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Previous-year paper · 15 questions
IPMAT Indore 2026
Quantitative Aptitude · Short answers
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Five friends A, B, C, D, and E go on a trip together. Each of them likes at least one of the following three activities: Countryside Sightseeing, Shopping, and Adventure Sports such that:
- No two friends like exactly the same set of activities.
- A, B and E like exactly two activities each.
- D likes only Countryside Sightseeing.
- C likes more number of activities compared to D.
Question 1
The number of friends who like both Shopping and Adventure Sports is ___
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Correct answer: 2
Question 2
Ram purchased 3 oranges at Rs. 20 each and 5 mangoes at Rs. 38 each and then sold them by offering discounts of 25% and 20% on the fixed marked prices of oranges and mangoes, respectively. If he earned a profit of 50% on selling the oranges alone, and a total profit of 32% on selling all the fruits, then the marked price of each mango was ___
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Correct answer: 60
Question 3
The remainder when is divided by is ___
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Correct answer: 2
Read the passage or information below
Five friends A, B, C, D, and E go on a trip together. Each of them likes at least one of the following three activities: Countryside Sightseeing, Shopping, and Adventure Sports such that:
- No two friends like exactly the same set of activities.
- A, B and E like exactly two activities each.
- D likes only Countryside Sightseeing.
- C likes more number of activities compared to D.
Question 4
The number of ways in which a pair of friends can be chosen for a trip from those who like Adventure Sports is ___
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Correct answer: 3
Question 5
If is an integer such that , then the number of possible values of is ___
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Correct answer: 6
Question 6
In a company, initially the ratio of the foreign and domestic workers was 5 : 8. When some foreign and 12 domestic workers left the company, this ratio became 2 : 3. Later, when 10 more foreign workers were replaced by 10 new domestic workers, this ratio became 3 : 7. The initial number of domestic workers in the company was ___
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Correct answer: 72
Question 7
The number of ways in which three distinct integers can be chosen from the set such that their product is divisible by 4, is ___
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Correct answer: 54
Question 8
Savitri borrowed 10000 rupees from a bank for a period of two years at a fixed interest rate of 10% per annum, compounded semi-annually, and paid back 5025 rupees at the end of first year. Then, the amount, in rupees, to be paid at the end of second year is ___
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Correct answer: 6615
Question 9
A man starts walking from point A to point B at 4 km/hr. After 30 minutes, a woman starts from point A at 6 km/hr. If the woman reaches point B 20 minutes earlier than the man, then the distance between A and B in km is ___
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Correct answer: 10
Question 10
If are real numbers and equations and have at least one common root, then the minimum possible value of is ___
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Correct answer: 106
Read the passage or information below
Five friends A, B, C, D, and E go on a trip together. Each of them likes at least one of the following three activities: Countryside Sightseeing, Shopping, and Adventure Sports such that:
- No two friends like exactly the same set of activities.
- A, B and E like exactly two activities each.
- D likes only Countryside Sightseeing.
- C likes more number of activities compared to D.
Question 11
The number of friends that like Countryside Sightseeing is ___
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Correct answer: 4
Question 12
Let be a cyclic quadrilateral with and . Then equals ___
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Correct answer: 7
Question 13
Let denote an arithmetic progression whose first term is either 132 or 158, and the common difference is an even integer less than 10. If the term of is 174, then the number of possible distinct values of is ___
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Correct answer: 5
Question 14
The Celsius scale of temperature can be converted to Fahrenheit scale using the relationship , where and are temperature recorded in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius, respectively. Ajay noted down the temperature of a chemical reaction as degrees Fahrenheit but reported it as degrees Celsius by mistake. If this led to a recording of the temperature that was 144% higher than the actual temperature in Celsius scale, then equals ___
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Correct answer: 122
Question 15
Let where and are real numbers such that and . If , then the maximum possible value of is ___
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Correct answer: 5
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