CAT (QA) PYQs

For some constant real numbers $p, k$ and $a$ consider the following system of linear equations in $x$ and $y$:

$px - 4y = 2$

$3x + ky = a$

A necessary condition for the system to have no solution for $(x, y)$ is

John gets Rs $57$ per hour of regular work and Rs $114$ per hour of overtime work. He works altogether $172$ hours and his income from overtime hours is $15\%$ of his income from regular hours. Then, for how many hours did he work overtime?

A fruit seller has a stock of mangoes, bananas and apples with at least one fruit of each type. At the beginning of a day, the number of mangoes make up $40 \%$ of his stock. That day, he sells half of the mangoes, $96$ bananas and $40 \%$ of the apples. At the end of the day, he ends up selling $50 \%$ of the fruits. The smallest possible total number of fruits in the stock at the beginning of the day is