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    How to Calculate Raw Score in CUET UG 2026? - Calculate Marks from Answer Key

    How to Calculate Raw Score in CUET UG 2026? - Calculate Marks from Answer Key

    Shankha GhoshUpdated on 10 Jun 2026, 12:44 PM IST

    With the release of the answer key and response sheet on June 9, students may wonder how to calculate raw scores in CUET UG 226. To simplify, CUET UG raw score is the total marks students have secured after calculating the total scores for correct answers and deducting the marks for incorrect answers.Candidates are awarded 5 marks for every correct answer in CUET UG 2026. Similarly, 1 mark is deducted for every incorrect answer. There is no negative marking in CUET for unattempted questions.

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    1. How to calculate raw score in CUET UG?
    2. CUET Raw Marks Calculator Formula
    3. CUET Marks vs Percentile 2026
    4. What is a Safe Score in CUET 2026?
    How to Calculate Raw Score in CUET UG 2026? - Calculate Marks from Answer Key
    How to Calculate Raw Score in CUET 2026

    There are a total of 50 questions in CUET exam, making the total marks 250. Students are required to compare their CUET answer key 2026 with their own responses and follow the marking pattern to calculate their scores. Aspirants are advised to read the entire article to learn more about how to calculate raw score in CUET and other important details.

    How to calculate raw score in CUET UG?

    To calculate CUET raw scores, students first need to calculate the numbers of questions they got right, wrong and unanswered. Then, they are required to multiply the number of correct answers with 5 and deduct the number of questions they got wrong. Candidates can leave the questions they left unattended as those questions result in 0 mark anyway.

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    CUET Raw Marks Calculator Formula

    Students can follow this simple formula mentioned below to calculate CUET 2026 raw score.

    CUET raw score = {(number of correct answers*5)-(number of incorrect answers*1)}

    For example, if a student got 40 questions right out of 50 total questions, and got 3 questions wrong and 7 questions were unanswered, his/her CUET raw score will be:

    CUET raw score = {(40*5)-(3*1)} = 200-3 = 197

    CUET Marks vs Percentile 2026

    Checking CUET 2026 marks vs percentile allows the students to evaluate how well they did as compared to other students. Here is a table about CUET marks vs percentile for your reference:

    CUET 2026 Marks vs Percentile

    CUET Score (Out of 250)

    Approximate Percentile

    240 to 250

    99.8 to 100 percentile

    230 to 239

    99.5 to 99.8 percentile

    220 to 229

    98.5 to 99.5 percentile

    210 to 219

    96 to 98.5 percentile

    250 to 209

    93 to 96 percentile

    190 to 199

    88 to 93 percentile

    180 to 189

    82 to 88 percentile

    170 to 179

    75 to 82 percentile

    160 to 169

    68 to 75 percentile

    150 to 159

    60 to 68 percentile

    140 to 149

    52 to 60 percentile

    130 to 139

    45 to 52 percentile

    120 to 129

    38 to 45 percentile

    110 to 119

    30 to 38 percentile

    100 to 109

    22 to 30 percentile

    What is a Safe Score in CUET 2026?

    A CUET score range between 450 to 600 is considered safe in most cases. However, The CUET 2026 safe scores vary depending on the university, available seats, previous safe score trends and more.

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