IIM QA Special 2

1. Mr. and Mrs. Gupta have three children - Pratik, Writtik and Kajol, all of whom were born in different cities. Pratik
is 2 years elder to Writtik. Mr. Gupta was 30 years of age when Kajol was born in Hyderabad, while Mrs. Gupta
was 28 years of age when Writtik was born in Bangalore. If Kajol was 5 years of age when Pratik was born in
Mumbai, then what were the ages of Mr. and Mrs. Gupta respectively at the time of Pratik's birth?
(a) 35 years, 26 years (b) 30 years, 21 years (c) 37 years, 28 years (d) None of these
x–1 x–1
2. The equation 7 + 11 = 170 has:
(a) no solution (b) one solution (c) two solutions (d) three solutions
2 4 3 2
3. If x +3x –10 is a factor of 3x +2x – ax +bx – a + b – 4, then the closest approximate values of a and b are
(a) 25,43 (b) 52,43 (c) 52,67 (d) None of these
4. A tennis ball is initially dropped from a height of 180 m. After striking the ground, it rebounds (3/5) th of the height
from which it has fallen. The total distance that the ball travels before it comes to rest is:
(a) 540 m (b) 600 m (c) 720 m (d) 900 m
P+7 q–2 r+1 s
5. If N = (11 )(7 )(5 )(3 ) is a perfect cube, where p, q, r and s are positive integers, then the smallest value of
p + q + r + s is:
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
6. Find the equation of the graph shown below.

(a) y = 2x2 – 40 (b) x = 2y2 – 40 (c) y = 2x2 + 3x – 19 (d) x = 2y2 + 3y – 19

7. Mr. Mishra invested Rs.25,000 in two fixed deposits X and Y offering compound interest @ 6 % per annum and 8
% per annum respectively. If the total amount of interest accrued in two years through both fixed deposits is
Rs.3518, the amount invested in Scheme X is:
(a) Rs.12,000 (b) Rs.13,500 (c) Rs.15,000 (d) Can not be determined
8. Aniket and Animesh are two colleagues working in PQ Communications and each of them earned an investible
surplus of Rs. 1,50,000/- during a certain period. While Animesh is a risk-averse person, Aniket prefers to go for
return opportunities. Animesh uses his entire savings in Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Saving
Certificates (NSC). It is observed that one-third of the savings made by Animesh in PPF is equal to one-half of his
savings in NSC. On the other hand, Aniket distributes his investible funds in the share market, NSC and PPF, it is
observed that his investments in share market exceeds his savings in NSC and PPF by Rs.20,000/- and Rs.40,000/-
respectively. The difference between the amount invested in NSC by Animesh and Aniket is;
(a) Rs.25,000/- (b) Rs.15,000/- (c) Rs.20,000/- (d) Rs.10,000/-
9. A person borrowed a sum of Rs.6000 at 10% p.a. interest compounded annually. If the money is to be repaid in
three equal annual installments, each payable at the end of the year, then what is the value of each installment?
(a) 2000 (b) 2413 (c) 2314 (d) 2662
10. Mandeep and Jagdeep had gone to visit Rampur, which is a seaside town and also known for the presence of the
historical ruins of an ancient kingdom. They stayed in a hotel which is exactly 250 meters away from the railway
station. At the hotel, Mandeep and Jagdeep learnt from a tourist information booklet that the distance between

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the sea-beach and the gate of the historical ruins is exactly 1 km. Next morning they visited the sea-beach to
witness sunrise and afterwards decided to have a race from the beach to the gate of the ruins. Jagdeep defeated
Mandeep in the race by 60 meters or 12 seconds. The following morning they had another round of race from the
railway station to the hotel. How long did Jagdeep take to cover the distance on the second day?
(a) 53 seconds (b) 47 seconds (c) 51 seconds (d) 45 seconds
11. It was a rainy morning in Delhi when Rohit drove his mother to a dentist in his Maruti Alto. They started at 8.30
AM from home and Rohit maintained the speed of the vehicle at 30 Km/hr. However, while returning from the
doctor's chamber, rain intensified and the vehicle could not move due to severe water logging. With no other
alternative, Rohit kept the vehicle outside the doctor's chamber and returned home along with his mother in a
rickshaw at a speed of 12 Km/hr. They reached home at 1.30 PM. If they stayed at the doctor's chamber for the
dental check-up for 48 minutes, the distance of the doctor's chamber from Rohit's house is
(a) 15 Km (b) 30 Km (c) 36 Km (d) 45 Km
12. A ferry carries passengers to Rock of Vivekananda and back from Kanyakumari. The distance of Rock of
Vivekananda from Kanyakumari is 100 km. One day, the ferry started for Rock of Vivekananda with passengers on
board, at a speed of 20 km per hour. After 90 minutes, the crew realized that there is a hole in the ferry and 15
gallons of sea water had already entered the ferry. Sea water is entering the ferry at the rate of 10 gallons per
hour. It requires 60 gallons of water to sink the ferry. At what speed should the driver now drive the ferry so that
it can reach the Rock of Vivekananda and return back to Kanyakumari just in time before the ferry sinks? (Current
of the sea water from Rock of Vivekananda to Kanyakumari is 2km per hour.)
(a) 40 km/hr towards the Rock & 39 km/hr while returning to Kanyakumari
(b) 41 km/hr towards the Rock & 38 km/hr while returning to Kanyakumari
(c) 42 km/hr towards the Rock & 36 km/hr while returning to Kanyakumari
(d) 35 km/hr towards the Rock & 39 km/hr while returning to Kanyakumari
13. Arup and Swarup leave point A at 8 AM to go to point B. To reach B, they have to walk the first 2 km, then travel
4 km by boat and complete the final 20 km by car. Arup and Swarup walk at a constant speed of 4 km/hr and 5
km/hr respectively. Each rows his boat for 30 minutes. Arup drives his car at a constant speed of 50 km/hr while
Swarup drives at 40 km/hr. If no time is wasted in transit, when will they meet again?
(a) At 9.15 AM (b) At 9.18 AM (c) At 9.21 AM (d) At 9.24 AM
14. A thief steals a Mercedes at 1:30 pm and drives it at 40 km an hour. The theft is discovered at 2 pm and the owner
sets off in another car at 50 kmph. When will he overtake the thief?
(a) 4 pm (b) 4.35 pm (c) 3.25 pm (d) 4.10 pm
15. Ram Charan walks to a place in hrs at the rate of kmph, how long would it take Ram charan walking at the
rate of kmph to reach there and come back?
(a) 19 hrs (b) 9 hrs (c) 11 hrs (d) 15 hrs
16. In Bilaspur village, 12 men and 18 boys completed construction of a primary health centre in 60 days, by working
for 7.5 hours a day. Subsequently the residents of the neighbouring Harigarh village also decided to construct a
primary health centre in their locality, which would be twice the size of the facility built in Bilaspur. If a man is able
to perform the work equal to the same done by 2 boys, then how many boys will be required to help 21 men to
complete the work in Harigarh in 50 days, working 9 hours a day?
(a) 45 boys (b) 48 boys (c) 40 boys (d) 42 boys
17. Capacity of tap Y is 60% more than that of X. If both the taps are opened simultaneously, they take 40 hours to fill
the tank. The time taken by Y alone to fill the tank is:
(a) 60 hours (b) 65 hours (c) 70 hours (d) 75 hours

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18. An old lady engaged a man for domestic help on the condition that she would pay him Rs.90 and a gift after service
of one year. He served only 9 months and received the gift and Rs.65, Find the value of the gift.
(a) Rs.10 (b) Rs.12 (c) Rs.15 (d) None of these
19. A mother along with her two sons is entrusted with the task of cooking Biryani for a family get- together. It takes
30 minutes for all three of them cooking together to complete 50 percent of the task. The cooking can also be
completed if the two sons start cooking together and the elder son leaves after 1 hour and the younger son cooks
for further 3 hours. If the mother needs 1 hour less than the elder son to complete the cooking, how much
cooking does the mother complete in an hour?
(a) 33.33% (b) 50% (c) 66.67% (d) None of these
20. Four two-way pipes A, B, C and D can either fill an empty tank or drain a full tank in 4, 10, 12 and 20 minutes
respectively. All four pipes were opened simultaneously when the tank was empty. Under which of the following
conditions the tank would be half filled after 30 minutes?
(a) Pipe A filled and pipes B, C and D drained (b) Pipe A drained and pipes B, C and D filled
(c) Pipes A and D drained and pipes B and C filled (d) Pipes A and D filled and pipes B and C drained
21. 12 men can complete a work in ten days. 20 women can complete the same work in twelve days. 8 men and 4
women started working and after nine days 10 more women joined them. How many days will they now take to
complete the remaining work?
(a) 2 days (b) 5 days (c) 8 days (d) 10 days
22. Each day on Planet M is 10 hours, each hour 60 minutes and each minute 40 seconds. The inhabitants of Planet M
use 10 hour analog clock with an hour hand, a minute hand and a second hand. If one such clock shows 3 hours 42
minutes and 20 seconds in a mirror what will be the time in Planet M exactly after 5 minutes?
(a) 6 hours 18 minutes 20 seconds (b) 6 hours 22 minutes 20 seconds
(c) 6 hours 23 minutes 20 seconds (d) 7 hours 17 minutes 20 seconds
23. Two trains P and Q are scheduled to reach New Delhi railway station at 10.00 AM. The probability that train P
and train Q will be late is 7/9 and 11/27 respectively. The probability that train Q will be late, given that train P is
late, is 8/9. Then the probability that neither train will be late on a particular day is:
(a) 40/81 (b) 41/81 (c) 77/81 (d) 77/243
24. A bag contains 8 red and 6 blue balls. If 5 balls are drawn at random, what is the probability that 3 of them are red
and 2 are blue?
(a) 80/143 (b) 50/143 (c) 75/143 (d) None of these
25. The answer sheets of 5 engineering students can be checked by any one of 9 professors. What is the probability
that all the 5 answer sheets are checked by exactly 2 professors?
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
26. In the MBA Programme of a B-School, there are two sections A and B, 1/4th of the students in Section A and 4/9th
of the students in section B are girls. If two students are chosen at random, one each from section A and Section B
as class representative, the probability that exactly one of the students chosen is a girl is:
(a) 23/72 (b) 11/36 (c) 5/12 (d) 17/36
27. The probability that an event happens in one trial of an experiment is 0.4. Three independent trials of the
experiment are performed. The probability that the event happens at least once is-
(a) 0.934 (b) 0.784 (c) 0.548 (d) 0.343
28. A 4 digit number is formed with digits 1, 2, 3 and 5. What is the probability that the number is divisible by 25, if
repetition of digits is not allowed?
(a) 1/12 (b) ¼ (c) 1/6 (d) None of these

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29. Yudhisthir throws two dice simultaneously. What is the probability that the sum of the scores on the dice is less
than or equal to 5
(a) 5/18 (b) 6/18 (c) 7/18 (d) 8/18
30. A five digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed using the numerals 0, 1,2,3,4 and 5 without repetition. The total
number of ways in which this can be done is:
(a) 220 (b) 600 (c) 240 (d) None of these
31. Out of 8 consonants and 5 vowels, how many words can be made, each containing 4 consonants and 3 vowels?
(a) 700 (b) 504000 (c) 3528000 (d) 7056000
32. In an Engineering College in Pune, 8 males and 7 females have appeared for Student Cultural Committee selection
process, 3 males and 4 females are to be selected. The total number of ways in which the Committee can be
formed, given that Mr. Raj is not to be included in the Committee if Ms. Rani is selected, is:
(a) 1960 (b) 2840 (c) 1540 (d) None of these
33. From a group of 12 dancers, five have to be taken for a stage show. Among them Radha and Mohan decide either
both of them would join or none of them would join. In how many ways can the 5 dancers be chosen?
(a) 190 (b) 372 (c) 278 (d) 297
34. How many numbers can be formed with odd digits 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 without repetition?
(a) 275 (b) 325 (c) 375 (d) 235
35. If 2, a, b, c, d, e, f and 65 form an arithmetic progression, find out the value of ‘e’.
(a) 48 (b) 47 (c) 41 (d) None of these
X X
36. If log 3, log (3 – 2) and log (3 + 4) are in arithmetic progression, then x is equal to:
(a) 8/3 (b) log38 (c) lo23 (d) 8
37. The sum of series, (–100) + (–95) + (–90) +…..+110+115 + 120, is:
(a) 0 (b) 220 (c) 340 (d) 450
38. If x, 2x + 2 and 3x + 3 are the first three terms of a GP, then what is its fourth term?
(a) –27/2 (b) 27/2 (c) –33/2 (d) 33/2
39. Find the sum of the series up to 90 terms 1+2 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 5 + 6 + 9 + ...
(a) 1613 (b) 9675 (c) 1612 (d) 3225

40. If a > 0 then√ √ √ .. =?

(a) √ (b) [ √ ] (c) [ √ ] (d) None of these

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