM Kashipur reaches around 90 percentile. The CAT overall cut off percentile for IIM Kashipur is given below:

Sections General SC ST NC-OBC PWD
Section 1 (QA) 80 50 30 60 30
Section 2 (DI & LR) 80 50 30 60 30
Section 3 (VARC) 80 50 30 60 30
Overall Percentile 90 60 40 78 40

IIM Nagpur CAT Cutoff 

The table below shows CAT cut off percentile for IIM Nagpur:

Sections General SC ST NC-OBC PWD
Section 1 (QA) 72 50 40 65 40
Section 2 (DI & LR) 72 50 40 65 40
Section 3 (VARC) 72 50 40 65 40
Overall Percentile 85 60 40 76.5 55

IIM Visakhapatnam CAT Cutoff 

CAT Cut Off for IIM Visakhapatnam is given below-

Sections General SC ST NC-OBC PWD
Section 1 (QA) 80 60 50 70 50
Section 2 (DI & LR) 80 60 50 70 50
Section 3 (VARC) 85 60 50 75 50
Overall Percentile 90 75 55 80 50

IIM Raipur CAT Cutoff 

CAT Cut Off for IIM Raipur is provided in the table below-

Category QA VARC DI & LR Overall Percentile
General 80 80 80 95
DAP 30 30 30 40
OBC (NC) 60 60 60 78
ST 30 30 30 40
SC 50 50 50 60

IIM Bodh Gaya CAT Cutoff 

CAT 2019 Cut Off for IIM Bodh Gaya is provided in the table below-

Sections General SC ST NC-OBC DA
Section 1 (QA) 80 50 30 60 30
Section 2 (DI & LR) 80 50 30 60 60
Section 3 (VARC) 80 50 30 60 40
Overall Percentile 90 60 40 78 40

IIM Sirmaur CAT Cutoff 

The sectional and overall CAT Cut Off for IIM Sirmaur is represented in the table given below-

Sections General SC ST NC-OBC DAP
Section 1 (QA) 80 50 30 60 30
Section 2 (DI & LR) 80 50 30 60 30
Section 3 (VARC) 80 50 30 60 30
Overall Percentile 90 60 40 78 40

IIM Sambalpur CAT Cutoff 

The sectional and overall CAT Cut Off for IIM Sambalpur is provided in the table given below-

Sections General SC ST NC-OBC DA
Section 1 (QA) 80 50 30 60 30
Section 2 (DI & LR) 80 50 30 60 30
Section 3 (VARC) 80 50 30 60 30
Overall Percentile 95 60 40 78 40

IIM Amritsar CAT Cutoff 

The minimum cut off criteria used by IIM Amritsar are given below-

Sections General NC-OBC SC ST DA
Verbal and Reading Comprehension percentile rank (VRC) 75 60 50 35 35
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Percentile (DILR) 75 60 50 35 35
Quantitative Aptitude Percentile Rank (QA) 80 65 55 35 35
Overall Percentile Rank (PT) 85 75 55 40 40

IIM Jammu CAT Cutoff

IIM Jammu was established in 2019 so there was no interview for the selection of Post The given below table depicts the CAT 2016 cut-off for IIM Jammu. 

Sections General NC-OBC SC ST DA
Verbal and Reading Comprehension percentile rank (VRC) 80 60 50 30 30
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Percentile (DILR) 80 60 50 30 30
Quantitative Aptitude Percentile Rank (QA) 80 60 50 30 30
Overall percentile rank (PT) 90 78 60 40 40

Top Non-IIM B-Schools Accepting CAT Score

Apart from the top leading IIMs of India, there are the Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs) and other top B-schools that accept CAT scores too.

You can check CAT 2021 percentile for some of the CAT Participating Institutes from the table below-

Name of the Institute CAT 2019 Score Required
Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi 99 Percentile
DMS, IIT Delhi 96+ Percentile
SJMSOM, IIT Bombay 98+ Percentile
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras 95+ Percentile
Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon 94+ Percentile
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai 85+ Percentile
Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB) 94+ Percentile
Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad 90+ Percentile
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai 97+ Percentile
TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal 85+ Percentile
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai 79+ Percentile
Institute for Financial Management & Research (IFMR) Chennai 80+ Percentile

Previous Year CAT Cut Off 2018 For IIMs

Here you can check the previous year’s CAT Cut Off marks for IIMs.

IIM Date of Release of Shortlist Cutoffs Fee (in lakhs) for Batch 2019-20 Average Placement 2018 (Rs. lakhs) Total Seats
IIM Ahmedabad January 8, 2018 95+ 21.14 22.58 395
IIM Bangalore January 8, 2018 90+ 19.5 21.42 400
IIM Calcutta January 13, 2018 95+ 19 20.00 460
IIM Lucknow January 15, 2018 90+ 14.16 18.45 500
IIM Indore January 15, 2018 90 14 16.23 450
IIM Kozhikode January 9, 2018 95.5 16 17.14 375
IIM Rohtak January 25, 2018 90+ 12.20 12.3 240
IIM Trichy January 25, 2019 96 12.35 13.3 180
IIM Udaipur January 25, 2019 90 13.08 11.94 260

CAT 2021 Selection Process: IIM Admission and Selection Criteria

After CAT 2021 Result declaration, the candidate will be required to apply for WAT/GD-PI if they meet the minimum cut-off criteria of the IIMs you had selected for admission in the CAT application form.

The IIM selection process includes a screening of candidates based on CAT score, WAT/GD-PI round, and final selection. Most of the IIMs conduct WAT/GD-PI rounds in February and March, while ‘offer of admission’ letters are issued to successful candidates in April and May.

Thus, candidates are advised to go through the CAT Cut Off 2021 as listed above. If you have any queries, feel free to ask us in the comment section below.

FAQs on CAT Cut Off 2021

What comes next once the CAT Cut Off is announced?

The chosen applicants will be picked for the various IIMs for the GD/ WAT/ PI rounds, according to the IIM admission procedure 2022.

What is the cutoff for CAT 2021?

The CAT 2021 cutoff is the minimum score required to advance to the next stage of the IIM admission test.

Will all IIMs agree to reveal the CAT Cut Off for 2021?

No, each of the 20 IIMs will post their CAT Cut Off on their own official websites.

How is the CAT 2021 cutoff determined?

The CAT cut off for 2021 will be decided by a variety of criteria, including the difficulty level of the CAT exam paper, the number of applicants who will compete, and prior performance.

What is the percentile of the CAT?

The CAT percentile indicates the proportion of applicants in the merit list that are below one candidate.

What is the general category’s average minimum CAT percentile?

The minimal CAT percentile varies depending on the IIM, however, on average, the general category minimum percentile is 85 percent.

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