CMAT Sample Questions Section 1: Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation 1) If the difference between the areas of two squares is 100 and their sides are integers then which of the following can be the value of the side of the bigger square? (a) 20 2) (e) 51 (b) 4:1 (c) 8:1 (d) 16:1 (e) 32:1 (b) 300 (c) 400 (d) 500 (e) 600 Before 9 years father’s age was three times of son’s age whereas after 18 years it will be only one and a half times. What is the sum of their present ages? (a) 36 5) (d) 52 Sushant is selling chocolates at a rate of 5 Rs per chocolate and the size of the packet is 100 chocolates. He can increase the size of the packet by adding the chocolates in the multiples of 20. For every 20 additional chocolates he has to reduce the price by 0.2 Rs per chocolate. What should be the size of a packet such that the revenue is maximum? (a) 200 4) (c) 26 Roma started moving along the sides of a square field from one of the four vertices in clockwise direction and every time she reached to a vertex she doubled her speed. What will be the ratio of the times taken by Roma to complete the first round and second round? (a) 2:1 3) (b) 24 (b) 54 (c) 72 (d) 108 (e) None of these Sooraj bought the balls of three colours such that atleast 1 ball of each colour is there; the colours were red, green and blue. The cost of a red ball is 9 Rs, a green ball is 7 Rs and a blue ball is 5 Rs. I spent a total of 53 Rs and purchased more than 7 balls. How many red balls did I purchase? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) 5 Directions for Questions 6 to 10: Following table shows the scores of a student in eight MOCK MBA Tests (section wise). All MOCK Tests contain 3 sections, each section has 50 questions and each question has a score of 1. The total of the scores in 3 sections is compared with the "cut off' and if his total score is higher than the "cut off', it is said that he has cleared the "cut off'. Section -» MOCK 1 MOCK 2 MOCK 3 MOCK 4 MOCK 5 MOCK 6 MOCK 7 MOCK 8 Verbal Ability 23 24 29 21 19 26 25 27 Quantitative Aptitude 12 17 11 14 13 17 19 20 Reasoning 19 18 23 21 25 21 23 22 6) In how many MOCK Tests has the student cleared the cut off ? (a) 1 (b)2 (c)3 (d)4 (e) none of these Cut Off 56 62 60 58 59 61 58 65 7) In which MOCK Test did the student score the maximum total marks ? (a) 7th (b) 3rd (c) 6th (d) 8th (e) None of these 8) What was the approximate percent increase in score obtained by the student in Quantitative Aptitude in Mock 8 as compared to Mock 1 ? (a) 58 (b) 62 (c) 54 (d) 73 (e) 67 9) If the section-wise cut-off in all MOCK Tests is 15 for Quantitative Aptitude and 20 each for Verbal Ability and Reasoning, then in how many MOCK Tests did the student clear all the cut-offs ? (a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four (e) None of these 10) What was the overall percentage of the student in Mock 6 ? (rounded off to two digits after decimal) (a) 42.67 (b) 54.25 (c) 47.46 (d) 51.39 (e) None of these