Official ICAI · May 2026 · Quantitative Aptitude

ICAI CA Foundation — Quantitative Aptitude May 2026 Suggested Answer

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Paper 3 100 marks 2 hours May 2026

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Syllabus — Quantitative Aptitude

Chapters covered in this paper, per ICAI's New Scheme of Education and Training.

  1. 1 Ratio and Proportion, Indices, Logarithms
  2. 2 Equations
  3. 3 Linear Inequalities
  4. 4 Mathematics of Finance
  5. 5 Basic Concepts of Permutations and Combinations
  6. 6 Sequence and Series — Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions
  7. 7 Sets, Relations and Functions, Basics of Limits and Continuity Functions
  8. 8 Basic Applications of Differential and Integral Calculus in Business and Economics
  9. 9 Number Series, Coding and Decoding and Odd Man Out
  10. 10 Direction Tests
  11. 11 Seating Arrangements
  12. 12 Blood Relations
  13. 13 Statistical Description of Data (Unit I: Statistical Representation of Data; Unit II: Sampling)
  14. 14 Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
  15. 15 Probability
  16. 16 Theoretical Distributions
  17. 17 Correlation and Regression
  18. 18 Index Numbers

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