CAT Percentage previous year questions

15 Percentage questions from CAT 2021–2025 (Quant), each with its answer and a step-by-step solution.

• Q14In a class, there were more than 10 boys and a certain number of girls. After 40% of the girls and 60% of the boys…CAT 2025 Slot 1 · Quant · Percentage
• Q21Kamala divided her investment of ₹100000 between stocks, bonds, and gold. Her investment in bonds was 25% of her…CAT 2025 Slot 1 · Quant · Percentage
• Q22A certain amount of money was divided among Pinu, Meena, Rinu and Seema. Pinu received 20% of the total amount and…CAT 2025 Slot 2 · Quant · Percentage
• Q6In September, the incomes of Kamal, Amal and Vimal are in the ratio 8 : 6 : 5. They rent a house together, and Kamal…CAT 2024 Slot 1 · Quant · Percentage
• Q12A fruit seller has a stock of mangoes, bananas and apples with at least one fruit of each type. At the beginning of a…CAT 2024 Slot 2 · Quant · Percentage
• Q8After two successive increments, Gopal's salary became 187.5% of his initial salary. If the percentage of salary…CAT 2024 Slot 3 · Quant · Percentage
• Q9The minor angle between the hours hand and minutes hand of a clock was observed at 8:48 am. The minimum duration, in…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Percentage
• Q12The salaries of three friends Sita, Gita and Mita are initially in the ratio 5:6:7 , respectively. In the first year,…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Percentage
• Q10The population of a town in 2020 was 100000. The population decreased by y\% from the year 2020 to 2021, and increased…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Percentage
• Q14A fruit seller has a stock of mangoes, bananas and apples with at least one fruit of each type. At the beginning of a…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Percentage
• Q11In an election, there were four candidates and 80% of the registered voters casted their votes. One of the candidates…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Percentage
• Q8Identical chocolate pieces are sold in boxes of two sizes, small and large. The large box is sold for twice the price…CAT 2021 Slot 1 · Quant · Percentage
• Q7A box has 450 balls, each either white or black, there being as many metallic white balls as metallic black balls. If…CAT 2021 Slot 2 · Quant · Percentage
• Q10The total of male and female populations in a city increased by 25% from 1970 to 1980. During the same period, the…CAT 2021 Slot 3 · Quant · Percentage
• Q14In a tournament, a team has played 40 matches so far and won 30% of them. If they win 60% of the remaining matches,…CAT 2021 Slot 3 · Quant · Percentage