CAT 2012 Chennai Study Group

MBA CAT 2022
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Hi puys.. Count me in for the study group... CAT'11 - 92.72
Didn't join any classes.. but am sure PG will do more than a classroom..:cheerio:

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Hi Chennai-ites, I'm newbie to CAT, PG, even for learning too 😛 .... I'm from Kolathur. I'm planning to Join TIME adyar Weekend classes. I'm working in HCL-CISCO vadapalani.

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:lookround::lookround: Were is everyone..

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present sir ....

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dead_alive Says
present sir ....


Post some questions or i will post..we can solve all the ques..here..
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ok go ahead vishal

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Well Guys,

Though am not new to PG , i haven't posted anything yet.

I have a question which is baffling me.
I just wanna know how much importance does the IIM's(Especially A,B and C) give to x and xii scores.

as i have 78.16 and 87.1 in them respectively. Can u guys tell me if i have any chance of getting into them.:-(

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Todays Ques for prac

12. Fourteen fruits and twenty two flowers are to be distributed among 10 people in such a way that
each person gets something. Anyone who gets more than two flowers cannot get more than one
fruit and anyone who gets more than one fruit cannot get more than three flowers. What is the
maximum number of flowers that one can get?
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) 22

13. The cost price of four articles A, B, C and D are 'a', 'b', 'c' and 'd' respectively. A, B, C and D are sold
at profits of 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% respectively. If the net profit on the sale of these four articles
is 25%, 'a', 'b', 'c' and 'd' cannot be in the ratio
(a) 4 : 1 : 4 : 3 (b) 1 : 2 : 2 : 1 (c) 2 : 3 : 6 : 1 (d) 5 : 2 : 7 : 3

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Hai chennai-puys,
Iam working for L&T-Chennai.I; resigned my job and iam coming out of the company by the end of feb, espacially to prepare for the cat.I would like to join in IMS-ADYAR.Iam staying in ramapuram which is a bit far from adyar.Iam searching for a room near adyar and i would like to be with cat aspirants.If anybody can accomodate me or any vacancy in your room please reply to this post.I am going to completely dedicate my preparation to cat and in need of a study group. Please help me out.

I don't know whether to put these sort of posts in this thread.If not let me know and suggest me the correct thread.Because of the privacy polacy of this thread, iam not posting my contact details.

Thanking you all.............................

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Todays Ques for prac

12. Fourteen fruits and twenty two flowers are to be distributed among 10 people in such a way that
each person gets something. Anyone who gets more than two flowers cannot get more than one
fruit and anyone who gets more than one fruit cannot get more than three flowers. What is the
maximum number of flowers that one can get?
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) 22

13. The cost price of four articles A, B, C and D are a, b, c and d respectively. A, B, C and D are sold
at profits of 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% respectively. If the net profit on the sale of these four articles
is 25%, a, b, c and d cannot be in the ratio
(a) 4 : 1 : 4 : 3 (b) 1 : 2 : 2 : 1 (c) 2 : 3 : 6 : 1 (d) 5 : 2 : 7 : 3


my take on both ques ---> option d
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Todays Ques for prac

12. Fourteen fruits and twenty two flowers are to be distributed among 10 people in such a way that
each person gets something. Anyone who gets more than two flowers cannot get more than one
fruit and anyone who gets more than one fruit cannot get more than three flowers. What is the
maximum number of flowers that one can get?
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) 22

13. The cost price of four articles A, B, C and D are 'a', 'b', 'c' and 'd' respectively. A, B, C and D are sold
at profits of 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% respectively. If the net profit on the sale of these four articles
is 25%, 'a', 'b', 'c' and 'd' cannot be in the ratio
(a) 4 : 1 : 4 : 3 (b) 1 : 2 : 2 : 1 (c) 2 : 3 : 6 : 1 (d) 5 : 2 : 7 : 3



12) someone getting 22 flowers is possible

13) profit = 0.1a+0.2b+o.3c+0.4d = (a+b+c+d)/4
solving this we get
3(d-a) = b-c
option 1,2 and 3 satisfy
option 4 gives 3(-2) = 4 ( Not possible)
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12) someone getting 22 flowers is possible

13) profit = 0.1a+0.2b+o.3c+0.4d = (a+b+c+d)/4
solving this we get
3(d-a) = c-b
option 1 and 2 satisfy
option 3 gives 3(-1) = 3 ( Not possible)
option 4 gives 3(-2) = 4 ( Not possible)

Might be a silly mistake somewhere. Will go with option 4 though


its not 3(d-a) = c -b , its 3(a-d) =c- b , then option (d) will be the answer
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Guys lets make best use of this thread. We can solve questions here and also can meet up ocassionally if feasable. I know vishan personally, rest i have no idea. We shall have a disciplined preparation. Lets ROCK 2012:clap:

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set 2

3. A car runs on four tyres and has one extra tyre. If each tyre lasts for 10,000 km then what is the
maximum distance (in km) that the car can travel using the five tyres?
(a) 10,000 (b) 11,000 (c) 12,500 (d) 15,000

3. A and B start running simultaneously on a circular track from point O in the same direction. If the
ratio of their speeds is 6 : 1 respectively, then how many times is A ahead of B by a quarter of the
length of the track before they meet at O for the first time?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 10

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I ve enrolled at TIME Adyar...U can count me in...

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My take on set 2 : 1. c and 2. b

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set 2

3. A car runs on four tyres and has one extra tyre. If each tyre lasts for 10,000 km then what is the
maximum distance (in km) that the car can travel using the five tyres?
(a) 10,000 (b) 11,000 (c) 12,500 (d) 15,000

3. A and B start running simultaneously on a circular track from point O in the same direction. If the
ratio of their speeds is 6 : 1 respectively, then how many times is A ahead of B by a quarter of the
length of the track before they meet at O for the first time?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 10


SET 2, my take

q1 --- (c)
q2 --- dont know , can someone post the solution
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set 2

3. A car runs on four tyres and has one extra tyre. If each tyre lasts for 10,000 km then what is the
maximum distance (in km) that the car can travel using the five tyres?
(a) 10,000 (b) 11,000 (c) 12,500 (d) 15,000

3. A and B start running simultaneously on a circular track from point O in the same direction. If the
ratio of their speeds is 6 : 1 respectively, then how many times is A ahead of B by a quarter of the
length of the track before they meet at O for the first time?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 10


1) My take 12500

let abcde be the 5 tyres
select 4 of the 5 in 5C4 = 5 ways. All the 5 groups will be used for 2kms each.
In these 5 groups each will be used 4 times. Each tyre is used for 8kms.
For every 8kms travelled by tyres max dist is 10km overall.
for 10kms travelled by tyres max distance would be 10/8*10 = 100/8 = 12.5

2) My take 5 times

When moving in same directing a and b would meet 6-1 =5 times, in opposite direction they would meet 6+1 = 7 times. Forget all the constraints mentioned in this question
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set 2

3. A car runs on four tyres and has one extra tyre. If each tyre lasts for 10,000 km then what is the
maximum distance (in km) that the car can travel using the five tyres?
(a) 10,000 (b) 11,000 (c) 12,500 (d) 15,000

3. A and B start running simultaneously on a circular track from point O in the same direction. If the
ratio of their speeds is 6 : 1 respectively, then how many times is A ahead of B by a quarter of the
length of the track before they meet at O for the first time?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 10


OA is 3 and 2

Q2 explaination

Let A and B be travelling at 6x and x km/hr respectively.

Let the length of the track be L km. The relative speed of A w.r.t. B is 5x km/hr. A meets B for the first time at
O after LCM (L/6x ,L/x) =L/x hr
A would be ahead of B by a quarter
of L after the following time (in hr) :
L/20x, 5L/20x, 9L/20x ,13L/20x ,17L/20x
i.e. 5 times