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priyaankasarkar Student Expert 23rd Oct, 2019
Dear Ram, yes CAT has sectional cut offs when it comes to Top B schools and all the IIMs. In order to be shortlisted for any particular Institution, a Candidate needs to clear the sectional cut off and the overall cut off for his/her respective Category. It is different for each Category. Please visit our page at: https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-cutoff for the sectional cut offs and overall cut offs of top IIMs. To give you an idea, the sectional cut offs look like this:

IIM Ahmedabad:

CAT SECTIONAL WEIGHTAGE:

QA        DLR       VARC Overall
General: 70          70        70             80
NC-OBC/Trans: 65          65 65             75
SC: 60          60          60 70
ST: 50          50         50 60
PwD-UR,OBC,SC: 60          60 60              70
PwD: ST: 50          50       50              60


IIM BANGALORE:
QA         DLR         VARC Overall
General:       80          80   85               90
NC-OBC:       70          70 75               80
SC:      65          65       70               75
ST:      60          60       60               70
PwD:       50          50    50               60

IIM CALCUTTA:

QA          DLR       VRC        Over All
OPEN:     75           80 80             85
NC-OBC:     65           65 70             75
EWS:     65           65 70             75
SC:      60          60 65             70
ST:      55           55 55              65
PWD:      55           55 55              65

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