CAT 2020 Question Paper [SLOT 3]

CAT LRDI Section

The Hi-Lo game is a four-player game played in six rounds. In every round, each player
chooses to bid Hi or Lo. The bids are made simultaneously. If all four bid Hi, then all four lose
1 point each. If three players bid Hi and one bids Lo, then the players bidding Hi gain 1 point
each and the player bidding Lo loses 3 points. If two players bid Hi and two bid Lo, then the
players bidding Hi gain 2 points each and the players bidding Lo lose 2 points each. If one
player bids Hi and three bid Lo, then the player bidding Hi gains 3 points and the players
bidding Lo lose 1 point each. If all four bid Lo, then all four gain 1 point each.

Four players Arun, Bankim, Charu, and Dipak played the Hi-Lo game. The following facts are
known about their game:

1. At the end of three rounds, Arun had scored 6 points, Dipak had scored 2 points, Bankim
and Charu had scored -2 points each.
2. At the end of six rounds, Arun had scored 7 points, Bankim and Dipak had scored -1
point each, and Charu had scored -5 points.
3. Dipak’s score in the third round was less than his score in the first round but was more
than his score in the second round.
4. In exactly two out of the six rounds, Arun was the only player who bid Hi.

Q.27. What were the bids by Arun, Bankim, Charu and Dipak, respectively in the first round?

1. Hi, Lo, Lo, Lo

2. Lo, Lo, Lo, Hi
3. Hi, Hi, Lo, Lo
4. Hi, Lo, Lo, Hi

Q.28. In how many rounds did Arun bid Hi?

Q.29. In how many rounds did Bankim bid Lo?

Q.30. In how many rounds did all four players make identical bids?

Q.31. In how many rounds did Dipak gain exactly 1 point?

Q.32. In which of the following rounds, was Arun DEFINITELY the only player to bid Hi?

1. First
2. Fourth
3. Third
4. Second

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A survey of 600 schools in India was conducted to gather information about their online
teaching learning processes (OTLP). The following four facilities were studied.

F1: Own software for OTLP

F2: Trained teachers for OTLP

F3: Training materials for OTLP

F4: All students having Laptops

The following observations were summarized from the survey.

1. 80 schools did not have any of the four facilities – F1, F2, F3, F4.
2. 40 schools had all four facilities.
3. The number of schools with only F1, only F2, only F3, and only F4 was 25, 30, 26 and
20 respectively.
4. The number of schools with exactly three of the facilities was the same irrespective
of which three were considered.
5. 313 schools had F2.
6. 26 schools had only F2 and F3 (but neither F1 nor F4).
7. Among the schools having F4, 24 had only F3, and 45 had only F2.
8. 162 schools had both F1 and F2.
9. The number of schools having F1 was the same as the number of schools having F4.

Q.33. What was the total number of schools having exactly three of the four facilities?

1. 200
2. 50
3. 80
4. 64

Q.34. What was the number of schools having facilities F2 and F4?

1. 185
2. 45
3. 95
4. 85

Q.35. What was the number of schools having only facilities F1 and F3?

Q.36. What was the number of schools having only facilities F1 and F4?

Sixteen patients in a hospital must undergo a blood test for a disease. It is known that
exactly one of them has the disease. The hospital has only eight testing kits and has decided
to pool blood samples of patients into eight vials for the tests. The patients are numbered 1

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through 16, and the vials are labelled A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H. The following table shows the
vials into which each patient’s blood sample is distributed.

If a patient has the disease, then each vial containing his/her blood sample will test positive.
If a vial tests positive, one of the patients whose blood samples were mixed in the vial has
the disease. If a vial tests negative, then none of the patients whose blood samples were
mixed in the vial has the disease.

Q.37. Suppose vial C tests positive and vials A, E and H test negative. Which patient has the
disease?

1. Patient 14
2. Patient 2
3. Patient 6
4. Patient 8

Q.38. Suppose vial A tests positive and vials D and G test negative. Which of the following
vials should we test next to identify the patient with the disease?

1. Vial E
2. Vial H
3. Vial C
4. Vial B

Q.39. Which of the following combinations of test results is NOT possible?

1. Vials A and G positive, vials D and E negative

2. Vials B and D positive, vials F and H negative
3. Vial B positive, vials C, F and H negative
4. Vials A and E positive, vials C and D negative

Q.40. Suppose one of the lab assistants accidentally mixed two patients' blood samples
before they were distributed to the vials. Which of the following correctly represents the set
of all possible numbers of positive test results out of the eight vials?

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1. {4,5}
2. {5,6,7,8}
3. {4,5,6,7,8}
4. {4,5,6,7}

XYZ organization got into the business of delivering groceries to home at the beginning of
the last month. They have a two-day delivery promise. However, their deliveries are
unreliable. An order booked on a particular day may be delivered the next day or the day
after. If the order is not delivered at the end of two days, then the order is declared as lost
at the end of the second day. XYZ then does not deliver the order, but informs the
customer, marks the order as lost, returns the payment and pays a penalty for non-delivery.

The following table provides details about the operations of XYZ for a week of the last
month. The first column gives the date, the second gives the cumulative number of orders
that were booked up to and including that day. The third column represents the number of
orders delivered on that day. The last column gives the cumulative number of orders that
were lost up to and including that day.

It is known that the numbers of orders that were booked on the 11th, 12th, and 13th of the
last month that took two days to deliver were 4, 6, and 8 respectively.

Day Cumulative orders booked Orders delivered on day Cumulative orders lost
13th 219 11 91
14th 249 27 92
15th 277 23 94
16th 302 11 106
17th 327 21 118
18th 332 13 120
19th 337 14 129

Q.41. Among the following days, the largest fraction of orders booked on which day was
lost?

1. 14th
2. 13th
3. 15th
4. 16th

Q.42. On which of the following days was the number of orders booked the highest?

1. 13th
2. 15th
3. 12th

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4. 14th

Q.43. The delivery ratio for a given day is defined as the ratio of the number of orders
booked on that day which are delivered on the next day to the number of orders booked on
that day which are delivered on the second day after booking. On which of the following
days, was the delivery ratio the highest?

1. 13th
2. 16th
3. 14th
4. 15th

Q.44. The average time taken to deliver orders booked on a particular day is computed as
follows. Let the number of orders delivered the next day be x and the number of orders
delivered the day after be y. Then the average time to deliver order is (x+2y)/(x+y). On
which of the following days was the average time taken to deliver orders booked the least?

1. 14th
2. 16th
3. 15th
4. 13th

A farmer had a rectangular land containing 205 trees. He distributed that land among his
four daughters – Abha, Bina, Chitra and Dipti by dividing the land into twelve plots along
three rows (X,Y,Z) and four Columns (1,2,3,4) as shown in the figure below:

The plots in rows X, Y, Z contained mango, teak and pine trees respectively. Each plot had
trees in non-zero multiples of 3 or 4 and none of the plots had the same number of trees.
Each daughter got an even number of plots. In the figure, the number mentioned in top left
corner of a plot is the number of trees in that plot, while the letter in the bottom right
corner is the first letter of the name of the daughter who got that plot (For example, Abha
got the plot in row Y and column 1 containing 21 trees). Some information in the figure got
erased, but the following is known:

1. Abha got 20 trees more than Chitra but 6 trees less than Dipti.
2. The largest number of trees in a plot was 32, but it was not with Abha.

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3. The number of teak trees in Column 3 was double of that in Column 2 but was half of
that in Column 4.
4. Both Abha and Bina got a higher number of plots than Dipti.
5. Only Bina, Chitra and Dipti got corner plots.
6. Dipti got two adjoining plots in the same row.
7. Bina was the only one who got a plot in each row and each column.
8. Chitra and Dipti did not get plots which were adjacent to each other (either in row /
column / diagonal).
9. The number of mango trees was double the number of teak trees.

Q.45. How many mango trees were there in total?

1. 84
2. 98
3. 49
4. 126

Q.46. Which of the following is the correct sequence of trees received by Abha, Bina, Chitra
and Dipti in that order?

1. 50, 69, 30, 56

2. 54, 57, 34, 60
3. 44, 87, 24, 50
4. 60, 39, 40, 66

Q.47. How many pine trees did Chitra receive?

1. 21
2. 30
3. 18
4. 15

Q.48. Who got the plot with the smallest number of trees and how many trees did that plot
have?

1. Dipti, 6 trees
2. Bina, 4 trees
3. Abha, 4 trees
4. Bina, 3 trees

Q.49. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

1. Dipti got 56 mango trees.

2. Bina got 32 pine trees.
3. Chitra got 12 mango trees.

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4. Abha got 41 teak trees.

Q.50. Which column had the highest number of trees?

1. 2
2. 3
3. Cannot be determined
4. 4

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CAT Quant Section

Q.51. If log a 30  A, log a (5 / 3)   B and log 2 a  1/ 3, then log 3 a equals

2
1. 3
A B
A B 3
2.
2
2
3.
A B 3
A B
4. 3
2

Q.52. Dick is thrice as old as Tom and Harry is twice as old as Dick. If Dick's age is 1 year less than the
average age of all three, then Harry's age, in years, is

Q.53. A and B are two railway stations 90 km apart. A train leaves A at 9:00 am, heading towards B at
a speed of 40 km/hr. Another train leaves B at 10:30 am, heading towards A at a speed of 20 km/hr.
The trains meet each other at

1. 11 : 45 am
2. 10 : 45 am
3. 11 : 20 am
4. 11 : 00 am

Q.54. Let k be a constant. The equations kx + y = 3 and 4x + ky = 4 have a unique solution if and only
if

1. |k| ≠ 2
2. |k| = 2
3. k≠2
4. k=2

Q.55. If x1  1 and xm  xm 1  ( m  1) for every positive integer $m,$ then x100 equals

1. -5151
2. -5150
3. -5051
4. -5050

Q.56. Vimla starts for office every day at 9 am and reaches exactly on time if she drives at her usual
speed of 40 km/hr. She is late by 6 minutes if she drives at 35 km/hr. One day, she covers two-thirds
of her distance to office in one-thirds of her usual time to reach office, and then stops for 8 minutes.
The speed, in km/hr, at which she should drive the remaining distance to reach office exactly on
time is

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1. 29
2. 27
3. 28
4. 26

Q.57. A man buys 35 kg of sugar and sets a marked price in order to make a 20% profit. He sells 5 kg
at this price, and 15 kg at a 10% discount. Accidentally, 3 kg of sugar is wasted. He sells the
remaining sugar by raising the marked price by p percent so as to make an overall profit of 15%.
Then p is nearest to

1. 31
2. 22
3. 35
4. 25

Q.58. If f ( x  y )  f ( x ) f ( y ) and f (5)  4, then f (10)  f ( 10) is equal to

1. 0
2. 15.9375
3. 3
4. 14.0625

1 1
Q.59. If a, b, c are non-zero and 14a  36b  84c , then 6b    is equal to
c a

Q.60. A contractor agreed to construct a 6 km road in 200 days. He employed 140 persons for the
work. After 60 days, he realized that only 1.5 km road has been completed. How many additional
people would he need to employ in order to finish the work exactly on time?

Q.61. Let m and n be positive integers, If x 2  mx  2n  0 and x 2  2nx  m  0 have real roots,
then the smallest possible value of m  n is

1. 7
2. 8
3. 5
4. 6

Q.62. A person invested a certain amount of money at 10% annual interest, compounded half-yearly.
After one and a half years, the interest and principal together became Rs 18522. The amount, in
rupees, that the person had invested is

Q.63. Anil, Sunil, and Ravi run along a circular path of length 3 km, starting from the same point at
the same time, and going in the clockwise direction. If they run at speeds of 15 km/hr, 10 km/hr, and
8 km/hr, respectively, how much distance in km will Ravi have run when Anil and Sunil meet again
for the first time at the starting point?

1. 4.2
2. 5.2

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3. 4.8
4. 4.6

Q.64. The area, in sq. units, enclosed by the lines x  2, y | x  2 | 4 , the X -axis and the Y -axis is
equal to

1. 8
2. 12
3. 10
4. 6

Q.65. The vertices of a triangle are (0,0),(4,0) and (3,9). The area of the circle passing through these
three points is

14
1.
3
12
2.
5
123
3.
7
205
4.
9

Q.66. How many integers in the set {100, 101, 102, ..., 999} have at least one digit repeated?

Q.67. Let N, x and y be positive integers such that N  x  y , 2  x  10 and 14  y  23. If

N  25, then how many distinct values are possible for N?

Answer:6

Q.68. The points (2,1) and (-3,-4) are opposite vertices of a parallelogram. If the other two vertices
lie on the line x  9 y  c  0 , then c is

1. 12
2. 14
3. 13
4. 15

Q.69. How many pairs (a, b) of positive integers are there such that a  b and ab  4 2017 ?

1. 2017
2. 2019
3. 2020
4. 2018

Q.70. In a trapezium ABCD, AB is parallel to DC, BC is perpendicular to DC and BAD  45 . If DC=5
cm , BC=4 cm, the area of the trapezium in sq cm is

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Answer:28

Q.71. How many of the integers 1, 2, … , 120, are divisible by none of 2, 5 and 7?

1. 40
2. 42
3. 43
4. 41

Q.72. Two alcohol solutions, A and B, are mixed in the proportion 1:3 by volume. The volume of the
mixture is then doubled by adding solution A such that the resulting mixture has 72% alcohol. If
solution A has 60% alcohol, then the percentage of alcohol in solution B is

1. 94%
2. 92%
3. 90%
4. 89%

2  4  8 16
Q.73. 2 3 4
equals
 log 2 4   log 4 8   log8 16
Answer:24

Q.74. A batsman played n + 2 innings and got out on all occasions. His average score in these n + 2
innings was 29 runs and he scored 38 and 15 runs in the last two innings. The batsman scored less
than 38 runs in each of the first n innings. In these n innings, his average score was 30 runs and
lowest score was x runs. The smallest possible value of x is

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 1

Q.75. In the final examination, Bishnu scored 52% and Asha scored 64%. The marks obtained by
Bishnu is 23 less, and that by Asha is 34 more than the marks obtained by Ramesh. The marks
obtained by Geeta, who scored 84%, is

1. 439
2. 399
3. 357
4. 417

m n n
Q.76. Let m and n be natural numbers such that n is even and 0.2  , ,  0.5 . Then m  2n
20 m 11
equals

1. 3
2. 4

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3. 1
4. 2

Answer Keys
1. 3 20. 3 39. 4 58. 2
2. 1 21. 3 40. 3 59. 3
3. 3 22. 4123 41. 3 60. 40
4. 3 23. 3 42. 1 61. 4
5. 4 24. 2431 43. 3 62. 16000
6. 2 25. 4 44. 1 63. 3
7. 1 26. 3 45. 2 64. 3
8. 1 27. 4 46. 1 65. 4
9. 1 28. 4 47. 3 66. 252
10. 2 29. 4 48. 4 67. 6
11. 1 30. 2 49. 2 68. 2
12. 3 31. 1 50. 4 69. 4
13. 2 32. 4 51. 3 70. 28
14. 4 33. 1 52. 18 71. 4
15. 1 34. 1 53. 4 72. 2
16. 4 35. 42 54. 1 73. 24
17. 2 36. 20 55. 4 74. 1
18. 4 37. 3 56. 3 75. 2
19. 3142 38. 1 57. 4 76. 3

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elaborates on that further in 4. This makes 34 a logical pair. The idea of CNS connects 4 with
1. Thus 2341 seems perfectly logical. However, when we take the official answer, which is
2431, the sequence 31 is also logical because 3 mentions “hierarchy of complex structure-
smaller structures contained within larger ones” ...1 says that a similar hierarchy might be
there in CNS as well. We believe that this question has two possible sequences.

[Answer: 2431]

Solution 25:
This is one of the most difficult questions of this paper. There are three keywords in this
paragraph: aesthetic political representation, disinterestedness and indifference. The author
seems to prefer disinterestedness for aesthetic political representation. Option 1 is wrong
because it inaccurately states that “aesthetic political representation constitutes of
disinterestedness”. But the passage says that aesthetic political representation should be
seen from the angle of disinterestedness. 3 is too short a summary and misses on the
crucial word “aesthetic”. 2 and 4 are very close choices, with only a slight difference. 2 says
“manifested through indifference”, while 4 says “drawing from indifference”. Now what is
the difference between the two? When X is manifested through y, it is y that dominates.
God is manifested through human beings, means that God is hidden within the human being
and the human being dominates the outward appearance. Whereas drawing from
something means, aesthetic political representation should have a tinge of
disinterestedness. There is little to choose between 2 and 4, but the right choice is 4
because disinterestedness is just an outward shade which must be cultivated, but not
necessarily allowed to dominate.

[Option: 4]

Solution 26:
5 says ‘for instance'. We must find the sentence that logically connects with 5. Also, we
must connect the pronoun ‘it’ in sentence 4 with some noun. The pronoun cannot refer to
the plural “models” in 1 or the plural ‘algorithms’ in 5. It can refer to the singular noun “hate
speech detection” in 2. Thus 24 form a pair. Similarly, 1 and 5 form a pair because the
example of ‘human-like biases” in 1 can be found in 5. Also, both the sentences speak about
algorithms. Thus 2415 form a logical pair, and 3 is the odd one out.

[Answer: 3]
From the given information, we can see that the points scored by the players in a round has
the following possibilities:

HHHH: (-1, -1, -1, -1)

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HHHL: (1, 1, 1, -3)

HHLL: (2, 2, -2, -2)

HLLL: (3, -1, -1, -1)

LLLL: (1, 1, 1, 1)

Also, the total points scored by the four players in a round can only be -4 or 0 or 4.

From (1), the total points scored by the four players combined in the first three rounds is 6 +
2 - 2 - 2 = 4.

Hence, in the first three rounds, the total points scored by the four players must be either (-
4, 4, 4) OR (0, 0, 4), in any order.

Also, from (1), in the first three rounds, Arun scored 6 points. And from (2), Arun scored 7
points at the end of round 6. Hence, in the 4th , 5th and 6th rounds, he must have scored 1
point.

From (4), Arun scored 3 points in exactly 2 rounds.

These two rounds cannot both be among 4th , 5th and 6th rounds because he scored a net
of only 1 point in these three rounds combined.

Hence, Arun must have scored 3 points in one round among 1st , 2nd and 3 rd rounds. If
Arun scored 3 points in the first three rounds, then in that round, the total points scored by
the four players combined must be 0 (in the case of HLLL).

Hence, the total points scored by the four players in the first three rounds must be (0, 0, 4).
Among the first three rounds, in one round, the three players must have scored (3, -1, -1, -
1), with Arun scoring 3 points.

Since in another round, the four players scored a total of 4 points, they must have bid LLLL
(as it is the only case in which they can score 4 points in total). They must have scored (1, 1,
1, 1).

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Since Arun scored a total of 6 points in the first three rounds, and he scored 3 points and 1
point in two of these rounds, he must have score 2 points in the other round. This is possible
only if the players bid HHLL and the scores of the four players must be (2, 2, - 2, - 2).

In the round that the players scored (3, - 1, - 1, - 1), Dipak must have scored - 1 points (since
Arun scored 3 points).

In the round that the players scored (1, 1, 1, 1), Dipak must have scored 1 point.

In the round that the players scored (2, 2, - 2, - 2), Dipak must have scored 2 points (since
the total points that Dipak scored in the first three rounds is 2).

From (3), Dipak must have scored 2 points in the first round, - 1 points in the second round
and 1 point in the third round.

From this, we can fill the points for the first three rounds, as shown below

(Note that with this information, the first question of the set can be answered)

In the next three rounds, from (1) and (2), Arun must have scored 1 point, Bankim must
have scored 1 point, Charu must have scored - 3 points and Dipak must have scored - 3
points.

The total points scored by the four players are - 4. This is possible if the total points scored
by the four players in the three rounds are (0, 0, - 4) OR (4, - 4, - 4) in any order.

However, we know that Arun must have scored 3 points in one of these three rounds (from
(4)). Hence, the total points scored by the players in this round must be 0.

Hence, the four players must have scored (0, 0, - 4) points in these three rounds. In one
round the points scored by the players must be (3, - 1, - 1, - 1), with Arun scoring 3 points.

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In the round in which the total points scored by the four players is 4, they must have scored
( - 1, - 1, - 1, - 1).

Since Bankim scored a total of 1 point in these three rounds, and he scored - 1 point and - 1
point in the two rounds mentioned above, he must have scored 3 points in the other third.

Hence, in the remaining round, the four players must have scored (3, - 1, - 1, - 1), with
Bankim scoring 3 points.

However, with the given information, we cannot deduce the round number corresponding
to the above rounds.

Hence, we get the following table:

Solution 27:
The bids by Arun, Bankim, Charu, Dipak in the first round were Hi, Lo, Lo, Hi.

Option: 4
Solution 28:
Arun bid Hi in 4 rounds

Answer: 4
Solution 29:
Bankim bid Lo in 4 rounds

Answer: 4
Solution 30:
All four players made identical bids in 2 rounds

Answer: 2
Solution 31:
Dipak gained exactly 1 point in 1 round

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Answer: 1
Solution 32:
In the second round, Arun was the only player to bid Hi.

Option: 4
The given information can be represented in the following Venn diagram.

Solution 33:
Given,

F2  (a  x  40  x)  (30  26  x  45)  313.

It is also given that F1 and F2  a  x  40  x  162 .

Hence, 30  26  x  45  313  162  151

Hence, x  151  (30  26  45)  50

The number of schools that have exactly three facilities  4 x  200

Option: 1
Solution 34:
The number of schools having facilities F2 and F4  40  x  45  x  185

Option: 1

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Solution 35:
Only F1 and F3  b

Given F1  F4

25  b  x  c  a  x  40  x

 24  20  x  45  40  x  x  c

Hence, a  b  64

It is given that a  x  40  x  162 .

As x  50, a  22

Hence, only F1 and F3  b  64  22  42 .

Answer: 42
Solution 36:
Only F1 and F4  c

Exactly 1 Exactly 2  Exactly 3  Exactly 4  600  80  520

(25  30  26  20)  Exactly 2  200  40  520

Hence, Exactly 2  179  a  24  b  c  26  45

As a  22 and b  42, c  only F1 and F4  20 .

Answer: 20

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This table helps to figure out that vials A & B, viable C & D, Vials E & F, Vials G & H cannot be
negative simultaneously. As each group consists exclusive set of patients

Solution 37:
If vial C tests positive vials A , E and H test negative . If vial C tests positive following patients
can have disease.

Patient No. 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 & 16

If vials A, E & H test negative  following patients can’t have disease

Patients who can’t have disease are :

Patient No. 5, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 & 16  Patient 6 must have disease

Option: 3
Solution 38:
If vial a tests positive, then following patients can have disease.

Patient No. 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16  (1)

Vials D \& G test negative

 Following patients, can't have disease patients

No : 1, 2,3, 4, 6,8,9,10,11,12,14,  \&16  (2)

From both 1 \&2, we ca say that patient No .13 or patient No. 15 can have disease.

Now we have eliminate or find out who among patient 13 or patient 15 has disease. So we
should test vials E or F

Option: 1
Solution 39:
If vials C & D test negative, that means none of the patients through 16 have diseases. But
its given in the questions, that exactly one of the patients has disease. This is not possible

Option: 4
Solution 40:

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i) Let’s assume one of the patients, patient 1 or patient 16 has disease and that patients
blood is mixed with other them all 8 vials will test positive.  8 has to be one of the
answers.

ii) If patient 2 and patients 16’s blood is mixed of one of them has disease then 7 of the 8
vials will test positive. So 7 has to be there in the option.

iii) Let’s assume patient 1 has disease, if his blood is not mixed, then 4 vials will definitely
show positive. So 4 also has to be there in answer. So the answer must definitely contain 4,
7 and 8

Option: 3

Solution 41:
12
14 th  day  30 Booked  12 loss 
30

2
13th day  31 Booked  2 loss 
31

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2
16 th  day  25 Booked  2 loss 
25

12
15th  day  28 Booked  12 loss 
28

12
The highest value is , on the 15th  day.
28

Option: 3
Solution 42:
Highest order Booked on 13th  day.

Option: 1
Solution 43:
 Next day 
Delivery ratio 
 day after 

21
a. 13th  day 
8

8
b. 15th  day 
8

15
c. 14 th  day 
3

13
d. 16 th  day 
10

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15
The highest ratio is , on 14 th  day
3

Option: 3
Solution 44:

The least is on the 14 th  day.

Option: 1
Let each plot in the grid be represented by its row label and column label. For example, (X,
2) represents the plot in row X and column 2.

From (8), Chitra and Dipti did not get plots which were adjacent to each other.

From the figure, we can see that Chitra has the plot (X, 1). Hence, Dipti cannot have the
plots (X, 2) and (Y, 2).

Also, Chitra ha s the plot (Z, 2). Hence, Dipti cannot have the plots (Z, 3) and (Y, 3). From (6),
Dipti has two adjoining plots in the same row. Hence, the only possibility for Dipti to have
such plots is if she has the plots (X, 3) and (X, 4).

It is given that each daughter got an even number of plots. Also, from (4), Abha and Bina
had a higher number of plots than Dipti.

Since Dipti already has 2 plots, Abha and Bina must have at least 4 plots each. Chitra already
has 2 plots. Hence, Abha and Bina cannot have a higher n umber of plots. Hence, the
number of plots that Abha, Bina, Chitra and Dipti must be 4, 4, 2 and 2, respectively.

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We already know the positions of all the plots of Chitra and Dipti. Hence, the remaining
plots must belong to Abha or Bina.

From (5), the corner plot, (Z, 4) must belong to Bina.

From (7), Bina got a plot in each row. In the first row, Chitra got (X, 1) and Dipti got (X, 3)
and (X, 4). Hence, Bina must have gotten (X, 2). Bina has a total of 4 plots and we know the
positions of three plots.

For Bina to have a plot in each row and each column, she must still have plot(s) in row Y and
column 3. Since she can have only one more plot, she must have a plot at the intersection of
this row and column.

Hence, Bina must have gotten the plot (Y, 3). A should have the remaining two plots, i.e., (Y,
2) and (Z, 3). Let the number of trees in (Y, 2) be a.

From (3), the number of trees in (Y, 3) must be 2a and the number of trees in (Y, 4) must be
4a.

From (2), 4a cannot be more than 32 and since (Y, 4) is owned by Abha, it cannot be 32.
Hence, a can be at most 7.

Also, a should be a multiple of 3 or 4. Hence, the possible values for a are 3, 4 and 6.
However, a cannot be 3, since 4a will be 12 and (X, 1) has 12 trees (each plot has distinct
number of trees).

Also, a cannot be 6, since 2a will be 12. Hence, a must be 4.

The number of trees in (Y, 2), (Y, 3) and (Y, 4) must be 4, 8 and 16. The total number of trees
in row Y is 21 + 4 + 8 + 16 = 49.

From (9), the total number of trees in row X = 49  2  98 .

The number of trees in row Z = 205 - 49 - 98 = 58.

The total number of trees in the plots that Abha got is 21 + 4 + 16 + 9 = 50 (adding the trees
in (Y, 1), (Y, 2), (Y, 4) and (Z, 3).

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From (1), Chitra must have 30 trees and Dipti must have 56 trees. Since Chitra has 30 trees,
and Chitra has 12 trees in (X, 1), there must be 18 trees in (Z, 2) (the only other plot that
Chitra got).

The number of trees in (Z, 2), (Z, 3) and (Z, 4) are 18, 9 and 28 respectively. Since there must
be 58 trees in row Z, the number of trees in (Z, 1) must be 3.

The number of trees with Bina must be 205 - 50 - 56 - 30 = 69. Bina has 3 trees in (Z, 1), 8
trees in (Y, 3) and 28 trees in (Z, 4).

In the last plot that Bina owns, i.e., in (X, 2), there must be 69 - 3 - 8 - 28 = 30 trees. In row X,
in the plots that Dipti owns, (X, 3) and (X, 4), there must be a total of 56 trees.

Since the maximum possible number of trees in only 32, the maximum possible number of
trees in these two plots can be if they have 32 trees in one plot and 24 trees in the other
plot (since 30 and 28 trees are already present in other plots).

Hence, the plots (X, 3) and (X, 4) must have 32 and 24 trees in any order.

The following table provides the distribution of plots and trees

Solution 45:
The total number of mango trees are 98

Option: 2
Solution 46:
The correct sequence of trees received by Abha, Bina, Chitra and Dipti are 50, 69, 30, 56.

Option: 1
Solution 47:
The number of pine trees received by Chitra = 18

Option: 3
Solution 48:

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Bina got the plot with the smallest number of trees, which had 3 trees

Option: 4
Solution 49:
Bina did not 32 pine trees. She got 31 pine trees

Option: 2
Solution 50:
Column 4 has the highest number of trees

Option: 4
Solution 51:
log a 5  log a 3  log a 2  A

log a 5  log a 3  A  3

But log a 5  log a 3    B

Hence 2 log a 3  A  B  3

2
log 3 a 
A B 3

[Option: 3]

Solution 52:
Let the age of Tom be t.

Ages of Dick and Harry are 3t and 6t respectively.

t  3t  6t
Given, 3t   1  9t  10t  3  t  3
3

Age of Harry  6  3  18

[Answer: 18]

Solution 53:

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The distance travelled by A before B starts his journey  40 1.5  60

90  60 30
The time taken by them to meet each other    0.5 hours
40  20 60

Required answer =10: 30 a.m. +30 min =11: 00 a.m.

[Option: 4]

Solution 54:
a1 b1
Simultaneous equation have a unique solution only if 
a2 b2

k 2
From the given equations, a unique solution would exist only if 
2 k

 k 2  4 | k | 2

[Option: 1]

Solution 55:
xm  1  xm  (m  1)

x2  x1  2    1  2    3

x3  x2  3    1  2  3    6

Similarly,

n( n  1)
xn    (1  2  3      n)   
2

100(101)
Hence x100       5050
2

[Option: 4]

Solution 56:

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Let the original time taken by Vimla be t minutes 40t / 60  35  (t  6) / 60

6
 t  35   42min
5

The distance to office =28 km

1
28 
Required answer  3  60  28kmph
2
42   8
3

[Option: 3]

Solution 57:
Let the CP and MP of each kg of sugar be 10x and 12x respectively.

Total cost price  35 10 x  350 x

Total selling price  35 10    1.15  402.5x

Selling price already realized  5  12 x  15 12 x  0.9  3  0  12  12 x  (1  p / 100)  402.5 x

60  162  0  144(1  p / 100)  402.5

p  25.34%   25%

[Option: 4]

Solution 58:
Given f ( x  y )  f ( x) f ( y)

 f ( x)  a x ( where a is a constant ) Given, f (5)  4  a 5  4  a  2 2/5

10 10
10 10  2  2
f (10)  f (10)  a  a   25    25 
   

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1
 24  2 4  16   15.9375
16

[Option: 2]

Solution 59:
Let 14a  36b  84c  k

1
 a  log14 k   log k 14
a

1
Similarly,  log k 84 and b  log 36 k
c

1 1 
Required answer, 6b     6  log 36 k    log k 84  log k 14 
c a

log k log 6
 6  3
log 36 log k

[Answer: 3]

Solution 60:

4.5 60
X  140    180
1.5 140

Additional men required  180  140  40

[Answer: 40]

Solution 61:
Since the roots are real m 2  8n  0 and (2n )2  4m  0  n 2  m  0

 n 4  m 2  8n

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 n  2 and m  4

Hence the least value of m  n  2  4  6

[Option: 4]

Solution 62:
Let the sum be P.

3
 10 
Given, P   1    18522
 200 

3
 20 
 P  18522     16000
 21 

[Answer: 16000]

Solution 63:
 3 3
Time taken by Anil and Sunil meet at the starting point  LCM  ,   3 / 5
 15 10 

Distance run by Ravi in 3 / 5 hours  (3 / 5)  8  24 / 5 =4.8 km

[Option: 3]

Solution 64:
The line y | x  2 | 4 intersects the y -axis at (0,6) and intersects x  2 at (2,4)

The other vertices are (0,0) and (2,0)

The figure formed is a trapezium of parallel sides 6 and 4 and the distance between the
parallel sides is 2.

1
Required answer   2  (6  4)  10
2

[Option: 3]

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Solution 65:
a  4, b  90; c  82

1
Area of the triangle   4  9  18
2

abc
The circumradius of the triangle ( R ) 
4

2 2
2  abc   (4  90   82)
Area of the circle   R     
 4  (4 18) 2

16  90  82 205
     
16  18  18 9

[Option: 4]

Solution 66:
The given set is a set of all three-digit numbers and the number of numbers in the set =900.

The number of three-digit numbers having no digits repeating  9  9  8  648

Required answer =900-648=252

[Answer: 252]

Solution 67:
Given, 2  x  10 and 14  y  23  17  ( x  y )  32 i.e. 17  N  32

But N  25 hence 25  N  32

N can take 6 distinct values.

[Answer: 6]

Solution 68:
The given line also passes through the point of intersection of the diagonals of the
parallelogram, which is the mid-point of (2,1) and (-3,-4) The mid-point of the given two
points is (-1/2, -3/2).

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1 3
Substituting the point in the given equation   9   c  0  c  14
2 2

[Option: 2]

Solution 69:
Given, a  b  4 2017  2 4034

Since a  b  42017 , is a perfect square the number of factors of 24034 is odd.

4034  1  1
Required answer, the number of values of A   2018
2

[Option: 4]

Solution 70:
Dropping a perpendicular DE onto AB, the figure is divided into two parts - a rectangle of
dimensions 4  5 and an isosceles triangle AED.

1
Required answer = Area of rectangle + Area of triangle  4  5  (4  4)  28cm2
2

[Answer: 28]

Solution 71:
 1  1  1
The required answer  120   1    1    1    41.14
 2  5  7

Required answer is the integral part of 41.14  41

[Option: 4]

Solution 72:
Let the quantity of solutions A and B mixed initially be p and 3p respectively.

After an additional 4p of solution A is added 60% of (1 p  4 p )  x% of 3 p  72% of

(1 p  4 p  3 p )  x  92

[Option: 2]

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Solution 73:
3 4
log 2 4  2; log 4 8  ;log8 16 
2 3

2  4  8  16 2  4  8 16
2 3 4
  24
 log 2 4    log 4 8   log8 16  (2)  (3 / 2)3  (4 / 3) 4
2

[Answer: 24]

Solution 74:
Total score in ( n  2) innings  29  (n  2)

The total score in n innings  29( n  2)  38  15

 29n  5  30n  n  5

Total score in 5 innings  30  5  150  37  4  2

[Option: 1]

Solution 75:
Let the total marks be T and scores of Bishnu, Asha and Ramesh be a, b and c respectively.

Given, a  52% of T  c  23 and b  64% of T  c  34

Hence, (64  52)% of T  (c  34)  (c  23)  57

i.e. 12% of T  57

Hence, score of Geeta  84% of T  7  57  399

[Option: 2]

Solution 76:
m
Given 0.2   0.5  4  m  10
20

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n
0.2   0.5  2.2  n  5.5  n  4
11

n
since 0.2   0.5 and n  4, m  9
m

m  2n  9  2  4  1

[Option: 3]

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