The value that the modern West assigns to "an unassailable original" has resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:

it discourages them from carrying out human cloning.

it discourages them from making interventions in ancient art.

it discourages them from simultaneous displays of multiple copies of a painting.

it allows regular employment for certain craftsmen.

Modern Maths — CAT Previous Year Questions

48 solved PYQs · 2017–2025 · Quant

Solved PYQs: 48
Years covered: 2017–2025
Avg / year: ~5
Subject: Quant

How many CAT questions come from Modern Maths?

Modern Maths has contributed 48 questions to Common Admission Test papers between 2017 and 2025 — an average of about 5 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 48 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Modern Maths 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 Modern Maths questions from real CAT papers

These are 5 real questions from the bank — exactly as asked, with the answer one tap away. All 48 Modern Maths questions (with full written solutions) are available in practice.

Question 1 · CAT 2024
What was the number of stars received by D from Y?
1. (A) $5$
2. (B) $cannot be determined$
3. (C) $0$
4. (D) $10$
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$Answer: (A) 5$
Question 2 · CAT 2024
What best can be said about the road distance (in km) between the ATMs having the second highest and the second lowest cash requirements?
1. (A) $7 km$
2. (B) $5 km$
3. (C) $4 km$
4. (D) $Either 4 km or 7 km$
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$Answer: (D) Either 4 km or 7 km$
Question 3 · CAT 2022
The value that the modern West assigns to "an unassailable original" has resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:
1. (A) $it discourages them from making interventions in ancient art.$
2. (B) $it discourages them from carrying out human cloning.$
3. (C) $it discourages them from simultaneous displays of multiple copies of a painting.$
4. (D) $it allows regular employment for certain craftsmen.$
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$Answer: (B) it discourages them from carrying out human cloning.$
Question 4 · CAT 2021
For a sequence of real numbers x 1 , x 2 , ..., x n , if x 1 - x 2 + x 3 - ... + (-1) n + 1 x n = n 2 + 2n for all natural numbers n, then the sum x 49 + x 50 equals
1. (A) $2$
2. (B) $-2$
3. (C) $200$
4. (D) $-200$
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$Answer: (B) -2$
Question 5 · CAT 2021
The approval ratio of a reviewer is the ratio of the number of questions (s)he approved to the number of questions (s)he reviewed. Which option best describes Amal's approval ratio?
1. (A) $lies between 0.25 and 0.75$
2. (B) $either 0.25 or 0.75$
3. (C) $lies between 0.25 and 0.50$
4. (D) $0.25$
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$Answer: (A) lies between 0.25 and 0.75$

Modern Maths questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2025	4
2024	4
2023	2
2022	6
2021	7
2020	8
2019	5
2018	7
2017	5

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FAQs

How many CAT questions have been asked from Modern Maths?

EByAi's bank holds 48 real CAT questions from Modern Maths, asked between 2017 and 2025 — about 5 per year on average. Every count is measured from actual papers, not estimated.

Is Modern Maths important for CAT?

48 questions over 9 papers make Modern Maths a steady-weightage chapter in CAT Quant. The year-wise table above shows exactly how often it appears.

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