CAT WORKSHOP [ALGEBRA]

Directions for Questions 1and 2: Answer the following questions based on the information given
below:
Let a1 = p and b1 = q, where p and q are positive quantities. Define
a n = pb n-1 , b n = qb n-1 , for even n > 1,
and a n = pa n-1 , b n = qa n-1 , for odd n > 1.

1. Which of the following best describes a n + b n for even n?

1 1 1
n 1 n 1 n
1.q( pq) 2
( p  q) 2.qp 2
( p  q) 3.q ( p  q )
2

1 1 1 1
n n n 1 n
4.q 2 ( p  q ) 2 5. q( pq) 2 ( p  q) 2
1 2
If p  and q  then what is the smallest odd 'n' such that a n  bn  0.01
2. 3 3

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

3. A quadratic function ƒ(x) attains a maximum of 3 at x = 1. The value of the function at x = 0 is 1.

What is the value ƒ(x) at x = 10?
(1) –119 (2) –159 (3) –110 (4) –180 (5) –105
1 4
  12
4. How many pairs of positive integers m, n satisfy m n , where, ‘n’ is an odd integer less than
60?
(1) 6 (2) 4 (3) 7 (4) 5 (5) 3

5. A function ƒ(x) satisfies ƒ(1) = 3600 and ƒ(1) + ƒ(2) + ... + ƒ(n) = n 2 f(n), for all positive integers
n > 1. What is the value of ƒ(9)?
(1) 80 (2) 240 (3) 200 (4) 100 (5) 120

6. 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) 17 (2) 16 (3) 18 (4) 15 (5) 19

7.l,m and n are the sides of a triangle.Equations lx 2  mx  n  0 and10 x 2  24 x  26  0

haveat least onecommon root .Then angle N is equal to?
1.60 2.75 3.90 4.105 5.120

8. If ‘a’ lies between (-9) and 11, then find the greatest value of (11-a) 6 (a+9)4?

1.137  73 2.310  133  77 3.210  510 4.210  33  7 7 5.36  2 24

199
1 
199
x   x 0
9. Find the sum of the real and non-real roots of the equation 2  , given that there
are no multiple roots.

1.99/2 2.89/2 3.1 4.-1 5.none of these.

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10. If the function f(x) = x  6 x  11x  6 x ; x ϵ I, then the function f(x) is divisible by?
4 3 2

1.24 2.32 3.21 4.18 5.None of these.

11. The number of solutions of the equation 2x + y = 40 where both x and y are positive integers and
xy is:

1. 7 2. 13 3. 14 4. 18 5. 20

12. 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
n
tn  , n  1, 2,......
13. Consider a sequence where the nth term, n2
t3  t4  t5  ...........  t53
the value of equals
2 2 12 1 1
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
. 495 477 55 1485 2970

14. 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.)

Which of the following shows the graph of y against x?

15. In the X-Y plane, the area of the region bounded by the graph │xy││xy│4 is

a. 8 b. 12 c. 16 d. 20

16. Let g(x) be a function such that g(x + 1) + g(x – 1) = g(x) for every real x. Then for what value of p
is the relation g(x + p) = g(x) necessarily true for every real x?

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a. 5 b. 3 c. 2 d. 6

17. The area bounded by the three curves |x + y| = 1, |x| = 1, and |y| = 1, is equal to

a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 1

18. A function f is defined for all whole numbers n by the following relation

f(n + 2) + f(n) – 2f(n + 1) = 0

If f(16) = 4 and f(24) = 7, what is the value of f(16 + 24)?

1.10 2. 13 3. 170 4. 3340 5.none of these

19. For which value of k does the following pair of equations yield a unique solution of x such that the
solution is positive?
x 2  y 2  0; ( x  k )2  y 2  1
a. 2 b. 0 c. √2 d. √2

20. Of 128 boxes of oranges, each box contains at least 120 and at most 144 oranges. The number of
boxes containing the same number of oranges is at least

a. 5 b. 103 c. 6 d. Cannot be determined

f ( x)  x  1  2  3
21. Let .If we plot y =f(x) on a graph, at how many points will the graph
intersect the x-axis?

1.0 2.1 3.2 4.3 5.none of these

22. If it is given that p and q are the roots of the equation x

2
 ( k  3) x  4k  3  0 . What is the
minimum value of p2+q2?
1.8 2.6 3.12 4.14 5.none of these

23. If a+1 = b+2 = c+3 = d+4 = a+b+c+d+5, then the value of a + b + c + d is

10 7
1.  5 2.  3.  4.5 5. noneof these
3 3
4
x
24. If ( 5  1)( 4 5  1)( 8 5  1)(16 5  1) find (x + 1)48 ?

1.25 2.125 3.625 4.3125 5. none of these

25. Let f be a function with the following properties: f(1) = 1; f(2n) = n × f(n) for any positive integer n.
What is the value of f (2100)?

1. 2100 2.2200 3.22050 4.24950 5.none of these

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