CMAT 2013 sample questions cmat previous year questions with answers and explanation

Here are some of the questions that appeared for the previous cmat

1.A watch is so placed that at 4pm the minute hand points towards north-west. In which direction does the hour hand points at 7pm?

ans:South East

2.In what ratio must 3 kinds of rice osting 12/-, 14/-, and 16/- per kg
be mixed so as to find a mixture worth 13/- kg...???????
ans:4:1:1

3.A cube is cut in two equal parts along a plane parallel to one of its faces. One piece is then coloured red on the two larger faces and green on the remaining, while the other is coloured green on two smaller adjacent faces and red on the remaining. Each is then cut into 32 cubes of same size and mixed up.

What is the number of cubes with at least one green face each ?

a.36
b.32
c.38
d.48

ans:48

4.In a certain code language, Kerala is called Manipur, Manipur is called Nagaland, Nagaland is called Orissa, and Orissa is called Punjab. If states are called only in this way, then Imphal is the capital of which of the following states?
(1) Punjab
(2) Nagaland
(3) Orissa
(4) Kerala
(5) Manipur

Ans:Nagaland

5.One afternoon, Manisha and Madhuri were talking to each other face to face in Bhopal on M.G. Road. If Manisha's shadow was exactly to the left of Madhuri, which direction was Manisha facing ?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East 
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these

ans:North

6.How many even numbers can be formed from the digits 3,4,5,8 and 9

7.how many times between 1pm and 9pm do both hands of clock are in line.

8.2189 is divide in 3 parts such that amt after 1, 2 ,3 years resp may be equal.
The rate of int being same.
smallest part is

9.A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes was set right at 7 a.m. In the afternoon of the same day, when the watch indicated quarter past 4 o'clock, the true time is

10.X^3 = (-216), find the value of X ??

ans:-6