🔢 CAT QA — Quantitative Ability

Chapters

1. Algebra — Equations, Inequalities and Modulus
   Algebra is the second-largest slice of CAT's QA section after arithmetic — usually five to seven of the twenty-two questions, and a disproportionate share of the type-in…
2. Functions, Logarithms and Progressions
   These three topics account for roughly three to five of the twenty-two QA questions, and CAT likes to combine them: a sequence whose terms are logarithms, or a function…
3. Geometry and Coordinate Geometry at CAT Depth
   Geometry is usually four to six of the twenty-two QA questions, and it is the topic where candidates most often know the formula and still lose the mark. The reason is…
4. Counting, Probability and Set Theory
   Two or three of the twenty-two QA questions come from this block, and they are the questions candidates most often get wrong while feeling certain. The arithmetic is…
5. Number Systems: Divisibility, Factors, Remainders & Bases
   Number systems supply two to four of the twenty-two QA questions in a typical CAT paper, and a high share of them are TITA — type-in questions with no negative marking,…
6. Practice Set — TITA (Type In The Answer)
   Eight questions with no options. You type the answer, and a wrong typed answer costs you nothing — which makes the arithmetic of attempting completely different from the…
7. Arithmetic at CAT Depth: Percentages, Profit, Interest, Ratio, Mixtures & Averages
   Arithmetic is the largest single block of CAT's QA section — typically eight to ten of the twenty-two questions, split between MCQs (+3/−1) and TITA questions with no…
8. Time, Speed & Distance and Time & Work at CAT Depth
   Arithmetic word problems supply three to five of the twenty-two QA questions, and Time–Speed–Distance with Time & Work is the largest slice of them. At +3/−1 for an MCQ…
9. Inequalities, Maxima–Minima & Mensuration of Solids
   Inequalities and maxima–minima supply two to three of the twenty-two QA questions, and mensuration of solids one or two more, so this chapter is worth roughly a tenth of…

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