XAT-2016 (OFFICIAL)

How many different five-digit numbers greater than 20000, you can make with the digits 1,2,3,4, 2,3,4 if the numbers included in each number one time and the number 1 - twice? 


Mr. Sinha, a senior executive of LSP, observes that their business in India is not vibrant. LSP faces stiff competition from Indian and global players, except in rural areas. Interestingly, most of their sales in the rural areas are from cough syrup, used as sedatives by teenagers. Mr. Sinha is planning the following actions to improve business in the long run.  

I. Invest in development of new drugs.

II. Increase sales of cough syrup in the rural markets.

III. Try and cut costs.

IV. Recruit more medical representatives in the rural areas.

Which of the following sequences is best arranged in the descending order of appropriateness?

A. I, III, II

B. II, I, III

C. II, III, I

D. IV, II, III

E. IV, III, I

  • C
  • A
  • B
  • D
  • E

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From a group of 545 contenders, a party has to select a leader. Even after holding a series of meetings, the politicians and the general body failed to reach a consensus. It was then proposed that all 545 contenders be given a number from 1 to 545. Then they will be asked to stand on a podium in a circular arrangement, and counting would start from the contender numbered 1. The counting would be done in a clockwise fashion. The rule is that every alternate contender would be asked to step down as the counting continued, with the circle getting smaller and smaller, till only one person remains standing. Therefore the first person to be eliminated would be the contender numbered 2.

  • 3
  • 23
  • 195
  • None of these
  • 67

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The Five people joined different engineering colleges. Their first names were Sarah (Ms.), Swati (Ms.), Jackie, Mohan and Priya (Ms.). The surnames were Reddy, Gupta, Sanyal, Kumar and Chatterjee. Except for one college which was rated as 3 star, all other colleges were rated either 4 star or 5 star.

"Techno Institute" had a higher rating than the college where Priya studied. The three-star college was not "Deccan College." Mohan‟s last name was Gupta but he didn't study at "Barla College." Sarah, whose last name wasn‟t Sanyal, joined "Techno Institute." Ms. Kumar and Jackie both studied at four-star colleges. Ms. Reddy studied at the "Anipal Institute," which wasn‟t a five-star college. The "Barla College" was a five-star college. Swati‟s last name wasn't Chatterjee. The "Chemical College" was rated with one star less than the college where Sanyal studied. Only one college was rated five star.

[1] Which is the correct combination of first names and surnames?

A. Mohan Gupta, Sarah Kumar, Priya Chatterjee

B. Priya Chatterjee, Sarah Sanyal, Jackie Kumar

C. Jackie Sanyal, Swati Reddy, Mohan Gupta

D. Mohan Gupta, Jackie Sanyal, Sarah Reddy

E. Jackie Chatterjee, Priya Reddy, Swati Sanyal

[2] Which option gives a possible student - institute combination?

A. Priya - Anipal, Swati - Deccan, Mohan - Chemical

B. Swati - Barla, Priya - Anipal, Jackie - Deccan

C. Joydeep - Chemical, Priya - Techno, Mohan - Barla

D. Priya - Anipal, Joydeep - Techno, Sarah - Barla

E. Swati - Deccan, Priya - Anipal, Sarah - Techno

[3] Mohan Gupta may have joined:

A. Techno - Institute which had 5 star rating

B. Deccan College which had 5 star rating

C. Anipal Institute which had 4 star rating

D. Chemical College which had 4 star rating

E. Techno - Institute which had 4 star rating

[4] In which college did Priya study?

A. Anipal Institute

B. Chemical Institute

C. Barla College

D. Deccan College

E. Techno- Institute

[5] The person with surname Sanyal was:

A. Sarah studying in Chemical College

B. Swati studying in Barla College

C. Priya studying in Deccan College

D. Jackie studying in Deccan College

E. Sarah studying in Techno- Institute

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Consider another scenario related to Manager X’s department: Another employee in Manager X’s department is feeling disgruntled. His newly assigned hours significantly interfere with his child care arrangements even though the hours were changed so he wouldn’t have to interface with another employee he previously complained about. What measures could manager X have taken to avoid this situation?


  • Given a written statement to the employee on his new work hours and asked him to sign on it.
  • Before changing the work hours, asked the employee to send a written request for change and the reason behind it.
  • Told the employee that he could not change his work hours because it would inconvenience the entire department.
  • Before changing the work hours, specifically communicated the reason for the change and asked if they were convenient
  • Asked the employee to work out his problems with his colleague as changing the work hours would be a short-term solution

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A company quotes for supply of certain items of very high order value to a defense department against a tender. The company’s quoted price is the lowest, but the end buyers threaten to place the order on the next higher bidder by citing technical issues. For the company, it is too big an order to lose and the sales manager insists on paying a bribe to the key decision-maker in the defense department, who has been known to be corrupt. Whether the top management, whose officially declared policy is “no encouragement to corruptive trade practices”, should loosen their ethical stand is the crucial decision-making issue now.

Which of the following should form part of the stand the company takes?

1. Redouble their efforts to technically convince the end-customer (this time the higher management).

2. Subtly convey that they will use unethical means to grab the order. 3. Be prepared to lose the order.

4. Subtly convey that they will not use unethical means to grab the order.


  • 1,3 and 4
  • 1 and 4
  • Only 2
  • 1 and 2
  • 3 and 4

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A circular field, with inner radius of 10 meters and outer radius of 20 meters, was divided into five successive stages for ploughing. The ploughing of each stages was handed over to a different farmer.


1. Farmers are referred to by following symbols: F1, F2, F3, F4, F5.
2. The points between different stages of project are referred to by the following symbols: P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, not necessarily in the order.
3. Farmer F5 was given the work of ploughing stage starting at point P4.
4. The stage from point P5 to point P3 was not the first stage.
5. Farmer F4 was given the work of the fourth stage.
6. Stage 3 finished at point P1, and the work of which was not given to farmer F1.
7. Farmer F3 was given work of stage ending at point P5.

What would be the arrangement of stage, farmer and points ?

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Find the number of integral solutions of x or y for  2/x - 1/2y = 1/30?

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What should be the target score out of 78 considering change of pattern? Currently scoring around 40-42 in mocks. Kindly help

How many triangles are possible of perimeter P with exactly two sides of even length and one odd.? Range of P varies from 28 to 31 both inclusive.

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In 1995 Raymond Gilbert first became head of MetPath, a troubled Corning subsidiary that eventually became Quest Diagnostics. Raymond had dropped in on what was one of the largest clinical testing laboratories in the U.S. As he walked the halls, he found that almost no one would look him in the eye. Something was clearly wrong. When he tried to get to the bottom of it, HR not only couldn’t tell him the voluntary attrition rate, they couldn’t even give him an employee headcount. The attrition rate turned out to be 45%. Engagement with employees was poor; there was little internal communication and no surveys of employee loyalty or efforts to improve it. Employees were conducting laboratory tests on which lives depended and yet they, the employees, literally didn’t count.

What should be the immediate focus for Quest Diagnostics?


  • Increase the salary levels in the company to make them higher than the industry standards
  • Focus on activities that will help employees understand the vision and mission of Quest diagnostics.
  • Evaluate and compensate Raymond on his ability to reduce the attrition rate.
  • Ratify HR policies that will help reduce the attrition rate in the company
  • Focus on creating long-term value for the employees.

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Violent crime in this town is a becoming a serious problem. Compared to last year, local law enforcement agencies have responded to 17 percent more calls involving violent crimes, showing that the average citizen of this town is more likely than ever to become a victim of a violent crime. Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

  • The town’s overall crime rate appears to have risen slightly this year compared to the same period last year.
  • In general, persons under the age of 65 are less likely to be victims of violent crimes than persons over the age of 65.
  • As a result of the town’s community outreach programs, more people than ever are willing to report violent crimes to the proper authorities.
  • In response to worries about violent crime, the town has recently opened a community center providing supervised activities for teenagers.
  • Community officials have shown that a relatively small number of repeat offenders commit the majority of violent crimes in the town.

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Statements: Any student who does not behave properly while in the school brings bad name to himself and also for the school.

Conclusions:

  1. Such student should be removed from the school.
  2. Stricter discipline does not improve behaviour of the students.

  • Either I or II follows
  • Only conclusion I follows
  • Neither I nor II follows
  • Both I and II follow
  • Only conclusion II follows

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Statements: A Corporate General Manager asked four managers to either submit their resignations by the next day or face termination orders from service. Three of them had submitted their resignations by that evening


Conclusions:

  1. The next day, the remaining manager would also resign.
  2. The General Manager would terminate his services the next day.

  • Both I and II follow
  • Only conclusion I follows
  • Only conclusion II follows
  • Either I or II follows
  • Neither I nor II follows

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Can someone distinguish which out of C) and D) is better option?

OA is C as highlighted.

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