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PREASSESSMENT TEST (a) never divisible by 6.

(b) always divisible by 6, and may or may not be
This test consist~ of 25 questions ba.~ on the chapters of
divisible by 12.
BLOCK ONE (Number Systems and Progres.~ions). Do your
best in trying to solve each question. (c) always divisible by 12, and may or may not be
The time limit to be followed for this test is 30 minutes. divisible by 24.
However, after the 30 minutes is over continue solving till (d) always divisible by 24.
you have spent enough time and paid sufficient auention to 9. Iqbal dealt some cards to Mushtaq and himself from
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a full pack of playing cards and laid the rest aside.
each question. After you finish thinking about each and
every question of the test, check your scores. Then go Iqbal then said to Mu.shtaq "If you give me :t cenain
through the SCORE INfERPRETATION ALGORITHM given number of your cards, I will have four times liS many
at the end of the test to understand the way in wh.ich you cards as you will have. If I give you the same number
need to approach the chapters inside this block. of card.~. I will have thrice as many cards as you will
1. The number of integers n satisfying - n +2 ~0 and bave". Of the given choices. whic.h could represent
the number of cards with Iqbal?
2n ~ 4 is
(a) 9 (b) 31
(a) 0 (b) I
(c) 12 (d) 35
(c) 2 (d) 3
10. ln Sivkasi, each boy's quota of match sticks to till into
2. The sum of two integers is 10 and the sum of their
boxes is not more than 200 per session. lf he reduces
reciprocals is 5112. Then the larger of these integers is
the number of stick.s per box by 25. he can fiU 3 more
(a) 2 (b) 4
boxes with the total number of sticks assigned to him.
(c) 6 (d) 8
Which of the following is the possible number of
3. If x is a positive integer such that 2x + 12 is perfectly
sticks assigned to each boy?
divisible by x, then the number of possible values of
(a) 200 (b) 15\)
xis
(c) 125 (d) 175
(a) 2 (b) 5
11. Alord got an order from a garment manufacturer for
(c) 6 (d) 12
4SO Denim 'Shirts. He bought .12 sewi.ng machines and
4. Let K be a positive integer such that k + 4 is divisible appointed some expen tailors to do the job. However,
by 7. Then the smallest positive integer" greater than many didn't repon for duty. As a result, each of those
2, such that k + 2n is divisible by 7 equals. who di~ bad to stitch 32 more shirts than originally
(a) 9 (b) 7 planned by Alord. with equal distribution of work.
(c) 5 (d) 3 How many tailors had been appointed earli.e r and how
5. 2n - 212 - 271 is the same as many bad not reponed for work?
(a) 2&J (b) 270 (a) 12,4 (b) 10, 3
(c) 271 (d) 2n (c) 10.4 (d) None of these
6. Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers 12 How many 3-digit even numbers can you form such
is 3 more dtan twice the third. What is the third inte- that if one of the digits is 5, the following digit must
ger? be 7?
(a) 15 (b) 9 (a) 5 (b) 4U5
(c) II (d) 5 (c) 365
.
(d) 495
7. x, y and z are three positive integers such that x > y > z. 13. To decide whetber a number oftr digits is divisible by
Which of the following is closest to the product xyz'! 7, we can define a process by which its magnitude is
(a) .ry(z - I) (b) (x - l)yz reduced as follows: (i 1 i1 , i 3 . i. are the digits of the
(c) (x- y)xy (d) x(y+ l)z number, starting from the most significant digit).
8. A positive integer is said to be a prime number if it is . . .
11'-2 "'11 ~ 'I
. 3"- 1+ 12, 3"- '
.. + .... +
tl
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not divisible by any positive integer other than itself 2 1

e.g. 259 =-> 2.3 +5.3 +9.3= 18+ 15 + 9=42
and I . 11 p be a prime number greater than 5, then Ultimately tbe resulting number wiU be seven after
vi-l)is repeating the above process a ccnain number of times.
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n How lo Prepare lor Ouantlealive Aptitude lor the CAT

After how many such stages, doe., the number 203 (a) 4 (b) 3
reduc.e to T~ (c) 2 (d) 5
(a) 2 (b) 3 21. If a < b, which of the following is always true?
(c) 4 (d) 1 (a) a < (a + b) 12 < b
14. A third standard teacher gave a simple multiplication (b) a< ab/2 < b
exercise to L1f kid. But one lcid reversed the digits of (c) a < b2 - , ; < b
both the numbers and carried out the multiplication
(d ) a< ab < b
and found that the product was exactly the same as
22 The money ordeccommission is calculated as follows.
the one expected by the teacher. Only one of the
From Rs. X to be sent by money order, subtract O.ot
following pairs of number$ will fit in the de.lcripllon of
the exercise. Which one is that?
and divide by 10. Get the quotient and add I to it. if
(a) 14.22
the result is Y, the money order commis..ion is Rs. O.SY.
(b) 13.62
If a per.;on sends two money orders to Aurnngabad
(c) 19.33 (d) 42, 28
and Bhatinda for Rs. 71 and Rs. 48 respectively. the
15. If8+ 12 =2. 7 + 14 =3then 10+ 18 "7
total commission will be
(a) 10 (b) 4
(a) Rs. 7.00 (b) Rs. 6.50
(c) 6 (d) 18
(c) Rs. 6.00 (d) Rs. 7.50
16. Find the minimum integral value of n such that the
division 551111 24 lc.a vcs no remainder. 23. The .auto fare in Ahmedabad ha~ the following formula
(a) 124 (b) 123
based upon the meter reading. The meter reading is
rounded up to the next higher multiple of 4. For in
(c) 31 (d) 62
stance. if the meter reading is 37 paise, it is rounded
17. What is the va.lue of k for which the following system
up to 40 paise. The resultant is multiplied by 12. The
of equations has no solution:
final result is rounded off to nearest multiple of 2S
2r - 8y = 3; and kx + 4y., 10.
paise. If 53 paise is the meter reading what will be the
(a) - 2 (b) I
actual fare?
(c) - 1 (d) 2
(a) Rs. 6.75 (b) Rs. 6.50
18. A positive integer is said to be a prime if it is not
(c) Rs. 6.25 (d) Rs. 7.50
divisible by any positive integer other than itself and
one. let p be n prime number strictly greater than 3. 24. Jubi and Bhagya.~hree were playing simple rnathemati
Then. when p: + 17 is divided by 12, the remainder is cal putties. Juhi wrote a two digit number and asked
(a) 6 (b) I Bhayashree to guess it. Juhi also indicated that the
(c) 0 (d) 8 number is exactly thrice the product of its digits. What
19. A man sells chocolates that come in boxes. Either full was the number that J ubi wrote?
boxes or half a box of chocolateS can be bought from (a) 36 {b) 24
him. A customer comes and buys half the number of (c) 12 (d) 48
boxes the seller has plus half a box. A second cus- 25. It is desired to extract the maximum powerof3 from 24!,
tomer comes and buys half the remaining number of where n! = n.(n - I) . (n- 2) ... 3.2.1. What will be the
boxes plus half a box. After this. the seller is left with exponent of 3?
no chocolates box. How many chocolates boxes did (a) 8 (b) 9
the seller have before the first customer came? (c) II (d) 10
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 3.S Answers (Biocl< 1 ~nt Test)
20. X and Y nrc playing a some. There are eleven 50 paise I. (b) 2 (c) 3. (c) 4. (a) S. (c)
coins on the table and each player must pick up at 6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. {b) 10. (b)
least one coin but not more than five. The pen;on I I. (c) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (b) 15. (a)
picking up the last coin loses. X starts. How many 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (b) 20. (b)
should he pick up at the stortto ensure a win no matter 21. (a) 22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (d)
what strutcgy Y employs'/