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MAT exam has a total of 200 marks. Every candidate gets one mark for every correct answer and 0.25 marks are deducted for every incorrect answer. But the score obtained is a composite score, from a total of 800. Scores are calculated on the basis of 4 sections. Hence scoring is done out of a maximum possible score of 160 marks. MAT scores tell you the relative position of the candidate with respect to the other candidates. For example: percentile score of 95 means that there are 95% of candidates below, whose scores are less.

The Composite score is arrived at using the first four sections i.e. Verbal Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, Data Interpretation and Sufficiency and Reasoning Ability of the test only because these sections relate to specific skills that one acquires over a long period of time. Equal value is given to all these four sections. The scores are defined in a way that a score of about 50 and about 500 on composite scale represent the average performance of that group.