Institute of Actuaries of India

Solutions for Sample Questions - ACET 2016

Mathematics
1. c. It is by definition.
2. a. It is by definition.
3. d. Height of the plant in 15 days (by linear interpolation) is

4.

Su

of the roots + =

and product of the roots = . The other options are

true on simple algebra.

5. a. The roots are given by x =

6. d.

7. a.

and

. a =1 ;b=9 and c = 20. Hence, x= -4 or -5.

is in - for

. Hence

To have form we write

. Appling L Hospitals rule twice we get the value as

0.
8. b.
interval

, which is positive only in the

9. c. Differentiating y wrt to x twice and putting x=1 we get the answer.

10.

10.a.

dx =

Since log x for x

is not defined, put t = - x, so that

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11. c.

12. d.

= 1 By integration by parts.
is to be treated as a gamma function which is

13. b.

14. d. The matrix formed by the co factors is

. Hence Inverse of A =
15. c. ( - +
angle is

)( - +

. Therefore AdjA=
.

.Therefore the

Statistics
16. b.

= 5+10+10 +5+1=31

17. a. Make use the formula for sum of

positive integers from 1 to n.

18. b. There are 11 numbers. When arranged in increasing order 9 is the middle most
number. The median of the numbers below 9 is 5. Hence, Q 1=5. Similarly Q3=18. Thus
the interquartile range is: Q3 - Q1= 18-5=13.
19. c.
This implies k=1/3.
20. c. The Mean of X is (0 1/6)+( 1 1/2)+(2 3/10)+(3 1/30) = 6/5.
21. a.
= 1 implies

, since
Thus

22. a. X is Poisson such that

This implies

and =

.
. That is

=36. Thus, the positive root of 36 is 6. The variance

is 6.

23. c. The number of claims is a discrete variable, and the normal distribution is the only
one meant for a continuous variable.
24. c. Let ,

and

be the events that the vehicle involved was a scooter, a car and a truck,

respectively. These events are disjoint. Further,

and

. The required probability is

25. a.

. Thus

26. d. The correlation coefficient is

= -1/2 (since the regression

coefficients are negative.)

Data Interpretation
27. c. 43/201 from 1999-00 is the highest ratio.
28. d. 180 = 345-65 from 2000-01 is the maximum cost.
29. a. 105/106= 99.06% for the year 1997-98 is the highest cost percentage.
30. d. 345 * ( 345/201) 65 = 527
31. b. 345 * (345/201) = 592; 527/592 = 89%
32. b. For years 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1997-98
33. d.
is the highest turnover increase percentage in
1997-98 over the previous year 1996-97.
34. b. 42.8% = 837.5/ 1956, where 1956= 1630*1.2 and 837.5 = 670*1.25, where 1630 is
the number of total present soap users and 670 is the number of present Lux users.
35. c. 2.445 = 1630 *1.5 /1000
36. b. Percentage of past Liril users of present total soap users is 500/1630 = 30.67%.

Percentage of present Liril users of present total soap users = 465/1630 = 28.53%.
The decrease in percentage is

37. a.
Shift from present Lux users = 10% * 670= 67
Shift from present Liril users= 10% * 465 = 46.5
Shift from present Dove users= 8% * 240= 19.2
Shift from present Nivea users= 6% * 255= 15.3
Number of Palmolive users
answer is an integer).

(no rounding needed;

39. a.
Lux has the largest share, so option b is wrong. Nivea has the second largest share, so c
is eliminated. Options a and d are consistent with these two facts. The number of users
of Dove and Nivea are comparable, while these two numbers are smaller than the
number of non-users of soap. Only option a correctly represents this fact.

English
39. d.
40. b.
41. c.
42. a.
43. b.
44. c.
45. b.
46. c.
47. d.
48. b.
49. d.
50. c.
51. b.
52. a.
53. d.

54. b.
55. a.
56. b.
57. c.
58. b.
59. c.
60. c.
61. d.
62. b.

Logical Reasoning
63. a. The pattern aaaaba is repeated.
64. d. The only daughter of Priyanka's father is Priyanka herself. So, Sachin's mother is
Priyanka. Thus, Priyanka's husband is the father of Sachin.
65. a.
66. b. The watch gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes => 100 seconds in 1 hour. From 8 AM to 10
PM on the same day, time passed is 14 hours. In 14 hours, the watch would have gained
1400 seconds or 23 minutes 20 seconds. So, when the correct time is 10 PM, the watch
would show 10:23:20 PM.
67. c.
68. d. Each day of the week is repeated after 7 days. So, after 63 days, it will be Monday.
After 61 days, it will be Saturday.
69. b. The correct order is
Mosquito Cat Tiger Elephant Whale
4

70. b.
As only one statement is wrong, other two statements will be true.

If you assume UPA wins the election. Now Statements of Y and Z are becoming false
which is against our condition.
If you assume that neither wins the collection, then Statements of X and Y become
wrong, which goes against our condition.
Assume NDA wins the election. Now Statements of X and Y are true. This satisfies our
condition that two of them tell the truth. So NDA wins the election.
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