IPMAT INDORE 2020

(Answers are at the bottom)

Quantitative Ability Short Answers:

1. In a division problem, the product of the quotient and the remainder is 24 while
their sum is 10. If the divisor is 5 then the dividend is __________.

2. The shortest distance from the point (-4, 3) to the circle x2 + y2 = 1 is __________

1 1 1
𝑙𝑜𝑔 (4 + + )
3. The value of 0.04 5 8 16 is ______________

4. Suppose where a, b, and c are distinct real numbers. If a

= 3, then the value of abc is?

5. The minimum value of f(x) = |3 - x| + |2 + x| + |5 - x| is equal to __________

6. Ashok purchased pens and pencils in the ratio 2: 3 during his first visit and paid
Rs. 86 to the shopkeeper. During his second visit, he purchased pens and
pencils in the ratio 4: 1 and paid Rs. 112 . The cost of a pen as well as a pencil in
rupees is a positive integer. If Ashok purchased four pens during his second visit,
then the amount he paid in rupees for the pens during the second visit is
__________.

7. In a four-digit number, the product of thousands digit and units digit is zero while
their difference is 7. Product of the middle digits is 18. The thousands digit is as
much more than the units digit as the hundreds digit is more than the tens digit.
The four-digit number is __________.

8. Out of 80 students who appeared for the school exams in Mathematics (M),
Physics (P) and Chemistry (C), 50 passed M , 30 passed P and 40 passed C. At
most 20 students passed M and P at most 20 students passed P and C and at
 most 20 students passed C and M. The maximum number of students who could
have passed all three exams is __________.

9. Two friends run a 3-kilometer race along a circular course of length 300 meters. If
their speeds are in the ratio 3:2, the number of times the winner passes the other
is __________.

10. Out of 13 objects, 4 are indistinguishable and rest are distinct. The number of
ways we can choose 4 objects out of 13 objects is __________.

Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation - Multiple Choice

11. The probability that a randomly chosen factor of 1019 is a multiple of 1015 is
1
A. 25
1
B. 12
1
C. 20
1
D. 16

12. The number of acute angled triangles whose sides are three consecutive positive
integers and whose perimeter is at most 100 is
A. 28
B. 29
C. 31
D. 33

13. The equation of the straight line passing through the point M (-5,1), such that the
portion of it between the axes is divided by the point M in to two equal halves, is
A. 10y - 8x = 80
B. 8y + 10x = 80
C. 10y + 8x = 80
D. 8y + 10x + 80 = 0

π 3π 5π 7π
14. The value of cos2 8 + cos2 8
+ cos2 8
+ cos2 8
A. 1
3
B. 2
 C. 2
9
D. 4

2
1 1 1 π 1 1 1
15. If 2 + 2 + 2 + upto ∞ = , then the value of 2 + 2 + 2 + …… upto ∞
1 2 3 6 1 3 5

is
2
π
A.
8

2
π
B.
16

2
π
C.
12

2
π
D.
36

16. A man is known to speak the truth on an average 4 out of 5 times. He throws a
die and reports that it is a five. The probability that it is actually a five is
4
A. 9
5
B. 9
4
C. 15
2
D. 15

17. If log5log8(x2 - 1) = 0, then a possible value of x is

A. 2 2
B. 2
C. 2
D. 3

18. Consider the following statements:

1
(i) When 0 < x < 1, then 1+𝑥
< 1 - x + x2
1
(ii) When 0 < x < 1, then 1+𝑥 > 1 - x + x2
1
(iii) When -1 < x < 0, then 1+𝑥 < 1 - x + x2
1
(iv) When -1 < x < 0, then 1+𝑥 > 1 - x + x2
 Then the correct statements are
A. (i) and (ii)
B. (ii) and (iv)
C. (i) and (iv)
D. (ii) and (iii)

19. Fifty litres of a mixture of milk and water contains 30 percent of water. This
mixture is added to eighty litres of another mixture of milk and water that contains
20 percent of water. Then, how many litres of water should be added to the
resulting mixture to obtain a final mixture that contains 25 percent of water?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

20. Three workers working together need 1 hour to construct a wall. The first worker,
working alone, can construct the wall twice as fast at the third worker, and can
complete the task an hour sooner than the second worker. Then, the average
time in hours taken by the three workers, when working alone, to construct the
wall is
33 + 4
A. 3
33 + 5
B. 3
33 + 6
C. 3
33 + 7
D. 3

21. In a class, students are assigned roll numbers from 1 to 140. All students with
even roll numbers opted for cricket, all those whose roll numbers are divisible by
5 opted for football, and all those whose roll numbers are divisible by 3 opted for
basketball. 'The number of students who did not opt for any of the three sports is
A. 102
B. 38
C. 98
D. 42

22. Given f(x) = x2 + log3x and g(y) = 2y + f(y), then the value of g(3) equals
A. 16
B. 15
C. 25
 D. 26

23. A 2 × 2 matrix is filled with four distinct integers randomly chosen from the set
{1,2,3,4,5,6}. Then the probability that the matrix generated in such a way is
singular is
2
A. 45
1
B. 45
4
C. 15
1
D. 15

24. Ashok started a business with a certain investment. After a few months, Bharat
joined him, investing half the amount of Ashok's initial investment. At the end of
the first year, the total profit was divided between them in ratio 3:1 . Bharat joined
Ashok after
A. 2 months
B. 3 months
C. 4 months
D. 6 months

25. The average marks of 6 students in a test is 64 . All the students got different
marks, one of the students obtained 70 marks and all other students scored 40 or
above. The maximum possible difference between the second highest and the
second lowest marks is
A. 50
B. 54
C. 57
D. 58
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

26. 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
A. Marico
B. HUL
C. ITC
D. Britannia

27. 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
A. 2.80 percent
B. 3.00 percent
C. 3.20 percent
D. 3.40 percent

28. 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
A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Thursday
D. Friday
29. 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
A. 6,125
B. 6,126
C. 6,127
D. 6,128

30. 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
A. Tuesday
B. Wednesday
C. Thursday
D. Friday
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

31. To 36.

Read the following passage and choose the answer that is closest for each of
the questions that are based on the passage.

"John Muir, Earth-planet, Universe." - These words are written on the inside cover of the
notebook from which the contents of this volume have been taken. They reflect the
mood in which the late author and explorer undertook his thousand-mile walk to the Gulf
of Mexico a half-century ago. No less does this refreshingly cosmopolitan address,
which might have startled any finder of the book, reveal the temper and the
comprehensiveness of Mr. Muir's mind. Even at the early age of twenty-nine his eager
interest in every aspect of the natural world had made him a citizen of the universe. On
these expeditions he had disciplined himself to endure hardship, for his notebooks
disclose the fact that he often went hungry and slept in the woods, or on the open
prairies, with no cover except the clothes he wore. "Oftentimes," Mr. Muir writes in some
unpublished biographical notes, "I had to sleep out without blankets, and also without
supper or breakfast. But usually I had no great difficulty in finding a loaf of bread in the
widely scattered clearings of the farmers. With one of these big backwoods loaves I
was able to wander many a long, wild mile, free as the winds in the glorious forests and
bogs, gathering plants and feeding on God's abounding, inexhaustible spiritual beauty
bread. Only once in my long Canada wanderings was the deep peace of the wilderness
savagely broken. It happened in the maple woods about midnight, when I was cold and
my fire was low. I was awakened by the awfully dismal howling of the wolves, and got
up in haste to replenish the fire." Had it not been for the accidental injury to his right eye
in the month of March, 1867, he probably would have started somewhat earlier than he
did. In a letter written to Indianapolis friends on the day after the accident, he refers
mournfully to the interruption of a long-cherished plan. "For weeks," he writes, "I have
daily consulted maps in locating a route through the Southern States, the West Indies,
South America, and Europe - a botanical journey studied for years. But, alas, I am half
blind. My right eye, trained to minute analysis, is lost and I have scarce heart to open the
other." The injury to his eye proved to be less serious than he had at first supposed. In
June he was writing to a friend: "I have been reading and botanizing for some weeks,
and find that for such work I am not very much disabled." In an account written after the
excursion he says: “I was eager to see Illinois prairies on my way home, so we went to
Decatur, near the center of the State, thence. I botanized one week on the prairie about
seven miles southwest of Pecatonica... To me all plants are more precious than before.
My poor eye is not better, nor worse. A cloud is over it, but in gazing over the widest
landscapes, I am not always sensible of its presence."

31. "John Muir, Earth-planet, Universe." Muir wrote this in his notebook because
A. He did not have a permanent address.
B. He wanted to be a traveller all his life.
C. His love for botany went beyond borders.
D. He wanted to live in the open all his life.

32. Which of these did John Muir have no great difficulty in doing?
A. Finding food among the farmers.
B. Eating regularly every day.
C. Sleeping without blankets on certain nights.
D. Chasing wolves that howled through the nights.

33. How did the experience with nature affect John Muir?
A. He felt spiritually fulfilled.
B. He became a better botanist.
C. He felt successful after collecting rare plants.
D. He enjoyed the breeze in the glorious forests.

34. According to the passage, in what way was Muir affected by his injury?
A. His injured eye healed well very slowly.
B. He could not open his left eye during his exploration.
C. His eyesight was affected, but he was able to carry on
D. He took a long time to consult maps and study them.

35. When Muir said that he 'botanized', he meant that he

A. studied plants and made notes on them.
B. studied plants in their natural habitat
C. studied plants during his exploration.
D. studied plants and classified them.

36. Which of these sentences is not true?

A. John Muir explored several new places even on his way home.
B. There was a cloud over the landscape he traveled.
C. He was committed to being a botanist more than ever.
D. He recorded his adventures in the notebook.
37 to 42 Complete the following sentences by choosing the appropriate word/phrase
from the options given below.

37. It came as a shock to me that my friend had lost his ___________ in a moment
of madness as he lent all of it to his neighbour.
A. nest egg
B. nests and eggs
C. bird's nest
D. nestled eggs

38. During the debate, when the minister appeared to be vague about his stand on
the controversial energy project, his opponent asked him to ___________ and
declare outright if the government would go ahead with the project or not.
A. be curt to the face
B. cut to the chase
C. curb the farce
D. cut globe

39. It is irritating when co-workers dismiss your ideas as worthless, and later present
those very ideas as their own. They just want to ___________.
A. steal your credit
B. steal your crown
C. steal your thunder
D. steal your gloating

40. Before the start of the meeting, I am ___________ on the latest developments.
A. taking you through
B. going to share
C. going to bring you up to speed
D. going to be explaining

41. Despite statistics to prove that there was a slowdown in the economy of the
country, the professor was ___________ about it.
A. in affirmation
B. in denial
C. in protest
D. in shock

42. After the unearthing of relics at the archacological site, the historian was asked to
___________ the significance of the discovery.
 A. throw light on
B. shed meaning on
C. turn light on
D. focus meaning on

43 to 45 Choose the alternative so that the underlined part of the sentence is rendered
correct.

43. The pharmaceutical company hired a consultant to supervise a taskforce

studying lower salaries as to their effects on employees' morale.
A. studying what the effects lower salaries would have on employees' morale
B. studying the effects of lower salaries on employee morale
C. for studying what are the effects in employees' morale that lower salaries
would cause
D. studying the effects of employee morale on lower salaries

44. Besides offering physiological rewards such as toned muscles, when regular
karate is practiced the body can be turned into a dangerous weapon.
A. one can turn the body into a dangerous weapon through karate, if it is
practiced regularly
B. the body can be turned into a dangerous weapon as a result of karate if
practiced regularly
C. when karate is practiced regularly, the body can be turned into a
dangerous weapon
D. karate, if practiced regularly, can turn the body into a dangerous weapon

45. The animal activist has raised awareness not only on the plight of abandoned
dogs, but also on overworked bulls and temple elephants.
A. on the plight of not only the abandoned dogs, but also on those of
overworked bulls
B. not only on the plight of the abandoned dogs, but also on that of
overworked bulls
C. the plight of abandoned dogs, as well as the overworked bulls
D. the plight of abandoned dogs, but also on overworked bulls

46 to 47 Each of the paragraphs given below has a sentence missing which is indicated
by a blank. From the choices given below cach paragraph, choose the sentence that
seems most logically appropriate to complete the paragraph.
 46. When people move from one city or country to another, the spread of diseases
may result. People often bring in germs which may not have been present there
before. These new germs can spread quickly and cause previously unknown
diseases. __________________________________. They become ill more
easily and could even die. In turn, newcomers may catch diseases which were
not present where they came from.
A. If they had gone back, they would have started an epidemic.
B. Pollution also can lead to the spread of disease.
C. If a germ is completely new to a region, people have no natural protection
against it.
D. Such changes may result in enhancing conditions for people who live in
big cities.

47. Samar, a young man from a village in Tripura is a social media star who hopes to
make it big as a model and actor. While his minute-long videos are very popular,
his series titled, "Who wore it better? showcases his creative side. He uses a
variety of filters and visual effects to improve his videos.
__________________________________.
A. It is clear that short videos are very popular among the youth than
television.
B. This is one of the ways young men make money on the internet.
C. It is possible to be popular on the internet, although making money here is
difficult.
D. This shows how it is possible today for people with limited resources to
express their creativity.

48 to 52

48. Coral reefs are one of the most ___________, biologically complex, and diverse
marine ecosystems on Earth. This ecosystem is one of the ___________
paradoxes of the biosphere: how do clear, and thus nutrient-poor, waters support
such ___________ and productive communities?
A. common, sensitive, fruitful
B. fragile, fascinating, prolific
C. deep, strange, exuberant
D. frail, unrecognised, wealthy

49. It is a ___________ to live in a land without ___________. Even with all the
technological advancement and economic growth, there are still millions who live
in war zones where life every day is filled with ___________.
 A. coincidence, prejudice, adventures
B. privilege, bigotry, terror
C. lovely, pride, episodes
D. punishment, hate, agony

50. The ability to ___________ and ___________ a cohesive team is particularly

critical in hi-tech firms where the ___________ landscape can shift dramatically
in the face of disruptive technologies.
A. mentor, keep, sustainable
B. shape, guide, competitive
C. drive, maintain, tectonic
D. involve, manage, green

51. Cool-headed and rational, Jo Eun-cha is a talented and driven anchorman who
commands as well as demands respect. After ___________ to get elected as a
news director, he aims to ___________ to his job as the top news anchor to
increase his ___________ of being elected next year.
A. happening, quit, hopes
B. failing, return, chances
C. hoping, upgrade, certainty
D. going, give up, luck

52. A collective investment fund (CIF), also known as a collective investment trust
(CIT), is a group of ___________ accounts held by a bank or trust company. The
financial institution ___________ assets from individuals and organizations to
___________ a single larger, diversified portfolio.
A. diverse, discounts, conceive
B. different, collected, simulate
C. financial, covered, synthesise
D. pooled, groups, develop

53. One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly. Choose the option
which has the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.
A. The President of the City Chamber of Commerce is an urbane, kindly and
generous man.
B. The writer's next book deals with the life of an urbane intellectual as seen
through the eyes of a lawyer.
C. My uncle who lives in New York tumed out to be the exact opposite of the
urbane, wealthy gentleman that I was expecting to meet.
 D. Over 70% of the people living in urbane areas said that they wanted better
roads and more schools.

54. One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly. Choose the option
which has the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.
A. The young scientist built a small, low-cost machine to recycle waste water.
It was a simple but ingenious solution to the problem of water shortage in
the city.
B. My friend is an ingenious cook - she can make very delicious dishes from
the most ordinary ingredients.
C. The young man lost all his savings because he was rather ingenious to
believe the agent's promises of a well-paid job and a comfortable life in a
foreign country.
D. Teachers say that some children are very ingenious when it comes to
finding excuses for not completing their work.

55. One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly. Choose the option
which has the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.
A. After several rounds of meetings, the city council passed an ordinance to
limit the number of cafes near the seaside.
B. As per a royal ordinance, all men under 18 had to join the army and fight
the war.
C. Military aircrafts can be used to carry a wide variety of ordinance.
D. The people protested a city ordinance that all parks must be closed by 9
pm.

56. One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly. Choose the option
which has the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.
A. It is a pleasure when we are all together for a meal at home.
B. Her son is not interested in watching movies, which is not all together a
bad thing.
C. The three hundred guests sat all together in the large dining hall of the
hotel.
D. The facilitator asked the participants to stand up, all together.

57. One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly. Choose the option
which has the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.
A. The sickness of a family member can affect the lives of everyone at home.
B. Kerala was affected by severe Nood all through the year.
C. Taking this medicine for a prolonged period can have severe after affects.
 D. The popular star was not a natural actor: his style was rather affected.

58. The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent
paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical
order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided.
A. However, they stand out because they help the film maker realize his
personal artistic vision.
B. An Indie film refers to independent films made outside a major studio
system.
C. Their release is also limited to a few screens, although there have been
films with a wide release.
D. Most of such films are low budget films produced and distributed by small
companies.

59. The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent
paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical
order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided.
A. Mental illness continues to struggle for recognition as a significant
contributor to poor health in spite of the existence of the Mental
Healthcare Act 2017
B. The data reveals that an estimated one in seven Indians - or 197 million
persons suffered from mental disorders, at varying degrees of severity, in
2017.
C. There is always more to human health than meets the eye.
D. This is particularly important in the Indian cultural and political context,
where the outward appearance of physical well-being is often considered
the only visible marker of overall health.

60. The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent
paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical
order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided. A. It was felt
that the major polluters had a moral obligation to deliver on the agreements
reached some years ago during a similar convention on Climate Change.
A. The papers presented indicated that the impacts of current warming are
much more severe than previously understood.
B. It appears that the planet's ability to adapt to and cope with how it is being
treated is fraying.
C. For example, the acceleration of sea level rise and ocean warming, and
increasing risks of reaching limits to adaptation
D. This is what emerged at a recent conference attended by the largest
scientific community on climate science.
Answers:
Quantitative Ability Short Answers:
1. 34 [Explanation] 6. 100 [Explanation]
2. 4 [Explanation] 7. 7920 [Explanation]
3.
16
[Explanation] 8. 20 [Explanation]
7
9. 3 [Explanation]
4. 1 [Explanation]
10. 256 [Explanation]
5. 7 [Explanation]

Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation MCQs:

1. C [Explanation] 11. B [Explanation]
2. B [Explanation] 12. A [Explanation]
3. A [Explanation] 13. A [Explanation]
4. C [Explanation] 14. C [Explanation]
5. A [Explanation] 15. B [Explanation]
6.
4
[Explanation] 16. A [Explanation]
5
17. C [Explanation]
7. D [Explanation]
18. A [Explanation]
8. C [Explanation]
19. B [Explanation]
9. B [Explanation]
20. D [Explanation]
10. A [Explanation]

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension:

1. C [Explanation] 16. C [Explanation]
2. A [Explanation] 17. D [Explanation]
3. A [Explanation] 18. B [Explanation]
4. C [Explanation] 19. B [Explanation]
5. B [Explanation] 20. B [Explanation]
6. B [Explanation] 21. B [Explanation]
7. A [Explanation] 22. D [Explanation]
8. B [Explanation] 23. D [Explanation]
9. C [Explanation] 24. C [Explanation]
10. C [Explanation] 25. C [Explanation]
11. B [Explanation] 26. B [Explanation]
12. A [Explanation] 27. C [Explanation]
13. B [Explanation] 28. BDCA [Explanation]
14. D [Explanation] 29. CDAB [Explanation]
15. B [Explanation] 30. CDEBA [Explanation]