List of top Quantitative Aptitude Questions asked in CAT

A container has 40 liters of milk. Then, 4 liters are removed from the container and replaced with 4 liters of water. This process of replacing 4 liters of the liquid in the container with an equal volume of water is continued repeatedly. The smallest number of times of doing this process, after which the volume of milk in the container becomes less than that of water, is

The area of the quadrilateral bounded by the \(Y\) -axis, the line \(x = 5\) , and the lines \(|x-y|-|x-5|=2\), is

The number of all natural numbers up to 1000 with non-repeating digits is

If \(x\) is a positive real number such that \(x^8+\bigg(\frac{1}{x}\bigg)^8=47\) , then the value of \(x^9+\bigg(\frac{1}{x}\bigg)^9\) is

Let n be any natural number such that \(5^{n-1} < 3^{n+1}\) . Then, the least integer value of m that satisfies \(3^{n+1} < 2^{n+m}\) for each such \(n\) , is

Let \(n\) and \(m\) be two positive integers such that there are exactly \(41\) integers greater than \(8^m\) and less than \(8^n\) , which can be expressed as powers of \(2\) . Then, the smallest possible value of \(n +m\) is

A quadratic equation \(x^2+bx+c=0\) has two real roots. If the difference between the reciprocals of the roots is \(\frac{1}{3}\) , and the sum of the reciprocals of the squares of the roots is \(\frac{5}{9}\) , then the largest possible value of \((b+c)\) is

If \(\sqrt{5x+9}\)+\(\sqrt{5x-9}\)=\(3(2-\sqrt2)\) then \(\sqrt{10x+9}\) is equal to

Let both the series \(a_1,a_2,a_3,....\) and \(b_1,b_2,b_3,....\) be in arithmetic progression such that the common differences of both the series are prime numbers. If \(a_5=b_9,a_{19}=b_{19}\) and \(b_2=0\) , then \(a_{11}\) equals

If \(x\) and \(y\) are positive real numbers such that \(log_x(x^2+12)=4\) and \(3\;log_yx=1\),then \(x+y\) equals

If \(p^2+q^2-29=2pq-20=52-2pq\) , then the difference between the maximum and minimum possible value of \((p^3-q^3 ) \)is

The value of \(1+\bigg(1+\frac{1}{3}\bigg)\frac{1}{4}+\bigg(1+\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{9}\bigg)\frac{1}{16}+\bigg(1+\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{9}+\frac{1}{27}\bigg)\frac{1}{64}+....\),is

The price of a precious stone is directly proportional to the square of its weight. Sita has a precious stone weighing 18 units. If she breaks it into four pieces with each piece having distinct integer weight, then the difference between the highest and lowest possible values of the total price of the four pieces will be 288000. Then, the price of the original precious stone is

Pipes A and C are fill pipes while Pipe B is a drain pipe of a tank. Pipe B empties the full tank in one hour less than the time taken by Pipe A to fill the empty tank. When pipes A, B and C are turned on together, the empty tank is filled in two hours. If pipes B and C are turned on together when the tank is empty and Pipe B is turned off after one hour, then Pipe C takes another one hour and 15 minutes to fill the remaining tank. If Pipe A can fill the empty tank in less than five hours, then the time taken, in minutes, by Pipe C to fill the empty tank is

A quadrilateral \(ABCD\) is inscribed in a circle such that \(AB :CD\) = \(2:1\) and \(BC:AD = 5: 4\). If \(AC\) and \(BD\) intersect at the point \(E\),then \(AE:CE\) equals

For any natural numbers \(m\), \(n\), and \(k\), such that \(k\) divides both \(m + 2n\) and \(3m + 4n\), \(k\) must be a common divisor of

For some real numbers \(a\) and \(b\) , the system of equations \(x + y = 4\) and \((a+5)x+(b^2-15)y = 8b\) has infinitely many solutions for \(x\) and \(y\). Then, the maximum possible value of \(ab\) is

For some positive and distinct real numbers \(x ,y\), and \(z\) , if \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{ y}+ \sqrt{z}}\) is the arithmetic mean of \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}+ \sqrt{z}}\) and \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{x} +\sqrt{y}}\) , then the relationship which will always hold true, is

A boat takes 2 hours to travel downstream a river from port A to port B, and 3 hours to return to port A. Another boat takes a total of 6 hours to travel from port B to port A and return to port B . If the speeds of the boats and the river are constant, then the time, in hours, taken by the slower boat to travel from port A to port B is

A rectangle with the largest possible area is drawn inside a semicircle of radius 2 cm. Then, the ratio of the lengths of the largest to the smallest side of this rectangle is

Let \(ΔABC\) be an isosceles triangle such that \(AB\) and \(AC\) are of equal length. \(AD\) is the altitude from \(A\) on \(BC\) and \(BE\) is the altitude from \(B\) on \(AC\) . If \(AD\) and \(BE\) intersect at \(O\) such that \(∠AOB =105\degree\) , then \(\frac{AD}{BE}\) equals

Any non-zero real numbers \(x, y\) such that \(y ≠ 3\) and \(\frac{x}{y}<\frac{x+3}{y-3}\), will satisfy the condition

Let \(a, b, m\) and \(n\) be natural numbers such that \(a >1\) and \(b >1\) . If \(a^m+b^n = 144^{145}\) , then the largest possible value of \(n − m\) is

The sum of all possible values of \(x\) satisfying the equation \(2^{4x^2} - 2^{2x^2+x+16} + 2^{2x+30} = 0\), is

Let C be the circle \(x^2+y^2+4x-6y-3=0\) and \(L\) be the locus of the point of intersection of a pair of tangents to \(C\) with the angle between the two tangents equal to \(60º\) . Then, the point at which \(L\) touches the line \(x = 6\) is