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IPMAT Indore 2026 Quantitative Ability (Short Answer) PYQs

Short answer questions from the IPMAT Indore 2026 Quantitative Ability section on remainders, ratios, counting, progressions and geometry, each with a worked solution.

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Questions
15
Duration
40 min
Marks
60

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Attempts
100
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IPMAT Indore 2026 QA Short Answer PYQ: Remainders, Counting and Geometry

This set is the Quantitative Ability Short Answer section of IPMAT Indore 2026, covering remainders, ratios, counting, progressions, geometry and algebra. Aptitude360 provides it free, and every question has a worked solution that shows the method step by step.

Topics covered in the IPMAT Indore 2026 short answer quant

  • Sets and overlapping preferences among a group of friends
  • Profit and loss with discounts on marked prices
  • Remainders of large powers and modulus inequalities with a square root
  • Ratio change when workers leave a company
  • Choosing integers so that their product meets a divisibility condition
  • Semi-annual compound interest, and speed and time with a delayed start
  • Common roots of quadratics, cyclic quadrilaterals, arithmetic progressions and temperature conversion
  • Determinant of a matrix built from powers of three variables

Key formulas for IPMAT short answer quant

  • Half-yearly compounding: \( A=P\left(1+\dfrac{r}{200}\right)^{2n} \)
  • Combinations: \( ^{n}C_{r}=\dfrac{n!}{r!\,(n-r)!} \)
  • nth term of an AP: \( a_{n}=a+(n-1)d \)
  • Ptolemy's theorem: \( AC\times BD=AB\times CD+AD\times BC \)
  • Vandermonde determinant: \( (b-a)(c-a)(c-b) \)
  • Temperature: \( F=\dfrac{9}{5}C+32 \)

Preparation tips for short answer quant

  • Find the remainder pattern of the base before handling large powers
  • If three lengths form a Pythagorean triple, the angle they enclose is a right angle, and in a cyclic quadrilateral the opposite angle is then also a right angle
  • For divisibility in selections, count the complementary cases and subtract them
  • In modulus inequalities, split the number line at the points where each expression inside the modulus becomes zero

Who should practise this section

It suits IPMAT Indore aspirants who have covered the quant syllabus and want to solve problems fully without relying on options.

FAQs about IPMAT Indore 2026 Quantitative Ability (Short Answer) PYQs

What is the short answer section in IPMAT Indore?
It is a quantitative section with no answer options. The candidate calculates the answer and enters the numerical value.
How to find the remainder of large powers
Find the repeating cycle of remainders when successive powers of the base are divided by the divisor. Then use the position of the exponent in that cycle, or take out a common factor first.
What is the formula for compound interest compounded half-yearly?
Halve the annual rate and double the number of years. The amount equals the principal times one plus half the rate as a decimal, raised to twice the number of years.
What is Ptolemy's theorem for a cyclic quadrilateral?
In a cyclic quadrilateral, the product of the diagonals equals the sum of the products of the two pairs of opposite sides.

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SectionQuestionsTime
IPMAT Indore 2026 · QA SA1540 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
60 across 15 questions.
No negative marking
A wrong answer scores nothing, and costs nothing either.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

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Every question with your answer, the right one, the working, and the video where there is one.

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