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495 Qs
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34–37 Marks (out of 72 in VARC, ~12 net correct questions)
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3Eliminate options containing extreme absolute quantifiers ("never", "always", "entirely") unless explicitly affirmed in the text.
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Question 1 of 495
Five jumbled sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence out and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.
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Developments both technological and sociocultural have afforded us far greater freedom over death than we had in the past, and while we are still adapting ourselves to that freedom, we now appreciate the moral importance of this freedom.
2
But I believe that a type of freedom we can call freedom over death – that is, a freedom in which we shape the timing and circumstances of how we die – should be central to this conversation.
3
Legalising assisted dying is but a further step in realising this freedom over death.
4
Many people endorse, through their opinions or their choices, our freedom over death encompassing a right to medical assistance in hastening our deaths.
5
Freedom is a notoriously complex and contested philosophical notion, and I won’t pretend to settle any of the big controversies it raises.
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Question 2 of 495
Two tangents drawn from a point PP touch a circle with center OO at points QQ and RR. Points AA and BB lie on PQPQ and PRPR , respectively, such that ABAB is also a tangent to the same circle. If ∠\angle AOB = 50∘50^\circ , then ∠\angle APB , in degrees, equals
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Question 3 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 3QAAlgebra • Progression & SeriesModerate
In an arithmetic progression, if the sum of fourth, seventh and tenth terms is 99, and the sum of the first fourteen terms is 497, then the sum of first five terms is
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Question 4 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 2QANumber Systems • Integral SolutionsHard
Suppose a,b,ca,b,c are three distinct natural numbers, such that 3ac=8(a+b)3ac = 8(a+b). Then, the smallest possible value of 3a+2b+c3a+2b+c is
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Question 5 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 2QAArithmetic • Mean, Median & ModeModerate
The average number of copies of a book sold per day by a shopkeeper is 60 in the initial seven days and 63 in the initial eight days, after the book launch. On the ninth day, she sells 11 copies less than the eighth day, and the average number of copies sold per day from second day to ninth day becomes 66. The number of copies sold on the first day of the book launch is
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Question 6 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 2QANumber Systems • Integral SolutionsHard
If mm and nn are integers such that (m+2n)(2m+n)=27(m+2n)(2m+n) = 27 , then the maximum possible value of 2m−3n2m-3n is
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Question 7 of 495
Rita and Sneha can row a boat at 5 km/h and 6 km/h in still water, respectively. In a river flowing with a constant velocity, Sneha takes 48 minutes more to row 14 km upstream than to row the same distance downstream. If Rita starts from a certain location in the river, and returns downstream to the same location, taking a total of 100 minutes, then the total distance, in km, Rita will cover is
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Question 8 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 2QANumber Systems • MiscellaneousModerate
The sum of digits of the number (625)65×(128)36(625)^{65} \times (128)^{36} , is
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Question 9 of 495
Ankita is twice as efficient as Bipin, while Bipin is twice as efficient as Chandan. All three of them start together on a job, and Bipin leaves the job after 20 days. If the job got completed in 60 days, the number of days needed by Chandan to complete the job alone, is
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Question 10 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 2QAAlgebra • Minima & MaximaModerate
If a,b,ca,b,c and dd are integers such that their sum is 46, then the minimum possible value of (a−b)2+(a−c)2+(a−d)2(a-b)^2 + (a-c)^2 + (a-d)^2 is
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Question 11 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 1QANumber Systems • Integral SolutionsModerate
The number of distinct pairs of integers (x,y)(x, y) satisfying the inequalities x>y≥3x > y \geq 3 and x+y<14x + y < 14 is
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Question 12 of 495
The number of non-negative integer values of kk for which the quadratic equation x2−5x+k=0x^2 - 5x + k = 0 has only integer roots, is
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Question 13 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 1QANumber Systems • FactorisationModerate
In a 3-digit number N, the digits are non-zero and distinct such that none of the digits is a perfect square, and only one of the digits is a prime number. Then, the number of factors of the minimum possible value of N is
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Question 14 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 1QAGeometry • QuadrilateralsModerate
If the length of a side of a rhombus is 36 cm and the area of the rhombus is 396 sq. cm, then the absolute value of the difference between the lengths, in cm, of the diagonals of the rhombus is
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Question 15 of 495
In a class, there were more than 10 boys and a certain number of girls. After 40% of the girls and 60% of the boys left the class, the remaining number of girls was 8 more than the remaining number of boys. Then, the minimum possible number of students initially in the class was
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Question 16 of 495
Kamala divided her investment of Rs 100000 between stocks, bonds, and gold. Her investment in bonds was 25% of her investment in gold. With annual returns of 10%, 6%, 8% on stocks, bonds, and gold, respectively, she gained a total amount of Rs 8200 in one year. The amount, in rupees, that she gained from the bonds, was
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Question 17 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 1QAAlgebra • Linear EquationEasy
Stocks A, B and C are priced at rupees 120, 90 and 150 per share, respectively. A trader holds a portfolio consisting of 10 shares of stock A, and 20 shares of stocks B and C put together. If the total value of her portfolio is rupees 3300, then the number of shares of stock B that she holds, is
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Question 18 of 495
A shopkeeper offers a discount of 22% on the marked price of each chair, and gives 13 chairs to a customer for the discounted price of 12 chairs to earn a profit of 26% on the transaction. If the cost price of each chair is Rs 100, then the marked price, in rupees, of each chair is
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Question 19 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 2DILRLogical Reasoning • Math PuzzlesHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context•~148 words
The two most populous cities and the non-urban region (NUR) of each of three states, Whimshire, Fogglia, and Humbleset, are assigned Pollution Measures (PMs). These nine PMs are all distinct multiples of 10, ranging from 10 to 90. The six cities in increasing order of their PMs are: Blusterburg, Noodleton, Splutterville, Quackford, Mumpypore, Zingaloo. The Pollution Index (PI) of a state is a weighted average of the PMs of its NUR and cities, with a weight of 50% for the NUR, and 25% each for its two cities. There is only one pair of an NUR and a city (considering all cities and all NURs) where the PM of the NUR is greater than that of the city. That NUR and the city both belong to Humbleset. The PIs of all three states are distinct integers, with Humbleset and Fogglia having the highest and the lowest PI respectively.
What is the PI of Whimshire?
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Question 20 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 2DILRLogical Reasoning • Math PuzzlesHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context•~148 words
The two most populous cities and the non-urban region (NUR) of each of three states, Whimshire, Fogglia, and Humbleset, are assigned Pollution Measures (PMs). These nine PMs are all distinct multiples of 10, ranging from 10 to 90. The six cities in increasing order of their PMs are: Blusterburg, Noodleton, Splutterville, Quackford, Mumpypore, Zingaloo. The Pollution Index (PI) of a state is a weighted average of the PMs of its NUR and cities, with a weight of 50% for the NUR, and 25% each for its two cities. There is only one pair of an NUR and a city (considering all cities and all NURs) where the PM of the NUR is greater than that of the city. That NUR and the city both belong to Humbleset. The PIs of all three states are distinct integers, with Humbleset and Fogglia having the highest and the lowest PI respectively.
What is the PI of Fogglia?
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Question 21 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 2DILRLogical Reasoning • Math PuzzlesHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context•~148 words
The two most populous cities and the non-urban region (NUR) of each of three states, Whimshire, Fogglia, and Humbleset, are assigned Pollution Measures (PMs). These nine PMs are all distinct multiples of 10, ranging from 10 to 90. The six cities in increasing order of their PMs are: Blusterburg, Noodleton, Splutterville, Quackford, Mumpypore, Zingaloo. The Pollution Index (PI) of a state is a weighted average of the PMs of its NUR and cities, with a weight of 50% for the NUR, and 25% each for its two cities. There is only one pair of an NUR and a city (considering all cities and all NURs) where the PM of the NUR is greater than that of the city. That NUR and the city both belong to Humbleset. The PIs of all three states are distinct integers, with Humbleset and Fogglia having the highest and the lowest PI respectively.
What is the PI of Humbleset?
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Question 22 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 2DILRLogical Reasoning • Math PuzzlesHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context•~148 words
The two most populous cities and the non-urban region (NUR) of each of three states, Whimshire, Fogglia, and Humbleset, are assigned Pollution Measures (PMs). These nine PMs are all distinct multiples of 10, ranging from 10 to 90. The six cities in increasing order of their PMs are: Blusterburg, Noodleton, Splutterville, Quackford, Mumpypore, Zingaloo. The Pollution Index (PI) of a state is a weighted average of the PMs of its NUR and cities, with a weight of 50% for the NUR, and 25% each for its two cities. There is only one pair of an NUR and a city (considering all cities and all NURs) where the PM of the NUR is greater than that of the city. That NUR and the city both belong to Humbleset. The PIs of all three states are distinct integers, with Humbleset and Fogglia having the highest and the lowest PI respectively.
For how many of the cities and NURs is it possible to identify their PM and the state they belong to?
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Question 23 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 2DILRLogical Reasoning • GridsModerate
Caselet / Problem Set Context•~137 words
There are six spherical balls, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, and B6, and four circular hoops H1, H2, H3, and H4. Each ball was tested on each hoop once, by attempting to pass the ball through the hoop. If the diameter of a ball is not larger than the diameter of the hoop, the ball passes through the hoop and makes a "ping". Any ball having a diameter larger than that of the hoop gets stuck on that hoop and does not make a ping. The following additional information is known:
1
B1 and B6 each made a ping on H4, but B5 did not.
2
B4 made a ping on H3, but B1 did not.
3
All balls, except B3, made pings on H1.
4
None of the balls, except B2, made a ping on H2.
What was the total number of pings made by B1, B2, and B3?
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Question 24 of 495
Caselet / Problem Set Context•~213 words
Ananya Raga, Bhaskar Tala, Charu Veena, and Devendra Sur are four musicians. Each of them started and completed their training as students under each of three Gurus - Pandit Meghnath, Ustad Samiran, and Acharya Raghunath between 2013 and 2024, including both the years. Each Guru trains any student for consecutive years only, for a span of 2, 3, or 4 years, with each Guru having a different span. During some of these years, a student may not have trained under these Gurus; however, they never trained under multiple Gurus in the same year. In none of these years, any of these Gurus trained more than two of these students at the same time. When two students train under the same Guru at the same time, they are referred to as Gurubhai, irrespective of their gender. The following additional facts are known.
1
Ustad Samiran never trained more than one of these students in the same year.
2
Acharya Raghunath did not train any of these students during 2015-2018, as well as during 2021-24.
3
Ananya and Devendra were never Gurubhai; neither were Bhaskar and Charu. All other pairs of musicians were Gurubhai for exactly 2 years.
4
In 2013, Ananya and Bhaskar started their trainings under Pandit Meghnath and under Ustad Samiran, respectively.
In how many of the years between 2013-24, were only two of these four musicians training under these three Gurus?
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Question 25 of 495
CAT 2025 Slot 2DILRData Interpretation • Bar GraphsModerate
Caselet / Problem Set Context•~117 words
The following charts depict details of research papers written by four authors, Arman, Brajen, Chintan, and Devon. The papers were of four types, single-author, two-author, three-author, and four-author, that is, written by one, two, three, or all four of these authors, respectively. No other authors were involved in writing these papers.
The following additional facts are known.
1
Each of the authors wrote at least one of each of the four types of papers.
2
The four authors wrote different numbers of single-author papers.
3
Both Chintan and Devon wrote more three-author papers than Brajen.
4
The number of single-author and two-author papers written by Brajen were the same.
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What was the total number of two-author and three-author papers written by Brajen?
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