# Arithmetic XAT PYQ Topic Wise (2016–2024)

> Arithmetic XAT PYQs: all 47 questions from 9 official papers (2016–2024), by concept. Asked in 9 of 9 years.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/xat/topics/xat-arithmetic/

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## Answer first

Arithmetic PYQs (previous year questions) for XAT: Arithmetic (Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation) had **47 questions** across the 9 official XAT papers we tagged (2016–2024), and appeared in 9 of them. Asked in 9 of 9 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Speed and Distance, Profit and Loss, Ratio and Proportion.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise Arithmetic PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Arithmetic questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

## Questions by year

Each line gives the question number, type, concept, our one-line summary, with a link to the official PDF.

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## Other Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation topics

- [Algebra PYQs](/xat/topics/xat-algebra/)
- [Geometry and Mensuration PYQs](/xat/topics/xat-geometry/)
- [Number System PYQs](/xat/topics/xat-number-system/)
- [Permutations, Probability and Sets PYQs](/xat/topics/xat-modern-maths/)
- [Data Interpretation PYQs](/xat/topics/xat-data-interpretation/)

## FAQ

### How many Arithmetic questions come in XAT?
In the official papers we tagged: 6 in 2024, 6 in 2023, 2 in 2022, 6 in 2021, 5 in 2020, 5 in 2019, 6 in 2018, 4 in 2017 and 7 in 2016. That is 47 questions in all, about 19% of Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation.

### Which Arithmetic topics repeat in XAT?
Asked in the most papers: Speed and Distance, Profit and Loss, Ratio and Proportion. The concept table lists every one with its count.

### Are these official XAT questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official XAT paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.