List of top Questions asked in CAT

Find the HCF of (8125-1) and (274-1).
What is the value of \((x^4+y^4+x^2y^2)\frac{x^2-2xy+y^2}{x^2-xy+y^2}\div(x^3-y^3)\) ?
The radii of three concentric circles are in the ratio 2: 3: 4. What is the ratio of sum of areas of two inner circles to the area of the region between outermost circle and innermost circle?
If a3 + b3 + c3 = 62, abc = -6 and (a + b + c) = 5, then what is the value of ab + bc + ac ?
The average weight of ‘b’ boys in a group is 63 kg. A boy whose weight is 147 kg joins the group such that the average weight of the group becomes a prime number in between 65 and 91. Find the value of ‘b+1’.
Nitish booked movie tickets online which collects the same internet handling charges for normal movies and 3D movies, whereas the cost price of each normal movie ticket is 80% of the 3D movie ticket. Nitish paid Rs. 1030 for two 3D movie tickets and 3 normal tickets and Rs. 610 for one 3D movie ticket and 2 normal tickets. Find the internet handling charges per ticket.
A circle is inscribed in a square of side 10 cm. Find the area of the region between the square and the circle.
In a bag there are 100 coins. The coins in the bag are of denomination Rs.1 or Rs.2 or Rs.5. There are at least 10 coins and at most 60 coins of each denomination. Urvashi takes out 40 coins, which consist at least one coin of each denomination from the bag and finds that total worth of coins that she has taken out is Rs.148. The total worth of coins that are still in the bag is Rs.212. Which of the following can be the total number of coins of denomination Rs.1 that are still in the bag?
If a, b and c are integers such that a2 + b2 + c2 = 228, a + b + c = 26 and b = c, then what is the value of a ?
α and β are the roots of the equation x2+9x+18=0, where α>β. Then for the equation x2-ax+b=0 with its roots as (α+β) and (-3α), find the value of (a+b).
If \(x=a^2+1\ \text{and} \ y=a^2-a+1\), then find the value of \(\frac{x^3-y^3-xy^2+x^2y}{(x+y)^2}\)
Raj invested a certain sum of money in two schemes. The first scheme offers a simple interest of 10% per annum, and the second scheme offers a simple interest of 12% per annum. If the total interest earned from both schemes after 3 years is Rs. 1980, and the ratio of the amounts invested in the two schemes is 5:4, what is the amount invested in the second scheme?
∆ABC is inscribed inside a circle and there is a point D on the arc BC opposite to A such that BD = CD. If ∠BAC = 70° and ∠ABD = 85°, then find the measure of ∠BCA.
By which of the following numbers, \(N = 0.abccbaabccba……\) must be multiplied so that the product is an integer?
A sum of money is divided among A, B, and C in the ratio 3:5:7 respectively. If B gets Rs. 300 more than A, then the total amount of money is:
Vrushali invested Rs. (X+3000) on compound interest of r% p.a. compounded annually for 2 years and Tarushi invested Rs. (X – 2000) on simple interest of (r-2)% p.a. for 3 years. The total interest received by both of them is together Rs. 12360. If Anant invested Rs. (X + 8000) on simple interest for 3 years on 15% and received an interest of Rs. 13500, find the value of ‘r’.
Scheme A offers 25% interest and scheme B offers 20% interest. M invested Rs.4000 in scheme A and Rs.6000 in scheme B at compound interest. After 2 years, he invested the amount received from scheme A and B in schemes B and A respectively at simple interest for 2 more years. If another person N invested Rs.6000 in scheme A and Rs.4000 in scheme B at compound interest. After 2 years, he invested the amount received from scheme A and B in schemes B and A respectively at simple interest for 2 more years, then what is the difference between total amount received by M and N after 4 years?
If (Ax + By - Cz)2 = 4x2+ 3y2+ 2z2+ \(4\sqrt{3xy} \)-\( 2\sqrt{6yz}\) - 4√2xz, then find the value of A2+ B2C2.
A triangular garden has its corners at points A(2, 3), B(5, 7), and C(1, 6) on a coordinate plane. If a fourth point D is added to form a parallelogram ABCD, what are the coordinates of point D?
If f(x)=x-5, and f2(x)=f(f(x)), f3(x)=f(f(f(x))) and so on, then find the value of f8(9).
A bag contains some red, some green and 9 blue balls. Ratio of number of red to green ball in the bag is 5:4. If the probability of drawing a red ball is \(\frac{1}{6}\) more than that of drawing a blue ball then find the probability of getting three different coloured ball when three balls are drawn from the bag one after another and without replacement.
If the LCM of three natural numbers 2412, 1816 and a is 3618, then how many values of a are possible?
A rectangular plot of land measures 55 meters by 25 meters. A path of uniform width surrounds the plot. If the area of the path is equal to the area of the plot, what is the width of the path in meters?
A mixture contains lemon juice and sugar syrup in equal proportion. If a new mixture is created by adding this mixture and sugar syrup in the ratio 1 : 3, then the ratio of lemon juice and sugar syrup in the new mixture is
If 25(3a-2b) = 5(b-a) = 52 and , then find the value of ab - c.