[Official] Quant Thread for 2015!

The Official LR/DI Thread is here!! Much needed after the new CAT pattern! 


http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/official-lr-di-thread-for-cat-2015-32043805

The number of factors common to 30^11 and 20^13 is

Anybody booked NMAT slot recently for Mumbai Test Center? Are the slots available between 5th to 10th December?

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IIFT QUESTION PAPERS & SOLUTIONS !! PREPARE WELL !!

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Director of IIM-Rohtak P Rameshan felt the change in format may bring in more rationality and diversity in gender and academic background as there would be written answers too.

The CAT exam has been criticised for being biased towards candidates from engineering background but the changes could provide an "even field to candidates coming from different streams", said an IIM faculty.

A former IIM director said the changes would help in better assessment of how the future managers can collect data from multiple sources and make sense of it.
Source: 

http://www.financialexpress.com/article/industry/jobs/cat-2015-pattern-changed-entrance-test-on-nov-...

The largest power of 2 in 32! + 33! + 34! .... +90! is? Options are 32, 33, 34 and 35.

Find remainder when:

242424.....300 digits is divided by 999

79237923......400 digits is divided by 101

Hi Guys,

Need your help with a concept on Geometry.

When 2 circles intersect each other at 2 distinct points, the line joining the centres of the two circles bisects the common chord.

Does, the common chord bisect the line joining the centre of the two circles as well?

Thanks in advance!!

In a college, where every student follows at least one of the three activities- drama, sports, or arts- 65% follow drama, 86% follow sports, and 57% follow arts. What can be the maximum and minimum percentage of students who follow
·          all three activities
·          exactly two activities   

Approach plz 

Puys  where can i find fundamentals and formula for cube cutting,  colored cube problems  ?   Thanks in advance

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how to solve this question ? Please explain. OA : 20

In the figure below, ABCD is a rectangle in which AB = 6 cm and BC = 4 cm. P is any point on DC, and BP meets AC at O. Also, OM and ON are perpendiculars on sides AB and BC respectively. Find the length of DP for which the area of the quadrilateral OMBN is maximum.(Approach Please)

(A) 3cm

(B) 2cm

(C) 2√2 cm

(D) None of these

"A" plans to prepare a schedule for a seven day period in which he shall play exactly one sport out of Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Hockey and Cricket on each day.

A. The number of schedules that A can prepare in which each of the sports is played on at least one day during the seven day period is:

1. 1260; 2. 14068; 3. 5880; 4. 8400

B. If A must play at least two sports on at least three days each, then how many different schedules can A prepare?

1. 1050; 2, 350; 3. 2100; 4. NOTA

Can anyone suggest some good websites for daily free mock tests..Thanks! 

A cube is cut 6 times. How many maximum equal sized cubes are formed? What if  it is cut 5 times ? Don't have OA.

Rohan has a certain number of sweets (less than 10000). If he distributes them among 12, 16 or 18 kids, he would have one sweet left. If he distributes them among 17 kids, he would have none left. Find the number of possibilities for the sweets he has. Options are 2, 3, 4 and 5. 

I tried the exhaustive approach, where 144k + 1 = 17m, but no luck. Any easier methods?

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How many ways are there to pick 2 different cards from a deck of 52 cards such that the first card is an Ace and the second is not a Queen?  

Ans

 4c1*47c1=188 ways

but im not convinced with this ans, ow can there be 4 possibilities to select a card from a pack of 52 cards?

Anybody having IMS mocks plzz share the link!!

where can i get CAT 2014 question paper? plz