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Previous-year paper · 30 questions
IPMAT Indore 2023
Quantitative Aptitude · Multiple choice
Question 1
Let be a positive integer such that the unit digit of is . What are the possible unit digits of
- A.
3
- B.
1, 7, 9
- C.
4, 7
- D.
1, 3, 7
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Correct answer: A
Question 2
Let denote the greatest integer not exceeding and {} If is a natural number, then the sum of all values of satisfying the equation {} is
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: A
Question 3
The set of all real values of x satisfying the inequality is
- A.
U U
- B.
U
- C.
U
- D.
U
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Correct answer: B
Question 4
A goldsmith bought a large solid golden ball at INR 1,000,000 and melted it to make a certain number of solid spherical beads such that the radius of each bead was one-fifth of the radius of the original ball. Assume that the cost of making golden beads is negligible. If the goldsmith sold all the beads at 20% discount on the listed price and made a total profit of 20%, then the listed price or each golden bead, in INR, was
- A.
48000
- B.
12000
- C.
9600
- D.
24000
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Correct answer: B
Question 5
Which of the following straight lines are both tangent to the circle ?
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: A
Question 6
If where is a real number and det then one of the values of can be
- A.
4
- B.
6
- C.
1
- D.
5
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Correct answer: B
Question 7
A helicopter flies along the sides of a square field of side length 100 kms. The first side is covered at a speed of 100 kmph, and for each subsequent side the speed is increased by 100 kmph till it covers all the sides. The average speed of the helicopter is
- A.
250 kmph
- B.
184 kmph
- C.
192 kmph
- D.
200 kmph
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Correct answer: C
Question 8
which of the following statements is always true?
- A.
- B.
or
- C.
- D.
and
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Correct answer: B
Question 9
If the harmonic mean of the roots of the equation is then the value of is
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: D
Question 10
In a chess tournament there are 5 contestants. Each player plays against all the others exactly once. No game results in a draw. The winner in a game gets one point and the loser gets zero points. Which of the following sequences cannot represent the scores of the five players?
- A.
2, 2, 2, 2, 2
- B.
3, 2, 2, 2, 1
- C.
3, 3, 2, 1, 1
- D.
4, 4, 1, 1, 0
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Correct answer: D
Question 11
If the difference between compound interest and simple interest for a certain amount of money invested for years at an annual interest rate of is INR , then the amount invested in INR is
- A.
17000
- B.
15000
- C.
1500
- D.
170000
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Correct answer: A
Question 12
Let be three distinct real numbers in geometric progression. If the equations and have a common root, then which of the following is necessarily true?
- A.
are in geometric progression
- B.
are in geometric progression
- C.
are in arithmetic progression
- D.
are in arithmetic progression
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Correct answer: D
Question 13
In a triangle ABC, let D be the midpoint of BC, and AM be the altitude on BC. If the lengths of AB, BC and CA are in the ratio of 2:4:3, then the ratio of the lengths of BM and AD would be
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: A
Question 14
Let be real numbers greater than 1, and be a positive real number not equal to 1. If and then which of the following is true?
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: D
Question 15
Consider an chessboard. The number of ways 8 rooks can be placed on the board such that no two rooks are in the same row and no two are in the same column is
- A.
7
- B.
7!
- C.
8
- D.
8!
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Correct answer: D
Question 16
The equation represents
- A.
a pair of straight lines
- B.
a circle
- C.
an ellipse
- D.
a point
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Correct answer: D
Question 17
A person standing at the centre of an open ground first walks 32 meters towards the east, takes a right turn and walks 16 meters, takes another right turn and walks 8 meters, and so on. How far will the person be from the original starting point after an infinite number of such walks in this pattern?
- A.
meters
- B.
meters
- C.
meters
- D.
meters
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Correct answer: D
Question 18
If then the value of is
- A.
is an integer
- B.
is an integer
- C.
is an integer
- D.
is an integer
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Correct answer: B
Question 19
A rabbit is sitting at the base of a staircase which has 10 steps. It proceeds to the top of the staircase by climbing either one step at a time or two steps at a time. The number of ways it can reach the top is
- A.
144
- B.
89
- C.
34
- D.
55
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Correct answer: B
Question 20
The probability that a randomly chosen positive divisor of is an integer multiple of is
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: B
Question 21
In a group of 120 students, 80 students are from the Science stream and the rest are from the Commerce stream. It is known that 70 students support Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League; all the other students support Chennai Super Kings. The number of Science students who are supporters of Mumbai Indians is
- A.
Exactly 20
- B.
Between 15 and 25
- C.
30 or more
- D.
Between 20 and 25
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Correct answer: C
Question 22
If a three-digit number is chosen at random, what is the probability that it is divisible neither by 3 nor by 4?
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: B
Question 23
The minimum number of times a fair coin must be tossed so that the probability of getting at least one head exceeds 0.8 is
- A.
5
- B.
6
- C.
3
- D.
7
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Correct answer: C
Question 24
If + = 1 then the maximum value of is
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: C
Question 25
A polynomial leaves a remainder when divided by and a remainder when divided by The remainder when is divided by is
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: A
Read the passage or information below
A pharmaceutical company has tested five drugs on three different organisms. The following incomplete table reports if a drug works on the given organism. For example, drug A works on organism R while B and C work on Q.
| Drug | Organism P | Organism Q | Organism R |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | ✔ | ||
| B | ✔ | ||
| C | ✔ | ||
| D | |||
| E |
Following additional information is available:
- Each drug works on at least one organism but not more than two organisms.
- Each organism can be treated with at least two and at most three of these five drugs.
- On whichever organism A works, B also works. Similarly, on whichever organism C works. D also works.
- D and E do not work on the same organism.
Question 26
Drug E works on
- A.
P & R
- B.
Q & R
- C.
Only P
- D.
Only R
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Correct answer: D
Question 27
Drug D works on:
- A.
P & Q
- B.
Only P
- C.
Only Q
- D.
Q & R
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Correct answer: A
Question 28
The organism(s) that can be treated with three of these five drugs is(are)
- A.
Only P
- B.
Only Q
- C.
P and Q
- D.
Q and R
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Correct answer: D
Question 29
Organism R can be treated with
- A.
A, B and C
- B.
Only A and E
- C.
Only A and B
- D.
A, B and E
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Correct answer: D
Question 30
Organism P can be treated with:
- A.
Only C and D
- B.
B, C and D
- C.
Only B and D
- D.
A, B, and D
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Correct answer: A
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