IPMAT Indore 2023 PYQsMultiple Choice (Quants). Free, no login required.

Q1:

Unit Digit

Easy

Let pp be a positive integer such that the unit digit of p3p ^ 3 is 44. What are the possible unit digits of (p+3)3(p + 3) ^ 3

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Option 1
Correct Answer
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Q2:

Integral Solutions

Medium

Let [x][x] denote the greatest integer not exceeding xx and {xx} =x[x]= x - [x] If nn is a natural number, then the sum of all values of xx satisfying the equation 2[x]=x+n2[x] = x + n{xx} is

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Option 1
Correct Answer
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Q3:

Inequalities

Easy

The set of all real values of x satisfying the inequality x2(x+1)(x1)(2x+1)3>0\dfrac{x^2(x+1)}{(x-1)(2x+1)^3} > 0 is

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Option 2
Correct Answer
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Q4:

Profit & Loss

Easy

A goldsmith bought a large solid golden ball at INR 1,000,000 and melted it to make a certain number of solid spherical beads such that the radius of each bead was one-fifth of the radius of the original ball. Assume that the cost of making golden beads is negligible. If the goldsmith sold all the beads at 20% discount on the listed price and made a total profit of 20%, then the listed price or each golden bead, in INR, was

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Option 2
Correct Answer
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Q5:

Circles

Medium

Which of the following straight lines are both tangent to the circle x2+y26x+4y12=0x ^ 2 + y ^ 2 - 6x + 4y - 12 = 0?

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Option 1
Correct Answer
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Q6:

Matrices & Determinants

Medium

If A=[123a]A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \newline 3 & a \end{bmatrix} where aa is a real number and det (A33A25A)=0(A ^ 3 - 3A ^ 2 - 5A) = 0 then one of the values of aa can be

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Option 2
Correct Answer
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Q7:

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

A helicopter flies along the sides of a square field of side length 100 kms. The first side is covered at a speed of 100 kmph, and for each subsequent side the speed is increased by 100 kmph till it covers all the sides. The average speed of the helicopter is

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 7

Q8:

Ratio, Proportion & Variation

Easy

(a+b)(b+c)=(c+d)(d+a)\dfrac{(a + b)}{(b + c)} = \dfrac{(c + d)}{(d + a)} which of the following statements is always true?

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Option 2
Correct Answer
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Q9:

Polynomials

Medium

If the harmonic mean of the roots of the equation (5+2)x2bx+8+25=0(5 + \sqrt{2}) x ^ 2 - bx + 8 + 2\sqrt{5} = 0 is 44 then the value of bb is

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 9

Q10:

Tournaments

Medium

In a chess tournament there are 5 contestants. Each player plays against all the others exactly once. No game results in a draw. The winner in a game gets one point and the loser gets zero points. Which of the following sequences cannot represent the scores of the five players?

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 10

Q11:

Simple & Compound Interest

Easy

If the difference between compound interest and simple interest for a certain amount of money invested for 33 years at an annual interest rate of 10%10\% is INR 527527, then the amount invested in INR is

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 11

Q12:

Progression & Series

Medium

Let a1,a2,a3a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3} be three distinct real numbers in geometric progression. If the equations a1x2+2a2x+a3=0a_{1} x ^ 2 + 2a_{2}x + a_{3} = 0 and b1x2+2b2x+b3=0b_{1} x ^ 2 + 2b_{2}x + b_{3} = 0 have a common root, then which of the following is necessarily true?

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 12

Q13:

Triangles

Hard

In a triangle ABC, let D be the midpoint of BC, and AM be the altitude on BC. If the lengths of AB, BC and CA are in the ratio of 2:4:3, then the ratio of the lengths of BM and AD would be

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Option 1
Correct Answer
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Q14:

Logarithms

Medium

Let a,b,ca, b, c be real numbers greater than 1, and nn be a positive real number not equal to 1. If logn(log2a)=1;logn(log2b)=2log_n(log_2a) = 1; log_n(log_2b) = 2 and logn(log2c)=3log_n(log_2c) = 3 then which of the following is true?

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 14

Q15:

Permutation & Combination

Easy

Consider an 8×88 \times 8 chessboard. The number of ways 8 rooks can be placed on the board such that no two rooks are in the same row and no two are in the same column is

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 15

Q16:

Conic Sections

Easy

The equation x2+y22x4y+5=0x^2 + y^2 - 2x - 4y +5 = 0 represents

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 16

Q17:

Progression & Series

Hard

A person standing at the centre of an open ground first walks 32 meters towards the east, takes a right turn and walks 16 meters, takes another right turn and walks 8 meters, and so on. How far will the person be from the original starting point after an infinite number of such walks in this pattern?

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 17

Q18:

Logarithms

Hard

If log(cosx)(sinx)+log(sinx)(cosx)=2,\log_{(cos x)}(sin x) + \log_{(sin x)}(cos x) = 2, then the value of xx is

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 18

Q19:

Permutation & Combination

Medium

A rabbit is sitting at the base of a staircase which has 10 steps. It proceeds to the top of the staircase by climbing either one step at a time or two steps at a time. The number of ways it can reach the top is

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 19

Q20:

Probability

Medium

The probability that a randomly chosen positive divisor of 10202310 ^ {2023} is an integer multiple of 10200110 ^ {2001} is

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 20

Q21:

Set Theory

Easy

In a group of 120 students, 80 students are from the Science stream and the rest are from the Commerce stream. It is known that 70 students support Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League; all the other students support Chennai Super Kings. The number of Science students who are supporters of Mumbai Indians is

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 21

Q22:

Divisibility Rules

Easy

If a three-digit number is chosen at random, what is the probability that it is divisible neither by 3 nor by 4?

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 22

Q24:

Trigonometry

Medium

If cosαcos \alpha + cosβcos \beta = 1 then the maximum value of sinαsinβsin \alpha - sin \beta is

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 24

Q25:

Remainder

Medium

A polynomial P(x)P(x) leaves a remainder 22 when divided by (x1)(x - 1) and a remainder 11 when divided by (x2)(x - 2) The remainder when P(x)P(x) is divided by (x1)(x2)(x - 1)(x - 2) is

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 25

Q26:

Arrangements

Easy

A pharmaceutical company has tested five drugs on three different organisms. The following incomplete table reports if a drug works on the given organism. For example, drug A works on organism R while B and C work on Q.

DrugOrganism POrganism QOrganism R
A
B
C
D
E

Following additional information is available:

  • Each drug works on at least one organism but not more than two organisms.
  • Each organism can be treated with at least two and at most three of these five drugs.
  • On whichever organism A works, B also works. Similarly, on whichever organism C works. D also works.
  • D and E do not work on the same organism.

Drug E works on

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 26

Q27:

Arrangements

Easy

A pharmaceutical company has tested five drugs on three different organisms. The following incomplete table reports if a drug works on the given organism. For example, drug A works on organism R while B and C work on Q.

DrugOrganism POrganism QOrganism R
A
B
C
D
E

Following additional information is available:

  • Each drug works on at least one organism but not more than two organisms.
  • Each organism can be treated with at least two and at most three of these five drugs.
  • On whichever organism A works, B also works. Similarly, on whichever organism C works. D also works.
  • D and E do not work on the same organism.

Drug D works on:

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 27

Q28:

Arrangements

Easy

A pharmaceutical company has tested five drugs on three different organisms. The following incomplete table reports if a drug works on the given organism. For example, drug A works on organism R while B and C work on Q.

DrugOrganism POrganism QOrganism R
A
B
C
D
E

Following additional information is available:

  • Each drug works on at least one organism but not more than two organisms.
  • Each organism can be treated with at least two and at most three of these five drugs.
  • On whichever organism A works, B also works. Similarly, on whichever organism C works. D also works.
  • D and E do not work on the same organism.

The organism(s) that can be treated with three of these five drugs is(are)

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 28

Q29:

Arrangements

Easy

A pharmaceutical company has tested five drugs on three different organisms. The following incomplete table reports if a drug works on the given organism. For example, drug A works on organism R while B and C work on Q.

DrugOrganism POrganism QOrganism R
A
B
C
D
E

Following additional information is available:

  • Each drug works on at least one organism but not more than two organisms.
  • Each organism can be treated with at least two and at most three of these five drugs.
  • On whichever organism A works, B also works. Similarly, on whichever organism C works. D also works.
  • D and E do not work on the same organism.

Organism R can be treated with

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 29

Q30:

Arrangements

Easy

A pharmaceutical company has tested five drugs on three different organisms. The following incomplete table reports if a drug works on the given organism. For example, drug A works on organism R while B and C work on Q.

DrugOrganism POrganism QOrganism R
A
B
C
D
E

Following additional information is available:

  • Each drug works on at least one organism but not more than two organisms.
  • Each organism can be treated with at least two and at most three of these five drugs.
  • On whichever organism A works, B also works. Similarly, on whichever organism C works. D also works.
  • D and E do not work on the same organism.

Organism P can be treated with:

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for IPMAT Indore 2023 MCQ question 30

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