CAT 2008 Questions - Quant and DILR Thread

[TestFunda]

Discuss CAT 2008 questions and the solutions for the sections on Quant and DILR.

Discuss your approach and analyze other solutions. Discuss our answer key as we keep updating it on 16-Nov-2008

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edited by TestFunda on 11/13/2008

[Sam_k]

QA and DI sections were very easy this years

I had test form 333.

It had section 1 as QA
section 2 DI
Section 3 VA

[vikramshetty]

QA and DI were Easy, got form 222, with same pattern

[amitr]

Hey u guys found it very easy but i think wasn't very easy, it was average and even i got form 333.
edited by amitr on 11/16/2008

[vikramshetty]

with easy, i meant able to solve 12-15 question without difficulty.... What are u're attempts in QA and DI?

[amitr]

Originally Posted by vikramshetty

with easy, i meant able to solve 12-15 question without difficulty.... What are u're attempts in QA and DI?

well i could solve 10 to 12 in quant and in DI could solve 4 sets

And think my accuracy should be about 75 to 80%

[nr87]

my Test Form No is 111;
Q no 11: last 2 digits of 7^2008 ?

ans: (could be) 01

reason: its of cyclic order..

[vaishulaps]

i got form 222.
did di first,then quant,then va
va was tough for me.
qa was easy di also managable.
left wid just 40 mins for va at d end,so scrued it up......
attempted 11 qs in each section

[nr87]

Test Form No: 111

Q # 14: integers >999 and <=4000---formed with 0,1,2,3,4

ans: it could be 376..


Q#41: Color of Tallest house: BLUE
Q#42: color of house diag opp to Yellow colored house: Red
Q#43: 2nd tallest house: cannot be determined

[einstein123]

i think 375....(qs.999<n<4000)

[Sam_k]

Originally Posted by nr87

my Test Form No is 111;
Q no 11: last 2 digits of 7^2008 ?

ans: (could be) 01

reason: its of cyclic order..

Yes even i got the answer to be 01.

[vaishulaps]

form-222
q.no.1
no left on black board
iit can be 821

[Sam_k]

Originally Posted by einstein123

i think 375....(qs.999<n<4000)

Hey i think you missed out on 4000.

Answer is 376 (to me)

[vaishulaps]

form no -222
q7-no of common terms in the two series
ans can be 20.
q-12-seed(n)=9
ans should be 55.
q-14-obtuse angled triangles
ans should be 10.

[deepesh88]

answer for that question rice: half of it and half kg???

i think it was 5 ??

ne idea

[amitr]

Originally Posted by nr87

my Test Form No is 111;
Q no 11: last 2 digits of 7^2008 ?

ans: (could be) 01

reason: its of cyclic order..

GOt the same answer 01.

[deepesh88]

did u do 11, 12 ??

f(x)f(y)= f(xy) i got 4 ans

and seed(n) ??? i got 1 ans

[kaushurtz]

Originally Posted by deepesh88

did u do 11, 12 ??

f(x)f(y)= f(xy) i got 4 ans

and seed(n) ??? i got 1 ans

f(x)f(y) question ans will be 1/4

and seed (n ) ans is 55

[deepesh88]

ok ...

[shubhamkr]

Answer for rice question appears to be 7, so if you marked 5 you will be lucky