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Previous-year paper · 15 questions
IPMAT Indore 2025
Quantitative Aptitude · Short answers
Question 1
Arpita and Nikita, working together, can complete an assigned job in 12 days. If Arpita works initially to complete 40% of the job, and the remaining job is completed by Nikita alone, then it takes 24 days to complete the job. The possible number of days that Nikita requires to complete the entire job, working alone, is
- A.
20
- B.
24
- C.
Both (A) and (B)
- D.
None of the following
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Correct answer: C
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Five teams-A, B, C, D, and E — each consisting of 15 members, are going on expeditions to five different locations. Each team includes members from three different skill sets: biologists, geologists, and explorers. However, the number of members from each skill set varies by team and each member has only one speciality. The total number of biologists, geologists, and explorers are equal.
The following additional information is available
- Every team has at least 2 members from each of the three skill sets.
- Teams C and D have 6 biologists each, and Team A has 6 geologists.
- Every team except A has more biologists than explorers.
- The number of explorers in each team is distinct and decreases in the order A, B, C, D, and E.
Question 2
The number of biologists in team E is _____
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Correct answer: 4
Question 3
If are three distinct natural numbers, all less than , such that , then the maximum possible value of is ______
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Correct answer: 98
Question 4
Eight teams take part in a tournament where each team plays against every other team exactly once. In a particular year, one team got suspended after playing 3 matches, due to a disciplinary issue. The organizers decide to proceed, nonetheless, with the remaining matches. The total number of matches that were played in the tournament that year is
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Correct answer: 24
Question 5
If the sum of the first terms of the sequence: is , then the value of is
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Correct answer: 147
Question 6
English exam and Math exam were conducted separately for a class of 120 students. The number of students who did not appear for the English exam is twice the number of students who did not appear for the Math exam. The number of students who passed the Math exam is twice the number of students who appeared but failed the English exam. If the number of students who passed the English exam is twice the number of students who appeared but failed the Math exam, then the number of students who appeared but failed the English exam is ________
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Correct answer: 40
Question 7
If such that , then equals _________
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Correct answer: 12
Read the passage or information below
Five teams-A, B, C, D, and E — each consisting of 15 members, are going on expeditions to five different locations. Each team includes members from three different skill sets: biologists, geologists, and explorers. However, the number of members from each skill set varies by team and each member has only one speciality. The total number of biologists, geologists, and explorers are equal.
The following additional information is available
- Every team has at least 2 members from each of the three skill sets.
- Teams C and D have 6 biologists each, and Team A has 6 geologists.
- Every team except A has more biologists than explorers.
- The number of explorers in each team is distinct and decreases in the order A, B, C, D, and E.
Question 8
The number of teams having more geologists than biologists is ______
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Correct answer: 2
Question 9
If , and are the first three terms of an arithmetic progression, then the sum of the next three terms of the progression is
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Correct answer: 15
Question 10
A circle of radius cm touches the adjacent sides AB and BC of a square ABCD at M and N, respectively. If AB = cm and the circle intersects the other two sides CD and DA at P and Q, respectively, then the area, in sq. cm, of triangle PMD is
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Correct answer: 153
Question 11
Monica, who is 18 years old, is one-third the age of her father. The age at which she will be half the age of her father is ____
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Correct answer: 36
Read the passage or information below
Five teams-A, B, C, D, and E — each consisting of 15 members, are going on expeditions to five different locations. Each team includes members from three different skill sets: biologists, geologists, and explorers. However, the number of members from each skill set varies by team and each member has only one speciality. The total number of biologists, geologists, and explorers are equal.
The following additional information is available
- Every team has at least 2 members from each of the three skill sets.
- Teams C and D have 6 biologists each, and Team A has 6 geologists.
- Every team except A has more biologists than explorers.
- The number of explorers in each team is distinct and decreases in the order A, B, C, D, and E.
Question 12
The median number of biologists across five teams is
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Correct answer: 6
Question 13
If and are two positive integers such that , then the minimum possible value of is
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Correct answer: 20
Question 14
The number of factors of that are perfect squares is
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Correct answer: 30
Question 15
If the polynomial leaves a remainder when divided by , and a remainder when divided by , then equals
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Correct answer: 11
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