IPMAT Indore (SA) PYQs

Arpita and Nikita, working together, can complete an assigned job in 12 days. If Arpita works initially to complete 40% of the job, and the remaining job is completed by Nikita alone, then it takes 24 days to complete the job. The possible number of days that Nikita requires to complete the entire job, working alone, is

If $a, b, c$ are three distinct natural numbers, all less than $100$, such that $|a - b| + |b - c| = |c - a|$, then the maximum possible value of $b$ is ______

Eight teams take part in a tournament where each team plays against every other team exactly once. In a particular year, one team got suspended after playing 3 matches, due to a disciplinary issue. The organizers decide to proceed, nonetheless, with the remaining matches. The total number of matches that were played in the tournament that year is

If the sum of the first $21$ terms of the sequence: $\ln \frac{a}{b}, \ln \frac{a}{b \sqrt{b}}, \ln \frac{a}{b^{2}}, \ln \frac{a}{b^{2} \sqrt{b}}, \ldots$ is $\ln \frac{a^{m}}{b^{n}}$, then the value of $m+n$ is $\qquad$

English exam and Math exam were conducted separately for a class of 120 students. The number of students who did not appear for the English exam is twice the number of students who did not appear for the Math exam. The number of students who passed the Math exam is twice the number of students who appeared but failed the English exam. If the number of students who passed the English exam is twice the number of students who appeared but failed the Math exam, then the number of students who appeared but failed the English exam is ________

If $A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & n \\ 4 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ such that $A^3 = 27 \begin{bmatrix} 4 & q \\ p & r \end{bmatrix}$, then $p + q + r$ equals _________

If $\log_3(x^2 - 1)$, $\log_3(2x^2 + 1)$ and $\log_3(6x^2 + 3)$ are the first three terms of an arithmetic progression, then the sum of the next three terms of the progression is

A circle of radius $13$ cm touches the adjacent sides AB and BC of a square ABCD at M and N, respectively. If AB = $18$ cm and the circle intersects the other two sides CD and DA at P and Q, respectively, then the area, in sq. cm, of triangle PMD is

Monica, who is 18 years old, is one-third the age of her father. The age at which she will be half the age of her father is ____

If $m$ and $n$ are two positive integers such that $7m + 11n = 200$, then the minimum possible value of $m + n$ is

The number of factors of $3^5 \times 5^8 \times 7^2$ that are perfect squares is

If the polynomial $ax^2 + bx + 5$ leaves a remainder $3$ when divided by $x - 1$, and a remainder $2$ when divided by $x + 1$, then $2b - 4a$ equals