XAT 2011 Question Paper

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For the following questions answer them individually

Question 71

A straight line through point P of a triangle PQR intersects the side QR at the point S and the circumcircle of the triangle PQR at the point T. lf S is not the centre of the circumcircle, then which of the following is true?

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Question 72

What is the maximum possible value of (21 Sin X + 72 Cos X)?

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Question 73

The scheduling officer for a local police department is trying to schedule additional patrol units in each of two neighbourhoods - southern and northern. She knows that on any given day, the probabilities of major crimes and minor crimes being committed in the northern neighbourhood were 0.418 and 0.612, respectively, and that the corresponding probabilities in the southern neighbourhood were 0.355 and 0.520. Assuming that all crime occur independent of each other and likewise that crime in the two neighbourhoods are independent of each other, what is the probability that no crime of either type is committed in either neighbourhood on any given day?

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A man standing on a boat south of a light house observes his shadow to be 24 meters long, as measured at the sea level. On sailing 300 meters eastwards, he finds his shadow as 30 meters long, measured in a similar manner. The height of the man is 6 meters above sea level.

Question 74

The height of the light house above the sea level is:

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Question 75

What is the horizontal distance of the man from the lighthouse in the second position?

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Question 76

A 25 ft long ladder is placed against the wall with its base 7 ft from the wall. The base of the ladder is drawn out so that the top comes down by half the distance that the base is drawn out. This distance is in the range:

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Question 77

The domain of the function $$f(x) =log_{7}({ log_{3}(log_{5}(20x-x^{2}-91 )))}$$ is:

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Question 78

There are four machines in a factory. At exactly 8 pm, when the mechanic is about to leave the factory, he is informed that two of the four machines are not working properly. The mechanic is in a hurry, and decides that he will identify the two faulty machines before going home, and repair them next morning. It takes him twenty minutes to walk to the bus stop. The last bus leaves at 8:32 pm. If it takes six minutes to identify whether a machine is defective or not, and if he decides to check the machines at random, what is the probability that the mechanic will be able to catch the last bus?

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Question 79

The football league of a certain country is played according to the following rules:
Each team plays exactly one game against each of the other teams.
The winning team of each game is awarded 1 point and the losing team gets 0 point.
If a - match ends in a draw, both the teams get \frac{1}{2} point.
After the league was over, the teams were ranked according to the points that they earned at the end of the tournament. Analysis of the points table revealed the following:
Exactly half of the points earned by each team were earned in games against the ten teams which finished at the bottom of the table.
Each of the bottom ten teams earned half of their total points against the other nine teams in the bottom ten. How many teams participated in the league?

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Question 80

In a city, there is a circular park. There are four points of entry into the park, namely - P, Q, R and S. Three paths were constructed which connected the points PQ, RS, and PS. The length of the path PQ is 10 units, and the length of the path RS is 7 units. Later, the municipal corporation extended the paths PQ and RS past Q and R respectively, and they meet at a point T on the main road outside the park. The path from Q to T measures 8 units, and it was found that the angle PTS is 60.
Find the area (in square units) enclosed by the paths PT, TS, and PS.

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