Q1. What is zonal rank in SOF?

Ans. The Zonal Rank in SOF reflects that if more than 4 students receive the same rank, the reward money will be split equally. All students will have Certificate and a medal in the relevant category.

Q2. What is level 1 and level 2 in SOF?

Ans. The SOF conducts exams in 3 levels therefore, the students passing the level 1 will get selected for level 2 and passing it will get the seats for the level 3 of this olympiad exam.

Q3. What are cut-off marks in SOF?

Ans. For the SOF Exam the cut-off mark varies every year based on the number of students appeared for the exam, exam difficulty, etc.

SOF Cut Off Marks 2024, Check Expected Cut Off for IMO, NSO and IEO

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The Science Olympiad Foundation which conducted the exams for NSO, IMO, IEO, IGKO, etc., is now all set for the release of SOF Cut Off 2024. THe SOF Sut Off will be made available for the appearing candidates at https://sofworld.org/.

The SOF conducts multiple national and international level olympiads for students like the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO), National Science Olympiad (NSO), International English Olympiad (IEO), etc., that help them enhance their skills and knowledge in multiple subjects like mathematics, English, and science.

SOF Cut Off Marks 2024

The SOF Cut Off 2024 will inform candidates of the bar of minimum and maximum marks required from then to qualify the exam for the next round. The students get to compare their performance and analyze their chances for success. All the students scoring more than the minimum mark listed in the SOF Cut Off 2024 will be getting selected to appear in the next round of the Olympiad exam. The SOF Cut Off mark changes every year based on multiple factors like the number of students appearing in the exam, available seats for the next round, etc.

IMO Cut Off 2024

The International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) was conducted by SOF for the students of classes 1 to 12. The IMO Exam 2024 for level 1 were conducted on October 22, November 19, and December 12, 2024. The SOF IMO Cut Off 2024 is expected to be out on the official website any time, all the students who will score more than the minimum cut off mark will be eligible for level 2 of the IMO Exam in February 2025.

For student’s reference we have added the previous year’s SOF IMO Cut Off in the table below:

IMO Math Olympiad Cut Off
Class	Logical Reasoning (M1)	Mathematical Reasoning (M2)	Everyday Mathematics (M3)	Achievers Section (M4)	Total Marks
3rd	9	9	9	6	33
4th	8	9	8	6	31
5th	11	16	8	9	44
6th	13	16	9	9	47
7th	10	16	2	15	43
8th	11	18	4	12	45
9th	14	18	4	12	48
10th	13	17	9	9	48
Class	Logical Reasoning (M1)	Mathematical Reasoning or Applied Mathematics (M2)	Everyday Mathematics (M3)	Achievers Section (M4)	Total Marks
11th	13	12	6	9	40
12th	13	15	8	6	42

NSO Cut Off 2024

The National Science Olympiad (NSO) tests student’s skills and knowledge about the various concepts of science and related topics. All the interested students from classes 1 to 12 participate every year in this olympiad exam. For the academic session 2024-25 the 1st phase of this exam were conducted on October 18, November 12, and December 03, 2024. The result of this exam will be declared in January 2025 at https://sofworld.org/. The table below contains the expected cut off, prepared based on the previous year’s cut off trends to guide students for the NSO Cut Off 2024.

NSO Science Olympiad Cut Off
Class	Logical Reasoning (M1)	Science (M2)	Achievers Section (M3)	Total Marks
3rd	3	22	6	31
4th	4	20	6	30
5th	7	24	9	40
6th	10	21	9	40
7th	7	20	12	39
8th	5	26	6	37
9th	3	23	12	38
10th	6	22	12	40
Class	Physics and Chemistry (M1)	Science (Mathematics and biology) (M2)	Achievers Section (M3)	Total Marks
11th	9	11	12	32
12th	12	14	9	35

IEO Cut Off 2024

The IEO Cut Off 2024 will indicate the student’s minimum marks required by a student to avail their chances for the next round of exam. The table below shows the expected IEO Cut Off 2024 required to be scored by the students to qualify from each section of the exam. Check the table below:

IEO Cut Off Marks
Class	Word And Structure Knowledge [M1]	Reading [M2]	Spoken And Written Expression [M3]	Achievers Section [M4]	Total Marks
3rd	11	10	4	8	33
4th	13	10	4	8	35
5th	21	10	3	9	43
6th	24	8	5	9	46
7th	23	9	4	9	45
8th	23	9	4	12	48
9th	24	9	4	12	49
10th	23	10	5	9	47
11th	27	4	5	12	48
12th	23	10	5	9	47