Q1:

2025 Slot 3

Logarithms

Hard

The sum of all possible real values of xx for which log⁡x−3(x2−9)=log⁡x−3(x+1)+2\log_{x-3}(x^2-9)=\log_{x-3}(x+1)+2, is

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025 Slot 3 QA question 1

Q2:

2025 Slot 2

Logarithms

Hard

If log⁡64x2+log⁡8y+3log⁡512(yz)=4\log_{64} x^2 + \log_8 \sqrt{y} + 3\log_{512}\left(\sqrt{y}z\right) = 4, where x,yx, y and zz are positive real numbers, then the minimum possible value of (x+y+z)(x+y+z) is:

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025 Slot 2 QA question 2

Q3:

2025 Slot 1

Logarithms

Hard

The number of distinct integers nn for which log⁡1/4(n2−7n+11)>0\log_{1/4}(n^2 - 7n + 11) > 0, is

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025 Slot 1 QA question 3

Q4:

CAT 2024 Slot 3

Logarithms

Hard

The sum of all distinct real values of xx that satisfy the equation 10x+410x=81210^x + \frac{4}{10^x} = \frac{81}{2}, is

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2024 Slot 3 QA question 4

Q5:

CAT 2024 Slot 2

Logarithms

Hard

If a, b and c are positive real numbers such that a>10≥b≥ca > 10 \ge b \ge c and log⁡8(a+b)log⁡2c+log⁡27(a−b)log⁡3c=23\frac{\log_8(a+b)}{\log_2 c} + \frac{\log_{27}(a - b)}{\log_3 c} = \frac{2}{3}, then the greatest possible integer value of a is

Q6:

CAT 2024 Slot 1

Logarithms

Medium

If xx is a positive real number such that 4log⁡10x+4log⁡100x+8log⁡1000x=134 \log _{10} x+4 \log _{100} x+8 \log _{1000} x=13, t hen greatest integer not exceeding x , is

Q7:

CAT 2023 Slot 3

Logarithms

Hard

For a real number xx, if 12,log⁡3(2x−9)log⁡34\frac{1}{2}, \frac{\log _{3}\left(2^{x}-9\right)}{\log _{3} 4}, and log⁡5(2x+172)log⁡54\frac{\log _{5}\left(2^{x}+\frac{17}{2}\right)}{\log _{5} 4} are in an arithmetic progression, then the common difference is

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2023 Slot 3 QA question 7

Q8:

CAT 2023 Slot 2

Logarithms

Medium

For some positive real number xx, if log⁡3(x)+log⁡x(25)log⁡x(0.008)=163\log_{\sqrt{3}}(x) + \frac{\log_x (25)}{\log_x (0.008)} = \frac{16}{3}, then the value of log⁡3(3x2)\log_3(3x^2) is

Q9:

CAT 2023 Slot 1

Logarithms

Medium

If xx and yy are positive real numbers such that log⁡x(x2+12)=4\log_{x}\left(x^{2}+12\right)=4 and 3log⁡yx=13 \log _{y} x=1, then x+yx+y equals

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2023 Slot 1 QA question 9

Q10:

CAT 2022 Slot 2

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

Q11:

CAT 2021 Slot 3

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 2021 Slot 3 QA question 11

Q12:

CAT 2021 Slot 2

Logarithms

Hard

For all possible integers nn satisfying 2.25≤2+2n+2≤2022.25 \leq 2+2^{n+2} \leq 202, the number of integer values of 3+3n+13+3^{n+1} is

Q13:

CAT 2021 Slot 2

Logarithms

Medium

If log⁡2[3+log⁡3{4+log⁡4(x−1)}]−2=0\log_2 [3 + \log_3 \{4 + \log_4 (x - 1)\}] - 2 = 0, then 4x4x equals

Q14:

CAT 2021 Slot 1

Logarithms

Medium

If 5−log⁡101+x+4log⁡101−x=log⁡1011−x25-\log _{10} \sqrt{1+x}+4 \log _{10} \sqrt{1-x}=\log _{10} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}},then 100x100 \mathrm{x} equals

Q15:

CAT 2020 Slot 3

Logarithms

Hard

If log⁡a30=A\log_a 30 = A, log⁡a(5/3)=−B\log_a(5/3) = - B and log⁡2a=1/3\log_2 a = 1 /3, then log⁡3a\log_3 a equals

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2020 Slot 3 QA question 15

Q16:

CAT 2020 Slot 3

Logarithms

Medium

2×4×8×16(log⁡24)2(log⁡48)3(log⁡816)4\small \dfrac{2\times4\times8\times16}{(\log_2 4)^2 (\log_4 8)^3 (\log_8 16)^4} is equal to

Q17:

CAT 2020 Slot 2

Logarithms

Medium

The value of log⁡a(ab)+log⁡b(ba)\log_a \left(\frac{a}{b}\right) + \log_b \left(\frac{b}{a}\right), for 1<a≤b1 < a \leq b cannot be equal to

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2020 Slot 2 QA question 17

Q18:

CAT 2020 Slot 1

Logarithms

Medium

If y is a negative number such that 2y2log35=5log⁡232^{y^2log_3 5} = 5^{\log_2 3}, then y equals

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2020 Slot 1 QA question 18

Q19:

CAT 2020 Slot 1

Logarithms

Medium

If log⁡45=(log⁡4y)(log⁡65)\log _{4} 5=\left(\log _{4} y\right)\left(\log _{6} \sqrt{ } 5\right), then yy equals

Q20:

CAT 2019 Slot 2

Logarithms

Medium

The real root of the equation 26x+23x+2−21=02^{6x} + 2^{3x+2} - 21 = 0 is

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2019 Slot 2 QA question 20

Q21:

CAT 2019 Slot 2

Logarithms

Hard

If xx is a real number, then log⁡e4x−x23\sqrt{\log_e \frac{4x-x^2}{3}} is a real number if and only if

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2019 Slot 2 QA question 21

Q22:

CAT 2019 Slot 1

Logarithms

Medium

Let xx and yy be positive real numbers such that log⁡5(x+y)+log⁡5(x−y)=3\log _{5}(x+y)+\log _{5}(x-y)=3, and log⁡2y−log⁡2x=1−log⁡23\log _{2} y-\log _{2} x=1-\log _{2} 3. Then xyx y equals

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2019 Slot 1 QA question 22

Q23:

CAT 2018 Slot 2

Logarithms

Medium

The smallest integer nn for which 4n>17194^n > 17^{19} holds, is closest to

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2018 Slot 2 QA question 23

Q24:

CAT 2018 Slot 2

Logarithms

Medium

If p3=q4=r5=s6p^3 = q^4 = r^5 = s^6, then the value of log⁡s(pqr)\log_s(pqr) is equal to

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2018 Slot 2 QA question 24

Q25:

CAT 2018 Slot 2

Logarithms

Medium

1log⁡2100−1log⁡4100+1log⁡5100−1log⁡10100+1log⁡20100−1log⁡25100+1log⁡50100= ?\dfrac{1}{\log _{2} 100}-\dfrac{1}{\log _{4} 100}+\dfrac{1}{\log _{5} 100}-\dfrac{1}{\log _{10} 100}+\dfrac{1}{\log _{20} 100}-\dfrac{1}{\log _{25} 100}+\dfrac{1}{\log _{50} 100}= \ ?

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2018 Slot 2 QA question 25

Q26:

CAT 2018 Slot 1

Logarithms

Medium

If xx is a positive quantity such that 2x=3log⁡522^x = 3^{\log_5 2}, then xx is equal to

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2018 Slot 1 QA question 26

Q27:

CAT 2018 Slot 1

Logarithms

Hard

If log⁡1281=p\log_{12}81 = p, then 34−p4+p3\frac{4-p}{4+p} is equal to

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2018 Slot 1 QA question 27

Q28:

CAT 2018 Slot 1

Logarithms

If log⁡2(5+log⁡3a)=3\log _{2}\left(5+\log _{3} a\right)=3 and log⁡5(4a+12+log⁡2b)=3\log _{5}\left(4 a+12+\log _{2} b\right)=3, then a+ba+b is equal to

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2018 Slot 1 QA question 28

Q29:

CAT 2017 Slot 2

Logarithms

Medium

If xx is a real number such that log⁡35=log⁡5(2+x)\log_3 5 = \log_5 (2 + x), then which of the following is true?

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2017 Slot 2 QA question 29

Q30:

CAT 2017 Slot 2

Logarithms

Easy

If log⁡(2a×3b×5c)\log (2^a \times 3^b \times 5^c) is the arithmetic mean of log⁡(22×33×5)\log (2^2 \times 3^3 \times 5), log⁡(26×3×57)\log (2^6 \times 3 \times 5^7), and log⁡(2×32×54)\log (2 \times 3^2 \times 5^4), then a equals