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ICAI CA Foundation — Quantitative Aptitude Past Papers & Suggested Answers

Every published exam session for Quantitative Aptitude, newest first — with direct links to ICAI's own Suggested Answer, Examiner Comments and Question Paper PDFs. Most recent: January 2026.

Paper 3 100 marks 3 hours 100% objective · 0.25 negative marking

Quantitative Aptitude subject guide

Every Quantitative Aptitude exam session

3 of 3 have an official Suggested Answer

What Quantitative Aptitude covers

The 3 chapters ICAI examines in this paper under the New Scheme. Every past paper above is set from this syllabus.

1 Part A: Business Mathematics — Ratio and Proportion, Indices, Logarithms; Equations; Linear Inequalities; Mathematics of Finance; Permutations and Combinations; Sequence and Series; Sets, Relations and Functions; Basic applications of Differential and Integral Calculus
2 Part B: Logical Reasoning — Number Series, Coding-Decoding and Odd Man Out; Direction Tests; Seating Arrangements; Blood Relations
3 Part C: Statistics — Unit I: Statistical Representation of Data; Sampling; Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion; Probability; Theoretical Distributions; Correlation and Regression; Index Numbers

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