CAT Replica Arithmetic- I (CWQAT -2201)
1. Let A, B and C be 3 positive integers such that the sum of
A and the mean of B and C is 5. In addition, the sum of B and
the mean of A and C is 7. Then the sum of A and B is
a) 7 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
2. Aron bought some pencils and sharpeners. Spending the
same amount of money as Aron, Aditya bought twice as many
pencils and 10 less sharpeners. If the cost of one sharpener
is Rs. 2 more than the cost of a pencil, then the minimum
possible number of pencils bought by Aron and Aditya
together is-
a) 36 b) 33 c) 30 d) 27
3. 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-
a) 1 b) 3 c) 4 d) 2
4. The number of pairs of integers (x, y) satisfying x ≥ y ≥ -20
and 2x + 5y = 99 is
5. In a group of 10 students, the mean of the lowest 9 scores
is 42 while the mean of the highest 9 scores is 47. For the
entire group of10 students, the maximum possible mean
exceeds the minimum possible mean by
a) 3 b) 5 c) 4 d) 6
6. On a certain day, each member of a family drank some tea
and some coffee. The total amount of tea and coffee
consumed by each member was 125 ml. One of the members
drank one-tenth of the total tea and one-twelfth of the total
coffee that was consumed that day. Find the number of
members in the family.
a) 10 b) 12 c) 11 d) Cannot be determined
7. Each of Abhilasha, Bindu, Chetana and Divya had some
coins with them. They met a magician who gave them a
magic pot. The magician told them that if any two of the girls
put x and y coins respectively, one after the other into the
pot, the pot would give 2x + 3y coins. The girls calculated
what the pot would give when each of the following pairs of
girls, in the given order, put their coins into the pot: for
Abhilasha and Divya, Bindu and Chetana, and Divya and
Bindu, the pot would give 32, 27 and 25 coins respectively.
How many coins would the pot give, when Chetana and
Abhilasha put their coins into the pot in that order?
a) 24 b) 26 c) 28 d) Cannot be determined
8. Every morning in a garden, new insects equal in number to
80% of the existing insects are born. 37.5% of the new born
insects die immediately after birth, and every evening 40% of
the insects are killed with an insecticide. After how many days
will the insect population be less than 50% of the initial
population for the first time?
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7
9. A cube is heated and expanded to the shape of cuboid.
The area of three mutually perpendicular faces increased by
80%, 92% and 140% respectively. The volume of newly
formed cuboid is how much% more than that of the original
cube?
10. A certain sum is lent out at a certain rate of simple interest
and compound interest compounded yearly. The difference
between compound interest and simple interest for 3 years is
64% of the simple interest for 1 year. Find the rate of interest.
a) 10% b) 15% c) 20% d) 12.5%
11. A man borrowed a certain sum under compound interest,
compounded annually, from a bank. CI for 2nd and 3rd year
are ₹3840 and ₹4608 respectively. Find the sum.
(a)₹14000 (b) ₹16000 (c) ₹18000 (d) ₹20000
12. A tailor met a tortoise sitting under a tree. When the
tortoise was as old as the tailor is, the tailor’s age was one-
fourth of his present age. When the tree was as old as the
tortoise is, the tortoise’s age was one-seventh of its present
age. The sum of the present ages of the tailor, the tortoise
and the tree is 312 years. Find the present age of the tailor.
a) 36 years b) 44 years c) 48 years d) 52 years
13. A laptop can be purchased by making a cash payment of
₹65,000. It can also be purchased by making a down
payment of ₹5,420 and paying three equal annual
instalments at 10% p.a. compound interest. If each
instalment was paid at the end of a year, the value of each
instalment is ₹
14. Consider the following system of equations:
x + 2y + 3z = 17
11x + 3y – 8z = 26
29x + y – 36z = k
The value of k for which the system of equations has at least
one solution is –
a) -10 b) 10 c) 20 d) -2
15. A garrison starts a month with provisions expected to last
for the entire month. After a few days, it is discovered that the
provisions will, in fact, fall short by 12 days and it is calculated
that if the stock of provisions left is immediately tripled, it will
be possible to exactly make up for the shortfall. If the stock of
provisions left is doubled instead of being tripled, and
simultaneously the strength of the garrison is decreased by
25%, then find the number of days by which the provisions will
fall short.
16. The rate of cooling of a body is directly proportional to the
fourth power of the temperature difference between the
surroundings and the body as well as to the surface area of
the body. A body in the shape of a cube is melted to form a
sphere and during this process the temperature difference of
the body and the surroundings increased by 10%. Find the
approximate ratio(R) of the new rate of cooling to the initial
rate of cooling.
a) 0<R<1 b) 1 < R < 2
b) c) 2 < R < 3 d) None of these
17. The cost of nine erasers, seven sharpeners and five
pencils is ₹38. The cost of four erasers, three sharpeners and
two pencils is ₹16. Find the cost of two pencils and three
sharpeners, if the cost of each of the items, in rupees, is a
natural number and the cost of no two items is the same.
a) ₹12 b) ₹14 c) ₹8
18. A shopkeeper bought an article at ₹1000 and marked up
2𝑥
its price by x%. If he then gave a discount of
5
% and still got
a profit percentage of
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%, find the amount of discount given.
5
a) ₹200 b) ₹300 c) ₹500
19. Sushant took six AIMCATs and the total score that he
obtained in each AIMCAT was a distinct integer between 121
to 130, both inclusive. If the average of his AIMCAT scores at
the end of every AIMCAT was an integer, and he scored 127
in the sixth test, how much did he score in the fifth test?
20. The ratio of the Incomes and Savings of A and B is 3:4
and 4:5 respectively; while the ratio of Savings and Incomes
of B and C is 3:4 and 4:5 respectively. Find, who’s expenditure
is maximum?
a) A b) B c) C d) Cannot be determined
21. A manufacturer reduces the cost of production of an item
by 25% but left the S.P. unchanged as a result of which his
profit as a percentage of cost of production increased by 40
percentage point. What will be his profit percentage if he
reduces the cost of production by further 20%?
a) 125 % b) 130% c) 135% d) None of these
22. A is x% more than B and is x% of sum of A and B. What
is the value of x?
a) 50% b) 62% c) 75% d) 37%
23. The cost of 10 biscuits, 12 chocolates and 15 ice creams
is ₹315. The cost of 12 biscuits, 15 chocolates and 19 ice
creams is ₹389. The cost of 56 biscuits, 69 chocolates and N
ice creams is ₹1797. Find the value of N for which the cost of
each item cannot be determined uniquely.
24. A company manufacturing plastic bottles incurs a cost of
₹40 per bottle. The number of bottles sold in a month
decreases by 20 for every ₹4 increase in the selling price. If
when the selling price of each bottle is ₹48, the number of
bottles sold in a month is 600, find the maximum profit (in ₹)
that the company can make in a month?
25. Eleven persons, P1, P2 ……. P11, have m coins each. P1
first distributes 1 coin to each of the remaining 10 persons. P2
then takes 2 coins from each of the remaining 10 persons.
Later, P3 distributes 3 coins to each of the remaining 10
persons and this process continues until P7 completes his
turn. If P7 is left with no coins after distributing coins to the
remaining persons, find the total number of coins with the four
persons P8, P9, P10 and P11 after P7 completes his turn.
26. In a bag, there are a total of 150 coins in three
d) ₹7 denominations – ₹1, ₹2 and ₹5 – with at least one coin of each
denomination being present in the bag. The total value of the
₹1 coins is at least 50% of the total value of the coins in the
bag. If there are 23 ₹5 coins in the bag and the total value of
the ₹2 coins is at least 3% of the total value of the coins in the
bag, find the number of ₹2 coins in the
d) ₹600 bag.
27. Each of Shiva and Hari has a few marbles with them. If
Shiva gives 12 marbles to Hari, the ratio of the number of
marbles with them becomes the reciprocal of the initial ratio. If
they together have a total of N marbles, how many marbles
should Shiva give to Hari so that each of them has an equal
number of marbles?
a) 6 b) 12 c) 24 d) 26
28. In a lottery, there are four cash prizes and a certain amount
is set aside for that purpose. The first prize, which is ₹x more
than half the total amount, is given away. The second prize,
which is ₹2x more than half the remaining amount, is given
away. Then the third prize, which is ₹3x more than half the
remaining amount, is given away. Finally, the fourth prize,
which is ₹4x more than half the remaining amount, is given
away. If the winner of the first prize gives 50% of the amount
he received to the winner of the last prize, what is the ratio of
the amounts with the winners of the third prize and the fourth
prize?
a) 13: 25 b) 20: 29 c) 14:33 d) Cannot be determined
29. - In a management entrance test, there are 150 questions.
Six marks are awarded for each correct answer, two marks
are deducted for each wrong answer and one mark is
deducted for each question left unattempted. Which of the
following could be the number of questions left unattempted
by a candidate who got a net score of 360?
a) 24 b) 26 c) 28 d) 30
30. Two natural numbers, a and b, are in the ratio 7: 10
respectively. When a positive integer x is subtracted from both
a and b, the new ratio is observed to be less than 5: 9. What
is the least value that x can assume?