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Growth rate of infant 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. d Demographic detail 1. d 2. c 3. c Electronic mailboxes 1. c 2. a 3. d Profit Data 1. b 2. c 3. b US MBA schools 1. d 2. b 3. d Couples 1. d 2. a 3. b Arrange Portfolios 1. b 2. d Rang Barsey Paint Company (RBPC) 1. b 2. d 3. b Seven basketball players 1. c 2. d 3. c Basketball throws 1. a 2. a Shopping in Banglore 1. b 2. a 3. c Sree Sagar restaurant 1. a 2. c 3. c Bangkok international airport 1. d 2. c New Age Consultants 1. d 2. b

(CAT 2003(L)) New Age Consultants have three consultants Gyani, Medha and Buddhi. The sum of the number of projects handled by Gyani and Buddhi individually is equal to the number of projects in which Medha is involved. All three consultants are involved together in 6 projects. Gyani works with Medha in 14 projects. Buddhi has 2 projects with Medha but without Gyani, and 3 projects with Gyani but without Medha. The total number of projects for New Age Consultants is one less than twice the number of projects in which more than one consultant is involved. 1. What is the number of projects in which Gyani alone is involved? a. Uniquely equal to zero. b. Uniquely equal to 1. c. Uniquely equal to 4. d. Cannot be determined uniquely. 2. What is the number of projects in which Medha alone is involved? a. Uniquely equal to zero. b. Uniquely equal to 1. c. Uniquely equal to 4. d. Cannot be determined uniquely. For answers  click here .

(CAT 2003(L)) A certain perfume is available at a duty-free shop at the Bangkok international airport. It is priced in the Thai currency Baht but other currencies are also acceptable. In particular, the shop accepts Euro and US Dollar at the following rates of exchange: US Dollar 1 = 41 Bahts Euro 1= 46 Bahts The perfume is priced at 520 Bahts per bottle. After one bottle is purchased, subsequent bottles are available at a discount of 30%. Three friends S, R and M together purchase three bottles of the perfume, agreeing to share the cost equally. R pays 2 Euros. M pays 4 Euros and 27 Thai Bahts and S pays the remaining amount in US Dollars. 1. How much does R owe to S in Thai Baht? a. 428 b. 416 c. 334 d. 324 2. How much does M owe to S in US Dollars? a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6 For answers  click here .

(CAT 2003(L)) Five friends meet every morning at Sree Sagar restaurant for an idli-vada breakfast. Each consumes a different number of idlis and vadas. The number of idlis consumed are 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8, while the number of vadas consumed are 0, 1, 2, 4, and 6. Below are some more facts about who eats what and how much. i. The number of vadas eaten by Ignesh is three times the number of vadas consumed by the person who eats four idlis. ii. Three persons, including the one who eats four vadas eat without chutney. iii. Sandeep does not take any chutney. iv. The one who eats one idli a day does not eat any vadas or chutney. Further, he is not Mukesh. v. Daljit eats idli with chutney and also eats vada. vi. Mukesh, who does not take chutney, eats half as many vadas as the person who eats twice as many idlis as he does. vii. Bimal eats two more idlis than Ignesh, but Ignesh eats two more vadas than Bimal. 1. Which one of the following statements is true? a. Daljit eats 5 idlis ...

(CAT 2003(L)) Five women decided to go shopping to M.G. Road, Bangalore. They arrived at the designated meeting place in the following order: 1. Archana, 2. Chellamma, 3. Dhenuka, 4. Helen, and 5. Shahnaz. Each woman spent at least Rs. 1000. Below are some additional facts about how much they spent during their shopping spree. i. The woman who spent Rs. 2234 arrived before the lady who spent Rs. 1193. ii. One woman spent Rs. 1340 and she was not Dhenuka. iii. One woman spent Rs. 1378 more than Chellamma. iv. One woman spent Rs. 2517 and she was not Archana. v. Helen spent more than Dhenuka. vi. Shahnaz spent the largest amount and Chellamma the smallest. 1. What was the amount spent by Helen? a. Rs. 1193 b. Rs. 1340 c. Rs. 2234 d. Rs. 2517 2. Which of the following amounts was spent by one of them? a. Rs. 1139 b. Rs. 1378 c. Rs. 2571 d. Rs. 2718 3. The woman who spent Rs. 1193 is a. Archana b. Chellamma c. Dhenuka d. Helen For answers  click here .

(CAT 2003(L)) Some children were taking free throws at the basketball court in school during lunch break. Below are some facts about how many baskets these children shot. i. Ganesh shot 8 baskets less than Ashish. ii. Dhanraj and Ramesh together shot 37 baskets. iii. Jugraj shot 8 baskets more than Dhanraj. iv. Ashish shot 5 baskets more than Dhanraj. v. Ashish and Ganesh together shot 40 baskets. 1. Which of the following statements is true? a. Ramesh shot 18 baskets and Dhanraj shot 19 baskets. b. Ganesh shot 24 baskets and Ashish shot 16 baskets. c. Jugraj shot 19 baskets and Dhanraj shot 27 baskets. d. Dhanraj shot 11 baskets and Ashish shot 16 baskets. 2. Which of the following statements is true? a. Dhanraj and Jugraj together shot 46 baskets. b. Ganesh shot 18 baskets and Ramesh shot 21 baskets. c. Dhanraj shot 3 more baskets than Ramesh. d. Ramesh and Jugraj together shot 29 baskets. For answers  click here .

(CAT 2003(L)) Seven varsity basketball players (A, B, C, D, E, F, and G) are to be honoured at a special luncheon. The players will be seated on the dais in a row. A and G have to leave the luncheon early and so must be seated at the extreme right. B will receive the most valuable player's trophy and so must be in the centre to facilitate presentation. C and D are bitter rivals and therefore must be seated as far apart as possible. 1. Which of the following cannot be seated at either end? a. C b. D c. F d. G 2. Which of the following pairs cannot be seated together? a. B & D b. C & F c. D & G d. E & A 3. Which of the following pairs cannot occupy the seats on either side of B? a. F & D b. D & E c. E & G d. C & F For answers  click here .

(CAT 2003(L)) Rang Barsey Paint Company (RBPC) is in the business of manufacturing paints. RBPC buys RED, YELLOW, WHITE, ORANGE, and PINK paints. ORANGE paint can be also produced by mixing RED and YELLOW paints in equal proportions. Similarly, PINK paint can also be produced by mixing equal amounts of RED and WHITE paints. Among other paints, RBPC sells CREAM paint, (formed by mixing WHITE and YELLOW in the ratio 70:30) AVOCADO paint (formed by mixing equal amounts of ORANGE and PINK paint) and WASHEDORANGE paint (formed by mixing equal amounts of ORANGE and WHITE paint). The following table provides the price at which RBPC buys paints. 1. The cheapest way to manufacture AVOCADO paint would cost a. Rs. 19.50 per litre. b. Rs. 19.75 per litre c. Rs. 20.00 per litre. d. Rs. 20.25 per litre. 2. WASHEDORANGE can be manufactured by mixing a. CREAM and RED in the ratio 14:10. b. CREAM and RED in the ratio 3:1. c. YELLOW and PINK in the ratio 1:1. d. RED, YELLOW, and WHITE ...

(CAT 2003(L)) The Head of a newly formed government desires to appoint five of the six elected members A, B, C, D, E and F to portfolios of Home, Power, Defence, Telecom and Finance. F does not want any portfolio if D gets one of the five. C wants either Home or Finance or no portfolio. B says that if D gets either Power or Telecom then she must get the other one. E insists on a portfolio if A gets one. 81. Which is a valid assignment? a. A-Home, B-Power, C-Defence, D-Telecom, E-Finance. b. C-Home, D-Power, A-Defence, B-Telecom, E-Finance. c. A-Home, B-Power, E-Defence, D-Telecom, F-Finance. d. B-Home, F-Power, E-Defence, C-Telecom, A-Finance. 82. If A gets Home and C gets Finance, then which is NOT a valid assignment of Defense and Telecom? a. D-Defence, B-Telecom. b. F-Defence, B-Telecom. c. B-Defence, E-Telecom. d. B-Defence, D-Telecom. For answers  click here .

(CAT 2003(L)) A, B, C, D, E, and F are a group of friends. There are two housewives, one professor, one engineer, one accountant and one lawyer in the group. There are only two married couples in the group. The lawyer is married to D, who is a housewife. No woman in the group is either an engineer or an accountant. C, the accountant, is married to F, who is a professor. A is married to a housewife. E is not a housewife. 1. Which of the following is one of the married couples? a. A & B b. B & E c. D & E d. A & D 2. What is E's profession? a. Engineer b. Lawyer c. Professor d. Accountant 3. How many members of the group are males? a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. Cannot be determined For answers  click here .

(CAT 2003(L)) Details of the top 20 MBA schools in the US as ranked by US News and World Report, 1997 are given below. 1. Madhu has received admission in all schools listed above. She wishes to select the highest overall ranked school whose a) annual tuition fee does not exceed $23,000 and b) median starting salary is at least $70,000. Which school will she select? a. University of Virginia. b. University of Pennsylvania c. Northwestern University d. University of California - Berkeley 2. In terms of staring salary and tuition fee, how many schools are uniformly better (higher median starting salary AND lower tuition fee) than Dartmouth College? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 3. How many schools in the list above have single digit rankings on at least 3 of the 4 parameters (overall ranking, ranking by academics, ranking by recruiters and ranking by placement)? a. 10 b. 5 c. 7 d. 8 For answers  click here .

(CAT 2003(L)) Each point in the graph below shows the profit and turnover data for a company. Each company belongs to one of the three industries: textile, cement and steel. 1. For how many companies does the profit exceed 10% of turnover? a. 8 b. 7 c. 6 d. 5 2. For how many steel companies with a turnover of more than 2000 is the profit less than 300? a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 7 3. An investor wants to buy stock of only steel or cement companies with a turnover more than 1000 and profit exceeding 10% of turnover. How many choices are available to the investor? a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7 For answers  click here .

(CAT 2003(L)) Spam that enters our electronic mailboxes can be classified under several spam heads. The following table shows the distribution of such spam worldwide over time. The total number of spam emails received during December 2002 was larger than the number received in June 2003. The total number of spam emails received during September 2002 was larger than the number received in March 2003. The figures in the table represent the percentage of all spam emails received during that period, falling into those respective categories. 1. In which category was the percentage of spam emails increasing but at a decreasing rate? a. Financial b. Scams c. Products d. None of the above 2. In the health category, the number of spam emails received in December 2002 as compared to June 2003. a. was larger b. was smaller c. was equal d. cannot be determined 3. In the financial category, the number of spam emails received in September 2002 as compared to March 2003. a. was ...

(CAT 2003(L)) The table below provides certain demographic details of 30 respondents who were part of a survey. The demographic characteristics are: gender, number of children, and age of respondents. The first number in each cell is the number of respondents in that group. The minimum and maximum age of respondents in each group is given in brackets. For example, there are five female respondents with no children and among these five, the youngest is 34 years old, while the oldest is 49. 1. The percentage of respondents aged less than 40 years is at least a. 10% b. 16.67% c. 20.0% d. 30% 2. Given the information above, the percentage of respondents older than 35 can be at most a. 30% b. 73.33% c. 76.67% d. 90% 3. The percentage of respondents that fall into the 35 to 40 years age group (both inclusive) is at least a. 6.67% b. 10% c. 13.33% d. 26.67% For answers  click here .

(CAT 2003(L)) The length of an infant is one of the measures of his/her development in the early stages of his/her life. The figure below shows the growth chart of four infants in the first five months of life. 1. After which month did Seeta's rate of growth start to decline? a. Second month b. Third month c. Fourth month d. Never 2. Who grew at the fastest rate in the first two months of life? a. Geeta b. Seeta c. Ram d. Shyam 3. The rate of growth during the third month was the lowest for a. Geeta b. Seeta c. Ram d. Shyam 4. Among the four infants, who grew the least in the first five months of life? a. Geeta b. Seeta c. Ram d. Shyam For answers click here .