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----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 1
-----------------------------------------------------------Let n be positive integer and g(n) denotes the gcd of n^2 + 11 and (n+1)^2 + 11,
then max(g(n)) is
(a) 15 (b) 45 (c) 75 (d) 105
----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 2
-----------------------------------------------------------The points P, Q, R lie on a line in that order with PQ=9, QR=21. Let O be a point not
on PR such that PO=RO and the distances PO and QO are integral.
Then sum of all possible perimeters of triangle PRO is
(a) 320 (b) 350 (c) 380 (d) 410
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 3
-----------------------------------------------------------Which of the following statements about the functions
A(x, y, z) = x + 3y - 4xy - 2yz + 2zx and B(x,y,z) = |x-|x-y|| + |y-|y-z|| + |z-|z-x|| is
necessarily true?
(a) B(x,y,z) <= |x-y| + |y-z| + |z-x|
(c) A(x,y,z) > -6
(b) (B(x,y,z))^2 > A(x,y,z) for x > y > z > 0
(d) None of the above
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 4
-----------------------------------------------------------Let [x] denotes the greatest integer that is less than or equal to x, e.g. [3.45] = 3, then
[1/3] + [2/3] + [2^2/3] + [2^3/3] +...+ (101 terms) equals
(a) 1/3( 4^50 - 1) - 50 (b) 1/3( 4^51 - 1) - 51 (c) 2/3( 4^50 - 1) - 50
(d) none of the above
Funda [-1/3] = 0
[2/3] + [2^2/3] = (2+2^2)/3 - 1
[2^3/3] + [2^4/3] = (2^3+2^4)/3 1
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-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 5
-----------------------------------------------------------There are 11 books on a shelf. How many ways are there to choose 4 of them so that
no two of the chosen books stand next to each other?
(a) 70 (b) 165 (c) 495 (d) none of these
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 6
-----------------------------------------------------------We are given a system of n linear equations in n variables, n > 1. Which of the following
statements MUST BE FALSE?
(a) The system of equations has an odd number of solutions.
(b) The system of equations has no solution.
(c) The system of equations has an infinite number of solutions.
(d) The system of equations has exactly n solutions.
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 7
-----------------------------------------------------------Let m = 1^2/1 + 2^2/3 + 3^2/5 + ... + 500^2/999, and n = 1^2/3 + 2^2/5 + 3^2/7 + ...
+ 500^2/1001, then the integer closest to m - n is
(a) 250 (b) 500 (c) 1000 (d) 1500
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 8
-----------------------------------------------------------If the equation (x^2 - 2ax -4(a^2 + 1))(x^2 - 4x -2a(a^2 + 1)) = 0 has exactly 3 different
roots, then how many values can "a" take?
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 9
-----------------------------------------------------------In a wedding 101 people meet. The 1st person shakes hand with only 1 other person, 2nd
with 2 others,..., 100th with 100 others. With how many persons does the 101th person
shake hands?
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-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 10
-----------------------------------------------------------Two statements are made about the set A = {1, 2, 3, ..., 100}.
(1) More 4 element subsets of A have sum greater than 201 than have sum less than 201.
(2) More 4 element subsets of A have sum greater than 203 than have sum less than 203.
Then which among the following is right?
(a) Only (1) is true
(b) Only (2) is true
(c) Both (1) && (2) are false (d) Both (1) & (2) are true
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 11
-----------------------------------------------------------For all real x, f(x) satisfies 2f(x) + f(1-x) = 2*x^2 + 1. Then which among the following is
true for all x?
(a) f(x) <= 1 (b) f(x) >= -1 (c) f(x) >= 1 (d) f(x) <= -1
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 12
-----------------------------------------------------------Let 123abc231bca312cab be a 18 digit number in base 7. How many ordered pairs (a,b,c)
exist such that the given 18 digit number is divisible by 4?
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 13
-----------------------------------------------------------If |x^2-1|/(x-2) = x, then what value can x take?
(a) (1-5^1/2)/2 (b) (1-2^1/2)/2 (c) (1-3^1/2)/2 (d) (1+2^1/2)/2
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 14
-----------------------------------------------------------Two brothers, each aged between 10 and 90, "combined" their ages by writing them
down one after the other to create a four digit number, and discovered this number to be
the square of an integer. Nine years later they repeated this process (combining their
ages in the same order) and found that the combination was again a square of another
integer. What was the sum of their original ages?
(a) 37 (b) 55 (c) 63 (d) 71
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-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 15
-----------------------------------------------------------If f(n) = (24n + 1)^1/2, where n is a positive integer,
then what can be said about f(n) ?
(a) f(n) is prime for some n, but not infinite n
(b) f(n) is composite for some n, but not infinite n
(c) both (a), (b) are true
(d) both (a), (b) are false
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 16
-----------------------------------------------------------a, b, c, d are non-zero reals and f(x) = (ax + b)/(cx + d). If f(-1) = 0, f(1) = 1 and
f(f(x)) = x for all x (except -d/c). The unique value which is not in the range of f(x) is
(a) 1/3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) -1/2
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 17
-----------------------------------------------------------If x^6 + 5x^3 + 8 = 0, then which among the following is true?
(a) x + 2/x = 1 (b) x + 2/x = -1 (a) x - 2/x = 1 (a) x - 2/x = -1
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 18
-----------------------------------------------------------Let ABCD is a square of length unity. A point Q is taken on BC and joined with P which is
the mid-point of AB. If (< PDQ) = 45 degrees, then the area of traingle PBQ is:
(a) 1/8 (b) 1/9 (c) 1/4 (d) 1/6
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 19
-----------------------------------------------------------There are 6 straight lines in a plane, no 2 of which are parallel and no 3 of which pass
through the same point. If their points of intersection are joined, then the number of
additional lines thus introduced is
(a) 45 (b) 78 (c) 105 (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 20
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-----------------------------------------------------------The length of 2 altitudes of a triangle are 3 and 5 respectively. Which among the
following can not be the length of the third altitute?
(a) 7.5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 21
-----------------------------------------------------------If a,b,c,d are positive integers and a+b+c+d = 99, and A = (-1)^a + (-1)^b + (-1)^c + (1)^d then, the total possible number of values of A are
(a)99 (b) 98 (c) 3 (d) 2
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 22
-----------------------------------------------------------Letters of the word BLACKI are arranged in order such that B is not at 1st, A is not at 3rd
and K is not at 5th. In how many ways can this be done?
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 23
-----------------------------------------------------------9 contestants for Miss India are seated on around circular table.
Aditya(HAHAHAH)wants to date 3 of them such that he doesn't select any 2
neighbouring contestants. The number of ways in which Aditya can do this is
(a) 24 (b) 33 (c) 27 (d) 30
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 24
-----------------------------------------------------------Let [x] denotes the greatest integer that is less than or equal to x, e.g. [5.43] = 5.
Let x be any number selected randomly such that [x^1/2] = 10. The probability that
[(100x)^1/2] = 100 is
(a) 1/7 (b) 1 (c) 67/700 (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 25
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The sequence 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, ... includes all numbers that are a sum of one or more
distinct powers of 3. Then the 50th term of the sequence is
(a) 252 (b) 283 (c) 327 (c) 360
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 26
-----------------------------------------------------------Let Q be the quotient obtained on dividing 31^29 by 41. Then Q is divisible by
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 27
-----------------------------------------------------------At the start of a weekend a player has won 50% of the matches he has played. At the end
of the week after playing another 10 matches, 9 of which he wins, he has won more than
51% of his matches. What is the largest number of matches he could have played till the
end of weekend?
(a) 378 (b) 287 (c) 216 (d) 185
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 28
-----------------------------------------------------------If x, y, z are any real numbers then the minimum possible value of x^2 + 2y^2 + z^2 +
2yz subject of x + 2y + z = 6 is
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 29
-----------------------------------------------------------In the triangle PQR, PQ = PR and the bisector of angle Q meets PR at A. If QR = QA + AP
then < (P) equals
(a) 90 degrees (b) 120 degrees (c) 135 degrees (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 30
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n people vote for one of 27 candidates. Each candidate's percentage of the vote is at least
1 less than his number of votes.
What is the smallest possible value of n?
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 31
-----------------------------------------------------------The curve y^2 +2xy + 4|x| = 4 divides the x-y plane into regions. Then the area bounded
by the closed region of the curve is
(a) 8 (b) 8*(2)^1/2 (c) 16 (d) 16*(2)^1/2
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 32
-----------------------------------------------------------8 players compete in a tournament. Everyone plays everyone else just once. The winner
of a game gets 1, the loser 0, or each gets 1/2 if the game is drawn. The final result is that
everyone gets a different score and the player placing second gets the same as the total of
the four bottom players. What was the result of the game between the player placing
third and the player placing seventh?
(a) Third player wins (b) Seventh player wins (c) The match ends ina draw (d) can
not be determined
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 33
-----------------------------------------------------------Two circles of radius 4cm, and 9cm touch each other externally. A common tangent AB is
drawn to these two circles, A and B lie on the two circles respectively. Then the radius of
the circle which touches the given circles, and also whose tangent is line AB is
(a) 1.32 cm (b) 1.44 cm (c) 1.56 cm (d) 1.68 cm
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 34
-----------------------------------------------------------N contestants numbered 1, 2, 3, ..., n are running a race around a circular track.
I. If the speed of the nth(n > 1) contestant is n times the speed of the (n-1)th contestant
then the nth contestant meets (n+1)th contestant at the starting point n times as
frequently as he meets the (n-1)th contestant.
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II. If the speed of the nth(n > 1) contestant is n times the speed of the 1st contestant then
the 2nd contestant and 4th contestant meet each other twice as frequesntly as the 6th
and the 7th contestant.
Which of the following is correct?
(a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Both I and II (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 35
-----------------------------------------------------------Let f(x,y) = 1 if |x - y| <= 1/2 = 0 otherwise
Then g(y) = f(1/4,y)f(3/4,y) is maximized with respect to y if only if
(a) y = 1/2 (b) y >= 3/4 (c) 3/8 <= y <= 5/8 (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 36
-----------------------------------------------------------How many pairs of positive integers a, b have b < a < 1000 and their arithmetic mean
equal to their geometric mean plus 2?
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 37
-----------------------------------------------------------p,q,r,s are natural numbers in increasing order such that p, q, r is an arithmetic
progression; q, r, s is a geometric progression, and s - p = 30.
Then p + q + r + s is
(a) 129 (b) 139 (c) 149 (d) 169
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 38
-----------------------------------------------------------Which among the following 3 statements is/are true?
I. The minimum value of (x+5)(x+2)/(x+1) is 9 for x > -1
II. The maximum value of (100^n)/n! occurs at n = 100 only
III. For any real numbers x, y > 1, x^2/(y - 1) + y^2/(x - 1) >= 8
(a) Only II (b) Only III (c) Both I and II (d) none of the foregoing
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-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 39
-----------------------------------------------------------The sum of the infinite series 1 + 3x + 4x^2 + 10x^3 + 18x^4 + ... at x = 1/3 is
(a) 28/9 (b) 25/8 (c) 49/16 (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 40
-----------------------------------------------------------The number of unordered positive real solutions to x^3 + y^3 + z^3 = 4(x + y + z), and
x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = xyz are
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) more than 1 but finite (d) infinite
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 41
-----------------------------------------------------------x(i) are reals such that -1 < x(i) < 1 and |x(1)| + |x(2)| + ... + |x(n)| = 99 + |x(1) + ... +
x(n)|. What is the smallest possible value of n?
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 42
-----------------------------------------------------------Between 2 station the first, second and the third class fares were fixed in the ratio 8:6:3,
but afterwards the first class fares were reduced by 1/6 and second class by 1/12. In a
year the number of first, second and third class passenger were in ratio 9:12:26 and the
money at the booking counter was 1326. How much in all was paid by first class
passengers?
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 43
-----------------------------------------------------------I. A right angled triangle with integer sides has one side as 18 cm. Let M be the
maximum possible area, and let N be the smallest possible area of this triangle. Then MN is greater than 600 sq. cm
II. A square of maximum possible area is put inside an equilateral triangle of side
(2+3^1/2) cm. The area of the circle inscribed within this square is less than 2 sq. units
Which of the above two statement(s) is/are true?
(a) Only II (b) Both I and II (c) Only I
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(d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 44
-----------------------------------------------------------The houses of 3 of my friends - Anupam, Shrikant and Nilesh - are located at the three
vertices of the colony(triangular in shape) near my home. Given below are the directions
to reach each of their houses from my home.
Anupam's house: 12 m to the South and 40 m to the East
Shrikant's house: 13 m to the West and 110 m to the North
Nilesh's house: 15 m to East and 14 m to the North
There is a temple passing through the houses of Nilesh and Shrikant. Anupam starts
from his house and takes the shortest possible route to reach the temple. What is the
distance travelled by Anupam?
(a) 16.72 m (b) 24.56 m (c) 18.64 m (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 45
-----------------------------------------------------------I. The remainder when 28! is divided by 62 is 46
II. Let N be a positive integer such that N when divided by 9, 10, and 11 leaves remainder
as 4, 5, and 6 respectively. The remainder when N^3 + 2N^2 - N - 3 is divided by 60 is
47.
Which of the above two statement(s) is/are true?
(a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Both I and II (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 46
-----------------------------------------------------------Four circles with radii 5, 5, 8, a are mutually externally tangent. Then the value of a is
(a) 8/9 (b) 2/3 (c) 16/9 (d) 14/9
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 47
-----------------------------------------------------------There are 100 children numbered 1 to 100 and 100 boxes numbered 1 to 100. Each box
contains 1000 toffees. The first child takes 1 toffee each from boxes numbered 1, 2, 3,...,
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100. The second child takes two toffees each from boxes numbered 2, 4, 6, ..., 100, the
third child takes three toffees each from boxes numbered 3, 6, 9, ..., 99 and so on till the
hunderedth child.
Which among the following is/are false?
I. The box left with minimum number of toffees is box numbered 64.
II. The number of boxes from where exactly 2 children took toffee is 25.
III. The number of boxes from where twice the number of toffees were taken as the
number on the box is 2.
(a) I and III (b) Only I (c) II and III (d) I, II and III
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 48
-----------------------------------------------------------The integer solutions (a,b) to a^4 + 2(a^3) + 2(a^2) +2a + 1 = b^2 is/are
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) more than 2 but finite (d) infinitely many
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 49
-----------------------------------------------------------Let x = (n^4 + 256 + 4n(n^2 + 16))/(n+4)^2. If 4 <= n^2 <= 49 then,
(a) 12 <= x <= 95 (b) 28 <= x <= 95 (c) 12 <= x <= 37 (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 50
-----------------------------------------------------------Nokia maufactures mobile handsets and marks a price which is 8 times the
manufacturing price, and prints it on the handset. They sell it to a distributor at a certain
discount. The distributor then sells it to the wholesaler and offers him a discount equal
to 3/4th of the discount that he received from the manufacturer. The wholesaler then
sells it to the retailer at a discount equal to 2/3rd of the discount he received from the
distributor. The retailer finally sells it to the customer at a discount equal to 1/2 the
discount that he received from the wholesaler. If all the discounts are given on the price
printed on the box and if the wholesaler made a profit of 50%, then who made the least
profit?
(a) Manufacturer (b) Distributor (c) Wholesaler (d) Retailer
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-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 51
-----------------------------------------------------------Allwin went to the market and bought some chikoos, mangoes, and bananas. Allwin
bought 42 fruits in all. The number
of bananas is less than half the number of chikoos; the number of mangoes is more than
one-third the number of
chikoos and the number of mangoes is less than three-fourths the number of bananas.
How many more/less bananas did Allwin buy than mangoes?
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 52
-----------------------------------------------------------The roots of x^4 x^3 x^2 1 = 0 are a, b, c, d. The numerical value of f(a) + f(b) +
f(c) + f(d), where f(x) = x^6 x^5 x^3 x^2 x is
(a) 4 (b) 2
(c) 6 (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 53
-----------------------------------------------------------If a +4b + 9c + 16d + 25e + 36f + 49g = -1; 4a + 9b + 16c + 25d + 36e + 49f + 64g = -2;
9a + 16b + 25c + 36d + 49e + 64f + 81g = 3.
Then 16a + 25b + 36c + 49d + 64e + 81f + 100g is
(a) 14
(b) 6 (c) 10 (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 54
-----------------------------------------------------------The number of roots of the equation x + | x^2 - 1 | = k, where k is a real constant is/are
(a) 4 for k = 6/5 (b) 3 for k = 5/4 (c) 2 for -1 < k < 1 (d) All of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 55
-----------------------------------------------------------Vineet and Amar are 100m apart. Vineet runs in a straight line at 8m/s at an angle of 60
degrees to the ray towards Amar.
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Amar runs in a straight line at 7m/s at an angle which gives the earliest possible meeting
with Vineet. How far has Vineet run when he meets Amar?
(a) 20 s (b) 33.33 s (c) 40 s (d) 30 s
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 56
-----------------------------------------------------------A non-constant polynomial f(x) satisfies 8(x-1)*f(x) = (x-8)*f(2x), then f(x) is the
polynomial of degree
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) either 3 or 4 (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 57
-----------------------------------------------------------x and y are complex numbers such that x^2 + y^2 = 7, x^3 + y^3 = 10. What is the
smallest possible real value of x + y?
(a) -5 (b) -1 (c) 4 (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 58
-----------------------------------------------------------A road network is in shape of a regular hexagon ABCDEF with centre O. There are 6
more roads OA, OB, OC, OD, OE, and OF. Anupam starts at A and continually travels
along ABCDEFA, while Shruti starts simultaneously at O and continually travels
along OABOCDOEFO. If by the time Anupam crosses C for the second time, Shruti
overtakes Anupam on each of the roads AB, CD and EF, then which of the following is
the ratio of speed of Shruti and Anupam?
(a) 3:2 (b) 5:3 (c) can not be determined (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 59
-----------------------------------------------------------Varun has to call his friend Amar, but he doesn't remember Amar's phone number. He
has two options, first to try calling Amar directly and in case he doesn't get the number
right he could try the second option of calling up Vineet, another friend of his who would
in turn give cosmic_glitch's number of who finally give him Amar's number.
Alternatively, Varun can try the second option first. Given Varun needs to minimize the
total number of calls he has to make, what should be the minimum level of certainity that
Varun should have regarding the number he already has so that it would be advisable for
him to try the first option before the second?
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(a) 25% (b) 75% (c) 100/3% (d) 200/3%

-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 60
-----------------------------------------------------------ABC is a right-angled triangle. P, Q, R are the points of contact of the incircle of ABC on
the sides AB, BC, CA respectively. If AP/PB and CQ/QB are both integers, then AP/PB +
CQ/QB is
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 4
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 61
-----------------------------------------------------------Two functions are defined on xy plane for any arbit point(x, y) where x, y, a, b are
positive. Given, f(x, y) = (ax, y) and g(x, y) = (x, by). If the quadrilateral formed by (3, 4),
f(3, 4), (5, 6) and g(5, 6) is convex then which among the following is true?
(a) If b > 1, then a < 5/3
(b) If a > 5/3, then b > 2/3
(c) If 1 < a < 5/3 then b < 2/3 (d) Atleast two of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 62
-----------------------------------------------------------A bird starts flying from a place O towards B via A. There is no wind resistance from O to
A. But there is uniform wind resistance between A and B. To travel from O to B the bird
takes 12 minutes, whereas to travel from B to O via A, the bird takes 14 minutes. Had
there been wind resistance between O and A also (which equals that between A and B),
the bird would have taken only 11 minutes to travel from O to B. O, A and B are
collinear.If there was the same wind resistance between O and A as between A and B,
what would be the time taken by the bird to travel from B to O?
(a) 12.5 min (b) 15.4 min (c) 18.2 min (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 63
-----------------------------------------------------------The mid-points of triangle ABC are joined to form another triangle PQR along with three
other triangles. Again the mid-points of the triangle PQR are joined to form another
triangle along with three other triangles. This process is repeated infinite times. If the
area of triangle ABC is 6 sq. cm then what is the sum of the area of all the triangles
formed in the figure?
(a) 12 sq. cm (b) 14 sq. cm (c) 18 sq. cm (d) none of the foregoing
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-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 64
-----------------------------------------------------------In a class the number of students who do not play hockey, volleyball, cricket, football are
16, 21, 11, 15 respectively. The number of students who do not play any of the games
mentioned is 9. What can be the maximum number of students in the class who do not
play one or more of the four games mentioned?
(a) 36 (b) 54 (c) can not be determined (d) none of the foregoing
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-----------------------------------------------------------What is the volume closest to an integer of a right circular cone that can be formed from
a strip ABC(which is in shape of a right-angled triangle) with C as vertex of length AB=10
cm and other two sides as 6cm and 8cm?
(a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 13
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 66
-----------------------------------------------------------Let [x] denotes an integer less than or equal to x e.g. [1.23] = 1. How many different
values are taken by the _expression [x] + [5x/3] + [2x] + [3x]+ [4x] for x in the interval
[0, 100]?
(a) 224 (b) 334 (c) 624 (d) 734
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-----------------------------------------------------------A cube of edge 12 ft is placed on the floor with one of the faces touching a wall. A ladder
of length 35 ft is resting against that wall and is touching an edge of the cube. At what
height does the end of the ladder touch the wall, given that it is more than the distance of
the foot of the ladder from the wall?
(a) 12 ft (b) 16 ft (c) 24 ft (d) 28 ft
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-----------------------------------------------------------What is the least number of cuts required to cut a cube into 100 identical pieces,
assuming all cuts are made parallel to the faces of the cube?
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-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 69
-----------------------------------------------------------Let S be the set of first 999 natural numbers. What is the smallest number n such that
given any n distinct numbers from S, one can choose four different numbers x, y, z, k
such that x + 2y + 3z = k?
(a) 667 (b) 835 (c) no such value of n exists (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 70
-----------------------------------------------------------From a solid cone of height 2 cm and radius 2*(2^1/2) cm, the maximum possible cube
is cut. What is the volume(approximately) of the remaining portion in cubic cm? Assume
pi = 22/7.
(a) 10.5 (b) 12 (c) 13.5 (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 71
-----------------------------------------------------------There is an empty conical tank(with its vertex facing downwards). A tap was opened into
this tank, so as to fill it in a certain time. After, some time when the tank was full upto
half its height, a leak was detected at the vertex and was
immediately plugged. If the leak was detected exactly at the moment was the tank was
supposed to be half full, then the time in which the leak alone can empty a full tank is
how many times that in which the tap alone can fill the empty tank?
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-----------------------------------------------------------The number of real roots of the equation |1 - |x|| - (1.01)^(1.01x) = 0 is/are
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 73
-----------------------------------------------------------Let x be real and f(x) be the largest value of |y^2 - xy| for y in [0, 1]. What is the
minimum value of f (x)?
(a) 1/4 (b) 3 - 2*(2^1/2) (c) (2^1/2 - 1)/2 (d) none of the foregoing
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-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 74
-----------------------------------------------------------ABCDEF is a regular hexagon. Points P and Q are on AB and CD respectively such that
AP/BP = CQ/QD = 3. What is the ratio area(BPQC)/area(ABCDEF)?
(a) 5:24 (b) 11:54 (c) 19:96 (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 75
-----------------------------------------------------------The inhabitants of Planet-X measure time in hours and minutes which is different from
out measurement of earth. The day in Planet-X consists of 36 hours with each hour
having 120 minutes. The dials of their clock shows 36 hours. What is the angle(in PlanetX degrees) between the hours and the minute hands when it shows a time of 11:24? The
angle around a point in planet-X is 720 degrees.
(a) 100 (b) 80 (c) 120 (d) 60
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 76
-----------------------------------------------------------The digits of a four digit number form an arithmetic progression, not necessarily in the
same order. How many such four digit numbers are possible if the arithmetic mean of all
the digits is an integer?
(a) 72 (c) 84 (c) 90 (d) 96
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 77
-----------------------------------------------------------Let f: R -> R and f(x+2) = 1/2 + (f(x) - (f(x))^2)^1/2. Then which among the following is
always true?
(a) f(2) = f(4) (b) f(3) = f(7) (c) f(4) = f(10) (d) Atleast 2 of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 78
-----------------------------------------------------------A natural number is abundant if its proper divisors (not including itself) add up to more
than the number. (For example: 24 is abundant because the divisors of 24 are 1, 2, 3, 4,
6, and 12, 24 and 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 12 = 28 > 24) . How many divisors does the smallest
abundant odd number has?
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(a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 8

-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 79
-----------------------------------------------------------Shrikant and Sachin start running simulataneosly from the diametrically opposite ends
of a circular track towards each other at 15km/h and 25km/h respectively. After every 10
minutes their speed reduce to half of their current speeds. If the length of the circular
track is 1500m, how many times will Shrikant and Sachin meet on the track?
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 80
-----------------------------------------------------------At Pizza-Hut pizzas are made only on an automatic pizza-making machine. The machine
continually makes different sorts of pizzas by adding different sorts of toppings on a
common base. The machine makes the pizzas at the rate of 1 pizza per minute. The
various toppings are added to the pizza in the following manner. Starting from every
pizza, every fifth pizza is topped with pepperoni, every seventh with olive and baby corn,
every eigth with mushroom, and the rest with chesse and tomatoes. The machine works
for 13 hours per day without any breaks in between. How many pizzas per day are made
with cheese and tomatoes as topping?
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 81
-----------------------------------------------------------What is the least perimeter of an obtuse-angled triangle with integer sides, whose one
acute angle is twice the other?
(a) 45 (b) 56 (c) 65 (d) 77
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 82
-----------------------------------------------------------If the real numbers p, q satisfy p3 - 3p2 + 5p - 17 = 0, q3 - 3q2 + 5q + 11 = 0. Then the
numerical value of p+q is
(a) -5
(b) 2
(c) 8
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 83
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Tushar wants to buy a total of 100 toffees with exactly a sum of Rs 100 that he has with
him. He can buy snickers, eclairs, and pan-pasand at Rs 2, 0.5 and Rs 0.1 per toffee
respectively. If Tushar has to buy one toffee of each type, then in how many distinct ways
can Tushar make his purchase?
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 84
-----------------------------------------------------------How many 6-letter sequences are there which use only A, B, C (and not necessarily all of
those), with A never immediately followed by B, B never immediately followed by C, and
C never immediately followed by A?
(a) 96
(b) 72
(c) 108
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 85
-----------------------------------------------------------ABC is a triangle with sides AB = 4, BC = 5, and CA = 6. D and E are the foot of the
altitutes from the vertices A and B to the respective opposite sides. What is the values of
the ratio CD/CE?
(a) 2/3 (b) 3/4 (c) 4/5 (d) 5/6
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 86
-----------------------------------------------------------The integer sequence a1, a2, a3, ... satisfies a(n+2) = a(n+1) - a(n) for n > 0. The sum of
the first 1492 terms is 1985, and the sum of the first 1985 terms is 1492. The sum of the
first 2001 terms is
(a) 986
(b) 0 (c) 1476
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 87
-----------------------------------------------------------Harish and Manish run back and forth from Model colony to Kothrud at the speeds
12km/h and 18km/h respectively. They start simultaneously - Manish from Model colony
and Harish from Kothrud. If they cross each other for the first time in 14 minutes from
the start, at what distance from Kothrud will they cross each other for the fifth time?
(a) 2.8 km (b) 3.5 km (c) 4.2 km (d) 4.8 km
QQAD
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 88
-----------------------------------------------------------A point is selected at random from the four quadrants of the XY plane. For each of the
points selected, all possible lines are drawn which pass through the point and only two
quadrants. What is the maximum number of points at which these lines can intersect?
(a) 55 (b) 41 (c) 29 (d) 19
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 89
-----------------------------------------------------------Consider the function f(x) =(1- x)^(-1) + (1 - x)^(-2)+ (1 - x)^(-3) + (1 - x)^(-4) defined
over the range 0 < x < 1. Then the number of real roots of f(x) = 2 is/are
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 4
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 90
-----------------------------------------------------------In a parallelogram ABCD, the bisector of angle ABC intersects AD at a point M. IF MD =
5 cm, BM = 6 cm and CM = 6 cm, then the length of AB(in cm) is
(a) 4
(b) 4.5
(c) 6
(d) 7.5
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 91
-----------------------------------------------------------A task is assigned to a group of 11 men, not all of whom have the same capacity to work.
Every day exactly 2 men out of the group work on the task, with no pair of men working
together twice. Even after all the possible pairs have worked once, all the men together
had to work for exactly one day more to finish the task. What is the number of days that
will be required for all the men working together to finish the job?
(a) 11
(b) 21
(c) 33
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 92
-----------------------------------------------------------N!(N > 100) is divided by 10^x to leave a remainder of r (r >= 0). If x is the maximum
possible and r is the minimum possible, then the last digit of the quotient is
(a) always odd (b) odd when x is even (c) always even (d) even when x is odd
QQAD
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 93
-----------------------------------------------------------If positive integers a, b, c are such that the quadratic equation ax^2 - bx + c = 0 has two
distinct real roots in the open interval (0, 1), find the minimum value of a.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 9
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 94
-----------------------------------------------------------The midpoints of the sides AB, BC, CD, DA of the parallelogram ABCD are E, F, G, H
respectively. Each midpoint is joined to the two vertices not on its side. What is the ratio
of the area outside the resulting 8-pointed star to the area of the parallelogram?
(a) 1/3
(b) 2/5
(c) 3/8
(d) 2/3
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 95
-----------------------------------------------------------Find the maximum value of 3x + 4y if x^2 + y^2 = 6x - 4y - 4
(a) 8
(b) 9
(c) 10
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 96
-----------------------------------------------------------The surface of a right circular cone is painted black. The cone has height 4 and its base
has radius 3. It is cut into two parts by a plane parallel to the base, so that the volume of
the top part (the small cone) divided by the volume of the bottom part (the frustrum)
equals the painted area of the top part divided by the painted are of the bottom part. The
height of the small cone is
(a) 8/3
(b) 15/4
(c) 5/2
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 97
-----------------------------------------------------------How many 4-digit positive integers have the sum of their two leftmost digits equal to the
sum of their two rightmost digits?
(a) 615
(b) 485
(c) 545
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-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 98
-----------------------------------------------------------Rahul walks down an up-escalator and counts 150 steps. Aarav walks up the same
escalator and counts 75 steps. Rahul takes three times as many steps in a given time as
Aarav. How many steps are visible on the escalator?
(a) 180
(b) 150
(c) 210
(d) 120
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 99
-----------------------------------------------------------How many natural numbers less than 100 are there such that n^2 does not divide n!?
(a) 24
(b) 25
(c) 26
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 100

-----------------------------------------------------------For real m, n the function f(x) = 1/(mx+n). What is the relation between m and n such
that there exist distinct real p, q, r where f(p) = q, f(q) = r, f(r) = p?
(a) n= -m^2
(b) n = m^2
(c) m = -n^2
(d) m = n^2
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-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 101
-----------------------------------------------------------At his normal speed, Shirish can travel 18 km downstream in a fast flowing stream in 9
hours less than what he takes to travel the same distance upstream. The downstream trip
would take 1 hour less than what the upstream trip would take provided he doubles his
rate of rowing. What is the speed of the stream in km/hr?
(a) 20/3 (b) 8 (c) 33/4 (d) none of the foregoing
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 102
-----------------------------------------------------------If a, b, c, d are real numbers with a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + d^2 = 100, then what is the
maximum value of 2a + 3b + 6c + 24d?
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 103
-----------------------------------------------------------On the first day of GMP course in XLRI, the class registered cent percent attendance
from the students for the 2 hour introduction lecture. Some students arrived late for the
class while some left early before the lecture could get finished in 2 hours. A third of who
arrived on time for the class left early, and the rest left on time. Of those who arrived
early for the class, a fourth left early while an equal number left late and the rest left on
time. Also, half of the number of students arriving late left on time and the rest left late.
It is know that the students who left early is half the number who arrived early while the
number of students who left on time is 4 less than twice the number who arrived on time
and the number of students who left late is exactly 1 less than the number who arrived
late. How many students had enrolled for the GMP course?
(a) 31 (b) 41 (c) 47 (d) can not be determined
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 104
-----------------------------------------------------------A triangle has sides 13, 14, 15. It is rotated through 180 degrees about its centroid to form
an overlapping triangle. Find the area of the union of the two triangles.
QQAD
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 105

-----------------------------------------------------------The distance AB is 12. The circle center A radius 8 and the circle center B radius 6 meet
at P (and another point). A line through P meets the circles again at Q and R (with Q on
the larger circle), so that QP = PR. Then the length of QP is
(a) (120)^1/2
(b) (130)^1/2
(c) (160)^1/2
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 106

-----------------------------------------------------------What is the largest possible number of elements in a subset S` of S = {1, 2, 3, ... , 9} such
that the sum of every pair of distinct elements in S` is different?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
-----------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 107

-----------------------------------------------------------How many solutions does n2 - [n2] = (n - [n])2 have satisfying 1 n 5 where [n] denotes
greatest integer less than or equal to n?
(a) 18
(b) 21
(c) 24
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 108

--------------------------------------------------------Let P(a) = ab + b -a -1, then numerical value of P(1)*P(2)*P(3)*...*P(100)
where b = (a^2 + 3a +1)/(a^2 + 2a +1) is
(a) 1/100
(b) 101
(c) 1/101
(d) 101
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 109

--------------------------------------------------------There are 2 vertical flagposts of heights 5*(3^1/2) m and 10*(3^1/2) m respectively,
which are 10 meters apart. Vineet picks up a random point on the ground between the
flagposts and observes the angle of elevation of the 2 flagposts. What is the chance that
Vineet will find both the falgposts subtending an angle of atleast 60 degrees?
(a) 50% (b) 75% (c) 100% (d) none of the foregoing
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--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 110

--------------------------------------------------------What is the sum of all positive rationals p/30 (in lowest terms) which are less than 10?
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 111
--------------------------------------------------------ABCDE is a 5-sided convex figure such that each triangle formed by 3 adjacent vertices
of ABCDE has area 1. What is the area of the convex figure?
(a) (5 + 5^1/2)/2 (b) 3 (c) 2 + 3^1/2 (d) 5^1/2 + 2
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 112
--------------------------------------------------------A washerman can wash 6 trousers or 8 shirts in 1 hour while his wife can wash 6 trousers
or 8 shirts in 2 hours. The couple get a work of 160 trousers and 200 shirts to wash. The
man and the woman work on alternate hours and for a total of 12 hours daily. Every
morning except the first the lady starts the work. If the couple worked for only 5 hours
on the first day with the man starting the work at noon, then
(a) the man finishes the work on 7th day
woman finishes the work on 6th day
the work on 8th day
on 8th day
(b) the
(c) the man finishes
(d) the woman finishes the work
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 113

--------------------------------------------------------The remainder when 17^83 + 83^17 is divided by 1411 is
(a) 0
(b) 66
(c) 1
(d) 100
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 114

--------------------------------------------------------Four dices(6-faced) are thrown. How many different arrangements can one get if the
order is unimportant(e.g. 2356 is same as 2635 or 1124 is same as 4211)?
(a) 126
(b) 540
(c) 756
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--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 115

--------------------------------------------------------The maximal possible value of the product of certain pairwise distinct positive integers
whose sum is 100 is
(a) 15!/48
(b) 14!/4
(c) 4*(3^32)
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 116

--------------------------------------------------------Let [n] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to n. The number of real solutions to
the equation 4n^2 - 40[n] + 51 = 0 are
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 117

--------------------------------------------------------A car X starts from a town A and goes towards point C. At the same time, car Y starts
from a town B(lying between A and C) and goes towards town C. X catches up with Y at a
town M between B and C. A car Z starts from town A when the cars X and Y meet. The
cars X and Z meet at a point N where CN=AB. The cars Y and Z meet at a point O where
MO= 20 miles. Then the length of AB given AC = 140 miles and BM = 20 miles is
(a) 20 miles
(b) 60 miles
(c) 30 miles
(d) 40 miles
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 118

--------------------------------------------------------ABCD is a rectangle. The points P, Q lie inside it with PQ parallel to AB. Points X, Y lie on
AB (in the order A, X, Y, B) and W, Z on CD (in the order D, W, Z, C). The four parts
AXPWD, XPQY, BYQZC, WPQZ have equal area. If BC = 19, PQ = 87, XY = YB + BC + CZ
= WZ = WD + DA + AX, then the length of AB is
(a) 241
(b) 163
(c) 217
(d) 193
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 119

--------------------------------------------------------The area enclosed by the graph of |x - 60| + |y| = |x/4| is
(a) 240
(b) 360
(c) 480
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--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 120

--------------------------------------------------------Let N be the largest integer divisible by all positive integers less than its cube root. The
number of divisors of N are
(a) 16
(b) 24
(c) 18
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 121

--------------------------------------------------------A right circular cone has base radius 1. The vertex is V. C is a point on the circumference
of the base. The distance VC is 3. A particle travels from C around the cone and back by
the shortest route. Its minimum distance from V is
(a) 5/4
(b) 2
(c) 5/3
(d) 3/2
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 122

--------------------------------------------------------Sanjog and Rahul took part in a two-day maths contest. At the end both had attempted
questions worth 500 marks. Sanjog scored 160 out of 300 attempted on the first day and
140 out of 200 attempted on the second day, so his two-day success ratio was 3/5.
Rahul's attempted figures were different from Sanjog's (but with the same two-day total).
Rahul had a positive integer marks on each day. For each day Rahul's success ratio was
less than Sanjog's. What is the largest possible two-day success ratio that Rahul could
have achieved?
(a) 81/125
(b) 349/500
(c) can not be determined
(d) none of these
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 123

--------------------------------------------------------The number of solutions of |||||n^2-n-1| - 2| - 3| - 4| - 5| = n^2 + n - 30 is/are
(a) 0
(b) 2
(c) more than 2
(d) none of these
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 124

--------------------------------------------------------How many 5-digit numbers are there such that each number contains the block '15'
and is divisible by 15?
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--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 125

--------------------------------------------------------A positive integer p is divisible by positive integer q if the sum of divisors of p is divisible
by the number of divisors of q. How many positive integers less than 200 is 200 divisible
by?
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 126
--------------------------------------------------------The equation x^8 + y^8 = 8xy - 6 has N solutions where x, y are real numbers. Then N is
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 1
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 127

--------------------------------------------------------A leaf is torn from a paperback novel. The sum of the remaining pages is 15,000.
What can be the page numbers on the torn leaf, given that it has only one page?
(a) 12
(b) 200
(c) 113
(d) atleast 2 of the foregoing
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 128

--------------------------------------------------------PQR is a triangle. QA is the angle bisector. The point B on PQ is such that <(PRB) = 2/5*
<(PRQ). QA and RB meet meet at C. AB=AR=RC. The <P measures (in degrees)
(a) 30
(b) 45
(c) 60
(d) 75
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 129

--------------------------------------------------------The number of ordered pair (x, y) solutions to (logx/log2)*(logy/log4) + log(4-x)/log4,
log(x+y)/log3 = (logx/y)/log3 is/are
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 130

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PagalGuy starts training institute in one room. The room had a fixed capacity of less than
35 seats. The number of students enrolling for the first course was only half of the room's
capacity. For the second course half of those enrolled for the first course did not take readmission, while some more joined and the class was to two-third of the capacity. For
the third
course, half of the existing students did not take the re-admission, but because some
more students joined the course, the class the 75% full. For the fourth course, half of the
existing students did not take re-admission, but as some new students
joined the course, the class had just one student less than the full capacity.
How many students did PagalGuy train the whole year?
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 131
--------------------------------------------------------Let I be the set of integers. f is a function from I-> {1, 2, 3, ... , n} such that f(X) and f(Y)
are unequal whenever X and Y differ by 5, 7 or 12. The smallest possible n is
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 7
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 132

--------------------------------------------------------The remainder when 22^23 + 10^35 is divided by 45 is
(a) 2
(b) 11
(c) 8
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 133

--------------------------------------------------------CAT 2010 quant section had three sections consisiting of 8, 7, and 6 questions
respectively. A total of 17 questions are to be answered with a minimum of
three from each section. The number of questions answered from the second
section(which has 7 questions)should be more than the number of questions
answered from each of the other two sections. In how many ways can a candidate
answer 17 questions from quant section of CAT 2010?
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 134
--------------------------------------------------------A book contains 30 stories. Each story has a different number of pages under 31. The
first story starts on page 1 and each story starts on a new page. What is the largest
possible number of stories that can begin on odd page numbers?
(a) 20
(b) 23
(c) 29
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 135

--------------------------------------------------------A milkman had a mixture of milk and water with him. the ratio of milk to water is 4:5.
He then boils the mixture so as to achieve a concentration of 50%. But, since he was
distracted by the world cup finals being telecast live on T.V., he boiled the milk and
realised that the initial ratio of milk to water has been reveresed. If, by then he has boiled
the milk for exactly 90/7 minutes, find the extra time for which the milk has boiled,
given that the rate of evaporation of water is 50% more than that of milk.
(a) 15/7
(b) 20/7
(c) 14/3
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 136

--------------------------------------------------------Two cars A and B started from P and Q respectively towards each other at the same time.
Car A was travelling at a speed of 54km/h but due to some problem reduced its speed by
1/3rd after travelling for 60 minutes. Car B was travelling at a speed of 36km/h. Had the
technical problem in car A had arisen 30 minutes later, they would have met at a
distance which is (1/30*PQ) more than towards Q than where they met earlier(PQ >
120km). Anothet car C starts from P, 90 minutes after car B started at Q, and car C
travels towards Q with a speed of 36km/h, at what distance from P will cars B and C
meet?
(a) 63 km (b) 48 km (c) 40.5 km (d) none of the foregoing
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 137
--------------------------------------------------------Eight people each has a unique piece of news. They make a series of phone calls to one
another. In each call, the caller tells the other party all the news he knows, but is not told
anything by the other party. What is the minimum number of calls needed for all eight
people to know all eight items of news?
(a) 9
(b) 14
(c) 20
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 138

--------------------------------------------------------Chetna and Apple have some marbles with each of them, such that the number of
marbles with Apple is thrice that with Chetna. If Chetna distributes her marbles equally
among certain number of bags, then she is left with 31 extra marbles. If Chetna and
Apple were to pool the marbles and then distribute the total marbles equally among the
same number of bags as Chetna did, they will be left with 16 marbles. The number of
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marbles with Apple is the largest possible three digit number. How many bags are
needed to equally divide all the marbles with Apple, if the number of those bags is the
largest two digit number?
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 139
--------------------------------------------------------Let n be a positive integer such that the product of the digits of n is 25n/8 - 211. How
many values can n assume?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 7
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 140

--------------------------------------------------------ABC is an equilateral triangle and P satisfies AP=2, BP=3. The maximum value of CP is
(a) less than 5
(b) (26)^1/2
(c) 5
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 141

--------------------------------------------------------Rohit, the marketing head of PaGalGuy decides to print QQAD questions where pages
are numbered from 2 to 400. The pages are to be read in the following order. Take the
last unread page (400), then read (in the usual order)
all pages which are not relatively prime to it and which have not been read before. This
process is repeated until all pages are read. So, the order would be 2, 4, 5, 6, ... , 400, 3, 7,
9, ... , 399,... . What is the last page to be read?
(a) 19
(b) 37
(c) 31
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 142

--------------------------------------------------------Let C1 and C2 be two concentric circles with C2 in the interior of C1. From a point A on
C1 is drawn a tangent AB to C2(B lies on C2). Let C be the second point of intersection of
AB and C1, and let D be the mid-point of AB. A line
passing through A intersects C2 at E and F in such a way that the perpendicular bisector
of DE and CF intersect at a point M on AB. the ratio AM/MC equals
(a) 3/2
(b) 9/4
(c) 5/3
(d) 2
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 143

--------------------------------------------------------If a, b, c are real numbers such that a < b < c and a + b + c = 6, ab + bc + ca = 9, then
which among the following is definitely true?
(a) 0 < a < 1 (b) 1 < b < 3 (c) 3 < c < 4 (d) All of them
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 144
--------------------------------------------------------The sum of five real numbers is 8 and the sum of their squares is 16. What is the largest
possible value for one of the numbers?
(a) 16/5
(b) 2
(c) 25/8
(d) none of these
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 145

--------------------------------------------------------The set of points x, y which satisfies x^3 - 3xy^2 >= 3x^2*y - y^3 and x+y = -1 is a line
segment whose length is
(a) 1/2
(b) (2/3)^1/2
(c) 3^1/2 - 1
(d) 1
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 146

--------------------------------------------------------The children are touring Teen Murti Bhavan. All the children have formed two queues.
In every row there are two children. But the first row and in last row there is one teacher.
The children are moving at a speed of 10m/min and the length of the queue is 300m. If
the teacher in row one wants to send some message, she sends one child from the first
row to deliver the message to the teacher in the last row., the child delivers the message
and comes back. If the child who delivered the message travelled 1.08 km, then what is
the total time required by that child to come back?
(a) 48 minutes (b) 64 minutes (c) 72 minutes (d) 84 minutes
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 147
--------------------------------------------------------ABC is a triangle. D is the midpoint of BC. E is a point onfiltered= 2AD. BE and AD meet
at F and <FAE = 60o. then <FEA in degrees is
(a) less than 60 (b) 60 (c) more than 60 (d) can't be determined
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--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 148

--------------------------------------------------------x, y, z are distinct reals such that y = x(4-x), z = y(4-y), x = z(4-z). The possible value
of x+y+z is
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 9
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 149

--------------------------------------------------------a, b, c are positive integers forming an increasing geometric sequence, b-a is a square,
and (loga + logb + logc)/log6 = 6. Then a + b + c is
(a) 54
(b) 78
(c) 111
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 150

--------------------------------------------------------100 numbers are written around a circle. The sum of every 8 consecutive numbers is
25/2. The 9th number is -1/2, the 19th number is 3/4 and 20th number is 2. What is the
50th number?
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--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 151
--------------------------------------------------------A quadratic with integral coefficients has two distinct positive integers as roots, the sum
of its coefficients is prime and it takes the value -55 for some integer. The sum of the
roots is
(a) 32
(b) 20
(c) 24
(d) none of the these
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 152

--------------------------------------------------------Let f(x) = x^3 - 16x^2 + 17x, if f(a) = 16, f(b) = 20, then a+b equals
(a) 16
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) none of the these
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 153

--------------------------------------------------------A is a series of n terms with x(a natural number) as the first term and every term y(a
natural number) is less than the next term. If the product of all the terms of A is always
divisible by the product of the first n natural numbers then, which among the following
regarding x, y and n must be true always?
(a) x^n = y^n
(b) y^n = 1
(c) x is a multiple of y (d) x^n and y^n are co-prime
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 154

--------------------------------------------------------The _expression (52^1/2 + 5)^1/3 - (52^1/2 - 5)^1/3 is
(a) an integer (b) a rational, not integer (c) an irrational (d) irreducible
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 155
--------------------------------------------------------Bus A leaves the terminus every 20 minutes, it travels a distance 1 km to a circular road
of length 10 km and goes clockwise around the road, and then back along the same road
to to the terminus (a total distance of 12 km). The journey takes 20 minutes and the bus
travels at constant speed. Having reached the terminus it immediately repeats the
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journey. Bus B does the same except that it leaves the terminus 10 minutes after Bus A
and travels the opposite way round the circular road. The time taken to pick up or set
down passengers is negligible. A man wants to catch a bus a distance
0 < x < 12 km from the terminus (along the route of Bus A). Let f(x) the maximum time
his journey can take. The value of x for which f(x) is a maximum is
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 8
(d) 10
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 156

--------------------------------------------------------How many ordered pairs of positive integers m, n satisfy m <= 2n <= 50, n <= 2m <=
50?
(a) 313 (b) 328 (c) 344 (d) 359
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 157
--------------------------------------------------------F is a fixed point in the plane. P, Q, R are points such that FP = 3, FQ = 5, FR = 7 and the
area PQR is as large as possible. Then F must be (of PQR)
(a) incentre (b) orthocentre (c) circumcentre (d) centeroid
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 158
--------------------------------------------------------A milkman had two cows. The daily collection of milk from each cow varies randomly
and the combined collection of milk from them varies between 20 litres and 50 litres. On
Sunday the milkman had a total milk collection of 30 litres. Harry bets Rs 100 on the
possibility that the total milk collection on Monday will not differ from that on Sunday
by more than 5 litres, while the milkman thinks otherwise. What is the maximum
amount the milkman can bet if he can not afford to make a loss?
(a) Rs 200 (b) Rs 250 (c) Rs 300 (d) none of the foregoing
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 159
--------------------------------------------------------Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle with diameter AD = 4. If sides AB=BC = 1
then CD equals
(a) 3 (b) 7/2 (c) 4 (d) none of the foregoing
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 160

--------------------------------------------------------If 5 indistinguishable red balls and 4 indistinguishable black balls are placed into 3 cells,
then how many distinguishable arrangements are possible?
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 161
--------------------------------------------------------The total ordered pair of positive integers (a, b) such that the roots of equations x^2 -ax
+ a + b - 3 = 0 and x^2 -bx + a + b - 3 = 0 are also positive integers are
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 162
--------------------------------------------------------John Abrahm is on a bike at the intersection of two straight highways in the desert. He
can travel at 50 km per hour on the highway and at 14 km per hour over the desert. The
area (in sq. km) John can reach in 6 mins on his bike is
(a) 500/27 (b) 600/29 (c) 700/31 (d) 800/33
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 163
--------------------------------------------------------A class has certain number of students each having 1 to 6 books. the total number of
students having 2 to 5 books each is 10. A total of 7 students have 4 to 6 books each. the
total number of students having 2 to 3 books is 4.
Which among is following is/are false?
I. If the total number of students in the class is 13, then only 2 students have one book
each
II. If 6 students have 3 to 4 books each and 4 students have 5 to 6 books each, then only
1 student has 2 books
III. If the class has 14 students, and 5 students have 5 to 6 books each, then 9 students
have 1 to 4 books each
IV. Only 1 student has 6 books
(a) I and III
(b) only III
(c) II
(d) none of these
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 164

--------------------------------------------------------Ten test papers are to be prepared for an exam. Each paper has 4 problems, and no two
papers have more than 1 problem in common. At least how many problems are needed?
(a) 21
(b) 19
(c) 13
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 165

--------------------------------------------------------N students are seated at desks in an p x q array, where p, q = 3. Each student shakes
hands with the students who are adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. If there
are 327 handshakes, what is N?
(a) 163
(b) 109
(c) 100
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 166

--------------------------------------------------------If f(x) = 9^x/(3 + 9^x), then the numerical value of f(1/100) + f(2/100) + f(3/100) + ... +
f(99/100) + f(100/100) lies between
(a) 50 and 51
(b) 51 and 52
(c) 100 and 101
(d) none of these
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 167

--------------------------------------------------------How many subsets of {1, 2, 3, ..., 10} exist in which the equation x + y = 11 has no
solutions?
(a) 32
(b) 63
(c) 243 (d) none of these
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 168

--------------------------------------------------------ABCDE is a regular pentagon. The star ACEBD has area 1. AC and BE meet at P, BD and
CE meet at Q. The area of APQD is
(a) 5^1/2 -3^1/2
(b) 2/5
(c) 1/2 (d) none of these
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 169

--------------------------------------------------------There are a certain facts about the software engineers working with an IT firm. Total
number of software engineers is 70 out of which 30 are females. 30 people are married.
24 software engineers are above 25 years of age. Out of all married software engineers,
19 are above 25 years, of which 7 are males. 12 males are above 25 years and overall 15
males are married. How many unmarried females are there which are above 25?
(a) 0
(b) 19
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 170

--------------------------------------------------------11 B-schools participate in a LSR festival to be telecasted 3 weeks later on TV. Each day
any B-schools not performing watch the others (but B-schools performing that day do
not watch the others). What is the smallest number of days for which the LSR
festival can last if every B-school watches every other B-school at least once during the
festival?
(a) 5
(b) 6
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 171

--------------------------------------------------------In a class of 100 students 70 passed in physics, 62 passed in mathematics, 84 passed in
english and 82 passed in chemistry. 37 students passed in all 4 subjects. How many
maximum students could have failed all four subjects?
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 172
--------------------------------------------------------There exists a 5 digit number N with distinct and non-zero digits such that it equals the
sum of all distinct three digit numbers whose digits are all different and are all digits of
N. Then the sum of the digits of N is a perfect
(a) square (b) number (c) cube
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 173

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QQAD
Consider two distinct positive integers m and n having integer arithmetic, geometric and
harmonic means. The minimum value of |m - n| is
(a) 15
(b) 30
(c) 45
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 174

--------------------------------------------------------ABCD is a rectangle. O is the midpoint of CD. BO meets AC at M. E is a point outside the
rectangle such that AE = BE and <(AEB) = 90 degrees. If BE = BC = 2, then area of
AEBM is
(a) 6-(12)^1/2
(b) 2+3^1/2
(c) 8/3+(3)^1/2
(d) 2+(32^1/2)/3
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 175

--------------------------------------------------------Amirchand is selling some articles. Amirchand is offering a discount of 33.33% if one
pays by credit card. Amirchand has marked on the article in such a way that after giving
a discount, he still manages to get a profit of 25%. Garibchand uses false weighing
balance and decieves Amirchand by 20% and he also pays the amount by credit card. If
Garibchand gives the same article to another customer at 40% discount on marked price
of Amirchand and Garibchand has a profit of Rs 20, then what is the cost price of the
article in rupees?
(a) 160
(b) 200
(c) 240
(d) 300
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 176

--------------------------------------------------------f(x) is a polynomial such that f(t^2+1) = 6t^4 - t^2 + 5. Then the constant term of f(t^2)
is
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 12
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 177

--------------------------------------------------------An ant moves around a thread which is in the shape of a triangle. At each vertex it has
1/2 chance of moving towards each of the other two vertices.
Let A be the probability that after crawling along 8 edges the ant reaches its starting
point. Let B be the probability that after crawling along 10 edges the ant reaches its
starting point. Let C be the probability that after crawling along 12 edges the ant reaches
its starting point. Then
(a) A > B > C
(b) C > A > B
(c) C > B > A
(d) none of these
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 178

--------------------------------------------------------A taper roller (like frustum of cone) rolls on flat ground. What is the area it is covering
on the floor when it rotates one rotation? Here small radius = 6, large radius = 12, and
frustum height =8.
(a) 180*pi
(b) 300*pi
(c) 192*pi
(d) none of these
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 179

--------------------------------------------------------Each of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 is written at a distinct corner of a cube. Assume
that the sum of any three numbers written on a face of the cube is no less than 10. What
is the minimum value of the sum of numbers written on a face of the cube?
(a) 13
(b) 14
(c) 15
(d) 16
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 180

--------------------------------------------------------The harmonic mean of two positive integers is 2006. The greatest possible value of their
arithmetic mean is
(a) 1003
(b) 504008
(c) 514008
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 181

--------------------------------------------------------A triangle is split into 144 smaller triangles by evenly spaced lines parallel to its sides.
Two small triangles that share a side are said to be adjacent. The task is to count the
small triangles by first selecting one of them and then moving from a triangle to an
adjacent one without stepping twice into the same triangle. What is the maximum
number of smaller triangles that can be counted this way?
(a) 133
(b) 144
(c) 72
(d) 134
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 182

--------------------------------------------------------Exactly three of the interior angles of a complex polygon are obtuse. What is the
maximum number of sides of such a polygon?
(a) 12
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 10
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 183

--------------------------------------------------------For any positive integer n, let f(n) denote the index of highest power of 2 which divides
n!. Then the numerical value of f(1) + f(2) + . + f(1023) is
a) 518656
b) 518652
c) 508656
d) 418656
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 184

--------------------------------------------------------Prade and Warrior were both given the same 5 digit number (N) but for Prade the
thousands digit was concealed while for warrior the hundreds digit was concealed. Both
were told that N was divisible by 7. While Warrior could determine the hundreds digit,
Prade wanted more information. Which of the following is not a possible value of N?
a) 22428
b) 71323
c) 88564
d) 64624
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 185

--------------------------------------------------------Let a(1), a(2), . . . be a sequence defined by a(1) = a(2) = 1 and a(n+2 )= a( n+1) + a( n)
for n >= 1. The value of the summation a(n)/4^(n+1) where n varies from 1 to infinity is
a) 1/11
b) 2/13
c) 1/2
d) none of the foregoing
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 186

--------------------------------------------------------Points A and B are selected onfiltered= -x^2/2 so that triangle ABO is equilateral. The
length of one side of triangle ABO (point O is at the origin) is
a) (12)^1/2
b) (18)^1/2
c) (48)^1/2
d) none of the foregoing
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 187

--------------------------------------------------------In a class of 210 students with roll numbers 1 to 210; each student has as many sheets of
paper as his roll number. The Maths teacher takes away all the sheets of paper from all
the students whose roll numbers are even. After this, the science teacher takes away all
the sheets of paper from all the students whose roll numbers are multiples of 3. Then the
English teacher takes away all the sheets of paper from all the students whose roll
numbers are multiple of 5. Finally the Hindi teacher takes away all the sheets of paper
from all the students whose roll numbers are multiples of 7. What is the total number of
sheets of paper left with all the students together?
(a) 2520
(b) 5040
(c) 10800
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 188

--------------------------------------------------------The polynomial x^(2n) + 1 + (x+1)^(2n) is not divisible by x^2 + x + 1 if x equals
(a) 16
(b) 17
(c) 20
(d) 21
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 189

--------------------------------------------------------Square ABCD has side length 6. Circle Q is tangent to sides AB and BC, and is externally
tangent to circle P. Circle P is tangent to sides CD and DA, and is externally tangent to
circles O1 and O2. Circle O1 is tangent to side CD, circle O2 is tangent to side DA, and
circles O1 and O2 are externally tangent to each other and to circle P. If the radius of
circle P is twice the radius of circle Q, and if circles O1 and O2 both have radius r, then r
is (upto 2 places of decimal)
(a) 0.29
(b) 0.36
(c) 0.47
(d) 0.54
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 190

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QQAD
There are 100 points in a plane and some pairs of points are connected by lines. There
are 1000 lines altogether. A Point is called a Pagal if it is directly connected to every
other point. What is the largest possible number of Pagals?
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 32
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 191

--------------------------------------------------------Consider sequences of infinite positive real numbers of the form a, 4, b.. in which every
term after the first is 1 less than the product of its two immediate neighbors. For how
many different values of a does the term 5 appear somewhere in the sequence?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) More than 3 but finite
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 192

--------------------------------------------------------How many 5 digit numbers are there such that product of its digits is 180?
(a) 120
(b) 240
(c) 360
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 193

--------------------------------------------------------Let function f satisfies f(x) + f(x-1) = x^2 for all x. If f(11) = 40, then the remainder when
(f(40))^11 is divided 51 is
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 194
--------------------------------------------------------There are 100 objects in a row on. A painter comes and paints every object red. Then,
another painter comes and paints every third object (starting with object number3) blue.
Another painter comes and paints every fifth object red (even if it is already red), then
another painter paints every seventh object blue, and so forth, alternating between red
and blue, until 50 painters have been by. After this is finished, how many objects will be
red?
(a) 7
(b) 98
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 195

---------------------------------------------------------
QQAD
Triangle ABC is such that, AB = 4, BC = 5, and AC = 6, and a point D is on BC. B and C

are reflected in AD to B and C, respectively. Suppose that lines BC and BC never meet
(i.e., are parallel and distinct). The length of segment BD is
(a) 2
(b) 5/2
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 196

--------------------------------------------------------In a chess tournament each player plays every other player once. A
player gets 1 point for a win, point for a draw and 0 for a loss. Both men and women
played in the tournament and each player scored the same
total of points against women as against men. The total number of players in the
tournament can be
(a) 31
(b) 16
(c) 21
(d) 36
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 197

--------------------------------------------------------Square PQRS has side length 2. A semicircle with diameter PQ is constructed inside the
square, and the tangent to the semicricle from R intersects side PS at E. What is the
length of RE?
(a) (2 + 5^1/2)/2
(b) 5^1/2
(c) 5/2
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 198

--------------------------------------------------------The average value of |a - b| + |c - d| + |e - f| for all possible permutations a, b, c , d, e, f
of 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 is
(a) 21
(b) 18
(c) 12
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 199

--------------------------------------------------------If p, q, r are the roots of x^3 -x -1 = 0, then the numerical value of
(1-p)/(1+p) + (1-q)/(1+q) + (1-r)/(1+r) is
(a) 1
(b) -2
(c) 2
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 200

---------------------------------------------------------
QQAD
In a certain class of 300 students , the number of students who either do not study at
home or do not attend classes is a third more than of those who either study at home or
attend classes. the number of students who do not study at home but attend classes is
two fifths more than those who study at home but do not attend classes, while the
number of students who
study at home as well as attend classes is half of those who neither study at home nor
attend classes. If the number of students who only study at home or only attend classes is
a third less than those who do either, then how many students who either do neither or
do both?
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 201

--------------------------------------------------------Let 0 <= x, y <= 1. The positive difference between the maximum and minimum value of
(x-2y+1)^2 + (x+y-1)^2 is
(a) 4 (b) 16/3 (c) 25/4 (d) none of the foregoing
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 202
--------------------------------------------------------How many ways are there of determining 6 positive integers a1, a2, ... , a6 such that 1 <=
a1 <= a2 = ... <= a6 <= 6?
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 203
--------------------------------------------------------A quadrilateral is obtained by joining the midpoints of the adjacent sides of the rhombus
ABCD with <(A) = 60 degrees.
The process of joining the mid-points is continued infinitely. If the sum of the areas of all
the above said quadrilaterals including ABCD is 64*(3)^1/2 sq. units, what is the sum of
the perimeters of all the quadrilaterals including the rhombus ABCD?
(a) 15(5+3^1/2) (b) 32(2+3^1/2) (c) 16*3^1/2 (d) none of these
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 204
--------------------------------------------------------There are three gears having 30, 45 and 60 teeth meshed with each other and are in a
straight line. The product of the number of teeth and the rpm(revolutions per minute)
are always constant. At a certain point of time, the teeth which are meshing are marked
red and whenever the initial arrangement repeats, a beep sound is produced. The second
gear is running
at 60 rpm. After 5 minutes the sound system is changed and now whenever the
arrangement repeats the number of beeps produced is one more than the previous
repetition. What is the number of beeps produced in the first 6 minutes?
(a) 195
(b) 145
(c) 215
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 205

---------------------------------------------------------
QQAD
The total number of positive integer solutions to x^3 - y^3 - z^3 = 3xyz, x^2 = 2(x + y +
z) is/are
(a) 1
(b) 6
(c) 0
(d) 3
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 206

--------------------------------------------------------Several B-schools took part in a tournament. Each player played one match against each
player from a different B-school and did not play anyone from the same B-school. The
total number of men taking part differed from the total number of women by 1. The total
number of matches with both players of the same gender differed by at most one from
the total number of matches with players of opposite gender. What is the largest number
of B-schools that could have sent an odd number of players to the tournament?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 11
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 207

--------------------------------------------------------7 professors decide to hold daily meetings such that (i) at least one professor attend each
day (ii) a different set of professors must attend on different days. (iii) on day N for each
1 <= d < N, at least one professor must attend who was present on day d. How many
maximum days can meetings be held?
(a) 56
(b) 64
(c) 42
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 208

--------------------------------------------------------The best description for the set of points (x, y) such that p^2 + py + x >= 0 for all real p
satisfying |p| <= 1 is
(a) The area in the right half plane between y=x+1, y=-x-1, excluding the area left to the
arc of the curve 4x=y^2 between (1, -2) and (1, 2)
(b) The area in the right half plane between y=-x+1, y=x-1, excluding the area right to the
arc of the curve 4x=y^2 between (1, 0) and (-1, -2)
(c) The area in the right half plane between y=x+1, y=-x-1, excluding the area right to the
arc of the curve 4x=y^2 between (1, -2) and (1, 2)
(d) The area in the right half plane between y=-x+1, y=x-1, excluding the area left to the
arc of the curve 4x=y^2 between (1, 0) and (-1, -2)
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 209

--------------------------------------------------------If ab = 2^n -1 and 2^k is the highest power of 2 dividing 2^n -2 +a -b then k is always
(a) composite
(b) a power of 2
(c) a prime
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 210

--------------------------------------------------------Let ABC be an equilateral triangle. What is the locus of the point P(outside ABC) in the
plane that PA, PB, and PC form the sides of a right-angled triangle?
(a) a triangle (b) a circle (c) a non-convex polygon (d) none of these
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 211
--------------------------------------------------------A railway line passes through (in order) the 11 stations A, B, ... , K. The distance from A
to K is 560 km. The distances AC, BD, CE, ... , IK are each <= 120 km. The distances AD,
BE, CF, ... , HK are each >= 170 km. The distance between G and K is
(a) 220 km (b) 290 km (c) greater than 290 km (d) none of these
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 212
--------------------------------------------------------a, b, c are reals such that if p1, p2 are the roots of ax^2 + bx + c = 0 and q1, q2 are the
roots of cx^2 + bx + a = 0, then p1, q1, p2, q2 is an arithmetic progression of distinct
terms. The value of a + c = equals
(a) 0
(b) -1
(c) 1
(d) exactly two of the foregoing
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 213

--------------------------------------------------------The triangle ABC has length(AB) > length(AC) . The angle bisector of A meets the
perpendicular bisector of BC at X. The line joining the feet of the perpendiculars from X
to AB and AC meets BC at D. The ratio BD/DC is
(a) greater than 1
(b) 1
(c) less than 1
(d) indeterminate
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 214

---------------------------------------------------------
QQAD
The year is 2008 and a new system(base n > 2) is used in place of decimal for making
calculations. Priyanka, one day receives twice the number of questions in "Quant
questions a week" b'coz the digits of the original number of questions which was a two
digit number got reversed. Let x be the least possible value of n and y is the next possible
value of n.
The 4 digit number abab is a perfect cube in base z. Let z be the smallest possible such
base.
Then y+z equals
(a) 11
(b) 15
(c) 19
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 215

--------------------------------------------------------The least number of positive divisors of a 6-digit number abbabb, where a, b represent
distinct numbers are
(a) 12
(b) 16
(c) 18
(d) none of these
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 216

--------------------------------------------------------Let E = (22^1/2 + 5)^1/2 + (8 - 22^1/2 + 2*(15 - 3*22^1/2)^1/2)^1/2. Then E also
equals
(a) 3^1/2 + (10 + 2*3^1/2)^1/2
(b) 11^1/2 + 2*3^1/2 - 2^1/2
(c) (19 +4*33^1/2 -2*22^1/2 -4*6^1/2)^1/2
(d) Atleast 2 of the foregoing
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 217
--------------------------------------------------------A, B and C start running simultaneously from the points P, Q and R respectively on a
circular track. The distance between any two of the three points P, Q and R is L and the
ratio of the speeds of A, B and C is 1:2:3. If A and B run in opposite directions while B
and C run in the same direction, what is the distance run by A before A, B and C meet for
the third time?
(a) 10 L (b) A, B and C never meet (c) 40/3 L (d) none of the foregoing
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 218

--------------------------------------------------------A graph may be defined as a set of points connected by lines called edges. Every edge
connects a pair of points. Thus, a triangle is a graph with 3 edges and 3 points. The
degree of a point is the number of edges connected to it. For example, a triangle is a
graph with 3 points of degree 2 each. Let S be the sum of degrees of all the points in a
graph. Consider a graph with 12 points. It is possible to reach any point from any other
point except 2 points through a sequence of edges. S in the graph must satisfy the
condition
(a) 19 < S < 98 (b) 16 < S < 91 (c) 18 < S < 96
(d) 17 < S < 93
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 219

--------------------------------------------------------How many 5 digit numbers are divisible by 3 and contain the digit 6?
(a) 7499 (b) 8776 (c) 12503
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 220

--------------------------------------------------------The line l contains the distinct points A, B, C, D in that order. A rectangle is constructed
whose sides (or their extensions) intersect the line l at A, B, C, D and such that the side
which intersects line l at C has length 5 cm. How many such rectangles are possible?
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 3
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 221

--------------------------------------------------------On the occasion of Jay's 64th birthday, Veeru, Basanti and Gabbar play the following
game. There are three cards each with a different positive integer. In each round the
cards are randomly dealt to the players and each receives the number of counters on his
card. After two or more rounds, Veeru has received 20, Basanti 10 and Gabbar 9
counters. In the last round Basanti received the largest number of counters. Who
received the middle number on the first round?
(a) Basanti
(b) Veeru
(c) Gabbar
(d) Can not be determined
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 222

---------------------------------------------------------
QQAD
For how many reals r does the equation x^2 + rx + 6r = 0 have only integer roots?
(a) 5
(b) 9
(c) 10
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 223

--------------------------------------------------------Let x, y be reals such that (x^2 + y^2)/((x^2 - y^2) + (x^2 - y^2)/((x^2 + y^2)) = 1, then
(x^8 + y^8) /(x^8 - y^8) + (x^8 - y^8) /(x^8 + y^8) is
(a) 41/20
(b) 2
(c) 25/12
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 224

--------------------------------------------------------n students played a tournament. Each pair played each other once. A player scored 1 for
a win, 1/2 for a draw and 0 for a loss. Two students scored a total of 8 and the other
players all had equal total scores. What can be the sum of all the possible values of n?
(a) 9
(b) 16
(c) 25
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 225

---------------------------------------------------------.
Each of the numbers 1, 2, ... , 10 is coloured green or blue. 5 is green and at least one
number is blue. If p, q are different colors and p+q <= 10, then p+q is blue. If p, q are
different colours and pq <= 10, then pq is green. Then which among the following is not
true?
(a) 3 is blue
(b) 10 is green
(c) 7 is blue
(d) more than 2 numbers are green
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 226

--------------------------------------------------------ABCD is an isosceles trapezium with AB || CD. The length of AB, BC, CD, DA is 7 cm , 3
cm , 5 cm , 3 cm respectively. The exterior bisectors of <B and <C meet at P, and the
exterior bisectors of <A and <D meet at Q. The length of PQ is
(a) 8 cm
(b) 9 cm
(c) 10 cm
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 227

--------------------------------------------------------The positive integers are grouped as follows: 1, 2+3, 4+5+6, 7+8+9+10, ..... and so
on. The value of the 15th term is
(a) 1515
(b) 1695
(c) 1875
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 228

--------------------------------------------------------ABC is acute-angled. AD and BE are altitudes. Also area BDE area DEA area EAB
ABD. Then which among the following is necessarily true about the triangle ABC?
(a) isosceles (b) equilateral (c) scalene if <ACB is not 60 degrees (d) none of the
foregoing
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 229
--------------------------------------------------------Let each of x(i) be non-negative real and not more than 1. Let S be defined as sum of all
|x(i) - x(j)| where i is not equal to j. If i takes 15 consecutive values from 1 to 15 then what
is max(S)?
(a) 52.5
(b) 56
(c) 60
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 230

--------------------------------------------------------4 spheres of radius 1 are placed so that each touches the other three. What is the radius
of the smallest sphere that contains all 4 spheres?
(a) 3
(b) 3^1/2 + 1
(c) (3/2)^1/2 + 1
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 231

--------------------------------------------------------Let n be such that the number of integers less than or equal to n and divisible by 3 equals
the number divisible by 5 or 7 (or both). Then the largest n is divisible by
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) all of the foregoing
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 232

--------------------------------------------------------The hands of a strange clock move such that they would meet thrice as frequently if they
run in opposite directions than if they run in the same direction. How many times would
the faster hand meet the slower hand in the time that the slower hand completes 10
rotations, given that the hands run in opposite directions?
(a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 40
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 233

--------------------------------------------------------Let ABCDE be a regular pentagon and M be a point inside the pentagon such that
<(MBA) = <(MEA) = 42 degrees.Then <(CMD) equals
(a) 54 degrees (b) 60 degrees (c) 66 degrees (d) 72 degrees
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 234
--------------------------------------------------------Let a, b, c be non-zero real numbers such that a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 1 and
a(1/b + 1/c) + b(1/c + 1/a) + c(1/a + 1/b) = -3, then a+b+c equals
(a) -1
(b) 0
(c) 1
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 235

--------------------------------------------------------S is a set of positive integers containing 1 and 99. No elements are larger than 99. For
every n in S, the arithmetic mean of the other elements of S is an integer. What is the
largest possible number of elements of S?
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 9
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 236

--------------------------------------------------------Let the equation (x-4)^(1/(3x-1))^(1/(4x-5)) = (x^2 -5x +4)^(1/(19-2x)) has n solutions.
Then n equals
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 1
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 237

--------------------------------------------------------Let x, y, z be real, consider a system of equations 2x + y + 4z = 2, x + z = -3, x + 2y + Mz
= 13. Which of the following is not true?
I. There is a value of M for which the system has more than one solution
II. The system will become inconsistent for atleast one value of M
(a) I
(b) II
(c) I && II
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 238

--------------------------------------------------------Grass grows in a field at some rate r1, where r1 is the units of grass grown per day. It is
know that 10 cows are turnedout in the field, the grass will be gone in 20 days. If 15 cows
are turned out in the field, the grass will be gone in
10 days. If 25 cows are turned, let p be the days in which the entire grass be gone.
Raveena has a pack of fortune cards, which are numbered with consecutive natural
numbers starting from 1. One card of this pack is lost and the average of all the
remaining card numbers is 15. Let q be the distinct possible card Raveena could have
lost.
A shopkeeper buys 10 biscuit packets, each packet containing 10 biscuits. Each packet is
bought at the same price. he then sells off r packets, each at a profit of 20%, while all the
remaining packets are opened and the biscuits there in are sold separately, each biscuit
sold at a profit of 50%. Each biscuit withing any packet costs a whole number of rupees
and the total revenue obtained is Rs 144.
A lecture room has a rectangular array of chairs. There are 6 boys in each row and 8 girls
in each column. 15 chairs are unoccupied. Let s be the number of possible rows or
columns.
The value of p+q+r+s is
(a) 13
(b) 14
(c) 15
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 239

--------------------------------------------------------C and D are points on the semi-circle with diameter AB and center O such that <(AQB) =
2*(<COD). Q is the point of intersection of AC and DB inside the circle.The tangents at C
and D meet at P. The circle has radius 1. The distance of P from its center is
(a) 3^1/2
(b) 2/(3^1/2)
(c) 3/(2^1/2)
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 240

--------------------------------------------------------A group of new students whose total age is 341 years join a class, because of which the
strength of the class goes up by 50% but the average age comes down by 2 years. Let p be
the new average of the class given that the original strength of the class was greater than
35.
Let 10^q be such that it divides 98! + 99! + 101! and q is maximum.
Then p + q is
(a) 41
(b) 43
(c) 39
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 241

--------------------------------------------------------A palindrome is a positive integer which is unchanged if you reverse the order of its
digits. If all palindromes are written in increasing order, how many possible prime
values can the difference between successive palindromes take?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 242

--------------------------------------------------------ABCD is a square with side 1. M is the midpoint of AB, and N is the midpoint of BC. The
lines CM and DN meet at I. p is the area of the triangle CIN.
The altitudes of a triangle have length as 4, 5, and 10 respectively. Let q be the length of
triangle's inradius.
Then p*q is
(a) 1/11
(b) 1/10
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 243

--------------------------------------------------------I) For positive p, q, r the minimum value of 2q/r + (1+r)/2p + 2p^2/q is 4
II) x^4 > x - 1/2 for all real x
Which among the above is true?
(a) Only I
(b) I && II
(c) Only II
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 244

--------------------------------------------------------Bush places letter numbers 1, 2, ... , 9 into the typing tray one at a time during the day in
that order. Each letter is placed on top of the pile. Every now and then Mulford takes the
top letter from the pile and types it. He leaves
for lunch remarking that letter 8 has already been typed. How many possible orders
there are for the typing of the remaining letters. [For example, letters 1, 7 and 8 might
already have been typed, and the remaining letters might be
typed in the order 6, 5, 9, 4, 3, 2. So the sequence 6, 5, 9, 4, 3, 2 is one possibility. The
empty sequence is another.]
QQAD
(a) 432
(b) 576
(c) 704
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 245

--------------------------------------------------------A graph has 100 points. Given any four points, there is one joined to the other three.
What is the smallest number possible of points that are joined to all the others?
(a) 74
(b) 99
(c) 51
(d) 97
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 246

--------------------------------------------------------There are 94 identical bricks, each 4 x 10 x 19. How many different heights of tower can
be built (assuming each brick adds 4, 10 or 19 to the height)?
(a) 315
(b) 360
(c) 410
(d) 465
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 247

--------------------------------------------------------Define the sequence a(1), a(2), a(3), ... by a1 = A, a(n+1) = a(n) + d(a(n)), where d(b) is
the largest factor of b less than b. For how many integers A > 1 is 2002 a member of the
sequence?
(a) 0
(b) 2
(c) more than 2
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 248

--------------------------------------------------------An equilateral triangle of side length p has its vertices on the sides of a square of
area 1. Then max(p) is
(a) (2^1/2 + 1)/2
(b) (5^1/2 + 2)/4
(c) 6^1/2 - 2^1/2
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 249

--------------------------------------------------------If x, y, z are positive integers such that x + [y] + {z} = 3.8, [x] + {y} + z = 3.2, {x} + y +
[z] = 2.2, where [p] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to p and {p} denotes
the fractional part of p e.g. [1.23] = 1, {1.23} = 23/100. The numerical value of [x^2 +
y^2 + z^2] is
(a) 7
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 11
QQAD
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 250

--------------------------------------------------------A rectangular block L x 120 x H, with L 120 H is cut into two non-empty parts by a
plane parallel to one of the faces, so that one of the parts is similar to the original. How
many possibilities are there for (L, H)?
(a) 24
(b) 28
(c) 40
(d) 44
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 251

--------------------------------------------------------9 judges each award 20 contestants of Miss PaGalGuy 2007 a rank from 1 to 20. The
contestants's score is the sum of the ranks from the 9 judges, and the winner of the first
round is the contestant with the lowest score. For each contestant the difference between
the highest and lowest ranking (from different judges) is at most 3. What is the highest
score the winner could have obtained?
(a) 23
(b) 24
(c) 27
(d) 28
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 252

--------------------------------------------------------ABC is an acute-angled triangle. The angle bisector AD, the median BM and the altitude
CH are concurrent. Then <A in degrees (is)
(a) < 45
(b) = 45
(c) > 45
(d) can not be determined
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 253

--------------------------------------------------------I) A committee has met 40 times, with 10 members at every meeting. No two people
have met more than once at committee meetings => There are more than 60 people on
the committee.
II) One cannot make more than 30 subcommittees of 5 members from a committee of
25 members with no two subcommittees having more than one common member.
Which of the above is not true?
(a) only I
(b) only II
(c) I && II
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 254

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QQAD
A wooden unit cube rests on a horizontal surface. A point light source a distance x above
an upper vertex casts a shadow of the cube on the surface. The area of the shadow
(excluding the part under the cube) is 35.
Let ABCD be a square. P, Q, R, S are on AB, BC, CD, DA extended respectively. A, B, C, D
are the midpoints of DS, AP, BQ, CR respectively. Area(ABCD)/area(PQRS) = y.
Which among the following is true about x and y?
(a) x > y
(b) 1/x = y
(c) x < 1/y
(d) x = y
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 255

--------------------------------------------------------Let -2 < x < 3, 0 < y < 4, 2 < z < 5. If (3-x)(4-y)(5-z)(3x+4y+5z) achieves the maximum
possible value then which among the following is not true?
(a) 3x+4y = 0
(b) |x| < |y|
(c) z = 5/2
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 256

--------------------------------------------------------P lies inside the triangle ABC.
PBC is
(a) 20o
(b) 40o
(c) 50o
BAC = 50o.
PAB = 10o,
PCA = 30o,
PBA = 20o.
(d) 60o
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 257

--------------------------------------------------------Two different infinite geometric progressions both have sum 1 and the same second
term. One has third term 1/8. Its second term(upto 2 places of decimal) is
(a) 0.25
(b) 0.20
(c) 0.15
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 258

--------------------------------------------------------How many (x, y, z) satisfy log(2xy) = logx*logy, log(yz) = logy*logz, log(2zx) = logz*logx ?
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 0
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 259

---------------------------------------------------------
QQAD
The positive integer n is such that if the first digit is moved to become the last digit, then
the new number is 7n/2. The number of digits in smallest n are
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 260

--------------------------------------------------------How many equilateral triangles of side 2/3^1/2 are formed by the lines y = k, y =
x(3^1/2) + 2k, y = -x(3^1/2) + 2k for |k| <= 10 where k is an integer?
(a) 600
(b) 660
(c) 720
(d) 780
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 261

--------------------------------------------------------The numerical value of [(1^4 + 1/4)*(3^4 + 1/4)*...*(19^4 + 1/4)]/[(2^4 + 1/4)*(4^4 +
1/4)*...*(20^4 + 1/4)] is
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 262
--------------------------------------------------------Problems 261, 262 and 263 were posed in QQAD. 25 users solved at least one of the
three. Amongst those who did not solve 261, twice as many solved 262 as 263. The
number solving only 261 was one more than the number solving 261 and at least one
other. The number solving just 261 equalled the number solving just 262 plus the
number solving just 263. How many solved just 262?
(a) 6
(b) 9
--------------------------------------------------------Quant Question # 263

--------------------------------------------------------A tangent to the inscribed circle of a triangle drawn parallel to one of the sides meets the
other two sides at A and B. What is the maximum length AB, if the triangle has perimeter
p? (vx is the positive square root of x)
(a) p/v24
(b) p/6
(c) p/v48
(d) p/8

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(b) 6 (c) 10 (d) none of the foregoing

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(a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 8

(d) none of the foregoing

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(d) none of the foregoing

(b) 0 (c) 1476

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