CAT

The Ultimate Guide to

MBA Exam Prep
 CAT
INDEX

1 MBA Exam Preparation 02

2. CAT (Common Admission Test) 08

3. NMAT (NMIMS Management Aptitude Test) 13

4. SNAP (Symbiosis National Aptitude Test) 15

5. XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test) 18

6. IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) 20

7. BYJU’S Exam Prep Teaching Methodology 22

8. Last Year Question Paper 24

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MBA
MBA (Master of Business Administration) is one of the most prestigious
postgraduate programs in India. Candidates from any discipline or academic
background can pursue MBA. Whether you are a working professional trying to
upskill yourself or a fresher who wants to start big, MBA is the right path for you.

An MBA degree provides you with deep practical knowledge of business

management. There are various types of MBA depending on the candidate's
preference. There are full-time MBA programs, Online MBA programs, Distance
MBA programs, Executive MBA programs, and One-year MBA programs, and
MBA integrated courses.

An ideal MBA degree is a full time MBA degree where a candidate spend 2 years
in a B-School where the first year is dedicated to clearing your concepts and
teaching fundamentals of business management and the second year is for deep
understanding of the specialization course you picked (Finance, Marketing,
Operations Management, Leadership, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and many
more).

Why is an MBA degree important?

An MBA degree is essential for that extra push one’s career needs. Any
candidate without an MBA degree will have to give a minimum of 4-5 years of
diligent work before they secure a top position in any company since he has to
start from the bottom. On the other hand, a candidate with an MBA degree can
start at a top position in the very beginning and then move up to the CXO level.

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Quality Education from Top B-Schools

Top B-Schools in India give state of the art infrastructure and exceptional
resources that make a candidate stand out from the rest of the crowd. The
curriculum designed by these Institutions gives a holistic approach to all the
candidates. The knowledge builds a confidence in candidates that helps them
solve complex problems in an organization.

Monetary Benefit
Graduates from top B-Schools get placed in companies like Accenture Strategy
& Consulting, Kearney, Bain & Company, KPMG, McKinsey & Co., Citibank,
Goldman Sachs, Asian Paints, Dabur, Reliance Industries Limited, Bharti
Enterprises, MasterCard, Titan Company Ltd. Deloitte, etc, with an average salary
of 40-45 lacs.

The average income for an MBA graduate is much higher than an employee's
with a regular Master's. You can expect to earn twice as much as what you would
get from a regular university degree.

Career Progression
With an MBA degree from top B-Schools candidates get placed in the
organization in the top positions. Some candidates even start at a managerial
level and fasttrack their career to reach a CXO level.

An MBA degree holder gets to be in the cream of the organization. 30-40% of

MBA students tend to acquire high positions in top companies. Despite the
pandemic, the placement records for MBA colleges showed similar trends to
non-COVID times.

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Versatility
An MBA degree doesn’t block a candidate in terms of role in the company. A
candidate can easily shift between roles based on his interest. An MBA degree
gives candidates a broad understanding of business management with
candidates discussing case studies from actual scenarios. Therefore, they are
able to handle tricky situations at the workplace with ease.

For example, Chetan Bhagat, an IIM Ahmedabad graduate, who is now a famous
author and a columnist. Harsha Bhogle, an IIM Ahmedabad graduate, is now a
successful cricket commentator and journalist. Amish Tripathi, author of the Shiva
Trilogy which was the fastest-selling book series in Indian publishing history,
graduated from IIM Calcutta.

What is an ideal time to go for an MBA

degree?
Candidates should go for an MBA degree either immediately after their
graduation or after obtaining 2 year of work experience

Where to do an MBA from?

In today’s era, it is crucial for candidates to do an MBA from top B-Schools in
India. Getting admission in top B-Schools will help candidates secure a good job
with a decent salary package. Therefore, selecting a good B-School is important.

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List of top IIMs in India:

S.No. Names Location Website

1 IIM Calcutta Kolkata iimcal.ac.in

2 IIM Ahmedabad Ahmedabad iima.ac.in

3 IIM Bangalore Bangalore iimb.ac.in

4 IIM Lucknow Lucknow iiml.ac.in

5 IIM Kozhikode Kozhikode iimk.ac.in

6 IIM Indore Indore iimidr.ac.in

7 IIM Shillong Shillong iimshillong.ac.in

8 IIM Rohtak Rohtak iimrohtak.ac.in

9 IIM Ranchi Ranchi iimranchi.ac.in

10 IIM Raipur Raipur iimraipur.ac.in

11 IIM Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli iimtrichy.ac.in

12 IIM Kashipur Kashipur iimkashipur.ac.in

13 IIM Udaipur Udaipur iimu.ac.in

14 IIM Nagpur Nagpur iimnagpur.ac.in

15 IIM Amritsar Amritsar iimamritsar.ac.in

16 IIM Bodh Gaya Bodh Gaya iimbg.ac.in

17 IIM Sirmaur Sirmaur district iimsirmaur.ac.in

18 IIM Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam iimv.ac.in

19 IIM Sambalpur Sambalpur iimsambalpur.ac.in

20 IIM Jammu Jammu iimj.ac.in

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List of top Non-IIMs in India:

S.No. Non-IIM Top Colleges

1 Faculty Of Management Studies, Delhi

2 XLRI - Xavier School Management, Jamshedpur

3 S. P. Jain Institute Of Management and Research, Mumbai

4 Jamnalal Bajaj Institute Of Management Studies, Mumbai

5 MDI Gurgaon

6 Indian Institute Of Foreign Trade

7 National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)

8 Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi

9 Indian Institute Of Technology, Mumbai

10 NMIMS, Mumbai

11 SIBM, Pune

What are the various MBA Entrance Exams?

There are various exams that come under MBA. CAT is one of the most popular
exams in this category. These exams are divided into 3 groups:

National Level Exams

Common Admission Test (CAT), NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT),
Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP), Management Aptitude Test (MAT),
Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT), Common Management Admission Test (CMAT), AIMS
Test for Management Admissions (ATMA)

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State Level Exams
Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MAH MBA CET), Telangana State
Integrated Common Entrance Test (TSICET), Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test
(TANCET), Karnataka Post Graduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET), Karnataka
Management Aptitude Test (KMAT)

Institutes’ Own Exams

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Admission Test (IIFT), ICFAI Business School
Aptitude Test (IBSAT), Tata Institute of Social Sciences National Entrance Test
(TISSNET), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Entrance Exam (KIITEE)

Schedule of popular MBA Exams:

MBA Exam Last Date to Apply Exam Date

CAT 2022 Second Week of September 2022 Last Sunday of November 2022

NMAT 2022 Second Week of November 2022 October to December 2022

SNAP 2022 Last Week of September 2022 December 2022 to January 2023

XAT 2023 Last Week of November 2022 First Week of January 2022

IIFT 2023 Last Week of November 2022 First Week of January 2022

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 2 CAT

CAT
(Common Admission Test)

CAT or Common Admission Test is the most popular MBA entrance exam con-
ducted by one of the IIMs on a rotational basis every year. CAT is a computer
based test and is conducted on the last Sunday of every month. It is the entrance
test that opens the gates of 20 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and many
non-IIMs for their MBA/PGDM programmes.
Close to 2 lac students register for the exam and 2% make it to the top 20
B-Schools. IIMs will offer admission 2023 on the basis of CAT 2022 only and will
not accept any other test score. There are more than 150 cities and more than
400 venues where CAT 2022 will be conducted in India.

CAT 2021 was conducted on November 28, 2021 in 3 Slots (Morning Slot (8.30
am to 10.30 am), Afternoon Slot (12.30 pm to 2.30 pm) & Evening Slot (4.30 pm to
6.30 pm)). CAT 2021 was conducted by IIM Ahmedabad. The candidates had 2
hours (120 minutes) to solve the CAT 2021 exam. The number of questions in CAT
2021 were reduced to 66 from 76 in CAT 2020.

The CAT pattern has changed over the years with the number of questions from
60 going up to 100 and then being reduced to 76 in CAT 2020, with 66 questions
in CAT 2021.

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200
180 180 180 180 180
180 170

160
140 140 140
140
120 120
120
100 100 100 100 100 100
100
80 76
66
60 60 60
60
40
20
2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
0
CAT 2011 CAT 2012 CAT 2013 CAT 2014 CAT 2015 CAT 2016 CAT 2017 CAT 2018 CAT 2019 CAT 2020 CAT 2021
Number of Questions Time Duration (Mins) Number of Sections

CAT has 3 sections namely VARC (Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension),
DILR (Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning) and QA (Quantitative
Aptitude).CAT 2021 has +1/-3 marking scheme. The CAT paper pattern is given
below:

Section Questions MCQs Non-MCQ Time (in mins.)

VARC 24 19 5 40

DILR 20 15 5 40

QA 22 14 8 40

Total 66 48 18 120

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Common Admission Test
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BYJU’S Exam Prep have derived the CAT Score vs Percentile after rigorous
analysis of CAT 2021 scorecards

Marks in Marks in Marks in Marks in Marks in Marks in

Section CAT 2021 CAT 2020 CAT 2019 CAT 2018 CAT 2017 CAT 2016

99.9 % ile 120 131 196 192 208 191

99.5 % ile 107 115 170 170 183 168

99 % ile 97 102 157 155 173 153

95 % ile 71 77 120 125 139 123

90 % ile 59 63 90 110 121 108

85 % ile 51 55 87 90 103 93

80 % ile 45 49 75 80 98 84

70 % ile 36 36 57 62 83 68

Admission/Selection Process for Candidates across IIM’s

Preliminary Screening
In CAT there were three sections, viz., ‘Quantitative Aptitude' (QA), ‘Data
Interpretation & Logical Reasoning' (DILR) and ‘Verbal and Reading
Comprehension' (VARC). Only the candidates with minimum cut-offs in the
sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive
(greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT will be considered for all the
subsequent stages.

Shortlisting for Group Discussion (GD), Written Ability Test (WAT) &
Personal Interview (PI) rounds
Shortlisting will be carried out in two stages.
Stage 1: From the Applicants' pool: Selection of exceptional performers across
different disciplines academic profile, work experience and more

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Stage 2: After removing the candidates selected in Stage 1 from each category
(General, NC-OBC, SC, ST and PWD) the additional number of candidates to be
shortlisted for GD, WAT & PI will be selected on the basis of the composite score
‘CS' . For every B-School the composite score will be different based on their
criteria.

(TISSNET), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Entrance Exam (KIITEE)

Management, MICA Admissions Test (MICAT)

Profile Analysis
After the conducting of GD-WAT-PI rounds, all colleges look at the profile of
students. In this the college consider some or all of the following elements:
Class 10th Marks
Class 12th Marks
Undergraduation Marks & Stream (Academic Diversity)
Gender
Work Experience
Master’s Course
Professional Courses like CA/CS/ICWA, etc.

Final Selection
Selection at this stage will strictly be based on the shortlisting of the candidates
done separately for each category (General/SC/ST/NC-OBC/PwD) on the basis of
their ‘Final Composite Score (FCS). For every B-School the final score will be
different based on their criteria.

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Common Admission Test
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FCS=PIF* Normalised PI Score + AWTF* Normalised AWT Score + CATF_FCS*

Normalised CAT S ore + ARF_FCS* AR

Personal Interview Multiplication Factor (PIF) = 0.50

AWT Multiplication Factor (AWTF) = 0.10
CAT Score Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (CATF_FCS) = 0.25
Application Rating Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (ARF_FCS) = 0.15

*However, the selection criteria is also at the discretion of the specific IIMs as well.

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NMAT (NMIMS
Management Aptitude Test)

NMAT is a computer adaptive test. NMAT was conducted both online and offline.
GMAC, who conducts GMAT, is also the test administrator of NMAT. NMAT Exam
2021 was conducted from October 14, 2021 to December 27, 2021. The question
paper has three sections- Language Skills, Quantitative Skills and Logical
Reasoning. Each section includes 36 questions making a total of 108 questions to
be solved in 120 minutes.

There is no negative marking in this test and hence all 120 questions have to be
attempted. Candidates can choose the order in which they want to attempt the
sections. NMAT can be attempted thrice (with a gap of 15 days between the 2
consecutive tests).

Number of Questions Time Score Range

Section
NMAT NMAT NMAT NMAT NMAT NMAT NMAT NMAT NMAT
2019 2020 2021 2019 2020 2021 2019 2020 2021

Language
40 36 36 22 min 28 min 28 min 0-144 12-120 12-120
Skills

Quantitative 40 36 36 60 min 52 min 52 min 0-96 12-120 12-120

Skills

Logical 40 36 36 38 min 40 min 40 min 0-120 12-120 12-120

Reasoning

Total 120 108 108 120 120 120 0 -360 36-360 36-360

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NMAT (NMIMS Management Aptitude Test)
CAT
In order to secure admission in the prestigious PGDM program of Narsee
Monjee Institute of Management Studies, candidates need to clear the NMAT
exam. An autonomous institute, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
is one of the top B-schools in the country. Although there are 11 NMIMS branches
in total and 30 other B-schools offering admission through NMAT, most students
compete for the three most prominent branches, i.e NMIMS Mumbai, NMIMS
Bengaluru and NMIMS Hyderabad. Besides NMINS, some of the other A listed
B-schools accepting NMAT scores are SPJIMR Mumbai (Management Courses),
XIMB (Hotel Management and Human Resources Courses), VIT Vellore, ICFAI
Business School etc. In the last couple of years NMAT has become quite popular
among MBA aspirants with the number of test takers going as high as 88000.

The college wise cut-offs for NMAT 2021 is given below:

Colleges Sectional Score

NMIMS Mumbai ~75 each 235-240

NMIMS Bangalore, Navi Mumbai, XIMB HR ~73 each 230

KJ Somaiya ~70 each 225

SDA Bocconi, XIMB RM ~65 each 220

NMIMS Hyderabad, Indore ~55 each 200

Top MBA Colleges accepting NMAT Scorest

NMIMS University

K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai

Xavier University Bhubaneswar

IFMR Graduate School of Business at KREA University, Sri City

IBS Hyderabad: ICFAI Business School

VIT University Vellore, Chennai

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SNAP (Symbiosis National

Aptitude Online Test)
SNAP 2021 was conducted in 3 Slots (December 19, 2021, January 8, 2022
January 16, 2022) with students being allowed to appear for any 2 of the 3 exam
dates with the better score being counted towards selection. SNAP Exam is a
computer-based online exam. The candidates are required to solve 60 questions
in 60 minutes. +1/-0.25 is the marking scheme that SNAP follows. There are no
marks and no negative marking for unattempted questions.

Due to COVID-19 the number of questions were reduced from 110 to 60 in SNAP
2020. SNAP 2021 had 60 questions with no special questions asked. The time
was also reduced from 2 hours to 60 minutes in 2020 & 2021.
SNAP (Symbiosis National Aptitude Test)
CAT
Section No. of Questions Total Marks

General English 15 15

Analytical & Logical Reasoning 25 25

Quantitative, DI, Data Sufficiency 20 20

Total 60 60

There are changes in the SNAP paper pattern due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Particulars SNAP 2022-2023* SNAP 2020-2021 SNAP 2019

Total Time Duration 60 Minutes 60 Minutes 120 Minutes

Test Timings 11 am -12 pm 11 am -12 pm 2 pm - 4 pm

Total questions 60 60 110

Exam Frequency 3 times 3 times 1 time

Total number of Attempts 2 times 2 times 1 time

*The SNAP 2022 pattern is expected to be similar to 2021. Official notification is

yet to be announced

After clearing the SNAP exam, candidates have to participate in Group Exercise
(GE), Personal Interaction (PI) and Written Ability Test (WAT), conducted by SIU
institutes individually in February and March.

The table below shows the SNAP 2021 Score vs Percentile:

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SNAP Percentile SNAP 2021 Score

99%ile 43

97%ile 40

95%ile 39

90%ile 35.5

85%ile 34

80%ile 32.5

70%ile 30.25

Few Colleges accepting SNAP Scores

SIBM (Symbiosis Institute of Business Management), Pune

SCMHRD (Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource

Development) Pune

SIIB (Symbiosis Institute of International Business), Pune

SIBM (Symbiosis Institute of Business Management) Bangalore

Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM) Nashik

SIMS (Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies), Pune

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XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test)

XAT is another popular and important MBA entrance exam conducted by XLRI
Jamshedpur. The scores of the XAT exam is used by XLRI and other XAMI
members, and also more than 700 management colleges accept the score of the
XAT exam for their post-graduate management programmes.

XAT exam is conducted in online mode only. There are four sections in the XAT
exam namely Decision Making, Verbal & logical ability, Quantitative Aptitude &
Data Interpretation, and General Knowledge. The Xavier aptitude test is
conducted yearly in an online mode.

The XAT exam is divided into 2 parts. Part 1 is of 165 minutes with no sectional
timing and Part 2 is of 15 minutes. Essay Writing was re-introduced to XAT 2022
paper where candidates were given 10 minutes to write an essay on the given
topic. The time duration of the XAT exam is 190 minutes. The break up of the XAT
exam pattern is given below:

Section No. of Questions Total Marks

Verbal & Logical Ability 26 No Sectional Time Limit

Decision Making 21 No Sectional Time Limit

Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation 28 No Sectional Time Limit

Paper 1 75 Questions 165 Minutes

General Knowledge 25 15 Minutes

Paper 2 25 Questions 15 Minutes

Essay Writing 1 Question 10 Minutes

Total 101 Questions 190 Minutes

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XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test)
CAT
The tables below list the sectional cut-offs for different programs of XLRI.
Program - BM

Category VALR DM QA Overall

Male 75 72 80 93

Female 72 72 75 90

Program - HRM

Category VALR DM QA Overall

Male (Engineering) 80 70 75 92

Female (Engineering) 80 70 64 90

Male (Non-Engineering) 80 70 70 90

Female (Non-Engineering) 80 70 60 87

Few Colleges accepting XAT scores

XLRI Jamshedpur

XIM Bhubaneswar

IMT Ghaziabad

Vijay Patil School of Management (VPSM), DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai

MICA Ahmedabad

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IIFT (Indian Institute of

Foreign Trade)
IIFT exam pattern resembles other entrance exams. IIFT is conducted online in
English. conducted for 2 hours. The detailed IIFT Exam Pattern 2022 is mentioned
below:

Section Questions Marks Per Questions Total

Question Marks

Verbal Ability & English Comprehension 35 3 -1 105

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning 30 3 -1 90

Quantitative Analysis 25 3 -1 75

General Knowledge & Awareness 20 1.5 -0.5 30

Total 110 - - 300

IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade)
CAT
The IIFT entrance exam is just like any other MBA entrance exam but there are
some unique aspects to it and that’s what needs to be considered while making a
preparation plan. For example, the RC passages of IIFT are of different nature than
that of CAT or XAT. Similarly, the quant questions of IIFT often turn out to be more
difficult than CAT or XAT. So, you need an exam specific preparation strategy to
score well in the IIFT exam.

The IIFT 2022 expected cut-off:

Section Total General/Gen-EW SC/ST/PwD/Kashmiri

S/OBC-NCL Migrants/Non-Migrants

General Awareness (GA) 30 4.5 3

Reading Comprehension (RC) &

105 11 6
Verbal Ability

Data Interpretation (DI) & Logical 14 10

90
Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude (QA) 75 8 5

Few Colleges accepting IIFT scores

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) - Delhi

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) - Kolkata

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) - Kakinada

IPS Business School - Jaipur

IFIM Business School - Bangalore

Delhi School of Professional Studies and Research (DSPSR)

CII School of Logistics - Amity University

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Revise important concepts & formulas. Take practice tests and topic tests to
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Test yourself through full length mocks and judge the level of difficulty. Mock
Tests gives candidates a fair idea about where they stand vis-a-via their peers
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 8 CAT

Previous Year
QUESTIONS For
Practice
Questions from CAT 2021 (Slot 2) Paper
Previous Year Questions For Practice
CAT

1. Raj invested ₹ 10000 in a fund. At 3. Anil, Bobby and Chintu jointly

the end of first year, he incurred a invest in a business and agree to
loss but his balance was more share the overall profit in
than ₹ 5000. This balance, when proportion to their investments.
invested for another year, grew Anil’s share of investment is 70%.
and the percentage of growth in His share of profit decreases by ₹
the second year was five times 420 if the overall profit goes
the percentage of loss in the first down from 18% to 15%. Chintu’s
year. If the gain of Raj from the share of profit increases by ₹ 80 if
initial investment over the two the overall profit goes up from
year period is 35%, then the 15% to 17%. The amount, in INR,
percentage of loss in the first invested by Bobby is
year is
A. 2000
A. 10
B. 2400
B. 70
C. 3200
C. 5
D. 1800
D. 15

4. From a container filled with milk,

2. The number of ways of 9 litres of milk are drawn and
distributing 15 identical balloons, replaced with water. Next, from
6 identical pencils and 3 identical the same container, 9 litres are
erasers among 3 children, such drawn and again replaced with
that each child gets at least four water. If the volumes of milk and
balloons and one pencil, is water in the container are now in
the ratio of 16 : 9, then the
(TITA Question) capacity of the container, in litres,
is
(TITA Question)

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5. Two pipes A and B are attached to 7. Anil can paint a house in 60 days
an empty water tank. Pipe A fills while Bimal can paint it in 84
the tank while pipe B drains it. If days. Anil starts painting and
pipe A is opened at 2 pm and pipe after 10 days, Bimal and Charu
B is opened at 3 pm, then the join him. Together, they complete
tank becomes full at 10 pm. the painting in 14 more days. If
Instead, if pipe A is opened at 2 they are paid a total of ₹ 21000
pm and pipe B is opened at 4 pm, for the job, then the share of
then the tank becomes full at 6 Charu, in INR, proportionate to
pm. If pipe B is not opened at all, the work done by him, is
then the time, in minutes, taken
A. 9150
to fill the tank is
B. 9100
A. 264
C. 9200
B. 120
D. 9000
C. 140

D. 144
8. In a football tournament, a player
has played a certain number of
6. Two trains A and B were moving matches and 10 more matches
in opposite directions, their are to be played. If he scores a
speeds being in the ratio 5 : 3. total of one goal over the next 10
The front end of A crossed the matches, his overall average will
rear end of B 46 seconds after be 0.15 goals per match. On the
the front ends of the trains had other hand, if he scores a total of
crossed each other. It took two goals over the next 10
another 69 seconds for the rear matches, his overall average will
ends of the trains to cross each be 0.2 goals per match. The
other. The ratio of length of train number of matches he has played
A to that of train B is is
A. 5:3 (TITA Question)

B. 2:3

C. 2:1

D. 3:2

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Previous Year Questions For Practice
CAT

9. Let D and E be points on sides AB

and AC, respectively, of a triangle
ABC, such that AD : BD = 2 : 1 and
AE : CE = 2 : 3. If the area of the
triangle ADE is 8 sq cm, then the
area of the triangle ABC, in sq cm,
is
(TITA Question)

10. A person buys tea of three

different qualities at ₹ 800, ₹ 500,
and ₹ 300 per kg, respectively,
and the amounts bought are in
the proportion 2 : 3 : 5. She mixes
all the tea and sells one-sixth of
the mixture at ₹ 700 per kg. The
price, in INR per kg, at which she
should sell the remaining tea, to
make an overall profit of 50%, is
A. 692

B. 675

C. 688

D. 653

Answer Key

(1) 10 (2) 1000 (3) 2000 (4) 45

(5) 144 (6) 3:2 (7) 9100 (8) 10

(9) 30 (10) 688

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