Advanced Edge Material 1

Ultimate XAT Practice - 1

1. The average market price of three shares A, B and C is 7. Had a trader bought an item at 10% less and sold it at
Rs. x. Shares A and C lose As. y each and B gains 10% more, he would have doubled his profit
percentage. What was the original profit percentage?
y
Rs. . As a result, the average market price of the
2 4 2
a. 28 % b. 12 %
three shares decreases by Re. 1. The value of y is 7 7
a. 2 b. 3
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c. 4 d. dependent on x c. 23 % d. Cannot be determined
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2. A watch, which gains time uniformly, was 5 minutes
behind the correct time when it showed 11:55AM on 8. In a class of 51 students, the difference between the
Monday. It was 10 minutes ahead of the correct time highest mark and the least mark is 70. If the average
when it showed 06:10 PM on the next day When did score is calculated without considering the student
the watch show the correct time? who got the highest mark, then the average score
decreases by 1%. If the average score is calculated
a. 6AM, Tuesday b. 6 PM, Monday
without considering the student who got the least
c. 2 PM, Tuesday d. 10 PM, Monday
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3. Two jars contain milk and water in the ratio 7 : 3 and mark, then the average score increases by 1 %.
3 : 2 respectively In what ratio should the contents of 3
the two jars be mixed such that the final ratio of milk What is the original average score of the class?
and water in the resultant solution becomes 23 : 17? a. 60 b. 70 c. 80 d. 40
a. 1 : 3 b. 1 : 5 9. Rohit and Sohit start simultaneously from a point A
c. 3 : 5 d. Data Inconsistent on a circular track and run in the same direction. The
4. A car runs on four tyres and has one extra tyre. If each speed of Rohit is nine times the speed of Sohit. How
tyre lasts for 10,000 km then what is the maximum many times are they diametrically opposite to each
distance (in km) that the car can travel using the five other by the time Sohit completes three complete
tyres? rounds on the track?
a. 10,000 b. 11,000 c. 12,500 d. 15,000 a.27 b. 23 c. 48 d. 24
5. The difference between the compound interest (with 10. The average age of a group of 30 people is 40 years.
annual compounding) and the simple interest earned Raman, whose present age is 11 years, had joined the
group two years ago. What was the average age (in
in two years on a certain sum at the rate of 18% p.a. is
years) of the remaining 29 people (excluding Raman)
Rs. 972. What will the same sum amount to (in Rs.) two years ago?
after three years at the rate of 18% p.a. when the a. 37 b. 38 c. 40 d. 39
interest is compounded annually? 11. A bus covers a journey at an average speed of 90 km/
a. 49290.96 b. 49116.00 h. If the time for which the bus stops during the
c. 49280.50 d. 49382.96 journey is excluded, then the average speed for the
journey becomes 108 km/h. For how much time, on an
6. In a community of 100 students, each student studies average, does the bus stop every hour?
one or more of the two subjects viz. Mathematics and
a. 12 minutes b. 10 minutes
Chemistry. The number of students studying
Mathematics is greater than the number of students c. 15 minutes d. 7.5 minutes
studying Chemistry which is greater than the number 12. Two litres of a solution having water and milk in the
of students studying both Mathematics and ratio 3 : 5 is mixed with three litres of another solution
Chemistry. What is the maximum number of students having water and milk in the ratio 5 : 3. What is the
who study Chemistry? ratio of water and milk in the resultant mixture?
a. 97 b. 49 c. 98 d. 50 a. 18 : 23 b. 1 : 1 c. 19 : 21 d. 21 : 19

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13. Savita and Himani can do a work in 6 days and 8 days 18. Ten workers started a job and worked on it for 10
respectively. If Savita, Himani and Abhilasha together days. Eleventh day onwards, a new worker joined them
can complete the work in 2 days, then what is the ratio every day till the job was finished. It took exactly 20
of the earnings of Savita, Himani and Abhilasha, if days to finish the entire job. The same job has to be
they are paid in the ratio of the work done by them? done starting with the minimum possible number of
a. 5 : 4 : 3 b. 3 : 4 : 5 workers when it is known that a worker will quit the
c. 4 : 3 : 5 d. 4 : 5 : 3 job every day after the first day. How many days will
it take to finish the job in such a manner?
14. Each of the four parties – P, Q, R and S – contested in
all the seats in an election. Each seat was won by a. 23 b. 22 c. 19 d. 17
exactly one of the four parties. Party P lost on 19 seats, 19. Sam and Jam started running from the same point in
Party Q lost on 12 seats, Party R lost on 10 seats and opposite directions on a circular track of length 120
Party S lost on 16 seats. What was the total number of m. Their speeds are 20 m/s and 40 mIs respectively.
seats being contested in the election? After every second, Sam increases his speed by 2 m/
a. 57 b. 38 c. 19 d. 26 s whereas Jam decreases his speed by 2 m/s. How
many times would they have met on the track by the
15. A tank has four inlet pipes such that each inlet pipe
time Jam comes to rest?
while working independently can fill the tank in 4
hours. The tank also has two outlet pipes such that a. 2 b. 5
each outlet pipe while working independently can c. 10 d. None of these
empty the tank in 3 hours. If all the six pipes are opened 20. There are 13 equidistant bus stops on a straight road.
simultaneously, then in how much time will the tank A bus running at 60 km/hr is some distance away from
get filled completely? the 1st stop from where it will move towards the 13th
a. 2.0 hours b. 3.0 hours stop. Two cars start running from the 6th stop in
c. 2.5 hours d. 7.0 hours opposite directions with the same speed. If the bus
meets one of the cars at the 1st stop and the other at
16. Amit has 5 cheese cakes and 10 hotdogs while Boby
the 13th stop, then find the speed of the cars.
has 9 cheese cakes and 8 hotdogs. Samy joined the
two of them and all of them shared the cheese cakes a. 10 km/hr b. 20 km/hr
and hotdogs equally, based on their energy value, c. 30 km/hr d. Cannot be determined
The costs of a cheese cake and that of a hotdog are 21. A sum of As. 9000 was invested in two different
proportional to their respective energy values. Samy Savings Schemes. Scheme A offered Simple Interest
paid Rs.10 and Rs.30 to Amit and Boby respectively. at the rate of 16% p.a. while Scheme B offered
If the energy value of one cheese cake is 150 units, Compound Interest at the rate of 1 6% pa., with semi-
then what is the energy value (in units) of one annual ocmpunding. The amount received after two
hotdog? years from Scheme A was eight times the amount
a. 60 b. 375 c. 450 received from Scheme B. What were the approximate
d. 75 e. 50 amounts invested in Scheme A and Scheme B
respectively?
17. In a particular examination, the maximum mark that
can be scored is 250 and the pass mark is 50% of the a. Rs. 8,000 and Rs. 1,000
maximum mark. Three persons – A, B and C – give the b. Rs. 6,778 and Rs. 2,222
examination. B passes the exam by five times the c. Rs. 8,025 and As. 975
number of marks by which A fails. C scores as many
d. Rs. 6,000 and As. 3,000
marks more than B as B does more than A. If C scores
72% marks in the examination, the marks scored by B 22. A can do a certain piece of work in 18 days more than
are the time taken by A and B together to do the same
work. B can do the same work in 8 days more than the
a. 150 b. 5 c. 120
time taken by the two to complete the same work.
d. 180 e. 145 They agree to do the work for a total compensation of
Rs.18000 and with the help of C complete it in 10 days.
How much money will C get as his share?
a. Rs.500 b. Rs.2000
c. Rs.3000 d. Rs.4500

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23. Ravikant is a florist who sells flower bouquets. He

wanted to sell a minimum of 100 orchids and 200 roses
using them in bouquets of two types A and B. In each
bouquet of type A, he used 4 orchids and 9 roses,
whereas in each bouquet of type B, he used 2 orchids
and 3 roses. He sells each bouquet of type A for Rs,60
and each bouquet of type B for Rs.21. What could be
the least amount realized by him by selling the
bouquets?
a. Rs.1326 b. Rs.1356
c. Rs.1359 d. Rs.1386

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