Q1:

Time & Work

Easy

Anil can paint a house in 1212 days while Barun can paint it in 1616 days. Anil, Barun, and Chandu undertake to paint the house for ₹ 2400024000 and the three of them together complete the painting in 66 days. If Chandu is paid in proportion to the work done by him, then the amount in INR received by him is

3000
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 1

Q2:

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

The arithmetic mean of scores of 2525 students in an examination is 5050. Five of these students top the examination with the same score. If the scores of the other students are distinct integers with the lowest being 3030, then the maximum possible score of the toppers is

92
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 2

Q3:

Linear Equation

Hard

A shop owner bought a total of 6464 shirts from a wholesale market that came in two sizes, small and large. The price of a small shirt was INR 5050 less than that of a large shirt. She paid a total of INR 50005000 for the large shirts, and a total of INR 18001800 for the small shirts. Then, the price of a large shirt and a small shirt together, in INR, is

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 3

Q4:

Percentages

Medium

The total of male and female populations in a city increased by 25%25 \% from 19701970 to 19801980.During the same period, the male population increased by 40%40\% while the female population increased by 20%20\%. From 19801980 to 19901990, the female population increased by 25%25 \%. In 19901990, if the female population is twice the male population, then the percentage increase in the total of male and female populations in the city from 19701970 to 19901990 is

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 4

Q5:

Polynomials

Medium

A tea shop offers tea in cups of three different sizes. The product of the prices, in INR, of three different sizes is equal to 800800. The prices of the smallest size and the medium size are in the ratio 2:52 : 5. If the shop owner decides to increase the prices of the smallest and the medium ones by INR 66 keeping the price of the largest size unchanged, the product then changes to 3200.3200. The sum of the original prices of three different sizes, in INR, is:

34
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 5

Q6:

Mixture & Alligation

Medium

If a certain weight of an alloy of silver and copper is mixed with 33 kg of pure silver, the resulting alloy will have 90%90\% silver by weight. If the same weight of the initial alloy is mixed with 22 kg of another alloy which has 90%90\% silver by weight, the resulting alloy will have 84%84\% silver by weight. Then, the weight of the initial alloy, in kg, is

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 6

Q7:

Inequalities

Hard

The number of distinct pairs of integers (m,n)(m, n) satisfying ∣1+mn∣<∣m+n∣<5|1 + mn| < |m + n| < 5 is

12
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 7

Q8:

Profit & Loss

Medium

One part of a hostel's monthly expenses is fixed, and the other part is proportional to the number of its boarders. The hostel collects 16001600 per month from each boarder. When the number of boarders is 5050, the profit of the hostel is 200200 per boarder, and when the number of boarders is 7575, the profit of the hostel is 250250 per boarder. When the number of boarders is 8080, the total profit of the hostel, in INR, will be

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 8

Q9:

Quadrilaterals

Hard

Let ABCDABCD be a parallelogram. The lengths of the side ADAD and the diagonal ACAC a 1010 cm and 2020 cm, respectively. If the angle ∠ADC\angle ADC is equal to 30∘30^\circ then the area of the parallelogram, in sq. cm, is

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 9

Q10:

Functions

Medium

If f(x)=x2−7xf(x)=x^{2}-7 x and g(x)=x+3g(x)=x+3, then the minimum value of f(g(x))−3xf(g(x))-3 x is

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 10

Q11:

Progression & Series

Medium

If n is a positive integer such that (107)(107)2…(107)n>999(\sqrt[7]{10})(\sqrt[7]{10})^{2} \ldots(\sqrt[7]{10})^{n}>999, then the smallest value of n is

6
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 11

Q12:

Percentages

Medium

In a tournament, a team has played 4040 matches so far and won 30%30 \% of them. If they win 60%60 \% of the remaining matches, their overall win percentage will be 50%50 \%. Suppose they win 90%90 \% of the remaining matches, then the total number of matches won by the team in the tournament will be

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 12

Q13:

Quadrilaterals

Medium

The cost of fencing a rectangular plot is 200200 per ft along one side, and 100100 per ft along the three other sides. If the area of the rectangular plot is 6000060000 sq. ft, then the lowest possible cost of fencing all four sides, in INR, is

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 13

Q14:

Time & Work

Medium

One day, Rahul started a work at 99 AM and Gautam joined him two hours later. They then worked together and completed the work at 55 PM the same day. If both had started at 99 AM and worked together, the work would have been completed 3030 minutes earlier. Working alone, the time Rahul would have taken, in hours, to complete the work is

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 14

Q15:

Modulus

Medium

If 3x+2∣y∣+y=73x + 2|y|+ y = 7 and x+∣x∣+3y=1x + |x|+ 3y = 1, then x+2yx + 2y is

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 15

Q16:

Simple & Compound Interest

Medium

Bank AA offers 6%6 \% interest rate per annum compounded half yearly. Bank BB and Bank CC offer simple interest but the annual interest rate offered by Bank CC is twice that of Bank BB. Raju invests a certain amount in Bank B for a certain period and Rupa invests ₹10,000₹ 10,000 in Bank CC for twice that period. The interest that would accrue to Raju during that period is equal to the interest that would have accrued had he invested the same amount in Bank AA for one year. The interest accrued, in INR, to Rupa is

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 16

Q17:

Quadrilaterals

Medium

A park is shaped like a rhombus and has area 9696 sq m. If 4040 m of fencing is needed to enclose the park, the cost, in INR, of laying electric wires along its two diagonals, at the rate of 125125 per m, is

3500
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 17

Q18:

Progression & Series

Medium

Consider a sequence of real number x1,x2,x3,...x_1, x_2, x_3, ... such that xn+1=xn+n−1x_{n+1} = x_n + n - 1 for all n≥1n \ge 1. If x1=−1x_1 = -1 then x100x_{100} is equal to

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 18

Q19:

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Mira and Amal walk along a circular track, starting from the same point at the sometime. If they walk in the same direction, then in 4545 minutes, Amal completes exactly 33 more rounds than Mira. If they walk in opposite directions, then they meet for the first time exactly after 33 minutes. The number of rounds Mira walks in one hour is

8
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 19

Q20:

Triangles

Hard

In a triangle ABC, ∠BCA=50∘\angle BCA = 50^\circ. D and E are points on AB and AC, respectively, such that AD = DE. If F is a point on BC such that BD = DF, then ∠FDE\angle FDE, in degrees, is equal to

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 20

Q21:

Logarithms

Medium

For a real number aa, if log⁡15a+log⁡32a(log⁡15a)(log⁡32a)=4\frac{\log _{15} a+\log _{32} a}{\left(\log _{15} a\right)\left(\log _{32} a\right)}=4 then a must lie in the range.

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 21

Q22:

Permutation & Combination

Medium

A four-digit number is formed by using only the digits 11, 22 and 33 such that both 22 and 33 appear at least once. The number of all such four-digit numbers is

50
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 22

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