IPMAT Indore (SA) PYQs

If $\log _{\left(x^{2}\right)} y+\log _{\left(y^{2}\right)} x=1$ and $y=x^{2}-30$, then the value of $x^{2}+y^{2}$ is ___________.

The area enclosed by $2|x|+3|y| \leq 6$ is ____________ sq. units.

When Geeta increases her speed from $12$ km/hr to $20$ km/hr, she takes one hour less than the usual time to cover the distance between her home and office. The distance between her home and office is ___________ km.

The number of triangles that can be formed by choosing points from 7 points on a line and 5 points on another parallel line is _________.

Aruna purchases a certain number of apples for INR 20 each and a certain number of mangoes for INR 25 each. If she sells all the apples at $10 \%$ profit and all the mangoes at $20 \%$ loss, overall she makes neither profit nor loss. Instead, if she sells all the apples at $20 \%$ loss and all the mangoes at $10 \%$ profit, overall she makes a loss of INR 150. Then the number of apples purchased by Aruna is _________.

Given that $ f(x)=|x|+2|x-1|+|x-2|+|x-4|+|x-6|+2|x-10|, x \in(-\infty, \infty) $ the minimum value of $f(x)$ is _________.

If $A=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 0\end{array}\right]$, then the absolute value of the determinant of $\left(A^{9}+A^{6}+A^{3}+A\right)$ is __________.

The sum of the coefficients of all the terms in the expansion of $(5 x-9)^{4}$ is __________.

A new sequence is obtained from the sequence of positive integers $(1,2,3, \ldots)$ by deleting all the perfect squares. Then the $2022^{\text {nd }}$ term of the new sequence is ________.

If $\sin \alpha+\sin \beta=\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{3}}$ and $\cos \alpha+\cos \beta=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$, then the value of $\left(20 \cos \left(\frac{\alpha-\beta}{2}\right)\right)^{2}$ is _________.

The $3^{\text {rd }}, 14^{\text {th }}$ and $69^{\text {th }}$ terms of an arithmetic progression form three distinct and consecutive terms of a geometric progression. If the next term of the geometric progression is the $n^{\text {th }}$ term of the arithmetic progression, then $n$ equals ________.

Let $P(X)$ denote power set of a set $X$. If $A$ is the null set, then the number of elements in $P(P(P(P(A))))$ is _________.

The numbers $-16,2^{x+3}-2^{2 x-1}-16,2^{2 x-1}+16$ are in an arithmetic progression. Then $x$ equals ________.

Mrs and Mr Sharma, and Mrs and Mr Ahuja along with four other persons are to be seated at a round table for dinner. If Mrs and Mr Sharma are to be seated next to each other, and Mrs and Mr Ahuja are not to be seated next to each other, then the total number of seating arrangements is _________.

Let 50 distinct positive integers be chosen such that the highest among them is 100, and the average of the largest 25 integers among them exceeds the average of the remaining integers by 50. Then the maximum possible value of the sum of all the 50 integers is _________.