AIMCAT 1206

DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 3: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The following table gives the pur hasing power of !"" rupees after #$ !"$ !# an% &" 'ears$ at four %ifferent rates of inflation (a$ b$ c an% d ( in terms of to%a')s equivalent amount. Answer the questions that follow with appro*imate values.

+ In terms of to%a')s equivalent Note, Inflation is %efine% as the annual per entage in rease in pri es. -or e*ample$ the table shows that an item that osts Rs..! urrentl' woul% ost Rs.!"" after !" 'ears$ at a rate of inflation of a/.

1.

-in% the appro*imate urrent monthl' e*penses of a person$ if his monthl' e*penses after !# 'ears$ maintaining his urrent stan%ar% of living$ at an inflation of a / for the first five 'ears an% c/ for the ne*t ten 'ears$ will be Rs.0&$""". (1) Rs.10,150

(2) Rs.11,800

(3) Rs.15,000

(4) Rs.17,500

Solution

2.

A person %eposite% an amount as fi*e% %eposit for !" 'ears in a ban1 whi h stipulate% a rate of interest of b/ p.a.$ ompoun%e% annuall'. 2owever$ if he %e i%es to with%raw the amount after # 'ears itself$ the ban1 will onsequentl' pa' an interest of onl' a/ p.a.$ ompoun%e% annuall'. If the original fi*e% %eposit woul% amount to Rs.!" la1h in its %ue term$ i.e.$ !" 'ears$ what will be the pur hasing power of the amount 3in terms of to%a')s equivalent amount4 that he will get if he were to with%raw the amount after # 'ears itself$ assuming that inflation is d/5 (1) Rs.2.77 lakh

(2) Rs.3.61 lakh

(3) Rs.4.54 lakh

(4) Rs.6.24 lakh

Solution

3.

If a ban1 offers a )-le*i(Interest S heme) in whi h a fi*e% %eposit woul% 'iel% d/ for the first five 'ears$ c/ for the ne*t five 'ears$ b/ for the five 'ears after that an% a/ for the five 'ears following that$ then what woul% the appro*imate pur hasing power 3in to%a')s equivalent amount4 of Rs.&"$""" investe% in the s heme$ be ome after &" 'ears$ at an inflation of b/5 (1) Rs.8,500

(2) Rs.10,000

(3) Rs.14,000

(4) Rs.16,000

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 4 to 7: Answer the questions in%epen%entl' of ea h other.

4.

T is a right angle% triangle whose perpen%i ular si%es are a$ b an% h'potenuse is is

. The minimum possible value of (1) 2.5

(2) 2

(3) 35/12

(4)

Solution

5.

A four(%igit number gets reverse% when it is multiplie% b' 0. -in% the sum of the %igits of the number. (1) 18

(2) 19

(3) 20

(4) 21

Solution

6.

In triangle A6C$ D an% E are points on A6 an% AC respe tivel'$ su h that DE is parallel to 6C. 6E an% CD interse t at 7. If the area of triangle ADE is 89: times the area of triangle 7DE$ fin% 6C 9 DE. (1) 7/3

(2) 8/3

(3) 5/2

(4) 12/5

Solution

7.

D!$ D&$ D: an% D0 are re urring %e imals given b'

$ where q!$ q&$ q: an% q0 are four %igits from ! to ;. <hi h of the following numbers when multiplie% b' at least one of the above mentione% %e imals will result in an integer$ for an' values of q!$ q&$ q: an% q05 (1) 1800

(2) 19980

(3) 198

(4) 1111

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 8 and 9: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. Several runners$ numbere% !$ &$ :$ . . . . . . an% so on$ start simultaneousl' from the same point on a ir ular tra 1 an% run ontinuousl'$ in the same %ire tion$ aroun% the tra 1. The' run su h that the spee% of the runner numbere% n 3n = !4 is n times that of the runner numbere% !.

8.

If there are e*a tl' si* runners$ then at how man' %istin t points on the tra 1 is the runner numbere% ! overta1en b' an' of the other five runners5 (1) 15

(2) 11

(3) 9

(4) 10

Solution

9.

If there are e*a tl' four runners$ then at how man' %istin t points on the tra 1 %o two or more runners meet5

(1) 3

(2) 4

(3) 5

(4) 6

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 10 and 11: Answer the questions in%epen%entl' of ea h other.

10.

If x is real$ what is the ma*imum possible value of the e*pression

(1) 1/2

(2) 1/3

(3) 1/4

(4) 1/12

Solution

11.

Si* people have to go to atten% an event in three %ifferent vehi les$ ea h of whi h an a ommo%ate a ma*imum of si* persons. In how man' wa's an the' go$ so that the' use all the three vehi les5 (1) 540

(2) 1080

(3) 960

(4) 3240

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 12 and 13: The question given below is followe% b' two statements$ I an% II . Stu%' the information given in the two statements. Assess whether the statements are suffi ient to answer the question an% hoose the appropriate option among the given hoi es.

12.

In the month of August$ the -ren h elebrate the birth anniversar' of Napolean in a gran% manner. If Napolean who was born in the !;th entur'$ in whi h 'ear was he born5 I. The 88th birth%a' an% >0th birth%a' of Napolean were elebrate% on the same %a' of the wee1. II. The >8th birth%a' an% ;:r% birth%a' of Napolean were elebrate% on the same %a' of the wee1. (1) The question can e ans!e"e# $ usin% an$ one o& the t!o state'ents alone ut not $ the othe" state'ent alone.

(2) The question can e ans!e"e# $ usin% eithe" o& the t!o state'ents alone.

(3) The question can e ans!e"e# onl$ i& oth the state'ents a"e taken to%ethe".

(4) The question cannot e ans!e"e# e(en i& oth the state'ents a"e taken to%ethe".

Solution

13.

-ive persons ( Ar?un$ 6harat$ Char'$ Dilip an% Eswar$ ea h of whom belongs to a %ifferent profession among athelete$ ban1er$ ler1$ %o tor an% engineer$ are sitting in a row. If it is 1nown that the name of a person an% his profession %oes not start with same letter$ then what is the profession of the person who is sitting two pla es awa' to the right of the ler15 I. Ar?un$ who is not a ban1er$ is sitting two pla es awa' from ea h of Dilip an% the %o tor. II. Char'$ who is not an athelete$ is not a%?a ent to Ar?un$ who$ in turn$ is to the right of the engineer but not to the imme%iate right. (1) The question can e ans!e"e# $ usin% an$ one o& the t!o state'ents alone ut not $ the othe" state'ent alone.

(2) The question can e ans!e"e# $ usin% eithe" o& the t!o state'ents alone.

(3) The question can e ans!e"e# onl$ i& oth the state'ents a"e taken to%ethe".

(4) The question cannot e ans!e"e# e(en i& oth the state'ents a"e taken to%ethe".

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 14 and 15: Answer the questions in%epen%entl' of ea h other.

14.

@et A %enote the set of the ## natural numbers from ! to ##. B is a subset of A su h that the arithmeti mean of an' three elements of B is at least equal to ##9:. The ma*imum number of elements in an' su h subset of A is (1) 36

(2) 37

(3) 38

(4) 55

Solution

15.

A$ 6 an% C have some ho olates among themselves. A gives to ea h of the other two$ half the number ho olates the' alrea%' have. Similarl' 6 an% C$ in that or%er$ give ea h of the other two half the number of ho olates ea h of them alrea%' has. Now$ if ea h of them has the same number of ho olates$ what oul% be the minimum total number of ho olates the' have among themselves5 (1) 243

(2) 81

(3) 27

(4) 729

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 16 and 17: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The <orl% <il%life -un% is at the forefront of the global efforts towar%s the onservation of the -lora an% -auna of the worl%. The following table represents the %ata olle te% b' the -un% regar%ing the plant spe ies in sele te% ountries.

16.

2ow man' ountries in the given list have fewer than five spe ies ea h in both the E*tin t as well as the Aossibl' E*tin t ategories5 (1) 7

(2) 8

(3) 9

(4) 10

Solution

17.

If the umulative total of the number of en%angere% spe ies an% number of vulnerable spe ies omprises the total number of sensitive spe ies in a ountr'$ then the number of sensitive spe ies in whi h of the following ountries is fewer than that in Cen'a5 (1) )ana#a

(2) *ue"to Rico

(3) +n#ia

(4) Thailan#

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 18 to 20: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The following line graphs give the values of sales an% e*penses for two automobile manufa turers$ A an% 6$ from &""" to &""#. The values of sales an% e*penses of both the ompanies are ea h in%e*e% to !"" in the 'ear &""".

In the above graph$ the values of the sales an% e*penses of ompan' A are in%e*e% to the orrespon%ing values in the 'ear &""" an% same is the ase with 6. -or e*ample$ if the sales value of A is !""k in &"""$ it is !&"k in &""! an% so on an% if the sales value of 6 is !""p in &"""$ it is !!"p in &""! an% so on. It is also 1nown that neither A nor 6 ma%e a loss in an' of the 'ears.

18.

The profitabilit' 3in /4 of ompan' A in the 'ear &""# was at least

(1) 121/2

(2) 15

(3) 162/3

(4) 20

Solution

19.

If the profit earne% b' ompan' 6 in &""& was Rs.!& rore$ then in how man' 'ears from &""! to &""#$ %i% the sales of ompan' 6 in rease b' more than !"/$ when ompare% to the previous 'ear5 (1) 0

(2) 1

(3) 2

(4) 3

Solution

20.

If in the 'ear &""0$ the profits earne% b' ompanies A an% 6 were in the ratio # , !& an% the e*penses of the ompanies A an% 6 were in the ratio ! , &$ then what was the ratio of their sales values5 (1) 5 , 12

(2) 7 , 5

(3) 5 , 7

(4) )annot e #ete"'ine#

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 21 to 23: Answer the questions in%epen%entl' of ea h other.

21.

2ow man' four(%igit natural numbers e*ist su h that the sum of the first two %igits equals the sum of the last two %igits5 (1) 770

(2) 615

(3) 660

(4) 670

Solution

22.

If N D !&:0!&:0!&:0E. upto 0"" %igits$ what is the remain%er when N is %ivi%e% b' ;";5 (1) 685

(2) 684

(3) 327

(4) 654

Solution

23.

-in% the units %igit of the pro%u t 3!4

!"!

3&4

&"&

3:4

:":

EEEE.. 3;4

;";

(1) 1

(2) 2

(3) 6

(4) -one o& these

Solution

DIRECTIONS for question 24: Answer the question on the basis of the information given below. Consi%er the following graphs$ ea h representing a fun tion of x.

24.

The CEATS fun tion C3x4 is %efine% as follows, C3x4 D x F if x " D " F if x G ". -or how man' of the fun tions -3x4 above$ is CH-3x4I D -3x45 (1) 1

(2) 2

(3) 3

(4) 4

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 25 to 27: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

The above table shows the value of assets owne% b' si* frien%s ( Anil$ 6has1ar$ Chaitan'a$ Dal?it$ Emanuel$ -a'aJ ( for the 'ears &""> an% &"";. It is 1nown that the si* frien%s wor1 one ea h in 6an1ing$ Constru tion$ -inan e$ IT$ 7ar1eting an% 7anufa turing firms$ not ne essaril' in that or%er. It is 1nown that two of the si* firms are owne% b' the government an% 1nown as Aubli Se tor Kn%erta1ings 3ASKs4 The following a%%itional information is given. 3a4 The highest per entage hange in the value of assets from &""> to &""; is observe% in ase of the person wor1ing for a 7anufa turing firm. 3b4 The persons whose asset values witnesse% a negative growth rate wor1 with the IT firm an% a ASK. 3 4 The person who asset value %ispla'e% the lowest positive growth rate %oes not wor1 with -inan e firm. 3%4 There are e*a tl' two persons the first letters of whose names oin i%e with the respe tive t'pe of firm the' wor1 in. 3e4 The person whose asset value showe% the highest single %igit growth rate wor1s in a ASK.

25.

<hi h of the following firms %oes Dal?it wor1 in5

(1) .anu&actu"in%

(2) /inance

(3) .a"ketin%

(4) 0ankin%

Solution

26.

The t'pes of firms whi h e*perien e% a %e rease in their asset values are

(1) .a"ketin% an# .anu&actu"in%

(2) /inance an# )onst"uction

(3) /inance an# +T

(4) +T an# .anu&actu"in%

Solution

27.

<hi h of the following firms is a ASK5

(1) +T

(2) /inance

(3) .a"ketin%

(4) )onst"uction

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 28 to 30: Answer the questions in%epen%entl' of ea h other.

28.

@et S!$ S& an% S0 be the sums to the first n$ &n an% 0n terms respe tivel' of an arithmeti progression$ with a as the first term an% d as the ommon %ifferen e. If 7 D &S! L S& ( S0$ then whi h of the following is true5 (1) . is #e1en#ent on onl$ n an# d

(2) . is #e1en#ent on onl$ d an# a

(3) . is #e1en#ent on onl$ a an# n

(4) . is #e1en#ent on a, d an# n

Solution

29.

If A D 3!!!!!!E.upto &n times4 ( 3>>>>EEupto n times4$ where n = !!$ fin% the sum of the %igits of A. (1) 2n

(2) 3n

(3) 4n

(4) n

Solution

30.

A uboi% whose base is a square of si%e 0 in hes an% height . in hes is pla e% in

a 'lin%er whose ra%ius is an% height is . in hes. The gap between the 'lin%er an% uboi% is fille% with n spheres of ra%ius ".0 in hes. <hat oul% be the ma*imum value of n5 (1) 16

(2) 18

(3) 20

(4) 28

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 55 to 57: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. -our stu%ents ( A$ 6$ C an% D ( of a lass were in the fra' for the ele tion of a representative from the lass to the ollege oun il. Initiall'$ ea h of the four names was propose% b' e*a tl' one stu%ent of the lass an% supporte% b' e*a tl' two other stu%ents of the lass an% none of A$ 6$ C an% D was allowe% to propose or support an' stu%ent. An' stu%ent of the lass was allowe% to either propose or support onl' a single an%i%ate. The ele tions were to be on%u te% in three roun%s of voting. In an' roun%$ the an%i%ate getting the lowest number of votes$ among those still in the fra'$ gets eliminate%. The survivor after the thir% roun% of voting gets ele te% as the representative. The ele tions were on%u te% a or%ing to the following rules. None of the four an%i%ates are eligible to vote as long as the' are in the fra'$ but an' an%i%ate who gets eliminate% in an' roun% be omes eligible to vote in all the subsequent roun%s. An' stu%ent who initiall' propose% or supporte% a parti ular an%i%ate$ sa' M$ must vote for M in all the roun%s in whi h M is in ontention an% if M gets eliminate% in an' roun%$ then that stu%ent be omes ineligible to vote in an' of the subsequent roun%s. All stu%ents who are eligible to vote in an' roun% have to vote for e*a tl' one of the an%i%ates in the fra' in that roun%. In all$ a stu%ent an vote for at most two of the four an%i%ates in all the roun%s of voting put together$ an% a stu%ent be omes ineligible to vote if both the an%i%ates he9she vote% for is eliminate%. The following table gives partial information regar%ing the voting pro ess in the %ifferent roun%s,

It is also 1nown that All those who vote% for an%i%ates 6 an% D in an' roun%$ vote% for the same an%i%ates as long as the' were in ontention an% e*a tl' ."/ of those who vote% for C in roun% !$ vote% for him in roun% & as well. In the final roun%$ the winner got seven votes more than the other an%i%ate.

55.

2ow man' stu%ents are there in the lass$ if all stu%ents in the lass were part of the ele tion pro ess5 (1) 114

(2) 116

(3) 120

(4) 124

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 55 to 57: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. -our stu%ents ( A$ 6$ C an% D ( of a lass were in the fra' for the ele tion of a representative from the lass to the ollege oun il. Initiall'$ ea h of the four names was propose% b' e*a tl' one stu%ent of the lass an% supporte% b' e*a tl' two other stu%ents of the lass an% none of A$ 6$ C an% D was allowe% to propose or support an' stu%ent. An' stu%ent of the lass was allowe% to either propose or support onl' a single an%i%ate. The ele tions were to be on%u te% in three roun%s of voting. In an' roun%$ the an%i%ate getting the lowest number of votes$ among those still in the fra'$ gets eliminate%. The survivor after the thir% roun% of voting gets ele te% as the representative. The ele tions were on%u te% a or%ing to the following rules. None of the four an%i%ates are eligible to vote as long as the' are in the fra'$ but an' an%i%ate who gets eliminate% in an' roun% be omes eligible to vote in all the subsequent roun%s. An' stu%ent who initiall' propose% or supporte% a parti ular an%i%ate$ sa' M$ must vote for M in all the roun%s in whi h M is in ontention an% if M gets eliminate% in an' roun%$ then that stu%ent be omes ineligible to vote in an' of the subsequent roun%s. All stu%ents who are eligible to vote in an' roun% have to vote for e*a tl' one of the an%i%ates in the fra' in that roun%. In all$ a stu%ent an vote for at most two of the four an%i%ates in all the roun%s of voting put together$ an% a stu%ent be omes ineligible to vote if both the an%i%ates he9she vote% for is eliminate%. The following table gives partial information regar%ing the voting pro ess in the %ifferent roun%s,

It is also 1nown that All those who vote% for an%i%ates 6 an% D in an' roun%$ vote% for the same an%i%ates as long as the' were in ontention an% e*a tl' ."/ of those who vote% for C in roun% !$ vote% for him in roun% & as well. In the final roun%$ the winner got seven votes more than the other an%i%ate.

56.

2ow man' votes were ast for an%i%ate D in roun% !5

(1) 25

(2) 28

(3) 31

(4) 34

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 55 to 57: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. -our stu%ents ( A$ 6$ C an% D ( of a lass were in the fra' for the ele tion of a representative from the lass to the ollege oun il. Initiall'$ ea h of the four names was propose% b' e*a tl' one stu%ent of the lass an% supporte% b' e*a tl' two other stu%ents of the lass an% none of A$ 6$ C an% D was allowe% to propose or support an' stu%ent. An' stu%ent of the lass was allowe% to either propose or support onl' a single an%i%ate. The ele tions were to be on%u te% in three roun%s of voting. In an' roun%$ the an%i%ate getting the lowest number of votes$ among those still in the fra'$ gets eliminate%. The survivor after the thir% roun% of voting gets ele te% as the representative. The ele tions were on%u te% a or%ing to the following rules. None of the four an%i%ates are eligible to vote as long as the' are in the fra'$ but an' an%i%ate who gets eliminate% in an' roun% be omes eligible to vote in all the subsequent roun%s. An' stu%ent who initiall' propose% or supporte% a parti ular an%i%ate$ sa' M$ must vote for M in all the roun%s in whi h M is in ontention an% if M gets eliminate% in an' roun%$ then that stu%ent be omes ineligible to vote in an' of the subsequent roun%s. All stu%ents who are eligible to vote in an' roun% have to vote for e*a tl' one of the an%i%ates in the fra' in that roun%. In all$ a stu%ent an vote for at most two of the four an%i%ates in all the roun%s of voting put together$ an% a stu%ent be omes ineligible to vote if both the an%i%ates he9she vote% for is eliminate%. The following table gives partial information regar%ing the voting pro ess in the %ifferent roun%s,

It is also 1nown that All those who vote% for an%i%ates 6 an% D in an' roun%$ vote% for the same an%i%ates as long as the' were in ontention an% e*a tl' ."/ of those who vote% for C in roun% !$ vote% for him in roun% & as well. In the final roun%$ the winner got seven votes more than the other an%i%ate.

57.

2ow man' stu%ents who vote% for an%i%ate A in roun% !$ vote% for an%i%ate C in roun% &5 (1) 12

(2) 15

(3) 16

(4) 13

Solution

DIRECTIONS for questions 58 to 60: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. -ive frien%s ( Aramo%$ Chan$ Naveen$ Samuel an% Tarun ( have Rs.!#" among them. The following information is also 1nown about the mone' with them. i4 None of them has less than Rs.!#. ii4 The amount with ea h of the persons$ e* ept one$ is o%%. iii4 The amounts with no two persons are the same. iv4 The amount with the person who has the highest is not even. v4 The amount 3in Rs.4 with ea h person is an integer.

58.

<hat an be the ma*imum %ifferen e between the highest an% the least amount hel% b' an' of these persons5 (1) Rs.63

(2) Rs.64

(3) Rs.68

(4) -one o& these

Solution

59.

If ) s ) is the %ifferen e between the highest an% the least amounts with the persons$ ) s ) an never be (1) less than 6.

(2) 'o"e than 64.

(3) less than 8.

(4) -one o& these

Solution

60.

If ea h of the five amounts is a multiple of # an% the amount whi h is an even number is the thir% highest$ then whi h among the following must be the even amount5 (1) Rs.50

(2) Rs.40

(3) Rs.30

(4) Rs.20

Solution