CAT 2023 Logarithms, Surds and Indices Questions with Answers

Logarithms, Surds and Indices

The subtopics that fall under logarithms and surds are surds, logarithms in different bases, and finding the number of digits. The following practice questions come with detailed explanations and video solutions. 

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Instructions

For the following questions answer them individually

Question 1

How many values of ‘p’ satisfy the following equation:
$$(\log_5 p)^2 + \log_{5p} (5/p) = 1$$?

Question 2

What is the value of $$\frac{1}{1+a^{y-x}+a^{z-x}} + \frac{1}{1+a^{x-y}+a^{z-y}} + \frac{1}{1+a^{x-z}+a^{y-z}}$$?

Question 3

Solve: $$ \log _{10} (25-x) - \log _{2} 4 = \log_{10} x - 2\log_{10} 5 $$

Question 4

'$$p$$' and '$$q$$' are two positive numbers such that $$p>q$$. What is the maximum value of the expression

$$p^{\sqrt{\log _p q}} - q^{\sqrt{\log _q p}} $$

Question 5

The number of digits in $$(2401^{35})_7 $$ is? (Subscript represents the base in which the number is written)

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Question 6

$$x^{1-x}=y$$ , $$y^{1-y}=z$$ and $$z^{1-z}=x$$; x, y and z are greater than 0. Find the value of xy+yz.

Question 7

Find the sum of all the values of ‘a’ that satisfy the following equation:

$$2^{\log_7 |a+9|} = \log_7 2401$$

Question 8

$$ \log _9 X + \log _{27} \sqrt{X} = (\log _{49} 11)/(\log _7 3)$$.

Find X.

Question 9

For which of the following range of ‘a’ the following inequality holds good:

$$\log_a 4 + \log_{a^3} 8$$ > 1?

Question 10

Find the number of zeroes before the first non-zero digit to the right of the decimal point in $$1/60^{20}$$.

$$log_{10}2 = 0.3010$$, $$log_{10}3 = 0.4771$$

Question 11

Simplify the surd $$\sqrt{10+\sqrt{75}} + \sqrt{10-\sqrt{75}}$$

Question 12

Find the value of log 0.24242424…, given that log 2 = 0.3010, log 3 = 0.4771, log 5 = 0.6989, log 11 = 1.0413.

Question 13

For every value of 'a', how many values of b satisfy the equation $$log_{b}a+ log_{ab}a^2 + log_{a^{2}b}a^{3} =0$$, when $$a>1$$ and $$a \neq b$$? (Enter -1, if the answer cannot be determined)

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Question 14

If $$log_z{x}=\frac{1}{3}$$ and $$log_w{y}=\frac{1}{4}$$ where x, y, z, w are distinct natural numbers such that x, y, z, w are distinct natural numbers such that x<y<z<w, what is the minimum possible value of x+y+z+w?

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Question 15

What is the number of digits in the number $$60^{20}$$. (log 2 =0.3010 , log 3=0.4771) ?

Question 16

Which of the following surds is the greatest?

Question 17

a, b, c and d are natural numbers less than 1000 such that $$\log _a b = 7/5$$ and $$\log _c d = 4/3$$. Given that d-b=497, what is a+c?

Question 18

Solve: $$\log 325 + 3 \log 4 - \log 455$$

Question 19

If $$\log _a {147} = X$$ and $$\log _a {63} = Y$$, find the value of $$\log _a {441}$$

Question 20

$$\log _a b = 2;\log _b c = 3/2$$ and $$\log _c d = 4/3$$ How many solutions are possible for a,b,c and d if they are all natural numbers less than 1000?

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