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B?
I. A = 12C, where C is an integer.
II. B = 12D, where D is an integer.
DIRECTIONS:
Mark (1), if only statement I is sufficient to answer the question.
Mark (2), if only statement II is sufficient to answer the question.
Mark (3), if both the statements together are sufficient to answer the question.
Mark (4), if data is insufficient to answer the question.
3. What date is it today?
I. A3 = 8
II. B2 = 16
DIRECTIONS:
Mark (1), if only statement I is sufficient to answer the question.
Mark (2), if only statement II is sufficient to answer the question.
Mark (3), if both the statements together are sufficient to answer the question.
Mark (4), if data is insufficient to answer the question.
5. What is the probability that either Ram or Mohan wins the race? Given that the dead
DIRECTIONS:
Mark (1) :
if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but
cannot be answered using the other statement alone.
Mark (2) :
if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Mark (3) :
if the question can be answered using both statements together.
Mark (4):
if the question cannot be answered using both statements together.
9. Nawab Saheb sells a cocktail at a discount of 10% on the market price. Is he selling it
at a profit?
I. The market price of the cocktail is Rs.150 per litre.
II. If he dilutes the cocktail by 10% and sells it at the market price, then his gain is
25%.
DIRECTIONS:
Mark (1) :
if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but
cannot be answered using the other statement alone.
Mark (2) :
if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Mark (3) :
if the question can be answered using both statements together.
Mark (4):
if the question cannot be answered using both statements together.
10. At what price did Nawab Saheb purchase 100 shares, if the dividend given was 20%?
I. The total dividend Nawab Saheb got was 25% of his investments.
II. Nawab Saheb had purchased shares at (4/5)rd of the face value.
DIRECTIONS:
Mark (1) :
if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but
cannot be answered using the other statement alone.
Mark (2) :
if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Mark (3) :
if the question can be answered using both statements together.
Mark (4):
if the question cannot be answered using both statements together.
11. Nawab Saheb has a certain number of flowers with him which are red, blue and green
in colour. The cost of a red flower (R) + the cost of a blue flower (B) + the cost of a
green flower (G) is Rs.12. The total cost of flowers with him is Rs.23 and he has at
least one flower of each colour. How many flowers does he have in all. R, B, G N.
I. R + B G = 2.
II. He has exactly 3 red flowers.
DIRECTIONS: Answer each question using the following instructions:
Mark (1), if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but
cannot be answered using the other statement alone.
Mark (2), if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Mark (3), if the question can be answered using both statements together.
Mark (4), if the question cannot be answered using both statements together.
12. Is AB < 6?
water from container A is transferred to container B, then (1/3)rd of the water from
container B is transferred to container A. After this process the quantity of water in
both the containers is same and both transfer are in multiple of 100 ml. Find the
quantity of water in container A?
I. Container A and B contain more than 1 litre but less than 1.6 litres of water
combined together.
II. In the beginning container A has less water than container B.
DIRECTIONS: Answer each question using the following instructions:
Mark (1), if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but
cannot be answered using the other statement alone.
Mark (2), if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Mark (3), if the question can be answered using both statements together.
Mark (4), if the question cannot be answered using both statements together.
14. If AB > 0, then find the value of (A 1)(B 1).
I. A + B = AB
II. A = B
DIRECTIONS: Answer each question using the following instructions:
Mark (1), if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but
cannot be answered using the other statement alone.
Mark (2), if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Mark (3), if the question can be answered using both statements together.
Mark (4), if the question cannot be answered using both statements together.
15. Which of the diagonal(s) of the cyclic quadrilateral PDRS is the largest?
I. P > R
I. PS > PQ + QR.
DIRECTIONS: Answer each question using the following instructions:
Mark (1), if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but
cannot be answered using the other statement alone.
Mark (2), if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Mark (3), if the question can be answered using both statements together.
Mark (4), if the question cannot be answered using both statements together.
16. Find the area of the triangle.
I. (x!)! + x = 2x
II. x48 = x84
DIRECTIONS: Answer each question using the following instructions:
Mark (1), if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but
cannot be answered using the other statement alone.
Mark (2), if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Mark (3), if the question can be answered using both statements together.
Mark (4), if the question cannot be answered using both statements together.
19. The interior angles of a convex polygon are in arithmetic progression. Find the
+ b + c?
I. x > y > z
II. ac = 120
21. The value of
(A) 8
(B)6
22. If "aabb" is perfect square then what would be the value of "a+b"
(A) 11
(B) 10
(C) 14
(D) 9
23. The sum of the current ages of two sisters is twice the age of the older of the two, two
years ago. The current age of only the sisters is a prime number. If the age of only one
of them is a single digit number, then how old is the elder sister?
(A) 10 years
(B) 11 years
(C) 12 years
(D) 13 years
24. Directions: Question consists of a set of numbered statements. Assume that each one
of these statements is individually true. Each of the four choices consists of a subset
of these statements. Choose the subset as your answer where the statements therein
are logically consistent among themselves:
A. If Mohan sings, then the King sleeps.
B. If Mohan sings, then the King dances.
C. Unless King does not dance, the concert will be successful.
D. Only if the King dances, the concert will be successful.
E. If Sita dances, then Mohan sings.
(B) A, C, F, G and H
(D) Both (B) and (C)
25. A lock has 4 rings, each containing 26 alphabets from A to Z. What is the probability
(C) (1/26)4
(D) 1/3
26. In how many ways can the letters of the word INDEPENDENCE be arranged?
27. A man driving at 54 km/hr takes 100 seconds to overtake a bicycle rider riding in the
same direction. At half his speed, he will take 120 seconds more to overtake the rider.
Find the speed of the bicycle rider.
(A) 1.25 m/s
(B) 5 m/s
(C) 12 m/s
(D) 15 m/s
28. Three positive numbers are in continued proportion. If for the first and the last
numbers the sum is 10 and the sum of the cubes is 520, then find the middle number.
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 8
(D) 2
29. If a trader sold two goods at same price, but one at 20% profit and another at 20%
(D) 4% loss
(A) 1613
(B) 1916
(C) 2118
(D) 85
31. Mr. X invests Rs.10000, at compound interest, which doubles in five years. If he
wishes to get 8 times the money invested, for how many years should he invest the
money?
(A) 15 years
(B) 40 years
(C) 25 years
(D) 20 years
32. If it takes 4 hours for 6 printing presses to print 5000 newspapers, then how long
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 1
(D) 2
34. Four students tried to find the sum of the first 21 natural primes, and only one student
was correct. Tom got 709, Jerry got 711, Donald got 712, and Duck got 713. Which
student
was
correct?
(A) Tom
(B) Jerry
(C) Donald (D) Duck
35. In a restaurant, the price of 9 mangoes, 8 bananas and 6 lemons is Rs. 420 and the
price of 5 mangoes, 4 bananas and 2 lemons is Rs. 262. Deduce the price of 8
mangoes, 8 bananas and 8 lemons.
(A) 316 (B) 158
(C) 200
(D) 400
36. Ram had three types of animals with him, when asked about numbers he replied,
They are all snacks but six, all pigs but six, and all dog but six. How many animals
did he have?
(A) 18
(B) 9
(C) 27
(D) None of the above
37. 24th March 1948 was on ?
(A) Sunday
(B) Monday
(C) Wednesday
(D) Friday
38. A sphere of radius 8 cm is to be divided into eight equal parts by cutting it along a
single diameter. Find the surface area of each of the final pieces.
(A)24 cm2
(B) 96 cm2 (C) 64 cm2 (D) 48 cm2
39. During the Euro Cup, four teams A, B, C and D had reached the semi-finals. The
semi-finals were arranged in such a way that the strongest team played against the
weakest team and the other two played against each other. The final was between the
teams, which were not closest to each other according to their strength. No weak team
could beat a stronger team consecutively in 2 matches. If C won the final then C must
be:
(A) the strongest team (B) the second strongest team
(C) either (A) or (B)
(D) cannot be determined
40. Out of 141 equal weights, one is faulty. How many minimum weighings will be
is 6566 and for YANGUN code is '656656. What is the code for PAKISTAN?
(A) 56656656
(B) 65656656
(C) 56565565
(D) Can't be determined
42. Find the number of ternary sequences of length 4 where 1 is not followed by 0 and 2
(A) 55
(B) 45
(C) 60
(D) 30
Directions for next two questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information
given below.
During a political rally, seven leaders of a party Amit, Birbal, Chandan, Danish, Farukh,
Ghosh and Pranab are sitting on seven chairs arranged in a row, not necessarily in the same
order. It is also known that:
(i) Birbal is sitting beside Farukh.
(ii) Pranab is the party president and so he is sitting in the middle of the row.
(iii) Either Amit or Danish, but not both, is sitting at one of the ends of the row.
(iv) Chandan and Ghosh are sitting as far as possible from each other, without violating other
conditions.
44. If n represents the number of leaders sitting between Amit and Chandan, which of
Directions for next two questions: Refer to the following data and answer the questions that
follow:
A numerical machine accepts two values A and B. Then it updates these values as A= AB and
B = B + 1 in every step. The machine stops at A N.
46. For A = 3, B = 2 and N = 100, how many steps are performed before the machine
stops?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
(A) 6
(B) 20
(C) 72
(D) 360
Directions for next two questions: There are 3 persons X, Y, Z having some apples each.
(A) 12
(B) 6
(C) 24
(D) 39
50. How many Sundays are there in particular month of a particular year if the month
starts with Wednesday and ends on Wednesday?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 3
(D) Cannot be specified
Direction: Information for Question next three questions :
Mohan is Rakeshs paternal uncle. Ritu is Rakeshs daughter. Madhav is Ritus younger
brother. Mukesh is Ritus husband. John is Sunitas son. Tinu is Madhavs sister. Kulwant is
Rakeshs father. Pushpa is Kulwants sister. Kaushalaya is Mohans wife. Gagan is Mohans
son. Sunita is Kulwants daughter.
51. How is John related to Kulwant?
(A) Nephew
(B) Grandnephew
(C) Grandson
(C) Sister
(D) Niece
(C) Brother-in-law
(D) Nephew-in-law
(A) Aunt
(B) Cousin
(A) Nephew
(B) Brother
DIRECTIONS for next four questions: Refer to the data below and answer the questions
that follow.
Six dramas, P, Q, R, S, T and U, are to be presented during the week, starting from Sunday up
to Saturday. In a day, only one drama can be performed and the performance of the drama is
subject to the following conditions:
i. A twoday gap should exist between the performance of drama T and S.
ii. The performance of U should be followed immediately by the performance of R.
iii. P cannot be performed on Thursday.
iv. Q should be performed on Tuesday and should not be followed by S.
v. There will not be any drama on one day. Friday or Sunday is not that day, and just a day
before that day, S has to be shown.
54. No drama is performed on:
(A) Sunday
(B) Saturday
(C) Monday
(D) Tuesday
(A) Friday
(B) Saturday
(C) Thursday
(D) Monday
(A) S
(B) R
(C) P
(D) Either P or S
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
DIRECTIONS for next three questions: Refer to the data below and answer the questions
that follow.
An electronic company conducts a survey of 1000 houses for their product. The survey
suggested that 759 houses own AC, 682 houses own a PC and 658 houses own a TV. There
were 85 houses having only TVs, 108 houses having only AC and 84 houses having only a
PC. There were 376 houses having all the three equipments.
58. Find the number of houses having a AC and PC but not a TV.
(A) 150
(B) 125
(C) 72
(D) 100
(A) 759
(B) 723
(C) 658
(D) 629
(A) 347
(B) 376
(C) 624
(D) 427
Direction for next three questions: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that
follow.
The sports club of XMRI organized three major games viz; TT, Badminton and Cricket. The
ratio of the number of students playing TT and Cricket only and those playing Badminton and
Cricket only is 2 : 3. The students playing all the three games are twice the number of
students playing TT and Badminton only. The numbers of students playing only Cricket are
20 less than seven times the number of students playing both TT and Cricket only. The
difference in the number of students playing only TT and those playing only Badminton is
one more than the number of students playing TT and Badminton only. The number of
students playing all the three games is three more than the number of students playing
Badminton and Cricket only. Total number of students playing exactly two games is 112.
61. Find the number of students playing only Cricket.
(A) 238
(B) 218
(C) 198
(D) 358
62. If the number of students playing only TT and only Badminton is 366, then what is
the case, then Burgundy bungalow would definitely fall in which group?
(A) Group A
(B) Group B
(C) Group C
(D) Either group A or Group C
65. Which of these bungalows would definitely fall in group B?
66. If Burgundy and Green bungalows fall in group B and group C respectively, and if
Cyan was definitely in group C, then Purple bungalow would definitely be in which
group?
(A) Group A
(B) Group B
(C) Group C
(D) Group A or Group C
67. If Pink and Burgundy bungalows are in group C and group B respectively, then
69. If condition iv in the question is not true and if Cyan and Purple bungalows are
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
71. If four answers are incorrect, then the maximum possible score is:
(A) 0
(B) 5
(C) 10
(D) 15
72. If the score at the end of the quiz is 20, how many answers were incorrect?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(A) 2 ways
(B) 4 ways
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 69
(D) 35
CAT-2005
75. Two identical circles intersect so that their centres, and the points at which they
intersect, form a square of side 1 cm. The area in sq. cm of the portion that is common
to the two circles is
(A) /4
(B) (/2) - 1
(C) /5
(D) 2- 1
CAT-2005
Directions for next two questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information
given below.
Ram and Shyam run a race between points A and B, 5 km apart. Ram starts at 9 a.m. from
A at a speed of 5 km/hr, reaches B, and returns to A at the same speed. Shyam starts at
9:45 a.m. from A at a speed of 10 km/hr, reaches B and comes back to A at the same
speed.
76. At what time do Ram and Shyam first meet each other?
CAT-2005
78. Let n! = 1 2 3 ... n for integer n 1. If p = 1! (2 2!) + (3 3!) + + (10
10!), then p + 2 when divided by 11! leaves a remainder of
(A) 10
(B) 0
(C) 7
(D) 1
CAT-2005
79. In the following figure, the diameter of the circle is 3 cm. AB and MN are two
(A) 22- 1
(B) 22- 12
(C) 32- 12
(D) 22- 13
(A) Finance
(B) Marketing
(C) OB
(D) OM
81. Professors Naresh and Devesh, two faculty members in the Marketing area, who have
been with the Institute since its inception, share a birthday, which falls on 20th
November. One was born in 1947 and the other one in 1950. On April 1 2005, what
was the age of the third faculty member who has been in the same area since
inception?
(A) 47
(B) 50
(C) 51
(D) 52
82. In which year did the new faculty member join the Finance area?
(A) 2000
(B) 2001
(C) 2002
(D) 2003
83. What was the age of the new faculty member, who joined the OM area, as on April 1,
2003?
(A) 25
(B) 26
(C) 27
(D) 28
84. A group of 630 children is arranged in rows for a group photograph session. Each row
contains three fewer children than the row in front of it. What number of rows is not
possible?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 7
CAT-2006
85. The graph of y x against y + x is as shown below. (All graphs in this question are
drawn to scale and the same scale has been used on each axis).
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
86. Consider the set S = {1, 2, 3, ., 1000}. How many arithmetic progressions can be
formed from the elements of S that start with 1 and with 1000 and have at least 3
elements?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) 8
87. The price of Darjeeling tea (in rupees per kilogram) is 100 + 0.10 n, on the nth day of
2007 (n = 1, 2, ..., 100), and then remains constant. On the other hand, the price of
Ooty tea (in rupees per kilogram) is 89 + 0.15n, on the nth day of 2007 (n = 1, 2, ...,
365). On which date in 2007 will the prices of these two varieties of tea be equal?
(A) May 21
(B) April 11 (C) May 20 (D) April 10 (E) June 30
CAT-2007
Directions for next two questions:
Let S be the set of all pairs (i, j) where 1 i j < n and n 4. Any two distinct members of S
are called friends if they have one constituent of the pairs in common and enemies
otherwise. For example, if n = 4, then S = {(1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (2, 3), (2, 4), (3, 4)}. Here, (1,
2) and (1, 3) are friends, (1,2) and (2, 3) are also friends, but (1,4) and (2, 3) are enemies.
CAT-2007
88. For general n, how many enemies will each member of S have?
(A) n 3
(B) n2-3n-22
(C) 2n 7
(D) n2-5n+62
(E) n2-7n+142
89. For general n, consider any two members of S that are friends. How many other
and 50 Misos. In how many ways can you pay a bill of 107 Misos?
(A) 17
(B) 16
(C) 18
(D) 15
(E) 19
CAT-2007
91. A function f(x) satisfies f (1) = 3600, and f(l) + f(2) + ... + f(n) = n f(n), for all positive
(E) 120
CAT-2007
92. Let f(x) = ax2 + bx + c, where a, b and c are certain constants and a 0. It is known
that f(5) = 3f(2) and that 3 is a root of f(x) = 0.What is the other root of f(x) = 0?
(A) 7
(B) 4
(C) 2
(D) 6
(E) cannot be determined.
CAT-2008
93. Let f(x) be a function satisfying f(x) f(y) = f(xy) for all real x, y. If f(2) = 4, then what is
the value of f(1/2)
(A) 0
(B) 1/4
(C) 1/2
(D) 1
(E) Cannot be determined
CAT-2008
94. If the roots of the equation x3 ax2 + bx c =0 are three consecutive integers, then
(E) 13
CAT-2008
(A) 231
(B) 253
(C) 242
(D) 210
(E) 228
CAT-2008
96. If (1/a)^(1/b) = 0.3333.... then what is the value of digital sum of digits of a*b, where
digital sum is summation of digits till single digit and a and b are two distinct natural
number. Digital sum of 156= 3 (1+5+6 = 12=> 1+2=3)
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 9
(D) 7
97. What would be last digit in the decimal place (1/5)^200
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
(E) 0
(A) 30
(B) 20
(C) 18
(D) 21
(A) x y + z + 1
(B) x + y + z
(C) x + y z + 1
(D) x y z + 1