Miscellaneous - Question A Day - CAT 2008
April 09, 2002 › In nearly all human populations a majority of individuals can taste the artificially synthesized chemical phenylthiocarbonide (PTC). However, the percentage varies dramatically--from as low as 60% in India to as high as 95% in Africa. That this polymorphism is observed .... More »
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April 23, 2002 › The singer received _________ for the wonderful rendition of the _______ . More »
August 29, 2002 › Which amongst the following investments has the lowest return? Solution »
September 20, 2002 › The classic problem of a monkey and the greased flag pole . The height of a certain flag pole is 30 feet. Grease is applied to the pole. A monkey attempts to climb the pole. It climbs 3 feet every second but slips down 2 ft in the next second. When will the monkey reach the top of the flag pole? Solution »
October 18, 2002 › How many squares can be formed using the checkered 1 * 1 squares in a normal chessboard? Solution »
March 18, 2003 › Solve for real 'x' if  Solution »
May 23, 2003 › How many zeroes are there between the decimal point and the first significant digit in (1/9)200 given log3 = 0.4771?
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May 28, 2003 › If log 2 = 0. 3010, then find how many digits are contained in the number 256.
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June 3, 2003 › A gentleman buys every year Bank's cash certificates of value exceeding the last year's purchase by Rs. 300. After 20 years, he finds that the total value of the certificates purchased by him is Rs. 83,000. Find the value of the certificates purchased by him in the 13th year.
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June 4, 2003 › From the following choices what is the equation of a line whose x intercept is half as that of the line 3x + 4y = 12 and y intercept is twice as that of the same line.
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June 9, 2003 › Pipe A can fill a tank completely in 5 hours. However, on account of a leak at the bottom of the tank, it takes 3 more hours to fill the tank. How long will the leak take to empty a full tank, when pipe A is shut?
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June 11, 2003 › The sum of the first 50 terms common to the series 15,19,23 ... and 14,19,24 ... is
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July 11, 2003 › For what values of 'x' will the function  be defined in the real domain?
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July 14, 2003 › Find the sum of all the integers which are multiples of 7 and lie between 200 and 400.
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July 21, 2003 › How many digits will the number 3^200 have if the value of log 3 = 0.4771?
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July 23, 2003 › A and B enter in to a partnership and A invests Rs. 10,000 in the partnership. At the end of 4 months he withdraws Rs.2000. At the end of another 5 months, he withdraws another Rs.3000. If B receives Rs.9600 as his share of the total profit of Rs.19,100 for the year, how much did B invest in the company?
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July 29, 2003 › The sum of the first and the 9th of an arithmetic progression is 24. What is the sum of the first nine terms of the progression?Solution »
August 21, 2003 › What is the equation of the line that is parallel to the line 3x + 7y = 10 and passes through the point (4, 8)Solution »
September 03, 2003 › Ram and Shyam take a vacation at their grandparents' house. During the vacation, they do any activity together. They either played tennis in the evening or practiced Yoga in the morning, ensuring that they do not undertake both the activities on any single day. There were some days when they did nothing. Out of the days that they stayed at their grandparents' house, they involved in one of the two activities on 22 days. However, their grandmother while sending an end of vacation report to their parents stated that they did not do anything on 24 mornings and they did nothing on 12 evenings. How long was their vacation?Solution »
September 05, 2003 › Ram buys Rs.100 shares at Rs.112. If he sells the shares after a year at Rs.132 after receiving a dividend of 8% just before selling, what is the net yield on his investment?Solution »
September 11, 2003 › For what value of m will the roots of the quadratic equation x^2 + mx + 4 = 0 have real and equal roots?Solution »
October 03, 2003 › The sum of 20 terms of the series –12 + 22 – 32 + 42 – 52 + 62 … is:Solution »
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