Official Quant thread for CAT 2013

An employer reduces the number of employees by 1/9th and increases their wages by 1/14 th. What is the ratio of the total wages paid before and after the raise?

10 : 11

11 : 10

21 : 20

21 : 24

24 : 21

In an exhibition, some paintings were kept for sale. On the first day, 1 painting plus 1/7 th of the remaining paintings were sold. On the second day, 2 paintings plus 1/7 th of the remaining paintings were sold. A similar pattern continued till the kth day, when 'k' paintings were sold and no painting was left after that. If the exhibition ran for exactly k days (k > 1), then what is the minimum number of paintings sold during the exhibition?


a36

b42

c99

d100

e81


I buy two tables for some amount. I sell one at a loss of 6% and the other for a gain of 5 1/2 % On the whole there is neither loss nor gain. Find the ratio of the cost prices of the two tables

6:5
11:12
12:11
NOT

If the side of an equilateral triangle and the radius of a semi circle are equal find the ratio of the perimeter of the equilateral triangle to the perimeter of the semi circle

3: (2+pie)
3: pie
(3+pie):2
pie:2

Anu, Mini and Vandana are three friends. They have 98 candies. The ratio of number of Mini's candies to the number of Vandana's candies is 5 : 8 and the ratio of number of Anu's candies to the number of Mini's candies is 2 : 3. The number of candies with Anu is

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The 23rd term and the 32nd term of a geometric progression are the number of factors of 54 and 72 respectively. What is the geometric mean of the first 54 terms of the progression

  • 4 √6
  • 4 √3
  • 6 √2
  • 8 √3

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V is a positive integer. When V is divided by any of the numbers 2, 11, 13, 71 and 89 the remainder is 1. What is the remainder when V^256 is divided by 16?

Find the number of whole number solutions to the equation 7x-9y=1, such that y

Prakul left his house for school t1 mins late but he traveled 6/5th of his usual speed and reached school t1 mins early.Next day he left home t1 mins late and traveled at 4/5th of his usual speed and reached his school .............
A,. 3t1 mins late
B. 2t1 mins early
C. 2t1 mins late
D. Exactly at the same time :thumbsup:

Find the ratio in which the line segment joining (2, -3) and (5, 6) is divided by the X-axis

a. 2 : 1 externally

b. 2 : 1 internally

c. 1 : 2 externally

d. 1 : 2 internally

e. None of these


A fair die is tossed until a number greater than 4 appears. The probability that an even number of tosses is needed is.....


3/5
2/5
1/2
1/5

ADHM : ZUQN


GIKM : ????

  • TQRN
  • TRPN
  • TNRP
  • NOQS

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mode of 1,3,3,4,4? 😁

if 35 fruits are to be distributed among 3 patients, then the probability that no one gets less than 10 is..


5/111
7/111
5/222
7/222

At midnight on Sunday, December 31st, Professor Lawrence set two of her analog clocks to the correct time. One of her clocks gains one minute every hour and the other loses two minutes every hour.

1. When will the clocks next show the same time as each other?

2. When will the clocks both show the correct time?

does anybody know any free site for SWOT analysis? thnks in advance 😃

find number of zeros after decimal point in (5/6)^40? Explanation for the answers would be appreciated. Thanks


  • 33
  • 32
  • 31
  • 34

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A vessel is full of a mixture of kerosene and petrol in which there is 18% kerosene. 8 litres are drawn off and then vessel is filled with petrol. If the kerosene is now 15%.How much does vessel hold?

  • 40
  • 32
  • 36
  • 48

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Ram's age when Shyam was as old as Ram is one-third of the Shyam's present age. When Ram will be as old as Shyam is, Shyam will be 10 years older than Ram will be. Find Shyam's present age (in years).

A, B, C and D are four towns any three of which are non-collinear. Then the number of ways to construct three roads each joining a pair of towns so that the roads do not form a triangle is ____ ?