Quantitative Aptitude (Quant) becomes a do-or-die situation for many CAT aspirants as they approach the end of the paper highly influenced by their VARC and DILR attempts. For many, it is a make-or-break section. As you prepare for CAT 2024, taking mocks and sectional tests you will figure out your potential in this section. Most aspirants set a target accordingly for their attempts for which sectional analysis of the paper is crucial. In this article, we have summed up:- score vs. percentile for the last 3 years, the safe number of question attempts for your target percentile, and topic-wise weightage of questions for the Quantitative Aptitude Section. 
CAT Quantitative Aptitude Topic-Wise Weightage Per Year
CAT Quantitative Aptitude Topic-Wise Weightage Sub-Topic Division
For Algebra and Arithmetic, further division of questions according to the chapters looked as follows:-
CAT 2022 Quantitative Aptitude Topic-Wise Weightage
CAT 2021 Quantitative Aptitude Topic-Wise Weightage
- Time, Distance, Work/ Averages, Mixture, and Ratios have seen many questions regularly in the past three years. There were at least 3-5 questions across the three slots yearly.
- In Algebra, Quadratic equations, Linear Equations, and inequalities form a major number of questions.
Quants Section Score Vs Percentile: 2023 vs. 2022 vs. 2021
| Percentile |
2023 Marks |
2022 Marks |
2021 Marks |
| 100 |
49 |
57 |
62 |
| 99.9 |
38 |
47 |
49 |
| 99 |
28 |
33 |
35 |
| 95 |
20 |
22 |
24 |
| 90 |
14 |
17 |
18 |
| 85 |
10 |
15 |
14 |
Score vs Percentile for the Quants section in 2023 saw a major dip of 10%- 15%marks at every percentile concerning CAT 2022. This suggests an increase in the difficulty level of the QA section. Many CAT mentors believed that the CAT 2023 Quantitative Aptitude section was the hardest in recent years.
Number of Questions to Attempt to Score between 85-99 Percentile
|
Required Percentile
|
No. of Correct Questions |
| 2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
| 99 |
9 |
11 |
12 |
| 95 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
| 90 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
| 85 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
*Note that decimals have been rounded off in both tables.
Taking reference from the above sectional Score vs Percentile you should target solving the following number of questions correctly for your target percentile in CAT 2024:
- For 99 %tile- 10-13 questions.
- For 95%tile- 8-9 questions.
- For 90%tile- 6-7 questions.
- For 85%tile- 5-6 questions.
Apart from the level of difficulty that varies each year, the exam pattern, syllabus, and weightage have remained the same in recent years.
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