CAT 2024 Slot 1 β Quants Practice Questions
Q1. A fruit seller has a total of 187 fruits consisting of apples, mangoes and oranges.
The number of apples and mangoes are in the ratio 5 : 2. After she sells 75 apples,
26 mangoes and half of the oranges, the ratio of number of unsold apples to number
of unsold oranges becomes 3 : 2. The total number of unsold fruits is:
Correct Answer: -66
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Q2. If (a + bβn) is the positive square root of (29 β 12β5), where a and b are integers,
and n is a natural number, then the maximum possible value of (a + b + n) is:
Correct Answer: 18
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Q4. In the XY-plane, the area, in square units, of the region defined by the inequalities
y β₯ x + 4 and β4 β€ xΒ² + yΒ² + 4(x β y) β€ 0 is:
Correct Answer: 2Ο
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Q5- Renu would take 15 days working 4 hours per day to complete a certain
task whereas Seema would take 8 days working 5 hours per day to
complete the same task. They decide to work together to complete this
task. Seema agrees to work for double the number of hours per day as
Renu, while Renu agrees to work for double the number of days as Seema.
If Renu works 2 hours per day, then the number of days Seema will work, is
Correct Answer: -6
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Q6-In September, the incomes of Kamal, Amal and Vimal are in the ratio 8 : 6 :
5. They rent a house together, and Kamal pays 15%, Amal pays 12% and
Vimal pays 18% of their respective incomes to cover the total house rent in
that month. In October, the house rent remains unchanged while their
incomes increase by 10%, 12% and 15%, respectively. In October, the
percentage of their total income that will be paid as house rent, is nearest
to
Correct Answer: 2Ο
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Q7-
Consider two sets A = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13} and B = {1, 8, 27}. Let f be a
function from A to B such that for every element b in B, there is at least one
element a in A such that f(a) = b. Then, the total number of such functions f
is
Correct Answer: 540
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Let x, y, and z be real numbers satisfying
4(xΒ² + yΒ² + zΒ²) = a
4(x β y β z) = 3 + a
Then a equals
Correct Answer: 540
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Q9-
The sum of all four-digit numbers that can be formed with the distinct non-
zero digits a, b, c, and d, with each digit appearing exactly once in every
number, is 153310 + n, where nn is a single digit natural number. Then, the value of (a + b + c + d + n) is
Correct Answer: -31
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Q10- When 10ΒΉβ°β° is divided by 7, the remainder is
Correct Answer: 540
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Q11-There are four numbers such that average of first two numbers is 1 more
than the first number, average of first three numbers is 2 more than
average of first two numbers, and average of first four numbers is 3 more
than average of first three numbers. Then, the difference between the
largest and the smallest numbers is
Correct Answer: 15
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Q12-
An amount of Rs 10000 is deposited in bank A for a certain number of years
at a simple interest of 5% per annum. On maturity, the total amount
received is deposited in bank B for another 5 years at a simple interest of
6% per annum. If the interests received from bank A and bank B are in the
ratio 10 : 13, then the investment period, in years, in bank A is
Correct Answer: 6
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Q13-
A shop wants to sell a certain quantity (in kg) of grains. It sells half the
quantity and an additional 3 kg of these grains to the first customer. Then,
it sells half of the remaining quantity and an additional 3 kg of these grains to the second customer. Finally, when the shop sells half of the remaining
quantity and an additional 3 kg of these grains to the third customer, there
are no grains left. The initial quantity, in kg, of grains is
Correct Answer: 32
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Q14-
Suppose xβ, xβ, xβ, β¦, xβββ are in arithmetic progression such that xβ
= β4 and
2xβ + 2xβ = xββ + xββ. Then, xβββ equals
Correct Answer: -196
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Q15-
Two places A and B are 45 kms apart and connected by a straight road. Anil
goes from A to B while Sunil goes from B to A. Starting at the same time,
they cross each other in exactly 1 hour 30 minutes. If Anil reaches B exactly
1 hour 15 minutes after Sunil reaches A, the speed of Anil, in km per hour,
is
Correct Answer: 12
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Q16-
The surface area of a closed rectangular box, which is inscribed in a sphere,
is 846 sq cm, and the sum of the lengths of all its edges is 144 cm. The
volume, in cubic cm, of the sphere is
Correct Answer: 1125Οβ2
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Q17-
A glass is filled with milk. Two-thirds of its content is poured out and
replaced with water. If this process of pouring out two-thirds the content
and replacing with water is repeated three more times, then the final ratio
of milk to water in the glass is
Correct Answer:D. 1 : 80
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Q18-
For any natural number n, let an be the largest integer not exceeding βn.
Then the value of aβ + aβ + …… + aβ
β is
Correct Answer: 217
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Q19-
ABCD is a rectangle with sides AB = 56 cm and BC = 45 cm, and E is the
midpoint of side CD. Then, the length, in cm, of radius of incircle of β³ADE is
Correct Answer: 10
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Q20-
If the equations xΒ² + mx + 9 = 0, xΒ² + nx + 17 = 0 and xΒ² + (m + n)x + 35 = 0
have a common negative root, then the value of (2m + 3n) is
Correct Answer: 38
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Q21
The selling price of a product is fixed to ensure 40% profit. If the product
had cost 40% less and had been sold for 5 rupees less, then the resulting
profit would have been 50%. The original selling price, in rupees, of the
product is
Correct Answer:14
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Q22-
If x is a positive real number such that 4logββx + 4logβββx + 8logββββx = 13,
then the greatest integer not exceeding x is
Correct Answer: 31
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