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Logical Reasoning for CAT: Grid Puzzle

Embarassing Task

5 teams A, B, C, D, and E participate in a tournament where they have to perform 5 embarrassing tasks like preparing for CAT and XAT. The tasks are numbered from 1 to 5. Each tasks has an interesting points’ scheme – the team finishing the task first receives 50 points, the team finishing second receives 40 points, third one gets 30 points, 4th placed team receives 20 points and the one that finishes last receives 10 points. If a team does not finish the task in the stipulated 60 minutes, it gets 0 points. Further, for every minute ‘saved’, a team gets an additional point. As in, if a team finishes second and finishes the task in 53 minutes, the team will get 40 + 7 = 47 points.

Thankfully, all teams finished all tasks within the stipulated 60 minutes.

The times taken by the teams to finish the tasks are given in the table provided below, with some numbers being omitted.



We know that team D won the overall championship with an overall score of 286 points, while team B ended last with an overall score of 178 points. It is known that a total of 254 points were scored in game 1. Game 3 was the toughest where only a total number of 193 points were scored. Total number of points scored is 1126.

1. CAT LR DI Grid Puzzle

   How many minutes does C take for game 1?
   
   

   Correct Answer41 minutes

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2. CAT LR DI Grid Puzzle

   How many minutes does A take for game 4?
   
   

   Correct Answer48 minutes
   

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3. CAT LR DI Grid Puzzle

   How many minutes does B take for game 2?
   
   

   Correct Answer26 minutes

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4. CAT LR DI Grid Puzzle

   How many minutes does D take for game 5?
   
   

   Correct Answer51 minutes

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5. CAT LR DI Grid Puzzle

   What is the total number of points scored by A?
   
   

   Correct Answer196 points

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The Questions that follow, are from actual XAT papers. If you wish to take them separately or plan to solve actual XAT papers at a later point in time, It would be a good idea to stop here.

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1. XAT 2020 Question Paper - QADI

   Read the information given below and answer the 3 associated questions.
   
   During 2015-2019, the revenues of four companies P-S were as follows:

   Revenue(in Lakh Rupees)

   YEAR	P	Q	R	S
   2015	150	125	150	100
   2016	175	140	160	120
   2017	200	180	180	140
   2018	250	210	200	170
   2019	250	220	240	180

   Which of the given companies has seen the highest year-on-year growth (inpercentage) in any single year during this five-year period?

   1. R
   2. Q
   3. S
   4. P
   5. There was a tie among multiple companies

   Correct AnswerChoice B
   Q

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2. XAT 2020 Question Paper - QADI

   It was discovered later that one of the companies misreported its revenue of one of the years. If the misreported revenue is replaced by the correct revenue, the revenues of that company over the five-year period will be in an arithmetic progression. The company that misreported its revenue was

   1. S only
   2. P or S
   3. P only
   4. R or S
   5. P or R

   Correct AnswerChoice B
   P or S

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3. XAT 2020 Question Paper - QADI

   During the period from 2014 to 2015, the revenue increased by 25% for three of the companies and by 50% for the remaining company. The total increase in revenue, for all four companies put together, was Rs. 125 lakhs.
   Which of the following CANNOT be true?

   1. The 2014 revenues of P and R cannot be determined uniquely
   2. From 2014 to 2015, the increases in revenues of at least two companies were the same
   3. From 2014 to 2015, the revenues of P and R increased by different amounts
   4. The company that experienced the 50% increase in revenue also experienced the maximum increase in revenue in absolute terms
   5. The revenue of Q in 2014 was the same as the revenue of R in 2014

   Correct AnswerChoice B
   From 2014 to 2015, the increases in revenues of at least two companies were the same

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4. XAT 2019 Question Paper - QADI

   Given below is the time table for a trans-continental train that cuts across several time zones. All timings are in local time in the respective cities. The average speed of the train between any two cities is the same in both directions.

   

   Which of the following pairs of cities are in the same time zone?

   1. Yag and Vaq
   2. Vaq and Sab
   3. Zut and Yag
   4. No pair of cities are in the same time zone.
   5. Sab and Raz

   Correct AnswerChoice C
   Zut and Yag

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5. XAT 2019 Question Paper - QADI

   What is the total time taken in minutes by the train to go from Zut to Raz?

   1. 22 hours, 40 minutes
   2. 28 hours, 40 minutes
   3. 16 hours, 40 minutes
   4. 20 hours, 40 minutes
   5. 24 hours, 40 minutes

   Correct AnswerChoice A
   22 hours, 40 minutes

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6. XAT 2019 Question Paper - QADI

   What time is it at Yag when it is 12:00 noon at Sab?

   1. 5:00 PM
   2. 12:00 Noon
   3. 9:30 AM
   4. 7:00 AM
   5. 2:30 PM

   Correct AnswerChoice A
   5:00 PM

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7. XAT 2018 Question Paper - QADI

   Six teams are playing in a hockey tournament where each team is playing against every other team exactly once. At an intermediate stage, the status is as follows:

   Teams	No. of matches played	No. of matches won	No. of matches lost	No. of matches drawn	Goals scored by the team	Goals conceded by the team
   Team A	2	2	0	0	5	1
   Team B	2	1	0	1	5	1
   Team C	2	1	0	1	2	0
   Team D	2	0	0	2	1	1
   Team E	2	0	2	0	1	4
   Team F	2	0	2	0	0	7

   Notes:
   1. The team that scores more goals than it concedes wins the match, while if both the teams score the same no. of goals, the match is declared drawn.
   2. In a match played between Team X and Team Y , if team Xscores 1 and concedes none, then the score line would read: Team X-Team Y (1-0).

   Which of the following matches are yet to be played?

   1. Team A – Team B and Team C – Team D
   2. Team C – Team D and Team E – Team F
   3. Team E – Team F and Team B – Team D
   4. Team C – Team D and Team A – Team E
   5. Team A – Team B and Team E – Team F

   Correct AnswerChoice E
   Team A – Team B and Team E – Team F

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8. XAT 2018 Question Paper - QADI

   Which of the following score line is a possible outcome in the tournament?/p>

   1. Team A – Team D (1-0)
   2. Team A – Team E (2-1)
   3. Team B – Team D (1-0)
   4. Team C – Team F (2-0)
   5. None of the above

   Correct AnswerChoice B
   Team A – Team E (2-1)

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9. XAT 2018 Question Paper - QADI

   Which of the following score line is not a possible outcome in the tournament?

   1. Team A – Team F (4-0)
   2. Team B – Team F (4-0)
   3. Team C – Team D (0-0)
   4. Team C – Team E (2-0)
   5. All of the above options are possible

   Correct AnswerChoice A
   Team A – Team F (4-0)

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The Questions that follow, are from actual IPMAT papers. If you wish to take them separately or plan to solve actual IPMAT papers at a later point in time, It would be a good idea to stop here.

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1. IPMAT 2020 Question Paper - IPM Indore Quants

   The table below represents the buy and sell prices of five stocks during the five trading days of a given week. The quoted sell price is the price at which an investor can sell a stock in the market. The quoted buy price is the price at which an investor can buy a stock from the market. All the quoted numbers are in Indian Rupees.

   Day	Monday		Tuesday		Wednesday		Thursday		Friday
   Quote	Sell	Buy	Sell	Buy	Sell	Buy	Sell	Buy	Sell	Buy
   Dabur	460	462	455	458	432	433	444	447	461	462
   Marico	345	346	335	336	365	368	372	375	372	374
   HUL	1931	1933	1952	1955	1979	1981	2044	2048	1966	1969
   ITC	237	238	238	239	246	251	221	225	253	256
   Britannia	3044	3046	3100	3101	3110	3115	3025	3027	3140	3144

   If an investor had Rs 36,00,000 to invest in any particular single stock, and she could buy the stock only on Monday and sell it off only on Fridav. then the stock she should buy on Monday to earn the maximum possible profit during the week is

   1. Marico
   2. HUL
   3. ITC
   4. Britannia

   Correct AnswerChoice A
   Marico

   Explanation

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2. IPMAT 2020 Question Paper - IPM Indore Quants

   If an investor planned to invest Rs 36,00,000 in purchasing the stocks of HUL on Monday, sell them off on Wednesday and use the entire proceeds to purchase the stocks of Britannia on the same day and sell them off again on Friday, then the total investment return during the week would be

   1. 2.80 percent
   2. 3.00 percent
   3. 3.20 percent
   4. 3.40 percent

   Correct AnswerChoice C
   3.20 percent

   Explanation

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3. IPMAT 2020 Question Paper - IPM Indore Quants

   The difference between the quoted buy and sell price of a stock is referred to as the spread of the stock. The average spread of the stocks is lowest on

   1. Monday
   2. Tuesday
   3. Thursday
   4. Friday

   Correct AnswerChoice A
   Monday

   Explanation

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4. IPMAT 2020 Question Paper - IPM Indore Quants

   A brokerage firm charges 0.1 percent trading commission on the value of shares bought or sold through its trading platform. If an investor bought 1000 shares of Britannia on Tuesday, and sold all of them on Thursday, then the total brokerage fee that will be charged from the investor is

   1. 6,125
   2. 6,126
   3. 6,127
   4. 6,128

   Correct AnswerChoice B
   6,126

   Explanation

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5. IPMAT 2020 Question Paper - IPM Indore Quants

   If you had decided to invest Rs.36,00,000 worth of ITC stocks on Monday, then the day of the week you should choose to sell the stocks to earn the maximum possible profit would be

   1. Tuesday
   2. Wednesday
   3. Thursday
   4. Friday

   Correct AnswerChoice D
   Friday

   Explanation

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