In CAT, you will find that there are few absolutely easy questions that even 8th or 9th standard students can solve. You may find the questions that are extremely tough in time bound scenario. This is not done to identify and select the math majors. The reason being there is a mix of questions of varying difficulty level is that it reflects real life situations. But, given that you have deadline, you must pick and target the lowest hanging fruits (easy questions).
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CAT does not focus on theoretical knowledge but application of basic concepts. This essentially means that your knowledge of basic arithmetic skills, proportionality tools, numbers, elementary combinatorics, algebra and geometry is more than enough to help you crack the test.
Basic mathematical skill is just one dimension of QA section and the other dimensions are more important. These are the ability to perform in a pressure…