Quantitative Question # 1 The equation |x-1| - |x-2| + |x-4| = m has exactly n real solutions for some real m.

Then which among the following relations between m and n can not be true? (a) m/n = 3/5 (b) m = n (c) m/n = 3/2 (d) m/n = 5/3 (e) m = n-1 Quantitative Question # 2 When Katrina get's Swiss chocolcates, she swings in delight, equal to her total chocolates at that time. For instance, if Katrina gets 3 chocolates, then 7 chocolates and then 3 chocolates again, she at first makes 3 swings, then she makes 3+7 = 10 swings and then she makes 3+7+3 = 13 swings, making a total of 3+10+13 = 26 swings. If all of Katrina's Swiss chocolates are in a group of either 3 or 7 and Katrina makes 99 swings during the process, in how many different ways can she get the chocolates in that process ? (a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 2 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 3 Let f(x ,y) be a function satisfying f(x ,y)=f(2x + 2y, 2y -2x) for all x , y. Define g(x)=f(2^x , 0). What is the minimum positive integer p if g(x+p)=g(x) for all x? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 4 Consider a triangle PQR so that PQ=4, PR=5 and QR=6. Similarly, we have a point S so that QS=5, RS=4, and PQSR is a paralleogram (not an isosceles trapezium). We draw the angle bisector of < P, which hits QS at T, and the angle bisector of <PQT, which intersects PT at U. Then the length of TU is (vx denotes square root of x) (a) 3 (b) 4v6/ 3 (c) 2v3 (d) 9/2 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 5 Three positive integers a, b, and c are consecutive terms in an arithmetic progression. Given that n is also a positive integer, for how many values of n below 1000 does the equation a^2 - b^2 - c^2 = n have no solutions? (a) 458 (b) 493 (c) 524 (d) 559 (e) 596 Quantitative Question # 6 20 teams of five archers each compete in an archery competetion. An archer finishing in kth place contributes k points to his team, and there are no ties. The team that wins will be the one that has the least score . Given that , the 1st position team's score is not the same as any other team, the number of winning scores that are possible is (a) 236 (b) 237 (c) 238 (d) 239 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 7 P(x) is a third degree polynomial and the coefficients of P(x) are rational. If the graph of P(x) touches the x-axis, then how many rational roots does P(x) = 0 have? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 8 QQAD team decides to go on vacation for 8 days trusting their NL software system. The problems are fed into the system and date timer set in advance for each 8 days for the questions to be delivered to the subscribers daily. However, the software follows a weird rule. It doesn't always deliver the NL daily in those 8 days, but never misses 3 consecutive deliveries. How many possible ways are there for the NLs delivery in those 8 days? 1
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Quantitative Question # 9 Moiz has a machine into which he can put any number of one rupee coins. If he inserts n rupees, the machine returns 2n rupees. Each time he uses the machine, however, he must insert more money than he did on the previous use. If he starts with exactly Rs 1 and use the machine once, he will have Rs 2. On his next use of the machine, he is forced to insert Rs 2 yielding Rs 4, and on his third use of the machine, he can insert either Rs 3 or Rs 4 yielding a total of Rs 7 or Rs 8. The largest 2 digit integer Z such that it is impossible to obtain exactly Z rupees with the machine, starting with Rs 1 is (a) 10 (b) 65 (c) 96 (d) 97 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 10 Rani draws a square ABCD of side 1 unit. She then draws 10 straight lines connecting A to each of 11 equally spaced points lying internally on CD (including C and D). What is the total area (in unit square) of all the possible triangles that can be formed? (a) 5 (b) 11/2 (c) 11 (d) 23/2 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 11 PQR is an acute angled triangle with perimeter 60 cm. S is a point on QR. The circumcircles of triangles PQS and PSR intersect PR and PQ at T and U respectively such that ST = 8 cm and SU = 7 cm. If <TQR = <QRU, then which of the following represents the value of PT/PU? (a) 16/19 (b) 3/4 (c) 14/17 (d) 5/6 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 12 How many two digit or three digit positive integers in base 6 are there such that if 0 in inserted between the units and the tens digit, the multiple of the original number is obtained? (a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 18 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 13 Apple had to study Mathematics from his teacher Orange. As usual, Apple was sleeping in the class. Immediately he heard a thundering voice. "All roots of this equation are real as well as positive in nature". Apple woke up from deep slumber. He hurried to copy the 10 degree equation written on the board but could copy only the first two terms written on the blackboard before Orange sir wiped it all. Apple however remembered that the constant term was 2. He noted down the equation as 2x^10 - 20x^9. + 2 = 0. Apple was very sure that if someone would tell him the sum of all the coefficients of all the powers of x in the equation, he would solve it anyhow. He asked Mango about the same. The answer which Mango correctly gave was (a) -1024 (b) 0 (c) 1024 (d) Mango himself was confused (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 14 The sum of all the possible values of integral n such that (n^2-2n)^(n^2+47)=(n^2-2n)^ (16n-16) is (a) 16 (b) 17 (c) 18 (d) 19 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 15
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The total number of 7 digit positive integers whose digits are in increasing order (not necessarily strictly) is (a) 15C7 (b) 6! + 7.4! (c) 14C6 (d) 7! - 4.6! (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 16 The 150 contestants of Miss India 2010 are given individual numbers from 1 to 150. Several rounds happen before the final winner is selected. The elimination in each round follows an interesting pattern. In the 1st round starting from first contestant, every 3rd contestant is eliminated i.e. 1st, 4th, 7th, .... This repeats again from the first numbered (among the remaining) contestant in the next round (leaving 3, 5, 8, 9, ... ). This process is carried out repeatedly until there is only the winner left. What is the number of Miss India 2010? (a) 93 (b) 48 (c) 119 (d) 38 (e) 140 Quantitative Question # 17 (Number System) Let 3 statements be made (P) 10^2p - 10^p + 1 is divisible by 13 for the largest integer p < 10 (Q) The remainder on dividing 16! + 89 by 323 is q (R) 46C23 leaves remainder r on division by 23 Then p+q+r equals (a) 12 (b) 19 (c) 26 (d) 33 (e) none of the foregoing

Quantitative Question # 18 (Mensuration) From a cylinder of height 3 cm and radius 2 cm , two identical cones each of height 2 cm are to be cut such that they have the maximum volume. The volume of a cone will be (in cubic cm) (a) (2/3)*pi (b) (5.12/3)*pi (c) (6.16/3)*pi (d) (7/3)*pi (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 19 Two kinds of Vodka are mixed in the ratio 1:2 and 2:1 and they are sold fetching the profit 10% and 20% respectively. If the vodkas are mixed in equal ratio and the individual profit percent on them are increased by 4/3 and 5/3 times respectively, then the mixture will fetch the profit of (a) 18% (b) 20% (c) 21 % (d) 23% (e) Cannot be determined

Quantitative Question # 20 N girls and 2N boys played a chess tournament. Every player played every other player exactly once. The boys won 7/5 times as many matches as the girls (and there were no draws). Then which among the following is definitely false? (Assume 1 point for a win and 0 for a loss) (a) Boys pocketed prime number of points against girls (b) Girls always won twice or more matches than boys won against them (c) The sum of the scores of top 3 individual players was not between 25 and 33 (d) The sum of the scores of top 3 individual players was 69 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 21
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Amrutesh is standing on vertex A of triangle ABC, with AB = 3, BC = 5, and CA = 4. Amrutesh walks according to the following plan: He moves along the altitude-to-the-hypotenuse until he reaches the hypotenuse. He has now cut the original triangle into two triangles; he now walks along the altitude to the hypotenuse of the larger one. He repeats this process forever. What is the total distance that Amrutesh walks? (a) 48/25 (b) 12/5 (c) 12 (d) 15 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 22 The minimum possible value of the largest of ab, 1-a-b+ab, and a+b-2ab if 0 <= a <= b <=1 is (a) 4/9 (b) 1/9 (c)5/9 (d)1/3 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 23 Let f be a factor of 120, then the number of positive integral solutions of xyz = f is (a) 160 (b) 240 (c) 320 (d) 480 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 24 Apple, Bombardier, Chat.sun and Doomsayer are to compile this year's Quant Question A Day. They can finish this work together in a certain number of integer days. However, they work two in a day and it is found that the compilation is completed when (Apple, Bombardier), (Bombardier, Chat.sun) and (Chat.sun, Doomsayer) worked for respectively 5, 9 and 4 days or 7, 6 and 5 days. They could not have all together done the work in (a) 8 days (b) 9 days (c) 10 days (d) 11 days (e) 12 days Quantitative Question # 25 Through T, the mid-point of the side QR of a triangle PQR, a straight line is to meet PQ produced to S and PR at U, so that PU = PS. If the length of UR = 2 cm, then the length of QS is (a) 3/2 cm ( b) 2 cm (c) 5/2 cm (d) 3 cm (e) none of the foregoing

Quantitative Question # 26 A new Ducati is designed for the Indian market such that its mileage at a particular speed follows a certain relationship with that speed. Also , the speed decreases linearly with the mass of the rider while the petrol consumption per km increases linearly with the mass of rider .Ideally , when the mass of the rider is negligible, the speed is 100km/hr and mileage is 100km/l .When the speed of the Ducati is 50 km/hr , the mileage is 50 km/l.When the speed of the Ducati is 75 km/hr , the mileage will be (a) 60 km/l determined (b) 67 km/l (c) 72 km/l (d) 75 km/l (e) Cannot be

Quantitative Question # 27 A function V(a, b) is defined for positive integers a, b and satisfies V(a, a) = a, V(a, b) = V(b, a), V(a, a+b) = (1 + a/b) V(a, b). The value represented by V(66, 14) is ? (a) 364 (b) 231 (c) 455 (d) 472 (e) None of the foregoing 4

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Quantitative Question # 28 A cargo ship circles a lighthouse at a distance 20 km with speed 1500 km/h. A torpedo launcher fires a missile towards the ship from the lighthouse at the same speed and which moves so that it is always on the line between the lighthouse and the ship. How long does it take to hit? (a) 37.7 secs (b) 56.57 secs (c) 75.43 secs (d) 94.29 secs (e) 113.14 secs

Quantitative Question # 29 Consider a regular polygon of p sides .The number of values of p for which the polygon will have angles whose values in degrees can be expressed in integers? (a) 24 (b) 23 (c ) 22 (d) 20 (e)21 Quantitative Question # 30 Consider a pair (x,y) of natural numbers satisfying x + y^2 + g^3 = xyg, where g is the greatest common divisor of x and y .Then , how many such pairs are possible? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (e) 6 Quantitative Question # 31 LMN is a triangle. MO is the angle bisector. The point P on LM is such that <LNP = (2/5) < LNM. MO and NP meet at Z . PO = ON = NZ. Find angle LPO. (a) 60 (b) 50 (c) 45 (d) 90 (e) None of the foregoing

Quantitative Question # 32 N! is defined for non negative integers as N!=N*(N-1)*(N-2)* ...3*2*1 . The number of positive integers which divide (2^5 )! are (a) 2^13.3^3.5^2 (b) 2^8.3^2.5^2 (c) 2^11.3^2.5 (d) 2^8.3^3.5^3 (e)None of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 33 The sum of the infinite series 1/3 + 2/21 + 3/91 + 4/273 + ... is given by which of the following ? (a) 1/4 (b) 1/2 (c) 3/4 (d) 1 (e) 3/2 Quantitative Question # 34 Consider a positive integer Z which when represented in decimal base,does not end in zero. Z and the number obtained by reversing the digits of Z are both multiples of seven. Let the number of such Zs in the set {10 ,11,12... 998,999,1000} be K. Then k is given by which of the following? (a) 13 (b) 14 (c) 15 (d) 16 (e) None of the foregoing . Quantitative Question # 35 Shravya invests some amount of money in a firm M .This amount grows upto 5000 in 2 years and upto 5500 in 3 years on R% compound inetrest . Then she goes to another firm N and borrows Rs 7000 at a compound interest of R% . At the end of each year she pays back Rs 3000 to firm N . Then , the amount she should pay to firm N at the end of 3 years to clear all the dues is ? (a) 2387 (b) 2550 (c) 2667 (d) 2477 (e) None of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 36 If |(a b + c)(b c + a)(c a + b)| = 15 ,where |x| has its usual meaning , then the possible number of ordered integral triplets (a,b,c) are
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(d)60

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Quantitative Question # 37 Consider a scalen triangle PQR.Points S ,T and U are selected on sides QR, PR, and PQ respectively. The lines PS, QT, and RU meet at point Z. If area(PUZ) = 126, area(UQZ) = 63, andarea(RTZ) = 24, the area of triangle PQR is ? (a) 324 (b) 351 (c) 360 (d) 364 (e) 378

Quantitative Question # 38 There are three runners viz , Nishant , Deepak and Mohit who jog on the same path. Nishant goes jogging every two days. Deepak goes jogging every four days. Mohit goes jogging every seven days. If its the first day that they started this routine, what is the total number of days that each person will jog by himself in the next seven weeks? (a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 15 (e)16 Quantitative Question # 39 Consider a polynomial function P(y) =y^3+2y^2+5 and one another polynomial function, Q(y)=y^4 -3y^2+2y+1 .Let there be two more functions S(y) and T(y) , that satisfy gcd( P(y),Q(y) ) =S(y)*P(y) + T(y)*Q(y) .Now consider a function M(y) = T(y) - S(y) .Then ,the product of all the roots of M(y) is given by ? (a) 42 (b) 48 (c) 54 (d) 56 (e) None of the foregoing. Quantitative Question # 40 A circle passes through the vertex C of rectangle ABCD and touches its sides AB and AD at P and Q respectively. If the distance from C to the line segment PQ is equal to 4 units, then the area of the rectangle ABCD in sq. units (is) (a) 20 (b) can not be determined of the foregoing (c) 16 (d) greater than 20 (e) none

Quantitative Question # 41 Maxximus needed to calculate the volume of a rectangular room. He multiplied the length and the breadth correctly but the breadth had been incorrectly jotted down, it was one-third larger than what it should have been. To compensate for this, he reduced the height by one-third, then multiplied it on. He figured this was okay since the breadth was equal to the height. He then found his volume was off by 20 m^3. What was the actual volume? (a) 160 (b) 120 (c) 210 (d) 159 (e) None of the foregoing

Quantitative Question # 42 Which among the following have the same graph? (vx denotes square root of x) I) y = x-2 II) y = (x^2-4)/(x+2) III) y(x+2) = x^2-4 IV) y = (vx-v2)*(vx+v2) (a) I and III only (b) II and IV only (c) I, III, IV (d) II and III only (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 43 All the digits of a 50 digit positive number are 4 except for the nth digit. If the number is divisible by 13 for some choice of that nth digit, then how many possible values can n have? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) 25 (d) 33 (e) none of them
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Quantitative Question # 44 Let a, b, c be positive reals. (I) and (II) are independent statements. (I) Minimum value of a^3/4b + b/8c^2 + (1+c)/2a is p (II) a + b + 2c = 8 and a^2 + b^2 + 2c^2 = 25. Maximum possible value of c is q. Then which among the following is |p-q|? (a) 5/2 (b) 9/4 (c) 1/2 (d) 3/8 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 45 ABCD is a convex quadrilateral in which <(BAC) = <(CBD) = 30 deg, <(CAD) = 60 deg, <(CDB) = 15 deg. If E is the point of intersection of AC and BD, then measure of <(BEA) in degrees (is) (a) Cannot be determined (b) 75 (c) 105 (d) 120 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 46 'All India Pagalguy Meet of year 2008' is in June (which has 30 days), but Allwin forgot which day, so he asked around. Rohit said that the date was an odd number; Apurv claimed it was greater than 13. Divya declared it was not a perfect square, while Sonam swore it was a perfect cube. Finally, Grand-ma tells Allwin the date was less than one-fourth her (Grand-ma's)age, which Allwin knew to be 68. Yesterday Allwin learned that only one of them had told the truth! If the date of the All India PG Meet is D (numerical value), then (a) D is uniquely determinable (b) D can have exactly 2 values (c) D doesn't exist (d) D has atleast 4 values (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 47 Let m be the largest positive term of an harmonic progression whose first two terms are 2/5 and 4/9. A real number r satisfying m/2-1/n < r <= m+1/n, for every positive integer n, is best described by: (a) 1 < r < 5 (b) 2 < r <= 4 (c) 1 < r <= 5 (d) 2 <= r <= 4 (e) none of the foregoing Quantitative Question # 48 The set S has 5 elements. In how many ways can one select two (possibly identical) subsets of S whose union is S? (a) 32 (b) 63 (c) 64 (d) 93 (e) 122 Quantitative Question # 49 Twinkle tells Raveena that she has got 3 kids and 2 of these kids are twins, and also that their ages are all integers. She tells Raveena the sum of the ages of her kids and also the product of their ages. Raveena says that she has insuficient information to determine the ages, but one possibility is that the twins are a prime number of years old. If Twinkles twins are teenagers and their age is not prime, then the sum of the ages of her kids is (a) a prime number (b) is greater than 43 (c) a composite number (d) exactly 2 of the foregoing (e) still undeterminable
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Quantitative Question # 50 Triangle ABC is right-angled at B, AB = 4 cm, and BC = 3 cm. What is the radius of the circle passing through the mid-point of BC and touching AC at its midpoint? (a) 9/5 cm (b) 7/4 cm (c) 2 cm (d) 5/3 cm (e) none of the foregoing

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