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XAT 2016 (All Sets)

Answer key & Explanations

Question No’s
Set Set Set Set Key Explanations
A B C D
1. 3. 3. 2. B Vivisect is to inspect deeply : explore is to inquire deeply .
2. 2. 1. 3. C “ I sought a soul “ tells us that the verses are talking about exploration of inner space.
3. 1. 2. 1. E “Only the final product” shows that the proof is in the eating.
4. 9. 11. 6. E P, Q , R are a mandatory trio .
5. 10. 12. 7. A Q and P are mandatory pair.
6. 11. 9. 8. A Two facts happening simultaneously are not related as cause and effect.
7. 12. 10. 9. E Check the pronunciation.
8. 6. 4. 12. C Statement II talks about fair opportunity for everyone, contradicting meritocracy.
Option B reinforces the authors view , that the country can survive whatever the
9. 7. 5. 4. B
texture of politics.
10. 4. 7. 10. C Deviant refers to actions that violate social norms.
11. 5. 8. 11. A Refer – the first two lines .
We trust a person whose action benefits us and there is a high probability that we can
12. 8. 6. 5. B
do something in cooperation with him .
Interchangeable literally means apparently identical; very similar. Hence, the option
13. 16. 13. 16. C
that fits best is - E
Refer to the 1st line of the paragraph about Dumb Charades ( The game of
14. 17. 14. 17. B
charades…simultaneous & collaborative nature of communication)
15. 18. 15. 18. D refer – “while the speaker knows …”
Preparing a manifesto is an action , addressing a gathering is interaction , and door to
16. 19. 16. 19. B
door canvassing is transaction , an exchange.
Refer to the last line of 1st para (Today, most academic..Do not lead to economic
17. 13. 17. 13. A
efficiency)
18. 14. 18. 14. D All the statements except D can clearly be inferred from the passage.
19. 15. 19. 15. D Refer to the last line of 1st para (Today, most academic..the question is…)
20. 23. 20. 23. D refer last line of the 1st para
21. 24. 21. 24. A refer last line of para 2
22. 25. 22. 25. B refer last line of the passage
23. 26. 23. 26. E One needs to learn to comply with the rules of nature before one can command it.
24. 20. 24. 20. E refer – Line 3, 1st para – ‘we know that we do not know”
25. 21. 25. 21. B Refer to para 3.
26. 22. 26. 22. B Theoretical physicists imagine, deduce and guess, do not experiment.
27. 31. 29. 33. E Both 3 and 4 defend the government’s decision not to pay researchers anything extra,
28. 32. 30. 34. E 1, 2, and 3 are weak arguments in favor of giving extra benefits to the scientists.
The role of the auditors is to verify accounts , as such the director cannot ask them
29. 33. 31. 35. D not to do this. 1 and 3, do not fall within the role of the auditors, so the director can
agree with these options.
All the four hair dressers have agreed to charge a particular sum for three particular
30. 34. 32. 27. A services , as such kamal cannot charge more for them but can charge more for a new
specialized service.
All the four hair dressers have agreed to charge a particular sum for three particular
31. 35. 33. 28. E services, as such vimal cannot offer any discounts or charge a different price, so he
can only allow his loyal customers to jump the queue.
The mayor’s action will force the owners and the drivers to care about comfort as
32. 27. 34. 31. D
otherwise they stand to lose the license.
Option A, B, D and E all talk about charging more from the customers, therefore
33. 28. 35. 32. C
option C is the only correct choice.
The green belt is needed near the factory to reduce its pollution and Ghosh has
34. 29. 27. 29. A
requested for the land. Option A fulfils both the conditions.
Option A and Option b are close. A clean image necessarily means doing the right
35. 30. 28. 30. A thing, so instead of not doing it at all, it’s better if he defers implementation for few
years and gives him time to make his factory green.
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36. 45. 39. 39. D 1 being the least appropriate action the correct option is D.
option A,B and C are unethical and D is not a prudent action . therefore the best
37. 46. 40. 40. E
option is B.
Taking note of manoj and Benita’s performance 5 is a must ; looking at nikki’s poor
38. 47. 41. 41. E
performance at work , it is best to serve her an ultimatum.
As the CEO, Rajan has to first verify the claims of the report , make the correct
39. 42. 36. 45. B
findings public. And make sure that this does not happen in the future.
The order has to be unethical to ethical. As 6, and 2 are ethical actions so C is the
40. 43. 37. 46. C
correct option.
41. 44. 38. 47. C The action is needed to bounce back therefore option C is the best next step.
42. 39. 47. 36. D Option D clearly tells that what Ratan understood as a bribe , was not so.
1 and 4 support purshotam’s argument that the sweets can be repackaged and can
43. 40. 48. 37. B
be sold at a discount.
purshotam gives discount to the customers for their loyalty . 2 and 5 show that the
44. 41. 49. 38. C customers are not loyal and some of those benefitting from the discount are not his
loyal customers.
For project P, none of the persons will be satisfied. Persons Bhatia, Singh and Yadav
45. 36. 44. 42. C are rejected due to price. Patel, Khan and Lingdo are rejected due to Recreation
Club.
46. 37. 45. 43. D M, Q, S are the projects for which at least 3 people will be satisfied.
For projects N and P, at most 2 persons will not be satisfied even after adding 2
47. 38. 46. 44. D
facilities to the projects.
CROP A B C D E F
(in months) 2 2 3 3 4 4
48- 48- 42- 48-
49. 49. 43. 49.
Cultivation January April May Aug Aug November
- - - - - -
June September Dec. Dec .Dec. May
The ideal schedule would be
Case-I
B (April, May) – B(June, July) – 1 month break (August) – D (September, October,
November) – 1 month (Dec) – A (Jan, Feb)
48. 48. 42. 48. E
Case-II
B(April, May) – B(June, July) – 1 month break(August) – E (Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec) – 1
month (Jan) – A (Feb, March)
In both the above cases, option E would be definitely true.
Going by the options.
(A) Profit = A(40) + B(50) + E(60) = 150
(B ) Profit = B(50) + D(60) + F(40) = 150
(C) for crops B, D, E & F – Arrangement is not possible.
49. 49. 43. 49. A
(D) Profit = C (45) + D(60) + F(40) = 145
(E) For Crops A, B, D/E, Profit = A(40) + B(50) + D/E (60) = 150
Thus, maximum profit is for options A, B and E. But we also have to minimize the
costs. The cost is minimum for Option A.
A

100 20

50. 54. 53. 55. D 140

40 40
20

B C D

Hence BAD = 1000 + 200 = 1200

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Drawing the Venn diagram, we get
A B

30 22 33

0
51. 55. 54. 53. E 25 0

25 15

C
So total number of people = 150.
Point R & M trisect the length AB and MNOPQR is a regular hexagon.
52. 56. 50. 54. B 3
Area of regular hexagon = 6 × Area of Equilateral = 6 × × (18)2 = 486 3 sq.cm.
4
2
Area of room = 9.5 × 11.5 = 109.25 m
Now, Cost of covering 109 m2 (with 1 × 1 tile) = 109 m2 × Rs. 100 = Rs. 10900
53. 50. 51. 56. A
And cost of covering 0.25 m2 (with 0.5 m square tile) = Rs. 30 (for a single tile)
Thus, total cost = Rs. 10,930.
1st statement is not sufficient as nothing is mentioned about D and F. But 2nd
54. 51. 52. 51. B statement alone is sufficient as if E and F scored the same marks, so F can’t score
lowest. Hence, D scored lowest marks.
Let’s say Rani bought x apples and y oranges. So 23x + 10y = 653. Since x>y, so
only option left for x and y is 21 and 17.
23 10
55. 52. 55. 52. B So total CP =  21   17  420  136  556.
1.15 1.25
653  556
 profit %  100  17.4%
556
1, 3, 32, 33, ______ 3100. This is a GP with 1st term 1 and common ratio 3. Last

number is 3100. Sum of remaining numbers =

 
1 3100  1 3100  1

56. 53. 56. 50. B 3 1 2
3100  2 3100  2
Required ratio   2
3100  1 3100
f(1) = 1, f(x) = 2x + f(x – 1)
Put x = 2, f(2) = 5. Put x = 3, f(3) = 11
57. 62. 63. 62. D
Putting x = 4, f(4) = 19. We can identify the logic as f(n) = n2 + (n – 1). Putting n = 31,
we get the answer as 312 + (31 – 1) = 961 + 30 = 991.
Making the equation as 2B3 + 6B + 1 + 6B2 + 1 = 432
Solving this equation, we get B = 5.
58. 63. 60. 63. C
So 10105 would be 130 in decimal system.
Note: This question is technically wrong as we cannot have digit 6 in Base 5.
1 1 1
As per the question, the equation can be formed as  M   N  (M  N)
59. 64. 61. 64. B 8 12 6
Solving this equation. We get the ratio of M:N as 2: 1
For minimum number of students and to recover the cost
Revenue  Expenditure
 2000x  100,000 + 400x
Where x represents the number of students.
60. 65. 62. 65. B 100000
x  62.5
1600
But option A is not possible because for that option, cost of company ABC will not be
recovered in a year.
For the next option, total revenue = 2000 × 84 = 168000
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60
Thus, amount recovered from students = 168000 × = 33600 × 3 = 100800 Rs.
100
So number of students would be 84.
A

x m y

61. 66. 57. 67. C

B Z C W D
As per the question, x + m + w = 70 min
x + y = 45 min, z + w = 30 min, z + m + y = 65 min
Solving these equations, we get the value of m as 30 min.
Required time would be
62. 67. 58. 58. B 10 – (3hrs 42 min 20 sec) = 6 hrs 17 min 20 sec. So time after 5 min = 6 hrs 22 min
20 sec.
|a| |b|  |c| and – 10 ≤ a, b, c ≤ 10.
63. 68. 59. 68. C Max. value of [abc – (a + b + c)] will be obtained, when we take a, b, c as – 10, - 9, 8.
So required value = 720 – (- 10 – 9 + 8) = 720 – (- 11) = 731
When a square sheet is folded in half, its area is also halved. Now, an isosceles right
triangle is formed after folded. For 2nd & 3rd folds, again areas halved each time and
isosceles right triangle is formed.
64. 57. 67 59. A 1
Area of last such triangle = × 10 × 10 = 50
2
2 2 2
Thus, area of original square = 50 ×   = 400 sq.cm.
1 1 1
Let, radius of in circle = r
Thus, radius of circum circle = 2r
ATQ, [(2r)2 - (r)2] = 2156
2
 3r - 2156
2156  7 686
r= 
3  22 3
65. 58. 68. 60. A Now, height of equilateral  = 3r
686 3
3  a
3 2
 a, side of  = 686  2
3 3
Thus, area of triangle  a2   686  4 = 686 3
4 4
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C
F

200 3

66. 59. 64. 61. A

300 300

A 600 B

From the diagram, observe that if object does not change direction at point C then it
will be at D above the person. But since it is given that object changed direction and
continued flying upwards, thus object would reach point E.
D 200 3m 200 3 6 3
Time taken to reach point C (from B) =   min  min .
5 10km / h 10  50 / 3 5
Now, according to statement I, time can increase only when the angle with ground
level will increase. Thus, with statement I, we can find the angle.
But, according to statement II, if CD is 200 3m (= BC), then at constant speed, it will
not take any additional time and thus there should not be any increase in angle.
Hence, statement I alone is sufficient to find the angle but statement II is not.
If (a + b) a + b is divisible by 580, then least value of (a + b) is 10. So least value of (a ×
67. 60. 65. 66. B
b) would be 9 × 1 = 9 as a + b = 10 (taking a = 9 and b = 1 or vice versa).
1 km x

House Temple office

68. 61. 66. 57. C Let walking speed = a. So driving speed = 8a. Let the distance between temple and
office = x. So as per question,
x 1 x 1
 
a a 8a
Solving this equation, we get the value of x as 9/7
Since a, b, c are consecutive integers.
Thus, take a = b – 1 and c = b + 1
Simplifying
a 3  b 3  c 3  3abc (b  1) 3  b 3  (b  1) 3  3(b  1)b( b  1)

(a  b  c ) 2 (b  1  b  b  1) 2
b 3  3b  b 3  b 3  3b  3b 3  3b
69. 70. 69. 70. C 
9b 2
6b  3b 2b 2  1
3
 
9b 2 3b
Putting different values of b from – 9 to 9, we can verify that only – 1 and 1 satisfies to
get integer values for the expression.
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A
B
=
P
600
Q

70. 71. 71. 71. A

Let P and Q be the centres of the circles with arcs x and y respectively.
ATQ, length of arc y = 10

Thus,  2r  10
360

Where  2r  10
360
Where θ = 600
1
  2  r  10  r  30
6
Thus, AB = 30 (Since AQB is an equilateral ) Further in  APB (Right ISOSCELES
30
), AP = (Radius)
2
90 30 15
Thus, arc length × =  2  
360 2 2
10
C D
Q x

9
13

71. 69. 70. 69. D 2x

B p A

Let’s assume DQ = x and BP = 2x Thus, ATQ

Area of ( BPD + BQD) ≤ Area of quadrilateral PBQD
1 1
  2 x  9   x  13  150
2 2
 31x ≤ 300
x ≤ 300/13  ≤ 9.68
Thus, for x to be an integer and positive, 9 different values (1 to 9) are possible.
72. 76. 72. 76. D
73. 77. 73. 77. *
74. 78. 74. 78. E
75. 72. 75. 72. *
76. 73. 76. 73. D
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77. 74. 77. 74. *
78. 75. 78. 75. B

General Awareness Section

Set Set Set Set
Key
A B C D
1. 11. 16. 6. C
2. 12. 17. 7. A
3. 13. 18. 8. B
4. 14. 19. 9. C
5. 15. 20. 10. A
6. 1. 21. 11. D
7. 2. 22 12. E
8. 3. 23. 13. B
9. 4. 24. 14. A
10. 5. 25. 15. C
11. 6. 1. 21. A
12. 7. 2. 22. C
13. 8. 3. 23. D
14. 9. 4. 24. B
15. 10. 5. 25. A
16. 21. 11. 1. D
17. 22. 12. 2. E
18. 23. 13. 3. B
19. 24. 14. 4. E
20. 25. 15. 5. C
21. 16. 6. 16. B
22. 17. 7. 17. E
23. 18. 8. 18. D
24. 19. 9. 19. D
25. 20. 10. 20. E

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