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Topics No. of Questions Level

Concept Applicator 11 SNAP
Concept Builder 8 XAT
Concept Cracker 51 CAT
Concept Deviator 129 CAT, XAT advance level
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INTRODUCTION Tip 2 : Identify the parent question, means the main

Data sufficiency is one of the most important as well
as most difficult type of question. Questions based
on data sufficiency requires deeper knowledge in the
subject area. Data sufficiency questions can be from
any topic viz Numbers, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry,
and puzzles. These questions are not only difficult but
also confusing. Students generally get confuse with the
given information. Some general tips to solve the data
sufficiency questions are discussed below.
Tip 1 : 1st and foremost is understanding of options. In
GMAT options are fixed but in other aptitude
test exams these options vary.
question that is asked.
Tip 3 : Look at the statement (i) and information given
in that, see whether it is sufficient enough to
answer the parent question.
Tip 4 : Look at the statement (ii) and information
given in that, most important is that when
you see statement (ii) then just forget the
information given in statement (i) , then see
whether it is sufficient enough to answer the
parent question.
Tip 5 : When the given statements are not sufficient
then use information given in both the
statements.

Directions (Qs. No. 1-7): Each of the following
questions is followed by two statements. Mark and S.
[SNAP 2010]
(a) if statement I alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
(b) if statement II alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
(c) if both statement I and II together are necessary to
answer the question.
(d) if both statements I and II together are not sufficient
to answer the question.
1. Is ‘b’ positive?
(I) a + b is positive.
(II) a – b is positive.
2. In a general body election, 3 candidates, p, q and r
were contesting for a membership of the board.
How many votes did each receive?
(I) p received 17 votes more than q and 103
votes more than r.
(II) Total votes cast were 1703.
3. If C1 and C2 are the circumferences of the outer
and inner circles respectively. What is C1 : C2?
(I) The two circles are concentric.
(II) The area of the ring is 2/3 the area of greater
circle.
4. What is the middle number of 7 consecutive
whole numbers?
(I) Product of number is 702800.
(II) Sum of the number is 105.
5. Total marks obtained by P, Q, R and S in
Mathematics is 360. How many marks did P
secure in Mathematics?
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(I) P secured one-third marks of the total of Q, R
(II) Average marks obtained by Q and R are
20 more than that secured by S.
6. How many ice cubes can be accommodated in a
container?
(I) The length and breadth of the container is 20
cm and 15 cm respectively.
(II) The edge of the ice cube is 2 cm.
7. Ram got ` 1500 as dividend from a company. What
is the rate of interest given by the company?
(I) The dividend paid last year was 10%.
(II) Ram has 350 shares of Rs 10 denomination.
Directions (Qs. No. 8-11): Each of questions consist
of question followed by two statements numbered
I and II [SNAP 2010]
(a) if data in Statement I alone is sufficient to answer
the question but the data in Statement II alone is
not sufficient to answer the question.
(b) if data in Statement II alone is sufficient to answer
the question but the data in Statement I alone is not
sufficient to answer the question.
(c) if data in Statement I and II together are necessary
to answer the question.
(d) if data in Statement I and II together are not
sufficient to answer the question.
8. ∆ABC and ∆PQR are congruent
(I) Area of ∆ABC and ∆PQR are same
(II) ∆ABC and ∆PQR are right angle Triangles
9. Salary of A and B is in ratio 3:4 and expenditure is
in ratio 4:5. What is the ratio of their saving?
(I) B’s saving is 25% of his salary.
(II) B’s salary is ` 2500.

10. What is the average height of the class?
(I) Average height of the class decreases by 1
cm if we exclude the tallest person of the
class whose height is 56 cm.
(II) Average height of the class increases by 1
cm if we exclude the shortest person of the
class whose height is 42 cm.
Directions (Qs. No. 1-2): are followed by two statements
labelled as I and II. Decide if these statements are
sufficient to conclusively answer the question. Choose
the appropriate answer from the options given below: the question. Choose the appropriate answer from
[XAT 2011]
(a) Statement I alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
(b) Statement II alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
(c) Statement I and Statement II together are sufficient,
but neither of the two alone is sufficient to answer
the question.
(d) Either Statement I or Statement I alone is sufficient
to answer the question.
(e) Neither Statement I nor Statement 11 is necessary
to answer the question.  (e) Both statement I and statement II are insufficient to
1. Let PQRS be a quadrilateral. Two circles 01 and
02 are inscribed in triangles PQR and PSR
respectively. Circle 01 touches PR at M and circle
02 touches PR at N. Find the length of MN.
I. A circle is inscribed in the quadrilateral
PQRS.
II. The radii of the circles 01 and 02 are 5and 6
units respectively. [5]
2. Given below is an equation where the letters
represent digits. (PQ). (RQ) = XXX. Determine
the sum of P + Q + R + X.
I. X = 9.
II. The digits are unique. [3]
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11. Ram is taller than Shyam and Jay is shorter than
Vikram. Who is the shortest among them?
(I) Ram is the tallest.
(II) Shyam is taller than Vikram.
Directions (Qs. No. 3-4): are followed by two
statements labeled as I and II. You have to decide if
these statements are sufficient to conclusively answer
options given below: [XAT 2008]
(a) If statement I alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
(b) If statement II alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
(c) If statement I and statement II together are
sufficient but neither of the two alone is sufficient
to answer the question.
(d) If either statement I or statement II alone is
sufficient to answer the question.
answer the question.
3. The base of a triangle is 60 cms, and one of the
base angles is 60°. What is length of the shortest
sideof the triangle?
(I) The sum of lengths of other two sides is 80
cms.
(II) The other base angle is 45°.
4. A, B, C, D, E and F are six integers such that E <
F, B > A, A < D < B. C is the greatest integer. Is A
the smallest integer?
(I) E + B < A + D
(II) D < F

Directions (Qs. No. 5-8): are followed by two
statements labelled as (1) and (2). You have to decide
if thesestatements are sufficient to conclusively answer
the question. Choose [XAT 2007]
(a) If statement (1) alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
(b) If statement (2) alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
(c) If statement (1) and Statement (2) together are
sufficient but neither of the two alone is sufficient
to answer the question.
(d) If either statement (1) or Statement (2) alone is
sufficient to answer the question.
(e) Both statement (1) and statement (2) are insufficient
to answer the question.
5. What is he maximum value of a/b?
1. a, a + b and a + 2b are three sides of a triangle.
2. a and b both are positive.
Directions (Qs. No. 1-10): Each question is followed
by two statements, A and B. Answer each question
using the following instructions: [CAT 1999]
(a) if the question can be answered by using one of the
statements alone, but cannot be answered using
the other statement alone.
(b) if the question can be answered by using either
statement alone.
(c) if the question can be answered by using both
statements together, but cannot be answered using
either statement alone.
(d) if the question cannot be answered even by using
both statements together.
1. The average weight of students in class is 50 kg..
What is the number of students in the class?
A. The heaviest and the highest members of the
class weigh 60 kg and 40 kg respectively.
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6. ABC is a triangle with ∠B = 90°. What is the
length of the side AC?
1. D is the midpoint of BC and E is the midpoint
of AB.
2. AD = 7 and CE = 5
7. Five integers A, B, C, D and E are arranged in such
a way that there are two integers between B and C
and B is not the greatest. There exists one integer
between D and E and D is smaller than E. A is not
the smallest integer. Which one is the smallest?
1. E is the greatest
2. There exists no integer between B and E.
8. Le f : N → N (N is the set of all natural numbers).
How many solutions are there to the equation f (x)
= 1485 ?
1. For a, b ∈N f(10a + b) = f(a) + 12b
2. The maximum value of b is 9
B. Exclusion of the heaviest and the lightest
members from the class does not change the
average weight of the students. 
2. A small storage tank is spherical tank in shape.
What is the storage volume of the tank?
 A. The wall thickness of the tank is 1cm.
 B. When the empty spherical tank is immersed
in a large tank filled with   water, 20litres of
water overflow from the large tank.
3. Mr. X starts walking northwards along the
boundary of a field, from point A on the boundary,
and after walking for 150 metres reaches B, and
then walks westwards, again along the boundary,
for another 100 metres when he reaches C. What is
the maximum distance between any pair of points
on the boundary of the field?
A.   The field is rectangular in shape.  
B.    The field is a polygon, with C as one of its
vertices and A the mid point of a side.

4. A line graph on a graph sheet shows the revenue
for each year from 1990 through 1998 by points
and joins the successive points by straight line
segments. The point for revenue of 1990 is labelled
A, that for 1991 as B, and that for 1992 as C. What
is the ratio of growth in revenue between 91-92
and 90-91?
A. The angle between AB and X-axis when
measured with a protractor is 40 degrees,
and the angle between CB and X-axis is 80
degrees.
B. The scale of Y-axis is 1cm = 1000 Rs.
5. There is a circle with centre C at the origin and
radius r cm. Two tangents are drawn from an
external point D at a distance d cm from the centre.
What are the angles between each tangent and the
X-axis?
A.   The coordinates of D are given
B.   The X-axis bisects one of the tangents.
6. Find a pair of real numbers x and y that satisfy
the following two equations simultaneously. It is
known that the values of a, b, c, d, e and f are non-
zero.
ax + by = c
dx + ey = f
A. a = kd and b = ke, c = kf, k ≠ 0
B. a = b = 1, d = e = 2, f ≠ 2c
7. Three professors A, B and C are separately
given three sets of numbers to add. They were
expected to find the answers to 1+1, 1+1+2, and
1+1 respectively. Their respective answers were
3, 3, and (2) How many of the professors are
mathematicians?
A. A mathematician can never add  two numbers
correctly, but can always add three numbers
correctly.
B. When a mathematician makes a mistake in a
sum, the error is +1 or – (1)
8. How many among the four students A, B, C and D
have passed the exam?
 A. The  following is a true statement : A and B
passed the exam.
B The following is a false statement. At least
one among C and D has passed the exam.   both is 1500.
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9. What is the distance x between two cities A and B
in integral number of Kms?
A. x satisfies the equation log2x =  x    
B. x < 10 Kms
10 Mr. Mendel grew one hundred flowering plants
from black seeds and white seeds, each seed giving
rise to one plant. A plant gives flowers of only one
colour. From a black seed comes a plant giving red
or blue flowers. From a white seed comes a plant
giving red or white flowers. How many black seeds
were used by Mr. Mendel?  
A. The number of plants with white flowers was
10.
B. The number of plants with red flowers was
70.
Directions (Qs. No. 11-20): Each question is followed
by two statements, A and B. Answer each question
using the following instructions: [CAT 2000]
(a) if the question can be answered by using one of the
statements alone, but cannot be answered using the
other statement alone.
(b) if the question can be answered by using either
statement alone.
(c) if the question can be answered by using both
statements together, but cannot be answered using
either statement alone.
(d) if the question cannot be answered even by using
both statements together.
11. Consider three real numbers, X, Y and Z. Is Z the
smallest of these numbers?
A. X is greater than at least one of Y and Z.
B. Y is greater than at least one of X and Z.
12. Let X be  a real number. Is the modulus of X
necessarily less than 3?
A. X (X + 3) < 0
B. X (X – 3) > 0
13. How many people are watching TV programme P?
A. Number of people watching TV programme
Q is 1000 and number of people watching
both the programmes, P and Q, is 100.
B. Number of people watching either P or Q or

14. Triangle PQR has angle PRQ equal to 90°, what is
the value of PR + RQ?
A. Diameter of the inscribed circle of the triangle
PQR is equal to 10 cm.
B. Diameter of the circumscribed circle of the
triangle PQR is equal to 18 cm.
15. Harshad bought shares of a company on a certain
day, and sold them the next day. While buying and
selling he had to pay to the broker one percent of
the transaction value of the shares as brokerage.
What was the profit earned by him per rupee spent
on buying the shares?
A. The sales price per share was 1.05 times that
of its purchase price.
B. The number of shares purchased was 100.
16. For any two real numbers:
a + b = 1 if both a and b are positive or both a and
b are negative.
=  –1 if one of the two numbers  a and  b is
positive and the other negative.
What is (2 + 0) Å (–5 + –6)?
A. a + b is zero if a is zero
B. a + b = b + a
17. There are two straight lines in the x-y plane with
equations:
ax + by = c
dx + ey = f
Do the two straight lines intersect?
A. a, b, c, d, e and f are distinct real numbers.
B. c and f are non-zero
18. O is the centre of 2 concentric circle. ae  is a chord
of the outer circle and it intersects the inner circle
at points b and d. C is a point on the chord in
between b and d. What is the value of ac/ce?
A. bc/cd = 1
B. A third circle intersects the inner circle at b
and d and the point c is on the line joining the
centres of the third circle and the inner circle.
19. Ghosh Babu has decided to take a non-stop flight
from Mumbai to No-man’s-land in South America.
He is scheduled to leave Mumbai at 5 am, Indian
Standard Time on December 10, 2000. What is the
local time at No-man’s-land when he reaches there?
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A. The average speed of the plane is 700
kilometres per hour.
B. The flight distance is 10,500 kilometres.
20.   What are the ages of two individuals, X and Y?
A.      The age difference between them is 6 years.
B.      The product of their ages is divisible by 6.
Directions (Qs. No. 21-27): Each item is followed by
two statements, A and B. Answer each question using
the following instructions: [CAT 2001]
(a) if the question can be answered by one of the
statements alone and not by the other.
(b) Choose b   if the question can be answered by using
either statement alone.
(c) Choose c if the question can be answered by
using both the statements together, but cannot be
answered by using either statement alone.
(d) Choose d if the question cannot be answered even
by using both the statements together.
21. What are the value of m and n?
A. n is an even integer, m is an odd and m is
greater than n.
B. Product of m and n is 30.
22. Is Country X’s GDP higher than country Y’s GDP?
A. GDP’s of the countries X and Y have grown
over the past 5 years at compounded annual
rate of 5% and 6% respectively.
B. 5 years ago, GDP of country X was higher
than that of country Y.
23. What is the value of X?
 A. X and Y are unequal even integers less than
10 and X/Y is an odd integer.
 B. X and Y are even integers each less than 10
and product of X and Y is 12.
24. On a given day a boat ferried 1500 passengers
across the river in 12 hrs. How many round trips
did it make?
A. The boat can carry 200 passengers at any
time.
B. It takes 40 minutes each way and 20 minutes
for waiting time at each terminal.
25. What will be the time for downloading software?
A. Transfer rate is 6 kilobytes per second.
B. The size of the software is 4.5 megabytes.

26. A square is inscribed in a circle. What is the
difference between the area of the circle and that
of the square?
A. The diameter of the circle is 25 2 cm.
B. The side of the square is 25 cm.
27. Two friends, Ram and Gopal, bought apples from a
wholesale dealer. How many apples did they buy?
A. Ram bought one-half the number of apples
that Gopal bought.
B. The wholesale dealer had a stock of 500
apples.
Directions (Qs. No. 28-35): Each item is followed by
two statements, A and B. Answer each questions using
the following instructions. [CAT 2002]
(a) if the question can be answered by one of the
statements alone but not bythe other.
(b) if the question can be answered by using either
statement alone.
(c) if the question can be answered by using both
thestatements together, but cannot be answered by
us either statement alone.
(d) if the question cannot be answered by either of the
statements.
28. In a hockey match, the Indian team was behind by
2 goals with 5 minutes remaining. Did they win the
match?
A. Deepak Thakur, the Indian striker, scored 3
goals in the last five minutes of the match.
B. Korea scored a total of 3 goals in the match.
29. Four students were added to a dance class. Would
the teacher be able to divide her students evenly
into a dance team (or teams) of 8?
A. If 12 students were added, the teacher could
put everyone in teams of 8 without any
leftovers.
B. The number of students in the class is
currently not divisible by 8.
30. Is x = y ?
A. (x + y)( 1 / x + 1 / y) = 4
B. (x – 50) 2 = ( y – 50) 2
31. A dress was initially listed at a price that would
have given the store a profit of 20 percent of the
wholesale cost. What was the wholesale cost of the
dress?
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A. After reducing the listed price by 10 percent,
the dress sold for a net profit of 10 dollars.
B. The dress sold for 50 dollars.
32. Is 500 the average(arithmetic mean) score on the
GMAT?
A. Half of the people who take the GMAT score
above 500 and half of the people score below
500.
B. The highest GMAT score is 800 and the
lowest score is 200.
33. Is |x – 2| < 1?
A. |x| > 1
B. |x – 1| < 2
34. People in a club either speak French or Russian
or both. Find the number of people in a club who
speak only French.
A. There are 300 people in the club and the
number of people who speak both French and
Russian is 196.
B. The number of people who speak only
Russian is 58.
35. A sum of ` 38,500 was divided among Jagdish,
Punit and Girish. Who received the minimum
amount?
A. Jagdish received 2/9 of what Punit and Girish
together received.
B. Punit received 3/11 of what Jagdish and
Girish together received.
Directions (Qs. No. 36-39): In each question there are
two statements A and B
(a) if the question can be answered by one of the
statements alone but not by the other.
(b) if the question can be answered by using either
statement alone.
(c) if the question can be answered by using both the
statements together but cannot be answered using
either statement alone.
(d) if the question cannot be answered even by using
both the statements A and B. [CAT 2003]
36. F and M are father and mother of S, respectively. S
has four uncles and three aunts. F has two siblings.
The siblings of F and M are unmarried. How many
brothers does M have?
A. F has two brothers.
B. M has five siblings.

37. A game consists of tossing a coin successively. There
is an entry fee of `10 and an additional fee of ` 1
for each toss of the coin. The game is considered
to have ended normally when the coin turns heads
on two consecutive throws. In this case the player
is paid `100. Alternatively, the player can choose
to terminate the game prematurely after any of the
tosses. Ram has incurred a loss of ` 50 by playing
this game. How many times did he toss the coin?
A. The game ended normally.
B. The total number of tails obtained in the
game was 138.
38. Each packet of SOAP costs ` 10. Inside each packet
is a gift coupon labelled with one of the letters S, O,
A and P. If a customer  submits four such coupons
that make up the word SOAP, the customer gets
a free SOAP packet. Ms. X kept buying packet
after packet of SOAP till she could get one set of
coupons that formed the word SOAP. How many
coupons with label P did she get in the above
process?
A. The last label obtained by her was S and the
total amount spent was ` 210
B. The total number of vowels obtained was 18.
39. If A and B run a race, then A wins by 60 seconds.
If B and C run the same race, then B wins by 30
seconds. Assuming that C maintains a uniform
speed what is the time taken by C to finish the
race?
A. A and C run the same race and A wins by 375
metres
B. The length of the race is 1 km.
Directions (Qs. No. 40-45): Each question is followed
by two statements, A and B. Answer each question
using the following instructions: [CAT 2004]
(1) if the question can be answered by using one of
the statements alone but not by using the other
statement alone.
(2) if the question can be answered by using either of
the statements alone.
(3) if the question can be answered by using both
statements together but not by either statement
alone.
(4) if the question cannot be answered on the basis of
the two statements.
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40. Four candidates for an award obtain distinct scores
in a test. Each of the four casts a vote to choose the
winner of the award. The candidate who gets the
largest number of votes wins the award. In case
of a tie in the voting process, the candidate with
the highest score wins the award. Who wins the
award?
A: The candidates with top three scores each vote
for the top scorer amongst the other three.
B: The candidate with the lowest score votes for
the player with the second highest score.
41. Zakib spends 30% of his income on his children’s
education, 20% on recreation and 10% on
healthcare. The corresponding percentages for
Supriyo are 40%, 25%, and 13%. Who spends
more on children’s education?
A: Zakib spends more on recreation than
Supriyo.
B: Supriyo spends more on healthcare than Zakib.
42. Tarak is standing 2 steps to the left of a red mark
and 3 steps to the right of a blue mark. He tosses
a coin. If it comes up heads, he moves one step to
the right; otherwise he moves one step to the left.
He keeps doing this until he reaches one of the two
marks, and then he stops. At which mark does he
stop?
A: He stops after 21 coins tosses.
B: He obtains three more tails than heads.
43. In a class of 30 students, Rashmi secured the third
rank among the girls, while her brother Kumar
studying in the same class secured the sixth rank in
the whole class. Between the two, who had a better
overall rank?
A: Kumar was among the top 25% of the boys
merit list in the class in which 60% were boys.
B: There were three boys among the top five
rank holders, and three girls among the top
ten rank holders.
44. Nandini paid for an article using currency notes of
denominations ` 1, ` 2, ` 5 and ` 10 using at least
one note of each denomination. The total number
of five and ten rupee notes used was one more than
the total number of one and two rupee notes used.
What was the price of the article?
A: Nandini used a total of 13 currency notes.
B: The price of the article was a multiple of ` 10.

45. Ravi spent less than ` 75 to buy one kilogram each
of potato, onion, and gourd. Which one of the three
vegetables bought was the costliest?
A: 2 kg potato and 1 kg gourd cost less than 1 kg
potato and 2 kg gourd.
B: 1 kg potato and 2 kg onion together cost the
same as 1 kg onion and 2 kg gourd.
Directions (Qs. No. 46-49): Each question is followed
by two statements, A and B. Answer each question
using the following instructions: [CAT 2007]
(a) If the question can be answered by using the
statement A alone but not by using the statement B
alone.
(b) If the question can be answered by using the
statement B alone but not by using the statement A
alone.
(c) If the question can be answered by using either of
the statements alone.
(d) If the question can be answered by using both
the statements together but not by either of the
statements alone.
(e) If the question cannot be answered on the basis of
the two statements.
46. Five students Atul, Bala, Chetan, Dev and Ernesto
were the only ones who participated in a quiz
contest. They were ranked based on their scores in
the contest. Dev got a highet rank as compared to
Ernesto, while Bala got a higher rank as compared
to Chetan. Chetan’s rank was lower than the
median. Who among the five got the highest rank?
A. Atul was the last rank holder.
B. Bala was not among the top two rank holders.
47. Thrity per cent of the employees of a call centre are
males. Ten per cent of the female employees have
an engineering background. What is the percentage
of male employees with engineering background?
A. Twenty five per cent of the employees have
engineering background.
B. Number of male employees having an
engineering background is 20% more than
the number of female employees having an
engineering background.
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48. In a football match, at the half-time, Mahindra and
Mahindra Club was trailing by three goals. Did it
win the match?
A. In the second-half Mahindra and Mahindra
Club scored four goals.
B. The opponent scored four goals in the match.
49. In a particular school, sixty students were athletes.
Ten among them were also among the top academic
performers. How many top academic performers
were in the school?
A. Sixty per cent of the top academic performers
were not athletes.
B. All the top academic performers were not
necessarily athletes.
Directions (Qs. No. 50-51): [CAT 2008]
(a) if Question can be answered from A alone but not
from B alone.
(b) if Question can be answered from B alone but not
from A alone.
(c) if Question can be answered from A alone as well
as from B alone.
(d) if Question can be answered from A and B together
but not from any of them alone.
(e) if Question 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:
(i) 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.
(ii) 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 winner 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

49. 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.
Directions for Data Sufficiency
(a) If statement 1 alone is sufficient to answer the
question, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient
(b) If statement 2 alone is sufficient to answer the
question, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient
(c) If both statements together are needed to answer the
question, but neither statement alone is sufficient
(d) If either statement by itself is sufficient to answer
the question
(e) If not enough facts are given to answer the question
1. Is K an integer?
(1) (PK) is a positive integer where P is a prime
number.
(2) (K/P) is a positive integer
2. If A and B (B ≠ 0) are integers, is A/B an integer?
(1) A is an even integer and B is a prime number
BA
(2) is an integer.
AB
3. If N is a perfect square less than 1000 what is the
value of N?
(1) N is odd.
(2) N is a perfect cube.
4. Is abc + def is an even number
(1) abc def + def abc is an even number
(2) a^b^c + d^e^f is an even number
5. Is a four digit number “abcd” divisible by 9
(1) (a^b)(b^c) divisible by 9
(2) (a + b)(c + d) is divisible by 9
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50. 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
6. Is P + Q a rational number?
(1) P and Q both irrational
(2) PQ is rational
7. When 0.abc is written in the form of P/Q then is
P + Q divisible by 9?
(1) Three digit number “abc” is divisible by 9
(2) Any two digit number formed by digits a, b
or c is divisible by 9.
8. Is (a^b + b^a) positive number?
(1) a + b is positive.
(2) ab is positive
9. Is four digit number abcd divisible by 4?
(1) abcd is divisible by 1st 4 prime numbers.
(2) The four digit number “abcd” is divisible by
n^3-n^2 where n is odd and more than 77.
10. Is a + b + c a two digit number.
(1) all a, b and c is more than 3 but less than 30
(2) if 7 < a < b < c < 11
11. Is three digit number N divisible by 9?
(1) All the digits in N is distinct and sum and
product of digits is 6
(2) N is divisible by only 1st 4 prime numbers.
12. If a number N = a.bcd when written in the form
P/Q then is P-Q divisible by 9
(1) Two digit number ‘dc’ is divisible by 9.
(2) When two digit number “dc” divided by 6
resultant is not divisible by 3.

13. Is number P a prime number if its square root is K.
abcd……
(1) P is not divisible by any prime number less
than K
(2) P is not divisible by any prime number more
than K
14. Is A + B a rational number?
(1) A is sum of square roots of two prime
numbers
(2) B is difference of square roots of two prime
numbers
15. Is product of three numbers a, b and c a positive
integer?
(1) At least 2 of three is a positive integer.
(2) At least 1 of the three are negative integer.
16. Is product of three numbers a, b and c a positive
even number?
(1) At least 2 of the three is an even positive
integer.
(2) At most 1 of the three is an even negative
integer.
17. What is minimum value of A/B + B/A?
(1) The product AB > 0
(2) The sum A +B > 0
18. Is ab + bc + ca positive?
(1) At least two of the three given numbers is
positive
(2) At least one of them is negative
19. Is product of 5 consecutive two digit natural
numbers divisible by 25?
(1) Sum of those 5 natural numbers is more than
239
(2) Sum of those 5 natural numbers is less than
260
20. A “centum set a” is define as set of numbers whose
100th digit is a. Find the number of such sets.
(1) If all the members of the set is 3 digit numbers
and any member of the set has only prime
digits.
(2) If all the members of the set is a 5 digit
number.
21. Is number N has odd number of factors?
(1) N is divisible by only one prime number.
(2) 61 < N < 67
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22. Is number N2 has more than 35 factors?
(1) N has 12 factors
(2) In 4 ways we can write N as product of two of
its co-prime factors.
23. Out of three non zero digits A, B and C which one
has highest number of factors?
(1) If A is prime then B and C is perfect square.
(2) If B is odd then A and C are even.
24. How many numbers are less than N and co prime
to N?
(1) N is a two digit prime number with sum of
digits 16
(2) N is a two digit prime number with product
of digits 42
25. Is N/6 has odd number of factors?
(1) N/24 has odd number of factors
(2) 24 N has odd number of factors
26. If N has 81 factors then how many factors does N3
has.
(1) In 4 ways we can write N14 as product of 2 of
its co-prime factors.
(2) N2 has maximum possible number of factors
27. Is number of factors of N divisible by 2 more than
that divisible by 3
(1) N is not divisible by 24 but is divisible by 28.
(2) Nis not divisible by 54 but is divisible by 63
28. If N has 81 factors then find the number of factors
of 2N
(1) N is not divisible by 24 but is divisible by 28.
(2) N is not divisible by 54 but is divisible by 63.
29. If N has 16 factors then find the value of N
(1) N is divisible by 64.
(2) N is divisible by 72.
30. What is the ratio of number of factors of N2 to that
of N
(1) N3 has 112 factors
(2) Number of factors of N2 is more than 64 but
less than 81.
31. Find the number of factors of N
(1) N/2 has 12 factors
(2) N is a perfect cube
32. N has 18 factors is it divisible by 18?
(1) N is divisible by 32 but not by 512
(2) N is divisible by 5

33. Find the number of factors of N
(1) P = NQ
(2) Number of factors of P = 6Q2+5Q +1
34. Find the number of odd factors of N
(1) Number of even factors of N is 17
(2) 2N has 17 odd factors
35. How many factors of number N has unit digit 5 if
N is divisible by 5.
(1) N has 21 odd factors
(2) None of the factors divisible by 10.
36. How many ways N can be written as product of 2
of its co-prime factors?
(1) Only single digit prime numbers divide N.
(2) N is divisible by 9 but not by 10.
37. Is number of even factors of N more than number
of odd factors?
(1) Given that number is divisible by 10
(2) Number of factors of N is odd
38. Is integer k > 5 ?
(1) K is a factor of 30.
(2) K is not a factor of 120
39. How many factors of number N is a two digit
number?
(1) N has total number of factors as 16.
(2) N has 4 single digit prime factors.
40. Is number of factors of N more than 27?
(1) N is a perfect square with at least 3 prime
factors.
(2) If N is a perfect cube then it is a perfect
square also.
41. Is A > B if their LCM is 30.
(1) HCF of A and B is 1 and when (a + b) divided
by 9 remainder is 4.
(2) AB is odd.
42. What is HCF of (A + B) and (A – B) given that A is
not equal to B?
(1) HCF of A and B is 4
(2) LCM of A and B is 36
43. Is HCF of A and B more than 4?
(1) LCM of A and B is 48.
(2) The ratio of A:B is 1;2
44. Are A and B co-prime to each other?
(1) AB and B are co-prime to each other.
(2) HCF of AB and BA is 1
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45. What is remainder when N is divided by 9?
(1) N give remainder 1 when it is divided by 3 or 4.
(2) N when successively divided by 3, 4, 5 and 6
it leads remainder 1 in every step.
46. Is ratio of LCM to HCF of two numbers more than 8?
(1) One of the numbers is 5 and their LCM is 40.
(2) HCF of two numbers is 5 and one of the
number is 15
47. Is (ABC) and (DEF) co-prime to each other?
(1) HCF of (AB), (CD) and (EF) is 1.
(2) HCF of (A and D), (B and E) and (C and F) in
pairs is 1.
48. Find the value of f (20) if f (n+2) is LCM of f (n)
and f (n+1) here n is a natural number.
(1) f (7) = 36
(2) f (1) = 1
49. Is HCF of a and b more than 1, here a and b are
distinct positive integers?
(1) a is divisible by 9 but not by 18
(2) b is divisible by a2 but not by a2
50. Is A & B co-prime to each other ?
(1) LCM of A & B is 36 and one of the number is
prime.
(2) Number of factors of their HCF is 1.
51. What is the number of students in class 8? If number
of students in a class cannot be more than 100.
(1) When students are divided in a group of 4
only 2 students are left but when divided in a
group of 11, only 9 students are left.
(2) When students are divided in a group of 5
only 2 students are left but when divided in a
group of 7, no student is left.
52. How many days in the month March both Maths
and English faculty will come together?
(1) Maths faculty comes at an interval of 3 days
and English faculty at an interval of 4 days.
Mathsfaculty came on 3rd, 6th, 9th January
and so on.
English faculty came on 4th, 8th, 12th, January
and so on.
(2) Maths faculty comes at an interval of 3 days
and English faculty at an interval of 7 days.
Maths faculty came on 3rd, 6th, 9th January
and so on.
English faculty came on 7th, 14th, 21st,
January and so on.

53. If H1 is the HCF of (11111….P times) and
(333333…… Q times) and H2 is the HCF of
(2222…. R times) and (5555…. S times) is H1 > H2?
(1) HCF of P & Q is 5, P & R is 7 and P & S is 14.
(2) HCF of P & Q is 5 and R & S is 7.
Consider Q > P then H1 = 11111….P times, but if
P > Q then H1 = can be 1111… Q times or
54. Is R > 12
(1) When 252, 612 and 1212 divided by N
remainder is R in each case.
(2) When 255, 612 and 1215 divided by N,
remainder is R in each case.
55. Is HCF of A, B, C and D more than 5.
(1) HCF of A & B is 20 and HCF of C and D is 35
(2) HCF of A & B is 10, A & C is 20 and A & D
is 30
56. Is HCF of A, B, C and D more than 5 if they are
distinct non-prime number?
(1) LCM of A & B is 50 and that of B & C is 25
(2) LCM of A& C is 50 and that of B & D is 75.
57. What is remainder when (x + y + z) divided by 3 if
x, y and z are distinct positive integers?
(1) A number gives remainder x, y and z when
divided by 4, 8 and 16 respectively.
(2) HCF of xy, yz and zx is 3.
58. Is HCF of A. B and C one?
(1) HCF of AB, BC, and CA (i.e product of two
numbers taken at a time) is 1
(2) HCF of (AB)C, (BC)A, and (AC)B is 1.
59. If F(3k) = Product of F(3k – 2) and F(3k – 1);
F(3k + 1) = LCM of F(3k – 1) and F(3k);
F(3k + 2) = HCF of F(3k) and F(3k + 1) here k is a
natural number.
Find the HCF of F(3n), F(3n + 3), F(3n + 6) ….
F(3n + 3p)
(1) F(3n+9) = 1248
(2) HCF of F(3n – 6) and F(3p – 6) is 1224 if p > n
60. If A = a4444 – 1 and B = a4444 + 1 find unit digit of
LCM of A and B.
(1) When a2 divided by 8 remainder is 1.
(2) a can be expressed as difference between
squares of 2 consecutive natural numbers,
and a99 is not divisible by 625
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61. Find the unit digit of x y
(1) x and y are prime digits
(2) unit digit of yx is 0
62. What is the unit digit of 7abcd
(1) Four digit number cbad is divisible by 4.
(2) When 4 digit number ‘abcd’ divided by 72 it
leaves remainder 1.
3x
63. What is the unit digit of 3 .
(1) x is a prime number.
(2) x is a three digit prime number
x x −1
64. What is the unit digit of 4
(1) (x – 1) has only 2 factors.
(2) (x + 1) has only 2 factors.
d
bc
65. What is the unit digit of 2a
(1) All the numbers a, b, c and d are even
numbers.
(2) All the numbers a, b, c and d are odd numbers.
cd
ab
66. What is the unit digit of 3
(1) All the numbers a, b, c and d are prime
numbers.
(2) All the numbers a, b, c and d are three digit
numbers.
67. If unit digit of ab is 1 then what is the value of a?
(1) b is even number
(2) a is divisible by 9
68. Find the unit digit of a 11111
(1) Unit digit of a66 is 1
(2) Unit digit of a999 is 9
69. Find the unit digit of ab
(1) Unit digit of a333 is 9
(2) Unit digit of a555 is 6
70. Find the unit digit of 9x + 9y.
(1) x + y is odd
(2) (x.y) is odd
71. What is the unit digit of (xy)xy ? Here “xy” and
“yx” is a two-digit number.
(1) Two digit number xy is divisible by 4.
(2) (xy)xy is not divisible by 100.
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72. If unit digit of 3x + 3y is 0 then find the unit digit of  5x 
3xy 82. Find the remainder of  
9
(1) 7x has unit digit either 1 or 7 (1) x is a 2 digit prime no.
(2) 2y has unit digit either 4 or 8 (2) x when divided by 12 gives remainder 9.
73. Find the unit digit of 3x – 3y  a 7777 
(1) Both x is in the form of 4p +1 while y is in the 83. What is the remainder of  
 7 
form of4p + 3 here p & q are positive integers. (1) given that a is in the form of 5x + 1
(2) x when divided by 4 gives remainder 1 and (2) a is in the form of 4x + 1
when y divided by 4 gives remainder 3  ab 
74. Find the unit digit of (x7)(7x) 7
84. What is the remainder of   here a, b are
(1) Unit digit of x7 + 7x is 6 distinct integers.  9 
(2) Unit digit of x7 + 7x is 8 (1) a, b both are prime numbers.
75. Find the unit digit of x y + yx (2) a, b both are even integers.
(1) Unit digit of x y is 3  xy 
85. What is the remainder of  
(2) Unit digit of y x is 1.  z 
(1) |x – z| = 1
76. Find the Last two digit of 2x
 x3 
(1) x gives remainder 4 and 5 when divided by 5 (2) Remainder of   is 1
or 6.  z 
(2) x gives remainder 3 and 4 when divided by 4  x
86. Is remainder of   is 1
or 5. z
77. Find the last two digit of (8181)xyz here xyz is a  x ^ 2
(1) Remainder of  z  is 1
three digit number.  
(1) Three digit number ‘xyz’ is divisible by 5  x3 
(2) Remainder of  z  is 1
and 7  
(2) Three digit number ‘xyz’ is divisible by 5  3x 
and 23 87. If R1 is remainder of   and R2 is the remainder
7
78. Find the last two digits of a^b^c^d^e.  3y 
of   is R1>R2 here x and y both are positive
(1) Last two digit of a^b is 76 7
(2) Last two digits of a ^b is 12 integers.
79. What is the last two digit of (ab)ba here ‘ab’ and (1) x = 6y
‘ba’ are two digit numbers and difference between (2) x = 4y
 2 x3 y 
ab and ba is not divisible by 27. 88. What is the remainder of  
 7 
(1) ab has unit digit 1
(1) x and y both divisible by 3.
(2) ba has unit digit 4
(2) both x and y are odd.
80. Find the last two digits of (aa)bb  yz  
(1) Last two digits of ab is 29   x  
89. What is the remainder of    ?
(2) Last two digits of ab is 56
 xy 
 3x  x
81. What is the remainder of  (1) Remainder of   is 1.
  y
7
(1) x is in the form of( 4k + 2)  y
(2) Remainder of   is 5
(2) x is in the form of (3k + 1) x
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 bc 
90. What is the remainder of 
xyz 
here ‘xyz’ is a a
 x + y + z  97. What is the remainder of  c 
three digit number.  b 
(1) x + y + z = 25 (1) a, b, c are all even numbers.
(2) Unit digit of x y is same as that of y z (2) b is a prime number while a and c are
 xy  composite numbers.
91. If remainder of 
 7 
 is 1 then what is the
98. What is the remainder of 
{
 abc abc 
} here ‘abc’
 x  xa + yb + c 
remainder of   ?
7 is a three digit number and x, y are +ve integers.
(1) Given that y is a two digit prime number. (1) x is 10 times of y
(2) Given that y is four digit composite number (2) y is smallest two digit number that has 4
not divisible by any digit except 1. factors.

92. What is the remainder of 

 x97531 
 24 
 
99. What is the remainder of 
{ }
 ( n!)2 

 2 n + 1 
 x (1) 2n + 1 is a prime number and n is odd
(1) Remainder of   is 4
6 (2) 2n + 1 is a prime number and n is Even
 x 100. Find the unit digit of a! + b! + c!
(2) Remainder of   is 3
4 (1) Each of a, b and c is a two digit number.
 xy  (2) Each of a, b and c is a prime number in the
93. What is the remainder of   form of 6k ± 1.
 36 
x  x  a !
(1) Remainder of   is 1 and that of   is 1 101. Find the remainder of  
18  8  b! 
(1) Given that a ≥ b
x  x
(2) Remainder of   is 17 and that of   is (2) Given that a ≤ b
18  8
7 102. Find the highest power of 7 in N!.
 x ! N
94. Find the remainder of   (i) Quotient of   is 7
y 9
(1) Given that |x – y| =2 N
(2) y is a three digit prime number and more than (ii) Quotient of   is 5
11
x. 103. Find the last two digits of a! + (a + 1)! + (a + 2)!
 ( x!)2

95. Find the remainder of 
{ } 

(1) a is a prime number.
(2) a is a two digit number.
 2x + 1 
104. Is a! divisible by 72?
(1) Given that x is Even.
(1) a! is divisible by 18
(2) Given that x is Odd
(2) a is divisible by 4 but not by 8, a is divisible
 ( aa )bb 
96. What is the remainder of   here a, and b by 3 but not by 9.
 100  105. Is a! divisible by 68?
are digits
 ab  (1) a! is divisible by 17.
(1) Remainder of   is 29 (2) a! is divisible 26.
100 
106. What is highest power of 3 in a! ?
 ab  (1) Highest power of 9 in a! is 5
(2) Remainder of   is 56
100  (2) Highest power of 9 in a! is 6
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107. What is highest power of 9 in a! ? 118. What is number of zeros when N! is converted in
(1) Highest power of 27 in a! is 12 hexadecimal system (Base 16)
(2) Highest power of 27 in a! is 9 (i) Number of zeros at the end is 8 when N! is
108. Find the unit digit of (N!) converted to base 9.
(ii) Number of zeros at the end is 8 when N! is
(1) Unit digit of (N-5)! Is not 0.
converted to base 12.
(2) N is divisible by 3 but not by 6. 119. What is last two non zero digits of nCr
109. Find the number of zeros at the end of N! (1) n = r + 2
(1) Highest power of 2 in N! is 97 (2) Highest power of 2 and 3 in n! is 11 and 6
(2) Highest power of 4 in N! is23 respectively.
110. Find the number of zeros at the end of N! 120. Is A > 1 ?
(1) Highest power of 10 in (N+1)! Is 12 (1) Log A X > Log A X2 ( X is an integer)
(2) Highest power of 10 in (N-1)! Is 10 (2) A2 < A
111. What is HCF of a! and b! ? 121. What is the value of (a + b)3 ?
(1) a is root of quadratic equation x2 – 5x – 6 = 0 (1) a2 + b 2 = 13
(2) b is a two digit even number while ‘a’ is a (2) a*b = 6
single digit even number. 122. What is the value of X?
(1) if log 2, log (2x -1 ) and log ( 2x + 3 ) are in
112. Find the number of zeros at the end of (a!)(b!)
AP
(1) Highest power of 2 in a! is 41 and highest
(2) if X is real number
power of 5 in b! is 12
123. Is X > Y ?
(2) Highest power of 2 in a! is 46 and highest (1) X2 + X = 2 and Y2 + 2Y = 15
power of 5 in b! is 24
(2) X2 – 2 X = 8 and Y2 – 3Y = 18
113. Find the number of zeros at the end of (a! + b!) 124. If X and Y are positive integers then is ( X2 + Y2 )
(1) Highest power of 2 in a! is 41 and highest
greater than  +  ?
1 1
power of 5 in b! is 6  x y
(2) Highest power of 2 in a! is 46 and highest (1) X > Y
power of 5 in b! is 24 (2) XYZ = 1
114. Find the unit digit of (a!)(b!) 125. X2 – 32X + 216 = 0 what is the value of X?
(1) a = b + 7 (1) X is perfect cube
(2) b = a + 4 (2) X2 is perfect cube
115. What is the last two digits of [a!/b!] if a > b ? 126. What is the value of x?
(1) log ( X2 + 10X + 25 ) = 2
(1) Given that a = b + 7 and b is not a multiple of 5
(2) log ( X3 – X2) = 2
(2) Given that a = b + 4 and b is a multiple of 5
127. Is X > Y?
116. What is the largest prime number that has exponent (1) X /Y = 8/7
2 in N!. (2) X2 > Y2
(i) 17 is the largest prime number that has 128. What is the value of C in this equation X2 + X +
exponent 2 in (N/2)!. C=0
(ii) 19 is the largest prime number that has (1) the equation has two roots
exponent 2 in (N/3)!. (2) the sum of the roots is -1
117. What is the highest power of 3293 in N! 129. Is X3 + Y3 + Z3 = 3XYZ ?
(ii) Highest power of 17 in (N/2)! is 3. (1) X +Y+Z = 0
(i) Highest power of 37 in (N/2)! is 2. (2) X2 + Y2 + Z2 = XY +YZ + ZX