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CAT Quantitative Aptitude syllabus is essentially Class 9 and 10 Maths topics of advanced level. CAT 2025 aspirants can check here full list of Maths topics included in CAT Quants syllabus.
CAT quantitative aptitude syllabus
CAT syllabus for Quants includes all important topics from Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry. The syllabus of Quantitative Aptitude for CAT is vast and requires dedicated preparation. Some of the key areas of CAT Maths syllabus are percentages, profit & loss, interest, ratio-proportion, equations, inequalities, series, triangles, circles, mensuration permutations, combinations, probability, number systems, including divisibility rules, remainders, and LCM/HCF.
Check the table below for the key topics of CAT Quants syllabus. Aspirants must study these topics in a focused manner to score high in CAT 2025.
CAT Quants Syllabus:
The syllabus of quantitative aptitude for CAT is broadly divided into four sections. Check here CAT Quants syllabus, section wise:
- Arithmetic: Percentages, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Time Speed and Distance, Ratios and Proportions, Simple and Compound Interest, Averages.
- Geometry and Mensuration: Shapes, Circles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Solids, Coordinate Geometry, Mensuration of 2D and 3D figures.
- Number System: LCM and HCF, Factorization, Remainders, Divisibility, Base Systems.
- Algebra: Logarithms, Progressions, Polynomials, Inequalities, Linear and Quadratic Equations.
- Modern Maths: Permutations and Combinations, Set Theory, Venn Diagram, Probability.
- Miscellaneous: Trigonometry, Inequalities, Mean, Mode, Median, Logarithms, Linear Surds and Indices, Partnership, Binomial Theorem
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CAT QA Syllabus 2025: Topic wise weightage
Given below is the CAT 2024 question paper break up for Quantitative Aptitude. This will give you an idea of how many questions to expect from which topic in CAT 2025. Focus on the CAT Maths syllabus according to the weightage given below for during exam preparation.
| CAT Quants Topics |
Units |
Number of questions |
|---|---|---|
| Number System |
Remainder, Indices |
2 |
| Algebra |
Log, Equations, Functions, Maxima-Minima, Sequence & Series, Algebraic Expression |
8 |
| Arithmetic |
TSD, T&W, SI-CI, Percentage, PLD, Mixture, Averages, Ratios |
8 |
| Modern Math |
P&C |
1 |
| Modern Math |
Circle, Cuboid/Square, Coordinate Geometry |
3 |
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CAT has three sections – Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude. XAT has four sections – Verbal and Logical Ability, Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation, Decision Making and General Knowledge. While CAT is Quant heavy, XAT is more tilted towards Reasoning.
CAT syllabus includes all the important topics of subjects that are relevant for business aptitude. For CAT exam, candidates have to study, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension VARC Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning DILR and Quantitative Aptitude. Given below are the key topics included in the CAT syllabus.
- VARC topics: Parajumbles, Paracompletion, Parasummary, Verbal Reasoning and Reading Comprehension.
- Quantitative Aptitude topics: Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra Trigonometry Modern Math, Number System and Mensuration.
- DILR topics: Puzzles, Pie Charts, Venn Diagram, Tables and Bar Graphs, etc.
Tips to Cover CAT Quants Syllabus
CAT Maths syllabus is considered to be the most time taking of all three subjects. To master this section of CAT, one not only needs to know the basics but also need to know various aspects related to a particular topic, such as what formula to apply in which type of question, what mathematical calculation to be used for quick solution. How many possible answers can be there for a particular question and which one is the correct answer. Another aspect to coverage of CAT quantitative aptitude syllabus is speed. One need to know which type of question can be solved in how much time as, CAT is a speed based test and has sectional time limit of 40 minutes. Here are some tips you might find helpful in covering CAT syllabus for Quant.
- Start CAT 2025 preparation for Quantitative Aptitude with listing down tough topics according to easy, moderate and tough
- Now start with easy topics and plan daily routine for address CAT quant syllabus. All 2-4 hours for it daily.
- Understand the concepts of topics of first and practice a few sample questions to learn application. It is extremely important to learn application of the concepts in Quantitative Aptitude as there can be slight variation in questions from the same topic.
- Learn Mathematical calculation tricks for quickly solving the questions
- Learn Mental Math as it comes in handy while solving Arithmetic and Mensuration questions.
- Learn table up to 20, square, square roots, cube, cube roots, Pi, etc. These are critical for practice.
- CAT will have 22 questions on Quantitative Aptitude to be solved in 40 minutes. Most of the questions will be calculation intensive, so while preparing for it, learn to us onscreen calculator. This is important as part of CAT exam day preparation.
- Join online study groups and doubt clearing forums to be able to get the right guidance at the right time.
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The Jaipur National University CAT Cutoff 2025 will be released soon. In the meantime, according to the Jaipur National University CAT Cutoff 2024, students needed to attain 70 percentile overall and 40 percentile sectional. In 2023 and 2022, the cutoff was the same, indicating that the CAT Cutoff 2
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CAT lays a lot of emphasis on analytical skills so the questions are asked mostly from those topics which require deep learning and practice. The three sections of CAT question paper are designed in such a way that candidates have to use their ability of minute observation and fast calculation. Shared below are the section wise main topics from which questions are asked in CAT. Verbal Ability: Parajumbles, Parasummary, Sentence Completion and Inferences
The difficulty level of CAT questions is usually moderate to high. Only a few questions are easy and quick to solve. To crack the CAT exam, one needs to pay attention to the abovementioned topics.