CAT WORKSHOP-8

Topic: Miscellaneous
LRDI- Class 3
By: Saurabh Kothari
1. How many of the following values can be the average seconds for
which Mr. X was able to mount himself on the bull in 2017?
(i) 71.38 (ii) 66.35 (iii) 63.5 (iv) 60.65 (v) 74.6
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

2. If x was the average seconds for which Mr. X was mounted on a bull
in 2018, what would have been the difference between the maximum
possible value of x and the minimum possible value of x?
A. 7.5 B. 8 C. 8.5 D. 9

3. The average seconds for which Mr. X was mounted on a bull in both
the years combined is 68. If every time Mr. X was mounted on a bull for
at least 61 seconds and at most 70 seconds in both the years, he was
always mounted on a bull for exactly x seconds, what is the maximum
possible value of x?
A. 65 B. Rs. 66 C. 64 D. 63

4. In one of the two years, every time Mr. X was mounted on bull for
more than 90 seconds, he was always mounted on a bull for the same
number of seconds. If the average number of seconds for which he was
mounted on a bull in this year was 68, what is the highest possible
average seconds for which he was mounted on a bull in those games in
the year in which he was mounted on a bull for at least 81 seconds and
at most 90 seconds?
A. 87.8 B. 85.5 C. 84.5 D. 86.8
1. Who wore orange shirt?
A. Sunny B. Mridual C. Karan D. Shiva

2. Which of the following is a correct pair of

husband and wife?
A. Karan and Kriti B. Karan and Neeta
C. Karan and Preeti D. Shiva and Preeti

3. Who sat on table T5?

A. Karan B. Preeti C. Anu D. Sunny

4. On which table did Karan have dinner?

A. T1 B. T2 C. T3 D. T4
Directions: Study the below information and answer.
A study revealed the following data about the difference in choice of Q. Six-percent of all career aspiring boys decide to start their own
careers of boys and girls in a particular university. business instead of looking for a job and 25% of the career-aspiring girls
also decide not to look for a job. What percent of total students looking
for jobs will fail to get one?
[Assume that if a student does not get a job in his/her field he/she can
try for a job in any other field].
A. 24.68% B. 25.68% C. 45.68% D. 35.68%

Q. If only 28% engineering seats are filled with girls, then what
percentage of boys seeking to do engineering cannot get admission?
A. 17% B. 13.3% C. 18% D. 16.6%

Q. If seats for computer engineering increase by 60% next year, while

the break-up by career aspiration remains unchanged, then how many
computer engineering seats will be available for admission?
A. 10723 B. 8520 C. 9365 D. 14906

Which career opportunities find more aspirants than the number of jobs
available? (Consider Other as one category.)

(i) Defence Services, others

(ii) CA, Teaching
(iii) Banking, MBA, Medical, Engineering

A. (i) only B. (ii) only C. (iii) only D. (ii) and (iii)

1. Which of the following trains would be carrying around
5,500 passengers after traveling 90 km from the railway
junction?
A. Train 1 B. Train 2 C. Train 3 D. Train 4

2. If ABC Nagar, which is x km away from the railway junction,

and Train 4 still has around 5,000 passengers, then calculate
the value of x.
A. 100 KM B. 50 KM C. 75KM D. 150 KM

3. If Train 3 has around 2,000 passengers after reaching the

area which is d km away from the railway junction, then which
of the following options gives the correct range of all the
possible values of d?
A. B.

C. D.

4. If Train 4 has x passengers after traveling 300 km from the

railway junction, then which of the following is true?
A. 1450 < x ≤ 2400 B. 700 ≤ x ≤ 2400
C. 700 < x ≤ 2200 D. 1450 ≤ x ≤ 2200
Directions: Study the following information and answer the question
that follows.

Four friends Mr. P, Mr. Q, Mr. R and Mr. S met at a certain place to 1. Who went to Restaurant-C?
discuss how their dinner went last night. Each of them went to a
different restaurant among Restaurant-A, Restaurant-B, Restaurant-C A. Mr. Q B. Mr. P C. Mr. R D. Mr. S
and Restaurant-D, and spent a different amount among £10 ,£20, £30
and £40 at the restaurant, not necessarily in that order. Among the four 2. What is the amount spent by Mr. R at the restaurant?
friends, there was exactly one truth-teller, who always tells the truth,
and exactly three liars, each of whom always lies. A. 10 B. 20 C. 30 D. 40
They made the following statements regarding their eating joints and
3. Who spent the highest amount at a restaurant?
the amounts that they spent:
Mr. Q: A. P B. Q C. R D. S
I did not go to Restaurant-B.
The amount spent by me at the restaurant is equal to the average of the
amounts spent by Mr. P and Mr. S. 4. Which of the following combinations is true?
Mr. R:
I did not spend £30 at the restaurant. A. Mr. Q - Restaurant-B - £10
Mr. S went to Restaurant-C. B. Mr. S - Restaurant-A - £30
Mr. P: C. Mr. P - Restaurant-D - £20
I went to Restaurant-A. D. None of the above.
I spent the highest among the four of us at the restaurant.
Mr. S:
I went to Restaurant-C.
I spent £10 at the restaurant.

Directions: Study the following information and answer the
question.
A cell phone assembling plant has 7 processes to assemble a
cell phone. The seven processes are P, Q, R, S, T, U and V. The
process can only be started with S or T. S takes 12 days, while T
takes 7 days. Q can be started only after S and T. Q takes 5 days.
R takes 8 days and can be started only after T. R and S are
prerequisites for U and it can be completed in 5 days. Q and R
are perquisites for V, which takes 2 days. P, which is the final
assembly process, can only be started if all the other processes
have been completed. P takes 6 days. Further, it is known that
processes can be carried out simultaneously.
1. If the process starts on 1st March, the process can be
completed at the earliest by
A. 21st March B. 22nd March C. 26th March D. 27th March
2. A new machine is bought which halves the time for process
R. If the whole process is completed in the minimum possible
time, what percent of the time is spent doing exactly one of
the processes (Percentage of time during which multiple
processes are not run in parallel)?
3. A new machine is bought which reduces the time for S by
half. If the process is started on 2nd April, the earliest date on
which the whole process will be completed is:
A. 20th April B. 27th April C. 23rd April D. 28th April
4. The management is planning to invest in a new machine
which will reduce the process time for one of the processes
among P, Q, R, S, T, U and V by half. The management decides
in such a way that there is maximum reduction in the
completion time as compared to the original time.
What is the percentage reduction in time that the
management can expect?
A. 3.84% B. 11.53% C. 23.07% D. 7.69%