Arithmetic — CAT Previous Year Questions

259 solved PYQs · 2017–2025 · Quant

Solved PYQs: 259
Years covered: 2017–2025
Avg / year: ~29
Subject: Quant

How many CAT questions come from Arithmetic?

Arithmetic has contributed 259 questions to Common Admission Test papers between 2017 and 2025 — an average of about 29 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 6,737 CAT questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 259 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Arithmetic within Quant, so you can drill this chapter across every year at once instead of hunting through paper PDFs. Practising a chapter’s full PYQ history is the fastest way to learn the patterns examiners reuse.

Sample Arithmetic questions from real CAT papers

These are 5 real questions from the bank — exactly as asked, with the answer one tap away. All 259 Arithmetic questions (with full written solutions) are available in practice.

Question 1 · CAT 2024
Which among the firms A, C, E, and F had the maximum PAT per employee in 2023?
1. (A) $Firm C$
2. (B) $Firm A$
3. (C) $Firm E$
4. (D) $Firm F$
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$Answer: (A) Firm C$
Question 2 · CAT 2024
Which one among the countries 1 through 8, has the smallest population in 2024?
1. (A) $Country 3$
2. (B) $Country 5$
3. (C) $Country 8$
4. (D) $Country 7$
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$Answer: (C) Country 8$
Question 3 · CAT 2024
What is the maximum possible voting margin with which one of the candidates can win?
1. (A) $20%$
2. (B) $28%$
3. (C) $26%$
4. (D) $29%$
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$Answer: (D) 29%$
Question 4 · CAT 2024
Which one among the countries 1, 4, 5, and 7 will have the largest population in 2027?
1. (A) $Country 4$
2. (B) $Country 7$
3. (C) $Country 1$
4. (D) $Country 5$
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$Answer: (C) Country 1$
Question 5 · CAT 2024
The ratio of the amount of money spent by Firm C on R&D in 2019 to that in 2023 is closest to
1. (A) $5 : 9$
2. (B) $9 : 5$
3. (C) $9 : 4$
4. (D) $5 : 6$
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$Answer: (B) 9 : 5$

Arithmetic questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2025	12
2024	25
2023	32
2022	32
2021	23
2020	34
2019	31
2018	30
2017	40

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FAQs

How many CAT questions have been asked from Arithmetic?

EByAi's bank holds 259 real CAT questions from Arithmetic, asked between 2017 and 2025 — about 29 per year on average. Every count is measured from actual papers, not estimated.

Is Arithmetic important for CAT?

259 questions over 9 papers make Arithmetic a high-weightage chapter in CAT Quant. The year-wise table above shows exactly how often it appears.

Can I solve Arithmetic PYQs online for free?

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