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CAT 1998
Direction for questions 1 to 3: Answer the questions based on the following information.
The following operations are defined for real numbers.
a # b = a + b, if a and b both are positive else a # b = 1
a

b = (a b)
a + b
if a b is positive else a b 1 .
1.
( )
( )
2#1
1 2
=
a.
8
1
b. 1 c.
8
3
d. 3
2.
( ) ( ) ( ) { }
( )
1.3
10
1#1 # 2 10 log 0.1
1 2

a.
8
3
b.
8
1 . 0 log . 4
10
c.
8
) 10 4 (
13
+
d. None of these
3.
( )
( ) 8
3
Y X
Y # X

,
_

, then which of the following must be true?

a. X = 2, Y = 1 b. X > 0, Y< 0 c. X, Y both positive d. X, Y both negative
4. How many numbers can be formed from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, without repetition, when the digit at the units
place must be greater than that in the tens place?
a. 54 b. 60 c. 17 d. 2 4!
5. P, Q, R and S are four statements. Relation between these statements is as follows.
I. If P is true, then Q must be true.
II. If Q is true, then R must be true.
III. If S is true, then either Q is false or R is false.
Which of the following must be true?
a. If P is true, then S is false b. If S is false, then Q must be true
c. If Q is true, then P must be true d. If R is true, then Q must be true
Actual CAT Problems 1998-2008
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Direction for questions 6 to 8: Answer the questions based on the following information.
A, B, C and D are to be seated in a row. But C and D cannot be together. Also B cannot be at the third
place.
6. Which of the following must be false?
a. A is at the first place b. A is at the second place
c. A is at the third place d. A is at the fourth place
7. If A is not at the third place, then which of the following options does C have?
a. The first place only b. The third place only
c. The first and third place only d. Any of the places
8. If A and B are together, then which of the following must be necessarily true?
a. C is not at the first place b. A is at the third place
c. D is at the first place d. C is at the first place
Direction for questions 9 to 11: Answer the questions based on the following information.
A, B, C and D collected one-rupee coins following the given pattern.
Together they collected 100 coins.
Each one of them collected even number of coins.
Each one of them collected at least 10 coins.
No two of them collected the same number of coins.
9. The maximum number of coins collected by any one of them cannot exceed
a. 64 b. 36 c. 54 d. None of these
10. If A collected 54 coins, then the difference in the number of coins between the one who collected
maximum number of coins and the one who collected the second highest number of coins must be
at least
a. 12 b. 24 c. 30 d. None of these
11. If A collected 54 coins and B collected two more coins than twice the number of coins collected by
C, then the number of coins collected by B could be
a. 28 b. 20 c. 26 d. 22
Direction for questions 12 and 14: Answer the questions based on the following information.
Amar, Akbar and Anthony are three friends. Only three colours are available for their shirts, viz. red, green
and blue. Amar does not wear red shirt. Akbar does not wear green shirt. Anthony does not wear blue shirt.
12. If Akbar and Anthony wear the same colour of shirts, then which of the following is not true?
a. Amar wears blue and Akbar wears green
b. Amar wears green and Akbar wears red
c. Amar wears blue and Akbar does not wear blue
d. Anthony wears red
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13. If two of them wear the same colour, then how many of the following must be false?
I. Amar wears blue and Akbar does not wear green
II. Amar does not wear blue and Akbar wears blue
III. Amar does not wear blue and Akbar does not wear blue
IV. Amar wears green, Akbar does not wear red, Anthony does not wear green
a. None b. One c. Two d. Three
14. Number of students who have opted for subjects A, B and C are 60, 84 and 108 respectively. The
examination is to be conducted for these students such that only the students of the same subject
are allowed in one room. Also the number of students in each room must be same. What is the
minimum number of rooms that should be arranged to meet all these conditions?
a. 28 b. 60 c. 12 d. 21
Direction for questions 15 to 18: Answer the questions based on the following information.
Mr Bankatlal acted as a judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, viz. Ms Andhra Pradesh,
Ms Uttar Pradesh, Ms West Bengal and Ms Maharashtra. Mrs Bankatlal, who was very anxious about the
result, asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Mr Bankatlal just told that the one who was
wearing the yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs Bankatlal pressed for further details, he elaborated
as follows:
All of them were sitting in a row.
All of them wore sarees of different colours, viz. green, yellow, white, red.
There was only one runner-up and she was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra.
The runner-up was wearing the green saree.
Ms West Bengal was not sitting at the ends and was not the runner up.
The winner and the runner-up are not sitting adjacent to each other.
Ms Maharashtra was wearing white saree.
Ms Andhra Pradesh was not wearing the green saree.
Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends.
15. Who wore the red saree?
a. Ms Andhra Pradesh b. Ms West Bengal
c. Ms Uttar Pradesh d. Ms Maharashtra
16. Ms. West Bengal was sitting adjacent to
a. Ms Andhra Pradesh and Ms Maharashtra
b. Ms Uttar Pradesh and Ms Maharashtra
c. Ms Andhra Pradesh and Ms Uttar Pradesh
d. Ms Uttar Pradesh
17. Which saree was worn by Ms Andhra Pradesh?
a. Yellow b. Red c. Green d. White
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18. Who was the runner-up?
a. Ms Andhra Pradesh b. Ms West Bengal
c. Ms Uttar Pradesh d. Ms Maharashtra
19. A, B, C, D, ..., X, Y, Z are the players who participated in a tournament. Everyone played with every
other player exactly once. A win scores 2 points, a draw scores 1 point and a loss scores 0 point.
None of the matches ended in a draw. No two players scored the same score. At the end of the
tournament, by ranking list is published which is in accordance with the alphabetical order. Then
a. M wins over N b. N wins over M
c. M does not play with N d. None of these
CAT 1999
20. Ten points are marked on a straight-line and 11 points are marked on another straight-line. How
many triangles can be constructed with vertices from among the above points?
a. 495 b. 550 c. 1045 d. 2475
21. For a scholarship, at the most n candidates out of 2n + 1 can be selected. If the number of different
ways of selection of at least one candidate is 63, the maximum number of candidates that can be
selected for the scholarship is
a. 3 b. 4 c. 6 d. 5
22. In a survey of political preferences, 78% of those asked were in favour of at least one of the proposals:
I, II and III. 50% of those asked favoured proposal I, 30% favoured proposal II and 20% favoured
proposal III. If 5% of those asked favoured all three of the proposals, what percentage of those asked
favoured more than one of the three proposals?
a. 10 b. 12 c. 17 d. 22
23. Three labelled boxes containing red and white cricket balls are all mislabelled. It is known that one
of the boxes contains only white balls and another one contains only red balls. The third contains a
mixture of red and white balls. You are required to correctly label the boxes with the labels red, white
and red and white by picking a sample of one ball from only one box. What is the label on the box
you should sample?
a. white
b. red
c. red and white
d. Not possible to determine from a sample of one ball
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Directions for questions 24 to 27: Answer the questions based on the following information.
In each of the following questions, a pair of graphs F(x) and F1(x) is given. These are composed of straight-
line segments, shown as solid lines, in the domain ( ) x 2, 2 .
Choose the answer as
a. if F1(x) = F(x) b. if F1(x) = F(x)
c. if F1(x) = F(x) d. if none of the above is true
24.
F(x)
2
2
0
2
2
x
F1(x)
2
2
0
2
25.
F(x)
2
2
0
2
2
X
F1(x)
2
2
0
2
2
X
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26.
F(x)
2
2
0
2
2
X
F1(x)
2
2
0
2
2
X
27.
F(x)
2
0
1
2
X
1 2
F1(x)
2
2 0
2
2
X
1
1
Directions for questions 28 to 30: Answer the questions based on the following information.
Let x and y be real numbers and let
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
f x, y x y , F f x, y f x, y and G f x, y F f x, y +
28. Which of the following statements is true?
a. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
F f x, y G f x, y F f x, y G f x, y
b. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
F f x, y G f x, y F f x, y G f x, y >
c. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
F f x, y G f x, y G f x, y F f x, y
d. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) F f x, y G f x, y f x, y f x, y + +
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29. What is the value of ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
f G f 1, 0 , f F f 1, 2 , G f 1, 2 ?
a. 3 b. 2 c. 1 d. 0
30. Which of the following expressions yields
2
x as its result?
a. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
F f x, x G f x, x b. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
F f x, x G f x, x 4
c. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
2
F f x, x G f x, x log 16 d. ( ) ( ) f x, x f x, x
CAT 2000
31. One red flag, three white flags and two blue flags are arranged in a line such that:
I. No two adjacent flags are of the same colour
II. The flags at the two ends of the line are of different colours
In how many different ways can the flags be arranged?
a. 6 b. 4 c. 10 d. 2
Directions for questions 32 and 33: Answer the questions based on the following information.
A, B and C are three numbers. Let
@ (A, B) = Average of A and B,
/ (A, B) = Product of A and B, and
(A, B) = The result of dividing A by B.
32. The sum of A and B is given by
a. / (@ (A, B), 2) b. (@ (A, B), 2)
c. @ (/ A, B), 2) d. @ ( (A, B), 2)
33. Average of A, B and C is given by
a. @ (/ (@ (/ (B, A), 2), C), 3) b. (@ (/ (@ (B, A), 3), C), 2)
c. / (( (@ (B, A), 2), C), 3) d. / ( (@ (/ (@ (B, A) 2), C), 3), 2)
Directions for questions 34 and 35: Answer the the questions based on the following information.
For real numbers x and y, let
0.5
2
2 0.5
Positive square root of (x y), if (x y) is real
f(x, y)
(x y) , otherwise
(x y) , if (x y) is real
g(x, y)
(x y), otherwise

+ +

'
+

+ +

'
+

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34. Which of the following expressions yields a positive value for every pair of non-zero real numbers
(x, y)?
a. f(x, y) g(x, y) b. f(x, y) (g(x, y))
2
c. g(x, y) (f(x, y))
2
d. f(x, y) + g(x, y)
35. Under which of the following conditions is f(x, y) necessarily greater than g(x, y)?
a. Both x and y are less than 1 b. Both x and y are positive
c. Both x and y are negative d. y > x
Directions for questions 36 to 38: Answer the questions based on the following information.
For three distinct real numbers x, y and z, let
f(x, y, z) = Min(Max(x, y), Max(y, z), Max(z, x))
g(x, y, z) = Max(Min(x, y), Min(y, z), Min(z, x))
h(x, y, z) = Max(Max(x, y), Max(y, z), Max(z, x))
j(x, y, z) = Min(Min(x, y), Min(y, z), Min(z, x))
m(x, y, z) = Max(x, y, z)
n(x, y, z) = Min(x, y, z)
36. Which of the following is necessarily greater than 1?
a. [h(x, y, z) f(x, y, z)] / j(x, y, z) b. j(x, y, z) / h(x, y, z)
c. f(x, y, z) / g(x, y, z) d. [f(x, y, z) + h(x, y, z) g(x, y, z)] / j(x, y, z)
37. Which of the following expressions is necessarily equal to 1?
a. [f(x, y, z) m(x, y, z)] / [g(x, y, z) h(x, y, z)]
b. [m(x, y, z) f(x, y, z)] / [g(x, y, z) n(x, y, z)]
c. [j(x, y, z) g(x, y, z)] / h(x, y, z)
d. [f(x, y, z) h(x, y ,z)] / f(x, y, z)
38. Which of the following expressions is indeterminate?
a. [f(x, y, z) h(x, y, z)] / [g(x, y, z) j(x, y, z)]
b. [f(x, y, z) + h(x, y, z) + g(x, y, z) + j(x, y, z)] / [j(x, y, z) + h(x, y, z) m(x, y, z) n(x, y, z)]
c. [g(x, y, z) j(x, y, z)] / [f(x, y, z) h(x, y, z)]
d. [h(x, y, z) f(x, y, z)] / [n(x, y, z) g(x, y, z)
Directions for questions 39 to 41: Given below are three graphs made up of straight line segments shown
as thick lines. In each case choose the answer as
a. if f(x) = 3 f(x)
b. if f(x) = f(x)
c. if f(x) = f(x)
d. if 3f(x) = 6 f(x), for x 0
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39.
2 3 3 1
0
1 2 3
1
2
x
f(x)
40.
3
2
1
x
f(x)
2 1 0 1 2
41.
5 4 3 2 1
0 1 2 3
3
2
1
3
2
1
1
2
f(x)
x
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Directions for questions 42 and 43: Answer the questions based on the following information.
For a real number x, let
f(x) =
1
1 x +
, if x is non-negative
= 1 + x if x is negative
f
n
(x) = f(f
n-1
(x)), n = 2, 3, ...
42. What is the value of the product f(2) f
2
(2) f
3
(2) f
4
(2) f
5
(2)?
a.
1
3
b. 3 c.
1
18
d. None of these
43. r is an integer
2
. Then what is the value of f
r 1
(r) + f
r
(r) + f
r + 1
(r)?
a. 1 b. 0 c. 1 d. None of these
44. The area bounded by the three curves |x + y| = 1, |x| = 1, and |y| = 1, is equal to
a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 1
45. A shipping clerk has five boxes of different but unknown weights each weighing less than 100 kg.
The clerk weights the boxes in pairs. The weights obtained are 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117,
118, 120 and 121 kg. What is the weight of the heaviest box?
a. 60 kg b. 62 kg c. 64 kg d. Cannot be determined
46. The set of all positive integers is the union of two disjoint subsets:
{f(1), f(2), ..., f(n), ...} and {g(1), g(2), ..., g(n), ...}, where
f(1) < f(2) < ... < f(n) ..., and g(1) < g(2) < ... < g(n) ..., and
g(n) = f(f(n)) + 1 for all n 1.
What is the value of g(1)?
a. 0 b. 2 c. 1 d. Cannot be determined
47. For all non-negative integers x and y, f(x, y) is defined as below.
f(0, y) = y + 1
f(x + 1, 0) = f(x, 1)
f(x + 1, y + 1) = f(x, f(x + 1, y))
Then what is the value of f(1, 2)?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 3 d. Cannot be determined
CAT 2001
48. Of 128 boxes of oranges, each box contains at least 120 and at most 144 oranges. The number of
boxes containing the same number of oranges is at least
a. 5 b. 103 c. 6 d. Cannot be determined
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CAT 2002
49. Ten straight lines, no two of which are parallel and no three of which pass through any common
point, are drawn on a plane. The total number of regions (including finite and infinite regions) into
which the plane would be divided by the lines is
1. 56 2. 255 3. 1024 4. not unique
50. Six persons are playing a card game. Suresh is facing Raghubir who is to the left of Ajay and to the
right of Pramod. Ajay is to the left of Dhiraj. Yogendra is to the left of Pramod. If Dhiraj exchanges his
seat with Yogendra and Pramod exchanges with Raghubir, who will be sitting to the left of Dhiraj?
1. Yogendra 2. Raghubir 3. Suresh 4. Ajay
Directions for questions 51 and 53: Answer the questions based on the following information.
Each of the 11 letters A, H, I, M, O, T, U, V, W, X and Z appears same when looked at in a mirror. They are
called symmetric letters. Other letters in the alphabet are asymmetric letters.
51. How many four-letter computer passwords can be formed using only the symmetric letters (no
repetition allowed)?
1. 7,920 2. 330 3. 14,640 4. 4,19,430
52. How many three-letter computer passwords can be formed (no repetition allowed) with at least one
symmetric letter?
1. 990 2. 2,730 3. 12,870 4. 15,600
53. In how many ways is it possible to choose a white square and a black square on a chessboard so
that the squares must not lie in the same row or column?
1. 56 2. 896 3. 60 4. 768
CAT 2003 Leaked
DIRECTIONS for Questions 54 and 55: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
New Age Consultants have three consultants Gyani, Medha and Buddhi. The sum of the number of projects
handled by Gyani and Buddhi individually is equal to the number of projects in which Medha is involved. All
three consultants are involved together in 6 projects. Gyani works with Medha in 14 projects. Buddhi has
2 projects with Medha but without Gyani, and 3 projects with Gyani but without Medha. The total number
of projects for New Age Consultants is one less than twice the number of projects in which more than one
consultant is involved.
54. What is the number of projects in which Gyani alone is involved?
1. Uniquely equal to zero. 2. Uniquely equal to 1.
3. Uniquely equal to 4. 4. Cannot be determined uniquely.
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55. What is the number of projects in which Medha alone is involved?
1. Uniquely equal to zero. 2. Uniquely equal to 1.
3. Uniquely equal to 4. 4. Cannot be determined uniquely.
56. A test has 50 questions. A student scores 1 mark for a correct answer, 1/3 for a wrong answer, and
1/6 for not attempting a question. If the net score of a student is 32, the number of questions
answered wrongly by that student cannot be less than
1. 6 2. 12 3. 3 4. 9
57. Twenty-seven persons attend a party. Which one of the following statements can never be true?
1. There is a person in the party who is acquainted with all the twenty-six others.
2. Each person in the party has a different number of acquaintances.
3. There is a person in the party who has an odd number of acquaintances.
4. In the party, there is no set of three mutual acquaintances.
58. Let T be the set of integers {3,11,19,27,451,459,467} and S be a subset of T such that the sum
of no two elements of S is 470. The maximum possible number of elements in S is
1. 32 2. 28 3. 29 4. 30
CAT 2003 Re Test
59. A car is being driven, in a straight line and at a uniform speed, towards the base of a vertical tower.
The top of the tower is observed from the car and, in the process, it takes 10 min for the angle of
elevation to change from 45to 60. After how much more time will this car reach the base of the
tower?
1. 5
( )
3 1 +
2. 6
( )
3 2 +
3. 7
( )
3 1
4. 8
( )
3 2
Directions for questions 60 to 62: Answer the questions on the basis of the tables given below.
Two binary operations

and

are defined over the set {a, e, f, g, h} as per the following tables:
a e f g h
a a e f g h
e e f g h a
f f g h a e
g g h a e f
h h a e f g

* a e f g h
a a a a a a
e a e f g h
f a f h e g
g a g e h f
h a h g f e
Thus, according to the first table f g a , while according to the second table g h f , and so
on. Also, let
2 3
f f f, g g g g , and so on.
60. What is the smallest positive integer n such that g
n
= e?
1. 4 2. 5 3. 2 4. 3
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61. Upon simplification,
f [f {f (f f )}]
equals
1. e 2. f 3. g 4. h
62. Upon simplification,
10 10 9 8
{a (f g )} e equals
1. e 2. f 3. g 4. h
63. A survey on a sample of 25 new cars being sold at a local auto dealer was conducted to see which
of the three popular options air conditioning, radio and power windows were already installed.
Following were the observation of the survey:
I. 15 had air conditioning
II. 2 had air conditioning and power windows but no radios
III. 12 had radio
IV. 6 had air conditioning and radio but no power windows
V. 11 had power windows
VI. 4 had radio and power windows
VII. 3 had all three options
What is the number of cars that had none of the options?
1. 4 2. 3 3. 1 4. 2
CAT 2004
64. N persons stand on the circumference of a circle at distinct points. Each possible pair of persons,
not standing next to each other, sings a two-minute song one pair after the other. If the total time
taken for singing is 28 minutes, what is N?
(1) 5 (2) 7 (3) 9 (4) None of the above
Directions for questions 63 and 64: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
f
1
(x) = x 0 x 1
= 1 x 1
= 0 Otherwise
f
2
(x) = f
1
(x) for all x
f
3
(x) = f
2
(x) for all x
f
3
(x) = f
3
(x) for all x
65. How many of the following products are necessarily zero for every x.

1 2 2 3 2 4
f (x)f (x), f (x)f (x), f (x)f (x)?
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3
66. Which of the following is necessarily true?
(1)
4 1
f (x) f (x) for all x (2)
1 3
f (x) f (x) for all x
(3)
2 4
f (x) f (x) for all x (4)
1 3
f (x) f (x) 0 for all x
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CAT 2005
67. In a chess competition involving some boys and girls of a school, every student had to play exactly
one game with every other student. It was found that in 45 games both the players were girls, and in
190 games both were boys. The number of games in which one player was a boy and the other was
a girl is
(1) 200 (2) 216 (3) 235 (4) 256
68. For which value of k does the following pair of equations yield a unique solution of x such that the
solution is positive?
2 2
2 2
x y 0
(x k) y 1

+
(1) 2 (2) 0 (3)
2
(4)
2
69. Consider a triangle drawn on the X-Y plane with its three vertices of (41, 0), (0, 41) and (0, 0), each
vertex being represented by its (X, Y) coordinates. The number of points with integer coordinates
inside the triangle (excluding all the points on the boundary) is
(1) 780 (2) 800 (3) 820 (4) 741
70. In the X-Y plane, the area of the region bounded by the graph x y x y 4 + + is
(1) 8 (2) 12 (3) 16 (4) 20
71. Let g(x) be a function such that g(x + 1) + g(x 1) = g(x) for every real x. Then for what value of p is
the relation g(x+p) = g(x) necessarily true for every real x?
(1) 5 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 6
CAT 2006
72. A survey was conducted of 100 people to find out whether they had read recent issues of Golmal, a
monthly magazine. The summarized information regarding readership in 3 months is given below:
Only September: 18; September but not August: 23;
September and July: 8; September: 28;
July: 48; July and August: 10;
None of the three months: 24.
What is the number of surveyed people who have read exactly two consecutive issues (out of the
three)?
(1) 7 (2) 9 (3) 12 (4) 14 (5) 17
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CAT 2007
Directions for Questions 73 and 74: Answer the following questions based on the information given
below:
Let S be the set of all pairs (i, j) where, 1 i j n < and n 4 . Any two distinct members of S are called
friends if they have one constituent of the pairs in common and enemies otherwise. For example, if
n = 4, then S = {(1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (2, 3), (2, 4), (3, 4)}. Here, (1, 2) and (1, 3) are friends, (1, 2) and (2, 3)
are also friends, but (1, 4) and (2, 3) are enemies.
73. For general n, how many enemies will each member of S have?
(1) n 3 (2)
( )
2
1
n 3n 2
2
(3) 2n 7
(4)
( )
2
1
n 5n 6
2
+
(5)
( )
2
1
n 7n 14
2
+
74. For general n, consider any two members of S that are friends. How many other members of S will
be common friends of both these members?
(1)
( )
2
1
n 5n 8
2
+
(2) 2n 6 (3) ( )
1
n n 3
2
(4) n 2 (5)
( )
2
1
n 7n 16
2
+
75. In a tournament, there are n teams
1 2 n
T , T ,..., T , with n > 5. Each team consists of k players,
k > 3. The following pairs of teams have one player in common:
1 2 2 3 n1 n n 1
T & T ,T & T , ...,T & T , and T & T
No other pair of teams has any player in common. How many players are participating in the
tournament, considering all the n teams together?
(1) n(k 1) (2) k(n 1) (3) n(k 2)
(4) k(n 2) (5) (n 1)(k 1)
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76. How many integers, greater than 999 but not greater than 4000, can be formed with the digits 0, 1,
2, 3 and 4, if repetition of digits is allowed?
(1) 499 (2) 500 (3) 375 (4) 376 (5) 501
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Modern Maths
Directions for questions 77 and 78:
The figure below shows the plan of a town. The streets are at right angles to each other. A rectangular park
(P) is situated inside the town with a diagonal road running through it. There is also a prohibited region (D)
in the town.
A
P
C
B
D
77. Neelam rides her bicycle from her house at A to her office at B, taking the shortest path. Then the
number of possible shortest paths that she can choose is
(1) 60 (2) 75 (3) 45 (4) 90 (5) 72
78. Neelam rides her bicycle from her house at A to her club at C, via B taking the shortest path. Then
the number of possible shortest paths that she can choose is
(1) 1170 (2) 630 (3) 792 (4) 1200 (5) 936
79. What is the number of distinct terms in the expansion of (a + b + c)
20
?
(1) 231 (2) 253 (3) 242 (4) 210 (5) 228