CAT CBT 6 With Detailed Solutions

CAT CBT 6 [The Actual CAT Paper of 21st November 2004]
NO. OF QUESTIONS: 60
SECTION I
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE & DATA INTERPRETATION SECTION
Maximum time allowed: 70 minutes. Each question carries one mark. Each wrong answer
would invite a 1/4th negative mark.
Directions for Questions 1 to 4: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Prof. Singh has been tracking the number of visitors to his homepage. His service provider has provided
him with the following data on the country of origin of the visitors and the university they belong to:
Number of visitors Number of visitors

Day Day
COUNTRY 1 2 3 UNIVERSITY 1 2 3
Canada 2 0 0 University 1 1 0 0
Netherlands 1 1 0 University 2 2 0 0
India 1 2 0 University 3 0 1 0
UK 2 0 2 University 4 0 0 2
USA 1 0 1 University 5 1 0 0
University 6 1 0 1
University 7 2 0 0
University 8 0 2 0
1. University 1 can belong to
1. UK 2. Canada 3. Netherlands 4. USA
2. To which country does University 5 belong?
1. India or Netherlands but not USA 2. India or USA but not Netherlands
3. Netherlands or USA but not India 4. India or USA but not UK
3. Visitors from how many universities from UK visited Prof. Singh’s homepage in three days?
1. 1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4
4. Which among the listed countries can possibly host three of the eight listed universities?
1. None 2. Only UK 3. Only India 4. Both India and UK
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DIRECTIONS for questions 5 to 9: Answer these questions based on the data provided in the table
below:
Factory Sector by Type of Ownership (All figures in the table are in percent of the total for the
corresponding column)
Sector Factories Employment Fixed Capital Gross Output Value Added
Public: 7.0 27.7 43.2 25.8 30.8
Central Govt. 1.0 10.5 17.5 12.7 14.1
State/local govts. 5.2 16.2 24.3 11.6 14.9
Central & State/
local govts. 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.8
Joint 1.8 5.1 6.8 8.4 8.1
Wholly private 90.3 64.6 46.8 63.8 58.7
Others 0.9 2.6 3.2 2.0 2.4
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
5. Suppose the average employment level is 60 per factory. The average employment in “wholly private”
factories is approximately:
1. 43 2. 47 3. 50 4. 54
6. Among the firms in different sectors, value added per employee is highest in:
1. Central government 2. Central and state/local governments
3. Joint sector 4. Wholly private
7. Capital productivity is defined as the gross output value per rupee of fixed capital. The three sectors
with the higher capital productivity, arranged in descending order are:
1. Joint, wholly private, central and state/local
2. Wholly private, joint, central and state/local
3. Wholly private, central and state/local, joint
4. Joint, wholly private, central.
8. A sector is considered “pareto efficient” if its value added per employee and its value added per rupee of
fixed capital is higher than those of all other sectors. Based on the table data, the pareto efficient
sector is:
1. Wholly private 2. Joint 3. Central and state/local 4. Others
9. The total value added in all sectors is estimated at Rs. 140,000 crores. Suppose that the number of firms
in the joint sector is 2700. The average value added per factory, in Rs. crores, in the central govt. is:
1. 141 2. 14.1 3. 131 4. 13.1

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Directions for Question 10: Question is followed by two statements, A and B. Answer each question
using the following instructions:
Choose 1 if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone but not by using the other
statement alone.
Choose 2 if the question can be answered by using either of the statements alone.
Choose 3 if the question can be answered by using both statements together but not by either statement
alone.
Choose 4 if the question cannot be answered on the basis of the two statements.
10. Zakir 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: Zakir spends more on recreation than Supriyo

B: Supriyo spends more on healthcare than Zakir
11. A father and his son are waiting at a bus stop in the evening. There is a lamppost behind them. The
lamppost, the father and the son stand on the same straight line. The father observes that the shadows of
his head and the son’s head are incident at the same point on the ground. If the heights of the lamppost,
the father and his son are 6 meters, 1.8 meters and 0.9 meters respectively, and the father is standing 2.1
meters away from the post, then how far (in meters) is the son standing from his father?
1. 0.9 2. 0.75 3. 0.6 4. 0.45
12. A milkman mixes 20 litres of water with 80 litres of milk. After selling one-fourth of this mixture, he
adds water to replenish the quantity that he has sold. What is the current proportion of water to milk?
1. 2:3 2. 1:2 3. 1:3 4. 3:4
13. Karan and Arjun run a 100-meter race, where Karan beats Arjun by 10 meters. To do a favour to Arjun,
Karan starts 10 meters behind the starting line in a second 100-meter race. They both run at their earlier
speeds. Which of the following is true in connection with the second race?
1. Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line simultaneously.

2. Arjun beats Karan by 1 meter
3. Arjun beats Karan by 11 meters
4. Karan beats Arjun by 1 meter
14. N persons stand on the circumference of a circle at distinct points. Each possible pair of persons, not
standing next to each other, sings a two-minute song one pair after the other. If the total time taken for
singing is 28 minutes, what is N?
1. 5 2. 7 3. 9 4. None of the above
15. If the sum of the first 11 terms of an arithmetic progression equals that of the first 19 terms, then what
is the sum of the first 30 terms?
1. 0 2. -1 3. 1 4. Not unique
16. If a man cycles at 10 km per hour, then he arrives at a certain place at 1 p.m. If he cycles at 15 km per
hour, he will arrive at the same place at 11 a.m. At what speed must he cycle to get there at noon?
1. 11km/hour 2. 12km/hour 3. 13km/hour 4. 14km/hour
17. On January 1, 2004, two new societies, S1 and S2, are formed, each with N members. On the first day
of each subsequent month, S1 adds b members while S2 multiplies its current number of members by a
constant factor r. Both the societies have the same number of members on July 2, 2004. If b = 10.5N, what
is the value of r?
1. 2.0 2. 1.9 3. 1.8 4. 1.7
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18. The total number of integer pairs (x,y) satisfying the equation x+y=xy is:
1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. None
19. If f(x) = x3 –4x +p, and f (0) and f(1) are opposite signs, then which of the following is necessarily
true?
1. –1<p<2 2. 0<p<3 3. –2<p<1 4. –3<p<0
20. Suppose N is an integer such that the sum of the digits of N is 2, and 1010 < N <1011. The number of
different values for N is:
1. 11 2. 10 3. 9 4. 8
21. Let y = 1
2+ 1
3+ 1
2+ 1
3+……
What is the value of y?
1. (√13+3)/2 2. (√13-3)/2 3. (√15+3)/2 4. (√15-3)/2
22. Let f(x) = ax2 – b | x | , where a and b are constants. Then at x=0, f(x) is:
1. maximised whenever a>0, b>0

2. maximised whenever a>0, b<0
3. minimised whenever a>0, b>0
4. minimised whenever a>0, b<0
23. Two boats, travelling at 5 and 10 km/hour, head directly towards each other. They begin at a distance
of 20 km from each other. How far apart are they (in kilometres) one minute before they collide?
1. 1/12 2. 1/6 3. 1/4 4. 1/3
24. In Nuts And Bolts factory, one machine produces only nuts at the rate of 100 nuts per minute and
needs to be cleaned for 5 minutes after production of every 1000 nuts. Another machine produces only
bolts at the rate of 75 bolts per minute and needs to be cleaned for 10 minutes after production of every
1500 bolts. If both the machines start production at the same time, what is the minimum duration required
for producing 9000 pairs of nuts and bolts?
1. 130 minutes 2. 135 minutes 3. 170 minutes 4. 180 minutes
25. A rectangular sheet of paper, when halved by folding it at the midpoint of its longer side, results in a
rectangle, whose longer and shorter sides are in the same proportion as the longer and shorter sides of the
original rectangle. If the shorter side of the original rectangle is 2, what is the area of the smaller rectangle?
1. 4√2 2. 2√2 3. √2 4. None of these
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26. In the adjoining figure, chord ED is parallel to the diameter AC of the circle. If angle CBE = 650, then
what is the value of angle DEC?
A O C
E D
1. 350 2. 550 3. 450 4. 250
27. On a semicircle with diameter AD, chord BC is parallel to the diameter. Further, each of the chords AB
and CD has length 2, while AD has length 8. What is the length of BC?
B C
A D
1. 7.5 2. 7 3. 7.75 4. None of these

28. A sprinter starts running on a circular path of radius R meters. Her average speed (in meters per
minute) is πR during the first 30 seconds, πR/2 during the next minute, πR/4 during the next two minutes,
πR/8 during the next four minutes, and so on. What is the ratio of the time taken for the Nth round to that
for the previous round?
1. 4 2. 8 3. 16 4. 32
29. Consider the sequence of numbers A1, A2, A3, … to infinity where A1 = 81.33 and A2 = -19 and AJ = A(J -
1) - A(J - 2) for J≥3. What is the sum of the first 6002 terms of this sequence?
1. –100.33 2. –30.00 3. 62.33 4. 119.33
30. The remainder, when (1523 + 2323) is divided by 19, is:

1. 4 2. 15 3. 0 4. 18
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SECTION II
VERBAL REASONING & LOGICAL REASONING SECTION
Maximum time allowed: 70 minutes. Each question carries one mark. Each wrong answer
would invite a 1/4th negative mark.
Directions for questions 31 to 34: Choose the best answer to each question.
PASSAGE I
RECENTLY I spent several hours sitting under a tree in my garden with the social anthropologist William
Ury, a Harvard University professor who specializes in the art of negotiation and wrote the best selling
book, Getting to Yes. He captivated me with his theory that tribalism protects people from their fear of
rapid change. He explained that the pillars of tribalism that humans rely on for security would always
counter any significant cultural or social change. In this way, he said, change is never allowed to happen
too fast. Technology, for example, is a pillar of society. Ury believes that every time technology moves in a
new or radical direction, another pillar such as religion or nationalism will grow stronger – in effect, the
traditional and familiar will assume greater importance to compensate for the new and untested. In this
manner, human tribes avoid rapid change that leaves people insecure and frightened.
But we have all heard that nothing is as permanent as change. Nothing is guaranteed. Pithy expressions, to
be sure, but no more than clichés. As Ury says, people live that way from day-to-day. On the contrary, they
actively seek certainty and stability. They want to know they will be safe.
Even so, we scare ourselves constantly with the idea of change. An IBM CEO once said: ‘We only re-
structure for a good reason, and if we haven’t restructured in a while, that’s a good reason.’ We are scared
that competitors, technology and the consumer will put us out of business – so we have to change all the
time just to stay alive. But if we asked our fathers and grandfathers, would they have said that they lived in
a period of little change? Structure may not have changed much. It may just be the speed with which we
do things.
Change is over-rated, anyway. Consider the automobile. It’s an especially valuable example, because the
auto industry has spent tens of billions of dollars on research and product development in the last 100
years. Henry Ford’s first car had a metal chassis with an internal combustion, gasoline-powered engine, four
wheels with rubber tyres, a foot-operated clutch assembly and brake system, a steering wheel, and four
seats, and it could safely do 18 miles per hour. A hundred years and tens of thousands of research hours
later, we drive cars with a metal chassis with an internal combustion, gasoline-powered engine, four wheels
with rubber tyres, a foot-operated clutch assembly and brake system, a steering wheel, four seats – and
the average speed in London in 2001 was 17.5 miles per hour!
That is not a hell of a lot of return for the money. For evidently doesn’t have much to teach us about
change. The fact that they’re still manufacturing cars is not proof that Ford Motor Co. is a sound
organisation, just proof that it takes very large companies to make cars in great quantities - making for an
almost impregnable entry barrier.
Fifty years after the development of the jet engine, planes are also little changed. They’ve grown bigger,
wider, and can carry more people. But those are incremental, largely cosmetic changes.
Taken together, this lack of real change has come to mean that in travel – whether driving or flying – time
and technology have not combined to make things much better. The safety and design have of course
accompanied the times and the new volume of cars and flights, but nothing of any significance has changed
in the basic assumptions of the final product.
At the same time, moving around in cars or aeroplanes becomes less and less efficient all the time. Not only
has there been no great change, but also both forms of transport have deteriorated as more people
clamour to use them. The same is true for telephones, which took over 100 years to become mobile, or
photographic film, which also required an entire century to change.
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The only explanation for this is anthropological. Once established in calcified organisations, humans do two
things: sabotage changes that might render people dispensable, and ensure industry-wide emulation. In the
1960s, German auto companies developed plans to scrap the entire combustion engine for an electrical
design. (The same existed in the 1970s in Japan, and in the 1980s in France.) So for 40 years we might
have been free of the ludicrous dependence on fossil fuels. Why didn’t it go anywhere? Because auto
executives understood pistons and carburettors, and would be loath to cannibalise their expertise along
with most of their factories.
31. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
1. Executives of automobile companies are inefficient and ludicrous.

2. The speed at which an automobile is driven in a city has not changed much in a century.
3. Anthropological factors have fostered innovation in automobiles by promoting use of new
technologies.
4. Further innovation in jet engines has been more than incremental.
32. Which of the following views does the author fully support in the passage?
1. Nothing is as permanent as change.

2. Change is always rapid.
3. More money spent on innovation leads to more rapid change.
4. Over decades, structural change has been incremental.
33. Which of the following best describes one of the main ideas discussed in the passage?
1. Rapid change is usually welcomed in society.

2. Industry is not as innovative as it is made out to be.
3. We should have less change than what we have now.
4. Competition spurs companies into radical innovation.
34. According to the passage, the reason why we continued to be dependant on fossil fuels is that:
1. Auto executives did not wish to change.

2. No alternative fuels were discovered.
3. Change in technology was not easily possible.
4. German, Japanese and French companies could not come up with new technologies.
Directions for questions 35 to 44: Fill up the blanks, numbered [35], [36]… up to [44], in the two
passages below with the most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.
At that time the White House was as serene as a resort hotel out of season. The corridors were [35]. In the
various offices, [36] gray men in waistcoats talked to one another in low-pitched voices. The only colour, or
choler, curiously enough, was provided by President Eisenhower himself. Apparently, his [37] was easily set
off; he scowled when he [38] the corridors.
35. 1. striking 2. hollow 3. empty 4. white

36. 1. quiet 2. faded 3. loud 4. stentorian
37. 1. laughter 2. curiosity 3. humour 4. temper
38. 1. paced 2. strolled 3. stormed 4. prowled
“Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns.” With that [39]
statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the Income Tax Department. “I
originally owed Rs.20,000 in unpaid taxes. With [40] and [41], the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income Tax
Department then went into action, and I learned first hand just how much power the Tax Department
wields. Royalties and trust funds can be [42]; automobiles may be [43], and auctioned off. Nothing belongs
to the [44] until the case is settled.”
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39. 1. devious 2. blunt 3. tactful 4. pretentious
40. 1. interest 2. taxes 3. principal 4. returns
41. 1. sanctions 2. refunds 3. fees 4. fines
42. 1. closed 2. detached 3. attached 4. impounded
43. 1. smashed 2. seized 3. dismantled 4. frozen
44. 1. purchaser 2. victim 3. investor 4. offender
Directions for questions 45 to 47: Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.
45. A. Harish told Raj to plead guilty.

B. Raj pleaded guilty of stealing money from the shop.
C. The court found Raj guilty of all the crimes he was charged with.
D. He was sentenced for three years in jail.
1. A & C 2. B & D 3. A, C, and D 4. B, C, and D
46. A. Last Sunday, Archana had nothing to do.

B. After waking up, she lay on the bed thinking of what to do.
C. At 11 O’ clock she took shower and got ready.
D. She spent most of the day shopping.
1. B & C 2. C 3. A and B 4. B, C, and D
47. A. It was a tough situation and Manasi was taking pains to make it better.
B. Slowly her efforts gave fruit and things started improving.
C. Everyone complemented her for her good work.
D. She was very happy and thanked everyone for their help.
1. A 2. D 3. B and C 4. A and C
Directions for Questions 48 to 50: Each statement has a part missing. Choose the best option from the
four options given below the statement to make up the missing part.
48. The ancient Egyptians believed _____ so that when these objects were magically reanimated
through the correct rituals, they would be able to function effectively.
1. that it was essential that things they portrayed must have every relevant feature shown as
clearly as possible
2. it was essential for things they portrayed to have had every relevant feature shown as clearly
as possible,
3. it was essential that the things they portrayed had every relevant feature shown as clearly as
possible,
4. that when they portrayed things, it should have every relevant feature shown as clearly as
possible
49. Archaeologists believe that the pieces of red-ware pottery excavated recently near Bhavnagar and
_______ shed light on a hitherto dark 600-year period in the Harappan history of Gujarat .
1. estimated with a reasonable certainty as being about 3400 years old,

2. are estimated reasonably certain to be about 3400 years old
3. estimated at about 3400 years old with reasonable certainty,
4. estimated with reasonable certainty to be about 3400 years old,
50. Many people suggest __________ and still others would like to convince people not to buy pirated
cassettes.
1. to bring down audiocassette prices to reduce the incidence of music piracy, others advocate
strong legal action against the offenders,
2. bringing down audiocassette prices to reduce the incidents of music piracy, others are
advocating strong legal action against offenders,
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3. bringing down audiocassette prices to reduce the incidence of music piracy, others advocate
strong legal action against offenders,
4. audiocassette prices to be brought down to reduce incidence of music piracy, others advocate
that strong legal action must be taken against offenders,
The data points in the figure below represent monthly income and expenditure data of individual members
of the Ahuja family(‫)٭‬, the Bose family(□), the Coomar family (◊), and the Dubey family( ●). For these
questions, savings is defined as
Savings = Income – Expenditure.
Income
Line indicating
Income= Expenditure
‫٭‬ ●
3000 ‫٭‬
□‫٭‬
□
◊ □
2000
◊
●
◊
1000
0 1000 2000 3000 Expenditure
51. Which family has the highest average expenditure?
1. Ahuja 2. Bose 3. Coomar 4. Dubey
52. Which family has the lowest average income?
53. The highest amount of saving accrues to a member of which family?
54. Which family has the lowest average savings?
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Coach John sat with the score cards of Indian players from the 3 games in a one-day cricket tournament
where the same set of players played for India and all the major batsmen got out. John summarised the
batting performance through three diagrams, one for each game. In each diagram, the three outer triangles
communicate the number of runs scored by the three top scorers from India, where K, R, S, V, and Y
represent Kaif, Rahul, Saurav, Virender, and Yuvraj respectively. The middle triangle in each diagram
denotes the percentage of total score that was scored by the three top Indian scorers in that game. No two
players score the same number of runs in the same game. John also calculated two batting indices for each
player based on his scores in the tournament: the R-index of a batsman is the difference between the
highest and lowest score in the 3 games while the M-index is the middle number if the scores are arranged
in a non-increasing order.
Y (40) K (51) R (55)
90% 70% 80%

V K S R Y S
(130) (28) (75) (49) (87) (50)
55. Which of the players had the best M-index from the tournament?
1. Rahul 2. Saurav 3. Virender 4. Yuvraj
56. Among the players mentioned, who can have the lowest R-index from the tournament?
1. Only Kaif, Rahul or Yuvraj 2. Only Kaif or Rahul
3. Only Kaif or Yuvraj 4. Only Kaif
57. For how many Indian players is it possible to calculate the M-index?
1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. More than 2
58. How many players among those listed definitely score less than Yuvraj in the tournament?
1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. More than 2
DIRECTIONS for Questions 59 and 60: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
The Head of a newly formed government desires to appoint five of the six elected members A, B, C, D, E
and F to portfolios of Home, Power, Defence, Telecom and Finance. F does not want any portfolio if D gets
one of the five. C wants either Home or Finance or no portfolio. B says that if D gets either Power or
Telecom then she must get the other one. E insists on a portfolio if A gets one.
Question 59
Which is a valid assignment?
1. A-Home, B- Power, C-Defence, D-Telecom, E-Finance.
2. C-Home, D- Power, A-Defence, B-Telecom, E-Finance.
3. A-Home, B- Power, E-Defence, D-Telecom, F-Finance.
4. B-Home, F- Power, E-Defence, C-Telecom, A-Finance.
Question 60
If A gets Home and C gets Finance, then which is NOT a valid assignment for Defence and Telecom?
1. D-Defence, B-Telecom. 2. F-Defence, B-Telecom.
3. B-Defence, E-Telecom. 4. B-Defence, D-Telecom.
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Detailed solutions to the CAT CBT 6 [The Actual CAT Paper of 21st November
2004]
Answer 1
Let us refer to University 1 as U1 and University 2 as U2 and so on. See chart detailing the number of
visitors. On Day 3, there have been visitors from only two universities: U4 and U6. Now see chart to left.
The lone visitor from U6 on Day 3 is from USA and two visitors from U4 are from UK. Thus U6 is in USA and
U4 is in UK. Mark USA against U6 and UK against U4 in the chart to right. Since there are 1,0, and 1 visitors
from USA on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd day respectively and University 6 has 1, 0, and 1 visitors on the three days,
USA has just one university: U6.
Once again see chart to right. On Day 2, there have been visitors from only two universities: U3 and U8.
Now see chart to left. The lone visitor from U3 on Day 2 is from Netherlands and two visitors from U8 are
from India. Thus U3 is in Netherlands and U8 is in India. Mark Netherlands (in brief, of course such as
NETH) against U3 and India (IND) against U8 in the chart to right.
Again see chart to right. On Day 1, there have been visitors from four universities: U1, U2, U5 and U7. The
two visitors each from Canada and UK could be from U2 or U7. Since one is not sure whether U2 is in
Canada and U7 is in UK but since one is sure that U2 and U7 are either in UK or in Canada, mark UK/CAN
against U2 and CAN/UK against U7.
Now let us turn to the question about the location of University 1.
If U1 were to be in UK or Canada, there should be 3 visitors from either UK or Canada (1 from U1, and 2
from either U2 or U7). Thus U1 is not in UK or Canada. U1 could be in NETH because on Day 2 there is 1
visitor from U3 in NETH and on Day 1 there could be 1 visitor from U1; thus there could be two universities
(U1 and U3) from NETH. This leaves us with options 3 and 4 only.
The question is whether U1 could be in USA. If U1 were in USA, there should be two visitors on Day 1 from
USA (one each from U1 and U6) and not just one visitor. Thus U1 is certainly not in USA. It may be seen
that U1 could also be in India since there is exactly one visitor from India on Day 1 whereas there is no
visitor from U8 that is clearly identified to be in India. Hence this single visitor from U1 could as well be
from India. Since U1 can possibly be in Netherlands (or even in India), we may mark Option 3 as
correct.
Answer 2
If U5 belongs to India as per Option 1, there is one visitor from India on Day 1. U8 is clearly identified to be
in India. U8 has no visitor on Day 1. Thus U5 could be in India or in Netherlands. The question is
whether U5 could be in USA.
U6 is clearly identified to be in USA. If U5 were in USA, there should be two visitors from USA on Day 1
(one from each of U5 and U6) and not just one visitor. This means U5 is certainly not in USA. Since U5
could not be in USA, Options 2, 3, and 4 get eliminated straightaway since in all these three options it is
mentioned that U5 could belong to USA. Hence Option 1.
Answer 3
The final position that emerges after marking the possible countries against the different universities is as
follows: U 1 (NETH/IND), U 2 (UK/CAN), U 3 (NETH), U 4 (UK), U 5 (IND/NETH), U 6 (USA), U 7 (UK/CAN),
and U 8 (IND). Since one of U2 and U7 is definitely in UK and U4 is certainly in UK, visitors from two
universities in UK visited the home page in the three days. Hence Option 2.
Answer 4
India has 1, 2, and 0 visitors on 1st, 2nd and 3rd day respectively. Of this, U8 has 0, 2, and 0 visitors. U8 is
definitely in India since no other University has 2 visitors on Day 2. Since India has only one visitor on Day
1, India can host only one out of U1 and U5 but not both. India certainly hosts U8. That makes it possible
for India to host two universities but not three.
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See the options. We would now need to choose only between UK and India it becomes imperative to
ensure whether UK can host three universities. UK can host only two universities: U4 (certainly) + either U2
or U7 (but not both since if U2 is in Canada, U7 is in UK and vice versa; U2 and U7 cannot be in the same
country). This means Option 1 is correct.
Answer 5
If the average employment level is 60 per factory and if we presume that there are 100x factories, the total
number of employees is 6000x. Now the employment in wholly private (WP) is 64.6% (or say 65%); so the
number of employees in WP is 65% of 6000x or 3900x. Now the number of factories in WP sector is 90.3%
of 100x factories. That means, say, 90x factories. The average employment in WP factories is 3900x/90x =
130/3 = 43.3. So Option 1.
Answer 6
All information is in percentages of the total of the corresponding column. Among the firms in different
sectors, one arrives at value added per employee by dividing value added with employment. Let us see the
various options:
Central Govt. Central/State/Local Joint Sector Wholly Private
(A) Value added 14.1 1.80 8.10 58.70
(B) Employment 10.50 1.00 5.10 64.60
A/B 14/10.5 1.80 8/5 = 1.6 59/65
One has not calculated the value added/employee in respect of Central Government and Wholly Private
since these are clearly less than 1 since the numerator is lesser than the denominator; one has gone into
the figures of Central/State/Local and Joint Sector because the value is over 1 since the numerator is
greater than the denominator.
1.80 is the highest. So Option 2.
Answer 7
Capital productivity is gross output value per rupee of fixed capital; the three sectors with the higher capital
productivity are to be arranged in descending order. If one sees the options, it is clear that only the joint,
wholly private and central/state/local sectors are to be evaluated. No other sector is among the options.
Central/State/Local Joint Sector Wholly Private
(A) Gross output 1.5 8.4 63.8
(B ) Fixed capital 1.4 6.8 46.8
A/B 15/14 = 1.07 21/17 = 1.25 64/47 is > 1.3
15/14 is 1 + (1/14) and 1/14 = 0.07 (in calculating as to how much is 1/14 in decimals, if we multiply both
the numerator and the denominator in 1/14 by 7, we get 7/98 and this is very nearly equal to
7/100 and thus 0.07 approximately); 64/48 is 4/3 = 1.33 thus 64/47 will be a little over 1.33 since its
denominator is a little less than 48. Thus Option 2; the descending order is Wholly Private, Joint Sector
Central/State/Local.
Answer 8
A “pareto efficient” sector is one in which both A and B are higher than all other sectors where A, and B are
as follows: (A) value added per employee and (B) value added per rupee of fixed capital is higher than
those of all other sectors. In solution to 142, we have already found out that the value added per
employee is the highest in Central/State/Local among four sectors—Central Govt.,
Central/State/Local, Joint Sector, and Wholly Private. We have therefore to compare Central/State/Local
with the remaining sector of “Others”.
Central/State/Local Others
(A) Value added per employee 1.8/1 2.4/2.6
(B) Value added per rupee of fixed capital
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(2.4/2.6 is a fraction lesser than 1 and hence lesser than 1.8/1). Since A is higher in the case of
Central/State/Local, there is no need to find the other parameter. So Central/State/Local is the “pareto
efficient” sector; hence Option 3.
Answer 9
The total value added in all sectors is put roughly at 140,000 crores. If the number of firms in the joint
sector is 2700, then this 2700 is 1.8% of the number of factories. The number of factories in Central
Government is 1%. If 1.8% is 2700, 1% is 2700/1.8 = 27,000/18 = 1500. Value added in Central is 14.1%
(which we round off to 14%) of 140,000 crores or (14/100) × 140,000. So value added per factory in
Central Government is [(14 × 140000)/(100 × 1500) = 196/15 = a little greater than 13 (since 13 × 15 =
195). So Option 4.
Answer 10
Let us refer to the two gentlemen Zakir and Supriyo as Z and S respectively.
Z spends 30% of his income on his children’s education, 20% on recreation and 10% on healthcare. The
corresponding percentages for S are 40%, 25%, and 13%. Who spends more on children’s education?
Statement A: Z spends more on recreation than S. We are told that Z and S spend respectively 20% and
25% of their income on recreation. If Z spends more on recreation than S, if we were to assume that S
earns Rs.100, Z spends > Rs.25. This means 20% of Z’s income is >Rs.25 and thus Z’s income is >Rs.125.
Since Z spends 30% on children’s education, Z spends >Rs.37.50 whereas S spends exactly Rs.40 on
education since we have assumed S’s income to be Rs.100. However >Rs.37.50 need not be less than
Rs.40. It can be even higher than Rs.40. One cannot say who spends more on children’s education: S or Z.
Statement B: S spends more on healthcare than Z. We are told that S spends 13% on healthcare whereas Z
spends 10% on healthcare. Again if we are to assume (for the sake of consistency) that S earns Rs.100, S
spends Rs.13 on healthcare whereas Z spends < Rs.13 on healthcare. This means Z earns less than Rs.130.
If S earns Rs.100, he spends 40% or Rs.40 on children’s education. Since Z earns less than Rs.130, 30% of
any amount less than Rs.130 is less than Rs.39. Thus from Statement B we can say that S spends more on
children’s education than Z. Hence choose 1.
Answer 11
M F
2.1
S
2.25
B C
Right-angled triangle LMF and the other right-angled triangle formed by the father’s head, the son’s head
and the father’s head have the same slope and are thus equiangular. Thus angles FD and S are equal. Thus
the ratio of the sides opposite to the side adjacent is the same in case of angles F and S. In case of angle F
it is 4.2/2.1=2. If this ratio has got to be 2 in case of angle S, then since the side opposite is given as 0.9
(since the difference in the heights of the father and son is 0.9), the side opposite is 0.45. Hence the son is
standing 0.45 m away from his father. Hence Option 4.
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Answer 12
A milkman mixes 20 litres of water with 80 litres of milk. That makes 100 litres in all. When he sells one-
fourth of these 100 litres, it would mean 20 litres of milk and five litres of water have gone to the
customers. After selling one-fourth of this mixture there is three-fourth of the original 80 litres of milk still
left. This means the milkman has 60 litres of milk left and 15 litres of water. If he wishes to replenish, with
water, the 25 litres that he has sold, he has to put in 25 litres of water. That would mean 60 litres of milk
and 15+25=40 litres of water and therefore a ratio of water: milk of 40:60 or 2:3. Hence Option 1.
Answer 13
K and A run a 100-meter race, where K beats A by 10 meters. The inference is: in the time that K ran 100
meters, A ran only 90. This also means that their speeds were in the ratio of 10:9. For every 10 meters that
K runs, A runs 9 meters. If K starts 10 meters behind the starting line in a second 100-meter race, K has to
run 110 meters whereas A has to run only 100 meters. If they both run at their earlier speeds which were
in the proportion of K: A as 10:9, by the time K ran 110 meters (which is 10 times 11 meters), A could run
only 9 times 11 meters, or 99 meters. K has finished the race. A is one meter away from the finishing line
when K finishes. Thus Option 4.
Answer 14
N persons stand on the circumference of a circle at distinct points. Each possible pair of persons, not
standing next to each other, sings a two-minute song one pair after the other. If the total time taken for
singing is 28 minutes, it means that there were 14 pairs. Let us see from Option to Option to find where we
shall see 14 pairs.
Option 1: 5 Option 2: 7
A A
B G
B E
C F
C D D E
In Option 1, the following distinct pairs are possible (let us go clockwise as a logical course of action, taking
care to stop counting once we reach A since we are taking A as the starting point and any pair involving A
at the end - such as CA- will not be distinct from AC). These pairs are as follows: AD and AC, EC and EB,
DB. Five pairs are possible whereas we are looking for 14 pairs.
In Option 2, the following distinct pairs are possible (let us go clockwise as a logical course of action): AF,
AE, AD, and AC, GE, GD, GC, and GB, FD, FC, and FB, EC, and EB and DB. That makes 14 pairs and
therefore Option 2 is to be marked correct.
Answer 15
If the sum of the first 11 terms of an arithmetic progression equals that of the first 19 terms, the eight
terms starting from the 12th term to the 19th term add up to nothing. This means, the 15th and 16th terms
(meaning the two terms in the middle of the 8 terms from the 12th to the 19th term) are equal and opposite
in sign. This means if we were to assume that these two terms were, for example, 1 and –1, the
progression where each term is 2 less than its immediately previous term would seem as follows:
10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th
1 -1
Now fill in the blanks. The 14th term would be 3 and the 17th term would be –3. The 13th term would be 5
and the 18th term would be –5.
The moral of the story is simple:
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• If there is an even number of terms that add up to zero, the two terms in the middle add up to
zero. Let us call these two terms that add up to zero as the Useless Terms. What you will see is
that each term on one side of the Useless Terms cancels out the corresponding term on the other
side of the Useless Terms.
• If there were an odd number of terms that add up to zero, the term in the middle has got to be
zero. If 3 terms add up to zero, the 2nd term has got to be zero itself and the two terms on either
side of zero would be equal and opposite in sign. If 5 terms add up to zero, the 3rd term has got to
be zero itself whereas the 2nd and 4th term would be equal and opposite in sign and so would the
1st and 5th term be equal and opposite in sign.
This is the logical reason why the sum of the first 30 terms would be zero. Hence Option 1.
Answer 16
Time is distance/speed. Let the distance that the cyclist covers each time be D km. When the cyclist travels
at a speed that is 5 km faster, he arrives two hours earlier. When he cycles at 10 km/hr, time taken is
D/10; when he cycles at 15 km/hr, time taken is D/15. We are told that (D/10) – (D/15) =2 and hence
D=60. This means he would take an integral number of hours to reach when travelling at either 10 km/hr
(6 hours) or 15 km/hr (4 hours). If he could reach at noon, he should still take an integral number of hours
since noon is 1 hour after 11 am. This is possible only when the speed can divide the distance into an
integral number of hours. This is possible only with Option 2 where he would take 60/12= 5 hours.
Answer 17
On January 1, 2004, two new societies, S1 and S2, are formed, each with N members. On Feb 1, Mar 1, Apr
1, May 1, Jun 1 and Jul 1, S1 adds b members each time taking its membership to N+6b. On Feb 1, the
membership of S2 becomes Nr; on Mar 1, the membership of S2 becomes Nr2, and so on such that On Jul 1,
the membership of S2 becomes Nr6. Both the societies have the same number of members on July 2, 2004.
This means that N+6b = Nr6. If b = 10.5N, then N+63N = Nr6and therefore 64N= Nr6; thus 64= r6 and
r=2. Hence Option 1.
Answer 18
We shall have to learn to eliminate the trial and error approach simply because while there is nothing
against trials, one should do well to eliminate the scope for errors if one wants to crack the CAT.
But before that, I would like to present a little episode from my schooldays. Once my father asked me to
think of an integer (let us call it “my integer”). He said he would tell me a number (let us call lit “his
number”) that would be such that whether (I) you add my integer to his number or (II) multiply my integer
and his number, you would get the same answer. I said 11 and he said 1.1; I said 6 and he said 1.2; I said
5 and he said 1.25. To my utter surprise you got the same whether you (A) added 11 and 1.1 or multiplied
them (B) added 6 and 1.2 or multiplied them and so on. I asked him how he could do this. He said I should
figure it out myself. I then found that 1.1 is 11/10; 1.2 is 6/5 and 1.25 is 5/4. Thus if I were to assume my
integer as a natural number N, his number was invariably N/(N-1). I tried (I) adding N and N/(N-1) and
multiplying N and N/(N-1) and found that the answer was N2/(N-1) in both cases.
Now back to the question of x+y=xy. We are asked to find integral values of x and y. This means that both
N and [N/(N-1)] in the above quiz should be integers. While N is an integer already, [N/(N-1)] can be an
integer only under two circumstances: (A) when the denominator (N-1) is –1 and when (N-1) is 1.
Therefore N can be only 0 and 2 if both N and [N/(N-1)] are to be integers. This is why there can be only
two solutions to x+y=xy; if you were to look at x as N and y as [N/(N-1)]; x and y can both be zero or x
and y can both be 2. Hence Option 3. Incidentally, zero is an even integer; zero lies between two
consecutive odd integers: -1 and 1.
Answer 19
In Options 1, 3, and 4 the unknown p has possible negative values. Option 2 is the only option in which the
unknown p has necessarily positive values. It makes sense to see whether p could have negative values at
all.
If f(x) = x3 –4x +p, f(0) would mean that the value of x3 –4x would be zero. Add to this a negative value
of p and the entire expression x3 –4x +p would be negative.
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Then again, if f(x) = x3 –4x +p, f(1) would mean that the value of x3 –4x would be -3. Add to this a
negative value of p and the entire expression x3 –4x +p would be deeper in negative territory. The moral of
the story is that if p were to be negative, f(0) and f(1) would always be negative and could never hope to
be opposite in sign. Hence Option 2.
Answer 20
This is a question essentially of Pattern Recognition. The range of values assigned to N is as follows: 1010 <
N <1011. The four options are 11, 10, 9, and 8. If we were to take 11 as A, for example, then the question
and the four options would read as follows:
Suppose N is an integer such that the sum of the digits of N is 2, and 10(A-1) < N <10A. The
number of different values for N is: Option 1. A; Option2. (A-1); Option 3; (A-2); and Option 4;
(A-3).
The splendid methodology of reducing the problem to a smaller size is once again demonstrated hereunder.
Let us assume that A= 1 2 4

Therefore the range of N is 100<N<101 101 < N <102 103 < N <104
Which means the range of values of N is 1 to 10 11 to 99 1001 to 9999
The integer(s) in this range whose digits add The The numbers 11 The numbers
up to 2 is/are number & 20 1001, 1010, 1100, and
2 2000
That means the number of integers in the A A A
range is equal to
With this, if we were to assume A as 11, it would become clear that the number of different values for N is
11 and hence Option 1.
Answer 21
In the given expression, the denominator at the very bottom of the expression is 2 integers 1/3 which is
7/3. This is to be added to 3 and thus one gets 24/7 which, when it goes up, becomes 7/24. When you add
7/24 to 2, you get 55/24, which when it goes up, becomes 24/55. The answer is 24/55, which is a little
over 22/55 or a little over 0.4.
Option 1 is (√13 +3)/2 which is over 1 even if ignore √13. Option 1 gets eliminated for this reason alone
and so does Option 3.
(√13 -3)/2 at Option 2 would be (√13)/2) (-3/2)= (less than 4/2) – 3/2 = less than ½ and could work.
(√15 -3)/2 at Option 4 would be (√15)/2) (-3/2)= (less than 4/2) – 3/2 = less than ½ and could also work.
The question is now of seeing which is closer to 0.4.
√13 is √(1300/100) and thus very nearly 36/10 (since the square root of 1296/100 is exactly 36/10 or 3.6)
and hence (√13)/2) (-3/2) = (3.6/2) – (3/2) = 1.8 –1.5= almost 0.3. Now, √15 is √(1500/100) and thus a
trifle less 39/10 (since the square of 39 is 1521) and hence (√15)/2) (-3/2) = (a little less than 3.9/2) –
(3/2) = a little less than 1.95 –1.5= a little less than 0.45. Hence Option 4.
There are some important lessons in the above answer:
There is no need to calculate anything in detail; the test is of reckoning and not mathematics.
Merely because you do not know what is the precise value of √13 and √15, one need not be stuck.
Both √13 and √15 can be expressed as √(1300/100) and√(1500/100) to facilitate the estimation.
Answer 22
Question 38 is a monument to naiveté. Logically one can look for maximum or minimum values for any
expression (or equation) when the expression can take at least two values. At x=0, the air goes out of the
expression. The expression f(x) = ax2 – b x cannot have any value other than zero. When x is zero, so is
x2 and so also is the modulus of x. Whatever be the values of the constants, there can be no change in the
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value of f(x) when x=0. The constants can do the merry tango or sulk in a corner when x=0. The reader
would do well to develop such sharp logic skills by reading this book that he should be able to discern while
writing a CAT paper that a particular question is devoid of logic. He should learn not to waste time on such
daft questions.
Answer 23
Two boats, travelling at 5 and 10 km/hour, head directly towards each other. They approach each other at
a relative speed of 15 km per hour or ¼ of a km per minute. Each of them has to perform one minute’s
journey when they are at a distance such that it would take them one minute’s journey before they collide.
They are therefore ¼ km from each other one minute before they collide and hence Option 3.
Answer 24
The first machine (we shall call it M1) produces only nuts at 100 nuts/minute and needs to be cleaned for 5
minutes after production of every 1000 nuts. This means M1 can produce 1000 nuts in 10 minutes and
should be cleaned for 5 minutes thereafter. This means effectively M1 needs 15 minutes to produce 1000
nuts and thus 15×9=135 minutes to produce 9000 nuts. M1 would be ready with 9000 nuts at the 125th
minute and may be cleaned after it has completed producing 9000 nuts.
M2 produces only bolts at 75 bolts/ minute and needs to be cleaned for 10 minutes after production of
every 1500 bolts. This means M2 can produce 1500 bolts in 20 minutes and should be cleaned for 10
minutes thereafter. This means effectively M2 needs 30 minutes to produce 1500 bolts. 9000 bolts is six
times 1500 bolts. Thus M2 would effectively take (30×5) minutes for making 7500 bolts including of
cleaning time after having produced 5 batches of 1500 bolts each and then it is cleaned and ready to make
the remaining 1500 bolts in another 20 minutes. Thus M2 takes 170 minutes to produce 9000 bolts.
If both the machines start production at the same time, the minimum duration required for producing 9000
pairs of nuts and bolts is 170 minutes. The 9000 nuts produced by M1 in 135 minutes will have to yawn
freely till M2 finishes making 9000 bolts. Hence Option 3.
Answer 25
If the ratio between the longer and shorter side of the rectangular sheet of paper were to be 4√2 as per
Option 1, the longer side of the original rectangle would be 8√2. This longer side when folded at its
midpoint would mean that the side of 4√2 would be reduced to 2√2 meters. Then the smaller rectangle
would have dimensions of 2√2 ×2, which would yield a ratio of √2; this ratio is not the same as in the
original rectangle. Hence Option 1 is not workable. If the ratio between the longer and shorter side of the
rectangular sheet of paper were to be 2√2 as per Option 2, the longer side of the original rectangle would
be 4√2. This longer side of 2√2 when folded at its midpoint would mean that this side would then have a
reduced dimension of √2 meters. Then the smaller rectangle would have dimensions of √2 ×2, which
would yield a ratio of √2 between its longer side (2 meters now) and shorter side (√2 meters now since √2
is less than 2); this ratio is indeed the same as in the original rectangle. Hence Option 2.
Answer 26
B
X0 Y0
A O Y0 C
X0
E D
See the figure. Link EO with a straight line. Link OB similarly. EO, OB and OC are radii of the circle and thus
EO= OC=OB. In triangle EBC, angle CBE= 650. Angle EOC will be double the measure of angle CBE and
thus angle EOC=1300. Let us see why.
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Let us assume that angle EBO = X0, and angle OBC = Y0 and therefore angle CBE= (X+Y)0. Since in triangle
BOC, BO=OC= radius of the circle, angle BCO= Y0 as well. Thus angle BOE= 180 – 2X0. Since in triangle
BOE, BO=OE= radius of the circle, angle BEO= X0 as well. Thus angle BOC= 180 – 2Y0. Since a circle
subtends an angle of 3600 at its centre, angle EOC= 3600 – (Angle BOE +Angle BOC) = 3600 - [(1800 –
2X0)+(1800 – 2Y0)] = 3600 –1800+2X0-1800+2Y0 =2X0+2Y0. This is why angle EOC is twice the measure of
angle CBE, no matter what be the measure of angle CBE (which has to be less than 1800 in any case or else
it will become a straight line). Since in triangle EOC, angle EOC= 1300, the total measures of the other two
angles OEC, and OCE is 500. Since angle OEC= angle OCE (OE and OC being radii of the circle), angle
OCE= 250 and since angle DEC = angle OCE (OC being parallel to ED), angle DEC= 250. Hence Option 4.
Answer 27
On a semicircle with diameter AD, chord BC is parallel to the diameter. Further, each of the chords AB and
CD has length 2, while AD, the diameter, has length 8. This means the circle has a radius of 4. See the
figure below.
B C
A E F D
Drop perpendiculars from B and C to AD to meet AD in E and F respectively. In right-angled triangles ABE
and FCD, AB=CD=2. Further, BE=CF since both these are the perpendicular distances between parallel
lines AD and BC. Thus AE=FD and hence BC= EF. As we know, EF= AD- 2(AE). Join BD with a straight line.
Triangle BAD will invariably be a right-angled triangle with angle ABD being the right angle since it is a
property of the circle that when you form a triangle by joining (with a straight line) any point on its
circumference with the two ends of the diameter of the circle, the angle at the circumference will invariably
be a right angle. The right-angled triangles ABE and ABD are equiangular since angle BAE is common to
both triangles and thus the third angle in both these right-angled triangles has got to be of equal measure
as well. Therefore angle ABE in triangle ABE = angle BDA in triangle ABD. Thus the ratio of the side AE
(opposite to angle ABE) and AB (the hypotenuse of right-angled triangle ABE)= ratio of the side AB
(opposite to angle BDA) and AD (the hypotenuse of right-angled triangle ABD) and hence (AE/2) = (2/8)
and thus AE= ½ and hence EF= 8 – 2(1/2) = 7= BC. Hence Option 2.
Answer 28
You are asked to find the ratio of time taken for any round to the time taken for the previous round. We
have limited time and therefore we may take N as 2 and therefore the previous round shall be the first
round.
A sprinter starts running on a circular path of radius R meters. She runs on the circumference, mind you,
which is 2πR meters. If her average speed (in meters per minute) is πR during the first 30 seconds, she
runs πR/2 meters during the first 30 seconds and thus she runs the first quarter lap (because πR/2 is ¼th
of 2πR) in 30 seconds.
If her speed is πR/2 during the next minute she runs πR/2 meters during the next 60 seconds and thus she
runs the second quarter lap in twice the amount of time that she took for the first quarter lap.
If her speed is πR/4 during the next two minutes she runs πR/2 meters during the next 120 seconds and
thus she runs the third quarter lap in four times the amount of time that she took for the first quarter lap.
If her speed is πR/8 during the next four minutes she runs πR/2 meters during the next 240 seconds and
thus she runs the fourth and final quarter lap of the first round in eight times the amount of time that she
took for the first quarter lap.
This means that if she were to take N seconds for the first quarter lap, she would take 2N for the second
quarter lap, 4N for the 3rd quarter lap, 8N for the final quarter of the first lap and thus take (N+2N+4N+8N)
for the first round whereas for the second round she would take 16N seconds for the first quarter lap, 32N
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for the second quarter lap, 64N for the 3rd quarter lap, and 128N for the final quarter of the second lap and
thus take (16N+32N+64N+128N) or 16(N+2N+4N+8N) for the second round and thus the ratio of the time
taken for the second round to that of the first round is 16(N+2N+4N+8N)/(N+2N+4N+8N) = 16. Hence
Option 3.
Answer 29
We are to find the sum of the first 6002 terms of the sequence of numbers A1, A2, A3, … to infinity where A1
= 81.33 and A2 = -19 and AJ = A(J - 1) - A(J - 2) for J≥3. The three dots (known as ellipsis) after A1, A2, A3,
are an indication of a pattern and therefore the skill required for this question is Pattern Recognition.
When someone asks you to tell the sum of 6002 terms after giving the first two terms and most of the
options are either the sum of the two terms or their difference, one must realise that there must be a clear
pattern. One must reason that the idea in mentioning 6002 terms is that up to 6000 terms the total must
remain the same as the total of at the very most either (A) the first three terms or (B) the first six terms.
Looking beyond six terms is only drudgery. No one expects you to do drudgery at business school tests.
One expects you to make reasoned inferences on the basis of sound logic.
81.33 is positive. –19 is negative. Let us instead assume that the first two terms were 2 and –1 (the first
positive and the second negative). The sequence would then run as follows: 2, -1, -3, -2, 1, 3, 2, -1, -3, -2,
1, 3, 2, -1…
No. of the 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
Term
The Term 2 -1 -3 -2 1 3 2 -1 -3 -2 1 3 2 -1
A B B-A -A -B A-B A B
What you find is that the 1st and 4th terms cancel out and so do the 2nd and 5th and 3rd and 6th. This means
that the total of the first 6 terms is zero. You will also find this true of the 7th to 12th terms. You will find
that the first two terms are also the seventh and eight terms of the series and so also are the 13th and 14th
term. This means that the total of the first 6000 terms is zero and the 6001 th and 6002 th terms are also 2
and –1 if the first two terms are 2 and –1 and that if the first two terms were 81.33 and –19, the sum up to
the first 6000 terms would be zero as well and the 6001 th and 6002 th terms would be 81.33 and –19 and
thus the sum of the first 6002 terms would be 62.33. Hence Option 3.
Answer 30
The question is about the remainder (and not about the quotient) when (1523 + 2323) is divided by 19. The
question therefore is about logic and not mathematics. The logic in the question is as follows:
(1523 + 2323) is essentially [(19 – 4)23+ (19 + 4) 23]. This is because 19 is the average of 15 and 23. The
average of any two numbers is as far form one as from the other. This is the logic being tested in this
question.
When you expand [(19 – 4)23], the first term will be 1923, the second term will have (Some integral
coefficient) × (1922 and 41) the third term will have (Some integral coefficient) ×(1921 and 42) and so on till
the 22nd term that will have (Some integral coefficient) ×(191 and 422). Since up to the 22nd term all terms
will have positive integral powers of 19, all terms from the 1st term till the 22nd term will necessarily be
divisible by 19. It is only the 23rd term that will not have any power of 19 and the 23rd term will be -423.
Similarly when you expand [(19 – 4)23], all terms from the 1st term till the 22nd term will necessarily be
divisible by 19. It is only the 23rd term that will not have any power of 19 and the 23rd term will be 423.
Therefore [(19 – 4)23+ (19 + 4) 23] will essentially be [Quantities divisible by 19 +(– 4)23+ Quantities
divisible by 19 +( 4) 23] = [Quantities divisible by 19 +(– 4)23+( 4) 23] or [(Quantities divisible by 19)
+zero]. Thus when you divide (1523 + 2323) by 19, the remainder will be zero. Hence Option 3.
Answer 31
Let us see which of the statements is true:
Option 1: We shall find the reference to executives of automobile companies in the following words in the
last line in the passage: “auto executives understood pistons and carburettors, and would be loath to
cannibalise their expertise, along with most of their factories”. If somebody understands his business he
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cannot be called inefficient. If he is loath (or reluctant) to cannibalise (or use it to make another type of
automobile machine), he can be called reluctant but not inefficient.
Option 2: This option emerges verbatim in the following words in paragraph 4 in the passage: “Henry Ford’s
first car … could safely do 18 miles per hour. A hundred years and tens of thousands of research hours
later, … the average speed in London in 2001 was 17.5 miles per hour!” Hence Option 2.
Option 3: The reference to anthropological factors is in the following words in the penultimate paragraph:
“Not only has there been no great change, but also both forms of transport have deteriorated …The only
explanation for this is anthropological.” Option 3 is not true because anthropological factors, on the
contrary, seem to be an explanation for no innovation.
Option 4: The reference to jet planes is in paragraph 6 in the following words: “Fifty years after the
development of the jet engine, planes are also little changed.” This means Option 4 is not true either. When
the passage says that there is little change, it cannot be inferred that further innovation in jet engines has
been more than incremental.
Answer 32
Let us see which of the options will work. However, before we do this, we must recall that we have already
seen in the previous question the author’s assertion that cars move at the same speed in London a century
after Henry Ford’s first car. Thus Option 2 is contradicted straightaway and we shall not bother about this
option. Option 3 would be eliminated since in the author’s views there is no significant change (let alone a
rapid change). Option 1 is what you will find in the second paragraph that the author refers to “Nothing is
as permanent as change” as nothing more than a cliché (or a stereotyped expression). When he refers to
the statement in Option 1 as a cliché, the clear inference is that the author opposes the statement in Option
1. (One would have to be a moron to refer to one’s own statements as clichés). This means we are left with
Option 4 and will have to find evidence that the author supports the statement “Over decades, structural
change has been incremental”. We shall see this evidence in paragraph 6 in the following words: “Fifty
years after the development of the jet engine, planes are also little changed. They’ve grown bigger, wider,
and can carry more people. But those are incremental, largely cosmetic changes”. All that we shall need
to be clear about is that fifty years after is the same thing as over decades. Hence Option 4.
Answer 33
The whole passage is about change being overrated. There are several illustrations to support this
contention: the Henry Ford car still doing under 18 miles per hour a century after its invention and the jet
planes having changed little. Therefore Option 2 emerges straightaway.
About Option 1, you shall see a direct contradiction at the end of paragraph 1 in the following words: “In
this manner, human tribes avoid rapid change that leaves people insecure and frightened.” Option 1 will not
do for this reason. About Option 3, there is no mention about we should do. Option 3 will not do for this
reason. Since we have seen that companies have not been able to innovate much, Option 4 is eliminated
straightaway.
Answer 34
We shall find reference to fossil fuels in the final paragraph in the passage in the following words: “So for
40 years we might have been free of the ludicrous dependence on fossil fuels. Why didn’t it go anywhere?
Because auto executives ….would be loath to cannibalise their expertise along with most of their factories.”
There are some interesting words that one comes across in the above text. These words are explained in
situational contexts as follows:
If a man wears a pair of trousers three sizes too large, he would seem ludicrous or silly, or
absurd.
If you have been staying at a hill resort and are loath to leave the scenic place, you are reluctant
to leave it.
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If the mechanic, who bought your neighbour’s old car, is using it as a source of spare parts for
other cars that are brought to him for repairs, he is cannibalizing the car that he bought from
your neighbor.
This means the reason why we continue to be dependent on fossil fuels is because auto executives are
reluctant (or, in other words, not willing) to change to other fuels. Thus Option 1.
Answer 35
See the nuances of the word striking. When the workers in a factory are striking, they are agitating and not
attending to duties. When the clock is striking the hour, it is sounding the gong. When the new girl in class
has striking features, she is really worth seeing.
There are four options. In a resort hotel out of season, there are very few people, if any. The corridors of
the White House have got to be empty if the White House is to look like a resort hotel out of season. If the
corridors are hollow, they are caves, not corridors. Then the White House would to be an underground
tunnel. If they are white, then they only follow the general pattern of the single colour in the White House.
If you name something as the White House, you need not say that the walls were white; the corridors were
white; the roof was white and so on. This is why Option 3.
Answer 36
Colour can fade. People cannot fade. If people were loud, they could be either: (A) Strongly audible (B)
Dressed in bizarre clothes (such as lavender trousers and pink shirts, for example) or (C) Coarse and rough
mannered. If any of A, or C were the case the White House would resemble a fish market. If C were the
case, the White House would look like a circus.
If the gray men were stentorian (meaning people with terribly loud voices) their voices would be loud
enough to bring the ceiling down. White House would then be a fish market. This is why only Option 1 is
workable.
Answer 37
“Something provided the only colour or choler”. The President could be providing the only colour either in
terms of: (A) terribly colourful clothes or (B) livening the atmosphere with jokes or (C) the colour of his
cheeks or face reddened with anger without speaking loudly. The word choler means anger. What aspect of
the President could be set off easily? Could it be laughter? If a President of the USA were to laugh at every
little thing, he might seem like a buffoon. If his curiosity could be set off easily, he would want to see every
little thing in detail such as “What is being cooked for breakfast?” and “How many sentries were on leave
last week?” and so on. His time would be spent on trifles. He would not remain worthy of being a chief
executive of a nation. If his humour could be set off easily, he would never become serious, giggling all the
while. This is why Option 4 is to be marked correct.
Answer 38
If someone paces corridors, he walks at a regular pace, to and fro. What is clear is that the President did
something in the corridors. When you are in a corridor, you know that when you walk from one end of the
corridor to the other, if you wish to continue being in the corridor you have to do an about turn and walk to
where you started. This is why one has to pace the corridor. One strolls (or walks leisurely) in corridors
when one is in a good mood and then there is no need for a heavy frown. About storming the corridors,
this could mean attacking the corridors or enter by force. Why should the President of the USA storm
something that is his official residence? About prowling, this is what a thief would do, walking stealthily.
This too would seem illogical for the President to do considering that the White House is his official
residence. Hence Option 1.
Answer 39
Ramesh has concealed nothing nor attempted to conceal anything in saying that he did not file any tax
returns between 1946 and 1955. He has said what he meant. Devious is dishonest or deceitful. He has not
been devious at all. He has, on the contrary, been quite straightforward in owning up that he did not file
any tax returns during a particular period. He has been certainly blunt or frank. He comes to the point. If he
had been tactful, he would have been diplomatic. He may have said that he does not remember precisely
how many tax returns he filed during the period 1946 to 1955. Had he been pretentious (showy or
grandiose), he would then have not said that he learned first hand just how much power the Tax
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Department wields. On the contrary, he would have said something like this: “The Income Tax department
sent me a letter of apology for having wrongly bothered me. I then warned the Income Tax Commissioner
to be careful when he deals with me next time.” This is why Option 2.
Answers 40 and 41
He originally owed Rs.20,000 in unpaid taxes. This is the principal amount that he owes to the Income Tax
Department. However he was called to pay Rs.60,000 in all. Thus Rs.20,000 could be the principal and the
remaining amount could have been interest. This is why Option 1 for Answer 65 and Option 4 for Answer
80.
Answers 42, 43 and 44
Royalties and funds are not doors that can be closed, or collars in a coat that can be detached or, for that
matter, cattle that can be impounded. These are monies that are receivable and therefore can only be
attached (or appropriated by the IT department towards unpaid taxes). This is why Option 3: attached
for Answer 42.
If the IT department smashed or dismantled the automobiles, they would loose assets that they could sell
and realise unpaid taxes. Automobiles cannot be frozen either since they are not liquid. Funds can be frozen
(not allowed to be withdrawn) since funds in banks are liquid money. This is why Option 2: seized for
Answer 43.
Someone can be a purchaser if he were to go shopping at a store or a boutique. The IT Department is

neither a shopping mall nor a boutique. Someone can be a victim if he is not at fault. This cannot be said of
someone who has knowingly not filed tax returns or paid taxes. The IT Department is not the stock market
where a taxpayer is an investor. Anyone avoiding taxes is an offender. Hence Option 4 for Answer 44.
Answer 45
Options 1, 3, and 4 have one thing in common: they have C as an incorrect sentence. If C is correct, the
only thing to do is to mark Option 2 as correct and move on. If not, we may have to put some effort.
Sentence C is correct because the accused pleads guilty or not guilty TO a charge but the court
may find him guilty or not guilty OF a charge. See why the other sentences are correct or incorrect.
Sentence A is correct because the accused person either pleads guilty to the charge or not guilty to the
charge. Sentence B is incorrect because one pleads either guilty to the charge or not guilty to a charge
(and not of a charge). Sentence D is incorrect. Someone is sentenced to (serve) three years in prison. This
is why Option 2 is to be marked correct.
Answer 46
While granting that one need not do anything strenuous on Sundays because Sundays are meant for
relaxation, one eats on Sundays; one bathes; one plays tennis; one swims. However when someone has
nothing to do, it means that nothing was scheduled or planned. Sentence A could be correct.
Sentence B is wrong because when one wakes up, one wakes up on the bed on which one has been
sleeping all night.
Sentence C is wrong because the correct usage is: “she took a shower”. A shower is a spray of water on
one’s body. When you take a shower, you take a spray of water.
Regarding Sentence D, please see the following usages of the word spent, from which it would be clear
that the usage in Sentence D is appropriate:
(1) Around 5 per cent of New Zealand’s gross national product (GNP) was spent on education in 1996.
(2) Sir Edmund and Tensing flew to Nepal, where they spent the winter in further preparations. (Here
the implication is that they spent the winter in making preparations)
(3) The General, who saw two wars in his career, spent the last ten years of his career teaching at the
National Defence Academy. (Here the implication is the General spent ten years in teaching)
Thus Option 1.
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Answer 47
When someone is taking pains to make things look better, he/she is putting in backbreaking effort (that
might give a pain in the back). Sentence A is correct for this reason. Sentence D is correct as well.
About Sentence B, efforts are not trees. Trees do not give fruits. They bear them. You can see the
mangoes hanging ripe on the branches of the mango tree. If you want them, you have to pluck them.
The tree cannot be reasonably expected to pluck a mango from its branches and give it to you when you
are passing by. When the fruit is ripe, the fruit falls off on its own because the tree cannot bear it (or
tolerate its weight) any longer. However the word “efforts” is used in the figurative by comparing them with
trees. This is why efforts bear fruit and not give fruit. Thus Sentence B is wrong.
Since Sentence B is wrong and Sentence A is correct, you have no choice but to mark Option 3. This can
be crosschecked because Sentence C is wrong as well. Everyone could have complimented her (not
complemented) for her good work. When you compliment someone, you show appreciation. You clap.
You say words in praise. When you complement someone at tennis, you go well with him at the game;
together you both play very well. When the tennis ball complements the racket, it means the ball does
things that the racket cannot do (go to and fro) and the racket does things that the ball cannot do (hit the
ball). This is why Option 3 is to be marked correct.
Answer 48
There is mention of reanimating some things. Imagine that the bicycle and the tricycle (two things) have
become extinct for the past ten years. In order to reanimate them now (meaning bring them back to life)
one must know exactly what each of these two things looked like.
If you believe that you must have eggs for breakfast, you want them today, tomorrow, the day after and
so on an ongoing basis. If ancient Egyptians believed that some things must have every relevant feature
clearly shown, these Egyptians would have to periodically come down to earth from the heavens and, with
a paintbrush, touch up those features that have become faded. This is why only the past tense has to be
seen with reference to the relevant features.
If you have had money, you had money in the past; you do not have money now. Similarly when the
things have had every relevant feature (as in Option 2) the relevant features had gone even while
the Egyptians were portraying them. How can you reanimate anything if you do not know what they
looked like? This is why Option 3 will do. When you portray things, these things are in the plural. Option 4
talks about only one of the things when it says: “it should have every relevant feature shown as clearly as
possible”. If you know only what the tricycle looked like but not what the bicycle looked like, how can you
reanimate both of them? This is why only Option 3 will do. The test here is of logic, not of English, mind
you!
Answer 49
The sentence is as such a combination of two sentences. These two sentences are:
(1) Archaeologists believe that the pieces of red-ware pottery, excavated recently near Bhavnagar,
shed light on a hitherto dark 600-year period in the Harappan history of Gujarat.
(2) The archaeologists are reasonably certain that these pieces of red-ware pottery are about 3400
years old.
Certainty (whether reasonable or otherwise) is an abstract noun. It cannot be in the singular. There cannot
be a reasonable certainty. This is why Option 1 is wrong. Since there are two sentences compressed into
one, there should be a comma at the end of Option 2 or else one does not know who or what sheds light:
the archaeologists shed light or the red-ware pottery pieces shed light? It is like this. See the following
sentence: “Mike pulled out a sandwich from his lunchbox. He ate hungrily the dog looking standing near
him.” If you do not put a comma after the word hungrily, you cannot say whether (I) Mike has eaten a
sandwich or (II) Mike has eaten the dog. This is why Option 2 is wrong.
The words “reasonable certainty” pertain to the estimate and not to 3400 years old. This is because there is
complete certainty in the words “3400 years old”. There is no beating around the bush. The archaeologists
are not saying that the pieces of pottery are “fairly old” or “awfully old”. They have put a clear figure: 3400
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years. They have reason to believe that the pottery is about 3400 years old. This is why Option 3 is wrong
and Option 4 is correct.
Ask yourself which one of the following sentences is correct and you will find the reason why Option 4 is
the only workable option:
(A) The gentleman is about 80 years old with a white moustache.

(B) The gentleman with a white moustache is about 80 years old.
Answer 50
When, for example, a boy suggests to his friends that they play football, he puts forth the idea of playing
football. In the light of this, only the second of the following three sentences will work: (1) He suggested to
play football. (2) He suggested playing football. (3) He suggested football to be played (4) This is why only
Options 2 and 3 are to be looked at. Option 2, however, mentions incidents whereas the correct word
should be incidence that means some phenomenon occurring regularly. Let us see the succinct difference
between the meanings of incident and incidence from their situational contexts hereunder:
Four months ago, there was an incident of housebreaking in our apartment block. Thereafter no
such incident has taken place. (Here an incident is an occasional event)
The incidence of housebreaking has been on the rise in our apartment block; seldom does a week
pass without an incident of housebreaking. (Here the incidence is a phenomenon of regular
occurrence of a particular type of incident)
You cannot take preventive action of the first incident of housebreaking because it has already happened.
Thieves do not give advance notice of when and where they are going to strike. The logical thing to do is to
take preventive action against recurrence. This is why only Option 3 will work.
Answer 51
This is entirely about logic. Vertical lines represent expenses. Horizontal lines represent income. The line
running diagonally is defined as the line where Income = Expenditure and thus it is that line where there is
no savings.
Write the letter A against all points representing the Ahuja family, B against the Bose family and so on. The
x-axis represents expenditure. The further right you go, the lower the expenditure and the further left you
go, the higher the expenditure. Since the question is about the highest expenditure, the furthest point to
the right is the black dot of the Dubeys.
As far as the Dubeys go, the rightmost black dot is at nearly 2800 whereas the other is at 1200: the
average expenditure of the Dubeys is 2000. Except for the Dubeys, the other three families have three
points each. If any family with three dots is to have an average higher than 2000 they must have total
expenditure in excess of 6000.
Ahuja family’s expenses add up to 800+1700+2600=5100. Bose family’s expenses add up to

900+1700+2300=4900. Coomar family’s expenses add up to 400+1000+2000=3400. None of the three are
anywhere near 6000. This means Dubeys have the highest average expenditure. Hence Option 4.
Answer 52
The y-axis represents income. The higher one goes up the y-axis, the higher the income and the lower one
descends on the y-axis, the lower the income. The question is about the lowest average income. You can
see that the three white dots of the Coomars are lower than the three black squares of the Ahujas. You can
also see that the three white dots of the Coomars are way below two of the white squares of the Bose
family whereas the third white square is just below the highest white dot of the Coomars. It is obvious that
the Bose family has a higher average income than the Coomar family. The comparison is thus between the
Coomars and the Dubeys.
The Coomar family has an average monthly income of (2200+1600+1200)/3=5000/3.
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The Dubey family has an average monthly income of (1300+3200)/2= 4500/2 = 2250. The Coomar family
has the lowest average income. Hence mark Option 3.
Answer 53
The highest amount of savings is feasible when the income is highest and expenditure is least. The highest
points either on the y-axis or on a plane parallel to the y-axis show the highest income, whereas the
rightmost points on the x-axis show the least expenditure. The points that lie closest to the line indicating
Income=Expenditure are out of the reckoning since these points represent situations where one spends
whatever one earns and has no savings.
Two black squares are far above the line. One black square is just on the line. Two white squares are close
to the central line. One white square is above the central line but not so far up as the black square. This
means the black squares show the highest amount of savings. Ahujas have the highest amount of savings.
White squares stand next to Ahujas. Hence Option 1.
Answer 54
From the previous answer we know that Ahujas and Bose family respectively have the highest and second
highest amount of savings. This means only the Dubeys and Coomars are in the reckoning for the least
amount of savings.
Logically, since the two black dots signs are close to the middle line, it can be inferred that the Dubeys have
the least savings. However we can crosscheck this with a wee bit of calculation of the average savings of
the Coomars and the Dubeys as follows: Coomars = [(1100+2200+1600)- (500+1000+2000)]/3= over 400
and Dubeys = [(3200+1300) – (1300+2800)]/2 =400/2=200. The Dubey family has the lowest average
savings and hence Option 4.
Answer 55
In the first triangle to the left, the top three have scored 198 runs. This 198 is 90% of the total score in the
match. This means the total sore in the mach was 220. Since the three top scorers score 198 runs, no one
from the remaining batsmen could have scored more than 22.
In the middle triangle, the top three have scored 175 runs, which is 70% of the total score in the match.
This means the total sore in the mach was 250. Since the three top scorers score 175 runs, the other
batsmen scored 75 runs. However no one from the remaining batsmen could have scored more than 48
since the lowest score among the three top scorers is 49.
In the triangle to the right, the top three have scored 192 runs, which is 80% of the total score in the
match. This means the total sore in the mach was 240. Since the three top scorers score 192 runs, the
other batsmen scored 48 runs.
With this let us see which Option will work and which options will not and why not:
Option 1: Rahul. His scores could be as follows: 22, 49, and 55 even if we were to assume that Rahul
scored all the remaining 22 runs in the first match. M-index= 49. Even if R scored 0 in the first match, his
M-I would be exactly 49.
Option 2: Saurav. His scores could be as follows: 22, 75, and 50. M-index= 50. Even if S scored 0 in
Triangle 1, his M-I would be exactly 50.
Option 3: Virender. His scores could be as follows: 130, 48, and 48. M-index= 48. If V scored 0 in Triangle
2 and 3, his M-I would be 0. Either ay his M-Index could never cross 48.
Option 4: Yuvraj. His scores could be as follows: 40, 48, and 87. M-index= 48. If Y scored 0 in Triangle 2,
his M-I would be 40.
The highest actual M-I would be that of Saurav and hence Option 2.
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Answer 56
The question is about the lowest R-index that one of the four players can have. We shall have to reckon
the actual scores and the maximum possible scores and the minimum possible scores when estimating the
lowest possible R-Index. If the highest score (say H runs) is fixed and so also is the actual lowest score
(say L runs), then the R-index will remain unchanged if the possible unknown score (say U runs) is such
that L<U<H.
K’s actual scores are 28 and 51. His highest possible score is 48 in Triangle 3. However since his highest
actual score is fixed at 51 and his lowest actual score is fixed at 28, the difference between His R-index
based on known scores is 51-28=23. His highest possible score in Triangle 3 is 48 and thus his lowest
possible R-index remains unchanged at 51-28=23.
R’s actual scores are 49 and 55. His R-index based on known scores is 55-49=6. R’s highest possible score
in Triangle 1 is 22 and thus his other possible R-index could be 55-22=33.
Y’s actual scores are 40 and 87. His R-index is 87-40=47. Y’s highest possible score in Triangle 2 is 48 and
thus his lowest possible R-index could be 87-40=47.
As we have seen, K’s lowest possible R-index (based on the hypothetical lowest score and the lowest actual
score) is 23 whereas R’s lowest possible is R-index is 6 based on actual scores or 33 based on hypothetical
scores. Y’s lowest possible R-index is higher than that of both K and R. This is why Y is not to be reckoned
at all. Thus it is either K or R who could have the lowest R-index from the tournament. Hence Option 2.
Answer 57
As we have seen in Answer 54:
R’s M-index is 49 whether you reckon the actual scores or his third possible score as 22 or zero.
S’s M-index is 50 whether you reckon the actual scores or his third possible score as 22 or zero.
V’s exact M-index is not possible to determine since we know only one of his actual scores. His M-
index could be 75(if his three scores were 130, 75 and 0) or 48 (if his three scores were 130, 48
and 0) or 0(if his three scores were 130, 0 and 0).
Y’s exact M-index is not possible to determine. His M-index could be 75 or 48. His scores could be
as follows: 40, 75, and 87. M-index= 75. If Y scored 0 in Triangle 2, his M-1 would be 40.
K’s exact M-index is not possible to determine. His M-index could be 48 or 28. His scores could be
as follows: 28, 48, and 51. M-index= 48. If K scored 0 in Triangle 3, his M-1 would be 28.
It is thus possible to calculate the M-index of two players: R and S. Hence Option 3.
Answer 58
The question is: How many players among those listed definitely score less than Y in the tournament? We
are therefore to limit ourselves to actual scores only. Y scores 40 and 87. His total score is 127 in the
tournament. V has scored 130 in just one match and this takes him past Y’s definite total of 127 in two
matches. We are not to reckon V in the calculations at all for that reason alone.
K’s exact scores are 28 and 51. His possible scores could be 28, 48, and 51 and thus his total could as well
be 28+48+51=127. If Y scores zero in one of the matches, K could not have scored less than Y in the
tournament. Therefore K is out from the list of those who have definitely scored less than Y in the
tournament.
R’s exact scores are 49 and 55. His possible scores could be 22, 49, and 55 and thus his total could as well
be 22+49+55=126. If Y scores zero in one of the matches, R definitely scored less than Y in the
tournament.
S’s exact scores are 75 and 50. His possible scores could be 22, 75, and 50 and thus his total could as well
be 22+75+50=147. If Y scores zero in one of the matches, one cannot say that S definitely scored less
than Y in the tournament.
This means only R has definitely scored less than Y in the tournament. Hence Option 2.
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Answer 59
Let us see which option will work:
Option 1: A-Home, B- Power, C-Defence, D-Telecom, E-Finance. C wants either Home or Finance or no
portfolio. This will not work.
Option 2: C-Home, D- Power, A-Defence, B-Telecom, E-Finance.
Option 3: A-Home, B- Power, E-Defence, D-Telecom, F-Finance. F does not want any portfolio if D gets one
of the five. This will not work.
Option 4: B-Home, F- Power, E-Defence, C-Telecom, A-Finance. C wants either Home or Finance or no
portfolio. This will not work.
Option 2 is the only workable option.
Answer 60
One should go by options. B says that if D gets either Power or Telecom then she must get the other one.
If D gets any portfolio other than Power or Telecom, then B has no conditions. D has not put any such
conditions. Option 4 will not work since if D gets Telecom, B should get Power only.

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CAT CBT 6 [The Actual CAT Paper of 21st November 2004]

Number of visitors Number of visitors

1. University 1 can belong to

1. UK 2. Canada 3. Netherlands 4. USA

2. To which country does University 5 belong?

1. None 2. Only UK 3. Only India 4. Both India and UK

A: Zakir spends more on recreation than Supriyo

1. 0.9 2. 0.75 3. 0.6 4. 0.45

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

1. Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line simultaneously.

1. 5 2. 7 3. 9 4. None of the above

1. –1<p<2 2. 0<p<3 3. –2<p<1 4. –3<p<0

1. (√13+3)/2 2. (√13-3)/2 3. (√15+3)/2 4. (√15-3)/2

1. maximised whenever a>0, b>0

1. 130 minutes 2. 135 minutes 3. 170 minutes 4. 180 minutes

1. 4√2 2. 2√2 3. √2 4. None of these

1. 350 2. 550 3. 450 4. 250

1. 7.5 2. 7 3. 7.75 4. None of these

1. –100.33 2. –30.00 3. 62.33 4. 119.33

30. The remainder, when (1523 + 2323) is divided by 19, is:

31. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

1. Executives of automobile companies are inefficient and ludicrous.

1. Nothing is as permanent as change.

1. Rapid change is usually welcomed in society.

1. Auto executives did not wish to change.

35. 1. striking 2. hollow 3. empty 4. white

Directions for questions 45 to 47: Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

45. A. Harish told Raj to plead guilty.

1. A & C 2. B & D 3. A, C, and D 4. B, C, and D

46. A. Last Sunday, Archana had nothing to do.

1. B & C 2. C 3. A and B 4. B, C, and D

1. estimated with a reasonable certainty as being about 3400 years old,

Savings = Income – Expenditure.

0 1000 2000 3000 Expenditure

51. Which family has the highest average expenditure?

1. Ahuja 2. Bose 3. Coomar 4. Dubey

52. Which family has the lowest average income?

1. Ahuja 2. Bose 3. Coomar 4. Dubey

53. The highest amount of saving accrues to a member of which family?

1. Ahuja 2. Bose 3. Coomar 4. Dubey

54. Which family has the lowest average savings?

1. Ahuja 2. Bose 3. Coomar 4. Dubey

Y (40) K (51) R (55)

90% 70% 80%

Which is a valid assignment?

1. A-Home, B- Power, C-Defence, D-Telecom, E-Finance.

2. C-Home, D- Power, A-Defence, B-Telecom, E-Finance.

3. A-Home, B- Power, E-Defence, D-Telecom, F-Finance.

4. B-Home, F- Power, E-Defence, C-Telecom, A-Finance.

1. D-Defence, B-Telecom. 2. F-Defence, B-Telecom.

3. B-Defence, E-Telecom. 4. B-Defence, D-Telecom.

Now let us turn to the question about the location of University 1.

The moral of the story is simple:

Let us assume that A= 1 2 4

There are some important lessons in the above answer:

Answers 42, 43 and 44

Someone can be a purchaser if he were to go shopping at a store or a boutique. The IT Department is

(A) The gentleman is about 80 years old with a white moustache.

Ahuja family’s expenses add up to 800+1700+2600=5100. Bose family’s expenses add up to

The Coomar family has an average monthly income of (2200+1600+1200)/3=5000/3.

Option 2 is the only workable option.

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