The CAT 2022 Slot 1 Quantitative Ability section featured several questions that incorporated examples from Indian local products and businesses. One notable question involved calculating profit margins for a local handicraft seller in Rajasthan, requiring test-takers to apply percentage and ratio concepts to determine the optimal pricing strategy for handmade textiles.
Another problem focused on production rates of a small-scale jute bag manufacturing unit in Kolkata, where candidates had to use time and work formulas to compute daily output based on varying worker efficiency. This question highlighted the growing eco-friendly product industry in India.
A third question dealt with inventory management for a spice wholesaler in Kerala, testing probability and statistics knowledge through scenarios involving cardamom and pepper stock levels. These real-world applications made the quantitative section particularly relevant to India\“s domestic market landscape. |
