QUANTS TEST – CAT 2020

1. ABCD is a square. Equilateral triangle BPC is constructed inside the square. Find the measure of
angle APD in degrees.

(a)45 (b)60 (c)120 (d)150

2. A number n! can never end with which of the following number of zeros

a)21 b)22 c)23 d)24

3. A ‘trainer’ takes 12 hours to teach ‘scuba diving’ to an ‘amateur’. The amateur becomes a trainer
after this training session. However, a trainer can teach only one amateur at a time. Initially,
there are 127amateurs and 1 trainer in a school. What is the minimum number of hours
required for every amateur to become a trainer?

4. Square ABCD is circumscribed by a circle. E is the midpoint of arc AB. Find angle AEB.

(a)120 (b)90 (c)150 (d)135

5. Three successive discounts of 10 % is equivalent to a single discount of approximately what %?

a)30 b)33 c)27 d)28

6. If a three digit number is written next to itself, then which of the following is true of the resulting
6 digit number?
a) It is always divisible by 143 and is divisible by 7 only when the three digit number is odd.
b) It is always divisible by 91 and is divisible by 11 only if the three digit number is even
c) It is always divisible by 77 as well as by 13
d) It is divisible by 1001 only when the three digit number is prime.

7. In square PQRS of side 6 units, A is a point on PS such that PA is twice of AS and B is a point on
RS such that SB is half of BR. Find area of triangle ABQ.
a)8 b)10 c)12 d)None of the above

8. Two equal circles of radius 1 unit cut each other such that the points of intersection of the circles
and the centres of the circle form the vertices of a square. Find the area common to both the
circles
a)π/2 - 1 b)π/4 - 1 c)π – 1 d)None of the above

9. There are two alloys X and Y. Alloy X contains brass, copper and nickel, as 60% 25% and 15%
respectively, whereas alloy Y also contains the same metals with percentages 60%, 20%, 20%
respectively. If these two alloys are mixed such that the resultant will contain 18% nickel, what is
the ratio in which the two alloys X and Y are mixed?
(a) 2:3 (b) 3:2 (c) 2:1 (d) 3:1
10. The price of a bag is the same in two shops X and Y. In shop X, two successive increases of 20%
was done to the price of the bag, while in shop Y, there was a single increase of 40%.In which
shop as compared to the other is the final price of the bag higher and by what %
a)Y is higher by 4% b)X is higher by 4% c)Y is higher by 3% d)X is higher by 3%

11. During a trip, Francine travelled x percent of the total distance at an average speed of 40 miles
per hour and the rest of the distance at an average speed of 60 miles per hour. In terms of x,
what was Francine’s average speed for the entire trip?
(a)(x+50)/2 (b)4000/(x+60) (c)12000/(x+200) (d)100x/(x+50)

12. A 500 ml solution contains 40% sulphuric acid. How much of this should be replaced with another
solution containing 24% sulphuric acid so that the resultant solution contains 36% sulphuric acid?
(a) 375 ml (b) 100 ml (c) 250 ml (d) 125 ml

13. There are three sections in a school – A, B and C. The average marks scored by students of A, B
and C in a particular exam are 80, 86 and 72 respectively. The average mark obtained by students
of B and C combined is 78. The average marks obtained by students of A and B is 84. If the number
of students in section C is 48, find the total number of students in the three sections put together.
(a) 96 (b) 132 (c) 144 (d) 102

14. Find the largest among the following.

a)21/3 b)71/10 c)182/23 d)301/15

15. A shopkeeper currently gives a 20 % discount and is thereby making a loss of 11.11%.What will
be his profit % if he offers no discount ?

16. A tank is fitted with two taps A and B which can fill the tank in 100 minutes. Tap A is opened for
half the time taken by tap B alone to fill the tank and then closed. Tap B is opened for half the
time taken by tap A alone to fill the tank and then closed. If the tank is full now, find the time
taken by tap A alone to fill the tank.

17. While travelling downstream on a boat, Praveen unknowingly drops his cap in the river at X.
After travelling for exactly 4 hours, he reaches Y and realizes he doesn’t have his cap. He
immediately turns around and travels upstream. For how many hours should he travel upstream
to retrieve the cap?
(a) 6 hrs (b) 8hrs (c) 4hrs (d) Cannot be determined

18. Jack wrote down the first 100 natural numbers on a piece of paper in ascending order. He erased
9 of these numbers and saw that the average of the remaining numbers was 55. Find the
average of the numbers he erased.
19. A person runs around a circular track such that after the completion of each round, he increases
his speed by 50%. If he ran 4 rounds around the track in a total of 195 minutes, how many
minutes did he take to complete just the 3rd round?

20. In a rectangle, the length is increased by 25%. By what percentage should the width reduce so
that the area reduces by 25%?

a)30% b)40% c)50% d)Depends on the dimensions of rectangle