Official Quant thread for CAT 2013

"BHAI-MERE" is a premier Hockey Tournament, in total having 10 matches. The result of each of the 10 hockey matches have to be predicted. A particular team wins or loses the match or the match ends in a draw. Of all the possible sets of the 10 predictions, how many sets contain exactly 6 correct results ?


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There are 6 sticks of different heights which are to be arranged in two rows of 3 each such that the sticks are in ascending order from left to right in each row, and the stick in front is always smaller than the one at the back. How many such arrangements are possible?



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A train going Lucknow to Mumbai stops at 7 intermediate stations.five persons enter the train during the journey with five different tickets of the same class.Howmany different set of tickets they could have had?

13 points viz A,B,C,....,M are placed equidistant on line l such as A-B-C...M.13 points viz N,O,P,....Z are placed equidistant on line m such as N-O-O...Z.l(OP)=l(BC).IF l is perpendicular to m and M is midpoint of SU,how many isosceles triangles can be drawn with these points as its vertices?



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A shopkeeper buys goods at 25% off the list price, He disires to marks the price so that he can give a discount of 20% on the marked price and still have a profit of 25% on the selling price

What percent of the list price must be marked on the goods?

A. 125
B. 130
C. 120
D. 100

Which of the following statements is FALSE


a. The product of three consecutive even numbers must be divisible by 48.

b. The numbers (100) to the base 2, (100) to base 3, (100) to base 4, (100) to base 5 and so on are all in Arithmetic progression.

c. The factorial of any natural number greater than 1 cannot be a perfect square.

d. x% of y% of z is same as z% of x% of y.

e. b and c


Plz answer with explanations for each (why the options are correct and incorrect respectively)

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The set of values that a society always keeps in mind are morals and ethics which are always supposed to be adhered to. They include a prescriptive code of conduct and don't merely describe a state of affairs.
pls explain the maening of second sentence..

A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are water and 5 parts syrup. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup?

The internal bisector of an angle A in a triangle ABC meets the side BC at point D. AB = 4, AC = 3 and A = 60 . Then what is the length of the bisector AD?

Me wanna give CAT 2014....wanted to ask something ? My Academics :- 10th=86.47 % 12th=76.47%,Engg agg =59.94%

(2013 passout)

(Pune Univ[i know it doesn't matter which university u belong]),not so good extra curricular activities.....my aim is to get in IIM Kozhikode.....currently i m in search of a job......if i have an experience of +1.5 yrs and give CAT 2015 then which colleges i might loose and which i might get....please be specific about colleges(including IIM's)......Percentile score to expect karna he hai +98.5(too optimistic)

Does anyone want to sell material of Cl or IMS?

If 10 hens lay 10 eggs in 10 days, how many eggs will one hen lay in one day.. ??

plz answer.. i need to confirm it.. with my own..

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The ratio of the number of Re. 1 coins, number of 50ps. coins and the number of 25ps. coins each making up Rs. X is ??

IS the answer = X/1 : X/0.5 : X/.25 ..

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The ratio of the amounts (in Rs.) made by "A" Re. 1 coins, "B" 50 ps coins and "C" 25 ps coins is ??

Is the answer = A * 1 : B * 0.5 : C * 0.25 ..

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Total cost is directly related to the number of units produced. If TC1 and TC2 is the total cost when n1 and n2 number of units are produced respectively, the cost incurred on each incremental unit produced is ??

plz answer.. and explain the meaning of "incremental unit" here??

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Consider the increasing sequence 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 13… and so on. The sequence consists of all those positive integers which are powers of 3 or sum of distinct powers of 3.

Find the 101th term of the sequence.

A pentagonal prism is to be painted such that no two adjacent faces are painted. In how many ways can the prism be painted?

@scrabbler @ScareCrow28 @Dazed-Confused @ralins

help please !

Puys, Does Anyone have pune login link for Infosys off campus which is going to be held on 18th January ?

Train X started from point A at 9:00 am with a speed 72km/hr towards station Y. 2 hrs after train Y starts from point B towards X at a speed of 90 km/hr. They cross each other at 1:30 pm. But owing to signal problems at 12:00 noon the speeds of both the trains is reduced by same quantity such that they now cross each other at 4:30 pm. Calculate the new speed of train that started from point A.

The investmnts of 3 ppl P Q and R are in the ratio 2:3:4 Find the ratio of the periods of their investmnts given that annual profits obtained r shared in the ratio 5:4:3???