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82 real CAT Algebra questions from CAT 2020 to CAT 2025, each with options, the verified answer and a step-by-step solution. Practice one topic at a time, the w

82 real CAT questions · CAT 2020–2025 · 4 Easy · 2 Medium

Q1CAT 2025 · Slot 3 · CAT Medium✓ Answer verified

f(x) = (x²+ 3x)(x² + 3x + 2), then the sum of all real roots of the equation √f(x) + 1 = 9701, is

Q2CAT 2025 · Slot 3 · CAT Easy✓ Answer verified

For real values of x, the range of the function f(x) = (2x − 3)/(2x² + 4x − 6)

Q3CAT 2025 · Slot 3 · CAT Medium · TITA✓ Answer verified

If 12¹² x × 4²⁴ x + ¹² × 5² y = 8⁴ z × 20¹² x × 243 3x-6 , where x, y and z are natural numbers, then x+y+z equals_____

Q4CAT 2025 · Slot 2 · CAT Easy✓ Answer verified

The set of all real values of x for which (x² − |x + 9| + x) > 0, is

Q5CAT 2025 · Slot 1 · TITA✓ Answer verified

The number of non-negative integer values of k for which the quadratic equation x² – 5x + k = 0 has only integer roots, is

Q6CAT 2025 · Slot 1 · CAT Easy✓ Answer verified

Let 3 ≤ x ≤ 6 and [x²] = ([x])², where [x] is the greatest integer not exceeding x. If S represents all feasible values of x, then a possible subset of S is

Q7CAT 2025 · Slot 1 · CAT Easy

A value of c for which the minimum value of f(x) = x² – 4cx + 8c is greater than the maximum value of g(x) = –x² + 3cx – 2c, is

Q8CAT 2024 · Slot 2✓ Answer verified

All the values of \( x \) satisfying the inequality \( \frac{1}{x + 5} \leq \frac{1}{2x - 3} \) are:

Q9CAT 2024 · Slot 2 · TITA✓ Answer verified

If \( m \) and \( n \) are natural numbers such that \( n > 1 \), and \( mn = 2^{25} \times 3^{40} \), then \( m - n \) equals:

Q10CAT 2024 · Slot 2 · TITA✓ Answer verified

If x and y are real numbers such that 4x2 + 4y2 – 4xy – 6y + 3 = 0, then the value of (4x + 5y) is

Q11CAT 2024 · Slot 2✓ Answer verified

If x and y satisfy the equations |x| + x + y = 15 and x + |y| – y = 20, then (x – y) equals

Q12CAT 2024 · Slot 1 · TITA✓ Answer verified

The sum of all four-digit numbers that can be formed with the distinct non-zero digits a, b, c, and d, with each digit appearing exactly once in every number, is 153310 + n, where n is a single digit natural number. Then, the value of (a + b + c + d + n) is ______ TITA

Q13CAT 2024 · Slot 1✓ Answer verified

If \( (a + b\sqrt{n}) \) is the positive square root of \( (29 - 12\sqrt{5}) \), where \( a \) and \( b \) are integers, and \( n \) is a natural number, then the maximum possible value of \( (a + b + n) \) is

Q14CAT 2024 · TITA

If (x + 6√2)0.5 − (x − 6√2)0.5 = 2√2, then x equals:

Q15CAT 2024 · TITA

If 4x² + 4y² − 4xy − 6y + 3 = 0, find value of (4x + 5y).

Q16CAT 2024 · TITA

Let x, y, and z be real numbers satisfying 4(x² + y² + z²) = a, 4(xyz) = 3 + a. Then a equals:

Q17CAT 2023 · Slot 3✓ Answer verified

Let \( n \) and \( m \) be two positive integers such that there are exactly 41 integers greater than \( 8^m \) and less than \( 8^n \), which can be expressed as powers of 2. Then, the smallest possible value of \( n + m \) is:

Q18CAT 2023 · Slot 3✓ Answer verified

Suppose \( f(x, y) \) is a real-valued function such that \( f(3x + 2y, 2x - 5y) = 19x \) for all real numbers \( x \) and \( y \). The value of \( x \) for which \( f(x, 2x) = 27 \), is:

Q19CAT 2023 · Slot 2✓ Answer verified

Let a, b, m and n be natural numbers such that a > 1 and b > 1. If a m b n 144 145 , then the largest possible value of n-m is

Q20CAT 2023 · Slot 2 · TITA✓ Answer verified

The number of positive integers less than 50, having exactly two distinct factors other than 1 and itself, is

Q21CAT 2023 · Slot 2✓ Answer verified

For any natural numbers m, n and k, such that k divides both m + 2n and 3m + 4n, k must be a common divisor of

Q22CAT 2023 · Slot 2✓ Answer verified

Any non-zero real numbers x, y such that y ≠ 3 and (x/y) < ((x+3)/(y-3)) will satisfy the condition

Q23CAT 2023 · Slot 2✓ Answer verified

Let a m × b n = 144. Then the largest possible value of n − m is

Q24CAT 2023 · Slot 2 · TITA✓ Answer verified

The area of the quadrilateral bounded by the Y-axis, the line x = 5, and the lines |x − y| − |5 − x| = 2, is

Q25CAT 2023 · Slot 1✓ Answer verified

If x and y are real numbers such that x² + (x − 2y − 1)² = −4y(x + y), then the value of x − 2y is:

Q26CAT 2023 · Slot 1✓ Answer verified

Let n be the least positive integer such that 168 is a factor of 1134n. If m is the least positive integer such that 1134n is a factor of 168m, then m + n equals:

Q27CAT 2023 · Slot 1✓ Answer verified

If √(5x + 9) + √(5x − 9) = 3(2 + √2), then √(10x + 9) is equal to:

Q28CAT 2023 · Slot 1✓ Answer verified

If x and y are positive real numbers such that logx(x² + 12) = 4 and 3log_y(x) = 1, then x + y equals:

Q29CAT 2023 · Slot 1✓ Answer verified

The number of integer solutions of the equation 2|x|(x² + 1) = 5x² is:

Q30CAT 2023 · Slot 1✓ Answer verified

If \( n \) is the least positive integer such that \( 168 \) is a factor of \( 1134^n \), and \( m \) is the least positive integer such that \( 1134^m \) is a factor of \( 168^n \), then \( m + n \) equals:

Q31CAT 2023 · Slot 1✓ Answer verified

If \( \frac{\sqrt{y} + \sqrt{z}}{\sqrt{x} + \sqrt{z}} = \frac{\sqrt{x} + \sqrt{y}}{\sqrt{y} + \sqrt{z}} \), then which of the following must always be true?

Q32CAT 2022 · Slot 2 · TITA✓ Answer verified

In an examination, there were 75 questions. 3 marks were awarded for each correct answer, 1 mark was deducted for each wrong answer and 1 mark was awarded for each unattempted question. Rayan scored a total of 97 marks in the examination. If the number of unattempted questions was higher than the number of attempted questions, then the maximum number of correct answers that Rayan could have given in the examination is

Q33CAT 2022 · TITA✓ Answer verified
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For any real number x, let [x] be the largest Integer less than or equal to x. CAT 2022 Question. TITA _______

Q34CAT 2022✓ Answer verified

Let a, b, c be non-zero real numbers such that b2 < 4ac, and f(x) = ax2 + bx + c. If the set S consists of all integers m such that f(m) < 0, then the set S must necessarily be

Q35CAT 2022✓ Answer verified

For any natural number t, suppose the sum of the first t terms of an arithmetic progression is (n + 2n2). If the nth term of the progression is divisible by 9, then the smallest possible value of n is

Q36CAT 2022✓ Answer verified

The largest real value of a for which the equation |x + a| + |x − 1| = 2 has an infinite number of solutions for x is

Q37CAT 2022 · TITA
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All the vertices of a rectangle lie on a circle of radius R. If the perimeter of the rectangle is P, then the area of the rectangle is

Q38CAT 2022 · TITA✓ Answer verified

Let A be the largest positive integer that divides all the numbers of the form 3k + 4k + 5k and B be the largest positive integer that divides all the numbers of the form 4k + 3(4k) + 4k+2, where k is any positive integer. Then (A + B) equals TITA ________

Q39CAT 2022 · TITA✓ Answer verified
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Then the maximum value of f(x) becomes 100 when a is equal to _______ TITA

Q40CAT 2022✓ Answer verified

Consider the arithmetic progression 3, 7, 11, ... and let A_n denote the sum of the first n terms of this progression. Then the value of

Q41CAT 2022✓ Answer verified

If a and b are non-negative real numbers such that a + 2b = 6, then the average of the maximum and minimum possible values of (a + b) is

Q42CAT 2022✓ Answer verified

On day one, there are 100 particles in a laboratory experiment. On day n, where n≥2, one out of every n particles produces another particle. If the total number of particles in the laboratory experiment increases to 1000 on day m, then m equals

Q43CAT 2021 · Slot 2✓ Answer verified

Consider the pair of equations: x2 − xy − x = 22 and y2 − xy + y = 34. If x > y, then x − y equals

Q44CAT 2021✓ Answer verified

f(x) = x2+2x−15/x2−7x−18 is negative if and only if

Q45CAT 2021✓ Answer verified

The number of integers n that satisfy the inequalities |n − 60| < |n − 100| < |n − 20| is.

Q46CAT 2021✓ Answer verified

If r is a constant such that |x2 − 4 x − 13| = r has exactly three distinct real roots, then the value of r is

Q47CAT 2021✓ Answer verified

If x_0 = 1, x_1 = 2, and x_(n + 2) = 1+xn+1/xn, n = 0, 1, 2, 3,..., then x_(2021) is equal to?

Q48CAT 2021 · TITA✓ Answer verified

If log2[3 + log3{4 + log4(x − 1)}] − 2 = 0 then 4x equals TITA

Q49CAT 2021✓ Answer verified

Three positive integers x, y and z are in arithmetic progression. If y − x > 2 and xyz = 5(x + y + z), then z − x equals

Q50CAT 2021✓ Answer verified

For all real values of x, the range of the function f(x) = x2+2x+42x2+4x+9 is.

Q51CAT 2021 · TITA✓ Answer verified

For all possible integers n satisfying 2.25 ≤ 2 + 2n + 2 ≤ 202, the number of integer values of 3 + 3n + 1 is

Q52CAT 2021✓ Answer verified

For all real numbers x the condition |3x − 20| + |3x − 40| = 20 necessarily holds if.

Q53CAT 2021

Suppose one of the roots of the equation a x2 − b x + c = 0 is 2 + √3, where a, b and c are rational numbers and a ≠ 0. If b = c3 then |a| equals

Q54CAT 2021✓ Answer verified

For a sequence of real numbers x1, x2, ..., xn, if x1 − x2 + x3 − ... + (−1)n + 1xn = n2 + 2n for all natural numbers n, then the sum x49 + x50 equals

Q55CAT 2021✓ Answer verified

If f(x)=x2−7x and g(x)=x+3 , then the minimum value of f(g(x))−3x is

Q56CAT 2021✓ Answer verified

For a real number a, if log15a+log32a/(log15a)(log32a)= = 4 then a must lie in the range

Q57CAT 2021✓ Answer verified

If 3x+2|y|+y=7 and x+|x|+3y=1 , then x+2y is

Q58CAT 2021✓ Answer verified

Consider a sequence of real numbers x1,x2,x3,… such that xn+1=xn+n−1 for all n≥1. If x1=−1 then x100 is equal to

Q59CAT 2021 · TITA✓ Answer verified

The number of distinct pairs of integers (m, n) satisfying |1+mn| < |m+n| < 5 is

Q60CAT 2020 · Slot 3✓ Answer verified

Let k be a constant. The equations kx + y = 3 and 4x + ky = 4 have a unique solution if and only if

Q61CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

If f(5 + x) = f(5 − x) for every real x and f(x) = 0 has four distinct real roots, then the sum of the roots is

Q62CAT 2020 · TITA✓ Answer verified

If log4 5 = (log4 y) (log6 √5), then y equals

Q63CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

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

Q64CAT 2020

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

Q65CAT 2020 · TITA✓ Answer verified

The number of distinct real roots of the equation (x + 1/x)2 − 3(x + 1/x) + 2 = 0 equals

Q66CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

Among 100 students, x1 have birthdays in January, x2 have birthdays in February, and so on. If x0 = max(x1, x2, ..., x12), then the smallest possible value of x0 is

Q67CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

How many distinct positive integer-valued solutions exist to the equation (x2 − 7x + 11)(x2 − 13x + 42) = 1?

Q68CAT 2020 · TITA✓ Answer verified

The area of the region satisfying the inequalities |x| − y ≤ 1, y ≥ 0, and y ≤ 1 is.

Q69CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

If y is a negative number such that 2y2log35 = 5log23, then y equals

Q70CAT 2020 · TITA✓ Answer verified

The number of pairs of integers(x,y) satisfying x ≥ y ≥ −20 and 2x + 5y = 99 is

Q71CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

The value of logaa/b + logbb/a, for 1 < a ≤ b cannot be equal to

Q72CAT 2020 · TITA✓ Answer verified

If x and y are non-negative integers such that x + 9 = z, y + 1 = z and x + y < z + 5, then the maximum possible value of 2x + y equals

Q73CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

Let f(x) = x2 + ax + b and g(x) = f(x + 1) − f(x − 1). If f(x) ≥ 0 for all real x, and g(20) = 72, then the smallest possible value of b is

Q74CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

The number of integers that satisfy the equality (x2 − 5x + 7)x + 1 = 1 is

Q75CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

In how many ways can a pair of integers (x , a) be chosen such that x2 − 2 | x | + | a − 2 | = 0 ?

Q76CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

If x1 = −1 and xm = xm + 1 + (m + 1) for every positive integer m, then x100 equals

Q77CAT 2020 · TITA✓ Answer verified

Let N, x and y be positive integers such that N = x + y, 2 25, then how many distinct values are possible for N?

Q78CAT 2020

Let loga30 = A, loga5/3= −B and log2a = 1/3, then log3a equals

Q79CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

The area, in sq. units, enclosed by the lines x = 2, y = |x − 2| + 4, the X-axis and the Y-axis is equal to

Q80CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

If f(x+y) = f(x)f(y) and f(5) = 4, then f(10) − f(−10) is equal to

Q81CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

Let m and n be positive integers, If x2 + mx + 2n = 0 and x2 + 2nx + m = 0 have real roots, then the smallest possible value of m + n is

Q82CAT 2020✓ Answer verified

The points (2 , 1) and (−3 , −4) are opposite vertices of a parellelogram. If the other two vertices lie on the line x + 9y + c = 0, then c is

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