CAT 2025 Preparation Guide: Percentage Questions and Tips

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Nirek Rishi
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The CAT 2025 examination is set to take place on 30th November 2025. The exam is highly competitive and difficult for students to crack. Students take the CAT examination to get into some of the best business schools in the country. The Quantitative Aptitude section is a tricky section that requires a lot of effort and practice to score well on. This article highlights key details about the topic of Percentage for students to properly be prepared for this difficult section. These details include sample questions, topic weightage and other useful tips to help them stay prepared.

CAT Exam Percentage Year-Wise Weightage

It is important for students to understand the weightage of the topic of Percentage on the CAT exam. Understanding the weightage of the topic can help prepare for it accordingly. The weightage of Percentage in the Quantitative Ability section of the CAT exam varies from one year to another. Provided below is an overview of the year-wise weightage of CAT for students’ reference:

Year

Weightage in the QA Section

2024

4%

2023

2%

2022

2%

2021

3%

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CAT 2025 Percentage Questions

Provided below are some sample questions for the Percentage topic in CAT 2025. Students can attempt and practice for the CAT examination using these questions. Practicing these questions can also help students know what to expect when giving the actual CAT examination as well.

The CAT 2025 Percentage questions are as follows:

Question Number

Question

1

The salaries of Ravi, Gaurav and Raj were in the ratio 6:5:7 in 2000 and then changed into the ratio of 3:4:3 by 2005. If Ravi’s salary increased by 25% in the period of 2000 - 2005, then the percentage increase in Raj’s salary is closest to what?

2

In a company, 20% of the employees work in the manufacturing department. If the total salary obtained by all the manufacturing employees is one-sixth of the total salary obtained by all the employees in the company, then what is the ratio of the average salary obtained by the manufacturing employees to the average salary obtained by the nonmanufacturing employees?

3

The total of male and female populations in a city increased by 25% from 1970 to 1980. During the same period, the male population increased by 40% while the female population increased by 20%.

From 1980 to 1990, the female population increased by 25%. In 1990, if the female population is twice the male population, then what is the percentage increase in the total of male and female populations in the city from 1970 to 1990?

4

A box has 450 balls which are either white or black, there being as many metallic white balls as metallic black balls. If 40% of the white balls and 50% of the black balls are metallic, then what is the number of nonmetallic balls in the box?

5

The strength of an indigo solution in percentage is equal to the amount of indigo in grams per 100 cc of water. Two 800 cc bottles are filled with indigo solutions of strengths 33% and 17%, respectively. A part of the solution from the first bottle is thrown away and replaced by an equal volume of the solution from the second bottle. If the strength of the indigo solution in the first bottle has now changed to 21% then what is the volume, in cc, of the solution left in the second bottle?

6

There are identical chocolate pieces which are sold in boxes of two sizes: large and small. The large box is sold for twice as much as the large box. If the selling price per gram of chocolate in the large box is 12% less than the small box, what is the closest percentage by which the weight of the chocolate in the large box exceeds the small box?

7

In a class, 60% of the students are girls and the remaining are boys. There are 30 more girls than boys. If 68% of the students including 30 boys pass an exam, what is the percentage of girls that did not pass the exam?

CAT 2025 Percentage Answers

Provided below is a list of the answers for the sample questions of the percentage topic. The answers are as follows:

Question Number

Question

1

7

2

4:5

3

68.75

4

250

5

200

6

127

7

20

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CAT 2025 Percentage Tips

Provided below are some tips students can use when preparing for the Percentage topic of the CAT examination. Following these tips can help students’ preparation for the topic be a lot more manageable. The tips are as follows:

  • Thorough Your Understanding: With enough practice and developing a strong understanding of the basics of Percentage and its related questions on the CAT exam, students can easily score high marks on this topic of the exam. The questions for this topic are not very tough and can help in ensuring high scores on the exam. With less volume on the paper, students can also not worry about having to deal with too many questions pertaining to Percentage on the exam as well.
  • Shortcuts and Tricks: Through solving enough questions, students should focus on finding shortcuts and tricks to make their calculation process for the questions of this section quicker and more efficient. An exam like CAT requires students to have precision and speed. Spending less time on answering questions can help students as much ground as possible on the exam, helping in securing a higher score.
  • Mock Tests:Practicing using timed-mock tests are key for scoring well on the CAT exam. Mock tests ensure students have a thorough understanding and can help develop speed as well as accuracy. Timing mock tests also helps in vastly improving solving speed for the questions which are related to Percentage the CAT exam. They also help in simulating the actual exam experience for CAT which can vastly boost a student’s performance when giving the examination.

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