RAT2024B-N1
RAT2024B-N1
RAT2024B-N1
Read the questions well ! Think and Answer ! Each question carries 10 marks
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Dear Friend,
• You are writing this exam as a part of the admission process to a research program at IIT Madras.
• We wish you all the best to become one among the most successful researchers impacting positively
the world that we live in.
• History has repeatedly proved that every successful researcher whose contribution is remembered and
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used for long has always been honest.
• This is a simple exam, which will help us understand your strengths and weaknesses in analytical
thinking, that will help IITM as a system to guide you better in the event of you getting selected.
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• We are NOT proctoring this exam with a firm belief that you will maintain the necessary code of
honest conduct and shall upload your answer script within the prescribed time.
Instructions
3. This exam is to enable us know more about your approach to problem solving which is extremely
important for a research based program.
4. Note that significant portion of the marks shall be awarded for intermediate steps.
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5. For every question attempted please give detailed explanation on how you arrive at the answers.
• 4 ∈ S.
• 5∈
/ S.
• The sum of all the elements of S is divisible by 5.
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x + x + x = 3,
3 4 5
x4 + x5 + x6 = −3,
x5 + x6 + x7 = 4,
x 6 + x7 + x8 = −5,
x + x + x = 5,
7 8 1
x8 + x1 + x2 = −5
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The value of the product x1 .x2 .x3 .x4 .x5 .x6 .x7 .x8 = .
3. The square ABCD has side 9 unit. E is a point on AB such that AE = 6 unit.
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4. A triangle ABC is dissected into 9 pieces by line segments BS, BR, CP, CQ as shown. P, Q are points
5. Let a, b, c, d, e be distinct positive integers such that they satisfy the system of equations:
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abcde = 1984500
abd − ce = 1155
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Then the value of 100 × is .
abd
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You should reach 50 and not allowed to cross it!
• You can travel by adding 3 or multiplying 2 only.
• No other operation or choice of numbers is allowed!
• 22 must be one of the station numbers, during this trip.
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There are many possible routes in total from 2 → 50 via 22, of which two are shown below ↓
Route 1
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Route 2