List of top Questions asked in CAT- 2013

The following table shows the sales (in units) of four products across five cities in a month. Which city has the highest total sales across all products? 

A line graph shows the monthly sales (in units) of a product in 2013. January: 200, February: 250, March: 300, April: 280, May: 320, what is the percentage increase in sales from January to March?
Four friends-Alice, Bob, Charlie, and Dana-each buy a different fruit: apple, banana, orange, or grape. Alice does not buy grapes. Bob buys neither apples nor oranges. Charlie does not buy bananas, who buys the grapes?

A pie chart shows the percentage distribution of a company's expenses: Salaries (40%), Rent (20%), Utilities (15%), Marketing (15%), Miscellaneous (10%). If total expenses are 110,00,000, what is the combined amount spent on Rent and Utilities? 
 

A school schedules four classes-Math, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology-in four time slots (9 AM, 10 AM, 11 AM, 12 PM). Math is not at 9 AM. Chemistry is immediately before Physics. Biology is not at 12 PM. Which class is at 11 AM?
A school schedules four classes-Math, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology-in four time slots (9 AM, 10 AM, 11 AM, 12 PM). Math is not at 9 AM. Chemistry is immediately before Physics. Biology is not at 12 PM, which class is at 9 AM?
Five people-A, B, C, D, and E-are seated in a row. A is not next to B. C is next to D. E is not at the ends, who can be at the leftmost end (position 1)?
Five people-A, B, C, D, and E-are seated in a row. A is not next to B. C is next to D. E is not at the ends. Who is in the middle?
A price is increased by 15 to Rs. 230. What was the original price?
A die is rolled twice. What is the probability of getting a sum of 9?
The author of the passage mentions the observations of Hall, Zhao and Sharif in order to:
If \( x + \frac{1}{x} = 2 \), find the value of \( x^{10} + \frac{1}{x^{10}} \).
A number is increased by 25 and then decreased by 25. What is the net percentage change?
If information increases 20% per year, and memory space increases 10% per year from 2000 onwards (where 80% of total memory is already used), and usage grows at 45% more than current rate, when will there be shortage of memory?
A can complete a task in 15 days, B in 20 days. Together, how many days?
A pipe fills a tank in 8 hours, another empties it in 12 hours. If both are opened, how long to fill?
A shopkeeper sells two items at Rs. 1000 each. On one, he gains 25, and on the other, he loses 20. What is his overall profit or loss percentage?
An item is sold for Rs. 1200 at a 20 profit. Find the cost price.
A and B run a 1200m race. A gives B a 120m head start. A runs at 5 m/s, and B at 4 m/s. Who wins, and by how much time?
A car travels 240 km in 4 hours. What is its speed?
Two cars P and Q start from points A and B simultaneously. They meet 40 km from B. After meeting, they exchange speeds and return. They meet again 20 km from A. Find distance AB.
What is the maximum possible number of intersection points of 15 lines in a plane, assuming no two lines are parallel and no three are concurrent?
The area of a circle is 154 cm². Find its radius.
If the angle bisector of \( \angle P \) meets \( QR \) at point \( M \), find the length of \( PM \).
An aquarium of size 100 cm × 80 cm × 60 cm is tilted along the 80 cm edge. Water spills until the water line reaches 1/3 of the base width. Find the height of water reduced when box is restored.