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OLD CAT Papers -‐ MATH
CAT 2008, CAT 2007, CAT 2006, CAT 2005, CAT2004, CAT 2003 – Sorted TOPIC wise

Version 3.1

Ravi Handa

Preface

The central idea behind this eBook comes from what I believe is the best way to use old / previous years CAT papers.
There are plenty of websites where you can get the papers from. As a matter of fact, most coaching institutes also
include these questions in their preparation some way or the other. But most of them provide it as question papers
/ mock tests. However, I believe it would be most helpful to a student – in the final days of his / her preparation if he
/ she could get the questions sorted topic wise. Keeping that in mind, I started with sorting the questions and
compiling them. The questions are divided in 5 categories, namely – Number System, Arithmetic, Algebra,
Geometry, and Modern Math. I do understand that some of the questions cannot be classified as purely questions
of one category – so I have taken some poetic license in cases like that.

All the questions from CAT papers 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003are covered in this eBook. 2009 onwards
was an online exam and hence the questions were not available.

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Number

System
Arithmetic

Algebra

Geometry

Modern Math

ANSWER KEY

Number System

CAT –2008

1. The integers 1, 2, …., 40 are written on a blackboard. The following operation is then repeated 39 times: In each
repetition, any two numbers say a and b, currently on the blackboard is erased and a new number a + b -‐ 1 is
written. What will be the number left on the board at the end?

(1) 820 (2) 821 (3) 781 (4) 819 (5) 780

2. What are the last two digits of 72008?

(1) 21 (2) 61 (3)01 (4)41 (5)81

3. Three consecutive positive integers are raised to the first, second and third powers respectively and then added.
The sum so obtained is a perfect square whose square root equals the total of the three original integers. Which of
the following best describes the minimum, say m, of these three integers?

(1) 1 ≤ m ≤ 3 (2) 4 ≤ m ≤ 6 (3) 7 ≤ m ≤ 9 (4) 10 ≤ m ≤ 12 (5) 13 ≤ m ≤ 15

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5. Suppose, the speed of any positive integer n is defined as follows:
Seed(n) = n, if n < 10
= seed (s(n)), otherwise,
Where s(n) indicates the sum of digits of n. For example,
Seed (7) = 7, seed(248) = seed(2 + 4 + 8) = seed(14) = seed(1 + 4) = seed(5) = 5 etc. How many positive integers
n, such that n < 500, will have seed (n) = 9?

(1) 39 (2) 72 (3) 81 (4) 108 (5) 55

CAT – 2007

1. Consider four digit numbers for which the first two digits are equal and the last two digits are also equal. How
many such numbers are perfect squares?

(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 0 (4) 1 (5) 3

2. How many pairs of positive integers m, n satisfy?
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+ = where n is an odd integer less than 60.
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(1) 4 (2) 7 (3) 5 (4) 3 (5) 6

3. A confused bank teller transposed the rupees and paise when he cashed a cheque for Shailaja, giving her rupees
instead of paise and paise instead of rupees. After buying a toffee for 50 paise, Shailaja noticed that she was left
with exactly three times as much as the amount on the cheque. Which of the following is a valid statement about
the cheque amount?

(1)Over Rupees 7 but less than Rupees 8

CAT -‐ 2006

1. Which among 21/2, 31/3, 41/4, 61/6 and 121/12 is the largest?

(1)21/2(2)31/3(3)41/4(4)61/6(5) 121/12

2. If a/b = 1/3, b/c = 2, c/d = 1/2, d/e = 3 and e/f = 1/4, then what is the value of abc/def ?

(1) 3/8 (2) 27/8 (3) 3/4 (4) 27/4 (5) 1/4

3. The sum of four consecutive two-‐digit odd numbers, when divided by 10, becomes a perfect square. Which of the
following can possibly be one of these four numbers?

(1)21(2)25 (3)41 (4)67 (5)73

4. When you reverse the digits of the number 13, the number increases by 18. How many other two-‐digit numbers
increase by 18 when their digits are reversed?

(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 7 (4) 8 (5)10

5. The number of employees in ObelixMenhir Co. is a prime number and is less than 300. The ratio of the number of
employees who are graduates and above, to that of employees who are not, can possibly be:

(1) 101:88 (2) 87:100 (3) 110:111 (4) 85:98 (5) 97:84

CAT – 2005

1. If R =(3065 -‐ 2965)/ (3064 + 2964), then

(1) 0 < R ≤ 0.1 (2) 0.1 < R ≤ 0.5 (3) 0.5 < R ≤ 1.0 (4) R > 1.0

2. If x = (163 + 173 + 183 + 193), then x divided by 70 leaves a remainder of:

(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 69 (4) 35

3. The digits of a three-‐digit number A are written in the reverse order to form another three-‐digit number B. If B > A
and B -‐ A is perfectly divisible by 7, then which of the following is necessarily true?

(1) 100 < A < 299 (2) 106 < A < 305 (3) 112 < A < 311 (4) 118 < A < 317

4. The rightmost non-‐zero digit of the number 302720 is:

(1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 7 (4) 9

CAT – 2004

1.The remainder, when (1523 + 2323) is divided by 19, is

(1) 4 (2) 15 (3) 0 (4) 18

2. Suppose n is an integer such that the sum of the digits of n is 2, and 1010<n < 1011. The number of different values
or n is

(1) 11 (2)10 (3) 9 (4) 8

CAT – 2003

1. How many even integers n, where 100 ≤n≤ 200, arc divisible neither by seven nor by nine?

(1) 40 (2) 37 (3) 39 (4)38

2. A positive whole number M less than 100 is represented in base 2 notation, base 3 notation, and base 5 notation.
It is found that in all three cases the last digit is 1, while in exactly two out of the three cases the leading digit is 1.
Then M equals

(1) 31 (2) 63 (3) 75 (4)91

3.Let a. b, c, d be four integers such that a + b + c + d = 4m + l where m is a positive integer. Given m, which one of
the following is necessarily true?

(1) The minimum possible value of a2 + b2 + c2 + d2 is 4m2 – 2m + 1
(2) The minimum possible value of a2 + b2 + c2 + d2 is 4m2 + 2m + 1
(3) The maximum possible value of a2 + b2 + c2 + d2 is 4m2 – 2m +1
(4) The maximum possible value of a2 + b2 +c2 + d2 is 4m2 + 2m + 1

4. If the product of n positive real numbers is unity, then their sum is necessarily

(1) A multiple of n
1
(2) Equal to n +
n
(3) Never less than n
(4) A positive integer

5.In a certain examination paper, there are n questions. For j = 1,2, ... n there are 2 n-‐j students whoanswered j or
more questions wrongly. If the total number of wrong answers is 4095, then the valueof n is

(1) 12 (2) 11 (3)10 (4) 9

6.The number of positive integers n in the range 12 ≤ n ≤ 40 such that the product (n −1)(n −2) .. 3. 2.1 is not divisible
by n

(1) 5 (2)7 (3)13 (4)14

Directions for questions 7:

Each question is followed by two statements, I and II.
Choose [1] if the question can be answered by one of the statement alone but not by the other.
Choose [2] if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Choose [3] if the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot be answered by using
either statement alone.
Choose [4] if the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.

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7. Is a <b , given that a = 2 and b is an integer?

A: b is even.
B: b is greater than 16.

Arithmetic

CAT – 2008

1. Rahim plans to drive from city A to station C, at the speed of 70 km per hour, to catch a train arriving there from
B. He must reach C at least 15 minutes before the arrival of the train. The train leaves B,located 500 km south of A,
at 8:00 am and travels at a speed of 50 km per hour. It is known that C is located between west and northwest of B,
with BC at 60° to AB. Also, C is located between south and southwest of A with AC at 30° to AB. The latest time by
which Rahim must leave A and still catch the train is closest to

(1) 6:15 am (2) 6:30 am (3) 6:45 am (4) 7:00 am (5) 7:15 am

Directions for Questions 2 and 3:

Five horses, Red, White, Grey, Black and Spotted participated in a race. As per the rules of the race, the persons
betting on the winning horse get four times the bet amount and those betting on the horse that came in second get
thrice the bet amount. Moreover, the bet amount is returned to those betting on the horse that came in third, and
the rest lose the bet amount. Raju bets Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000 Rs. 1000 on Red, White and Black horses respectively and
ends up with no profit and no loss.

2. Which of the following cannot be true?

(1) At least two horses finished before Spotted
(2) Red finished last
(3) There were three horses between Black and Spotted
(4) There were three horses between White and Red
(5) Grey came in second

3. Suppose, in addition, it is known that Grey came in fourth. Then which of the following cannot be
true?

(1) Spotted came in first
(2) Red finished last
(3) White came in second
(4) Black came in second
(5) There was one horse between Black and White


Marks (1) if Q can be answered from A alone but not from B alone.
Marks (2) if Q can be answered from B alone but not from A alone.
Marks (3) if Q can be answered from A alone as well as from B alone.
Marks (4) if Q can be answered from A and B together but not from any of them alone.
Marks (5) if Q cannot be answered even from A and B together.

In a single elimination tournament, any player is eliminated with a single loss. The tournament is played in multiple
rounds subject to the following rules:
If the number of players, say n, in any round is even, then the players are grouped in to n/2 pairs. The players in
each pair play a match against each other and the winner moves on to the next round.
If the number of players, say n, in any round is odd, then one of them is given a bye, that is, he automatically moves
on to the next round. The remaining ( n -‐ 1) players are grouped into ( n -‐ 1)/2 pairs. The players in each pair play a
match against each other and the winners moves on to the next round. No player gets more than one bye in the
entire tournament.

Thus, if n is even, then n / 2 players move on to the next round while if n is odd, then (n + 1)/2 players move on to the
next round. The process is continued till the final round, which obviously is played between two players. The winner
in the final round is the champion of the tournament.

4. What is the number of matches played by the champion?

A: The entry list for the tournament consists of 83 players.
B: The champion received one bye.

5. If the number of players, say n, in the first round was between 65 and 128, then what is the exact value of n?

A: Exactly one player received a bye in the entire tournament.
B: One player received a bye while moving on to the fourth round from third round

CAT -‐2007

Directions for Questions 1&2:

Cities A and B are in different time zones. A is located 3000 km east of B. The table below describes the schedule of
an airline operating non-‐stop flights between A and B. All times indicated are local and are of the same day.

Departure Arrival

City Time City Time

B 8:00 am A 3:00 pm

A 4:00 pm B 8:00 pm

Assume that planes cruise at the same speed in both directions. However the effective speed is influenced by a
steady wind blowing from east to west at 50 kmph.

1. What is the time difference between A and B?

(1) 2 hours 30 mins (2) 2 hours (3) 1 hour (4) 1 hour 30 mins (5) Cannot be determined

2.What is the plane's cruising speed in km per hour?

(1) 550 (2) 600 (3) 500 (4) 700 (5) Cannot be determined

3. Ten years ago, the ages of the members of a joint family of eight people added up to 231 years. Three
years later, one member died at the age of 60 years and a child was born during the same year. Afteranother three
years, one moremember died, again at 60, and a child was born during the same year. The current average age of
this eight-‐member joint is nearest to

(1) 22 years (2) 21 years (3) 25 years (4) 24 years (5) 23 years

Directions for Questions 4:
Each question is followed by two statements A and B. Indicate your responses based on the following directives:
Mark (1) if the question can be answered using A alone but not using B alone.
Mark (2) if the question can be answered using B alone but not using A alone.
Mark (3) if the question can be answered using A and B together, but not using either A or B alone.
Mark (4) if the question cannot be answered even using A and B together.

4.The average weight of a class of 100 students is 45 kg. The class consists of two sections, I and II, each with 50
students. The average weight, WI, of Sections I is smaller than the average weight, WII, of section II. If the heaviest
student, say Deepak, of section II is moved to section I, and the lightest student, say Poonam, of Section I is moved,

to Section II, then the average weights of the two sections are switched, i.e., the average weight of Sections I
becomes WIIand that of Section II becomes WI. What is the weight of Poonam?

A : Wn -‐ WI = 1.0
B : Moving Deepak from Section II to I (without any move from I to II) makes the average weights of the two sections
equal.

Directions for Questions 5 & 6:

Shabnam is considering three alternatives to invest her surplus cash for a week. She wishes to guarantee maximum
return on her investment. She has three option, each of which can be utilized fully or partially in conjunction with
others.

Option A : Invest in a public sector bank. It promises a return of +0.10%.

Option B : Invest in mutual funds of ABC Ltd. A rise in the stock market will result in a return of + 5%, while a fall will
entail a return of -‐ 3%.

Option C: Invest in mutual funds of CBA Ltd. A rise in the stock market will result in a return of -‐ 2.5%, while a fall
will entail a return of + 2%.

5. The maximum guaranteed return to Shabnam is

(1) 0.10% (2) 0.20%(3) 0.15% (4) 0.30% (5) 0.25%

6. What strategy will maximize the guaranteed return to Shabnam?

(1)36% in option B and 64% in option C
(2)64% in option B and 36% in option C
(3)1/3 in each of the three options
(4) 100% in option A
(5) 30% in option A, 32% in option B and 38% in option C

7. The price of Darjeeling tea (in rupees per kilogram) is 100 + 0.10n, 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?

(1) April 11 (2) May 20 (3) April 10 (4) June 30 (5) May 21

CAT – 2006

Answer Questions 1and 2on the basis of the information given below:

An airline has a certain free luggage allowance and charges for excess luggage at a fixed rate per kg. Two passengers,
Raja and Praja have 60 kg of luggage between them, and are charged Rs 1200 and Rs 2400 respectively for excess
luggage. Had the entire luggage belonged to one of them, the excess luggage charge would have been Rs 5400.

1. What is the weight of Praja's luggage?

(1) 20 kg (2) 25 kg (3) 30 kg (4) 35 kg (5) 40 kg

2. What is the free luggage allowance?

(1) 10 kg (2) 15 kg (3) 20 kg (4) 25 kg (5) 30 kg

3. Arun, Barun and Kiranmala start from the same place and travel in the same direction at speeds of 30, 40 and 60
km per hour respectively. Barun starts two hours after Arun. If Barun and Kiranmala overtake Arun at the same
instant, how many hours after Arun did Kiranmala start?

(1) 3 (2) 3.5 (3) 4 (4) 4.5 (5) 5

CAT – 2005

1. A chemical plant has four tanks (A, B, C and D), each containing 1000 litres of a chemical. The chemical is being
pumped from one tank to another as follows:
From A to B @ 20 litres/minute
From C to A @ 90 litres/minute
From A to D @ 10 litres/minute
From C to D @ 50 litres/minute
From B to C @ 100 litres/minute
From D to B @ 110 litres/minute
Which tank gets emptied first, and how long does it take (in minutes) to get empty after pumping starts?

(1) A, 16.66 (2) C, 20 (3) D, 20 (4) D, 25

2. A jogging park has two identical circular tracks touching each other, and a rectangular track enclosing the two
circles. The edges of the rectangles are tangential to the circles. Two friends, A and B, start jogging simultaneously
from the point where one of the circular tracks touches the smaller side of the rectangular track. A jogs along the
rectangular track, while B jogs along the two circular tracks in a figure of eight. Approximately, how much faster
than A does B have to run, so that they take the same time to return to their starting point?

(1) 3.88% (2) 4.22% (3) 4.44% (4) 4.72%

Directions for questions 3 and 4 :
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.

3.At what time do Ram and Shyam first meet each other?
(1) 10 a.m. (2) 10 : 10 a.m. (3) 10 : 20 a.m. (4) 10 : 30 a.m.

4.At what time does Shyam overtake Ram?
(1) 10 : 20 a.m. (2) 10 : 30 a.m. (3) 10 : 40 a.m. (4) 10 : 50 a.m.

5. A telecom service provider engages male and female operators for answering 1000 calls per day. A male operator
can handle 40 calls per day whereas a female operator can handle 50 calls per day. The male and the female
operators get a fixed wage of Rs 250 and Rs 300per day respectively. In addition, a male operator gets Rs 15 per call
he answers and a female operator gets Rs 10 per call she answers. To minimize the total cost, how many male
operators should the service provider employ assuming he has to employ more than 7 of the 12 female operators
available for the job?

(1) 15 (2) 14 (3) 12 (4) 10

CAT – 2004

1. Two boats, traveling at 5 and 10 kms per hour, head directly towards each other. They begin at a distance of 20
kms from each other. How far apart are they (in kms) one minute before they collide?

(1) 1/12 (2) 1/6 (3) 1/4 (4) 1/3

2. In Nuts and Bolts factory, one machine produces only nuts at the rate of 100 nuts per minute and needs to be
cleaned for 5 minutes after production of every 1000 nuts. Another machine produces only bolts at the rate of 75
bolts per minute and needs to be cleaned for 10 minutes after production of every 1500 bolts. If both the machines
start production at the same time, what is the minimum duration required for producing 9000 pairs of nuts and
bolts?

(1) 130 minutes (2) 135 minutes (3) 170 minutes (4) 180 minutes

3. Karan and Arjun run a 100-‐metre race, where Karan beats Arjun by 10 metres. To do a favour to Arjun, Karan
starts 10 metres behind the starting line in a second 100-‐metre race. They both run at their earlier speeds. Which of
the following is true in connection with the second race?

(1) Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line simultaneously.
(2)Arjun beats Karan by 1 metre.
(3)Arjun beats Karan by 11 metres.
(4) Karan beats Arjun by 1 metre.

4.A milkman mixes 20 litres of water with 80 litres of milk. After selling one-‐fourth of this mixture, he adds water to
replenish the quantity that he has sold. What is the current proportion of water to milk?

(1).2 : 3 (2).1 : 2 (3)1 : 3 (4)3 : 4

5.If a man cycles at 10km/hr, then he arrives at a certain place at 1 p.m. If he cycles at 15 km/hr, he will arrive at the
same place at 11 a.m. At what speed must he cycle to get there at noon?

(1) 11 km/hr (2) 12 km/hr (3) 13 km/hr (4) 14 km/hr

6.A sprinter starts running on a circular path of radius r metres. Her average speed (in metres/minute) is nr during
the first 30 seconds, nr/2 during next one minute, nr/4 during next 2 minutes, nr/8 during next 4 minutes, and so on.
What is the ratio of the time taken for the nth round to that for the previous round?

(1) 4 (2) 8 (3) 16 (4) 32


In an examination, there are 100 questions divided into three groups A, B and C such that each group contains at
least one question. Each question in group A carries 1 mark, each question in group B carries 2 marks and each
question in group C carries 3 marks. It is known that the questions in group A together carry at least 60% of the total
marks.

7.If group B contains 23 questions, then how many questions are there in group C?

(1) 1 (2)2 (3) 3 (4)Cannot be determined

8.If group C contains 8 questions and group B carries at least 20% of the total marks, which of the following best
describes the number of questions in group B?

(1) 11 or 12 (2)12 or 13 (3)13 or 14(4)14 or 15

CAT – 2003

1. A leather factory produces two kinds of bags, standard and deluxe. The profit margin is Rs.20 on a standard bag
and Rs.30 on a deluxe bag. Every bag must be processed on machine A and on machine B. The processing times per
bag on the two machines are as follows:
Time required (Hours/bag)
Machine A Machine B

Standard Bag 4 6

Deluxe Bag 5 10

The total time available on machine A is 700 hours and on machine B is 1250 hours. Among the following production
plans, which one meets the machine availability constraints and maximizes the profit?

(1)Standard 75 bags, Deluxe 80 bags

2.In a 4000 meter race around a circular stadium having a circumference of 1000 meters, the fastest runner and the
slowest runner reach the same point at the end of the 5th minute, for the first time after the start of the race. All the
runners have the same starting point and each runner maintains a uniform speed throughout the race. If the fastest
runner runs at twice the speed of the slowest runner, what is the time taken by the fastest runner to finish the race?

(1) 20 min (2) 15 min (3) 10 min (4) 5 min

3. At the end of year 1998, Shepard bought nine dozen goats. Henceforth, every year he added p% of the goats at
the beginning of the year and sold q% of the goats at the end of the year where p> 0 and q> 0. If Shepard had nine
dozen goats at the end of year 2002, after making the sales for that year, which of the following is true?

(1) p = q (2) p<q (3) p>q (4) p = q/2

Directions for questions 4 & 5 : Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
A certain perfume is available at a duty-‐free shop at the Bangkok international airport. It is priced in the Thai
currency Baht but other currencies are also acceptable. In particular, the shop accepts Euro and US Dollar at the
following rates of exchange:

US Dollar 1 = 41 Bahts
Euro 1 =46Bahts

The perfume is priced at 520 Bahts per bottle. After one bottle is purchased, subsequent bottles are available at a
discount of 30%. Three friends S, Rand M together purchase three bottles of the perfume, agreeing to share the cost
equally. R pays 2 Euros. M pays 4 Euros and 27 Thai Bahts and S pays the remaining amount in US Dollars.

4.How much does R owe to S in Thai Baht?

(1) 428 (2) 416 (3) 334 (4) 324

5.How much does M owe to S in US Dollars?

(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 6

Directions for questions 6 to 8: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

A city has two perfectly circular and concentric ring roads, the outer ring road (OR) being twice as long as the inner
ring road (IR). There are also four (straight line) chord roads from EI, the east end point of OR to N2, the north end
point of IR; from N1, the north end point of OR to W2, the west end point of IR; from W1, the West end point of OR,
to S2, the south end point of IR; and from S1, the south end point of OR to E2, the east end point of IR. Traffic moves
at a constant speed of 30 π km/hr on the OR road, 20 π km/hr on the IR road, and 15√5 km/hr on all the chord
roads.

6. The ratio of the Sum of the lengths of all chord roads to the length of the outer ring road is

(1) √5:2 (2) √5:2 π (3) √5: π (4) None of these

7. Amit wants to reach N2 from S1. It would take him 90 minutes ifhe goes on minor arc S1– E1 on OR, and then on
the chord road E1 – N2. What is the radius of the outer ring road in km?

(1) 60 (2) 40 (3) 30 (4) 20

8.Amit wants to reach E2 from N1 using first the chord N1− W2 and then the inner ring road. What will be his travel
time in minutes on the basis of information given in the above question?

(1) 60 (2) 45 (3) 90 (4) 105

Algebra

CAT -‐ 2008

1. A shop stores x kg of rice. The first customer buys half this amount plus half a kg of rice. The second customer
buys half the remaining amount plus half a kg of rice. Then the third customer also buys half the remaining amount
plus half a kg of rice. Thereafter, no rice is left in the shop. Which of the following best describes the value of x?

(1) 2 <x < 6 (2) 5 <x < 8 (3) 9 <x < 12 (4) 11<x < 14 (5) 13 <x < 18

2. If the roots of the equation x3-‐ ax2 +bx-‐ c =0 are three consecutive integers, then what is the smallest possible
value of b?

(1)-‐1/√3 (2)-‐1 (3)0 (4)1 (5) 1/√3


Let f (x) = ax2+ bx+ c, where a, b and c are certain constants and a ≠ 0. It is known that f (5) = -‐3 f(2) and that 3 is a
root of f (x) = 0.

3. What is the other root of f (x) = 0?

(1) -‐7 (2) -‐ 4 (3) 2 (4) 6 (5) cannot be determined

4. What is the value of a + b + c?

(1) 9 (2) 14 (3) 13 (4) 37 (5) cannot be determined

5. 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)?

(1) 0 (2) ¼ (3) ½ (4) 1 (5) Cannot be determined

CAT -‐2007

Directions for Questions 1 :
Each question is followed by two statements A and B. Indicate your responses based on the following directives:

1. Consider integers x, y and z. What is the minimum possible value of x2 + y2 + z2 ?

A: x + y + z = 89
B: Among x, y, z two are equal.

2. Suppose you have a currency, named Miso, in three denominations: 1 Miso, 10 Misos and 50 Misos. In how many
ways can you pay a bill of 107 Misos?

(1) 16 (2) 18 (3) 15 (4) 19 (5) 17

Directions for Questions 3 &4:
Mr. David manufactures and sells a single product at a fixed price in a niche market. The selling price of each unit is
Rs. 30. On the other hand, the cost, in rupees, of producing x units is 240 + bx + cx2, where b and c are some
constants. Mr. David noticed that doubling the daily production from 20 to 40 units increases the daily production
cost by 662/3%. However, an increase in daily production from 40 to 60 units results in an increase of only 50% in
the daily production cost. Assume that demand is unlimited and that Mr. David can sell as much as he can produce.
His objective is to maximize the profit.

3. How many units should Mr. David produce daily?


4. What is the maximum daily profit, in rupees, that Mr. David can realize from his business?


5. A function f (x) satisfies f (1) = 3600, and f (1) + f (2) + ... + f (n) = n2 f (n), for all positive integers n > 1. What is the
value of f(9)?

(1) 240 (2) 200 (3) 100 (4) 120 (5) 80

Directions for Questions 6 & 7:

Let a1=p and b1 =q, where p and q are positive quantities.

An=pbn-‐1 bn=qbn-‐1 for even n > 1

An=pan-‐1 bn=qan-‐1 for odd n > 1

6.Which of the following best describes an+ bn for even n?

!
!!!
(1) !! ! (! + !)
!
!
(2)! ! (! + !)
! !
! !
(3)! ! !+! !
! !
!!! !
(4)! !" ! !+! !
!
!!!
(5)! !" ! (! + !)

! !
7.If p = and q = then what is the smallest odd n such that !! + !! < !. !"?
! !

(1) 7 (2) 9 (3) 11 (4) 13 (5) 15

8. A quadratic function f(x) attains a maximum of 3 at x = 1. The value of the function at x = 0 is 1. What is the value
of f(x) at x = 10?

(1) -‐ 159 (2) -‐ 110 (3) -‐ 180 (4) -‐ 105 (5) -‐ 119

CAT – 2006

1. If x = -‐0.5, then which of the following has the smallest value?

(1) 21/x (2) 1/x (3) 1/x2(4) 2x (5) 1/√-‐x

2. What are the values of x and y that satisfy both the equations?
2 0.7x . 3 -‐1.25y = 8√6√27 4 ° . 3 x . 90.2y= 8 . (81)1/5

(1) x = 2, y = 5
(2) x = 2.5, y = 6
(3) x = 3, y = 5
(4) x = 3 , y = 4
(5) x = 5 , y = 2

3.The number of solutions of the equation 2x + y = 40 where both x and y are positive integers a n d x ≤ y is:

(1) 7 (2) 13 (3) 14 (4) 18 (5) 20

4.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.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

5.What values o f x satisfy x2/3 + x1/3 -‐ 2 ≤ 0?

( 1 ) -‐ 8 ≤x ≤1 ( 2 ) -‐ 1 ≤x ≤8 ( 3 ) 1 < x < 8 ( 4 ) 1 ≤x ≤8 ( 5 ) -‐ 8 ≤x ≤8

6.Let f(x) = max (2x + 1 , 3 -‐ 4x), where x is any real number. Then the minimum possible value of f(x) is:

(1) 1/3 (2) 1/2 (3) 2/3 (4) 4/3 (5) 5/3

7. If log y x = (a . log z y) = (b . log x z) = ab, then which of the following pairs of values for (a, b) is not possible?

(1) (-‐2, 1/2) (2) (1,1) (3) (0.4,2.5) (4) ( Π , 1/ Π ) (5) (2,2)

CAT – 2005

1. For which value of k does the following pair of equations yield a unique solution for x such that the solution is
positive?
x2 -‐ y2 = 0
(x -‐ k)2 + y2 = 1.

(1) 2 (2) 0 (3) 2 (4) − 2

2.Let x = 4 + 4 − 4 + 4 − ⋯ !"#$%#$#!&then x equals

!"!! !"!!
(1) 3 (2) (3) (4) 13
! !

3. Let g(x) be a function such that g(x+1) + g(x-‐1) = g(x) for every real x. Then for what valueof p is the relation
g (x + p) = g(x) necessarily true for every real x?

(1) 5 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 6

! !
4. If x ≥ y and y > 1, then the value of the expressionlog ! + log ! can never be:
! !

(1) -‐ 1 (2) -‐ 0.5 (3) 0 (4) 1

CAT – 2004

1.The total number of integer pairs (x, y) satisfying the equation x + y = xy is

(1)0 (2)1 (3)2 (4)None of the above

2. Each family in a locality has at most two adults, and no family has fewer than 3 children. Considering all the
families together, there are more adults than boys, more boys than girls, and more girls than families. Then the
minimum possible number of families in the locality is

(1)4 (2) 5 (3) 2 (4)3

3.Let u = (log2x)2 -‐ 6 log2x + 12 where. x is a real number. Then the equation xu = 256, has

(1) No solution for x
(2) Exactly one solution for x
(3) Exactly two distinct solutions for x
(4) Exactly three distinct solutions for x

! ! !
4. If = = = !, then r cannot take any value except:
!!! !!! !!!

(1) 1/2 (2) -‐1 (3) ½ or -‐1 (4) -‐1/2 or -‐1

!
5. Let y = !
!! !
!! !
!!
!!⋯

(1)( 13 + 3)/2 (2)( 13 − 2)/2 (3)( 15 + 3)/2 (4)( 15 − 3)/2

6. Let f(x) = ax2 – b|x|, where a and b are constants. Then at x = 0, f(x) is:

(1) Maximized whenever a > 0, b > 0
(2) Minimized whenever a > 0, b >
(3) Maximized whenever a > 0, b < 0
(4) Minimized whenever a > 0, b < 0

7.If f (x) = x3 -‐ 4x + p, and f(0) and f(1) are of opposite signs, then which of the following is necessarily true?

(1)-‐1 < p < 2 (2) 0 < p < 3 (3)-‐2 < p < 1 (4) -‐3 < p < 0

Directions for Questions 8 and 9: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

f1(x) = x 0 < x < 1
= 1 x > 1
= 0 otherwise
f2(x) = f1(-‐x) for all x
f3(x) = -‐f2(x) for all x
f4(x) = f3(-‐x) for all x

8. How many of the following products are necessarily zero for every x: f1 (x) f2 (x), f2 (x) f3 (x), f2(x) f4 (x)

(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3

9. Which of the following is necessarily true?

(1) f4(x) = f1(x) for all x
(2)f2(-‐x) = f4(x) for all x
(3)f1(x) = -‐f3(-‐x) for all x
(4)f1(x) + f3(x) = 0 for all x

CAT – 2003

1. A test has 50 questions. A student scores 1 mark for a correct answer, −1/3 for a wrong answer, and−1/6 for not
attempting a question. If the net score of a student is 32, the number of questions answered wrongly by that
student cannot be less than

(1)6 (2) 12 (3) 3 (4) 9

2. Which one of the following conditions must p, q and r satisfy so that the following system of linear simultaneous
equations has at least one solution, such that p + q + r ≠ 0?

x + 2y − 3z = p
2x + 6y − 11z=q
x − 2y + 7z=r

(1)5p − 2q– r= 0
(2)5p + 2q + r= 0
(3)5p+2q–r=0
(4)5p− 2q + r= 0

3. Let p and q be the roots of the quadratic equation x2 − (α − 2) x − α −1 = 0. What is the minimum possible value of
p2 + q2?

(1) 0 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5

x 2 ( y + z ) + y 2 ( x + z ) + z 2 ( x + y)
4. If x, y, z are distinct positive real numbers then xyz would be,

(1) Greater than 4
(2) Greater than 5
(3) Greater than 6
(4) None of these

Directions for questions 5 & 6:


Choose [A] if the question can be answered by one of the statement alone but not by the other.
Choose [B] if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Choose [C] if the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot be answered by
using either statement alone.
Choose [D] if the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.

5.What are the unique values ofb and c in the equation 4x2 +bx+c = 0 if one of the roots of the equation is (−1/2)?

A: The second root is 1/2
B: The ratio of c and b is 1

⎛ 1 1 1 ⎞ ⎛ 1 1 1 ⎞
⎜ 2 + 4 + 6 + .....⎟ > ⎜ + 3 + 5 + ......⎟
6.Is ⎝ a a a ⎠ ⎝ a a a ⎠ ?

A: – 3 ≤ a ≤ 3
B: One of the roots of the equation 4x2 – 4x + 1 = 0 is a.

7. Let g(x) = max (5 − x, x + 2). The smallest possible value of g(x) is

(1)4.0 (2) 4.5 (3) 1.5 (4) None of these.

8. The number of non-‐negative real roots of 2x – x – 1 = 0 equals

(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3

9. The function f(x) = │x − 2│ + │2.5 −x│ + │3.6 −x│, where x is a real number, attains a minimum at

(1) x=2.3 (2)x = 2.5 (3)x=2.7 (4) None of these.

10. Given that – 1 ≤ v ≤ 1, – 2 ≤ u ≤ –0.5 and –2 ≤ z ≤ –0.5 and w = vz / u, then which of the following is necessarily
true?

(1) –0.5 ≤ w ≤ 2 (2) –4 ≤ w ≤ 4 (3) –4 ≤ w ≤ 2 (4) –2 ≤ w ≤ –0.

11.When the curves y = log10x and y =x-‐1 are drawn in the x-‐y plane, how many times do they intersect for values x ≥
1?

(1) Never (2) Once (3) Twice (4) More than twice

12. Consider the following two curves in the x-‐y plane
y = x3 + x2 + 5
y = x2 + x + 5
Which of the following statements is true for – 2 ≤ x ≤ 2?
(1) The two curves intersect once.
(2) The two curves intersect twice.
(3) The two curves do not intersect.
(4) The two curves intersect thrice
Geometry

CAT – 2008

1.In a triangle ABC, the lengths of the sides AB and AC equal 17.5 cm and 9 cm respectively. Let D be a point
on the line segment BC such that AD is perpendicular to BC. If AD = 3 cm, then what is the radius (in cm) of the
circle circumscribing the triangle ABC?

(1) 17.05 (2) 27.85 (3) 22.45 (4) 32.25 (5) 26.25

2. Consider obtuse-‐angled triangles with sides 8 cm, 15 cm and x cm. If x is an integer, then how many such
triangles exist?

(1) 5 (2) 21 (3) 10 (4) 15 (5) 14

3.Consider a square ABCD with midpoints E, F, G, H of AB, BC, CD and DA respectively. Let L denote the line
passing through F and H. Consider points P and Q, on L and inside ABCD, such that the angles APD and BQC
both equal 120°. What is the ratio of the area of ABQCDP to the remaining area inside ABCD?

(1) 4 2 /3 (2) 2 + 3 (3) (10 − 3√3)/9 (4)1 + 1/!"#$3 (5) 2 3 − 1

4.Two circles, both of radii 1 cm, intersect such that the circumference of each one passes through the centre
of the circle of the other. What is the area (in sq. cm) of the intersecting region?

(1) π/3 -‐ √3/4 (2) 2π/3 + √3/2 (3) 4π/3 -‐ √3/2 (4) 4π/3 + √3/2 (5) 2π/3 -‐ √3/2

5.Consider a right circular cone of base radius 4 cm and height 10 cm. A cylinder is to be placed inside the
cone with one of the flat surface resting on the base of the cone. Find the largest possible total surface area
(in sq. cm) of the cylinder.

(1)100π/3 (2) 80π/3 (3) 120π/7 (4) 130π/9 (5) 110π/7

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CAT -‐2007

Directions for Questions 1& 3:
Each question is followed by two statements A and B. Indicate your responses based on the following
directives:

1.Rahim plans to draw a square JKLM with a point O on the side JK but is not successful. Why is Rahim unable
to draw the square?

A: The length of OM is twice that ofOL.
B: The length of OM is 4 cm.

2.Two circles with centers P and Q cut each other at two distinct point A and B. The circles have the same radii
and neither P nor Q falls within the intersection of the circles. What is the smallest range that includes all
possible values of the angle AQP in degrees?

(1) Between 0 and 30

3. ABC Corporation is required to maintain at least 400 kiloliters of water at all times in its factory, in order to
meet safety and regulatory requirements. ABC is considering the suitability of a spherical tank with uniform
wall thickness for the purpose. The outer diameter of the tank is 10 meters. Is the tank capacity adequate to
meet ABC's requirements?

A : The inner diameter of the tank is at least 8 meters.
B : The tank weighs 30,000 kg when empty, and is made of a material with density of 3gm/cc.


CAT -‐ 2006

1. The length, breadth and height of a room are in the ratio 3:2:1. If the breadth and height are halved while
the length is doubled, then the total area of the four walls of the room will

(1) Remain the same
(2) Decrease by 13.64%
(3) Decrease by 15%
(4) Decrease by 18.75%
(5) Decrease by 30%

Answer Questions 2 and 3 on the basis of the information given below:

A punching machine is used to punch a circular hole of diameter two units from a square sheet of aluminium
of width 2 units, as shown below. The hole is punched such that the circular hole touches one corner P of the
square sheet and the diameter of the hole originating at P is in line with a diagonal of the square.

2.The proportion of the sheet area that remains after punching is:

(1) ( Π +2)/8 (2) ( 6-‐ Π )/8 (3) (4 -‐ Π )/4 (4) ( Π -‐2)/4 (5) ( 14-‐3 Π )/6

3. Find the area of the part of the circle (round punch) falling outside the square sheet.

(1) Π /4(2) ( Π -‐1)/2 (3) ( Π -‐1)/4 (4) ( Π -‐2)/2 (5) ( Π -‐2)/4

4.A semi-‐circle is drawn with AB as its diameter. From C, a point on AB, a line perpendicular to AB is drawn
meeting the circumference of the semi-‐circle at D. Given that AC = 2 cm and CD = 6 cm, the area of the semi-‐
circle (in sq. cm) will be:

(1) 3 2 Π (2) 5 0 Π (3) 4 0.5 Π (4) 8 1 Π (5) undeterminable

5. An equilateral triangle BPC is drawn inside a square ABCD. What is the value of the angle APD in degrees?

(1) 75 (2) 90 (3) 120 (4) 135 (5) 150

CAT -‐ 2005

1.What is the distance in cm between two parallel chords of lengths 32 cm and 24 cm in a circle of radius 20
cm?

(1) 1 or 7 (2) 2 or 14 (3) 3 or 21 (4) 4 or 28

2.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:

(1) π/4 (2) π/2 -‐ 1 (3) π/5 (4) √2 – 1

3.A rectangular floor is fully covered with square tiles of identical size. The tiles on the edges are white and
the tiles in the interior are red. The number of white tiles is the same as the number of red tiles. A possible
value of the number of tiles along one edge of the floor is:

(1) 10 (2) 12 (3) 14 (4) 16

4.In the following figure, the diameter of the circle is 3 cm. AB and MN are two diameters such that MN is
perpendicular to AB. In addition, CG is perpendicular to AB such that AE : EB = 1 : 2, and DF is perpendicular to
MN such that NL : LM = 1 : 2. The length of DH in cm is:

(1)2√2 – 1 (2) (2√2 – 1)/2 (3) (3√2 – 1)/2 (4) (2√2 – 1)/3

5.Four points A, B, C, and D lie on a straight line in the X-‐Y plane, such that AB = BC = CD, and the length of AB
is 1 metre. An ant at A wants to reach a sugar particle at D. But there are insect repellents kept at points B and
C. The ant would not go within one metre of any insect repellent. The minimum distance in metres the ant
must traverse to reach the sugar particle is:

(1) 3√2 (2) 1+π (3) (4π)/3 (4) 5

6.Rectangular tiles each of size 70 cm by 30 cm must be laid horizontally on a rectangular floor of size110 cm
by 130 cm, such that the tiles do not overlap. A tile can be placed in any orientation so long as its edges are
parallel to the edges of the floor. No tile should overshoot any edge of the floor. The maximum number of
tiles that can be accommodated on the floor is:

(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 7

7.In the X-‐Y plane, the area of the region bounded by the graph of |x+y| + |x -‐ y| = 4 is:

(1) 8 (2) 12 (3) 16 (4) 20

8. Consider a triangle drawn on the X-‐Y plane with its three vertices at (41, 0), (0, 41) and (0, 0), each vertex
being represented by its (X, Y) coordinates. The number of points with integer coordinates inside the triangle
(excluding all the points on the boundary) is:

(1) 780 (2) 800 (3) 820 (4) 741

9. Consider the triangle ABC shown in the following figure where BC = 12 cm, DB = 9 cm, CD = 6 cm and ∠BCD
= ∠BAC.
What is the ratio of the perimeter of the triangle ADC to that of the triangle BDC?

(1) 7/9 (2) 8/9 (3) 6/9 (4) 5/9

10. P, Q, S, R are points on the circumference of a cirlce of radius r, such that PQR is an equilateral triangle and
PS is a diameter of the circle. What is the perimeter of the quadrilateral PQSR?

(1) 2r(1+√3) (2) 2r(2+√3) (3) r(1+√5) (4) 2r +√3


CAT -‐ 2004

1. A father and his son are waiting at a bus stop in the evening. There is a lamp post behind them. The lamp
post, the father and his son stand on the same straight line. The father observes that the shadows of his head
and his son's head are incident at the same point on the ground. If the heights of the lamp post, the father
and his son are 6 metres, 1.8 metres and 0.9 metres respectively, and the father is standing 2.1 metres away
from the post, then how far (in metres) is the son standing from his father?

(1) 0.9 (2) 0.75 (3) 0.6 (4) 0.45

Directions for Questions 2 to 4:Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

In the adjoining figure, I and II are circles with centres P and Q respectively. The two circles touch each other
and have a common tangent that touches them at points R and S respectively. This common tangent meets
the line joining P and Q at O. The diameters of I and II are in the ratio 4 : 3. It is also known that the length of
PO is 28 cm.

2. What is the ratio of the length of PQ to that of QO?

(1) 1 : 4 (2) 1 : 3 (3) 3 : 8 (4) 3 : 4

3.What is the radius of the circle II?

(1) 2 cm (2) 3 cm (3) 4 cm (4) 5cm

4. The length of SO is

(1) 8 √3 cm (2) 10 √3 cm (3) 12 √3 cm (4) 14 √3 cm

5.A rectangular sheet of paper, when halved by folding it at the midpoint of its longer side, results in a
rectangle, whose longer and shorter sides are in the same proportion as the longer and shorter sides of the
original rectangle. If the shorter side of the original rectangle is 2, what is the area of the smaller rectangle?

(1) 4√2 (2) 2√2 (3) √2 (4) None of the above

6. In the adjoining figure, chord ED is parallel to the diameter AC of the Circle. If angle CBE=65°,then what is
the value of angle DEC?

(1) 35° (2) 55° (3) 45° (4) 25°

7.If the lengths of diagonals DF, AG and CE of the cube shown in the adjoining figure are equal to the three
sides of a triangle, then the radius of the circle circumscribing that triangle will be

(1)equal to the side of the cube
(2)√3 times the side of the cube
(3)1√3 times the side of the cube
(4) impossible to find from the given information 0

8. Let C be a circle with center P0 and AB be a diameter of C. Suppose P1 is the mid point of the line segment
P0B, P2 is the mid point of the line segment P1B and so on. Let C1, C2, C3, ... be circles with diameters P0P1,
P1P2, P2P3 ... respectively. Suppose the circles C1, C2, C3, are all shaded. The ratio of the area of the
unshaded portion of C to that of the original circle C is

(1) 8 : 9 (2) 9 : 10 (3) 10 : 11 (4) 11 : 12


9.On a semicircle with diameter AD, chord BC is parallel to the diameter. Further, each of the chords AB and
CD has length 2, while AD has length 8. What is the length of BC?

(1) 7.5 (2) 7 (3) 7.75 (4) None of the above

10. A circle with radius 2 is placed against a right angle. Another smaller circle is also placed as shown in the
adjoining figure. What is the radius of the smaller circle?

(1)3-‐ 2√2 (2) 4-‐2√2 (3) 7-‐4√2 (4)6-‐4√2

CAT -‐2003

1.A vertical tower OP stands at the centre O of a square ABCD. Let hand b denote the length OP and
ABrespectively. Suppose ∠APB = 60° then the relationship between h and b can be expressed as

(1) 2b2 =h2 (2) 2h2 = b2 (3) 3b2 = 2h2 (4) 3h2 =2b2

2.Let A and B be two solid spheres such that the surface area of B is 300% higher than the surface area of The
volume of A is found to be k% lower than the volume ofB. The value ofk must be

(1) 85.5 (2) 92.5 (3) 90.5 (4) 87.5

3. Each side of a given polygon is parallel to either the X or the Y axis. A corner of such a polygon is said to be
convex if the internal angle is 90° or concave if the internal angle is 270°. If the number of convex corners in
such a polygon is 25, the number of concave comers must be

(1) 20 (2) 0 (3) 21 (4) 22

4.In the figure below, ABCDEF is a regular hexagon and ∠AOF = 90°. FO is parallel to ED. What is the ratio of
the area of the triangle AOF to that of the hexagon ABCDEF?

A B
F C
O
D
E

1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
12 6 24 18

5. Three horses are grazing within a semi-‐circular field. In the diagram given below, AB is the diameter of the
semi-‐circular field with centre at O. Horses are tied up at P, Rand S such that PO and RO are the radii of semi-‐
circles with centres at P and R respectively, and S is the centre of the circle touching the two semi-‐circles with
diameters AO and OB. The horses tied at P, R can graze within the respective semi-‐circles, and the horse tied
at S can graze within the circle centered at S. The percentage of the area of the semi-‐circle with diameter AB
that cannot be grazed by the horses is nearest to

•S
A • • B
O R
P

(1) 20 (2) 28 (3) 36 (4) 40

6.In a triangle ABC, AB = 6, BC = 8 and AC = 10. A perpendicular dropped from B, meets the side AC at D. A
circle of radius BD (with centre B) is drawn. If the circle cuts AB and BC at P and Q respectively, then AP:QC is
equal to

(1) 1:1 (2) 3:2 (3) 4:1 (4) 3:8

7.In the diagram given below, ∠ABD= ∠CDB = ∠PQD = 90°. IfAB:CD = 3:1, the ratio of CD: PQ is

A
B D
Q

(1)1: 0.69 (2)1: 0.75 (3) 1: 0.72 (4) None of these

8.In the figure given below, AB is the chord of a circle with centre O.AB is extended to C such that BC = OB.
The straight line CO is produced to meet the circle at D. If ∠ACD = y degrees and ∠AOD = x degrees such that
x = ky, then the value of k is

A
D
O
C

(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4) None of these

9. In the figure below, the rectangle at the comer measures 10 cm ×20 cm. The comer A of the rectangle is
also a point on the circumference of the circle. What is the radius of the circle in cm?

(1) 10cm (2) 40 cm (3) 50 cm (4) None of these

Directions for questions 10 & 11:

Choose [1] if the question can be answered by one of the statement alone but not by the other.
Choose [2] if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Choose [3] if the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot be answered
by using either statement alone.
Choose [4] if the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.

10.AB is a chord of a circle. AB = 5 cm. A tangent parallel to AB touches the minor arc AB at E. what is the
radius of the circle?

A: AB is not a diameter of the circle.
B: The distance between AB and the tangent at E is 5 cm

11.D, E, F are the mid points of the sides AB, BC and CA of triangle ABC respectively. What is the area of DEF in
square centimeters?

A: AD = 1 cm, DF =1cm and perimeter ofDEF = 3 cm
B: Perimeter of ABC = 6 cm, AB = 2 cm, and AC = 2 cm.

12. There are two concentric circles such that the area of the outer circle is four times the area of the inner
circle. Let A, B and C be three distinct points on the perimeter of the outer circle such that AB and AC are
tangents to the inner circle. If the area of the outer circle is 12 square centimeters then the area (in square
centimeters) of the triangle ABC would be
! ! ! ! !
(1) ! 12 (2) (3) (4)
! ! !

Modern Math

CAT -‐2008

1. The number of common terms in the two sequences 17, 21, 25, ... , 417 and 16, 21, 26, ... , 466is

(1) 78 (2) 19 (3) 20 (4) 77 (5) 22

The figure below shows the plan of a town. The streets are at right angles to each other. A rectangular park
(P) is situated inside the town with a diagonal road running through it. There is also a prohibited region (D) in
the town.

2.Neelam rides her bicycle from her house at A to her office at B, taking the shortest path. Then the number
of possible shortest paths that she can choose is

(1) 60 (2) 75 (3) 45 (4) 90 (5) 72

3. Neelam rides her bicycle from her house at A to her club at C, via B taking the shortest path. Then the
number of possible shortest paths that she can choose is

(1) 1170 (2) 630 (3) 792 (4) 1200 (5) 936

4.How many integers, greater than 999 but not greater than 4000, can be formed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3 and
4, if repetition of digits is allowed?

(1) 499 (2) 500 (3) 375 (4) 376 (5) 501

5. What is the number of distinct terms in the expansion of (a +b + c)20?

(1) 231 (2) 253 (3) 242 (4) 210 (5) 228

CAT -‐2007

1.In a tournament, there are n team T1, T2,…., Tn, with n > 5. Each team consists of k players, k > 3. The
following pairs of teams have one player in common:
T1 & T2, T2 & T3, ….., Tn-‐1 &Tn, and Tn& T1
No other pair of teams has any player in common. How many players are participating in the tournament,
considering all the n teams together?

(1) k(n -‐ 1) (2) n(k -‐ 2) (3) k(n -‐ 2) (4) (n -‐ 1)(k -‐ 1) (5) n(k -‐ 1)

Directions for Questions 2&3:

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.

2.For general n, how many enemies will each member of S have?

(1)1/2(n2 -‐3n -‐2)(2) 2n -‐7(3) 1/2(n2 -‐ 5n + 6)(4) 1/2(n2 -‐7n +14) (5) n -‐3

3.For general n, consider any two members of S that are friends. How many other members of S will be
common friends ofboth these members?

(1)2n-‐6(2) 1/2n(n-‐3)(3) n-‐2(4) 1/2(n2 -‐7n +16) (5) 1/2(n2 -‐5n +8)

4. Consider the set S = {2, 3, 4, ….., 2n + 1), where n is a positive integer larger than 2007. Define X as the
average of the oddintegers in S and Y as the average of the even integers in S. What is the value of X -‐ Y?

(1) 1(2)1/ 2n (3) (n+1)/2n (4) 2008 (5) 0

CAT -‐ 2006

1.Consider a sequence where the nth term, tn = n/(n+2), n = 1 , 2 , . . . . The value of t3 x t4 x t5 x....x t53 equals:

(1) 2/495 (2) 2/477 (3) 12/55 (4) 1/1485 (5) 1/2970

2.A survey was conducted of 100 people to find out whether they had read recent issues of Golmal, a monthly
magazine. The summarized information regarding readership in 3 months is given below:

Only September: 18;
September but not August: 23;
July: 48;
July and August: 10;
September and July: 8;
September: 28;
None of the three months: 24.

What is the number of surveyed people who have read exactly two consecutive issues (out of the three)?

(1) 7 (2) 9 (3) 12 (4) 14 (5)17

3. 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 end with 1000 and have at least 3 elements?

( 1 ) 3 ( 2 ) 4 ( 3 ) 6 ( 4 ) 7 ( 5 ) 8

4. There are 6 tasks and 6 persons. Task 1 cannot be assigned either to person 1 or to person 2; task 2 must be
assigned to either person 3 or person 4. Every person is to be assigned one task. In how many ways can the
assignment be done?

(1) 144 (2) 180 (3) 192 (4)360 (5)716

5. 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?

( 1 ) 3 ( 2 ) 4 ( 3 ) 5 ( 4 ) 6 ( 5 ) 7

CAT – 2005

1.In a chess competition involving some boys and girls of a school, every student had to play exactly one game
with every other student. It was found that in 45 games both the players were girls, and in 190 games both
were boys. The number of games in which one player was a boy and the other was a girl is:

(1) 200 (2) 216 (3) 235 (4) 256

2.Three Englishmen and three Frenchmen work for the same company. Each of them knows a secret not
known to others. They need to exchange these secrets over person-‐to-‐person phone calls so that eventually
each person knows all six secrets. None of the Frenchmen knows English, and only one Englishman knows
French. What is the minimum number of phone calls needed for the above purpose?

(1) 5 (2) 10 (3) 9 (4) 15

3. Let n! = 1 x 2 x 3 x ... x n for integer n ≥ 1. If p = 1! + (2 x 2!) + (3 x 3!) + ... + (10 x 10!), then p + 2 when
divided by 11! leaves a remainder of:

(1) 10 (2) 0 (3) 7 (4) 1

4. If a1 = 1 and an+1 -‐ 3an + 2 = 4n for every positive integer n, then a100 equals:

(1) 399 -‐ 200 (2) 399 + 200 (3) 3100 – 200 (4) 3100 + 200

5. Let S be the set of five-‐digit numbers formed by the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, using each digit exactly once such
that exactly two odd positions are occupied by odd digits. What is the sum of the digits in the rightmost
position of the numbers in S?

(1) 228 (2) 216 (3) 294 (4) 192

6.For a positive integer n, let pn denote the product of the digits of n, and sn denote the sum of the digits of
n. The number of integers between 10 and 1000 for which pn + sn = n is:

(1) 81 (2) 16 (3) 18 (4) 9

7. Let S be a set of positive integers such that every element n of S satisfies the conditions:
1000 <n < 1200
every digit in n is odd
Then how many elements of S are divisible by 3?

(1) 9 (2) 10 (3) 11 (4) 12

CAT -‐ 2004

1.On January 1, 2004 two new societies, S1 and S2, are formed, each with n members. On the first day of each
subsequent month, S1 adds b members while S2 multiplies its current number of members by a constant
factor r. Both the societies have the same number of members on July 2, 2004. If b = 10.5n, what is the value
of r?

(1) 2.0 (2) 9 (3)1.8 (4) 1.7

2. If the sum of the first 11 terms of an arithmetic progression equals that of the first 19 terms, then what is
the sum of the first 30 terms?

(1)0 (2)-‐1 (3)1 (4)Not unique

3. N persons stand on the circumference of a circle at distinct points. Each possible pair of persons, not
standing next to each other, sings a two-‐minute song one pair after the other. If the total time taken for
singing is 28 minutes, what is N?

(1) 5 (2) 7 (3) 9 (4) None of the above

4. A new flag is to be designed with six vertical stripes using some or all of the colours yellow, green, blue and
red. Then, the number of ways this can be done such that no two adjacent stripes have the same colour is

(1) 12 x 81 (2) 16 x 192 (3) 20 x 125 (4) 24 x 216

5. Consider the sequence of numbers a1, a2, a3 ... to infinity where a1 = 81.33 and a2 = -‐19 and aj = aj-‐1 – aj-‐2 for
j ≥ 3. What is the sum of the first 6002 terms of this sequence?

(1) -‐100.33 (2) -‐30.00 (3) 62.33 (4) 119.33

6.In the adjoining figure, the lines represent one way roads allowing travel only northwards or only
westwards. Along how many distinct routes can a car reach point B from point A?

(1) 15 (2) 56 (3) 120 (4) 3361.

CAT -‐ 2003

1. The sum of 3rd and 15th elements of an arithmetic progression is equal to the sum of 6th, 11th and 13th
elements of the same progression. Then which element of the series should necessarily be equal to zero?

(1)1st (2)9th (3)12th (4)None of these

2. Twenty-‐seven persons attend a party. Which one of the following statements can never be true?

(1)There is a person in the party who is acquainted with all the twenty-‐six others.
(2)Each person in the party has a different number of acquaintances.
(3)There is a person in the party who has an odd number of acquaintances.
(4)In the party, there is no set of three mutual acquaintances.

Directions for questions 3 and 4: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

New Age Consultants have three consultants Gyani, Medha and Buddhi. The sum of the number of projects
handled by Gyani and Buddhi individually is equal to the number of projects in which Medha is involved. All
three consultants are involved together in 6 projects. Gyani works with Medha in 14 projects. Buddhi has 2
projects with Medha but without Gyani, and 3 projects with Gyani but without Medha. The total number of
projects for New Age Consultants is one less than twice the number of projects in which more than one
consultant is involved.

3. What is the number of projects in which Gyani alone is involved?

(1) Uniquely equal to zero
(2) Uniquely equal to 1
(4) Cannot be determined uniquely

4.What is the number of projects in which Medha alone is involved?

(1) Uniquely equal to zero
(4) Cannot be determined uniquely

5.The 288th term of the series a,b,b,c,c,c,d,d,d,d,e,e,e,e,e,f,f,f,f,f,f …. is

(1) u (2) v (3) w (4) x


6.If log32, log3 (2x −5), log3 (2x −7/2) are in arithmetic progression, then the value of x is equal to

(1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 2 (4) 3

7.There are 6 boxes numbered 1,2 , ... 6. Each box is to be filled up either with a red or a green ball in such a
way that at least 1 box contains a green ball and the boxes containing green balls are consecutively
numbered. The total number of ways in which this can be done is

(1) 5 (2) 21 (3) 33 (4) 60

8. How many three digit positive integers, with digits x, y and z in the hundred’s, ten’s and unit’s place
respectively, exist such that x<y, z<y and x ≠ 0?

(1) 245 (2) 285 (3) 240 (4) 320

9.Let T be the set of integers {3,11,19,27, ... 451,459,467} and S be a subset of T such that the sum of no two
elements of S is 470. The maximum possible number of elements in S is

(1) 32 (2) 28 (3) 29 (4) 30

10. There are 8436 steel balls, each with a radius of 1 centimeter, stacked in a pile, with 1 ball on top, 3 balls
in the second layer, 6 in the third layer, 10 in the fourth, and so on. The number of horizontal layers in the pile
is

(1) 34 (2) 38 (3) 36 (4) 32

11.A graph may be defined as a set of points connected bylines called edges. Every edge connects a pair of
points. Thus, a triangle is a graph with 3 edges and 3 points. The degree of a point is the number of edges
connected to it. For example, a triangle is a graph with three points of degree 2 each. Consider a graph with
12 points. It is possible to reach any point from any other point through a sequence of edges. The number of
edges, e, in the graph must satisfy the condition.

(1) 11 ≤ e ≤ 66 (2) 10 ≤ e ≤ 66 (3) 11 ≤ e ≤ 65 (4) 0 ≤ e ≤ 11


Grand A nswer S heet:
CAT -‐ 2008

Number System Arithmetic Algebra Geometry Modern Math
1-‐3 1-‐2 1-‐2 1-‐5 1-‐3
2-‐3 2-‐4 2-‐2 2-‐3 2-‐4
3-‐1 3-‐3 3-‐2 3-‐5 3-‐1
4-‐1 4-‐4 4-‐5 4-‐5 4-‐4
5-‐5 5-‐4 5-‐2 5-‐1 5-‐1

CAT -‐ 2007

1-‐4 1-‐3 1-‐1 1-‐1 1-‐5
2-‐4 2-‐1 2-‐2 2-‐2 2-‐4
3-‐3 3-‐4 3-‐1 3-‐2 3-‐3
4-‐3 4-‐3 4-‐1
5-‐2 5-‐5
6-‐1 6-‐5
7-‐2 7-‐2
8-‐1

CAT -‐ 2006

1-‐2 1-‐4 1-‐2 1-‐5 1-‐1
2-‐1 2-‐2 2-‐5 2-‐2 2-‐2
3-‐3 3-‐3 3-‐2 3-‐4 3-‐4
4-‐2 4-‐4 4-‐2 4-‐1
5-‐5 5-‐1 5-‐5 5-‐4
6-‐5
7-‐5
CAT -‐ 2005

1-‐4 1-‐3 1-‐3 1-‐4 1-‐1
2-‐1 2-‐4 2-‐3 2-‐2 2-‐3
3-‐1 3-‐2 3-‐4 3-‐2 3-‐4
4-‐1 4-‐2 4-‐4 4-‐2 4-‐3
5-‐4 5-‐2 5-‐2
6-‐3 6-‐4
7-‐3 7-‐1
8-‐1
9-‐1
10-‐1
CAT -‐ 2004

1-‐3 1-‐3 1-‐3 1-‐4 1-‐1
2-‐1 2-‐3 2-‐4 2-‐2 2-‐1
3-‐4 3-‐2 3-‐2 3-‐2
4-‐1 4-‐3 4-‐3 4-‐1
5-‐2 5-‐4 5-‐2 5-‐3
6-‐3 6-‐4 6-‐4 6-‐2
7-‐1 7-‐2 7-‐1
8-‐3 8-‐3 8-‐4
9-‐2 9-‐2
10-‐4
CAT -‐ 2003

1-‐3 1-‐1 1-‐3 1-‐2 1-‐3
2-‐4 2-‐3 2-‐1 2-‐4 2-‐2
3-‐2 3-‐3 3-‐4 3-‐3 3-‐4
4-‐3 4-‐4 4-‐3 4-‐1 4-‐2
5-‐1 5-‐3 5-‐2 5-‐2 5-‐4
6-‐2 6-‐3 6-‐1 6-‐4 6-‐4
7-‐1 7-‐3 7-‐4 7-‐2 7-‐2
8-‐4 8-‐3 8-‐1 8-‐3
9-‐2 9-‐3 9-‐4
10-‐2 10-‐4 10-‐3
11-‐2 11-‐2 11-‐1
12-‐4 12-‐3

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