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1. #### CAT Exponents and Logarithms: Inequalities

If log2X + log4X = log0.25√6 and x > 0, then x is

1. 6-1/6
2. 61/6
3. 3-1/3
4. 61/3

log9 (3log2 (1 + log3 (1 + 2log2x))) = $$frac{1}{2}\\$. Find x. 1. 4 2. $\frac{1}{2}\\$ 3. 1 4. 2 3. #### CAT Exponents and Logarithms: Quadratic Equations If 22x+4 – 17 × 2x+1 = –4, then which of the following is true? 1. x is a positive value 2. x is a negative value 3. x can be either a positive value or a negative value 4. None of these 4. #### CAT Exponents and Logarithms: Algebra If log1227 = a, log916 = b, find log8108. 1. $\frac{2$a + 3$}{3b}$ 2. $\frac{2$a + 3$}{3a}$ 3. $\frac{2$b + 3$}{3a}$ 4. $\frac{2$b + 3$}{3b}$ 5. #### CAT Exponents and Logarithms: Inequalities $\frac{log_3$x-3$}{log_3(x-5)}$ < 0. If a, b are integers such that x = a, and x = b satisfy this inequation, find the maximum possible value of a – b. 1. 214 2. 216 3. 200 4. 203 6. #### CAT Exponents and Logarithms: Different bases log5x = a$This should be read as log X to the base 5 equals a) log20x = b. What is logx10?

1. $$frac{a + b}{2ab}\\$ 2.$a + b) * 2ab
3. $$frac{2ab}{a + b}\\$ 4. $\frac{a + b}{2}\\$ 7. #### CAT Exponents and Logarithms: Basic identities of Logarithm log3x + logx3 = $\frac{17}{4}\\$. Find the value of x. 1. 34 2. 31/4 3. 34 or 31/4 4. 31/3 8. #### CAT Exponents and Logarithms: Basic identities of Logarithm logxy + logyx2 = 3. Find logxy3. 1. 4 2. 3 3. 31/2 4. 31/16 9. #### CAT Exponents and Logarithms: Basic identities of Logarithm If log2 4 * log4 8 * log8 16 * ……………nth term = 49, what is the value of n? 1. 49 2. 48 3. 34 4. 24 10. #### CAT Exponents and Logarithms: Basic identities of Logarithm If 33 + 6 + 9 + ……… 3x =$0.$$overline{037}\\$)-66, what is the value of x? 1. 3 2. 6 3. 7 4. 11 11. #### CAT Exponents and Logarithms: Basic identities of Logarithm x, y, z are 3 integers in a geometric sequence such that y - x is a perfect cube. Given, log36x2 + log6√y + 3log216y1/2z = 6. Find the value of x + y + z. 1. 189 2. 190 3. 199 4. 201 12. #### CAT Exponents and Logarithms: Basic identities of Logarithm 10log$3 - 10logy) = log2(9 - 2y), Solve for y.

1. 0
2. 3
3. 0 and 3
4. none of these

13. #### CAT Exponents and Logarithms: Value of x

46+12+18+24+…+6x = (0.0625)-84, what is the value of x?

1. 7
2. 6
3. 9
4. 12

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

If $5-$log _{10} $sqrt{1+x}+4 \log _{10} \sqrt{1-x}=\log _{10} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}$ , then 100 x equals 1. #### CAT 2020 Question Paper Slot 3 - Exponents & Powers If x1 = -1 and xm = xm + 1 +$m + 1$ for every positive integer m, then x100 equals

1. -5050
2. -5051
3. -5150
4. -5151

7. #### CAT 2020 Question Paper Slot 1 - Exponents & Powers

The number of real-valued solutions of the equation 2x + 2-x = 2 - (x - 2)2 is

1. infinite
2. 0
3. 1
4. 2

8. #### CAT 2020 Question Paper Slot 1 - Exponents & Powers

If x = (4096)7+4√3, then which of the following equals 64?

1. $$frac{x^{7/2}}{x^{4/√3}}$ 2. $\frac{x^{7}}{x^{4√3}}$ 3. $\frac{x^{7/2}}{x^{2√3}}$ 4. $\frac{x^{7}}{x^{2√3}}$ 9. #### CAT 2020 Question Paper Slot 1 - Exponents & Powers If y is a negative number such that 2y2log35 = 5log23, then y equals 1. log$1/3)
2. log(1/5)
3. −log(1/3)
4. −log(1/5)

10. #### CAT 2019 Question Paper Slot 2 - Logarithms

The real root of the equation 26x + 23x+2 - 21 = 0 is

1. $$frac{log_{2}3}{3}$ 2. log29 3. $\frac{log_{2}7}{3}$ 4. log227 11. #### CAT 2019 Question Paper Slot 2 - Logarithms If x is a real number ,then $\sqrt{log_{e}\frac{4x - x^2}{3}}$ is a real number if and only if 1. -3 ≤ x ≤ 3 2. 1 ≤ x ≤ 2 3. 1 ≤ x ≤ 3 4. -1 ≤ x ≤ 3 12. #### CAT 2019 Question Paper Slot 2 - Exponents & Powers If 5x – 3y = 13438 and 5x-1 + 3y+1 = 9686 , then x+y equals [TITA] 1. #### CAT 2019 Question Paper Slot 1 - Exponents If$5.55)x = (0.555)y = 1000, then the value of $$frac{1}{x}$ - $\frac{1}{y}$ is 1. 1 2. $\frac{1}{3}$ 3. $\frac{2}{3}$ 4. 3 2. #### CAT 2019 Question Paper Slot 1 - Exponents If m and n are integers such that$$$sqrt{2}$)19 34 42 9m 8n = 3n 16m$∜64) then m is

1. -16
2. -24
3. -12
4. -20

3. #### CAT 2019 Question Paper Slot 1 - Logarithms

Let x and y be positive real numbers such that log5(x + y) + log5(x - y) = 3, and log2y - log2x = 1 - log23. Then xy equals

1. 25
2. 150
3. 250
4. 100
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4. #### CAT 2018 Question Paper Slot 2 - Logarithm

If p3 = q4 = r5 = s6, then the value of logs (pqr) is equal to

1. $$frac{24}{5}\\$ 2. 1 3. $\frac{47}{10}\\$ 4. $\frac{16}{5}\\$ 5. #### CAT 2018 Question Paper Slot 2 - Logarithm $\frac{1}{log_{2}100}\\$ - $\frac{1}{log_{4}100}\\$ + $\frac{1}{log_{5}100}\\$ - $\frac{1}{log_{10}100}\\$ + $\frac{1}{log_{20}100}\\$ - $\frac{1}{log_{25}100}\\$ + $\frac{1}{log_{50}100}\\$ = ? 1. 0 2. $\frac{1}{2}\\$ 3. -4 4. 10 6. #### CAT 2018 Question Paper Slot 1 - Logarithm If x is a positive quantity such that 2x = 3log52 , then x is equal to 1. log59 2. 1 + log5$\frac{3}{5}$ 3. 1 + log3$\frac{5}{3}$ 4. log58 7. #### CAT 2018 Question Paper Slot 1 - Logarithm If log1281 = p, then 3$$$frac{4 - p}{4 + p}$) is equal to: 1. log28 2. log68 3. log416 4. log616 8. #### CAT 2018 Question Paper Slot 1 - Exponents Given that x2018 y2017 = 1/2 and x2016 y2019 = 8, the value of x2 + y3 is 1. $\frac{37}{4}$ 2. $\frac{31}{4}$ 3. $\frac{35}{4}$ 4. $\frac{33}{4}$ 9. #### CAT 2018 Question Paper Slot 1 - Logarithms If log2$5 + log3a) = 3 and log5(4a + 12 + log2b) = 3, then a + b is equal to

1. 32
2. 59
3. 67
4. 40

10. #### CAT 2017 Question Paper Slot 2 - Exponents & Logarithms

If x is a real number such that log35 = log5(2 + x), then which of the following is true?

1. 0 < x < 3
2. 23 < x < 30
3. x > 30
4. 3 < x < 23

1. #### CAT 2017 Question Paper Slot 1 - Exponents & Logarithms

Suppose, log3x = log12y = a, where x, y are positive numbers. If G is the geometric mean of x and y, and log6G is equal to:

1. √a
2. 2a
3. $$frac{a}{2}$ 4. a 2. #### CAT 2017 Question Paper Slot 1 - Exponents & Logarithms The value of log0.008√5 + log√381 – 7 is equal to: 1. $\frac{1}{3}$ 2. $\frac{2}{3}$ 3. $\frac{5}{6}$ 4. $\frac{7}{6}$ 3. #### CAT 2017 Question Paper Slot 1 - Exponents & Logarithms If 92x – 1 – 81x-1 = 1944, then x is 1. 3 2. $\frac{9}{4}$ 3. $\frac{4}{9}$ 4. $\frac{1}{3}$ 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. 1. #### XAT 2020 Question Paper - QADI What is the remainder if 1920 – 2019 is divided by 7? 1. 5 2. 1 3. 6 4. 0 5. 3 2. #### XAT 2019 Question Paper - QADI If $\sqrt[3]{7^{a} \times$35$^{b+1} $times$20)^{c+2}}) is a whole number then which one of the statements below is consistent with it?

1. a = 2, b = 1, c = 1
2. a = 1, b = 2, c = 2
3. a = 2, b = 1, c = 2
4. a = 3, b = 1, c = 1
5. a = 3, b = 2, c = 1

$$frac{\log$97-56 $sqrt{3}$}{$log \sqrt{7+4 \sqrt{3}}}$ equals which of the following? 1. None of the others 2. -2 3. -4 4. -3 5. -8 4. #### XAT 2019 Question Paper - QADI If $x^{2}+x+1=0, \text { then } x^{2018}+x^{2019}$ then equals which of the following: 1. x + 1 2. x 3. -x 4. None of the others 5. x - 1 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. 1. #### IPMAT 2020 Sample Paper - IPM Rohtak Quants Given A = 265 and B =$264 + 263 + 262 + ... + 20), which of the following is true?

1. B is 264 larger than A
2. A and B are equal
3. B is larger than A by 1
4. A is larger than B by 1

2. #### IPMAT 2020 Sample Paper - IPM Rohtak Quants

If log 2, log (2x - 1) and log (2x + 3) are in A.P, then x is equal to ____

1. $$frac{5}{2}\\$ 2. log25 3. log32 4. 32 3. #### IPMAT 2020 Question Paper - IPM Indore Quants The value of 0.04log√5$$$frac{1}{4}$ + $\frac{1}{8}$ + $\frac{1}{16}$) is __________. 4. #### IPMAT 2020 Question Paper - IPM Indore Quants If log5log8$x2 - 1) = 0, then a possible value of x is

1. 2√2
2. √2
3. 2
4. 3

Suppose that a, b, and c are real numbers greater than 1. Then the value of $$frac{1}{1+\log _{a^{2} b} \frac{c}{a}}+\frac{1}{1+\log _{b^{2} c} \frac{a}{b}}+\frac{1}{1+\log _{c^{2} a} \frac{b}{c}}\\$ is 6. #### IPMAT 2019 Question Paper - IPM Indore Quants If x, y, z are positive real numbers such that x12 = y16 = z24,and the three quantities 3logyx, 4logzy, nlogxz are in arithmetic progression, then the value of n is 7. #### IPMAT 2019 Question Paper - IPM Indore Quants The inequality $\log _{2} \frac{3x - 1}{2 - x} < 1\\$ holds true for 1. x ∈$$$frac{1}{3}\\$, 1) 2. x ∈$$$frac{1}{3}\\$, 2) 3. x ∈$0, $$frac{1}{3}\\$) ∪$1,2)
4. x ∈ (-∞, 1)

8. #### IPMAT 2019 Question Paper - IPM Indore Quants

The set of values of x which satisfy the inequality 0.72x2 - 3x + 4 < 0.343 is

1. ($$frac{1}{2}\\$, 1) 2.$$$frac{1}{2}\\$, ∞) 3.$-∞, $$frac{1}{2}\\$) 4.$-∞, $$frac{1}{2}\\$) ∪$1, ∞)

The value of $$log _{3} 30^{-1} + \log _{4} 900^{-1} + \log _{5} 30^{-1}\\$ is 1. 0.5 2. 30 3. 2 4. 1 10. #### IPMAT 2019 Question Paper - IPM Indore Quants The inequality $\log _{a}{f$x$} < $log _{a}{g$x)}$ implies that 1. f$x) > g(x) > 0 for 0 < a < 1 and g(x) > f(x) > 0 for a > 1
2. g(x) > f(x) > 0 for 0 < a < 1 and f(x) > g(x) > 0 for a > 1
3. f(x) > g(x) > 0 for a > 0
4. g(x) > f(x) > 0 for a > 0

11. #### IPMAT 2019 Question Paper - IPM Indore Quants

Determine the greatest number among the following four numbers

1. 2300
2. 3200
3. 2100 + 3100
4. 4100

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