[Official] Quant Thread for 2015!

In a cricket tournament organised by the ICC, a total of 15 teams participated. Australia, as usual won the tournament by scoring the maximum number of points. The tournament is organised as a single round robin tournament-where each team plays with every other team exactly once. 3 points are awarded for a win, 2 points are awarded for a tie/washed out match and 1 point is awarded for a loss. Zimbabwe had the lowest score(in terms of points) at the end of the tournament. Zimbawe scored a total of 21 points.All the 15 national teams got a distinct score (in terms of points scored). It is also known that at least one match played by the Australian team was tied/washed out. Which of the following is always true for the Australian team?

1)it had at least 2 ties/washouts

2)it had a maximum of 3 losses

3)it had a maximum of 9 wins

4)all of the above.

In an increasing GP, the sum of the first and last term is 66, the product of the second and the last but one term is128, and sum of all terms is 126. How many terms are there in the progression?

In a maternity centre, 5% of all the childbirth cases result in twins. What is the approximate percentage of twins out of total children born?

The value of xyz is 15/2 if a, x, y, z, b in AP. While xyz is 18/5 if a, x, y, z, b in HP. If a, b are +ve integers then find them.

Solve this, and share your approach---

probability of player a plays and team wins is 1/4, and that of player b plays and team wins is 1/2. when both plays it is 1/2. overall probability of the team winning is 3/4. what is the probability of winning when either a or b plays??      

A-1/4  B-2/3  C-1/2   D-3/4

300 workers are set to build a dam. In 21 weeks they have done 60% of the work, but subsequent rains lasting 4 weeks washed away 25% of what they had done. The job is resumed by 200 workers. What is the additional time it will take to complete the work?

a) 12

b) 24

c) 36

d) None of these

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Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 10 min and 5 min respectively and a waste pipe C can carry off 5 litre per min. If all the pipes are opened when the cistern is full, it is emptied in 1 hour. What is the capacity of the cistern?

  • 95 litres
  • None of these
  • 40 litres
  • 35 litres

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Hi, can anybody share AimCATs or SimCATS of 2014?  Thnx:))

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OA d

sorry off topic. Has anyone tried handa ka funda video course? how is it?

what is the last digit or unit's digit of 99^77-77^99?

find the remainder when (5+5^1+5^2+... +5^55) divided by 13?

which test series should be taken along with IMS(take home &proctored)+ Hitbullseye for sufficient cat prep

  • CL
  • TIME(BASIC)
  • cracku
  • TESTFUNDA
  • TIME(ENHANCED)
  • oliveboard

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a better cat test series this year (do not choose based on last year's decision)

  • TIME
  • CL

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Shortcut method to solve these types of questions -

The sum of 5 numbers in AP is 30 and the sum of their square is 220. Which of the following is the third term ? 1) 5 2) 6 3) 8 4) 9

Find the smallest positive integer n such that n/2 is a perfect square, n/3 is perfect cube, n/5 is perfect firth power.

solution needed for this question. It's an DI question btw


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OA given in 121, bt i'm getting 81. Please explain

Approach pls.. In how many ways can 20 distinct books be divided equally into 4 parcels