Official Verbal Ability thread for CAT 2013


If the sum to infinity of the series 2 + (2 - d)2/3 + (2 + d) 4/9 + (2 + 3d) 8/27 + (2 + 5d) 16/81 + ..... is 5/2, what is the value of d?

In the figure below, BD = 8 cm and DC = 6 cm. If AE : ED = 3 : 4. and AF = 12 cm, find AC (in cm). 
  


In how many ways can twelve similar balls be divided into three groups, with each group containing at most six balls?



A cubic polynomial P(x) has a leading coefficient of 1. When divided by x, P(x) leaves a remainder of 1 and when divided by x - 3 or x + 3, it leaves a remainder of 10. Find the remainder when P(x) is divided by x - 4.

Let a(x) = │4x2 + 4x + 1│ and b(x) = -│6x + 3│, where x is a real number. Find the number of points at which these two curves meet.

1,0,3,none


In a fruit mall, a certain stall sells only Apples, Pears, Kiwis and Peaches. When I asked the fruit vendor about their costs, I was told that any fruit in the stall costs Rs.25. Then, I asked him to give me a basket of fruits worth Rs.500, with at least two fruits of each variety. Assuming that there is no additional charge for the basket, how many different combinations of fruits can the basket contain?
A. 17C3 

B. 19C3 

C. 15C3

D. 12C3


In triangle ABC, ∠B = 90° and BD is the altitude drawn from B to AC. If the area of triangle ABC is X sq.cm, the product (AD) x (CD) cannot be


A. 3\4X

B. 11\10X

C.7\8X

D. X

Find the number of ordered pairs (a, b), where both a and b are whole numbers, such that .
a-1\b=a\b+1



There is a park which is in the shape of a right-angled triangle, with a tower erected at the midpoint of the longest edge of the park.The two perpendicular edges of the park subtend angles of 60° and 90° at the top of the tower. If the area of the park is 168 underoot 2 sq.m, what is the height of the tower?


There are nine distinct two-digit numbers, the tens digit of each number being greater than its units digit. If the digits of each number are interchanged and the resulting number is subtracted from the original number, then the average of all the results obtained is 9. Find the average of the tens digits of the numbers.
4,6,7,5

The sum of the first 40 terms of the series 2 + 10 + 30 + 68 + 130 ...... is


A.583210

B.615340

C.648620

D.673220



A number N2, where N is a natural number, is such that exactly three of its factors are less than N. What is the number of factors of N3?
A. 8

B. 9

C. 10

D. 11

If A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven natural numbers, with no three of the seven being equal, what is the minimum possible value of Y, where Y = A + 2B + 3C + 4D + 5E + 6F + 7G?
A. 39

B. 78

C. 62

D. 50



If a is an integer, then for how many integral values of n can the quadratic equation x2 - (2a + 3)x + 4n = 0, have real and equal roots for x?
A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3


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