IIM QA Special 4

1. A five-digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed using numerical 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without repetition. Find the
total number of ways this can be done.
(a) 122 (b) 210 (c) 216 (d) 217
2. A contract is to be completed in 50 days and 105 men were set to work, each working 8 hours a day. After 25
days, 2/5th of the work is finished. How many additional men can be employed so that the work may be
completed on time, each man now working 9 hours a day?
(a) 34 (b) 36 (c) 35 (d) 37

Directions for Questions 3 to 7: Based on the information given below.

The pie charts below show the percentage of students in each faculty at North-West University and the number
of non-US students in the Arts faculty. These percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number.
There are a total of 1049 students in Arts faculty. Use this information to answer the following questions.

3. What percentage of students in the Arts faculty are non-US students?

(a) 14% (b) 9% (c) 30% (d) 11%
4. How many students are there in the Engineering faculty?
(a) 420 (b) 410 (c) 390 (d) 440
5. How many students are there at the University?
(a) 4650 (b) 4560 (c) 4640 (d) 4450
6. If 6% of Science students are Asian, how many Asian students are studying Science?
(a) 48 (b) 66 (c) 120 (d) 57
7. There are 34 European medical students. What percentage of the faculty does this represent?
(a) 14% (b) 18% (c) 16% (d) 15%
8. A 14.4 kg gas cylinder runs for 104 hours when the smaller burner on the gas stove is fully opened while it runs
for 80 hours when the larger burner on the gas stove is fully opened. Which of these values are the closest to the
percentage difference in the usage of gas per hour, of the smaller burner over the larger burner?
(a) 26.23% (b) 30% (c) 32.23% (d) 23.07%
9. A sum of money is divided among A, B,C and D in the ratio of 3:7:9:13 respectively. If the share of B is Rs 9180
more than the share of A, then what is the total amount of money of A and C together?
(a) Rs 27540 (b) Rs 27560 (c) Rs 26680 (d) Rs 24740
10. Number of least items in a booklet is n. In the first year, there is an increase of a% in this number and in the
subsequent year there was a decrease of a%. At the end of two years, the items in the booklet will be:-
(a) less than n (b) equal to n (c) more than n (d) None of these
11. A vessel has three pipes connected with it, two to supply liquid and one to draw liquid. The first alone can fill the
vessel in hours, the second in 3 hours and the third can empty it in hours. If all the pipes are opened
simultaneously when the vessel is half full, how soon will it be emptied?
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these

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12. A cube of white chalk is painted red, and then cut parallel to the sides to form two rectangular solids of equal
volume. What percent of the surface area of each of the new solids is not painted red?
(a) 20% (b)16 % (c) 15% (d) 25%
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13. The speed of a train pulling out of a station is given by the equation s = t + t, where s is the speed in kilometres
per hour and t is the time in seconds from when the train starts moving. The equation holds for all situations
where 0 < t < 4. In kilometres per hour, what is the difference in the speed of the train four seconds after it
starts moving, compared to the speed two seconds after it starts moving?
(a) 14 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) 20
14. In the figure below, a circular swimming pool (the unshaded area) is surrounded by a circular walkway (the
shaded area). Both the circular swimming pool and the entire circular region consisting of the swimming pool
and the walkway have the centre O. If the radius of the swimming pool is 10 m and the width of the walkway is
5 m, how much greater is the surface area of the walkway than the area of the swimming pool?

(a)1007 (b) 50 (c) 25 (d) 125

15. In a certain laboratory, chemicals are identified by a colour-coding system. There are 20 different chemicals.
Each one is coded with either a single colour or a unique two-colour pair. If the order of colours in the pairs
doesn't matter, what is the minimum number of different colours needed to code all 20 chemicals with either a
single colour or a unique pair of colours?
(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 20
16. My watch gains 5 minutes every hour. How many degrees the second hand moves in every minute?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
17. Two clocks are set right at 10 a.m. One gains 20 seconds and the other loses 40 seconds in 24 hours. What will
be the true time when the first clock indicates 4 p.m. on the following day?
(a) 3 : 59 p.m. (b) 3 : 31 p.m. (c) 3 : 59 (d) 3 : 57 p.m.
18. The dimensions of a room are 12.5 m by 9 m by 7 m. There are 2 doors and 4 windows in the room; each door
measure 2.5 m by 1.2 m and each window 1.5 m by 1 m. Find the cost of painting the walls at Rs 3.50 per square
metre.
(a) Rs 1101.50 (b) Rs 1050.50 (c) Rs 1011.50 (d) Cannot be determined
19. If a = 24, b = 26, c = 28, then find the value of a2 + b2 + c2 – ab – bc – ca.
(a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
20. If the expression ax2 + bx + c is equal to 4 when x = 0 and leaves a remainder 4 when divided by x + 1 and a
remainder 6 when divided by x + 2, then find the values of a, b and c.
(a) 1, 1, 4 (b) 2, 2, 4 (c) 3, 3, 4 (d) 4, 4, 4
3 2 2
21. If x + 2x + ax + b is exactly divisible by x – 1, then find the values of a and b.
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 0 (c) –1 and –2 (d) 0 and 1

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22. x2 varies directly as y3 and when x = 6, y = 3. Which of the following equations correctly represents the
relationship between x and y?
(a) 6x2 = 3y3 (b) 3y2 = 6x3 (c) 3x2= 2y3 (d) 3x2 = 4y3
23. The area of the square ABCD is 64. Let E, F and G be mid points of DC, AD and BC respectively. If P is any
point inside the rectangle ABGF and if X is the area of the triangle DPE, then which one of the following is
necessarily true?

(a) 8 < X < 16 (b) 8 < X < 32 (c) 16 < X < 32 (d) 16 < X < 64
24. A spiral is made up of 13 successive semicircles, with centre alternately at A and B, starting with centre at A. The
radii of semicircles, thus developed, are 0.5 cm, 1.0 cm, 1.5 cm and 2.0 cm and so on. The total length of the
spiral is:-
(a) 144 cm (b) 143 cm (c) 174 cm (d) None of these
25. If three positive real numbers a, b and c (c > a) are in Harmonic Progression, then log (a + c) + log (a – 2b + c)
is equal to:-
(a) 2 log (c – b) (b) 2 log (a – c) (c) 2 log (c – a) (d) log a+ log b + log c
26. Find the number of ways in which a mixed double tennis game can be arranged amongst 9 married couples if no
husband and wife play in the same game.
(a) 1514 (b) 1512 (c) 3024 (d) None of these
27. The extremities of the diagonal of a parallelogram are the points (3, -4) and (-6, 5). Third vertex is the point (-2,
1), then the fourth vertex is :
(a) (1, 1) (b) (1, 0) (c) (0, 1) (d) (-1, 0)
28. If the positive real numbers a, b and c are in Arithmetic Progression, such that abc = 4, then find the minimum
possible value of b.
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
29. The average of nine numbers is M and the average of three of these is P. If the average of remaining numbers is
N, then which of the following holds?
(a) M = N + P (b) 2M = N + P (c) 3M = 2 N + P (d) 3M = 2 P+N
30. is equal to:-
(a) 0 (b) (c) 1 (d) Does not exist
31. Given 5 different green papers and four different yellow papers. How much combination of letter pads can be
made taking at least one green and one yellow paper.
(a) 465 (b) 456 (c) 650 (d) None of these
32. A man has five different works to do. In how many ways he can choose to finish one or more work at a time?
(a) 30 (b) 26 (c) 31 (d) None of these
33. Find the value of cos 5 + cos 10 + cos 15 + cos 20 + cos 70 + cos 75 + cos2 80 + cos2 85.
2 2 2 2 2 2

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) None of these

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34. An electric pole is 10metres high. A steel wire tied to the top of the pole is affixed at a point on the ground to
keep pole upright. If the steel wire makes an angle of 450 with the horizontal through the foot of the pole. Find
the length of the steel wire.
(a) 10 metres (b) 14.2 metres (c) 15 metres (d) None of these
35. In a class of 111 students, 48 students took physics, 45 took chemistry and 52 took maths. Out of these 8 took
both physics and chemistry, 11 took chemistry and maths and 16 took physics and maths. If each student of class
took at least one of the three subjects then how many took all the three subjects?
(a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) None of these
36. A fast train takes 3 hours less than a slow train for a journey of 600 km. If the speed of slow train is 10 km/h less
than that of the fast train. Find the speed of fast train.
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 50
37. In a cricket match Anil took one wicket more than thrice the number of wicket taken by Sachin. If the product
of the number of wickets taken by both is 14. Find the number of wickets taken by Sachin.
(a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 2 (d) None of these

Directions for Questions 38 to 40: The bar – graph given below shows the percentage distribution of total
expenditure of a Company under various expense heads during 2017. Study the graph and answer the question that
follows:
Percentage Distribution of Total Expenditures of a Company
25
20 20
20 17.5
15
15 12.5
10
10
5
5
0

38. What is the ratio of the total expenditure of infrastructure and transport to the total expenditure of taxes and
interest on loans?
(a) 5 : 4 (b) 8 : 7 (c) 9 : 7 (d) 13 : 11
39. If the expenditure on advertisement is Rs.2.10 crores then the difference between the expenditure on transport
and taxes is:
(a) Rs.1.25 crores (b) Rs.95 lakhs (c) Rs.65 lakhs (d) Rs.35 lakhs
40. The total amount of expenditures of the Company is how many times the expenditure on research and
development?
(a) 27 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) 8

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