Q1:

Polynomials

Medium

Let f(x)f(x) be quadratic polynomial in xx such that f(x)≥0f(x) \geq 0 for all real numbers xx. if f(2)=0f(2)=0 and f(4)=6f(4)=6, then f(−2)f(-2) is equal to

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 1

Q2:

Indices

Hard

The number of integer solutions of the equation (x2−10)(x2−3x−10)=1\left(x^{2}-10\right)^{\left(x^{2}-3 x-10\right)}=1 is

4
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 2

Q3:

Mean, Median & Mode

Easy

Manu earns Rs. 40004000 per month and wants to save an average of Rs. 550550 per month in a year. In the first nine months, his monthly expense was Rs. 35003500, and he foresees that, tenth month onward, his monthly expense will increase to Rs. 37003700. In order to meet his yearly savings target, his monthly earnings, in rupees, from the tenth month onward should be

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 3

Q4:

Time & Work

Medium

Working alone, the times taken by Anu, Tanu and Manu to complete any job are in the ratio 5:8:105: 8: 10. They accept a job which they can finish in 44 days if they all work together for 88 hours per day. However, Anu and Tanu work together for the first 66 days, working 66 hours 4040 minutes per day. Then, the number of hours that Manu will take to complete the remaining job working alone is

6
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 4

Q5:

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

Five students, including Amit, appear for an examination in which possible marks are integers between 00 and 50, both inclusive. The average marks for all the students is 3838 and exactly three students got more than 32. If no two students got the same marks and Amit got the least marks among the five students, then the difference between the highest and lowest possible marks of Amit is

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 5

Q6:

Linear Equation

Medium

In an examination, there were 7575 questions. 33 marks were awarded for each correct answer, 11 mark was deducted for each wrong answer and 11 mark was awarded for each unattempted question. Rayan scored a total of 9797 marks in the examination. If the number of unattempted questions was higher than the number of attempted questions, then the maximum number of correct answers that Rayan could have given in the examination is

24
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 6

Q7:

Polygons

Easy

Regular polygons AA and BB have number of sides in the ratio 1:21: 2 and interior angles in the ratio 3:43: 4. Then the number of sides of BB equals

10
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 7

Q8:

Mixture & Alligation

Hard

There are two containers of the same volume, first container half-filled with sugar syrup and the second container half-filled with milk. Half the content of the first container is transferred to the second container, and then the half of this mixture is transferred back to the first container. Next, half the content of the first container is transferred back to the second container. Then the ratio of sugar syrup and milk in the second container is

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

Q9:

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

Two ships meet mid-ocean, and then, one ship goes south and the other ship goes west, both travelling at constant speeds. Two hours later, they are 60 km60 \mathrm{~km} apart. If the speed of one of the ships is 6 km6 \mathrm{~km} per hour more than the other one, then the speed, in km per hour, of the slower ship is

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

Q10:

Triangles

Medium

The length of each side of an equilateral triangle ABC is 3 cm3 \mathrm{~cm}. Let D be a point on BC such that the area of triangle ADC is half the area of triangle ABDA B D. Then the length of ADA D, in cm , is

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

Q11:

Permutation & Combination

Medium

The number of integers greater than 20002000 that can be formed with the digits 0,1,2,3,4,50, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, using each digit at most once, is

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 11

Q12:

Polynomials

Medium

Let rr and cc be real numbers, if rr and −r-r are roots of 5x3+cx2−10x+9=05 x^{3}+c x^{2}-10 x+9=0, then cc equals

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 12

Q13:

Progression & Series

Medium

On day one, there are 100100 particles in laboratory experiment. On day nn, where n≥2n \geq 2, one out of every nn particles produces another particle. If the total number of particles in the laboratory experiment increases to 10001000 on day mm, then mm equals.

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 13

Q14:

Ratio, Proportion & Variation

Easy

In an election, there were four candidates and 80%80\% of the registered voters casted their votes. One of the candidates received 30%30 \% of the casted votes while the other three candidates received the remaining casted votes in the proportion 1:2:31: 2: 3. If the winner of the election received 25122512 votes more than the candidate with the second highest votes, then the number of registered voters was

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

Q15:

Triangles

Medium

In triangle ABC, altitudes AD and BE are drawn to the corresponding bases. If ∠BAC=45∘\angle BAC = 45^\circ and ∠ABC=θ\angle ABC = \theta, then ADBE\frac{AD}{BE} equals

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

Q16:

Simple & Compound Interest

Easy

Mr. Pinto invests one-fifth of his capital at 66%, one-third at 1010% and the remaining at 11%, each rate being simple interest per annum. Then, the minimum number of years required for the cumulative interest income from these investments to equal or exceed his initial capital is

20
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 16

Q17:

Miscellaneous

Medium

For some natural number nn, assume that (15000)!(15000)! is divisible by (n!)!(n!)!. The largest possible value of nn is

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 17

Q18:

Progression & Series

Hard

The average of a non-decreasing sequence of NN numbers a1,a2,…,aNa_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{N} is 300300. If a1a_{1} is replaced by 6a16 a_{1}, the new average becomes 400400. Then, the number of possible values of a1a_{1} is

14
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 18

Q19:

Progression & Series

Medium

Consider the arithmetic progression 3, 7, 11, ..... and let Aₙ denote the sum of the first n terms of this progression. Then the value of 125∑n=125An\frac{1}{25} \sum_{n=1}^{25} A_n is

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 19

Q20:

Functions

Medium

Suppose for all integers x, there are two function f and g such that f(x)+f(x−1)−1=0f(x) + f(x-1) - 1 = 0 and g(x)=x2g(x) = x^2. If f(x2−x)=5f(x^2 - x) = 5, then the value of the sum f(g(5))+g(f(5))f(g(5)) + g(f(5)) is

12
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 20

Q21:

Logarithms

Medium

The number of distinct integer values of n satisfying 4−log⁡2n3−log⁡4n<0\frac{4-\log_2 n}{3-\log_4 n} < 0, is

47
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 21

Q22:

Minima & Maxima

Easy

If aa and bb are non-negative real numbers such that a+2b=6a + 2b = 6, then the average of the maximum and minimum possible values of (a+b)(a + b) is

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT QA question 22

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