QUESTION BANK

for XAT
1. ABCD is a rectangle with AD = 10. P is a point on BC such that APD = 90. If DP = 8, then the
length of BP is: [XAT 2008]
(1) 6.4 (2) 6.5 (3) 4.8 (4) 3.6 (5) None of these
2. ABCD is a rectangle with AD = 100. P is a mid point on BC such that APD = 60, then the
length of AB is [XAT
2008]
(1) 3 50 (2)
2 50
(3) 81.25 (4) 91.64 (5) None of these
3. If

,
_

+ +

,
_

,
_

,
_

3
3
3
6
6
6
x
1
x
x
1
x
2
x
1
x
x
1
x
) x ( f
and x > 0, find the minimum value of f(x) is: [XAT
2008]
(1) 0 (2) 2 (3) 4.5 (4) 6 (5) None of these
4. If

,
_

+ +

,
_

,
_

+ +

,
_

3
3
4
6
6
6
x
1
x
x
1
x
12
x
1
x
x
1
x
) x ( f
and x > 0, find the maximum value of f(x) is:
(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 4.5 (4) 6 (5) None of these
5. If

,
_

,
_

,
_

+ +

,
_

3
3
5
3
3
4
x
1
x
x
1
x
24
x
1
x
x
1
x
) x ( f
and x > 0, find the minimum value of f(x) is:
(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 4.5 (4) 6 (5) None of these
6. In a triangle ABC, AB = 3, BC = 4 and CA = 5. Point D is the mid point of AB, point E is on
segment AC and point F is on the segment BC. If AE = 1.5 and BF = 0.5 then DEF is:
[XAT 2008]
(1) 30 (2) 45 (3) 90 (4) 75 (5) Cannot be calculated
7. Two circles of radius 1 cm each touch each other at the point P. A third circle is drawn through
the points A, B and C such that PA is the diameter of the first circle, BC, perpendicular to AP is
the diameter of the second circle. Find the radius of the third circle. [XAT 2008]
(1) 10 /2 (2) 7/4 (3) 54/19 (4) 5/3 (5) None of these
8. If
( ) , 2 x , x 4
2 x
1
f 4 2 x f 3

,
_

+
+ +
then f(4) is: [XAT
2008]
(1) 7 (2) 52/7 (3) 52/7 (4) 8 (5) None of these
9. If [x] represents the greatest integer x, then the value of
1
]
1

+ +
1
]
1

+ +
1
]
1

+ +
1
]
1

99
98
3
1
.........
99
2
3
1
99
1
3
1
3
1
is equal to: [XAT
2008]
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(1) 0 (2) 98 (3) 33 (4) 67 (5) 50
10. Consider the sequence 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48,.. If the sum of the first n terms
of the sequence is 120, find n.
(1) 17 (2) 18 (3) 20 (4) 22 (5) None of these
11. ABCD is a square. P is the mid point of AB. The line passing through A and perpendicular to DP
intersects the diagonal at Q and BC at R. If AB = 2, find PR. [XAT 2008]
(1)
2
1
(2)
2
(3) 3/2 (4)
2
3
(5) None of these
12. ABCD is a quadrilateral. The diagonals of ABCD intersect at the point P. The area of the
triangles APD and BPC are 27 and 12 respectively. If the area of the triangles APB and CPD are
equal then the area of the triangle APB is:
(1) 12 (2) 19.5 (3) 18 (4) 20 (5) 12
13. Consider the sequence 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48,.. If the sum of the first n terms
of the sequence is 132, find n. [XAT
2008]
(1) 17 (2) 18 (3) 20 (4) 22 (5) None of these
14. In how many ways 4 numbers can be selected from the set of first 1000 natural numbers such
that selected numbers are in AP.
(1) 9000 (2) 10000 (3) 166731 (4) 166176 (5) 166167
15. A submarine telegraph consists of a core of copper wire with a covering made of non
conducting material. If x denotes the ratio of the radius of the core to the thickness of the
covering, It is known that the speed of signaling varies as
,
_

x
1
log x
2
. The greatest speed is
attained when x is equal to:
(1) e (2)
2
(3) 1/e (4)
e
1
(5) e
2
16. If [x] represents the greatest integer x , then find the value of
1
]
1

+ +
1
]
1

+ +
1
]
1

+ +
1
]
1

100
199
2
5
.........
100
1
2
5
100
1
2
5
2
5
is equal to:
(1) 650 (2) 600 (3) 7000 (4) 800 (5) None of these
17. If P,Q and R are distinct single digit numbers. If PQ and QR denote the two digit numbers
formed with the respective digits and
R Q
QR
Q P
PQ
+

+
, how many values of (P, Q, R) exist?
(1) 15 (2) 6 (3) 12 (4) 8 (5) None of these
18. In how many ways 10 distinct balls can be placed into 3 identical boxes.
(1) 9842 (2) 3
10
(3)
3
) ! 3 (
! 10
(4)
2
12
C (5) 10
3
19. For each p>1, a sequence {A
n
} is defined by A
0
= 1 and A
n
= pn + ( 1)
n
A
n 1
for each n 1.
For how many values of p, 1000 is a term of the sequence?
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 8 (5) None of these
20. In the following diagram ABCD is a quadrilateral, whose diagonals intersect at P. If
4
3
DPC Area
APB Area

and
16
3
BPC Area
APD Area

. If area of the quadrilateral ABCD is 99, find area of triangle
APD.
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(1) 12 (2) 15 (3) 33 (4) 18 (5) 9
21. If three positive real numbers a, b and c ( where c > a) are in H.P., then log (a + c) + log( a
2b + c) is equal to :
(1) 2 log(c b) (2) 2 log(a c) (3) 2 log(c a)
(4) loga + logb + logc (5) 2 log(a + b + c)
22. The mean salary in a company was Rs. 1500 and the standard deviation was 400. A year later
each employee got Rs 100 raise. After another year each employees salary (including the
above mentioned raise) was increased by 20%, find the standard deviation of the current
salary.
(1) 460 (2) 480 (3) 550 (4) 600 (5) 2280
23. A spiral is made of 13 successive semicircles with centres alternatively at A and B starting with
centre at A. If the radii of semicircles, thus developed, are 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 cm and so on.
Find the total length of the spiral.
(1) 144 (2) 143 (3) 174 (4) 200 (5) None of these.
24. DSBO company produces Z units of output at a total cost of Rs. R, where R =
5 Z 10 Z 5 Z
10
1
2 3
+ +
. At what level of output will the average variable cost attain its maximum?
(1) 20 (2) 33 (3) 25 (4) 50 (5) None of these.
25. Find the sum of the series
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2003 2002 2001 ...... 5 4 3 2 1 + + + +
(1) 2007006 (2) 1005004 (3) 2005006 (4) 1004005 (5) None of these
26. Find the simplified value of
1014049
4092529
1+
(1) 3.0085 (2) 3.0086 (3) 3.0089 (4) 3.0087 (5) 3.0091
27. A pole has to be erected on the boundary of a circular park of diameter 13 meters in such a
way that the difference of its distances from two diametrically opposite fixed gates A and B on
the boundary is 7 meters. The distance of the pole from one of the gates is:
(1) 8 (2) 8.25 (3) 5 (4) 12 (5) 5, 12
28. Time taken by a boat when it covers a certain distance in a still water is 2 hours more than the
time taken to cover the same distance when boats moves down stream and 3 hours less than
the time to cover the same distance when boat moves upstream. Find the time taken to cover
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A
B
A
C
A
D
A
P
A
double the distance when boat moves in still water.
(1) 12 (2) 15 (3) 10 (4) 24 (5) None of these
29. The number of ways in which a four members can be selected from 5 married couples if no
husband and wife are selected, is:
(1) 1920 (2) 5 (3) 80 (4) 210 (5) 200
30. The number of ways in which a mixed double tennis game can be arranged amongst 10
married couples if no husband and wife play in the game is:
(1) 4845 (2) 2025 (3) 4800 (4) 2520 (5) 9690
31. Approximate value of the number 2200
1/3
+ 3130
1/5
(1) 18.004 (2) 18.005 (3) 18.006 (4) 18.007 (5) 18.07
32. If the positive real numbers a, b and c are in AP, such that abc = 4, then the minimum possible
value of 3b is :
(1) 2
3/2
(2) 2
2/3
(3) 2
1/3
(4) 4
2/3
(5) 1
33. Find the simplified value of
1
1
]
1

+ +
+ +
18 17 289 324
289 324 17 18
4 4
(1) 307 (2) 271 (3) 1 (4) 407 (5) None of these
34. Probabilities that two students can solve a question are 1/3 and 1/4. If a common question is
given to them and they got the same answer, find the probability that it is the correct answer,
given that they commit a common mistake with a probability of 1/100.
(1) 1/12 (2) 11/12 (3) 1/1200 (4) 1/100 (5) 50/53
35. On an envelope either TATANAGAR or CALCUTTA is written, If the letters TA are visible on the
envelope find the probability that the CALCUTTA is written on the envelope.
(1) 4/12 (2) 4/11 (3) 1/100 (4) 1/50 (5) None of these
36. Mr. Raheja. The president of Alpha Ltd.. a construction company, is studying his company's
chances of being awarded a Rs. 1000 crore bridge building contract in Delhi. In this process,
two events interest him. First. Alpha's major competitor Gamma Ltd. is trying to import the
latest bridge building technology from Europe, which it hopes to get before the deadline of the
award of contact. Second, there are minors that Delhi Government is investigating all recent
contractors and Alpha Ltd is one of those contractors, while Gamma Ltd is not one of those. If
Gamma is able to import the technology and there is no investigation by the Government, then
Alpha's chance of getting contract is 0.67. If there is investigation and Gamma Ltd is unable to
import the technology in time, the Alpha's chance is 0.72. If both events occur, then Alpha's
chance of getting the contract is 0.58 and if none events occur, its chances are 0.85. Raheja
knows that the chance of Gamma Ltd being able to complete the import of technology before
the award date is 0.80. How low must the probability of investigation be. so that the probability
of the contract being awarded to Alpha Ltd is atleast 0.65? (Assume that occurrence of
investigation and Gamma's completion of import in time is independent to each other.)
(1) 0.44 (2) 0.57 (3) 0.63 (4) 0.55 (5) None of these
37. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards.
X: The card drawn is black or a king.
Y: The card drawn is a club or a heart or a jack.
Z: The card drawn is an ace or a diamond or a queen. Then which of the following is correct?
(1) P(X) > P(Y) > P(Z) (2) P(X) >= P(Y) = P(Z) (3) P(X) = P(Y) > P(Z)
(4) P(X) = P(Y) = P(Z) (5) None of these
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38. Let A
1
be a square whose side is 'a' metres. Circle C
1
circumscribes the square A
1
such that all
its vertices are on C
1
. Another square A
2
circumscribes C
1
, circle C
2
circumscribes A
2
and C
3
circumscribes A
2
and so on. If D
n
is the area between the square A
n
and the circle C
n
, where N is
a natural number, then the ratio of the sum of all D
n
to D
1
is:
(1) 1 (2) (/2) 1 (3) infinity (4) (5) None of these
39. A medical clinic tests blood for certain disease from which approximately one person in a
hundred suffers. People come to the clinic in group of 50. The operator of the clinic wonders
whether he can increase the efficiency of the testing procedure by conducting pooled tests. In
the pooled tests, the operator would pool the 50 blood samples and test them altogether. If the
polled test was negative, he could pronounce the whole group healthy. If not, he could then
test each person's blood individually. The expected number of tests the operator will have to
perform if he pools the blood samples are:
(1) 47 (2) 25 (3) 21 (4) 30 (5) None of the above
40. The game of "chuck-a-luck" is played at carnivals in some parts of Europe. Its rules are as
follows: if u pick a number from 1 to 6 and the operator rolls three dice. If the number you
picked comes up on all three dice, the operator pays you 3; if it comes up on two dice, you are
paid 2: and if it comes up on just one die, you are paid l. Only if the number you picked does
not come up at all, you pay the operator 1. The probability that you will win money playing in
this game is:
(1) 0.52 (2) 0.753 (3) 0.42 (4) 0.23 (5) None of the above
41. A man wants to open his door and has 10 keys. For some reason which can only be surmised,
he tries the keys independently and at random. Find the mean of the number of trials needed
(a) if unsuccessful keys are not eliminated from further selection and (b) if they are. (Assume
that only one key fits the door.)
(1) 10, 6 (2) 10, 5.5 (3) 45, 10 (4) 55, 10 (5) None of these
42. A large number, N, of people are to be subjected to a blood test. This can be administered in
two ways: (i) Each person can be tested separately so that N tests will be required, (ii) The
blood samples of k people may be pooled and analysed together. If this test is negative, then
this one test suffices for the k people. If the test is positive, each of the k persons must be
tested separately, and in all k + 1 tests are required for the k people. Assume the probability
that the test be positive is the same (say, p) for all people and that people are statistically
independent.
(a) What is the probability that the test for a pooled sample of k people will be positive?
(b) What is the expected value of the number, say, X of tests necessary under plan (ii)?
(1) 1 q
k
, k + 1 kq
k
(2) q
k
, k + 1 kq
k
(3) 1 q
k
, k + 2
(4) 1 q
k
, k 1 kq
k
(5) None of these
43. Two urns contain, respectively, 10 white and 5 black balls and 7 white and 10 black balls. 6
balls are taken from the first urn and, their colours unnoted, transferred into the second. What
is the probability of drawing a white ball from the second urn after the transfer?
(1)
23
11
(2)
23
8
(3)
23
10
(4)
2
1
(5) None of these
44. An infinite chess board is ruled into squares with sides equal to a. A coin of diameter 2r < a is
then thrown at random on the board. Find the probability that the coin falls entirely in the
interior of one of the squares.
(1)
,
_

a
r 2
1 (2)
2
a
r 2
1
,
_

(3)
r 2
a
(4)

,
_

2
2
a
r 4
1 (5) None of these
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45. Two friends make an appointment to meet at the foyer of a cinema between 5 and 6 P.M., each
agreeing not to wait for more than 15 minutes for the other. What is the probability that they
will meet if they arrive independently and at random points of time between 5 and 6 P.M.?
(1)
16
7
(2)
16
9
(3)
2
1
(4)
4
1
(5)
3
1
46. If f(x 1) + f( x + 1) = ) x ( f 2 , then find the value of
) x ( f
) 4 x ( f +

(1) 1 (2) 1 (3)
2
1
(4) 2 (5) None of these
47. In how many ways 3 distinct rings can be wore in 4 fingers
(1) 840 (2) 3
4
(3) 4
3
(4)
2
12
C (5) 120
ANSWER KEY
1.
(4
)
17
.
(4
)
33
.
(1
)
2.
(1
)
18
.
(1
)
34
.
(5
)
3.
(4
)
19
.
(2
)
35
.
(2
)
4.
(5
)
20
.
(5
)
36
.
(2
)
5.
(5
)
21
.
(3
)
37
.
(3
)
6.
(2
)
22
.
(2
)
38
.
(3
)
7.
(4
)
23
.
(2
)
39
.
(3
)
8.
(3
)
24
.
(3
)
40
.
(3
)
9.
(3
)
25
.
(1
)
41
.
(2
)
10
.
(3
)
26
.
(3
)
42
.
(1
)
11
.
(2
)
27
.
(5
)
43
.
(1
)
12
.
(3
)
28
.
(4
)
44
.
(2
)
13
.
(5
)
29
.
(3
)
45
.
(1
)
14
.
(5
)
30
.
(4
)
46
.
(3
)
15
.
(4
)
31
.
(1
)
47
.
(5
)
16
.
(2
)
32
.
(2
)
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