🇮🇳 India: CUET Score-to-Percentile Matcher
Convert your CUET UG raw subject marks into an indicative NTA percentile using the official +5/-1 marking scheme and the equi-percentile band reference.
Indicative Percentile
How the CUET Percentile Match Works
Official marking scheme. Each CUET UG domain subject contains 50 questions. The National Testing Agency (NTA) awards +5 for every correct answer and deducts −1 for every wrong answer; unattempted questions score zero. The maximum per subject is 250 and the theoretical minimum is −50 (all 50 wrong).
Equi-percentile normalisation. NTA computes percentile separately for each shift using: Percentile = 100 × (number of candidates with raw marks ≤ candidate) ÷ (total candidates in that session). Multi-shift normalised marks then equate one session to another so that the same percentile maps to the same normalised mark across all shifts.
Marks-to-percentile reference band. Since session-level distributions are released only after results, this tool uses the published historical 2023–2025 subject-level brackets: 225+ ≈ 99+ percentile, 200–224 ≈ 97–98.5, 180–199 ≈ 93–96, 160–179 ≈ 85–92, 140–159 ≈ 75–84, 120–139 ≈ 60–74, 100–119 ≈ 45–59, 80–99 ≈ 30–44, 50–79 ≈ 15–29, below 50 ≈ <15. Treat results as indicative; the official percentile depends on your specific session pool.
The regulatory trap. Many calculators forget the −1 penalty and silently report raw = correct × 5, inflating low-accuracy candidates. This tool enforces correct + wrong ≤ 50 and propagates the deduction, so guess-heavy attempt patterns surface a realistic band — not a fictional one.
Primary sources. Refer to the National Testing Agency (NTA) official notices for the binding normalisation policy, and the CUET UG portal (cuet.nta.nic.in) for session-specific question counts, marking scheme and the latest information bulletin.
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