Math Practice Set 1500

NUMBER SYSTEM
1. What will be at the unit place of:- (1) 1 (2) 2

(2467)153 × (34)72? (3) 3 (4) 4
(1) 7 (2) 1 (5) None of these
(3) 9 (4) 3 8. If 5432 * 7, is absolutely divisible by 9, then
which among the which among the followed
(5) None of these number is the *?
2. What will be the total number of price factors (1) 6 (2) 5
in 411 × 75 × 113?
(3) 4 (4) 3
(1) 25 (2) 19
(5) None of these
(3) 20 (4) 30
9. Which among the following number can divide
(5) None of these 461 + 462 + 463 + 464?
3. What is the total number of three digit (1) 3 (2) 10
numbers divisible by 7?
(3) 17 (4) 13
(1) 142 (2) 145
(5) None of these
(3) 147 (4) 151
10. If 50% of any number is 8 more than one third
(5) None of these of the number, then the number is
4. If 7765 is divided by a number, it given 45 as (1) 48 (2) 50
quotient and 25 as remainder. What is the
number? (3) 94 (4) 42
(1) 172 (2) 175 (5) None of these
(3) 180 (4) 195 11. Two-thirds of three-fourth of one fifth of a

number is 15. What is 30% of that number?
(5) None of these
(1) 45 (2) 60
5. If a number is divided by 119, it gives
remainder 19. If the same number is divided (3) 75 (4) 30
by 17, what will be the remainder? (5) None of these
(1) 2 (2) 1 12. When 30% of one number is subtracted from
another number, the second number reduces
(3) 0 (4) 3
to its fourth-fifth. What is the ratio of the first
(5) None of these to the second number?
6. What will be the remainder if 1935 is divided (1) 4 : 7
by 18?
(2) 3 : 2
(1) 0 (2) 1
(3) 2 : 5
(3) 2 (4) 3 (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these (5) None of these
7. Which number will come at the unit place of 13. If the digits of a two-digit number are
735 × 371 × 1155 interchanged, the number formed is greater
than original number by 45. If the different
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between the digits is 5, what is the original (1) 5 : 3 (2) 15 : 16
number?
(3) 3 : 5 (4) 16 : 15
(1) 16
(5) None of these
(2) 27
19. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by
(3) 38 25% and the denominator is doubled, the
(4) Cannot be determined 5
fraction thus obtained is . What is the original
(5) None of these 9
fraction?
240% and the denominator of the fraction is 2
decreased by 50%, the resultant fraction is (1)
3
2. What is the original fraction?
4
1 2 (2)
(1) (2) 9
4 3
8
5 4 (3)
(3) (4) 9
12 11
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
15. The difference between a two-digit number
and the number obtained by interchanging the 20. If the position of the digits of a two-digit
two digit of two number is 9. What is difference numbers are interchanged, the number
between the two digits of the number? obtained is smaller than the original number
by 27. If the digits of the number are in the
(1) 3 ratio of 1 : 2, what is the original number?
(2) 2 (1) 36 (2) 63
(3) 1
(3) 48 (4) 54
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
21. Twice the square of a number is six times
16. The product of two consecutive even numbers the other number what is the ratio of the first
is 3248. What is the larger number? number to the second?
(1) 58 (2) 62 (1) 1 : 4
(3) 56 (4) 60 (2) 2 : 5
(5) None of these (3) 1 : 3
17. The sum of five consecutive odd number is (4) Cannot be determined
575. What is the sum of the next set of the
consecutive odd number? (5) None of these
(1) 615 22. Three numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. The
sum of the largest and the smallest equals
(2) 635
the sum of the third and 54. What is the largest
(3) 595 number?
(4) Cannot be determined (1) 54 (2) 74
(5) None of these (3) 82 (4) 70
18. 75% a number is equal to four fifths of another (5) None of these
number. What is the ratio between the first
23. Out of three numbers the sum of the first and
and the second number?
the second numbers is 73 and the sum of
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second and the third number is 77. The sum (1) 29
of the third and thrice the first number is 104.
(2) 92
What is the third number?
(3) 74
(1) 25 (2) 39
(4) cannot be determined
(3) 48 (4) 54
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
29. What is the greater of the two numbers whose
24. The difference between a two-digit number product is 640, if the sum of the two numbers
and the number obtained by interchanging the exceeds their difference by 32?
two digits of the numbers is 36. What is the
difference between the two digit of the (1) 45 (2) 50
number? (3) 55 (4) 40
(1) 6 (5) None of these
(2) 4 30. The product of two successive numbers is
(3) 3 4032. W hich is the greater of the two
numbers?
(1) 63 (2) 64
(5) None of these
(3) 65 (4) 66
25. Two numbers are less than the third number
(5) None of these
by 50% and 54% respectively. By how much
percent is the second number less than the 31. The number obtained by interchanging the two
first number? digits of a two-digit number is less than the
original number by 18. The sum of the two
(1) 13 (2) 10
digits of the number is 16. What is the original
(3) 12 (4) 11 number?
(5) None of these (1) 97 (2) 87
26. One-fourth of sixty percent of a number is (3) 79 (4) 78
equal to two-fifths of twenty percent of another (5) None of these
number. What is the ratio of the first number
to the second? 32. A number consists of four digits having 8 in
the unit’s place. If the digit in the extreme left
(1) 4 : 7 is shifted to the immediate right to the unit
(2) 8 : 13 place, keeping all other number as they are,
the new number formed exceeds the original
(3) 5 : 9 number by 1305. The original number is.
(4) cannot be determined (1) 2671 (2) 3478
(5) None of these (3) 4651 (4) 3455
27. The product of two consecutive odd numbers (5) None of these
in 4623. Which is the greater of the two
number? 33. The number of times 99 is subtracted from
1111 so that the remainder is less than 99 is
(1) 66 (2) 69
(1) 98 (2) 59
(3) 68 (4) 67
(3) 60 (4) 101
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
28. The number obtained by interchanging the
digits of a two-digit number is less than the 34. W hen a number is divided by 13, the
original number by 63. If the sum of the digits remainder is 11. When the same number is
of the number is 11, what is the original divided by 17, the remainder is 9, what is the
number? number?
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(1) 143 (2) 245 digits of that number?
(3) 128 (4) 113 (1) 111 (2) 11
(5) None of these (3) 33 (4) 1
35. If the number 354A25B is divisible by 3 and 5, (5) Cannot be determined
then the alphabets in the unit place and the
thousandth place respectively are. 42. What is the H. C. F. of the numbers 1331,
1111, 121, 550?
(1) 3, 7 (2) 9, 8
(1) 111 (2) 11
(3) 1, 3 (4) 5, 0
(3) 33 (4) 1
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
36. A number was divided successively in order
by 4, 5 and 6. The remainders were 2, 3, and 43. A 4-digit number is formed by repeating a 2-
4 respectively. The smallest such number is digit like 3737, 2121 ect. Any number of this
form is exactly divisible by
(1) 133 (2) 175
(1) 101 (2) 124
(3) 302 (4) 214
(3) 16 (4) 8
(5) None of these
37. The least number which must be subtracted (5) None of these
from 6709 to make it exactly divisible by 9 is 44. The greater number by which the product of
(1) 1 (2) 2 three consecutive multiple of 3 is always
divisible is?
(3) 3 (4) 5
(1) 151 (2) 146
(5) None of these
(3) 162 (4) 128
38. The least number which must be added to
43557 to make it exactly divisible by 4 is (5) None of these
(1) 3 (2) 4 45. What least number must be subtracted from
427398 so that the remaining number is
(3) 1 (4) 2
divisible by 15?
(5) None of these
(1) 2 (2) 3
39. How many of the following numbers are
(3) 1 (4) 4
divisibly by 37?
4611, 1111, 1010, 2133, 968, 111, 2222 (5) None of these
(1) 2133 (2) 111 46. Find the sum of prime numbers lying between
60 and 75?
(3) 1111 (4) 2222
(1) 250 (2) 142
(5) None of these
(3) 110 (4) 180
40. What is the maximum value of A + B if A is the
smallest price number and B is the largest (5) None of these
price number less than 100? 47. A number when divided by the sum of 555
(1) 109 (2) 78 and 445 given two times their difference as
quotient and 30 as the remainder. The number
(3) 99 (4) 81 is
(5) None of these (1) 183000 (2) 234200
41. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is (3) 11000 (4) 2110030
1 (5) None of these
of the sum of the number and the number
11
48. What is the HCF of 1.08, 0.36 and 0.9?
obtained by interchanging the position of the
digits. What is the difference between the (1) 0.18 (2) 2
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(3) 1.5 (4) 0.3 (5) None of these
(5) None of these 55. How many of the following numbers are
49. Two numbers, both greater than 29, have divisible by 132?
HCF 29 and LCM 4147. The sum of the 264, 396, 462, 792, 968, 2178, 5184, 6336
number is?
(1) 3 (2) 5
(1) 212 (2) 696
(3) 6 (4) 4
(3) 524 (4) 580
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
56. The sum of three consecutive numbers is
50. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 11 given. What is the different between first and
and 385 respectively. If one number lies third number?
between 75 and 125, then that number is?
(1) 4 (2) 2
(1) 56 (2) 24
(3) 5 (4) 7
(3) 44 (4) 77
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
51. The difference between the place value of 7 57. A number gets reduced to its one third when
and 3 in the number 527435 is 48 is subtracted from it. What is the two third
of that number?
(1) 5560 (2) 5562
(1) 12 (2) 24
(3) 1134 (4) 3768
(3) 36 (4) 48
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
52. The least number which when divided by 5,
6, 7 and 8 leaves remainder 3, but when 58. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers
divided by 9 leaves no remainder is is always divisible by
(1) 1921 (2) 1700 (1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 1683 (4) 1600 (3) 9 (4) 5
53. A, B and C start at the same time in the same 59. A positive integer, which when added to 1000,
direction to run around a circular stadium. A gives a sum which is greater than when it is
complete a round in 252 second, B in 308 multiplied by 1000, the positive integer is
seconds and C in 198 seconds, all starting at
(1) 3 (2) 2
the same point. After what time will they meet
again at the starting point? (3) 4 (4) 1
(1) 35 min 10 sec (5) None of these
(2) 46 min 12 sec 60. The difference between two numbers is 1365.
When the larger number is divided by the
(3) 40 min 11 sec
smaller one, the quotient is 6 and the
(4) 30 min 10 sec remainder is 15. The smaller number is
(5) None of these (1) 156 (2) 204
54. If the digit of a two-digit number is (3) 112 (4) 120
interchanged the newly formed number is
(5) None of these
more than the original number by 18 and sum
of the digit is 8, than the original number is 61. There are four prime number written in
ascending order. The product of the first three
(1) 35 (2) 24
is 385 and that of the last three is 1001. The
(3) 27 (4) 30 last number is
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(1) 21 (2) 13 (3) 3, 2 (4) 2, 1
(3) 11 (4) 12 (5) None of these
(5) None of these 68. The number obtained by interchanging the
62. By how much is three-fifth of 350 greater than digits of a two digit number is more than the
four-seventh of 210? original number by 45. If the digit in the unit’s
place of the original number is more than the
(1) 90 (2) 20 digit in ten’s place by 5, what is the original
(3) 25 (4) 36 number?
(5) None of these (1) 61 (2) 42
63. The lowest of four consecutive even number (3) 37 (4) 33
is 7 less than the lowest of the four (5) cannot be determined
consecutive odd numbers. What is the
difference between the highest even and odd 69. The square of a position integer is more than
numbers? its five times by 14. What is the positive
integer?
(1) 5 (2) 8
(1) 5 (2) 7
(3) 7 (4) 9
(3) 6 (4) 3
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
64. If the digit in the unit’s place of a two digit is
halved and the digit in the ten’s place is 70. What should be subtracted from the number
doubled, the number thus obtained is equal 123457 so that the new number is divisible
to the number obtained by interchanging the by 8?
digits of the original number, then the original
(1) 4 (2) 5
number is
(3) 3 (4) 2
(1) 21 (2) 47
(5) None of these
(3) 56 (4) 35
71. What is the LCM and HCF of the number
(5) None of these
1024, 24, 6 and 27?
65. The difference between a 2-digit number and
the number after interchanging the position (1) 210 × 33, 1 (2) 210 × 33, 3
of two digit is 36. What the difference between (3) 212 × 33, 5 (4) 210 × 34, 1
the two digits of the number?
(5) None of these
(1) 2 (2) 4
72. Out of the following numbers, which is divisible
(3) 5 (4) 6
by 111?
(5) None of these
(1) 3455 (2) 1204
66. If we write all whole numbers from 200 to 400
(3) 1245 (4) 4773
then how may of these contain the digit 7 once
and only once? (5) None of these
(1) 26 (2) 38 73. The value of K if K35624 is divisible by 11?
(3) 29 (4) 30 (1) 8 (2) 3
(5) None of these (3) 4 (4) 7
67. A number when divided successively by 4 and (5) None of these
5 leaves remainder 1 and 4 respectively. 74. Find the least number exactly divisible by 12,
When it is successively divided by 5 and 4, 30, 24 and 26?
then the respective remainders will be?
(1) 312 (2) 240
(1) 2, 3 (2) 4, 3
(3) 110 (4) 213
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(5) None of these 78. A number when divided by 6, leaves a
remainder of 2. When the triple of that number
75. Find the least number which when divided by
is divided by 3, the remainder will be?
2, 3, 4 and 5, eaves the same remainder?
(1) 2 (2) 0
(1) 121 (2) 240
(3) 1 (4) 3
(3) 110 (4) 231
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
79. What should be subtracted from 43667788
76. The number which when divided by 33 is
so that it becomes divisible by 4?
perfectly divisible by and closer to 1000 is
(1) 5 (2) 2
(1) 316 (2) 672
(3) 11 (4) 3
(3) 756 (4) 819
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
80. What is the least number which should be
77. A number when divided by 5, leaves a
added to 3477623 so that it becomes divisible
remainder of 4. When the double of that
by 3?
number is divisible by 5, the remainder will
be? (1) 3 (2) 2
(1) 1 (2) 4 (3) 1 (4) 4
(3) 3 (4) 2 (5) None of these
(5) None of these 81. Find the least number which can be divided
by 32, 36 and 40?
(1) 1232 (2) 1234
(3) 1145 (4) 1440
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 5 15. 3 29. 4 43. 1 57. 4 71. 1
2. 4 16. 1 30. 2 44. 3 58. 2 72. 4
3. 5 17. 5 31. 1 45. 2 59. 4 73. 1
4. 1 18. 4 32. 2 46. 5 60. 5 74. 1
5. 1 19. 3 33. 5 47. 4 61. 2 75. 1
6. 2 20. 2 34. 3 48. 1 62. 1 76. 5
7. 1 21. 4 35. 4 49. 2 63. 3 77. 3
8. 1 22. 5 36. 4 50. 1 64. 5 78. 2
9. 3 23. 5 37. 5 51. 5 65. 2 79. 5
10. 1 24. 2 38. 3 52. 3 66. 2 80. 3
11. 1 25. 5 39. 2 53. 2 67. 4 81. 4
12. 5 26. 5 40. 3 54. 1 68. 5
13. 4 27. 2 41. 5 55. 4 69. 2
14. 3 28. 2 42. 2 56. 2 70. 5
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H.C.F and L.C.M
1. Find the H.C.F. of 42, 63 and 140.

1 10
(a) 14 (b) 9 (a) (b)
54 27
(c) 21 (d) 7
2. Find the H.C.F. of a 2 b 4 c 6 , b 3c 8 a 4 and a 8 b 6 c 2 . 20 40
(c) (d)
3 27
(a) a 4b 4 c 4 (b) a 2b 2 c 2
10. The greatest number that exactly divides
(c) abc 2 3 2 (d) 2
abc 3 3
147, 168, 210 and 315 is-
3. Find the H.C.F. of 0.63, 1.05 and 2.1 (a) 7 (b) 21
(a) 0.21 (b) 0.021 (c) 441 (d) 4410
(c) 21 (d) 2.1 11. The maximum number of students among them
1001 pens and 910 pencils can be distributed in
4. Find the H.C.F. of 23 , 32 , 4 and 15. such a way that each student gets the same
(a) (b) number of pens and same number of pens and
23 32
same number of pencils is-
(c) 1 (d) 360
(a) 91 (b) 910
5. Find the H.C.F. of 2 2  33  55 ,2 3  32  52  7 and
(c) 1001 (d) 1911
2  3  5  7  11 is:
4 4 2
12. Find the greatest possible length of a scale that
(a) 2 2  32  5 (b) 2 2  32  5  7  11 can be used to measure exactly the following
length of cloth 3m, 5m 10cm and 12m 90cm.
(c) 2 4  34  5 (d) 2 4  34  55  7  11
(a) 30 cm (b) 60 cm
2 8 64 10 (c) 10 cm (d) 1290 cm
6. Find the H.C.F. of , , and
3 9 81 27 13. Find the greatest possible length of a scale to
measure exactly the following lengths, 20 feet, 13
2 2
(a) (b) feet 9 inches, 17 feet, 6 inches and 21feet 3inches?
3 81
(a) 1 feet 6 inches (b) 1 feet 3 inches
160 160 (c) 9 inches (d) 2 feet 4 inches
(c) (d)
3 81
14. Three containers have the mixture of milk and
7. Find the L.C.M. of 24, 36 and 40. water. 403 litres, 713 litres and 496 litres
(a) 120 (b) 240 respectively. Find the greatest measurement which
(c) 360 (d) 480 can measure the mixture?
8. Find the L.C.M. of 3, 2.7 and 0.09 (a) 1 litre (b) 7 litre
(a) 2.7 (b) 0.27 (c) 31 litre (d) 41 litre

(c)0.027 (d) 27 15. Find the minimum possibel length of scale to
measure exactly the following lengths.
1 5 2 4
9. Find the L.C.M. of , , and 64 cm, 80 cm and 96 cm.
3 6 9 27
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(a) 0.96 m (b) 9.60 m 22. The smallest number that will divide 4, 6, 8, 12
(c) 19.20 m (d) 96 m and 16 leaving a remainder 2 in each case is-
16. Traffic lights at three different points are changing (a) 46 (b) 50
respectively at 24, 48 and 72 second. If alll the (c) 48 (d) 56
three are changed together at 9 : 10 : 24 hours, 23. Find the greatest number that will divide 187, 233
then when will the next changes take place and 279 so as to leave the same remainder in each
together? case.
(a) 9 : 12 : 25 hrs. (b) 9 : 10 : 48 hrs. (a) 30 (b) 36
(c) 9 : 12 : 48 hrs. (d) 9 : 12 : 40 hrs (c) 46 (d) 56
17. A, B and C start at the same time in the same 24. The numbers 2272 and 875 divided by a three digit
direction to run around a circular stadium. A number N, giving the same reaminder. The sum
completes one around in 252 seconds, B in 308 of the digits of N is-
seconds and C in 198 seconds, all starting at the (a) 13 (b) 10
same point. After what time will they meet again
(c) 14 (d) 11
at the starting point?
25. The numbers 1305, 4665 and 6905 divided by a
(a) 26 minutes 18 seconds
four digit number N, giving the same remainder.
(b) 42 minutes 36 seconds The sum of the digits of N is-
(c) 45 minutes (a) 4 (b) 5
(d) 46 minutes 12 seconds (c) 6 (d) 8
18. A, B and C start at the same time in the same 26. The greatest number which can divide 110 and
direction to run around a circular stadium of length 128 leaving the same remainder 2 in each case,
12 km and speeds 3 km/h, 4 km/h and 6 km/h is-
respectively. After what time will they meet again
(a) 8 (b) 18
at the starting point?
(c) 28 (d) 38
(a) 16 h (b) 12 h
27. The greatest number which can dividing 122 and
(c) 24 h (d) 28 h
243 leaves remainders 2 and 3 respectively, is-
19. The smallest number from which if 7 subtracted,
(a) 12 (b) 24
is exactly divisible by 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 10 is-
(c) 30 (d) 120
(a) 113 (b) 120
28. The greatest number which on dividing 989 and
1327 leaves remainders 5 and 7 respectively, is-
(c) 127 (d) 137
(a) 8 (b) 53
20. The smallest number from which if 8 added is
exactly divisible by 10, 12, 15 and 20 is- (c) 24 (d) 32
(a) 60 (b) 68 29. The least number, which when divided by 12, 15
and 16 leaves 7, 10 and 11 as remainders
(c) 52 (d) 38
respectively, is-
21. Which is the smallest number that can be
(a) 115 (b) 235
subtracted from 1936 so that on being divided by
9, 10, 15 the remainder is 7 everytime? (c) 247 (d) 475
(a) 93 (b) 46 30. The least number, which when divided by 5, 6, 7

and 8 leaves a remainders 3, but divided by 9 leaves
(c) 76 (d) 39
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no remainder, is- (c) 8 and 6 (d) 8 and 10
(a) 1677 (b) 1683 39. The L.C.M of two numbers is 45 times their
(c) 2523 (d) 3363 H.C.F. If one of the numbers is 125 and the sum
of H.C.F and L.C. M is 1150, the other number
31. The least number, which when divided by 20, 25, is-
35 and 40 leaves remainder 14, 19, 29 and 34
respectively, is- (a) 215 (b) 220
(a) 1400 (b) 1394 (c) 225 (d) 235
(c) 1406 (d) 1388 40. Product of two co-prime numbers is 117. Their
L.C.M should be-
32. Find the largest number of five digits exactly
divisible by 12, 16, 18, 24, 32. (a) 1 (b) 117
(a) 99936 (b) 99963 (c) equal to HCF
(c) 99972 (d) 99982 (d) cannot bo calculated
33. Find the smallest number of five digits exactly 41. The L.C.M of three different numbers is 120.
divisible by 16, 24, 36 and 54. Which of the following cannot be their HCF?
(a) 10432 (b) 10368 (a) 8 (b) 12
(c) 10064 (d) 10054 (c) 24 (d) 35
34. Find largest four-digit number which when divided 42. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 8. Which one the
by 12, 18, 21 and 24 leaves a remainder of 6 in following can never be their LCM?
each case, is- (a) 24 (b) 48
(a) 9582 (b) 9423 (c) 56 (d) 60
(c) 9986 (d) 9982 43. H.C.F. of 3240, 3600 and a third number is 36 and
35. The LCM of two numbers is 1296 and HCF is 96. their LCM is 2 4  35  52  7 2 . The third number
If one of the numbers is 864 then the other is- is-
(a) 72 (b) 64 (a) 2 2  35  7 2 (b) 2 2  53  7 2
(c) 144 (d) 36
(c) 2 5  5 2  7 2 (d) 2 3  35  7 2
36. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 11 and their LCM
is 7700. If one of the number is 275, then the other 44. The sum of two numbers is 216 and their HCF is
is: 27. The nubers are:
(a) 279 (b)283 (a) 27, 189 (b) 108, 108
(c) 308 (d) 318 (c) 200, 16 (d) 100, 116
37. The L.C.M of two numbers is 495 and their H.C.F 45. The ratio of two numbers is 3:4 and their HCF is
is 5. If the sum of the number is 100, then their 4. The numbers are-
difference is- (a) 9, 12 (b) 12, 16
(a) 10 (b) 46 (c) 16, 18 (d) 20, 24
(c) 70 (d) 90 46. The ratio of two numbers is 4:5 and their HCF is
38. The product of the L.C.M and H.C.F of two 2. The LCM is-
numbers is 24. The difference of two numbers is (a) 20 (b) 10
2. Find the numbers-
(c) 40 (d) 60
(a) 2 and 4 (b) 6 and 4
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47. The ratio of two numbers is 2:3 and their LCM is 49. The sum of two numbers is 36 and their HCF is 4.
48. The number are- How many number of pairs may be possible-
(a) 16, 24 (b) 8, 6 (a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 12, 18 (d) 12, 24 (c) 3 (d) 4
48. The ratio of two numbers is 3:2 and their LCM is 50. A number when divided by 10 leaves a remainder
72. Their HCF is- 9, when divided by 9 leaves a remainder of 8,
(a) 24 (b) 3 when divided by 8 leaves a remainder of
7,.................... When divided by 2 leaves a
(c) 6 (d) 12 remainder of 1. Find the number
(a) 31 (b) 1029
(c) 2519 (d) 1679
ANSWERS
1. (d) 10. (b) 19. (c) 28. (c) 37. (a) 46. (c)
2. (c) 11. (a) 20. (c) 29. (b) 38. (b) 47. (a)
3. (a) 12. (a) 21. (d) 30. (b) 39. (c) 48. (a)
4. (c) 13. (b) 22. (b) 31. (b) 40. (b) 49. (c)
5. (a) 14. (c) 23. (c) 32. (a) 41. (d) 50. (c)
6. (b) 15. (b) 24. (b) 33. (b) 42. (d)
7. (c) 16. (c) 25. (a) 34. (a) 43. (a)
8. (d) 17. (d) 26. (b) 35. (c) 44. (a)
9. (c) 18. (b) 27. (d) 36. (c) 45. (b)
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Simplification
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1. 5 5 5 5 ......  ?  1 100 1
9. If  x    16 then the value of x  100 is
 x x
15
(a) 1 (b) 516 (a) 2 (b)  2
(c) 5 (d) 25 (c) 100 (d) None of these
1
2. 6 6 6 6 ?
2
10. If x   38 . Find the value of x 3  1 is.
x2 x3
15 (a) 234 (b) 398
(a) 6 (b) 616 (c) 36 (d) 14
16
(c) 615 (d) 36
p q p3 q3
11. If   4 . Find the value of 3  3 is.
q p q p
3. 6 6 6  ........  ?
(a) 34 5 (b) 36 5
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 6 (d) 1 (c) 38 5 (d) 24 5
4. 2 2
x3 y3
12  12  12  ........  ? 12. If x  y  14 . Find the value of 3  3 is.
y2 x2 y x
(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 12 (d) 1 (a) 50 (b) 52
(c) 66 (d) 76
5. 12  12  12  ........  ? x2  x  1 2  1
13. If 2
 . Find the value of  x   is
(a) 3 (b) 4 x  x 1 3  x
(c) 12 (d) 1 (a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 6
6. 20  29  12  19  9  ? 14. If x 4  x 4   322 . Find the value of x  x 1  is
(a) 5 (b) 4 (a) 2 (b) 5
(c) 3 (d) 2 (c)  2 (d) 4
7. 7  2 12  ? 0.90.90.90.20.20.20.30.30.330.90.20.3
15.
0.90.90.20.20.30.30.90.20.20.30.30.9
(a) 32 (b) 32 =?
(c) 3 7 (d) 3 7 (a) 1.4 (b) 0.054
(c) 0.8 (d) 1.0
8. 5  21  ? 1 1
16. If 2 P   4 . Find the value of P 3  3
1 1 P 8P
(a)
2
 7 3  (b)
2
 7 3  (a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 8 (d) 15
1 1
(c)
2
 5 3  (d)
2
 5 3 
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a 2  b 2  ab
17. If a  11 b  9 . Find the value of  3 1   1
a3  b3 25. If  x  3   36 than the value of  x   is
 x   x
1 (a) 1 (b) 2
(a) (b) 2
2 (c) 3 (d) 4
1
1 1 x4  2
(c) (d) 20 26. If x   4 then the value of 2 x is
20 x x  2x  1
18. If x  19 and y  18 . Find the value of (a) 52 (b) 26
(c) 64 (d) 13
x 2  y 2  xy
x3  y3 27. 3
1  2 .6 3  2 2 is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 37 (a) 2  2 (b) 2 1
(c) 324 (d) 361 (c) 1 (d) 3  2 2
 1 3 1 1 1 1 1
19. If  x    2 . Find the value of x  3 28.    ............. ?
 x x 1 . 2 2 . 3 3 .4 11.12
(a) 3 (b) 2
11 11
(c) 1 (d) 0 (a) (b)
8 12
2 1
20. If 2 x   1 . Find the value of x 3  3 11 11
x x (c) (d)
6 10
13  11
(a) (b) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8 8 29.        ?
20 30 42 56 72 90 110 132
11  13
(c) (d) 1 1
8 8 (a) (b)
8 7
1 1
21. If 2 x   4 . Find the value of 27 x 3  3 1 1
3x 8x (c) (d) 
(a) 91 (b) 234 6 10
(c) 243 (d) 242 30. If 4096  64 then the value of
1 2x2  2 40.96  0.4096  0.004096  0.00004096
22. If x   2 . Find the value of
x 3x 2  5 x  3 is
4 1 (a) 7.09 (b) 7.10
(a) (b) (c) 7.11 (d) 7.12
11 2
3 1  x  4   x  4 
(c) 1 (d) 2 31. If 2 then the vlaue of x:
4 3 x  4   x  4 
1 (a) 2.4 (b) 3.2
1 x
23. If x   2 . Find the value of (c) 4 (d) 5
x x
 2 n  2 n 1 
(a) 2 (b) 2 32.  n 1 n 
?
2  2 
(c) 2 1 (d) 1
1
(a) 1 (b)
1 1 2
24. If a   2  0 then the value of a 37  100 is
a a 3
(a) 0 (b)  2 (c) (d) 0
2
(c) 1 (d) 2
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33. 3 2 3 2
74  700 42  42  42  .....  ? 41. If a  ,b  then the value of
3 2 3 2
(a) 12 (b) 10
(c) 9 (d) None of these a2 b2
 is:
34. Which one of the following is at least? b a
19  17 , 17  15 , 15  13 , 13  11 (a) 970 (b) 1030
(c) 930 (d) 900
(a) 19  17 (b) 17  15 3 3
70. If a  b  56 and a  b  2 , then the value of
(c)
15  13 (d) 13  11 a 2  b 2 is:
35. Find the value of- (a)  12 (b) 20
1
 2  8  6  24  10  40  ....  4 (c) 18 (d)  10
 5  125  15  375  25  625  .... 
  1 3 1
42. If a 2   98 , then the value of a  3 is:
2 2 a 2 a
(a) (b)
7 5 (a) 535 (b) 1030
(c) 790 (d) 970
3 3
(c) (d) 43. If x  2  3 , y  2  3 then the value of
7 5
36. Find the value of x2  y2
is:
 1  1  1  1  1  x3  y3
1  2 1  2 1  2 ........1  2 1  2 
 3  4  5   11  12 
7 7
(a) (b)
13 15 38 40
(a) (b)
18 19
7 7
(c) (d)
21 13 19 26
(c) (d)
23 21
1
44. If 5a   5, then the value of 9a 2  1 is:
1 3a 25a 2
37. If 3x 2  4 x  3  0, then the value of x  is:
x
34 39
(a) (b)
3 4 5 5
(a) (b)
4 3
42 52
(c) 3 (d) 4 (c) (d)
5 5
1  2 1  3 1  45. If then the value of
38. If x   2 find the value of  x  2  x  3  is: 3  1.732,
x  x  x 
(a) 6 (b) 4 3 6
is:
(c) 8 (d) 2 5 3  2 12  32  50
5 3 5 3 (a) 4.899 (b) 2.551
39.If 2 x   , then the value of x (c) 1.4141 (d) 1.732
5 3 5 3
is:
3
(a) 30 (b) 15 46. If x  , then the value of 1  x  1  x is:
2
(c) 15 (d) 6
1
(a) (b) 2 3
40. 1  876542  876544  ? 3
876543  876543
(c) 3 (d) 2
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3
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47. If x  4
 119 then the value of x  is: 55.        ?
x x 9 6 12 20 30 42 56 72
(a)  4 (b)  9
1
(c)  3 (d)  2 (a) (b) 0
2
48. If a  2  1, b  2  1 then the value of
1 1
1 1 (c) (d)
 is: 9 2520
a 1 b 1
56. 0. 4  ?
(a) 9 (b) 3
(c) 1 (d) 2 (a) 0. 8 (b) 0. 6
6 4 2
49.If x  3  2 2 then the value of x  x  x  1 is: (c) 0.7 (d) 0.9
x3
57. 3
(a) 192 (b) 240 0.037  ?
(c) 204 (d) 212 (a) 0.3 (b) 0. 3
50. If x 3  y 3  35 and x  y  5 then the value of (c) 0.6 (d) 0. 6
1 1 2
   is: 58. 1  ?
 x y 3
1
4
4 3 1
(a) (b) 5
7 8
5 3 7 4
(c) (d) (a) (b)
6 5 4 7
 3 2 3 7 3
51. If x  and y  , then the value of (c) (d)
2 3 2 3 5 7
3 3
x 2  y 2  xy is: 59. If a  b  56 and a  b  2 , then the value of
(a) 195 (b) 200 a 2  b 2 is:
(c) 175 (d) 185 (a)  12 (b) 20
1 1 (c) 18 (d)  10
52. If x   3 then the value of x 5  5 is:
x x 60. 0.2 34  ?
(a) 123 (b) 126
(c) 113 (d) 129 116 234
(a) (b)
495 99
1
x4 
53. If x  1  2 x then the value of
2 x 2 is: 214 108
(c) (d)
x 2  3x  1 990 99
(a) 2 (b)  2 61.
(c) 0 (d) 1 1 1 1 1 1
2
    ?
 1 6 1 9 8 8 7 7  6 6 5 5 4
54. If  x    16 then the value of x  6 is:
 x x (a) more then 3 (b) 0
(c) less then 3 (d) None of these
(a) 2744 (b) 2702
(c) 2704 (d) 2742
62. 2  2  2 1 2  1
2 2
?
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(a) 2  2 (b) 2 1 1 1 1 3
67. The value of 5  4  13  8  is-
3 8 5 4 5
(c) 2 2 (d) 2  2
1 1
1 1 1 1 (a) 2 (b) 11
63.   ........ ? 3 5
2 1 3  2 4  3 100 99 (c) 23 (d) 10
(a) 9 (b) 10
8.73  8.73  8.73  4.27  4.27  4.27
(c) 11 (d) 12 68. is equal to:
8.73  8.73  8.73  4.27  4.27  4.27
64. Which one is smallest 3, 3 2 , 2 , 3 4
4
(a) (b) 3 (a) 11 (b) 1
3 2 7
(c) 2 (d) 3
4 1
(c) 13 (d) 9
11
69. What is the value of–
1
65. =?  4  4  4  3  3  3
1
2  8  8  8  6  6  6
1
3 (a) 0  25 (b) 1 75
1
1
4 (c) 1 25 (d) 0  125
19 43  1  1  1   1  x
(a) (b) 70. If 1  1  1  .....1    , then
43 19  2  3  4   70  10
17 16 what is the value of x?
(c) (d)
84 97 1
66. What is the value of (a) (b) 7
7
 1  1  1   1
1
1  1  1    .....  1   ?
 7  8  9   19  (c) (d) 70
70
 6
(a) (b)
10 19
17 9
(c) (d)
13 2
ANSWERS
1. (c) 13. (c) 25. (c) 37. (b) 49. (c) 61. (a)
2. (b) 14. (d) 26. (b) 38. (b) 50. (c) 62. (c)
3. (b) 15. (a) 27. (c) 39. (b) 51. (a) 63. (a)
4. (a) 16. (b) 28. (b) 40. (b) 52. (a) 64. (b)
5. (b) 17. (a) 29. (c) 41. (a) 53. (b) 65. (a)
6. (a) 18. (a) 30. (c) 42. (d) 54. (b) 66. (b)
7. (a) 19. (b) 31. (d) 43. (d) 55. (a) 67. (c)
8. (a) 20. (b) 32. (c) 44. (b) 56. (b) 68. (c)
9. (a) 21. (c) 33. (a) 45. (d) 57. (b) 69. (d)
10. (a) 22. (a) 34. (a) 46. (c) 58. (a) 70. (a)
11. (a) 23. (b) 35. (b) 47. (c) 59. (b)
12. (b) 24. (b) 36. (a) 48. (c) 60. (a)
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Square Roots AND Cube Roots
1
- (i) 1112  ? (ii) 11112  ? (xiii) 3
1092727 ? (xiv) 3 1520875  ?
(iii) 452  ? (iv) 65 2  ? (xv) 3

1225043 ? (xvi) 3 1560896  ?
(v) 852  ? (vi) 952  ? (xvii) 3 2628072 ?
(vii) 47 2  ? (viii) 46 2  ? 5. If 256  x  2, then x is equal to:

(a) 64 (b) 128
(ix) 49 2  ? (x) 382  ?
(c) 512 (d) 1024
(xi) 36 2  ? (xii) 34 2  ? 6. Given than 4096  64 , the value of
(xiii) 54 2  ? (xiv) 57 2  ? 4096  40.96  .004096 is:
(a) 70.4 (b) 70.464
(xv) 62 2  ? (xvi) 67 2  ?
(c) 71.104 (d) 71.4
(xvii) 53 2  ?
7. 248  52  144
2
- (i) 99   ? 2
(ii) 999  ? 2
(a) 14 (b) 16
(c) 16.6 (d) 18.8
(iii) 107 2  ? (iv) 1132  ?
338 576 256
(v) 106 2  ? (vi) 932  ? 8.   ?
169 12 8
(vii) 87 2  ? (viii) 84 2  ? (a) 8 (b) 12
(c) 16 (d) 32
3
- (i) 7921  ? (ii) 4489  ?
x 54
(iii) (iv) 9. If  , then x is equal to:
9216  ? 6889  ? 169 39
(v) 3481  ? (vi) 12544  ? (a) 108 (b) 324
(c) 2916 (d) 4800
(vii) 17956  ? (viii) 32041  ?
 27   x
(ix) 45369  ? (x) 56169  ? 10. If 1    1   , then x equal to:
 169   13 
(xi) 58081  ? (xii) 63504  ? (a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 5 (d) 7
(xiii) 84681  ?
11. If 15625  125 , then the value of
4. (i) 3
185193  ? (ii) 3
226981  ?
15625  156.25  1.5625 is:
(iii) 3 (iv) 3
474522  ? 551368  ? (a) 1.3875 (b) 13.875
(v) 3
912673  ? (vi) 3
592704  ? (c) 138.75 (d) 156.25
(vii) 3
941192  ? (viii) 3
250047  ? 9
12. 1 ?
16
(ix) 3
1442897 ? (x) 3
2048383 ?
3 1
(xi) 3
1481544  ? (xii) 3
1601613 ? (a) 1 (b) 1
4 4
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91
13. If 22. 3 1 ?
2 n  64 , then the value of n is: 216
(a) 2 (b) 4
5 
(c) 6 (d) 12 (a) 1 (b)
6 6
14. If 3  1.732 and 2  1.414 the value of 3
91
1 (c) 1  (d) None of these
6
is:
3 2 23. What is the smallest number by which 3600 be
(a) 0.064 (b) 0.308 divivded to make it a perfect cube?
(c) 0.318 (d) 2.146 (a) 9 (b) 50
(c) 300 (d) 450
32  48 24. The difference of the squares of two consecutice
15. =?
8  12 even integers is divisible by which of the following
integers?
(a) 2 (b) 2
(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 4 (d) 8 (c) 6 (d) 7
4 3 25. The difference of the squares of two consecutice
16.  ? odd integers is divisible by which of the following
3 4
integers?
1 1 (a) 3 (b) 6
(a) (b) (c) 7 (d) 8
2 3 3
26. Which one of the following cannot be the square
5 3 of a natural number?
(c) 1 (d)
6 (a) 30976 (b) 75625
17. The least perfect square number divisible by 3, 4, (c) 28561 (d) 143642
5, 6, 8 is: 27. Which one of the following cannot be the square
(a) 900 (b) 1200 of a natural number?
(c) 2500 (d) 3600 (a) 32761 (b) 81225
(c) 42437 (d) 20164
18. If 2401  7 x , then the value of the x is:
(a) 3 (b) 4 28.
4  21  13  3 19  64
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(c) 5 (d) 6
19. What smallest number must be added to 269 to (a) 3 (b) 9
make it a perfect square: (c) 7 (d) 5
(a) 31 (b) 16
(c) 7 (d) 20 29. 134  86  196 dk eku gS&
24  216 (a) 14 (b) 16
20. ? (c) 12 (d) 18
96
4 3 4 3
(a) 2 6 (b) 6 2 30.  cjkcjgksxk&
4 3 4 3
2
(c) 2 (d) (a) 2 4  3 3 (b) 2 4  3 3
6
(c) 7 (d) 4
21. A gardner wants to plant 17956 trees and arranges
them in such a way that there are as many rows
as there are trees in a row. The number of trees
in a row is:
(a) 144 (b) 136
(c) 154 (d) 134
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1.(i ) (12321) (xiii ) (2916) (viii ) (7056) (xii ) (252) (xi ) (114) 14. (c)
15. (b)
(ii ) (1234321) (xiv ) (3249) 3.(i ) (89) (xiii ) (291) (xii ) (117) 16. (a)
17. (b)
(iii ) (2025) (xv ) (3844) (ii ) (67) 4.(i ) (57) (xiii ) (103) 18. (b)
19. (d)
(iv ) (4225) (xvi ) (4489) (iii ) (96) (ii ) (61) (xiv ) (115) 20. (c)
21. (d)
(v ) (7225) (xvii ) (2809) (iv ) (83) (iii ) (78) (xv ) (117) 22. (b)
23. (d)
(vi ) (9025) 2.(i ) (9801) (v ) (59) (iv ) (82) (xvi ) (116) 24. (b)
25. (d)
(vii ) (2209) (ii ) (998001) (vi ) (112) (v ) (97) (xvii ) (138) 26. (d)
27. (c)
(viii ) (2116) (iii ) (11449) (vii ) (134) (vi ) (84) 5. (a) 28. (a)
6. (b) 29. (c)
(ix ) (2401) (iv ) (12769) (viii ) (179) (vii ) (98) 7. (b) 30. (c)
8. (a)
(x ) (1444) (v ) (11236) (ix ) (213) (viii ) (63) 9. (b)
10. (a)
(xi ) (1296) (vi ) (8649) (x ) (237) (ix ) (113) 11. (c)
12. (b)
(xii ) (1156) (vii ) (7569) (xi ) (241) (x ) (127) 13. (d)
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AVERAGE
1. If a, b, c, d, e are five consecutive odd integers, (3) 21 (4) 26

then what is their average?
(5) None of these
abcd 7. The average of 8 numbers is 21. If each of the
(1) a + 4 (2) 5 number is multiplied by 8, then find the average of
(3) 5 (a + b + c + d + e) (4) a + 8 new set of numbers.
(5) None of these (1) 168 (2) 167
2. The average age of 24 students and the class (3) 158 (4) 161
teacher is 16 years. If the class teacher’s age is (5) None of these
excluded, the average reduces by 1 year. What is
the age of the class teacher? 8. The average weight of 8 persons increases by
1.5kg, if a person weighing 65kg is replaced by a
(1) 50 years (2) 45 years new person. What could be the weight of the new
(3) 40 years (4) D a t a person?
inadequate (1) 76 kg (2) 77 kg
(5) None of these (3) 76.5 kg (4) D a t a
3. The average of 8 numbers is 14. If 2 is subtracted inadequate
from each given number, then what will be the (5) None of these
new average?
9. In a class, there are 24 boys whose average age
(1) 12 (2) 10 is decreased by 3 months, when 1 boy aged 20
(3) 16 (4) 15 years is replaced by a new boy. Find the age of
the new boy.
(5) None of these
(1) 14 years (2) 16 years
4. The average age of x numbers is 3x. If x - 1 is
subtracted from each given number, then what will (3) 17 years (4) 18 years
be the new average? (5) None of these
(1) 2x + 1 (2) 3(x - (1) 10. The average of marks obtained by 77 candidates
(3) 2x - l (4) D a t a in a certain examination is 17. If the average marks
inadequate of passed candidates are 19 and that of the failed
candidates are 8, then what is the number of
(5) None of these candidates who passed the examination?
5. The average age of 34 boys in a class is 14 years. (1) 36 (2) 63
If the teacher’s age is included, the average age
of boys and the teacher becomes 15 years. What (3) 40 (4) 70
is the teacher’s age? (5) None of these
(1) 48 years (2) 46 years 11. A batsman in his 16th innings makes a score of 92
(3) 49 years (4) 45 years and thereby increases his average by 4. What is
his average after 19 innings?
(5) None of these
(1) 32 (2) 30
6. The average of 40 numbers is 405. If each of the
number is divided by 15, then find the average of (3) 34 (4) 23
new set of numbers. (5) None of these
(1) 27 (2) 28
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12. A constant distance from A to B is covered by a at speeds of 200, 400, 600 and 800 km/hr. The
man at 40km/hr. The person rides back the same average speed of the plane in the entire journey is
distance at 60 km/hr. Find his average speed during
(1) 600km/hr (2) 400km/hr
the whole journey.
(3) 500km/hr (4) 384km/hr
(1) 48km/hr (2) 50km/hr
(5) None of these
(3) 44km/hr (4) 52km/hr
17. The mean of the marks obtained by 100 students
(5) None of these
is 60. If the marks obtained by one of the students
13. The average salary of the entire staff in an office was incorrectly calculated as 75, whereas the
is Rs 130 per month. The average salary of actual mark obtained by him was 65, then what is
officers is Rs 540 and that of non-officers is Rs the correct mean of the marks obtained by the
114. If the number of officers is 16, then find the students?
number of non-officers in the office.
(1) 59 (2) 58.50
(1) 140 (2) 410
(3) 50 (4) 55
(3) 510 (4) 150
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
18. In one-day cricket match the captain of one the
14. A car runs for t1 hours at v1 km/hr and t2 hours at teams scored 30 runs more than the average runs
v2 km/hr. What is the average speed of the car scored by the remaining six batsmen of that team
for the entire journey? who batted in the match. If the total runs scored
by all the batsmen of that team were 310, then
t1 + t2
(1) km / hr how many runs did the captain score?
v1t1 + v2t2
(1) 60
v1t1 + v 2 t 2
(2) km / hr (2) 70
t1 + t 2
(3) 50
v1t1 + v 2t1
(3) km / hr (4) Cannot be determined
t1 + t 2
(5) None of these
v1 + v 2
(4) km / hr 19. The average of four numbers A, B, C and D is 40.
v1t1 + v 2t2
The average of four numbers A, B, E and F is
(5) None of these also 40. (A, B are common). Which of the
following must be true?
15. A car runs ‘x’ km at an average speed of v1 km/
hr and ‘y’ km at an average speed of v2 km/hr. (1) (A + B  C + D) (2) (C + D = E + F)
What is the average speed of the car for the entire (3) Either C = E or F; and D = F = or E
journey?
(4) The data set has even numbers of observations
v1v2(x + y)
(1) xv2 + yv1
km / hr (5) None of these
20. The average of four positive integers is 72.5, the
xv 2 + yv1 highest integer is 117 and the lowest integer is 15.
(2) km / hr
v1v 2 (x + y) The difference between the remaining two integers
is 12. Which is the higher of these two remaining
xy (v1 + v 2 ) integers?
(3) km / hr
xv1 × yv 2
(1) 73
(xv1 + yv 2 ) (2) 84
(4) km / hr
xy (v1 + v 2 )
(3) 70
(5) None of these
16. An aeroplane covers the four sides of square field
(5) None of these
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21. A, B, C and D are four consecutive even numbers and their average is 42. What is the product of B
respectively and their average is 65. What is the and D?
product of A and D?
(1) 1136 (2) 1340
(1) 3968 (2) 4216
(3) 1845 (4) 1965
(3) 4092 (4) 4352
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
28. The sum of five numbers is 260. The average of
22. The sum of five numbers is 555. The average of the first two numbers is 30 and average of the last
the first two numbers is 75 and the third number is two numbers is 70. What is the third number?
115. What is the average of the last two numbers?
(1) 33
(1) 145 (2) 290
(2) 60
(3) 265 (4) 150
(3) 75
(5) None of these
23. The average age of A, B and C is 26 years. If the
(5) None of these
average age of A and C is 29 years, then what is
the age of B in years? 29. The average of 5 consecutive odd numbers A, B,
C, D and E is 47. What is the product of A and D?
(1) 2107 (2) 1935
(3) 2021 (4) 2193
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
24. The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 44
more than the average of these numbers. Which 30. The average weight of three men A, B and C is
of the following is the third (largest) of these 84 kg. D joins them and the average weight of the
numbers? four becomes 80 kg. If E, whose weight is 3kg
more than that of D, replaces A, the average
(1) 16
weight of B, C, D and E becomes 79 kg. The
(2) 18 weight of A is
(3) 24 (1) 65 kg (2) 70 kg
(4) Cannot be determined (3) 75 kg (4) 80 kg
25. Average weight of 10 boys is more than the 31. Ajay scored 20, 30, 60, 25 and 40 marks in five
average weight of 15 girls by 5kg. If the total subjects. What is his average mark in five
weight of the 10 boys is 550, what is the average subjects?
weight of the 10 boys and 15 girls together?
(1) 35 (2) 30
(1) 52 kg (2) 52.5 kg
(3) 32.5 (4) 38
(3) 53 kg (4) 53.5 kg
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
32. The average of 5 quantities is 6. The average of 3
26. The average age of a class of 65 boys was 14 of them is 8. What is the average of the remaining
years, the average age of 20 of them was 14 years, two numbers?
and that of another 15 was 12 years. Find the
(1) 4 (2) 3
average age of the remaining boys.
(3) 3.5 (4) 4.2
(5) None of these
33. The average temperature on Wednesday,
(5) None of these
Thursday and Friday was 250oc. The average
27. A, B, C and D are four consecutive odd numbers temperature on Thursday, Friday and Saturday was
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240oc. If the temperature on Saturday was 270oc, for ‘ab’. Due to this, the average becomes 1.8
what was the temperature on Wednesday? less than the previous one. What was the
difference of the two digits a and b?
(1) 310 (2) 325
(1) 1 (2) 2.4
(3) 275 (4) 300
(3) 2.2 (4) 2
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
34. The average rainfall for the 3 days out of five
days was recorded to be 0.45 inches. The rainfall 40. Average cost of 5 apples and 4 mangoes is Rs.
on the last two days was in the ratio 2 : 3. The 36. The average cost of 7 apples and 8 mangoes
average of five days was 0.40 inches. What was is Rs. 48. Find the total cost of 24 apples and 24
the rainfall on the last day? mangoes
(1) 0.385 (2) 0.39 (1) 3444 (2) 2088
(3) 0.375 (4) 0.42 (3) 2064 (4) 3032
35. When a student weighing 45 kgs left a class, the 41. If the mean of numbers 28, x, 42, 78 and 104 is 62,
average weight of the remaining 59 students then what is the mean of 128, 255, 511, 1023 and
increased by 200g. What is the average weight of x?
the remaining 59 students?
(1) 390 (2) 409
(1) 40 kg (2) 32 kg
(3) 368 (4) 324
(3) 33.5 kg (4) 35 kg
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
42. The average age of a group of 10 students was
36. The average weight of a class of 24 students is 36 20. The average age increased by 2 years when
kg. When the weight of the teacher is also two new students joined the group. What is the
included, the average weight increases by 1kg. average age of the two new students who joined
What is the weight of the teacher? the group?
(1) 61 kg (2) 55 kg (1) 35.5 (2) 27.5
(3) 64 kg (4) 60 kg (3) 32 (4) 30
37. The average of 5 quantities is 10 and the average 43. The average of 6 quantities is 12. The average of
of 3 of them is 9. What is the average of the 4 of them is 9. What is the average of the
remaining 2? remaining two numbers?
(1) 11 (2) 15 (1) 14 (2) 12.75
(3) 10.5 (4) 11.5 (3) 14.25 (4) 15
38. The average age of a family of 5 members is 20 44. The average of 20 numbers is zero. One of them,
years. If the age of the youngest member be 10 at most, how many may be greater than zero?
years then what was the average age of the family
(1) 15 (2) 17
at the time of the birth of the youngest member?
(3) 20 (4) 19
(1) 12.5 (2) 15
(5) None of these
(3) 22 (4) 11
45. The average weight of a group of 30 friends
(5) None of these
increases by 1 kg when the weight of their football
39. A student finds the average of 10 positive integers. coach was added. If average weight of the group
Each integer contains two digits. By mistake, the after including the weight of the football coach is
boy interchanges the digits of one number say ‘ba’ 31kgs, what is the weight of their football coach
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in kgs? 52. The average weight of seven members of a family
is 18 kg. If the head of the family is not considered,
(1) 61 (2) 30
the average weight of the others would be 5 kg
(3) 64 (4) 60 less. The weight of the head of the family is
(5) None of these (1) 55kg (2) 50kg
46. The arithmetic mean of the 5 consecutive integers (3) 48 kg (4) 60kg
starting with’s’ is ‘a’. What is the arithmetic mean
(5) None of these
of 9 consecutive integers that start with s + 2?
53 What is the average of the first 15 multiples of 3?
(1) a + 8 (2) a + 6
(1) 30 (2) 15
(3) a + 2.4 (4) a + 5
(3) 27 (4) 21
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
47. 10 kg of rice priced at Rs. 12 per kg is mixed with
6 kg of rice priced at Rs.16 per kg. What is the 54. The average age of 7 members of the family is 25
average price of the whole mixture? years. If one of the members, whose age is 28
years, is excluded, then others are in the ratio
(1) 7.5 (2) 10
1:2:3:4:5:6. Find the age of the eldest member of
(3) 8.3 (4) 9 the family.
(5) None of these (1) 42 years (2) 62 years
48. Rahul Ghosh walks from A to B at 8 km/h and (3) 58 years (4) 48 years
comes back from B to A at 12 km/h. What is his
(5) None of these
average speed for the entire journey?
55. 5 kg of rice priced at Rs. 10 per kg is mixed with
(1) 9 kmph (2) 9.6 kmph
6 kg of rice priced at Rs.12 per kg. What is the
(3) 10 kmph (4) 12 kmph average price of the whole mixture?
(5) None of these (1) Rs. 4.5/kg (2) Rs. 4.8/kg
49. In a class of 60 students, the average height of 30 (3) Rs.5.5/kg (4) Rs. 5.54/kg
students is ‘x’ cm and that of the remaining
(5) None of these
students is ‘y’ cm. Find the average height of the
whole class. 56. The average weight of five members of a team is
20 kg. If the captain of the team is not considered,
(1) (3x+2y)/2 (2) (x+y)/2
the average weight of the others would be 4 kg
(3) (2x+y)/2 (4) (x+2y)/2 less. The weight of captain is
(5) None of these (1) 44 (2) 36
50. The average of seven consecutive even numbers (3) 40 (4) 38.6
is 10. If the next three even numbers are included,
(5) None of these
then what is the new average?
57. The average of 50 numbers is 30. If two numbers,
(1) 6.8 (2) 12.2
35 and 40 are discarded, then the average of the
(3) 11.8 (4) 8.2 remaining numbers is nearly
(5) None of these (1) 29 (2) 28.86
51. The average of the amount of money that 10 girls (3) 30 (4) 29.68
have is Rs.45. When two more girls join, the
(5) None of these
average increases by Rs. 2. Find the average
amount of the two new girls. 58. The average of five numbers is 27. If one number
is excluded, the average becomes 25. The
(1) 57 (2) 47
excluded number is
(3) 60 (4) 50
(1) 35 (2) 25
(5) None of these
(3) 27 (4) 32.5
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(5) None of these he brings down the average to 400 kg. What is
the weight of new wrestler?
59. The average age of 35 students in a class is 16
years. The average age of 21 students is 14. What (1) 100 kgs (2) 190 kgs
is the average age of remaining 14 students?
(3) 150 kgs (4) 250 kgs
(1) 18 years (2) 15.5 years
(5) None of these
66. Anil married 10 years ago at the age of 27 years.
(5) None of these His wife was 23 years old then. Six years after
their marriage, the average age of Anil, his wife
60. Three years ago, the average age of the family of
and their son was 22 years. After how many years
5 members was 17 years. Inspite of the birth of a
of Anil marriage was his son born?
child in the family, the present average age of the
family remains the same. The present age of the (1) 1 (2) 1.6
child is
(3) 2 (4) 2.4
(1) 2.5 years (2) 3.5 years
(5) None of these
67. Average age of A, B and C is 84 years however
(5) None of these when D joins them, then the average comes down
to 80. Now, new person E whose age is 3 years
61. A batsman has a certain average of runs for 16
more than D replaces A and the new average is
innings. In the 17th inning, he makes a score of 85
79 years. What is the age of A?
runs, thereby increasing his average by 3 runs.
What is the average after the 17th inning? (1) 60 years (2) 57 years
(1) 45 (2) 90 (3) 65 years (4) 82 years
(3) 87 (4) 70 (5) None of these
(5) None of these 68. The average of the first nine prime numbers is
62. The average age of two-third of the class is 17. (1) 11.11 (2) 19.3
What should be the average age of the remaining
(3) 14 (4) 13.7
one-third students so that the average age of the
entire class is 20? (5) None of these
(1) 29 years (2) 26 years 69. The average of first six numbers is 24 and the
average of first five numbers is 20. What is the
value of the sixth number?
(5) None of these
(1) 40 (2) 24
63. In a school, the average weight of 30 girls in a
(3) 32 (4) 30
class of 50 students is 16 kg and that of the
remaining students is 15.5 kg. What is the average (5) None of these
weight of all the students in the class? 70. Average age of A, B and C is 64 years however
(1) 15.5 (2) 15.8 when D joins them, then the average comes down
to 60. Now, new person E whose age is 4 years
(3) 15.75 (4) 5.9
more than D replaces A and the new average is
(5) None of these 59 years. What is the age of A?
64. In what ratio must 35% spirit be mixed with pure (1) 70 years (2) 56 years
spirit to get a resultant solution of 56% spirit?
(1) 56/21 (2) 45/21
(5) None of these
(3) 45/35 (4) 44/21
71. What is the average of the square of the first 10
(5) None of these natural numbers?
65. The average weight of five wrestlers in a group is (1) 1579 (2) 1677.5
450 kg. If another wrestler joins the group, then
(3) 1400 (4) 2144.8
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(5) None of these the class, the average of those present goes up by
1. How many students were there in the class
72. In what ratio must 25% milk be mixed with pure
originally?
milk to get a resultant solution of 40% milk?
(1) 12/5 (2) 25/40 (1) 11 (2) 16
(3) 14/5 (4) 15/4 (3) 13 (4) 15

73. The average age of 7 members of the family is 77. What is the average of first fifty even numbers?
30. If one of the members, whose age is 42 years, (1) 2555 (2) 2255
is excluded, then others are in the ratio 1:2:3:4:5:6.
Find the age of the second eldest member of the (3) 2550 (4) 2500
family. (5) None of these
(1) 42 years (2) 39 years 78. 15 litres of pure milk are added to 30 litres of a
(3) 38 years (4) 44 years milk solution containing 15% milk. Find the
concentration of the resultant solution.
(5) None of these
74. The average age of one-third of the class is 27. (1) 82.5% (2) 75.5%
What should be the average age of the remaining (3) 75% (4) 76.5%
two-third students so that the average age of the
(5) None of these
entire class is 20?
(1) 18.6 years (2) 22 years 79. What is the average of first fifty odd numbers?
(3) 17 years (4) 16.5 years (1) 2255 (2) 2500
(5) None of these (3) 2550 (4) 2555
75. What is the average of first 300 natural numbers? (5) None of these
(1) 148 (2) 150.5 80. Find the average of all the numbers between 6
and 34 which are divisible by 5.
(3) 144 (4) 152
(1) 24.5 (2) 20.25
(5) None of these
(3) 25 (4) 22.5
76. The average age of the students in a class is 35
years. If a student whose age is 25, is absent from (5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 1 15. 1 29. 1 43. 5 57. 4 71. 2
2. 3 16. 4 30. 3 44. 4 58. 1 72. 1
3. 1 17. 5 31. 1 45. 1 59. 4 73. 5
4. 3 18. 2 32. 2 46. 2 60. 4 74. 4
5. 3 19. 2 33. 4 47. 3 61. 5 75. 2
6. 1 20. 5 34. 2 48. 2 62. 2 76. 1
7. 1 21. 2 35. 3 49. 2 63. 2 77. 3
8. 2 22. 1 36. 1 50. 5 64. 4 78. 4
9. 1 23. 2 37. 4 51. 1 65. 3 79. 2
10. 2 24. 3 38. 1 52. 3 66. 3 80. 5
11. 1 25. 1 39. 4 53. 5 67. 2
12. 1 26. 4 40. 2 54. 1 68. 1
13. 2 27. 3 41. 5 55. 4 69. 5
14. 2 28. 2 42. 3 56. 2 70. 2
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PROBLEM BASED ON AGES
1.The age of Arvind’s father is 4 times his age. If 5 years 9. The ratio of the ages of A and B at present is 4 :
ago, father’s age was 7 times of the age of his son 3. 10 years earlier, the ratio was 3 : 2, then find the
at that time, what is Arvind’s father’s present age? present ages of A and B (in years).
(1) 84 years (2) 70 years (3) 40 years (1) 40, 30 (2) 48, 36 (3) 64, 48
(4) 35 years (5) None of these (4) 20, 15 (5) None of these
2. The age of Ramesh is four times the age of Suresh. 10. The ratio of the ages of A and B at present is 5 :
After ten years the age of Ramesh will be only 3. After 7 years the ratio will become 3 : 2. What is
twice the age of Suresh. Find the present age of the sum of the present ages of A and B?
Suresh.
(1) 46 years (2) 48 years (3) 56 years
(4) 58 years (5) None of these
11. If the product of the present ages of A and B is 750
3. 10 years ago Chandravati’s mother was 4 times
years and the ratio of their present ages is 6 : 5.
older than her daughter. After 10 years, the mother
Find the difference between their present ages.
will be twice older than the daughter. The present
age of Chandravati is : (1) 10 years (2) 15 years (3) 8 years
(1) 5 years (2) 10 years (3) 20 years (4) 5 years (5) None of these
(4) 30 years (5) None of these 12. If the ratio of the ages of A and B at present is 2
4. 14 years ago Ram was 4 times the age of Pankaj. If : 1. 6 years earlier, the ratio was 3 : 1. What is the
the present age of Ram is twice the age of Pankaj, sum of the present ages of A and B?
what will be the total of their present ages? (1) 24 years (2) 26 years (3) 34 years
(4) 48 years (5) None of these 13. A man’s age is 150% of what it was 10 years ago,
5. At present the age of the father is 3 times the age but 75% of what it will be after 10 years. What is
of his son, 9 years hence the fathers’ age would be his present age?
twice that of his son. What is the sum of the (1) 25 years (2) 30 years (3) 35 years
present ages of father and his son? (4) 40 years (5) None of these
14. The ratio of P’s and Q’s ages is 5 : 7. If the
(4) 46 years (5) None of these difference between the present age of Q and the
6. The sum of the ages of a father and a son is 50 age of P 6 years hence is 2 then what is the total
years. Also, 5 years ago, the father’s age was 7 of present ages of P and Q?
times the age of the son. The present ages of the (1) 52 years (2) 48 years
father and the son respectively, are :
(3) 56 years (4) Data inadequate
(1) 35 years, 15 years (2) 40 years, 10 years
(5) None of these
(3) 38 years, 12 years (4) 42 years, 8 years
15. If the age of P and R are added to twice the age of
(5) None of these
Q, the total becomes 59. If the ages of Q and R are
7. The sum of the ages of a son and father is 56 years. added to thrice the age of P, the total becomes 68.
After four years, the age of the father will be three And if the age of P is added to thrice the age of
times that of the son. Their ages respectively are : Q and thrice the age of R, the total becomes 108.
(1) 12 years, 44 years (2) 16 years, 48 years What is the age of P?
(3) 16 years, 42 years (4) 18 years, 6 years (1) 15 yrs. (2) 19 yrs. (3) 17 yrs.
(5) None of these (4) 12 yrs. (5) None of these
8. The ratio of the ages of father and son at present 16. The product of the ages of Harish and Seema is
is 6 : 1. After 5 years, the ratio will become 7 : 2. 240. If twice the age of Seema is more than Harish’s
The present age of the son is : age by 4 years, what is Seema’s age in years?
(1) 10 years (2) 9 years (3) 6 years (1) 12 years (2) 20 years (3) 10 years
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(4) 14 years (5) None of these _______.
17. Jayesh is twice as old as Vijay and half as old as (1) 48 years (2) 51 years (3) 56 years
Suresh. If the sum of Suresh’s and Vijay’s ages is (4) 61 years (5) None of these
85 years, what is Jayesh’s age in years?
27. Two years ago, A was four times as old as B. 8
(1) 34 (2) 36 (3) 68 years hence, A’s age will exceed B’s age by 12
(4) Can’t say (5) None of these years. The ratio of the present ages of A and B
18. Present age of Rahul is 8 years less than Ritu’s is______.
present age. If 3 years ago Ritu’s age was x, which (1) 3 : 1 (2) 4 : 1 (3) 3 : 2
of the following represents Rahul’s present age?
(4) 5 : 1 (5) None of these
(1) x + 3 (2) x – 5 (3) x – 3 + 8
28. A is years younger to B. C is two years older than
(4) x + 3 + 8 (5) None of these A. Then B’s relation to C is ______.
19. The ratio of the present ages of a son and his (1) two years older (2) one year younger
father is 1 : 5 and that of his mother and father is
(3) one year older (4) two years younger
4 : 5. After 2 years the ratio of the age of the son
to that of his mother becomes 3 : 10. What is the (5) None of these
present age of the father? 29. If C’s age is twice the average age of A, B and C.
(1) 30 years (2) 28 years (3) 35 years A’s age is one half the average of A, B and C. If
(4) 30 years (5) None of these B is 5 years old, the average age of A, B and C is
1 _____.
20. 20 years ago my age was of what it is now. What
3 (1) 10 years (2) 15 years (3) 12 years
is my present age?
(4) 40 years (5) None of these 30. A father’s age is three times the sum of the ages of
his two children, but 20 years hence his age will be
21. 15 years hence, A will be twice as old as B, but five
equal to the sum of their ages. Then the father’s
years ago A was 4 times as old as B. Find the
age is ______.
difference of their present ages.
31. A father’s age is four times as much as the sum of
22. A says to B “I am twice as old as you were when
the ages of his three children but 6 years hence his
I was as old as you are.” The sum of their ages is
age will be only double the sum of their ages. Then
63 years. Find the difference of their ages.
the age of the father is ________.
23. A is as much younger than B as he is older than
32. The respective ages of a father and his son are 41
C. If the sum of B’s and C’s ages is 40 years. Find
and 16 years. In how many years will the father be
the age of A.
twice as old as his son?
24. A is twice as old as B was two years ago. If the
33. The total ages of A, B and C at present is 90 years.
difference in their ages be 2 years, find A’s age.
Ten years ago the ratio of their ages was 1 : 2 : 3.
(1) 14 years (2) 18 years (3) 8 years Then the present age of B is ______.
(4) 12 years (5) None of these (1) 30 years (2) 20 years (3) 40 years
25. In ten years, A will be twice as old as B was 10 (4) 45 years (5) None of these
years ago. If A is now 9 years older than B. Find
34. The sum of the ages of a father and son is 45 years.
the present age of B.
Five years ago, the product of their ages was four
(1) 39 years (2) 40 years (3) 36 years times the father’s age at that time, then the present
(4) 49 years (5) None of these ages of the father and son respectively are ____
26. Five years ago, the total of the ages of father and and _____ years.
son was 60 years. The ratio of their present ages (1) 39, 6 (2) 35, 10 (3) 36, 9
is 4 : 1. Then the present age of the father is (4) 40, 10 (5) None of these
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35. The ratio of the father’s and son’s age is 7 : 4. The 41. The ages of A, B and C together total 185 years. B
product of their ages is 1008. The ratio of their ages is twice as old as A and C is 17 years older than
after 6 years hence will be ______. A. Then the respective ages of A, B and C are–
(1) 5 : 3 (2) 8 : 5 (3) 7 : 4 (1) 40, 86 and 59 years (2) 42, 84 and 59
years
(4) 5 : 8 (5) None of these
(3) 40, 80 and 65 years (4) 42, 88 and 58
36. Ratio of Sujeet’s age to Sameer’s age is 4 : 3. Sujeet
years
will be 26 years old after 6 years. Then the present
(5) None of these
age of Sameer is _____.
42. The ratio of Vimal’s age and Arun’s age is 3 : 5 and
the sum of their ages is 80 years. Find the ratio of
(4) 18 years (5) None of these their ages.
37. If 6 years are subtracted from the present age of (i) after 10 years and (ii) 10 years ago
Randheer and the remainder is divided by 18, then (1) 2 : 3, 2 : 1 (2) 2 : 3, 1 : 2
the present age of his grandson Anup is obtained.
(3) 3 : 2, 1 : 2 (4) 3 : 2, 2 : 1
If Anup is 2 years younger to Mahesh whose age
is 5 years, then what is the age of Randheer? (5) None of these
(1) 96 years (2) 84 years (3) 48 years 43. In 10 years, A will be twice as old as B was 10 years
ago. If A is now 9 years older than B, the present
(4) 60 years (5) None of these age of A is :
38. The ratio of Vimal’s age and Arun’s age 3 : 5 and (1) 29 years (2) 39 years (3) 19 years
sum of their ages is 80 years. The ratio of their ages
after 10 years will be _____.
44. Kamla got married 6 years ago. Today her age is
(1) 2 : 3 (2) 1 : 2 (3) 3 : 2
1
(4) 3 : 5 (5) None of these 1 times her age at the time of marriage. His son’ss
4
39. Shyam is 3 times as old as his son. After 10 years, age is (1/10) times her age. The age of her son is
the sum of their ages will be 76 years. The :
respective ages of the father and the son are ____ (1) 2 years (2) 3 years (3) 4 years
and ____ years. (4) 5 years (5) None of these
(1) 42, 14 (2) 39, 13 (3) 45, 15 45. Sachin was twice as old as Ajay 10 years back.
(4) 47, 17 (5) None of these How old is Ajay today if Sachin will be 40 years old
10 years hence?
40. A is 20 years older than B. He is also 6 times as old
as B. Then the respective ages of A and B are____ (1) 20 years (2) 10 years (3) 30 years
and _____ years. (4) 15 years (5) None of these
(1) 24, 4 (2) 42, 7 (3) 30, 5
(4) 35, 5 (5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. (3) 9. (1) 17. (1) 25. (1) 33. (1) 41. (2)
2. (4) 10. (3) 18. (2) 26. (3) 34. (3) 42. (2)
3. (3) 11. (4) 19. (3) 27. (1) 35. (2) 43. (4)
4. (2) 12. (4) 20. (1) 28. (3) 36. (2) 44. (2)
5. (1) 13. (2) 21. (3) 29. (1) 37. (4) 45. (1)
6. (2) 14. (2) 22. (3) 30. (1) 38. (1)
7. (1) 15. (4) 23. (1) 31. (3) 39. (1)
8. (4) 16. (1) 24. (3) 32. (2) 40. (1)
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SURDS AND INDICES
13 (1) 1 (2) 1.5

1. The value of  125  is:
(3) 2 (4)
(1) 2 (2) 4 (5) None of these
(3) 5 (4) 8
1
(5) None of these 8. If 22x-1 = , then n the value of x is:
8 x -3
-4 5
 1024  (1) 3 (2) 2
2. The value of   is:
 243 
(3) 0 (4) -2
81 81 (5) None of these
(1) (2)
16 256
x 1 x 3
a b
4 9 9. If      , then n the value of x is:
(3) (4) b a
9 4
(5) None of these 1
(1) 1 (2)
3. If I6 × 8n+2 = 2m, then m is equal to : 2
(1) n + 8 (2) 2n + 8 7
(3) (4) 3
(3) 3n + 2 (4) 3n + 10 2
(5) None of these 10. If 2X × 81/5 = 21/5, then x is equal to:
4. The value of 3 512 = 2 x , then x is equal to: 1 1
(1) (2) 
(1) 5 (2) 4 5 5
3 2 2
(3) (4) 3 (3) (4) 
5 5 5
5. The value of x satisfying 4 + 2 x = 4 is: 11. If 2X - 2X-1 = 4 , then The value of x3 is:
(1) 125 (2) 144 (1) 27 (2) 4
(3) 120 (4) (3) 1 (4) 256
6. If 5X+3 = (25)3x-4, then the value of x is: 12. The value of x for which 2X+4 - 2X-1 = 3, is:
(1) 0 (2) -2
5 11
(1) (2) (3) 2 (4) 1
11 5
(5) None of these
11 13
(3) (4) 13. The value of x for which 42x -22x = 12 holds, is:
3 5
(1) 2 (2) 3
(5) None of these
(3) 1 (4) -1
7. If 34x-2 = 729, then the value of x is:
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(5) None of these (l) m–n-2=0 (2) m – n – l = 0
X x
14. If 9 - 10.3 + 9 = 0 then x is equal to: (3) m – n + l = 0 (4) m - n + 2 = 0
(1) 2 or 0 (2) 1 or 3 (5) None of these
(3) 1 or 9 (4) 1 or -2 21. The expression xa(b-c).xb(c-a).xc(a-b) simplifies
to:
(5) None of these
(1) -1 (2) 0
15. The value of 3
x12  2 x 6 is:
(3) 1 (4) 2
(1) x7 (2) x6 22. If a = (1 - m), b = (m - n) and c = (n - 1), then the
(3) x 8
(4) x 10 expression (xa)n.(xb)1 .(xc)m in the simplified form
is:
(5) None of these
(1) 0 (2) x
16. If 2X-1 + 2X+1 = 320, then value of x is:
-1
(3) x (4) 1
(1) 6 (2) 8
(5) None of these
(3) 5 (4) 7
5
(5) None of these 23. If  3   9 2
 3a  3 3 , then  equals:
9n × 35 × (27)3 (1) 2 (2) 3

17. If = 27 , then n equals:
3× (81) 4
(3) 4 (4) 5
(1) 0 (b) 2 (5) None of these
(3) 3 (4) 4 24. If ax-3.ay+2 = a2.ax and ax.ay = a4, then:
(5) None of these (1) x = y = 0 (2) x = y = 1
3(12+ n) × 9 (2n -7) (3) x > y (4) x < y

18. The value of is:
35n (5) None of these
25. If ax-2 (a2x+2 + a1-x) = a-3 (a9 +a2), then the value of
1 9 x is:
(1) (2)
3 13
(1) 0
1 2 (2) a fraction
(3) (4)
9 3 (3) a positive integer
(5) None of these (4) a negative integer
(5) None of these
(0.6) 0 - (0.1) -1
-1 3
 3   3   1  is equal to:
-1 26. If ax = by = cz and b2 = ac, then y equals?
19.
 3  .  +  - 
 2   2  3 xz
xz
(1) (2) 2(x - z)
x+z
3 1
(1)  (2) 
2 2 xz 2xz
(3) 2(z - x) (4) (x + z)
2 3
(3) (4)
(5) None of these (a  b) (b  c) (c  a )
 xa   xb   xc 
2 27. The value of  b   c   a  is:
9n  32  3 n / 2   27 1 x  x  x 
20. If  , then:
33m (23 ) 27
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(1) 0 (2) xabc (1) 0 (2) 1
(3) 2 (4) 1 1
(5) None of these (3) (4) am+n
2
28. The expression (5) None of these
1 1 1 34. If m = ax, n = ay and mynx = a2/z then, the value of

  xyz is:
1  x(ba)  x(ca) 1  x(a b)  x(cb) 1  x(bc)  x(a c)
(1) 1 (2) 2
is equal to : (3) 3 (4) 4
(1) xa-b-c (2) 1 (5) None of these
(3) 0 (3) 2
37/ 2. y 3
(5) None of these 35. The simplified form of is:
35/ 2. y
29. If x = ya, y = zb and z = xc, then the value of abc is
(1) 4 (2) 3 x2 x3
(1) (2)
y y2
(3) 2 (4) 1
(5) None of these x6
(3) (4) xy
y3
1 1 1
30. If 2X =3y =6-z, then  + +  is equal to: (5) None of these
x y z
36. The solution of :-
(1) 0 (2) 1
(a) xx x
 (x x ) x (b) 33x+5×33x+3= 9
3 1
(3) (4) 
2 2 (c) 4X + 2 + 22x + 1 - 36 = 0 are respectively:
(5) None of these 9 1 9 1

(1) , 1& (2) , & -1
31. If ax = b, by = c and cz = a, then the value of xyz is: 4 2 4 2
(1) 0 (2) 1 1 9 9 1
(3) 1, , (4) 1, &
2 4 4 2
1 1
(3) (4) (5) None of these
3 2
(5) None of these 37. Consider the following statements:
(1) if ax = b, by = c, cz = a, then xyz = o
1 1 1
32. If 2X = 4y = 8Z and 2x  4y  4z  4 , then the (2) if p = ax, q = ay, (pyqx) = az, then xyz = 1
(3) if xa = yb = zc & ab + bc + ca= 0, then xyz =
value of x is:
1.
7 7 Of these statements
(1) (2)
16 32 (1) 1 & 2 are correct
7 3 (2) 2 & 3 are correct
(3) (4)
48 4 (3) Only 1 is correct
(5) None of these (4) 1 & 3 correct
38. Which of the following is the correct statement?
 1 1 
33. If  n m
  is equal to:
1 a 1  a mn 
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(1) 41. The value of
2 is bigger than 3
3
(b  c  a ) (c  a  b) (a  b  c)
(2) 2 is less then 3
3  xb   xc   xa 
 c  a   b  is:
x  x  x 
(3) 2 and 3 are equal
(1) xabc (2) xa+b+c
(4) 3
2 is equal to 4
3 (3) xab+bc+ca (4) 1
3n  4  2(2n ) 1/ab 1/bc 1/ca
39.  2 3 is equat to:  xa   xb   xc 
2(2n  3 ) 42. The value of  b  . c  . a  is:
x  x  x 
1
(1) 2n 1 (2) 2n 1  (1) 1 (b) 0
8
(3) x 1/abc (4) x1/(ab+bc+ca)
9
(3)  2n (4) 1 (5) None of these
8
43. If x, y, z are positive real numbers, the value of
(5) None of these
40. If pqr = 1, then  x 1 y. y 1 .z z 1x is: 
 1 1 1  1
 1
 1
 1  is equal to:
1 p  q 1 q  r 1 r  p  (1) xyz (2) xyz
1 (3) 1 (4) xyz

(1) 0 (2) pq
(5) None of these
(3) pq (4) 1
(5) None of these 44. 2, 3
4 and 4
6 is ascending order are:
(1) 2, 3 4, 4 6 (2) 4
6, 3 4, 2
(3) 2, 4 6, 3 4 (4) 4
6, 2, 3 4
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 5 9. 5 17. 3 25. 2 33. 2 41. 4
2. 2 10. 4 18. 3 26. 4 34. 1 42. 1
3. 4 11. 1 19. 1 27. 4 35. 4 43. 3
4. 4 12. 5 20. 5 28. 2 36. 2 44. 3
5. 2 13. 3 21. 3 29. 4 37. 2
6. 2 14. 3 22. 4 30. 1 38. 2
7. 3 15. 1 23. 4 31. 2 39. 4
8. 2 16. 4 24. 4 32. 1 40. 4
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AGES & NUMBERS
1. The difference between the present ages of Arun and D are in the ratio 21 : 33 : 44 respectively.
and Deepak is 14 years. Seven years ago, the ratio Which of the following respectively the ratio of
of their ages was 5 : 7 respectively. What is the present ages of A, B, C and D respectively?
Deepak’s present age?
(1) 12 : 21 : 33 : 44
(2) 12 : 22 : 31 : 44
(3) 12 : 21 : 36 : 44
(5) None of these
2. The ages of Sachin and Jatin are in the ratio 8 :
11. After 10 years, the ratio of their ages will be (5) None of these
13 : 16. What is the difference between their ages? 7. Present ages of Seema and Naresh are in the ratio
(1) 16 years (2) 3 years of 5 : 7. Five years hence the ratio of their ages
becomes 3 : 4 respectively. What is Naresh’s
(3) 8 years (4) 6 years present age in years?
(5) None of these (1) 25
3. One year ago, the ratio of the ages of Sanika and (2) 40
Gouri was 3 : 4 respectively. One year hence, the
ratio of their ages will be 10 : 13 respectively. What (3) 30
is Sanika’s present age? (4) Cannot be determined
(2) 20 years 8. The average age of 11 players of a cricket team
(3) 26 years is increased by 2 months when two of them aged
18 years and 20 years are replaced by two new
players. The average age of the new players is?
(5) None of these
(1) 19 years 1 month
4. The present age of Mr. Sanyal is 3 times the
present age of his son. Six years hence, the ratio (2) 19 years 6 months
of their ages will be 5 : 2. What is the present age (3) 19 years 11 months
of Mr. Sanyal?
(4) 19 years 5 months
(5) None of these
9. The average age of 30 boys in a class is 15 years.
(5) None of these One boy aged 20 years left the class, but two new
5. The ages of Samir and Tanuj are in the ratio of boys came in his place whose ages differ by 5
8 : 15 years respectively. After 9 years, the ratio years. If the average age of all the boys now in
of their ages will be 11 : 18. What is the difference the class still remains 15 years, then the age of
between their ages? the younger newcomer is?
(1) 24 years (2) 20 years (1) 20 years (2) 15 years
6. The present age of A, B and C are in the ratio of 10. The age of the present ages of two brothers is 1 :
8 : 14 : 22 respectively. The present ages of B, C 2 and 5 years back, the ratio was 1 : 3. What will
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be ratio of their ages after 5 years? 16. The average age of 8 men is increased by 2 years
(1) 1 : 4 (2) 2 : 3 when two of them whose age are 21 and 23 years
are replaced by two new men. The average age
(3) 3 : 5 (4) 5 : 6 of the two new men is?
11. Six years ago, Seema was half of that of Rupa in (3) 28 years (4) 30 years
age. Four years hence the respective ratio of their
ages would be 3 : 5. How old is Rupa at present? (5) None of these
(1) 32 years 17. In a school with 600 students, the average age of
the boys is 12 years and that of girls is 11 years. If
(2) 16 years the average age of the school is 11 years and 9
(3) None of these months, then the numbers of girls in the school is
(4) Cannot be determined (1) 450 (2) 250
(5) None of these (3) 150 (4) 350
12. Father is aged three times more than his son Ramu. (5) None of these
After 8 years, he would be 2.5 times of Ramu’s 18. A father said to his son “I was as old as you are at
age. After further 8 years, how many times would present at the time of your birth”. If the father’s
be of Ramu’s age? age is 38 years now, the son’s age five years back
1 was
(1) 2 times (2) 2 times
2 (1) 14 years (2) 19 years
3 (3) 38 years (4) 33 years

(3) 2 times (4) 3 times
4 (5) None of these
(5) None of these 19. The average age of a husband and wife was 23
13. The present age of a father is 3 years more than years at the time of their marriage. After 5 years
three times the age of his son. Three years hence, they have a one year old child. The average age
father’s age will be 10 years more than twice the of the family now is?
age of the son. The father’s present age is? (1) 28.5 years (2) 19 years
(1) 33 years (2) 39 years (3) 29.9 years (4) 23 years
(3) 45 years (4) 40 years (5) None of these
(5) None of these 20. Renu’s mother was three times as old as Renu 5
14. My grandfather was 8 times older than me 16 years ago. After 5 years, she will be twice as old
years ago. He would be 3 times my age 8 years as Renu.Renu’s present age in years is?
from now. Eight years ago, what was the ratio of (1) 35 (2) 10
my age to that of my grandfather?
(3) 20 (4) 15
(1) 3 : 8 (2) 1 : 5
(5) None of these
(3) 1 : 2 (4) 2 : 1
21. The average age of a class of 20 students is 20
(5) None of these years. If the teacher’s age is also included, then
15. In a class, the average age of 40 boys is 13.5 years the average age increases by one year. The
and that of the girls is 13 years. The average age teacher’s age is?
of the whole class is 13.4 years. Find the number (1) 24 years (2) 30 years
of girls in the class?
(1) 20 (2) 13
(5) None of these
(3) 11 (4) 10
22. The average of x and y is 18. If z is equal to 9, the
(5) None of these average of x, y and z is?
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(1) 3 (2) 9 T. If the sum of the ages of R and T is 50 years,
(3) 12 (4) 15 then what is definitely the difference between R
and Q’s ages?
(5) None of these
(1) 25 years
23. The average age of 12 players of a team is 25
years. If the captain’s age is included, then the (2) 1 year
average age increases by 1 year. The age of the (3) 2 years
captain is?
(4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these
29. A man’s age is 150% of what it was 10 years ago,
(5) None of these but 75% of what it will be after 10 years. What is
24. The average age of 24 students and the class his present age?
teacher is 16 years. If the class teacher’s age is (1) 25 years (2) 30 years
excluded, then the average reduces by one year.
What is the age of the class teacher? (3) 35 years (4) 40 years
(2) 45 years 30. A says to B “I am twice as old as you were when

I was as old as you are”. The sum of their ages is
(3) 40 years 63 years. Find the difference of their ages?
(4) Data inadequate (1) 27 years (2) 12 years
25. If the age of P and R are added to twice the age (5) None of these
of Q, the total becomes 59. If the ages of Q and R
added to thrice the age of P, the total becomes 68. 31. Sachin is younger than Rahul by 4 years. If their
And, if the age of P is added to thrice the age of Q ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9, then how
and twice the age of R, the total becomes 108. old is Sachin?
What is the age of P? (1) 27 years (2) 24.5 years
(5) None of these 32. The ratio between the present ages of P and Q is
26. The product of the age of Harish and Seema is 6 : 7. If Q is 4 years older than P, then what will
240. If twice the age of Seema is more than be the ratio of the ages of P and Q after 4 years?
Harish’s age by 4 years, what is Seema’s age in (1) 8 : 5 (2) 7 : 8
years?
(3) 9 : 7 (4) 2 : 3
(1) 12 (2) 20
(5) None of these
(3) 10 (4) 14
33. The atio between the present ages of P and Q is
(5) None of these 5 : 7 respectively. If the difference between Q’s
27. The average age of 34 boys in a class is 17 years. present age and P’s age after 6 years is 2, what is
If the teacher’s age is included the average age the total P’s and Q’s present ages?
of the boys and the teacher’s becomes 18. What (1) 50 years (2) 60 years
is the teacher’s age?
(5) None of these
34. At present, the ratio between the ages of Arun
(5) None of these and Deepak is 4 : 3. After 6 years, Arun’s age will
28. Q is as much younger than R as he is older than be 26 years. What is the age of Deepak at present?
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(1) 20 years (2) 15 years 41. The ratio of the father’s ages to his son’s age is
(3) 25 years (4) 30 years 7 : 3. The product of their ages is 756. The ratio of
their ages after 6 years will be?
(5) None of these
(1) 3 : 2 (2) 2 : 1
35. Present ages of X and Y are in the ratio 5 : 6
respectively. Seven years hence this ratio will (3) 4 : 3 (4) 4 : 5
become 6 : 7 respectively. What is the X’s present (5) None of these
age in years? 42. The present ages of three persons are in
(1) 35 years (2) 48 years proportions 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the sum of
(3) 50 years (4) 45 years their ages was 56. Find their present ages?
(5) None of these (1) 10, 15, 20 (2) 16, 28, 36
36. Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio (3) 25, 30, 35 (4) 8, 16, 32
of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio (5) None of these
of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What 43. The ratio of the ages of man and his wife is 4 : 3.
is Anand’s present age in years? After 4 years, this ratio will be 9 : 7. If at the time
(1) 25 years (2) 24 years of marriage, the ratio was 5 : 3 , then how many
(3) 26 years (4) 28 years years ago were they married?
37. Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Kunal and (3) 25 years (4) 30 years
Sagar was 6 : 5. Four years hence the ratio of (5) None of these
their ages will be 11 : 10. What is Sagar’s age at 44. The ratio between the school ages of Neelam and
present? Shaan is 5 : 6 respectively. If the ratio between
(1) 16 years (2) 20 years the one-third age of Neelam and hal of shaan’s
age is 5 : 9, then what is the school age of Shaan?
(5) None of these
38. The total of the ages of Jayant, Prem and Saransh
is 93 years. Ten years ago, the ratio of their ages (5) None of these
was 2 : 3 : 4. What is the present age of Saransh? 45. The ratio between the present ages of A and B is
(1) 38 years (2) 40 years 5 : 3 respectively. The ratio between A’s age 4
years ago and B’s age 4 years hence is 1 : 1.
What is the ratio between A’s age 4 years hence
(5) None of these and B’s age 4 years ago?
39. The ratio of the present ages of two brothers is (1) 4 : 1 (2) 3 : 1
1:2 and 5 years back, the ratio was 1 : 3. What
will be the ratio of their ages after 5 years? (3) 3 : 2 (4) 2 : 3
(1) 3 : 5 (2) 4 : 5 (5) None of these
(3) 5 : 7 (4) 8 : 3 46. Ten years ago, A was half of B in age. If the ratio
of their present ages is 3 : 4, what will be the total
(5) None of these of their present ages?
40. Hitesh is 40 years old and Ronnie is 60 years old. (1) 40 years (2) 30 years
How many years ago was the ratio of their ages
3 : 5? (3) 20 years (4) 35 years
(3) 40 years (4) 50 years 47. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as
C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27,
(5) None of these then how old is B?
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(3) 30 years (4) 35 years 54. One year ago, Promila was four times as old her
daughter Sakshi. Six years hence, Promila’s age
(5) None of these
will exceed her daughter’s age by 9 years. The
48. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, ratio of the present ages of Promila and her
his age will be twice the age of his son. The present daughter is
age of the son is?
(1) 12 : 3 (2) 14 : 5
(1) 15 years (2) 22 years (3) 13 : 4 (4) 15 : 2
(5) None of these 55. The sum of the present ages of a father and his
49. Eighteen years ago, a father was three times as son is 60 years. Six years ago, father’s age was
old as his son. Now the father is only twice as old five times the age of the son. After 6 years, the
his son. Then the sum of the present ages of the son’s age will be?
son and the father is? (1) 30 years (2) 20 years
(5) None of these 56. The total age of A and B is 12 years more than
50. A person’s present age is two-fifth of the age of the total age of B and C. C is how many years
his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of younger than A?
the age of his mother. How old is the mother at (1) 12 years (2) 14 years
present?
(5) None of these
57. Q is as much younger than R as he is older than
(5) None of these T. If the sum of the ages of R and T is 50 years,
51. Tanya’s grandfather was 8 times older to her 16 what is definitely the difference between R and
years ago. He would be 3 times of her age 8 years Q’s age?
from now. Eight years ago, what was the ratio of (1) 50 years (2) 60 years
Tanya’s age to that of her grandfather?
(1) 11 : 53 (2) 12 : 54
(5) None of these
(3) 11 : 56 (4) 11 : 43
58. The age of a man is three times the sum of the
(5) None of these ages of his two sons. Five years hence, his age
52. The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age will be double of the sum of the age of his sons.
of his son. Ten years hence, father’s age will be The father’s present age is?
twice that of his son. The ratio of their present (1) 45 years (2) 40 years
ages is?
(1) 7 : 3 (2) 8 : 3
(5) None of these
(3) 5 : 3 (4) 7 : 4
59. The sum of the ages of a father and his son is 45
(5) None of these years. Five years ago, the product of their ages
53. Four years ago, the father’s age was three times was 34. The ages of the son and father are
the age of his son. The total of the ages of his respectively?
father and the son after four years will be 64 years. (1) 43, 8 (2) 39, 6
What is the father’s age at present?
(3) 44, 9 (4) 45, 10
(5) None of these
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60. Rajan got married 8 years ago. His present age is (3) 13 (4) 14
6/5 times his age at the time of his marriage. (5) None of these
Rajan’s sister was 10 years younger to him at the
time of his marriage. The age of Rajan’s sister is? 67. If a number is decreased by 4 and divided by 6,
the result is 8. What would be the result if 2 is
(1) 40 years (2) 38 years subtracted from the number and then it is divided
(3) 35 years (4) 30 years by 5?
(5) None of these (1) 6 (2) 5
61. The sum of the age of 5 children bom at the (3) 7 (4) 8
intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the (5) None of these
age of the youngest child?
68. If one-third of one fourth of a number is 15, then
(1) 4 years (2) 5 years three-tenth of that number is
(3) 6 years (4) 7 years (1) 45 (2) 64
(5) None of these (3) 54 (4) 50
62. Father is aged three times more than his son Ronit. (5) None of these
After 8 years, he would be two and a half times
of Ronit’s age. After further 8 years, how many 69. A number is doubled and 9 is added. If the resultant
times would he be of Ronit’s age? is trebled, it becomes 75. What is that number?
(1) 2 (2) 3 (1) 7 (2) 8
(3) 4 (4) 5 (3) 9 (4) 5
63. The difference between the ages of two persons 70. Three-fourth of a number is 60 more than it’s one-
is 10 years. Fifteen years ago, the elder one was third. The number is
twice as old as the younger one. The present age (1) 122 (2) 144
of the elder person is?
(3) 111 (4) 169
(5) None of these
71. When 24 is subtracted from a number, it reduces
(5) None of these to its four-seventh. What is the sum of the digits
64. A father said to his son, “I was as old as you are of that number?
at present at the time of your birth.” If the father’s (1) 12 (2) 11
age is 38 years now, the son’s age five years back
(3) 13 (4) 14
was?
(5) None of these
(3) 15 years (4) 14 years 72. Find the number which when multiplied by 15 is
increased by 196.
(5) None of these
(1) 14 (2) 15
65. In 10 years, A will be twice as old as B was 10
years ago. If A is now 9 years older than B, the (3) 16 (4) 17
present age of B is? (5) None of these
(1) 40 years (2) 39 years 73. If a number, when divided by 4, is reduced by 21,
(3) 45 years (4) 46 years the number is
(5) None of these (1) 29 (2) 28

66. The difference between a number and its three- (3) 30 (4) 35
fifth is 50. What is the number? (5) None of these
(1) 10 (2) 12 74. A number whose fifth part is increased by 4 is
equal to its fourth part diminished by 10, is
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(1) 281 (2) 280 78. If 50 is subtracted from two-third of a number,
(3) 270 (4) 275 the result is equal to sum of 40 and one-fourth of
that number. What is the number?
(5) None of these
(1) 217 (2) 216
75. The difference of two numbers is 20% of the larger
(3) 219 (4) 220
number. If the smaller number is 12, the larger
one is (5) None of these
(1) 15 (2) 16 79. If the sum of a number and its square is 182, then
what is the number?
(3) 17 (4) 18
(1) 15 (2) 17
(5) None of these
(3) 18 (4) 13
76. If one-seventh of a number exceeds its eleventh
part by 100, then the number is (5) None of these
(1) 1925 (2) 1825 80. Twenty times a positive number is less than its
square by 96. What is the integer?
(3) 1625 (4) 1800
(1) 24 (2) 25
(5) None of these
(3) 27 (4) 28
77. If doubling a number and adding 20 to the result
gives the same number as multiplying the number (5) None of these
by 8 and taking away 4 from the product, the
number is
(1) 5 (2) 4
(3) 6 (4) 7
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 5 15. 5 29. 2 43. 2 57. 1 71. 2
2. 4 16. 4 30. 3 44. 5 58. 1 72. 1
3. 1 17. 3 31. 5 45. 2 59. 2 73. 2
4. 3 18. 5 32. 2 46. 4 60. 4 74. 2
5. 4 19. 2 33. 4 47. 1 61. 1 75. 1
6. 1 20. 4 34. 2 48. 2 62. 5 76. 1
7. 1 21. 3 35. 1 49. 1 63. 1 77. 2
8. 3 22. 4 36. 2 50. 2 64. 4 78. 2
9. 2 23. 2 37. 1 51. 1 65. 2 79. 4
10. 3 24. 3 38. 1 52. 1 66. 5 80. 1
11. 5 25. 4 39. 1 53. 4 67. 5
12. 5 26. 1 40. 1 54. 3 68. 3
13. 1 27. 5 41. 2 55. 4 69. 2
14. 5 28. 4 42. 2 56. 1 70. 2
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1. If salary of A is 20% more than salary of B, (5) None of these

then salary of B is what % less than A?
7. If the length of rectangle is increased by 40%,
2 then by what % breadth shall be decreased
(1) 16 % (2) 20% in order to have the original area?
3
4
4 (1) 28 % (2) 60%
(3) 25% (4) 15 % 7
5
(5) None of these 5
(3) 40% (4) 32 %
7
2. If the sides of a square are increased by 25%,
then what will be the effect on its area? (5) None of these
(1) 20% (2) 10% 8. In a competitive examination in State A, 6%
candidates got selected from the total
(3) 21% (4) 25%
appeared candidates. State B had an equal
(5) None of these number of candidates appeared and 7%
candidates go selected with 80 more
3. If the sides of a square field are increased by
candidates got selected than A. What was the
1 number of candidates appeared from each
33 % , then what will be the effect on its
3 state?
perimeter? (1) 8000
1 (2) 8400
(1) 43% (2) 33 %
3 (3) 7680
(3) 62% (4) 41% (4) Cannot be determined
4. If the sides of a cube are increased by 30%, 9. The price of a car is Rs. 3,25,000. It was
then what will be the effect on its volume? insured to 85% of its price. The car was
(1) 69% (2) 119.7% damaged completely in accident and the
insurance company paid 90% of the
(3) 26% (4) 52% insurance. What was the difference between
(5) None of these the price of the car and the amount received?
5. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 25% (1) Rs. 32,500 (2) Rs. 28, 750
and breadth is increased by 20%, then what (3) Rs. 76,375 (4) Rs. 81,250
will be the effect on its area?
(5) None of these
(1) 45% (2) 50%
10. Sameer spends 24% of his monthly income
(3) 44% (4) 42% on food and 15% on the education of his
(5) None of these children. Of the remaining salary, he spends
25% on entertainment and 20% on
6. If the length of rectangle is increased by 20%
conveyance. He is now left with Rs. 10,736.
while breadth is decreased by 10%, then what
What is the monthly income of Sameer?
will be the effect on its area?
(1) Rs. 27,600 (2) Rs. 28,000
(1) 10% (2) 12%
(3) Rs. 31,200 (4) Rs. 32,000
(3) 8% (4) 9%
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(5) None of these reduce this to 2%?
11. 405 sweets are distributed equal among (1) 10 lit (2) 15 lit
children in such a way that the number of
(3) 25 lit (4) 12 lit
sweet received by each child is 20% of the
total number of children. How many sweets (5) None of these
did each child receive? 17. In an examination, the percentage of students
(1) 50 (2) 42 qualified to the number of students appeared
from school A is 70%. In school B, the number
(3) 45 (4) 40
of students appeared is 20% more than the
(5) None of these student appeared from school B is 50% more
than the students appeared from school A.
12. In a recent survey, 40% houses contained two
What is the percentage of students qualified
or more people. If in houses containing only
to the number of students appeared from
one person, 25% were having only a male,
school B?
then what is the percentage of all houses,
which contains exactly one female and no (1) 30% (2) 70%
males?
(3) 87.5% (4) 78.5%
(1) 15% (5) None of these
(2) 40% 18. A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enable
(3) 75% a person to buy 2 kg more for Rs. 250. What
is the reduced price?
(1) Rs. 31.25 (2) Rs. 20
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 25 (4) Rs. 21.75
13. The price of a D.V.D. is decreased by 25%
as a result of which the sale increased by (5) None of these
20%. What will be the effect on total revenue 19. Naresh’s monthly income is 30% more than
of shop? that of Raghu. Raghu’s monthly income is
20% less then than of Vishal. If the difference
(1) No effect (2) 5% increase
between the monthly income of Naresh and
(3) 10% decrease (4) 5% increase Vishal is Rs. 800, what is the monthly income
(5) None of these of Raghu?
14. If the tax on a commodity is increased by 25% (1) Rs. 16000

as a result it’s sale decreases by 20%, then (2) Rs. 20000
what will be the effect on revenue?
(3) Rs. 12000
(1) No effect (2) 5% decrease
(4) Data Inadequate
(3) 10% increase (4) 5% increase
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
20. In a class of 40 students and 8 teachers, each
15. The total population of a village is 5000. The got sweets that are 20% of the total number
number of males and females increases by of students and each teacher got sweets than
10%, and 15% respectively and consequently are 25% of the total number of students. How
the population of the village become 5600. many sweets were there?
What was the number of males in the village?
(1) 420 (2) 400
(1) 2000 (2) 2500
(3) 320 (4) 360
(3) 3000 (4) 4000
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
21. Ms. Deepti Jain invests 11% of her monthly
16. Milk contains 5% water. What quantity of pure salary, i.e. Rs. 5,236 in Fixed Deposits. Later
milk should be added to 10 liters of milk to she invests 19% of her monthly salary on Life
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Insurance Policies, also she invests another (4) Cannot be determined
7% of her monthly salary on Mutual Funds.
(5) None of these
What is the total annual amount invested by
Ms. Deepti Jain? 26. Two number are 20% and 50% more than the
third number, find first number is what percent
(1) Rs. 2,11,344 (2) Rs. 17,612
of the second?
(3) Rs. 1,05.672 (4) Rs. 35,324
(1) 80% (2) 100%
(5) None of these (3) 70% (4) 60%
22. In a college election fought between two (5) None of these
candidates, one candidate got 55% of the total
valid votes. 15% of the votes were invalid. If 27. Two numbers are such that the first is 20%
the total votes were 15,200, then what is the less than and the second is 20% more than
number of valid votes the other candidate got? the third. The first number is what percent of
the second?
(1) 7106 (2) 6840
(3) 8360 (4) 5814 2 2
(1) 77 % (2) 66 %
3 3
(5) None of these
23. In a test consisting of 80 questions carrying 2 2
(3) 75 % (4) 64 %
one mark each, Arpita answers 65% of the 3 3
first 40 questions correctly. What percent of (5) None of these
the other 40 questions does she need to
answer correctly to score 75% on the entire 28. Two number are such that they are 40% and
test? 50% of the third number. First number as
percentage of the second is:
(1) 60% (2) 80%
(1) 70% (2) 100%
(3) 75% (4) 40%
(3) 80% (4) 60%
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
24. Mangesh spends 17% of his monthly income
on travelling. He spends 25% of his monthly 29. If the price of sugar be increased by 20%,
income on household expense and 36% of then how much percent a lady must reduce
his monthly income on medical expenses. He the consumption of sugar so as not to
has remaining amount of Rs. 10,032 as cash increase her expenditure?
with him. What is Mangesh’s annual income? (1) 16% (2) 15%
(1) Rs. 5, 50, 300 (3) 19% (4) 20%
(2) Rs. 5, 36, 500 (5) None of these
(3) Rs. 5,47, 200 30. The price of onions is now reduced by 25%.
What percent of its consumption should the
family increase so as not to reduce the
(5) None of these expenditure on this itesm?
25. Prema decided to donate 15% of her salary 1 1
to an orphanage. On the day of donation, she (1) 33 % (2) 30 %
3 3
changed her mind and donated Rs. 1896,
which was 80% of what she had decided
1 1
earlier. How much is Prena’s salary? (3) 32 % (4) 33 %
3 3
(1) Rs. 18,500
(5) None of these
(2) Rs. 10,250
31. The salary of an executive is first increased
(3) Rs. 15,800 by 20% and later it was reduced by 20%. The
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(1) 4% decrease (2) 5% increase 37. In an examination, 30% of the candidates
(3) 3% increase (4) No change failed in History and 27% failed in Geography
where as 15% failed in both the subjects. Find
(5) None of these the pass percentage of those passing in both
32. When the price on a ticket is increased by subjects.
10%, the sale on ticket is reduced by 5%. Find (1) 50% (2) 55%
the change in the collection?
(3) 58% (4) 57%
(1) 5% decrease
(5) None of these
(2) 4.5% decrease
38. In an examination, 78% of the candidates
(3) 4.5% increase
passed in English, 67% passed in
(4) 3% increase Mathematics and 10% failed in English and
(5) None of these Mathematics both. Find the pass percentage
of those who passed in both subjects.
33. A student has to secure 45% marks, to qualify
for interview, in a written examination. If he (1) 50% (2) 55%
get 79 mark and fails by 56 marks, then find (3) 58% (4) 57%
the maximum marks set to qualify for
interview. (5) None of these
(1) 350 (2) 300 39. In an examination in which full marks were
2500. A got 10% less than B, B got 25% less
(3) 400 (4) 450 than C and C got 20% less than D. If A got
(5) None of these 540, then what percentage of the full marks
was obtained by D?
34. Atul scored 30% marks in an examination and
failed by 40 marks where as his friend Sunil (1) 35% (2) 45%
42% marks gets 32 marks more than the (3) 42% (4) 40%
minimum required marks for the examination.
The maximum marks for the examination. (5) None of these
(1) 600 (2) 700 40. In an examination A got 10% less than B, B
gets 25% more than C, and C gets 20% less
(3) 800 (4) 900
than D. If A got 360 marks, then the number
(5) None of these of marks obtained by D is:
35. A candidate who gets 20% marks in an (1) 400 (2) 500
examination fails by 30 marks. Another
(3) 600 (4) 700
candidate who gets 32% marks in the same
examination gets 42 marks more than are (5) None of these
necessary for passing the examination. What 41. In an election where there are two candidates
is the pass percentage of marks? only, the candidate who gets 57 percent of
(1) 30% (2) 60% the votes is declared elected by 4200 votes.
The number of votes recorded is
(3) 25% (4) 40%
(1) 40,000 (2) 50,000
(5) None of these
(3) 30,000 (4) 35,000
36. In an examination, 23% of the candidates
failed in civics: 29% failed in social studies (5) None of these
where as 11% failed in both. Find the pass 42. Three friends x, y, z whose salary together
percentage who passed in both subjects. amount to Rs. 72000, spend 80%, 85% and
(1) 30% (2) 59% 75% of their salaries respectively. If their
savings are in the ratio as 8 : 9 : 20, then find
(3) 58% (4) 57%
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their respective salaries. first of the second?
(1) Rs. 16000, Rs. 24000 and Rs. 32000 (1) 42% (2) 16%
(2) Rs. 14000, Rs. 22000 and Rs. 30,000 (3) 35% (4) 20
(3) Rs. 18000, Rs. 26000 and Rs. 34000
(5) None of these
(4) Rs. 10000, Rs. 18000 and Rs. 26000
49. The numbers are less than a third number by
(5) None of these 40% and 10% respectively. How much
percent is the first number less than the
43. In an examination 27% candidates failed in
second?
English, 38% failed in Mathematics. If 19%
failed in both the subjects, then the percentage (1) 42% (2) 16%
of the candidates who pass in both subjects
(3) 35% (4) 20%
is:
(5) None of these
(1) 54% (2) 50%
50. In an examination, out of 1500 boys and 300
(3) 52% (4) 48% girls, 70% of boys and 30% of girls have
(5) None of these passed. What is the percentage of students
that failed?
44. In an examination, 70% candidates passed
in English, 65% in Mathematics and 27% failed (1) 33% (2) 25.5%
in both subjects and 248 candidates passed (3) 30% (4) 20%
in both the subjects. The number of total
students appeared in the examination? (5) None of these
(1) 300 (2) 400 51. Rajesh has to score 20% marks to pass in a
test. If he gets 60 marks and fails by 40 marks,
(3) 500 (4) 600 then find the total marks assigned for the test?
(5) None of these (1) 550 (2) 450
45. In an examination 36% of marks is necessary (3) 500 (4) 200
to pass and a student gets 200 marks and
fails by 124 marks. The total marks is: (5) None of these
(1) 700 (2) 900 52. In a rectangle, the length and the breadth are
increased by 20% and 30% respectively.
(3) 600 (4) 400 What is the percentage increase in its area?
(5) None of these (1) 45% (2) 16%
46. In a number is 25% more than the other, then (3) 15% (4) 56%
how much percent is the second number less
than the first? (5) None of these
(1) 12.33% (2) 16.66% 53. The value of an article is Rs. 3450. Its values
decrease 5% during the first year, 10% during
(3) 16.33% (4) 20% the second year and 20% during the third year.
(5) None of these What is value of the article after 3 years?
47. If A’s earning is 20% less than that of B, then (1) 1892 (2) 2500
how much percent is B’s earning is more than (3) 1890.5 (4) 2359.8
that of A?
(5) None of these
(1) 15.2% (2) 30%
54. The price of an item is decreased by 30%. In
(3) 25% (4) 28% order to get the original price, the new price
(5) None of these must be increased by
48. Two numbers are 5% and 25% of a third (1) 33% (2) 35.7%
number respectively. What percentage is the (3) 50% (4) 42.85%
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(5) None of these 61. 10% of income of X is equal to 15% income
of Y and a 20% income of Y is equal to 25%
55. The length and breadth of a square are
of the income of Z. If the income of Z is Rs.
increased by 20% and 25% respectively. The
5000, then the total income of X, Y and Z is
are of the rectangle so formed exceeds the
area of the square by (1) 20625 (2) 26500
(1) 50% (2) 18% (3) 21040 (4) 20550
(3) 35% (4) 40%
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
62. In a group of 40 men and 80 women, 30% of
56. In an examination, 15% and 30% students the men are less than 30 years old and 40%
failed in Biology and Hindi respectively while of the total persons are less than 30 years.
20% students failed in both the subjects. If What percentage of men are under 30 years?
the number of students passing the (1) 35% (2) 61%
examination is
(3) 40% (4) 29%
(1) 1250 (2) 1200
(5) None of these
(3) 1600 (4) 2000
63. A reduction of 25% in the price of wheat
(5) None of these enables a person to purchase 2.5 kg more of
57. Rohan spends 20% of his income in Rs. 120. What is the original price per kg of
entertainment, 10% of the rest in his higher wheat?
education and 15% of the balance in paying (1) 16 (2) 19
his telephone bills. After his expenditure, he
is left with Rs. 7956. What is Rohan’s (3) 20 (4) 25
income? (5) None of these
(1) 12560 (2) 14789 64. A shopkeeper has 5% of the total pencils as
defective. He sells 92% of the remainder and
(3) 16600 (4) 20000
still has 684 pencils left. How many pencils
(5) None of these did he originally have?
58. Out of 140 pieces, 10% are defective and out (1) 9000 (2) 6000
of 100 pieces, 15% are defective. For all the (3) 10000 (4) 8000
pieces combined, what percent of the pieces
(5) None of these
are defective?
65. Successive discounts of 15% and 25% are
(1) 15% (2) 6.1%
equivalent to a single discount of
(3) 12.08% (4) 12.05%
(1) 15% (2) 21%
(5) None of these
(3) 18% (4) 25%
59. a% of 2b is b% of
(5) None of these
(1) 2a (2) a
(3) 0.5 (4) 3a 10% and the denominator is decreased by
(5) None of these 20%, then the value of the fraction is 12/13.
What is the original fraction?
60. An ant travels along the diagonal of a square.
How much extra, in terms of percentage, it (1) 96/143 (2) 61/89
needs to travel if it were to travel along the (3) 55/143 (4) 25/89
sides of the square?
(5) None of these
(1) 55% (2) 41%
67. The population of a city increases at the rate
(3) 30% (4) 25% of 5% per annual increase of 2% in the
(5) None of these population due to the job seekers. The
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percentage increase in the population after 2 of votes polled.
years will be
(1) 50000 (2) 100000
(1) 23% (2) 12%
(3) 102450 (4) 500000
(3) 15% (4) 25%
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
74. A and B has the same price. If the price of A
68. Two fifth of one-third of a number is 85% of increases by 10% and the price of B
320. What is the number? increases by 5%, then how much more will it
(1) 1020 (2) 1021 cost to but 3 A’s and 3 B’s?
(3) 2040 (4) 2450 (1) 550% (2) 600%
(5) None of these (3) 445% (4) 350%
69. The digit at unit’s place in a two-digit number (5) None of these
is increased by 100% and the ten’s digit of 75. A vendor had some boxes. He sells 30% of
the same number is increased by 40%. The the boxes and still has 154 boxes. What is
number thus formed is 20 more than the the number of boxes he had originally?
original number. What is the original number?
(1) 51 (2) 31
(1) 75 (2) 61
(3) 30 (4) 22
(3) 70 (4) 26
(5) None of these
76. In an island, 30% of men is same is half of
70. A got 20% of the maximum marks in an
women and there are 15000 women. Total
examination and failed by 10 marks. B who
number of people in the island is
took the same examination got 50% of the
total marks and got 20 more than the passing (1) 35000 (2) 29000
marks. What were the passing marks in the
(3) 10000 (4) 25000
examination?
(5) None of these
(1) 35 (2) 30
77. 40% of the voters decide to vote for A and
(3) 10 (4) 28
rests decide to vote for B. But on the last day
(5) None of these of the election, only 20% voted for A and 40%,
71. If two numbers are 30% and 15% of the voted for B. If A lost by 20 votes, then the total
number respectively, then what is the number of voters is
percentage of the first number to the second? (1) 75 (2) 61
(1) 200% (2) 300% (3) 90 (4) 95
(3) 350% (4) 250% (5) None of these
(5) None of these 78. Out of the 2500 inhabitants of a town, 70%
72. Two students appeared in an examination. are males of whom 30% are literate. If, out of
One of them secured 3 marks more than the all the inhabitants 30% are literate, then what
other and his marks was 40% of the sum of percentage of the females of the town are
their marks. The marks obtained by them are literate?
(1) 4, 15 (2) 3, 15 (1) 15% (2) 21%
(3) 3, 6 (4) 2, 12 (3) 18% (4) 5%
73. In an election, out of the two candidates, one 79. Rs. 7400 was distributed among A, B and C
who got 40% of the total votes was defeated such that A received 25% more than B and B
by 20,000 votes. Calculate the total number received 20% more than C. What amount did
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C receive? 60% in the third subject, then what percentage
did he score overall?
(1) 2000 (2) 6.071
(3) 10 (4) 2.05 (1) 52.5% (2) 67%
(5) None of these (3) 54.3% (4) 56.7%
80. A trader dealing in mobile phone reduced the (5) None of these
price by 20% as result of which, the sales 86. Give that a% of b + ? % of 2a = a% of (a+2b).
went up by 80%. What was the net effect on The value of ‘?’ is
his sales income?
(1) a - b (2) (a + b)/2
(1) 105% (2) 116%
(3) a – 2b (4) a + b
(3) 98.5% (4) 72%
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
87. In city, 10% of the population died due to
81. Ramesh spends Rs. 50 to by butter. On one drought, 10% of the remaining due to lack of
occasion, he could buy 2.5 kg of butter less food and 20% of the rest due to disease. The
for Rs. 50 as the price had gone up by 20%. final population was reduced to 820, 80,88.
What was the earlier price of butter per kg? What was the original value of the population?
(1) Rs. 3.33 (2) Rs. 6.21 (1) 5560000 (2) 6710000
(3) Rs. 4.10 (4) Rs. 5.05 (3) 1000000 (4) 20550000
82. If ‘a’ is 90% of ‘b’ is what percent of ‘a+3b’? 88. The daily wage is increased by 25% and a
(1) 35% (2) 12.5% person now gets Rs. 25 per day. What was
his daily wage before the increase?
(3) 10% (4) 25.6%
(1) Rs. 35 (2) Rs. 24
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 20 (4) Rs. 25
83. 40% of the employees of certain company are
men and 60% of men earn more than Rs. (5) None of these
30,000 per year. If 40% of the company’s 89. The price of sugar has fallen by 10%. How
employees earn more than Rs. 30,000 per many 1 kg can be bought for the same amount
year, then what fraction of the women which was sufficient to buy 18 1 kg at the
employed by the company earn less than or higher price?
equal to Rs. 30,000 per year?
(1) 15 (2) 60
(1) 7/12 (2) 11/25
(3) 10 (4) 20
(3) 0.6 (4) 2.05
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
90. There are five boxes in a container. The weight
84. Rajnesh’s earning increases by 30% in one of the first box is 200 kg and the weight of the
year but decreases by 5% in the next year. second box is 20% higher than the weight of
After 5 years, his total earnings would be Rs. the third box, whose weight is 25% higher than
60,000. What is his present earning? the first box. The fourth box at 350 kg is 30%
(1) Rs. 30,000 (2) Rs. 41,000 higher than the fifth box. The difference in
average weight of the four heaviest boxes and
(3) Rs. 25000 (4) Rs. 35000 the four lightest boxes is
(5) None of these (1) 55 (2) 62.5
85. Three subjects in an examination have (3) 70.5 (4) 82
maximum marks per subject in the ratio of 1
: 2 : 4 respectively. If a student obtained 40% (5) None of these
in the first subject, 50% in the second and 91. In a college, there are 15 more girls than boys.
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If the number of girls is increased by 10% and 94. Given that 40% of 2490 + 30% of x = 33.33%
the number of boys is also increased by 16%, of 4500. What is the value of ‘x’
there would be 9 more girls than boys. What
(1) 1250 (2) 3215
is the number of students in the school?
(3) 168 (4) 105
(1) 300 (2) 265
(5) None of these
(3) 120 (4) 455
95. Given that 20% of 25% of 8420 of x = 20% of
(5) None of these
12500 + 0.5 × 112. What is the value of ‘x’?
92. The worker receives a 2.5% cut in pay and
(1) 5 (2) 6.071
now his salary is Rs. 25000. What was his
salary to begin with? (3) 10 (4) 2.05
(1) 18433 (2) 13452 (5) None of these
(3) 22354 (4) 24562
(5) None of these
93. Anirban gets a 4% raise. A year later, Anirban
receives a 2.5% cut in pay and now his salary
is Rs. 25000. What was his salary to begin
with?
(1) Rs. 24654.8 (2) Rs. 20000
(3) Rs. 13005 (4) Rs. 15421
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 1 17. 3 33. 2 49. 5 65. 5 81. 1

2. 5 18. 5 34. 1 50. 2 66. 1 82. 4
3. 2 19. 1 35. 3 51. 3 67. 3 83. 2
4. 2 20. 2 36. 2 52. 4 68. 3 84. 1
5. 2 21. 1 37. 3 53. 4 69. 5 85. 3
6. 3 22. 4 38. 2 54. 4 70. 2 86. 2
7. 1 23. 5 39. 4 55. 1 71. 1 87. 5
8. 1 24. 5 40. 1 56. 2 72. 3 88. 3
9. 3 25. 3 41. 3 57. 5 73. 2 89. 4
10. 4 26. 1 42. 1 58. 3 74. 3 90. 2
11. 3 27. 2 43. 1 59. 1 75. 4 91. 2
12. 5 28. 3 44. 2 60. 2 76. 5 92. 5
13. 5 29. 5 45. 4 61. 1 77. 5 93. 1
14. 1 30. 4 46. 3 62. 5 78. 5 94. 3
15. 3 31. 1 47. 3 63. 1 79. 1 95. 2
16. 2 32. 2 48. 1 64. 1 80. 2
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PROFIT & LOSS
1. Rohan sold two horse for Rs. 1500 each, gaining transaction is
20% on the one and losing 20% on the other. Find
(1) 20% (2) 25%
his total gain or loss percent?
(3) 30% (4) 15%
(1) 4.16% loss (2) 4% loss
(5) None of these
(3) 5% gain (4) 6.4% gain
7. If the cost price of 16 articles is equal to the selling
(5) None of these
price of 12 articles, then the gain or loss percent
2. A trader allows a discount of 12 percent for cash in the transaction is
payment. If he still gain 10% on his outlay, then
(1) 35% (2) 43%
how much percent above the cost price must he
mark his goods? (3) 23% (4) 33%
(1) 10% (2) 30% (5) None of these
(3) 25% (4) 20% 4
8. If selling price of an article is of its cost price,
(5) None of these 3
3. A reduction of 10% in the price of mangoes can then the profit % in the transaction is
purchase 5 mangoes more for Rs. 90. The price (1) 33% (2) 21%
of mangoes per dozen before reduction is
(3) 22% (4) 32%
(1) Rs. 24 (2) Rs. 25
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 23 (4) Rs. 21
9. If I had purchased 11 articles for Rs. 10 and sold
(5) None of these all articles at the rate of 10 for Rs. 11, then the
4. A shopkeeper sells the goods at 44% loss on cost profit percent would have been?
price but uses 30% less weight. What is percentage (1) 21% (2) 12%
profit or loss?
(3) 20% (4) 9%
(1) 14% (2) 16%
(5) None of these
(3) 25% (4) 20%
10. A shopkeeper marks his articles at 20% above
(5) None of these cost price and allows a purchaser a discount of
5. A shopkeeper sold sarees at Rs. 275 each after 10% for cash buying. What profit percent does
giving 12% discount on labeled price. Had he not he make?
given the discount, he would have earned a profit (1) 10% (2) 12%
of 25%. One the cost price, what was the cost
(3) 8% (4) 15%
price of each saree?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 250 (2) Rs 260
11. By selling an article for Rs. 96, double the profit it
(3) Rs 280 (4) Rs 300
obtained than the profit that would have been
(5) None of these obtained by selling it for Rs. 84. What is the cost
6. If the cost price of 15 tables is equal to the selling price of the article?
price of 20 tables, then the loss percent in (1) Rs. 75 (2) Rs. 80
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(3) Rs. 72 (4) Rs. 82 18. A person bough two horses for Rs.1025. He sold
one at a loss of 20% and the other at a gain of
(5) None of these
25% and he found that each horse was sold at the
12. Ratnesh sold a watch at a loss of 5%. Had he same price. Find the cost price of two horses.
sold if for Rs. 49 more, he would have gained 2%.
(1) Rs.525, Rs.500 (2) Rs.700, Rs.325
Find the cost price
(3) Rs.625, Rs.400 (4) Rs.800, Rs.225
(1) Rs. 750 (2) Rs. 800
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 450 (4) Rs. 700
19. A shopkeeper bought 150 calculators at the rate
(5) None of these
of Rs.250 per calculator. He spend Rs.2500 on
13. By selling 33m of cloth, a shopkeeper gains an transportation and packing. If the marked price of
amount equal to the selling price of 11m. Find the calculator is Rs.320 per calculator and the
gain percent. shopkeeper gives a discount of 5% on the marked
(1) 40% (2) 50% price, then what will be the profit % gained by-the
shopkeeper?
(3) 45% (4) 55%
(1) 20% (2) 14%
(5) None of these
(3) 15% (4) 16%
14. A man purchases 8 pens for Rs. 9 and sells 9
pens for Rs. 8. How much profit or loss does he (5) None of these
make? 20. If selling price is doubled, then the profit triples.
(1) 21% (2) 24% Find the profit percent
(3) 20% (4) 25% (1) 66% (2) 100%
(5) None of these (3) 105% (4) 120%
15. A boy buys oranges at 9 for Rs. 15 and sells them (5) None of these
at 8 for Rs. 20. What is his gain or loss percent?
21. Mr. X, a business man, had income in the year
(1) 45% (2) 50% 1995 such that he earned a profit of 20% on his
(3) 60% (4) 75% investment in the business. In the year 1996 his
investment was less by Rs. 5000 but still had the
(5) None of these same income (Income — Investment I + Profit)
16. At what price should a shopkeeper mark a radio as that in 1995. Thus the percent profit earned in
that cost him Rs. 1200 in order that he may offer 1996 increased by 6%. What was his investment
a discount of 20%. On the marked price and still in 1995?
make a profit of 25%?
(1) Rs. 1,00,000 (2) Rs.1,00,500
(1) Rs. 1675 (2) Rs. 1875
(3) Rs. 1,05,000 (4) D a t a
(3) Rs. 1900 (4) Rs. 2025 inadequate
17. A dealer sold a sofa set at a profit of 18%. Had 22. By selling 12 toffees for a rupee, a man loses 20%.
he sold it for Rs.450 less, he would have gained How many for a rupee should he sell to get a gain
12%. For what value should he sell it in order to of 20%?
gain 15%?
(1) 5 (2) 8
(1) Rs.8880 (2) Rs.8850
(3) 10 (4) 15
(3) Rs.8550 (4) Rs.9850
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
23. At what percent above the cost price must a
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shopkeeper mark his goods so that he gains 20% percent.
even after giving a discount of 10% on the marked
(1) 10% (2) 15%
price?
(3) 17% (4) 18%
(1) 25% (2) 30%
(5) None of these
(3) 33% (4) 37%
30. Naresh purchased a TV set for Rs.l 1,250 after
(5) None of these
getting discount of 10% on the labeled price. He
24. A sells a calculator to B at a profit of 30%; B sells spent Rs.150 on transport and Rs.800 on
it to C at a loss of 20%. If C pays for the calculator installation. At what price should it be sold so that
Rs.1040, then the purchase price of A is the profit earned would be 15% if no discount was
offered?
(1) Rs.1000 (2) Rs.1200
(1) Rs. 12,937.50 (2) Rs. 14,030
(3) Rs.1500 (4) Rs.900
(3) Rs. 13,450 (4) Rs.l5,467.50
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
25. A sells a radio to B at 20% gain. B sells to C at a
gain of 30%. If C pays Rs.624 for it, then what 31. If there is a profit of 30% and the selling price of
did it cost A? an article is 520, then what is the cost price of the
article?
(1) Rs.500 (2) Rs.400
(1) Rs. 300 (2) Rs. 400
(3) Rs.300 (4) Rs.200
(3) Rs. 200 (4) Rs. 100
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
26. Anita purchased a bracelet for Rs.x. She sold it to
32. If the cost price of an article is 40% of the selling
her friend Gurmeet at a loss of 10%. Gurmeet
price, then the selling price is what percent of the
sold it to Sheetal at a gain of 20%. If Sheetal paid
cost price?
Rs. 972 for it, then what did it cost Anita?
(1) 100% (2) 150%
(1) Rs.800 (2) Rs.1000
(3) 200% (4) 250%
(3) Rs.1200 (4) Rs.900
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
33. A reseller buys a chair for Rs. 4500.For how much
27. A trader marks his goods 25 percent above the he should sell it to gain a profit of 8 %?
cost price. He allows 12% discount on the marked
(1) Rs. 4350 (2) Rs. 4500
price. The gain percent is
(3) Rs. 5000 (4) Rs. 4200
(1) 10% (2) 30%
(5) None of these
(3) 40% (4) 20%
34. By selling a motor bike for Rs. 7200, Sunil loses
(5) None of these
10%. What is the cost of the motor bike?
28. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell his goods
(1) Rs. 6380. (2) Rs. 6480
at cost price but he uses a weight of 800 gm for
the kg weight. Find his gain percent. (3) Rs. 5480 (4) Rs. 6500
(1) 25% (2) 24% (5) None of these
(3) 35% (4) 30% 35. Sam buys 10 apples for 48Rs. At what price should
he sell a dozen apples if he wishes to make a profit
(5) None of these
of 25%?
29. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell cloth at
(1) Rs. 70 (2) Rs. 75
the cost price but he uses faulty meter rod. His
meter rod measures 85 cm only. Find his gain (3) Rs. 72 (4) Rs. 80
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(5) None of these 42. At what percent above the cost price must a
shopkeeper mark his goods so that he gains 20%
36. If the cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling
even after giving a discount of 10% on the marked
price of 25 articles, then what is the % profit or
price?
loss made by the merchant?
(1) 43.33% (2) 30.33%
(1) 20% Loss (2) 10% Profit
(3) 33.33% (4) 40.33%
(3) 20% Profit (4 25% Loss
43. A man buys two tables for Rs 1350. He sells one
37. By selling 66 meters of cotton cloth, Ram makes
so as to lose 6% and the other so as to gain 7.5 %.
loss, equivalent to the selling price of 11 meters of
On the whole he neither gains nor loses. What
the same cloth. Find the Loss%.
does each table cost?
(1) 15.28% Profit (2) 14% Loss
(1) Rs. 500 (2) Rs. 600
(3) 13.28% Loss (4) 14.28% Loss
(3) Rs. 650 (4) Rs. 700
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
38. The cost price of an article is 64% of the marked
44. Reena bought an item at 20% discount on its
price. Calculate the gain percent after allowing a
original price. He sold it with 40% increase on the
discount of 12%?
price he bought it. The new sale price is by what
(1) 35.5% (2) 37.5% percent more than the original price?
(3) 36.5% (4) 32.5% (1) 13% (2) 12%
(5) None of these (3) 14% (4) 15%
39. By selling an umbrella for Rs. 300, a shopkeeper (5) None of these
gains 20%. During a clearance sale, the 45. A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount
shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the of 5% and earned a profit of 23.5%. What would
marked price. His gain percent during the sale is have been the percentage of profit earned if no
(1) 8% (2) 5% discount was offered?
(3) 4% (4) 10% (1) 30% (2) 25%
(5) None of these (3) 20% (4) 45%
40. After successive discounts of 12% and 5% on an (5) None of these
article, it was sold for Rs. 200. What was the 46. By selling an article for Rs. 19.50 a dealer makes
original price of the article? a profit of 30 %. By how much should he increase
(1) Rs. 235 (2) Rs. 200 his selling price so as to make a profit of 40%?
(3) Rs. 300 (4) Rs. 238 (1) Re. 1 (2) Rs. 2
(5) None of these (3) Rs. 1.5 (4) Rs. 3
41. A man buys an article and sells it at a profit of (5) None of these
20%. If he bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs 47. A man bought a certain quantity of rice at the rate
75 less, he would have gained 25%. What is the of Rs. 150 per quintal. 10% of the rice was spoiled.
cost price? At what price should he sell the remaining to gain
(1) Rs. 192.5 (2) Rs. 200.25 20 % of his outlay?
(3) Rs. 190.5 (4) Rs. 225 (1) Rs. 200 (2) Rs. 400
(5) None of these (3) Rs. 300 (4) Rs. 250
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(5) None of these the discount percentage is?
48. A man buys two chairs each at Rs. 5000 and (1) 14% (2) 13%
gaining 10% on one and losing 10% on the other (3) 15% (4) 10%
one. What is his profit or loss %age?
(5) None of these
(1) 10% Loss (2) 10% Profit
55. Merchant who marked his goods up by 50%
(3) 20% Loss (4) 20% Profit subsequently offered a discount of 20%. What is
(5) No Loss or Profit the percentage profit that the merchant makes
after offering the discount?
49. Hitesh bought two horses at Rs.5000 each. He
sold one at a profit of 10% and the other one at a (1) 25% (2) 20%
loss of 20%. What is his net profit or loss %age (3) 15% (4) 21%
on the entire transaction?
(5) None of these
(1) 10% Profit (2) 20% Loss
56. A pair of articles was bought for Rs. 37.40 at a
(3) 20% Profit (4) 5% Profit discount of 15%.What must be the marked price
(5) None of these of each of the articles?
50. A man sells two horses each for Rs. 12000. He (1) Rs. 25 (2) Rs. 26
sells one at a profit of 20% and the other at a loss (3) Rs. 22 (4) Rs. 28
of 20%.Find his overall Profit/Loss?
(5) None of these
(1) 1.0% Profit (2) 2.0% Profit
57. Buy 1 get 3 free. What is the discount percent
(3) 3.0% Profit (4) 2.1% Profit that is being offered here?
(5) None of these (1) 65% (2) 75%
51. Raju sells his car with a profit of 10% to Anil and (3) 45% (4) 55%
Anil sells it to Rajeev with a profit of 20%. What
is the price at which Raju bought the car if Rajeev (5) None of these
bought the car at Rs. 400? 58. A shopkeeper offers 2.5% discount on cash
(1) Rs. 343 (2) Rs. 303 purchases. What cash amount would Rajeev pay
for a cycle, the marked price of which is Rs.640?
(3) Rs. 353 (4) Rs. 350
(1) Rs. 625 (2) Rs. 624
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 650 (4) Rs. 680
52. A shopkeeper fixes the marked price of an item
35% above its cost price. The percentage of (5) None of these
discount allowed to gain 8% is 59. What is the maximum percentage discount that a
(1) 40% (2) 25% merchant can offer on his marked price so that he
ends up selling at no profit or loss, if she had initially
(3) 50% (4) 30%
marked her goods up by 50%?
(5) None of these
(1) 32.44% (2) 35.44%
53. If the margin percentage on a certain item is 40%,
then what will be the profit if the cost price is Rs. (3) 36.44% (4) 33.44%
600? (5) None of these
(1) Rs. 240 (2) Rs. 250 60. If an article is marked up by 40% of the cost price
(3) Rs. 260 (4) Rs. 270 and then two successive discounts of 20% and
20% are given, then what is the profit or loss %
(5) None of these
age?
54. A cap marked at Rs. 80 is sold for Rs. 68, then
(1) 10.4% Loss (2) 12.4% Loss
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(3) 11.4% Loss (4) 15.4% Loss %?
(5) None of these (1) 43.33% (2) 42.33%
61. Two successive rises of 10% and 20% are equal (3) 41.33% (4) 40.33%
to a net % age rise of__________? (5) None of these
(1) 32% (2) 34% 68. The ratio of the cost price and the selling price is
2: 3. What is the profit percentage?
(3) 35% (4) 38%
(1) 60% (2) 70%
(5) None of these
(3) 50% (4) 60%
62. If a shopkeeper gives an article worth Rs.300 free
(5) None of these
with every two articles worth Rs.500, then what
should be the mark up % age such that after selling 69. If I mark up my articles by 20% and use a balance,
two articles he neither gains nor loses? which weighs 1100 gms instead of 1000 gms, then
what is my net profit or loss %age?
(1) 38.5% (2) 35.5%
(1) 32% (2) 33%
(3) 39.5% (4) 37.5%
(3) 35% (4) 40%
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
63. Some articles were bought at 6 for Rs 5 and sold
at 5 for Rs.6. What is the profit percentage? 70. After marking up the articles by 40%, a
shopkeeper gives a discount of 20%, what is his
(1) 45% (2) 60%
net profit % age?
(3) 50% (4) 52%
(1) 25% (2) 20%
(5) None of these
(3) 12% (4) 13%
64. A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How
(5) None of these
many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%?
71. When a plot is sold for Rs.18, 700, the owner loses
(1) 5 (2) 6
15%. At what price must the plot be sold in order
(3) 7 (4) 8 to gain 15%?
65. Which is profitable for the customer: - i) Three (3) Rs. 20300 (4) Rs. 21300
successive discounts of 10%, 20%, 30% OR ii)
three successive discounts of 20%? (5) None of these
(1) ii (2) i 72. A shopkeeper sells one transistor for Rs.840 at a

gain of 20% and another for Rs. 960 at a loss of
(3) Both i and ii (4) D a t a
4%. His total gain or loss percent is
inadequate
(5) None of these (1) 6.88% (2) 7.88%
66. By selling an article at 40% profit I get Rs.48 more, (3) 4.88% (4) 3.88%
than if it would have been sold at a loss of 20%? (5) None of these
At what price it should be sold to earn a profit of
73. If both the selling price and the cost price are
35%?
increased by 10%, then what will be the change
(1) Rs. 105 (2) Rs. 108 in the profit Percent?
(3) Rs. 110 (4) Rs. 115 (1) Increase 10% (2) Increase 20%
(5) None of these (3) Decrease 10% (4) Decrease 20%
67. By selling an article for Rs.732, I get a profit of (5) No change
25% on the selling price. What is my actual profit
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74. If the cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling 77. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at
price of 8 pens, then the profit percent is cost price but uses a weight of 700 gms for 1 kg.
(1) 50% (2) 60% Find his gain percent.
(3) 40% (4) 30% (1) 42.85% (2) 43.85%
(5) None of these (3) 44.85% (4) 42.86%
75. By selling 33 metres of cloth, one gains the selling (5) None of these
price of 11 metres. Find the gain percent. 78. A retailer marks all his goods at 50% above the
(1) 40% (2) 30% cost price and thinking that he will still make a
profit of 25%, offers a discount of 25% on the
(3) 20% (4) 50% marked price. What is his actual profit on the sales?
(5) None of these (1) 13.5% (2) 12.5%
76. A dishonest seller uses a weight of 800 g in place (3) 14.5% (4) 15.5%
of 1 kg and adds 20% impurities in sugar. What
would be his profit percentage if he claims to be (5) None of these
selling at cost price? 79. Rajat purchased a bike for Rs.80, 000 and spent
(1) 40% (2) 32% Rs. 5000 on repair and Rs.1000 on transport. He
then sold it with 25% profit. At what price did he
(3) 50% (4) 44% sell the bike?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 107500 (2) Rs. 105500
(3) Rs. 107000 (4) Rs. 107800
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 2 15. 2 29. 5 43. 5 57. 2 71. 1
2. 3 16. 2 30. 4 44. 2 58. 2 72. 5
3. 1 17. 5 31. 2 45. 1 59. 4 73. 5
4. 4 18. 3 32. 4 46. 3 60. 5 74. 1
5. 1 19. 2 33. 5 47. 1 61. 1 75. 4
6. 2 20. 2 34. 2 48. 5 62. 4 76. 3
7. 5 21. 3 35. 3 49. 5 63. 5 77. 1
8. 5 22. 2 36. 1 50. 5 64. 1 78. 2
9. 1 23. 5 37. 4 51. 2 65. 1 79. 1
10. 3 24. 1 38. 2 52. 5 66. 2
11. 3 25. 2 39. 1 53. 5 67. 5
12. 4 26. 4 40. 4 54. 3 68. 3
13. 2 27. 1 41. 1 55. 2 69. 1
14. 1 28. 1 42. 3 56. 3 70. 3
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RATIO AND PROPORTION
1. Find a fourth proportional to the numbers 6, 8, thoroughly. Find the ratio of milk to water in
9. the new mixture so obtained.
(a) 12 (b) 7 (a) 7 : 10 (b) 13 : 21
(c) 5 (d) 14 (c) 21 : 13 (d) 10 : 7
(e) None of these (e) None of these
2. Find a third proportional to the numbers 3 and 8. Two vessels contain equal quantity of mixtures
6. of milk and water in the ratio 9 : 5 and 4 : 3
(a) 21 (b) 1.5 respectively. Both the mixtures are now mixed
thoroughly. Find the ratio of milk to water in
(c) 18 (d) 12
the new mixture so obtained.
(e) None of these
(a) 17 : 11 (b) 11 : 17
3. Two numbers are in the ratio of 9 : 11. If sum of
(c) 8 : 13 (d) 13 : 8
these two numbers is 660, find the difference
between the numbers. (e) None of these
(a) 66 (b) 56 9. The contents of two vessels containing water
and milk are in the ratio 2:3 and 4:5 are mixed
(c) 46 (d) 76
in the ratio 1:2. The resulting mixture will have
(e) None of these water and milk in the ratio
4. A bag contains rupee, 50-paise and 25-paise (a) 77:58 (b) 58:77
coins in the ratio 5 : 7 : 9. If the total amount in
(c) 68:77 (d) 77:68
the bag is ` 430, find the number of coins of
each kind. (e) None of these
(a) 200, 280, 360 (b) 280, 200, 360 10. The contents of two vessels containing water
and milk are in the ratio 3:4 and 5:4 are mixed
(c) 360, 280, 200 (d) 360, 200, 280
in the ratio 1:4 The resulting mixture will have
(e) None of these water and milk in the ratio : .
5. A bag contains an equal number of 50-paise, (a) 184:176 (b) 167:184
25-paise, 20 paise and 5-paise coins
(c) 167:148 (d) 148:167
respectively. If the total value is ` 40, how
w
many coins of each type are there? (e) None of these
(a) 40 (b) 25 11. An amount of ` 950 is distributed among A, B
and C in the ratio of 5 : 11 : 3, what is the
(c) 30 (d) 20
difference between the share of B and A?
(e) None of these
(a) 550 (b) 250
6. One man adds 6 litres of water to 11 litres of
(c) 200 (d) 300
milk and another 9 litres of water to 8 litres of
milk. What is the ratio of the strengths of milk (e) None of these
in the two mixtures? 12. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 2 prepared by mixing metals in proportions 7 : 2
and 7:11 respectively. If equal quantities of
(c) 11 : 8 (d) 8 : 11
alloys are melted to form a third alloy C, the
(e) None of these proportion of gold and copper in C will be:
7. Two vessels contain equal quantity of mixtures (a) 5 : 9 (b) 5 : 7
of milk and water in the ratio 8:9,arid 12:5
(c) 7 : 5 (d) 9 : 5
respectively. Both the mixtures are now mixed
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(e) None of these (c) 60 litres (d) 77 litres
13. The sum of three numbers is 105. If the ratio (e) None of these
between the first and second be 2 : 3 and that 20. A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio
between the second and third be 4 : 5, then of 9 : 4 On adding 4 litres of water, the ratio of
find the second number. milk to water becomes 3 : 2 Find the total
(a) 35 (b) 24 quantity of the original mixture.
(c) 36 (d) 45 (a) 26 litres (b) 18 litres
14. The sum of three numbers is 275. If the ratio (e) None of these
between the first and second be 3 : 7 and that 21. A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio
between the second and third be 2 : 5, then of 4 : 3 On adding 2 litres of water, the ratio of
find the second number. milk to water becomes 8 : 7 Find the total
(a) 30 (b) 175 quantity of the final mixture.
(c) 70 (d) 80 (a) 16 litres (b) 12 litres
15. If A : B = 3 : 4, B : C = 5 : 7 and C : D = 3 : 5, then find (e) None of these
A : B : C : D. 22. The ratio between two numbers is 15 : 7 If each
(a) 9 : 21 : 12 : 28 (b) 45 : 60 : 84 : 140 number be decreased by 2, the ratio becomes
(c) 9 : 12 : 28 : 21 (d) 9 : 12 : 21 : 82 7 : 3 Find the numbers.
(e) None of these (a) 15, 7 (b) 30, 14
16. A hound pursues a hare and takes 6 leaps for (c) 45, 21 (d) 60, 28
evejy 7 leaps of the hare, but 5 leaps of the (e) None of these
hound are equal to 6 leaps of the hare. 23. The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 9 : 4 and
Compare the rates of the hound and the hare. their expenditures are in the ratio 7 : 3. If each
(a) 36 : 35 (b) 35 : 34 saves ` 2000, what are their incomes?
(c) 34 : 33 (d) 33 : 32 (a) ` 90000, ` 4000
(e) None of these (b) ` 27000, ` 12000
17. A hound pursues a hare and takes 3 leaps for (c) ` 72000, ` 16000
every 4 leaps of the hare, but 2 leaps of the (d) ` 72000, ` 32000
hound are equal to 3 leaps of the hare.
(e) None of these
Compare the rates of the hound and the hare.
24. A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio
(a) 9 : 8 (b) 7 : 6
of 9 : 4 On adding 8 litres of water, the ratio of
(c) 5 : 6 (d) 8 : 9 milk to water becomes 3 : 2. Find the total
(e) None of these quantity of the original mixture.
18. In 28 litres mixture of milk and water the ratio (a) 52 litres (b) 26 litres
of milk and water is 5 : 2 How much water should (c) 104 litres (d) 30 litres
be added in the mixture so that the ratio of
(e) None of these
milk to water becomes 2 : 5?
25. A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio
(a) 42 litres (b) 32 litres
of 4 : 3 On adding 6 litres of water, the ratio of
(c) 24 litres (d) 39 litres milk to water becomes 8 : 7 Find the total
(e) None of these quantity of the final mixture.
19. In a mixture of 60 litres, the ratio of milk and (a) 168 litres (b) 12 litres
water is 2 : 1. If the ratio of milk and water is to (c) 42 litres (d) 84 litres
be 1 : 2, then the amount of water to be further
(e) None of these
added is :
(a) 42 litres (b) 56 litres
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26. Find the number which, when added to the (e) None of these
terms of the ratio 13 : 28 makes it equal to the 33. A vessel contains liquids A and B in ratio 7 : 6 If
ratio 1 : 2 (a) 4 (b) 3 26 litres of the mixture are removed and the
(c) 2 (d) 1 same quantity of liquid B is added, the ratio
(e) None of these becomes 6 : 7 What quantity does the vessel
hold?
27. Find the number which, when added to the
terms of the ratio 9 : 17 makes it equal to the (a) 142 litres (b) 172 litres
ratio 3 : 5 (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 156 litres (d) 182 litres
(c) 2 (d) 1 (e) None of these
(e) None of these 34. An employer reduces the number of his
28. Find the number which, when subtracted from employees in the ratio 9 : 4 and increases their
the terms of the ratio 15 : 17 makes it equal to wages in the ratio 2 : 5 State whether his bill of
the ratio 6 : 7 total wages increases or decreases, and in what
ratio?
(a) 4 (b) 3
(a) Decrease, 10 : 9
(c) 2 (d) 1
(b) Increase, 10 : 9
(e) None of these
(c) Decrease 9 : 11
29. Find the number which, when subtracted from
the terms of the ratio 11 : 25 makes it equal to (d) Increase, 9 : 10
the ratio 4 : 11 (e) None of these
(a) 4 (b) 3 35. Two candles of the same height are lighted at
(c) 1 (d) 1 the same time. The first is consumed in 8 hours
and the second in 6 hours. Assuming that each
(e) None of these
candle burns at a constant rate, in how many
30. A bucket contains a mixture of two liquids A hours after being lighted, the ratio between
and B in the proportion 5 : 3 If 16 litres of the the first and second candles becomes 2 : 1
mixture is replaced by 16 litres of liquid B, then
(a) 2 hours 24 minutes
the ratio of the two liquids becomes 3 : 5. How
much of the liquid B was there in the bucket? (2) 4 hours
(a) 25 litres (b) 15 litres (c) 1 hour 12 minutes
(c) 18 litres (d) 24 litres (d) 4 hours 48 minutes
(e) None of these (e) None of these
31. A bucket contains a mixture of two liquids A 36. Two candles of the same height are lighted at
and B in the proportion 6 : 5 If 33 litres of the the same time. The first is consumed in 7 hours
mixture is replaced by 33 litres of liquid B, then and the second in 6 hours. Assuming that each
the ratio of the two liquids becomes 3 : 4 How candle burns at a constant rate, in how many
much of the liquid A was there in the bucket? hours after being lighted, the ratio between
the first and second candles becomes 3 : 1
(a) 84 litres (b) 48 litres (a) 5 hours 36 minutes
(c) 70 litres (d) 64 litres (b) 5 hours
(e) None of these (c) 5 hours 60 minutes
32. A vessel contains liquids A and B in ratio 3 : 1 If (d) 6 hours
8 litres of the mixture are removed and the (e) None of these
same quantity of liquid B is added, the ratio 37. Two candles of the same height are lighted at
becomes 1 : 3 What quantity does the vessel the same time. The first is consumed in 3 hours
hold? and the second in 1 hour. Assuming that each
(a) 12 litres (b) 14 litres candle burns at a constant rate, in how many
(c) 16 litres (d) 10 litres
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hours after being lighted, the ratio between 41. ` 600 has been divided among A, B and C in
the first and second candles become 2 : 1 such a way that ` 40 more than (2/5) of A's share,
(a) 48 minutes (b) 1 hour 36 min ` 20 more than (2/7) of B’s share, ` 10 more e
than (9/17) of C’s share, are all equal. A’s
(c) 36 minutes (d) 60 minutes
share is :
(e) None of these
(a) ` 280 (b) ` 170
38. Divide 1162 into three parts such that 4 times
(c) ` 150 (d) ` 200
the first is equal to 5 times the second and 7
times the third. Find the value of smallest part. (e) None of these
(a) 490 (b) 492 42. Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and copper 9
times as heavy as water. The ratio in which these
(c) 390 (d) 280
two metals be mixed so that the mixture is 15
(e) None of these times as heavy as water, is :
39. Divide ` 680 among A, B and C such that A gets (a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 3
2 1 (c) 3:2 (d) 19 : 135
of what B gets and B gets th of what C
3 4
(e) None of these
gets. What is C’s share?
43. One year ago the ratio between Laxman’s and
(a) ` 280 (b) ` 380 Gopal’s salary was 3 : 4. The individual ratios
(c) ` 480 (d) ` 120 between their last year’s and this year’s
(e) None of these salaries are 4 : 5 and 2 : 3 respectively. At present
40. When 50% of one number is added to a second the total of their salary is ` 4160. The salary of
number, the second number increases to its Laxman now, is
four-thirds. What is the ratio between the first (a) ` 1600 (b) ` 2560
number and the second number? (c) ` 1040 (d) ` 3120
(a) 3 : 2 (b) 3 : 4 (e) None of these
(c) 2 : 3 (d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
ANSWERS
1. (a) 9. (b) 17. (a) 25. (e) 33. (d) 41. (c)
2. (d) 10. (c) 18. (a) 26. (c) 34. (d) 42. (c)
3. (a) 11. (d) 19. (c) 27. (b) 35. (d) 43. (a)
4. (a) 12. (c) 20. (a) 28. (b) 36. (a)
5. (a) 13 (c) 21. (d) 29. (b) 37. (c)
6. (c) 14. (c) 22. (b) 30. (b) 38. (d)
7. (d) 15. (b) 23. (d) 31. (a) 39. (c)
8. (a) 16. (a) 24. (d) 32. (a) 40. (c)
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PARTNERSHIP
1. Ram, Shyam and Amit started a business by of investment of Nandan. Nandan got Rs 4000 as
investing Rs 60000 Rs 45000 and Rs 30000 profit for his investment. Their total profit of the
respectively. At the end of the year, the firm earned distribute of the period is
Rs 54000 as profit. What will be the share of Ram
in total profit? (1) Rs 24000 (2) Rs 16000
(1) Rs 24000 (2) Rs 18000 (3) Rs 28000 (4) Rs 20000
(3) Rs 12000 (4) Rs 20000 (5) None of these
(5) None of these 6. A and B enter into partnership investing Rs 12000

and Rs 16000 respectively. After 8 months, C also
2. Three friends A, B and C started a business by joins the business with a capital of Rs 15000. The
investing a sum of money in the ratio of 5 : 7 : 6 share of C in profit of Rs 45000 after 2 years will
After 6 months, C withdraws half of his capital. If be
the total annual profit is Rs 33000, then C’s is share
will be? (1) Rs 12000 (2) Rs 14400
(1) Rs 9000 (2) Rs 12000 (3) Rs 21200 (4) Rs 19200
(5) None of these 7. Jack, Jill and Jimmy invested capitals in the ratio 1
: 2 : 3, the timing of their investments being in the
3. Suresh invested Rs 12000 in a shop an Dinesh ratio 1 : 2 : 3. In which ratio would their profit be
joined him after 4 months by investing Rs 7000 of distributed?
the net profit after one year be Rs 13300. Dinesh’s
Share in the profit is? (1) 3 : 2 : 1 (2) 1 : 4 : 9
(1) Rs 9576 (2) Rs 4900 (3) 4 : 1 : 9 (4) 9 : 4 : 1
(5) None of these 8. A, B and C invested capital in the ratio 4 : 6 : 9.

At the end of the business term, they received the
4. Kundan got Rs 60,000 as his share out of the total profit in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. Find the ratio of time for
profit of Rs 90,000 which he and Sonu earned the which they contributed their capital.
end of one year of Kundan invested Rs 300,000
for 6 months. Where as Sonu invested his amount (1) 1 : 1 : 9 (2) 2 : 2 : 9
for the whole year, the amount for the whole year,
(3) 10 : 10 : 9 (4) 5 : 5 : 9
the amount invested by Sonu was.
(5) None of these
(1) Rs 50000 (2) Rs 60000
9. A, B and C invested their capitals in a business if
(3) Rs 100000 (4) Rs 200000
the ratio of their periods of investments are
(5) None of these 2 : 3 : 4 and their profit are in the ratio of 4 : 9 : 8.
Find the ratio in which the investments are made
5. Kishan and Nandan started a joint firm. Time by A, B and C.
period of Kishan’s investment was two times the
period of investment of Nandan and amount of (1) 2 : 3 : 2 (2) 3 : 2 : 2
investment of Kishan is three times the amount
(3) 4 : 2 : 1 (4) 2 : 2 : 1
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(5) None of these 15. Aran started a business investing Rs 38000. After
5 months Bakul joined him with a capital of Rs
10. Ram, Rahim and John started a shop by investing 55000. At the end of the year the total profit was
Rs 2700, Rs 8100 and Rs 7200 respectively. At Rs 22000. What is the approximate difference
the end of one year, the profit was distributed between the share of profits of Aran and Bakul?
among them. If Rahim’s share was Rs 3600, then
their total profit was? (1) Rs 1192 (2) Rs 1856
(1) Rs 10800 (2) Rs 11600 (3) Rs 1007 (4) Rs 1928

(5) None of these 16. Sarita started a business investing Rs 50,000. After
six months, Abhishek joined her with Rs 75000.
11. X and Y invested in a business. They earned some After another six months Nisha also joined then
profit and divided it in the ratio 2 : 3. If X invested with Rs 1.25 lakh. Profit earned at the end of 2
Rs 40, then find the money invested by Y? years from when Sarita started the business should
(1) Rs 20 (2) Rs 30 be distributed among Sarita, Abhishek and Nisha
in what respective ratio?
(3) Rs 80 (4) Rs 60
(1) 4 : 5 : 6 (2) 8 : 9 : 10
(5) None of these
(3) 8 : 9 : 12 (4) 4 : 9 : 8
12. A and B invest Rs 3000 and Rs 4000 respectively
in a business. A receives Rs 10 per months out of (5) None of these
the profit as a remuneration for running the business
and the rest of profit is divided in proportion to the 17. Four milkmen rented a pasture. A grazed 15 cows
investments. If in a year, ‘A’ totally receives Rs for 4 months. B grazed 12 cows for 2 months, C
390, what does B receive? grazed 18 cows for 6 months, and D grazed 16
cows for 5 months. If A’s share of rent is Rs 1020,
(1) Rs 630 (2) Rs 360 what is C’s share of rent?
(3) Rs 480 (4) Rs 380 (1) Rs 1836
(5) None of these (2) Rs 1360
13. A, B and C alone can do a work in 20, 25 and 30 (3) Rs 816
days respectively. If they undertake to finish the
work together for Rs 2220, then the share of A (4) Cannot be determined
exceeds that of B by? (5) None of these
(1) Rs 120 (2) Rs 180 18. Pankaj started a business investing Rs 42000. After
(3) Rs 300 (4) Rs 600 4 months Nitin joined him with a capital of Rs
57000. At the end of the year the total profit was
(5) None of these Rs 26000. What is the difference between the
14. Ninad, Vikas and Manav enter into a partnership. share of profits of Pankaj and Nitin?
Ninad invests some amount at the beginning. Vikas (1) Rs 1200 (2) Rs 1400
invests double the amount after 6 months and
Manav invests double amount invested by Ninad (3) Rs 1600 (4) Rs 1800
after 8 months. They earn a profit of Rs 45000 at
(5) None of these
the end of the year. What is Manav’s share in
profit? 19. A, B and C invested Rs 10000, Rs 14000 and Rs
12000, respectively in a business. If at the end of
(1) Rs 25000 (2) Rs 15000 a year, they got a profit of Rs 5400, the share of B
(3) Rs 12000 (4) Rs 9000 in profit (if profit is divided in proportion to the
investment of each) is?
(5) None of these
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(1) Rs 1500 (2) Rs 2100 years after Vinay started the business?
(3) Rs 1800 (4) Rs 150 (1) 42 : 45 : 56
(5) None of these (2) 7 : 6 : 10
20. A starts business with Rs 3500 after 5 months B (3) 12 : 15 : 16
joins with A as his partner. After a year, the profit
is divided in the ratio 2 : 3. What is B’s contribution (4) Cannot be determined
in the capital? (5) None of these
(1) Rs 8000 (2) Rs 8500 25. Veena started a business investing Rs 75000. After
(3) Rs 9000 (4) Rs 7500 3 months, Poonam joined her with an amount of
Rs 125000 and after another six months, Sarita
(5) None of these joined them with an amount of Rs, 150000. Profit
earned at the end of three years from when Veena
21. A, B and C rent a pasture. A puts 10 oxen for 7 started the business should be distributed in what
months, B puts 12 oxen for 5 months and C puts ratio among Veena, Poonam and Sarita
15 oxen for 3 months for grazing. If the rent of respectively?
the pasture is Rs 175, how much must C pay as
his share of rent? (1) 36 : 55 : 54
(1) Rs 45 (2) Rs 50 (2) 18 : 28 : 27
(3) Rs 55 (4) Rs 60 (3) 35 : 54 : 55
(5) None of these (4) Cannot be determined
22. A, B and C enter into a partnership and their shares (5) None of these
1 1 1 26. A company makes a profit of Rs. 900000 20% of
are in the ratio : : After 2 months, A
2 3 4 which is paid as taxes. If the rest is divided among
withdraws half of its capital and after 10 months the partners P, Q and R in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3,
a profit of Rs 378 is divided among them. What is then the share of Q?
B’s share?
(1) Rs. 210000 (2) Rs. 240000
(1) Rs 129 (2) Rs 144
(3) Rs. l10000 (4) Rs. 300000
(3) Rs 156 (4) Rs 168
(5) None of these
(5) None of these 27. A and B are partners in a business. A contributes
one-fourth of the capital for 15 months and B
23. A, B and C are partnership of a company. During
received two-third of the profit. For how long B’s
a particular year A received one-third of the profit,
money was used?
B received one-fourth of the profit and C received
the remaining Rs 5000. How much did A receive? (1) 11 months (2) 14 months
(1) Rs 5000 (2) Rs 4000 (3) 10 months (4) 30 months
(5) None of these 28. A and B started a business with initial investments
in the ratio 14 : 15 and their annual profits were in
24. Vinay started a business investing Rs 70,000. the ratio 7 : 6. If A invested the money for 10
Ashok joined him after six months with an amount months, for how many months did B invest his
of Rs 105000 and Sunil joined them with Rs 1.4 money?
lakhs after another six months. The amount of
profit earned should be distributed in what ratio (1) 21 months (2) 24 months
among Vinay, Ashok and Sunil respectively, three (3) 11 months (4) 10 months
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(5) None of these afterwards by B with Rs. 42500. For how much
period does B join, if the profits at the end of the
29. A and B invest in a business in the ratio 3 : 2. If year are divided in the ratio 3 : 1?
5% of the total profit goes to charity and A’s share
is Rs. 855, the total profit is? (1) 8 months (2) 4 months
(1) Rs. 3100 (2) Rs. 2400 (3) 6 months (4) 3 months
(3) Rs. l100 (4) Rs. l500 (5) None of these
(5) None of these 35. A started a business with Rs. 21,000 and is joined
afterwards by B with Rs. 36000. After how many
30. Three partners shared the profit in a business in months did B join if the profits at the end of the
the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. They had partnered for 14 year are divided equally?
months, 8 months and 7 months respectively. What
was the ratio of their investments? (1) 7 months (2) 8 months
(1) 5 : 2 : 2 (2) 3 : 2 : 1 (3) 5 months (4) 6 months
(3) 3 : 4 : 1 (4) 2 : 3 : 1 (5) None of these
(5) None of these 36. A and B started a business jointly. A’s investment
was thrice the investment of B and the period of
31. Two friends P and Q started a business investing his investment was two times the period of
in the ratio 5 : 6. R joined them after six months investment of B. If B received Rs. 4000 as profit,
investing an amount equal to that of Q’s. At the then their total profit is?
end of the year, 20% profit was earned which was
equal to Rs. 98000. What was the amount invested (1) Rs. 45000 (2) Rs. 20000
by R?
(3) Rs. l1000 (4) Rs. 24000
(1) Rs. 230000 (2) Rs. 140000
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 1100550 (4) Rs. 1020000
37. A, B and C started a shop by investing Rs. 27000,
(5) None of these Rs. 72000 and Rs. 81000 respectively. At the end
of the year, the profits were distributed among
32. A and B started a business jointly. A invests Rs. them. If C’s share of profit be Rs 36,000, then the
16000 for 8 months and B remains in the business total profit was?
for 4 months. Out of the total profit, B claims two-
seventh of the profit. How much money was (1) Rs. 210000 (2) Rs. 80000
contributed by B?
(3) Rs. l12000 (4) Rs. 300000
(1) Rs. 45600 (2) Rs. 13600
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. l1020 (4) Rs. 30340
38. Manoj received Rs. 6000 as his share out of the
(5) None of these total profit of Rs. 9000 which he and Rahul earned
at the end of one year. If Manoj invested Rs.
33. A starts business with Rs. 3500 and after 5 months, 20,000 for 6 months whereas Rahul invested his
B joins with A as his partner. After a year, the amount for the whole year, what was the amount
profit is divided in the ratio 2 : 3. What is B’s invested by Rahul?
contribution in the capital?
(1) Rs. 24000 (2) Rs. 2400
(1) Rs. 5000 (2) Rs. 9000
(3) Rs. 5000 (4) Rs. 3000
(3) Rs. 7000 (4) Rs. 8000
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
39. X and Y invested in a business. They earned some
34. A began a business with Rs. 85000. He was joined profit which they divided in the ratio of 2 : 3. If X
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invested Rs. 40,000, the amount invested by Y is? (1) Rs. 117 (2) Rs. 240
(1) Rs. 29000 (2) Rs. 60000 (3) Rs. 144 (4) Rs. 135
(3) Rs. 16000 (4) Rs. 30000 (5) None of these

(5) None of these 45. A and B started a partnership business investing
some amount in the ratio 3 : 5. C joined them after
40. A and B started a business with initial investments six months with an amount equal to that of B. In
in the ratio 2: 3 and their annual profits were in the what proportion should the profit at the end of the
ratio 4: 3. If A invested the money for 10 months, year be distributed among A, B and C?
for how many months did B invest his money?
(1) 4 : 9 : 7 (2) 6 : 10 : 5
(1) 6 months (2) 8 months
(3) 3 : 5 : 2 (4) 6 : 9 : 7
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
46. In a business, A and C invested amounts in the
41. In a partnership, A invests one-sixth of the capital ratio 2 : 1, whereas the ratio between amounts
for one sixth of the time, B invests one-third of invested by A and B was 3 : 2. If Rs. 157300 was
the capital for one-third of the time and C, the rest their profits, how much amount did B receive?
of the capital for the whole time. Out of a profit of
Rs. 4600, B’s share is? (1) Rs. 12500 (2) Rs. 17501
(1) Rs. 210 (2) Rs. 240 (3) Rs. 15000 (4) Rs.12300
(5) None of these 47. A, B and C rent a pasture. A puts 10 oxen for 7
months, B puts 12 oxen for 5 months and C puts
42. A, B and C entered into a partnership with capitals 15 oxen for 3 months for gazing. If the rent of the
in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5. After 4 months, A invested pasture is Rs. 175, then how much must C pay as
the same amount as before, and B as well as C his share of rent?
withdraws half of their investments. The ratio of
their profits at the end of the year is? (1) Rs. 65 (2) Rs. 75
(1) 4 : 5 : 3 (2) 1 : 2 : 7 (3) Rs. 60 (4) Rs. 67
(3) 3 : 4 : 5 (4) 2 : 3 : 7 (5) None of these

(5) None of these 48. A, B and C hired a car for Rs. 520 and used it for
7, 8 and 11 hours respectively. Hire charges paid
43. P, Q and R enter into a partnership with a capital by B were
in which P’s contribution is Rs. 10000. If out of a
total profit of Rs. 1000, P gets Rs. 500 and Q gets (1) Rs. 565 (2) Rs. 456
Rs. 300, then R’s capital is?
(3) Rs. 150 (4) Rs. 160
(1) Rs. 1000 (2) Rs. 4000
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 11000 (4) Rs. 3000
49. A, B and C entered into a partnership. A invest
(5) None of these some money at the beginning, B invests double
the amount after 6 months and C invests thrice
44. A, B and C enter into a partnership and their shares the amount after 8 months. If the annual profit be
are in the ratio (1/2) : (1/3) : (1/4). After 2 months, Rs. 27000, then C’s share is?
A withdraws half of his capital and after 10 months,
a profit of Rs. 378 is divided among them. What is (1) Rs. 23000 (2) Rs. 24000
B’s share?
(3) Rs. 27000 (4) Rs. 30000
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50. If 4 (A’s capital) = 6 (B’s capital) = 10 (C’s capital), (3) Rs. 2200 (4) Rs. 3432
then out of a profit of Rs. 3520, C will receive?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 4700 (2) Rs. 3200
56. A and B are partners in a business. A contributes
(3) Rs. 1200 (4) Rs. 2900 (1/4) of the capital for 15 months and B received
(2/3) of the profit. For how long B’s money was
(5) None of these used?
51. Three partners A, B and C start a business. Twice (1) 8 months (2) 10 months
A’s capital is equal to three B’s capital and B’s
capital is four times C’s capital. Out of a total profit (3) 7 months (4) 12 months
of Rs. 19,500 at the end of the year, B’s share is?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 60000 (2) Rs.75000
57. A, B and C invested Rs. 8000, Rs. 4000 and Rs.
(3) Rs.11500 (4) Rs.35000 8000 respectively in a business. A left after six
months. If after eight months, there was a gain of
(5) None of these Rs. 4000, then what will be the share of B?
52. A, B and C subscribe Rs. 50,000 for a business. A (1) Rs. 810 (2) Rs. 540
subscribes Rs 4000 more than B and B Rs 5000
more than C. Out of a total profit of Rs 35000, A (3) Rs. 710 (4) Rs. 890
receives?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 28745 (2) Rs. 14075
58. A and B started a business investing Rs. 20000
(3) Rs. 45600 (4) Rs. 23411 and Rs.30000 respectively. Out of the total profit
of Rs. 15000. Then A’s share is?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 6000 (2) Rs. 4000
53. Two friends P and Q started partnership investing
in the ratio of 5 : 6. R joined them after six months (3) Rs. 6100 (4) Rs. 5600
investing an amount equal to that of Q’s. At the
end of the year, 20% profit was earned which was (5) None of these
equal to Rs. 98000. What was the amount invested 59. A and B started a business in partnership investing
by R? Rs. 20000 and Rs. 15000 respectively. After six
(1) Rs. 119000 (2) Rs.230000 months, C joined them with Rs. 20000. What will
be B’s share in the total profit of Rs. 25000 earned
(3) Rs. 117045 (4) Rs.367800 at the end of 2 years from the starting of the
business?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 6300 (2) Rs. 7500
54. Three friends shared the profit in a business in the
ratio 5 : 7 : 8. They had invested for 14 months, 8 (3) Rs. 1100 (4) Rs. 3780
months and 7 months respectively. What was the
ratio of their investments? (5) None of these
(1) 10 : 11 : 13 (2) 20 : 35 : 64 60. Simran started a software business by investing

Rs. 50000. After six months, Nanda joined her
(3) 7 : 9 : 5 (4) 9 : 11 : 12 with capital of Rs. 80000. After 3 years, they
earned a profit of Rs. 24500. What was Simran’s
(5) None of these share in the profit?
55. A and B invested in a business in the ratio 3 : 2. If (1) Rs. 11500 (2) Rs. 8000
5% of the total profit goes to charity and A’s share
is Rs. 855, the total profit is? (3) Rs. 9000 (4) Rs. 10500
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(5) None of these B join?
61. Kamal started a business investing Rs. 9000. After (1) 5 months (2) 3 months
five months, Sameer joined with a capital of Rs.
8000. If at the end of the year, they earn a profit (3) 7 months (4) 6 months
of Rs. 6970, then what will be the share of Sameer (5) None of these
in the profit?
67. P, Q and R enter into a partnership with
(1) Rs. 5050 (2) Rs. 7370 investments of Rs. 3500, Rs. 4500 and Rs. 5500.
(3) Rs. 5500 (4) Rs. 3780 In the first six months, profit is Rs. 405. What is
P’s share in the profit?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs.131 (2) Rs.105
62. Reena and Sheela are partners in a business.
Reena invest Rs. 35,000 for 8 months and Sheela (3) Rs.110 (4) Rs.122
invests Rs. 42000 for 10 months. Out of a profit (5) None of these
of Rs. 31570, Reena’s share is?
68. A and B invested in a trade. They earned some
(1) Rs. 56011 (2) Rs. 12628 profit which they divided in the ratio 2:3 of their
(3) Rs. 45073 (4) Rs. 66781 investment. If A invested Rs. 40, then the amount
invested by B is?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs.74 (2) Rs.63
63. A, B, C enter into a partnership investing Rs.
30,000, Rs, 40000 and Rs. 50000 respectively. The (3) Rs.50 (4) Rs.60
res share B in an annual profit of Rs. 14400 are? (5) None of these
(1) Rs. 4800 (2) Rs. 3700 69. Three partners altogether invested Rs. 114000 in
(3) Rs. 5100 (4) Rs. 3100 a business. At the end of the year, one got Rs.
337.50, the second Rs. 1,125 and the third Rs.
(5) None of these 675. What is the percentage of profit?
64. Anand and Deepak started a business investing (1) 2.6 (2) 3
Rs. 22500 and Rs 35000 respectively. Out of total
profit of Rs. 13,800, Deepak’s share is? (3) 1.12 (4) 3.55
(1) Rs. 9553.84 (2) Rs. 10708.55 (5) None of these
(3) Rs. 12340 (4) Rs. 15000 70. A, B and C started a business by investing Rs.
120000 Rs.135000 and Rs.150000 respectively.
(5) None of these Find the share of A, out of an annual profit of Rs.
56700?
65. P and Q started a business investing Rs. 85000
and Rs. 15000 respectively. In what ratio, the profit (1) Rs.17701 (2) Rs.14800
earned after 2 years be divided between P and Q (3) Rs.16800 (4) Rs.23015
respectively?
(5) None of these
(1) 5:1 (2) 9 : 5
71. A certain amount was divided between A and B
(3) 13 : 3 (4) 11 : 7 in the ratio 4 : 3. If B’s share was Rs. 4800, the
total amount was?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs.11450 (2) Rs.11200
66. A invested Rs. 20000 in a business. After few
months, B joined him with Rs. 40000. At the end (3) Rs.17680 (4) Rs.15000
of the year, the total profit was divided between
(5) None of these
them in the ratio 2 : 1. After how many months did
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72. A sum of Rs.53 is divided among A, B and C such 74. Four milkmen rented a pasture. A grazed 24 cows
that A gets Rs. 7 more than what B gets and B for 3 months, B 10 cows for 5 months, C 35 cows
gets Rs. 8 more than what C gets. The ratio of for 4 months and D 21 cows for 3 months. If A’s
their shares is share of rent is Rs. 720, find the total rent of the
field?
(1) 7 : 3 : 1 (2) 5 : 1 : 2
(3) 11 : 2 : 3 (4) 15 : 11 : 7 (1) Rs. 2730 (2) Rs. 3460
73. A, B and C enter into partnership. A invest 3 times (5) None of these
as much as B invest and B invests two-third of
what C invests. At the end of the year, the profit 75. A invested Rs. 76000 in a business. After few
earned is Rs. 6600. What is the share of B? months, B joined him with Rs. 57000. At the end
of the year, the total profit was divided between
(1) Rs. 1200 (2) Rs. 1340 them in the ratio 2 : 1. After how many months did
B join?
(3) Rs. 1724 (4) Rs. 1422
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 1 15. 5 29. 4 43. 2 57. 4 71. 2
2. 1 16. 2 30. 5 44. 3 58. 1 72. 5
3. 5 17. 1 31. 5 45. 2 59. 2 73. 1
4. 5 18. 5 32. 5 46. 5 60. 4 74. 5
5. 3 19. 2 33. 2 47. 3 61. 5 75. 1
6. 5 20. 3 34. 1 48. 4 62. 2
7. 2 21. 1 35. 3 49. 2 63. 1
8. 5 22. 2 36. 4 50. 3 64. 5
9. 1 23. 2 37. 2 51. 1 65. 3
10. 4 24. 3 38. 3 52. 5 66. 2
11. 4 25. 1 39. 2 53. 5 67. 2
12. 2 26. 2 40. 4 54. 2 68. 4
13. 5 27. 3 41. 5 55. 1 69. 5
14. 5 28. 5 42. 5 56. 2 70. 3
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TIME, WORK AND WAGES
1. Fifty six men can complete a piece of work in 24 (5) None of these
days. In how many days can 42 men complete
5. 15 men can do a piece of work in 6 days. How
the same piece of work?
many men would be required to do the same
(1) 18 days (2) 32 days work in 75 days?
(3) 98 days (4) 48 days (1) 10 (2) 16
(5) None of these (3) 12 (4) 20
2. Four examiners can examine a certain number of (5) None of these
answer papers in 10 days by working 5 hours a
6. ‘A’ alone can complete a piece of work in 8 days.
day. For how many hours a day would 2
Work done by ‘B’ alone in one day is half of the
examiners have to work in order to examine twice
work done by ‘A’ alone in one day. In how many
the number of answer papers in 20 days?
days can the work be completed if ‘A’ and ‘B’
1 work together?
(1) 8 hours (2) 7 hours
2
1 1
(1) 6 (2) 5
1 2 2
2
1 1
(3) 5 (4) 6
(5) None of these 3 2
3. ‘A’ can complete a piece of work in 12 days. ‘A’ (5) None of these
and ‘B’ together can complete the same piece of
7. 24 men can complete a piece of work in 16 days.
work in 8 days. In how many days can ‘B’ alone
The same work can be completed by 8 women
complete the same piece of work?
in 72 days, whereas 24 children take 32 days to
(1) 15 days (2) 18 days complete it. If 10 men, 15 women and 24 children
work together, in how many days can the work
(3) 24 days (4) 28 days
be completed?
(5) None of these (1) 18 days (2) 8 days
4. 4 men, 5 women and 3 children together can (3) 22 days (4) 12 days
complete a piece of work in 16 days. In how
many days can 10 women alone complete the (5) None of these
piece of work if 10 men alone can complete it in 8. 8 men alone can complete a piece of work in 12
24 days? days, 4 women alone can complete the same
piece of work in 48 days and 10 children alone
(1) 18
can complete the piece of work in 24 days. In
(2) 15 how many days can 10 men, 4 women and 10
(3) 12 children together complete the piece of work?
(4) Cannot be determined (1) 5 days (2) 15 days
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(3) 28 days (4) 6 days (3) 40 days (4) 48 days
9. ‘A’ can complete a piece of work in 12 days. ‘A’ 7
and ‘B’ together can complete the same piece of 14. A completes of a work in 15 days. He
10
work in 4 days. In how many days can ‘B’ alone
completes the remaining work with the help of B
complete the same piece of work?
in 4 days. The time required for A and B together
(1) 6 days (2) 8 days to complete the entire work is
(3) 15 days (4) 18 days
1 2
3 3
10. 9 children can complete a piece of work in 360
1 1
days. 18 men can complete the same piece of (3) 13 days (4) 8 days
work in 72 days and 12 women can complete 3 4
the piece of work in 162 days. In how many days (5) None of these
can 4 men, 12 women and 10 children together
complete same the piece of work? 15. A man a women and a boy can together complete
a piece of work in 3 days. If a man alone can do
(1) 124 days (2) 81 days it in 6 days and a boy alone can do it in 18 days,
(3) 68 days (4) 96 days how long will a woman alone take to complete
the work?
(5) None of these
(1) 9 days (2) 21 days
11. A and B together can do a work in 8 days, B and
C together in 6 days, while C and A together in (3) 24 days (4) 27 days
10 days. If they all work together, then the work (5) None of these
will be completed in
16. A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days, B
3 3 and C in 15 days and A and C in 20 days. C
(1) 3 days (2) 3 days alone can do the work in
4 7
(1) 60 days (2) 120 days
1 1
3 2
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
17. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the
12. A work could be completed in 100 days by some
same work in half the time taken by A. Then,
workers. However, due to the absence of 10
working together what part of the same work can
workers, it was completed in 110 days. The
they finish in a day?
original number of workers was
(1) 100 (2) 110 1 2
(1) (2)
6 5
(3) 5 (4) 50
(3) (4)
13. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days, B 9 7
and C in 8 days and C and A in 6 days. How (5) None of these
long would B take to do the same work alone?
18. A and B can finish a piece of work in 30 days, B
(1) 24 days (2) 32 days
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and C can finish it in 15 days while C and A can and 15 women can complete the same work in
finish it in 10 days. Time taken by them together 12 days. If all the 10 men and 15 women work
to do this work is together, in how many days will the work get
completed?
2
(1) 5 days (2) 2 days 2
2
(1) 6 days (2) 7 days
3
1
(3) 7 days (4) 10 days 2
2
(3) 6 days (4) 5 days
3
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
19. A and B can together finish a work in 30 days.
They worked together for 20 days and then B 24. 25 men and 15 women can complete a piece of
left. After another 20 days A finished the remaining work in 12 days. All of them start working
work. In how many days can A alone finish the together and after working for 8 days the women
job? stopped working. 25 men completed the
remaining work in 6 days. How many days will it
(1) 50 days (2) 60 days
take for completing the entire job if only 15
(3) 40 days (4) 65 days women are put on the job?
20. If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field in 43 (3) 94 days (4) 50 days
days, how long will 7 men and 5 women take to
(5) None of these
plough it?
25. ‘A’ completes a work in 12 days. ‘B’ completes
(1) 10 days (2) 11 days
the same work in 15 days. ‘A’ started working
(3) 9 days (4) 12 days alone and after 3 days B joined him. How many
(5) None of these days will they now take together to complete the
remaining work?
21. A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C
in 12 days. B and C start the work but are forced (1) 5 (2) 8
to leave after 3 days. The remaining work is done (3) 6 (4) 4
by A in
(5) None of these
(1) 5 days (2) 6 days
26. 10 men and 15 women finish a work in 6 days.
(3) 10 days (4) 10.5 days One man alone finishes that work in 100 days. In
(5) None of these how many days will a woman finish the work?
22. A can do a certain work in the same time in which (1) 125 days (2) 150 days
B and C together can do it. If A and B together (3) 90 days (4) 225 days
could do it in 10 days and C alone in 50 days,
(5) None of these
then B alone could do the work in
27. The work done by a woman in 8 hours is equal
(1) 15 days (2) 20 days
to the work done by a man in 6 hours and by a
(3) 25 days (4) 30 days boy in 21 hours. If working 6 hours per day 9
(5) None of these men can complete a work in 6 days then in how
many days can 12 men, 12 women and 12 boys
23. 10 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days together finish the same work working 8 hours
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per day? (4) Rs 150, Rs 110, Rs 50

(1) 1 days (2) 3 days
3 3 32. A, B and C contract to do a work for Rs 4200.
A can do the work in 6 days, B in 10 days and C
1 in 12 days. If they work together to do the work,
(3) 3 days (4) 1 days
2 what is the share of C?
(5) None of these (1) Rs 2000 (2) Rs 1200
28. Seven men and four boys can complete a work (3) Rs 1000 (4) Rs 1500
in 6 days. A man completes double the work than (5) None of these
a boy. In how many days will 5 men and 4 boys
complete the work? 33. A, B and C contract to do a work for Rs 6500.
A can do the work in 10 days, B in 15 days and
(1) 5 days C in 20 days. If they work together to do the
(2) 4 days work, what is the share of B?
(3) 6 days (1) Rs 200 (2) Rs 3000
(4) Cannot be determined (3) Rs 1500 (4) Rs 2500
29. Vinod can complete a job in 15 hours. Vinay alone 34. Ram can do a work in 20 days. Ram and Shyam
can complete the same job in 10 hours. Vinod together do the same work in 15 days. If they
works for 9 hours and then the remaining job is are paid Rs 400 for that work, what is the share
completed by Vinay. How many hours will it take of each?
Vinay to complete the remaining job alone?
(1) Rs 300, Rs 100 (2) Rs 200, Rs
(1) 4 hrs (2) 5 hrs
200
(3) 6 hrs (4) 2 hrs
(3) Rs 250, Rs 150 (4) Rs 350, Rs 50
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
30. Ram can do a certain work in 15 days while
35. Suresh can do a work in 15 days. Suresh and
Chandan can do it in 25 days. Both work together
Ramesh together do the same work in 10 days.
and finish the work. In what ratio should the total
If they are paid Rs 1500 for the work, how should
earnings be divided between them?
the money be divided between them?
(1) 3 : 5 (2) 2 : 5
(1) Rs 1000, Rs 500
(3) 5 : 2 (4) 5 : 3
(2) Rs 700, Rs 800
(5) None of these
(3) Rs 1200, Rs 300
31. A, B and C can do a work in 4, 6 and 10 days
(4) Rs 800, Rs 500
respectively. They finish the work together and
earn Rs 310. What is the share of each? (5) None of these
(1) Rs 150, Rs 100, Rs 60 36. Two men undertake to do a piece of work for Rs
200. One alone could do it in 6 days, the other 8
(2) Rs 140, Rs 110, Rs 60
days. With the assistance of a boy they finish it in
(3) Rs 160, Rs 90, Rs 60 3 days. Find the share of the boy.
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(1) Rs 25 (2) Rs 100 (3) Rs 10 (4) Rs 15
(5) None of these 42. A, B and C together earn Rs 640 in 8 days. A
and C together earn Rs 250 in 5 days. B and C
37. A and B contract to do a work together for Rs
together earn Rs 420 in 6 days. Find the daily
300. A alone can do it in 8 days and B alone in
earning of C.
12 days. But with the help of C they finish it in 4
days. Find the share of C. (1) Rs 60 (2) Rs 50
(1) Rs 30 (2) Rs 60 (3) Rs 80 (4) Rs 40
(5) None of these 43. A, B and C together earn Rs 1500 in 10 days. A

and C together earn Rs 800 in 8 days. B and C
38. A, B and C undertake to do a work for Rs 660. together earn Rs 900 in 9 days. Find the daily
8 earning of B.
A and B together do of the work and rest is
11 (1) Rs 50 (2) Rs 60
done by C alone. How much should C get?
(3) Rs 40 (4) Rs 30
(3) Rs 180 (4) Rs 190 44. A man and a boy received Rs 800 as wages for
(5) None of these 5 days for the work they did together. The man’s
efficiency in the work was three times that of the
39. If the wages of 45 women amount to Rs 46575 boy. What are the daily wages of the boy?
in 48 days, how many men must work 16 days
(1) Rs 76 (2) Rs 56
to receive Rs 17250, the daily wages of a man
being double than those of a woman? (3) Rs 44 (4) Rs 40
(1) 20 men (2) 25 men (5) None of these
(3) 30 men (4) 15 men 45. A and B undertook to do a piece of work for Rs
(5) None of these 4500. A alone could do it in 8 days and B alone
in 12 days. With the assistance of C they finished
40. Wages of 10 women for 5 days is Rs 1250. The the work in 4 days. Then C’s share of the money
daily wage of a man is twice that of a woman. is
How many men must work for 8 days to earn Rs
1600? (l) Rs 2250 (2) Rs l500
(1) 5 men (2) 8 men (3) Rs 750 (4) Rs 375

(3) 4 men (4) 6 men (5) None of these
(5) None of these 46. A does a work in 10 days and B does the same
41. A, B and C together earn Rs 2700 in 18 days. A work in 15 days. In how many days will they
and C together earn Rs 940 in 10 days. B and C finish the work when working together?
together earn Rs 1520 in 20 days. Find the daily (1) 7 (2) 8
earning of C.
(3) 6 (4) 5
(1) Rs 20 (2) Rs 40
(5) None of these
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47. A can finish the work in 18 days and B can do many days can the son alone finish the work?
the same work in half the time taken by A. When
(1) 3.5 days (2) 6 days
working together what part of the work is done
in a day? (3) 3 days (4) 7.5 days
(5) None of these
1 1
(1) th (2) th 52. A can lay railway track between two given stations
6 7
in 16 days and B can do the same job in 12 days.
1 1 With the help of C , they do the job in 4 days
(3) th (4) th only. Then C alone can do the job in
4 9
(1) 5 days (2) 6 days
(5) None of these
(3) 7 days (4) 8 days
48. A tyre has two punctures. The first puncture would
have made the tyre flat in 9 minutes and the second (5) None of these
alone would have done it in 6 minutes. If air leaks 53. A takes twice as much times as B or thrice as
out at constant rate , how long does it take to much time to finish a piece of work. Working
make the tyre flat by both the punctures? together , they can finish the work in 2 days. B
alone can do the same work in
17
(1) 5 days (2) days (1) 3 hrs (2) 4 hrs
3
(3) 6 hrs (4) 2 hrs
18
(3) 4 days (4) days (5) None of these
3
54. X can do one-fourth of a work in 10 days , Y can
(5) None of these
do 40% of the work in 40 days and Z can do
49. A , B and C can finish the work in 26 , 6 and 12 one-third of the work in 13 days. Who will
respectively. In how many days can they finish complete the work first ?
the work if they work together ?
(1) X
24 (2) Z
(1) days (2) 5 days
7
(3) Y
30 (4) Data inadequate
(3) 2 days (4) days
3 (5) None of these
(5) None of these 55. P, Q and R are three typists who working
50 A man can do a job in 15 days. His father takes simultaneously can type 216 pages in 4 hours. In
20 days and his son takes 25 days to finish the one hour , R can type as many pages more than
work.In how many days can they finish the work Q as Q can type more than R During a period of
if they work together? 5 hours , R can type as many pages as P can
during seven hours. How many pages does each
(1) 5 days (2) 6.4 days of them type per hour ?
(3) 2 days (4) 4 days (1) 15,20,21 (2) 15,18,21
(5) None of these (3) 12,17,30 (4) 12,17,28
51. A man can do a piece of work in 5 days but with (5) None of these
the help of his son , he can do it in 3 days. In how
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56. Ajay and Rahul are working on an assignment. (1) 5 days (2) 8 days
Ajay takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a
(3) 10 days (4) 6 days
computer , while Rahul takes 5 hours to type 40
pages. How much time will they take , working (5) None of these
together on two different computers to type an 61. A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days. B
assignment of 110 pages ? and C can do it in 120 days , A and C can do it in
(1) 5 hrs (2) 6 hrs 90 days. In what time can A alone do it ?
(3) 7 hrs (4) 8.25 hrs (1) 140 days (2) 70 days
57. Two workers A and B are engaged to do a work. (5) None of these
A working alone takes 8 hours more to complete 62. A and B can do a piece of work inn 5 days , B
the job than if both worked together. If B worked and C can do it in 7 days , A and C can do it in 4
alone , he would need 4.5 hours more to complete days. Who among these will take the least time if
the job than they both working together. What put to do it alone ?
time would they take to do the work together ?
(1) A
(1) 6 hrs (2) 3 hrs
(2) B
(3) 8 hrs (4) 7 hrs
(3) C
(5) None of these
(4) Data inadequate
58. P can complete a work in 12 days working 8
hours a day. Q can complete the same work in 8 (5) None of these
days working 10 hours a day. If both P and Q 63. A can do a piece of work in 4 hours , B and C
work together , working 8 hours a day , in how together can do it in 3 hours while A and C
many days can they finish the work ? together can do it in 2 hours. How long will B
alone take to do it ?
6 5
11 11
(3) 14 days (4) 16 days
4 3
(3) 5 days (4) 4 days (5) None of these
11 4
64. A works as fast as B. If B alone can complete
(5) None of these
the work in 12 days , the number of days in which
59. A and B can do a work in 12 days , B and C in A and B together can complete the work is
15 days , C and A in 20 days. If all the three
(1) 6 days (2) 5 days
work together ,how much time will they take?
(3) 4 days (4) 8 days
(1) 16 days (2) 13 days
(5) None of these
(3) 15 days (4) 12 days
65. A is twice as good a workman as B and together
(5) None of these
they finish a piece of work in 14 days. The number
60. A and B can do a work in 8 days , B and C can of days taken by A alone to finish the work is
do the same in 12 days. If A ,B and C together
(1) 21 days (2) 18 days
can finish the work in 6 days, then A and C will
do the same work in (3) 25 days (4) 16 days
(5) None of these
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3 71. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If
66. A and B can do a job together in 7 days. A is 1 they work on it together for 4 days , then the
4
fraction of the work that is left is
times as efficient as B. The same job can be done
by A alone in 7 7
(1) (2)
(1) 10 days (2) 12 days 15 16
(3) 8 days (4) 11 days 6 8

(3) (4)
67. Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya (5) None of these
is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number
72. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the
of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of
same in 15 days. B worked for 10 days and left
work is
the job. In how many days , A alone can finish
(1) 12 days (2) 10 days the remaining work ?
68. A is 30% more efficient than B. How much time (5) None of these
will they, working together, take to complete a
job which A alone could have done in 23 days ? 73. A and B can complete a work in 15 and 10 days
respectively. They started doing the work together
(1) 16 days (2) 15 days but after 2 days , B had to leave and A alone
(3) 10 days (4) 13 days completed the remaining work. The whole work
was completed in
(5) None of these
(1) 14 days (2) 11 days
69. A does half as much as B in three-fourth of the
time. If together they take 18 days to complete (3) 16 days (4) 12 days
the work , how much time shall B take to do it?
(5) None of these
(1) 40 days (2) 30 days
74. A can finish a work in 24 days , B in 9 days and
(3) 25 days (4) 20 days C in 12 days. B and C start the work but are
(5) None of these forced to leave after 3 days. The remaining work
was done by A in
70. Two workers A and B working together
completed a job in 5 days. If A worked twice as (1) 15 days (2) 12 days
efficiently as he actually did and B worked one- (3) 10 days (4) 17 days
third as efficiently as he actually did , the work
would have been completed in 3 days. A alone (5) None of these
would complete the work in 75. A and B can together finish a work in 30 days.
They worked together for 20 days and then B
25 19
(1) days (2) days left. After another 20 days, Afinished the remaining
4 3 work. In how many days A alone can complete
the job ?
5 17
(3) 5 days (4) days (1) 30 days (2) 80 days
11 6
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(5) None of these share of the boy
76. If persons A, B, C, D, E and F take 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (1) Rs. 600 (2) Rs. 300
and 6 days respectively to complete a work when
(3) Rs. 250 (4) Rs. 100
working individually. If all of them get Rs. 10000
in total, then what is the share of person D in the (5) None of these
amount? 81. If persons A,B,C,D,E and F take 1,2,2,4,5 and
(1) Rs. 820 (2) Rs. 1020.40 8 days to complete a work. If all of them get Rs.
12360 in total, then what is the share of person
(3) Rs. 1000 (4) Rs. 920.50
D in the amount?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 2000 (2) Rs. 1500
77. If X, Y, Z and W get Rs.100. Rs.300, Rs.350
(3) Rs. 1200 (4) Rs. 1800
and Rs.200 respectively for completing a work
as a team, then what is ratio of days in which they (5) None of these
would have completed the work? 82. Anil can do a piece of work in 30 days, while
(1) 42 : 14 : 12 : 21 (2) 41 : 14 : 21 : Binu alone can do it in 15 days. They work
13 together for 5 days and rest of the work is done
by Chander. Chander is 20 % more efficient than
(3) 42 : 14 : 12 : 23 (4) 3 : 4 : 5 : 6
Anil. If they get Rs 21,000 for the whole work,
(5) None of these how should they divide the money?
78. A and B are working together and complete the (1) Rs. 5000, Rs. 10,000, Rs. 6,000
job in 50 days. It is also known that B is 20%
(2) Rs. 5000, Rs. 12,000, Rs. 4,000
less efficient than A. If the contract of the work is
Rs.5400, then what is the share of A and B in the (3) Rs. 6000, Rs. 5000, Rs. 12000
amount? (4) Rs. 4000
(1) Rs. 3000, Rs. 2400 (5) None of these
(2) Rs. 2500, Rs. 2000 83. Hemant can finish a job in 3 days and with the
(3) Rs. 3500, Rs. 2400 help of his brother, he can finish it in 15 days. If
both of them get Rs.1200 for the job, then what
(4) Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000
is the share of each of the brothers?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 300, Rs. 900
79. Inder, Rishu and Shikha, working individually can
(2) Rs. 400, Rs. 800
complete a work in 5, 10 and 25 days respectively.
What is the share of Rishu in the amount if they (3) Rs. 600, Rs. 600
get Rs 6800 for the work? (4) Rs. 700, Rs. 500
(3) Rs. 3000 (4) Rs. 4000 84. A can do a piece of work in 10 days, while B
(5) None of these alone can do it in 15 days. They work together
for 5 days and rest of the work is left undone. If
80. Two men undertake to do a piece of work for
they get Rs 550 for their part of work, how should
Rs. 3200. First man alone can do this in 15 days
they divide the money?
while the second man alone can do this work in
16 days. If they work together to complete this (1) Rs. 325, Rs. 225
work in 8 days with the help of a boy, what is the (2) Rs. 330, Rs. 220
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(3) Rs. 400, Rs. 150 86. 10 boys are given a piece of work for Rs. 5005.
Each boy alone can do this in 20 days except
(4) Rs. 300, Rs. 250
one who can do it in 10 days. If they work
(5) None of these together to complete this work in 8 days, then
85. Rahim and Salim decide to do a piece of work the boy who is the most efficient will get
for Rs.3000. Rahim alone can do this in 9 days (1) Rs. 1000 (2) Rs. 890
while Salim alone can do this work in 10 days. If
(3) Rs. 2550 (4) Rs. 990
they work together to complete this work in 6
days with the help of 2 boys, how would the (5) None of these
money be divided? 87. A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B is
(1) Rs. 2000, Rs. 1800, Rs. 2000 50% less efficient than A. They work together
for 5 days and rest of the work is done by C in 7
(2) Rs. 1900, Rs. 19000, Rs. 2000
days. If they get Rs 5050 for the whole work,
(3) Rs. 1600, Rs. 2000, Rs. 2200 then what is the share of C?
(4) Data inadequate (1) Rs. 1010
(5) None of these (2) Rs.1515
(3) Rs. 2525
(4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 2 17. 1 33. 1 49. 1 65. 1 81. 3

2. 3 18. 4 34. 1 50. 2 66. 4 82. 1
3. 2 19. 2 35. 1 51. 4 67. 3 83. 3
4. 4 20. 4 36. 1 52. 5 68. 4 84. 2
5. 3 21. 3 37. 4 53. 3 69. 2 85. 1
6. 3 22. 3 38. 3 54. 2 70. 1 86. 2
7. 4 23. 3 39. 2 55. 2 71. 4 87. 4
8. 4 24. 5 40. 3 56. 4 72. 2
9. 2 25. 5 41. 1 57. 1 73. 4
10. 4 26. 4 42. 1 58. 2 74. 3
11. 1 27. 4 43. 1 59. 5 75. 5
12. 2 28. 5 44. 4 60. 2 76. 2
13. 4 29. 1 45. 3 61. 4 77. 1
14. 3 30. 4 46. 3 62. 1 78. 1
15. 1 31. 1 47. 1 63. 2 79. 2
16. 2 32. 3 48. 4 64. 3 80. 4
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PIPE AND CISTERNS
1. A pipe can fill a cistern in 25 hours. Find the part 5. A tap can fill a tank in 25 minutes and another
of tank filled in 5 hours. can empty it in 50 minutes. If the tank is already
half full and both the taps are opened together,
1 1 the
(1) (2)
25 5
(1) tank is emptied in 20 minutes
1 1 (2) tank is filled up in 25 minutes
(3) (4)
10 15
(3) tank is filled up in 20 minutes
(5) None of these
(4) tank is emptied in 25 minutes
2. A pipe can empty a cistern in 27 hours. Find the
(5) None of these
2
time in which part of the cistern will be empited. 6. A pipe can empty a tank in 15 hrs and another
3
pipe can empty it in 10 hrs. If both the pipes are
(1) 19 hours (2) 12 hours opened simultaneously, find the time in which a
full tank is emptied.
(5) None of these
2
3. A water tank is th full. Pipe A can fill the tank (5) None of these
5
in 10 minutes and the pipe B can empty it in 6 7. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 30 minutes
minutes. If both the pipes are open, how long will and 15 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are
it take to empty or fill the tank completely? opened simultaneously, how much time will be
taken to fill the tank?
(1) 6 minutes to empty
(1) 10 minutes (2) 12 minutes
(2) 6 minutes to fill
(3) 9 minutes to empty
(5) None of these
(4) 9 minutes to fill
8. There is a leak in the bottom of a cistern. When
(5) None of these
the cistern is thoroughly repaired, it would be filled
4. A cistern which could be filled in 9 hours takes in 12 minutes. It now takes 18 minutes longer. If
one hour more to be filled owing to a leak in its the cistern is full, how long would the leak take to
bottom. If the cistern is full, in what time will the empty the cistern?
leak empty it?
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
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9. There is a leak in the bottom of a cistern. When 13. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes
the cistern is thoroughly repaired, it would be filled and 16 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are
in 8 hours. It now takes 12 hours. If the cistern is opened simultaneously, after how much time
full, how long would the leak take to empty the should B be closed so that the tank is full in 9
cistern? minutes?
(1) 20 minutes (2) 24 minutes (1) 8 min (2) 6 min
(3) 28 minutes (4) 32 minutes (3) 4 min (4) 10 min
10. Tap A can fill a water tank in 25 minutes, tap B 14. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 minutes
can fill the same tank in 40 minutes and tap C can and 48 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are
empty the tank in 30 minutes. If all the three taps opened simultaneously, after how much time
are opened together, in how many minutes will should B be closed so that is full in 27 minutes?
the tank be completely filled up or emptied?
(1) 10 min (2) 12 min
2 5 (3) 14 min (4) 16 min
(1) 3 (2) 15
13 13
(5) None of these
2 11 15. Two pipes A and B can separately fill in 15 and
(3) 8 (4) 31
13 19 10 minutes respectively and a waste pipe C can
carry off 7 litters per minute. If all the pipes are
(5) None of these
opened when the cistern is full, it is emptied in 2
11. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12 minutes hours. How many litres does the cistern hold?
and 15 minutes respectively. There is also an outlet
(1) 40 litres (2) 20 litres
C. If all the three pipes are opened together, the
tank is full in 10 minutes. How much time will be (3) 25 litres (4) 30 litres
taken by C to empty the full tank?
(5) None of these
(1) 10 min
16. Two pipes A and B can separately fill in 30 and
(2) 20 min 20 minutes respectively and a waste pipe C can
carry off 6 litres per minute. If all the pipes are
(3) 15 min
opened when the cistern is full, it is emptied in 60
(4) Data inadequate minutes. How many litres does the cistern hold?
(5) None of these (1) 10 litres (2) 30 litres
12. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 24 minutes (3) 60 litres (4) 45 litres
and 30 minutes respectively. There is also an outlet
(5) None of these
C. If all the three pipes are opened together, the
tank is full in 20 minutes. How much time will be 17. Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hours, pipe B in 10
taken by C to empty the full tank? hours and pipe C in 30 hours. If all the pipes are
open, then the tank will be filled in
(1) 30 min (2) 40 min
(1) 12 hrs (2) 5 hrs
(3) 45 min (4) 1 hour
(3) 3 hrs (4) 4 hrs
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
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18. A tank can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it respectively and an outlet pipe can empty 3
can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. If both gallons per minute. All the three pipes working
the taps are opened simultaneously, then after how together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The
much time will the cistern get filled? capacity of the tank is
(1) 7 hrs (2) 5 hrs (1) 110 gallons (2) 100 gallons
(3) 6 hrs (4) 7.2 hrs (3) 80 gallons (4) 120 gallons
19. Pipes A, B. and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and 20 24. Two pipes can fill the tank in 12 hours and 15
hours respectively. If A is open all the time and B hours respectively. A third pipe can empty it in
and C are open for one hour each alternately, the 20 hours. If the tank is empty and all the three
tank will be full in pipes are opened, then the tank will be full (in
hours)
(1) 5 hrs (2) 6 hrs
(1) 12 hrs (2) 10 hrs
(3) 7 hrs (4) 8 hrs
(3) 15 hrs (4) 8 hrs
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
20. Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 hours and 12 hours
respectively, while the third can empty it in 20 25. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours
hours. If all the pipes are opened together, then respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. If
the tank will be filled in all the three pipes are opened together, then the
tank will be filled in
(1) 9 hrs (2) 8 hrs
(1) 30 hrs (2) 20 hrs
(3) 6 hrs (4) 7.5 hrs
(3) 15 hrs (4) 25 hrs
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
21. A tap can fill a cistern in 8 hours and another can
empty it in 16 hours. If both the taps are opened 26. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes
simultaneously, the time to fill the cistern will be and 20 minutes respectively. Both the pipes are
opened together but after 4 minutes, pipe A is
(1) 6 hrs (2) 3 hrs turned off. What is the total time required to fill
(3) 5.33 hrs (4) 4 hrs the tank?
(5) None of these (1) 8 hrs (2) 10 hrs
22. Two pipes A and B together can fill a tank in 4 (3) 12 hrs (4) 7 hrs
hours. Had they been opened separately, then B (5) None of these
would have taken 6 hours more than A to fill the
cistern. How much time will be taken by A to fill 27. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours.
the cistern separately? Because of a leak, it took 2.5 hours to fill the
tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank
(1) 6 hrs (2) 8 hrs in
(3) 7 hrs (4) 9 hrs (1) 9 hrs (2) 8 hrs
(5) None of these (3) 7 hrs (4) 10 hrs
23. Two pipes can fill a cistern in 20 and 24 minutes (5) None of these
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28. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 in 10 minutes and the pipe B can empty it in 6
minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used minutes. If both the pipes are open, how long will
together, then how long will it take to fill the tank? it take to empty or fill the tank completely?
(1) 10 minutes (2) 12 minutes (1) 6 minutes to fill
(3) 15 minutes (4) 18 minutes (2) 6 minutes to empty
(5) None of these (3) 8 minutes to fill
29. Two inlet pipes take 10 minutes and 20 minutes (4) 7 minutes to fill
to fill the tank. But they take 25 min to fill it
because of a leak. How much time would the (5) None of these
leak take to empty a full tank? 33. Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 10 hours and
15 hours, respectively. If both the taps are opened
1 together the tank will be full in
(1) 9 minutes
11
(2) 100 minutes
(3) 10 minutes
(5) None of these
1 34. Two pipes A and B can separately empty a cistern
(4) 2 minutes
11 in 12 hours and 15 hours, respectively. In what
time will the cistern be emptied, if both the pipes
(5) None of these
are opened together?
30. One tap can fill a cistern in 2 hours and another
(1) 5 hours 30 minutes
can empty the cistern in 3 hours. How long will
they take to fill the cistern if both the taps are (2) 7 hours
opened?
(3) 6.30 hours (4) 8 hours
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
35. Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 hours and 12 hours,
31. A tap can fill a tank in 25 minutes and another respectively. While a third pipe emptied the full
can empty it in 50 minutes. Find whether the tank tank in 20 hours. If all the three pipes operate
will be filled up or emptied and in how many simultaneously, in how much time the tank will be
minutes? filled?
(1) Tank is filled up in 50 minutes (1) 7 hours 30 minutes
(2) Tank is empted in 25 minutes (2) 6 hours 40 minutes
(3) Tank is filled up in 25 minutes (3) 8 hours 30 minutes
(4) Take is filled up in 20 minutes (4) 6 hours 20 minutes
2 36. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 10, 12

32. A water tank is th full. Pipe A can fill the tank and 15 hours, respectively, while working alone.
5
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If all the three pipes are opened together, the time 39. A cistern has a leak which would empty in 8 hours.
taken to fill the cistern will be A tap is truned on which admits 6 litres a minute
into the cistern and it is now emptied in 12 hours.
(1) 4 hours (2) 6 hours The cistern can hold
(3) 7 hours (4) 8 hours (1) 6840 litres (2) 7860 litres
(5) None of these (3) 8640 litres (4) 6850 litres
37. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 24 minutes (5) None of these
and 30 minutes, respectively. There is also an outlet
C. If all the three pipes are opened together, the 40. If two pipes function simultaneously, the reservour
cistern is full in 20 minutes. How much time will will be filled in 12 hours. One pipe fills the
be taken by C to empty the full cistern? reservoir 10 hours faster than the other. How
many hours does the faster pipe take to fill the
(1) 30 minutes (2) 40 minutes reservoir?
(3) 45 minutes (4) 20 minutes (1) 35 hours (2) 30 hours
(5) None of these (3) 40 hours (4) 45 hours
38. A cistern is normally filled in 8 hours but takes 2 (5) None of these
hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom.
If the cistern is full, the leak will empty it in 41. One fill pipe A is 3 times faster than second fill
pipe B and takes 32 minutes less than the fill pipe
(1) 35 hours (2) 45 hours B. When will the cistern be full if both pipes are
(3) 40 hours (4) 42 hours opened together?
(5) None of these (1) 28 minutes

(2) 24 minutes
(3) 30 minutes
(4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 2 8. 1 15. 1 22. 1 29. 1 36. 1
2. 4 9. 2 16. 3 23. 1 30. 1 37. 2
3. 1 10. 4 17. 3 24. 2 31. 1 38. 3
4. 3 11. 2 18. 4 25. 1 32. 2 39. 3
5. 2 12. 2 19. 1 26. 2 33. 2 40. 2
6. 2 13. 3 20. 4 27. 4 34. 3 41. 2
7. 1 14. 2 21. 3 28. 2 35. 1
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SPEED, TIME & DISTANCE
1. A man covers a certain distance by car driving at (3) 18 km (4) 20 km

30 km/hr and he returns back to the starting point
(5) None of these
riding on a scooter at 20 km/hr. Find his average
speed for the whole journey. 6. A boy goes to school at a speed of 3 km/hr and
returns to the village at a speed of 2 km/hr. If he
(1) 24 km/hr (2) 26 km/hr
takes 5 hrs in all, what is the distance between the
2 2 village and the school?
(3) 36 km/hr (4) 26 km/hr
3 3 (1) 5 km (2) 10 km
(5) None of these (3) 3 km (4) 6 km
2. On a tour a man travels at the rate of 64 km an (5) None of these
hour for the first 160 km, then travels the next 160
km at the rate of 80 km an hour. The average 7. A motor car does a journey in 27 hrs, the first half
speed in km per hour for the first 320 km of the at 14 km/hr and the second half at 13 km/hr. Find
tour, is the distance.
(1) 35.55 km/hr (2) 71.11 km/hr (1) 264 km (2) 351 km
(3) 36 km/hr (4) 72 km/hr (3) 251 km (4) 210 km
3. A man covers a certain distance between his house 8. The distance between two stations A and B is 900
and office on scooter. Having an average speed km. A train starts from A and moves towards B at
of 30 km/hr, he is late by 10 min. However, with a an average speed of 30 km/hr. Another train starts
speed of 40 km/hr, he reaches his office 5 min from B, 20 minutes earlier than the train at A, and
earlier. Find the distance between his house and moves towards A at an average speed of 40 km/
office. hr. How for from A will the two trains meet?
(1) 10 km (2) 20 km (1) 380 km (2) 320 km
(3) 30 km (4) 35 km (3) 240 km (4) 230 km
4. A boy walking at a speed of 10 km/hr reaches his 2

school 15 minutes late. Next time he increases his 9. Walking of his usual speed, a person is 15 min
3
speed 2 km/ hr, but still he is late by 5 minutes. late to his office. Find his usual time to cover the
Find the distance of his school from his house. distance.
(1) 8 km (2) 5 km (1) 30 minutes (2) 25 minutes
(3) 10 km (4) 15 km (3) 15 minutes (4) 25 minutes
5. A boy walking at a speed of 15 km/hr reaches his
school 20 minutes late. Next time he increases his 1
10. Walking of his usual speed, a person is 12 min
speed 5 km/hr, but still he is late by 10 minutes. 3
Find the distance of his school from his house. late to his office. Find his usual time to cover the
distance.
(1) 15 km (2) 10 km
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(1) 36 minutes (2) 22
(2) 18 minutes (3) 23
(3) 6 minutes (4) Data inadequate
(4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
(5) None of these 16. Suresh started cycling along the boundaries of a
square field from corner point A. After half an
11. Two men A and B walk from P to Q, a distance of
hour, he reached the corner point C, diagonally
21 km, at 3 and 4 km an hour respectively. B
opposite to A. If his speed was 8 km per hour, the
reaches Q, returns immediately and meets A at
area of the field in square km is
R. Find the distance from P to R.
(1) 64 km2
(1) 15 km (2) 20 km
(2) 8 km2
(3) 18 km (4) 12 km
(3) 4 km2
(5) None of these
12. One aeroplane started 30 minutes later than the
scheduled time from a place 1500 km away from (5) None of these
its destination. To reach the destination at the
17. Two trains start at the same time from Aligarh
scheduled time the pilot had to increase the speed
and Delhi and proceed towards each other at the
by 250 km/hr. What was the speed of the
rate of 16 km and 21 km per hour respectively.
aeroplane per hour during the journey?
When they meet, it is found that one train has
(1) 250 km/hr (2) 500 km/hr travelled 60 km more than the other. The distance
between two stations is
(3) 600 km/hr (4) 750 km/hr
(1) 445 km/hr (2) 444 km/hr
(5) None of these
(3) 440 km/hr (4) 450 km/hr
13. A man covers a certain distance on scooter. Had
he moved 3 km/hr faster, he would have taken 40 (5) None of these
minutes less. If he had moved 2 km/hr slower, he
18. Raman drove from home to a neighbouring town
would have taken 40 minutes more. Find the
at the speed of 50 km/hr and on his returning
distance in km and original speed.
journey, he drove at the speed of 45 km/h and also
(1) 30 km/hr (2) 40 km/hr took an hour longer to reach home. What distance
did he cover each way?
(3) 25 km/hr (4) 35 km/hr
(1) 450 km (2) 225 km
(5) None of these
(3) 900 km (4) 500 km
14. A car finishes a journey in 10 hours at the speed
of 80 km/hr. If the same distance is to be covered (5) None of these
in 8 hours how much more speed does the car
19. Pratibha covers a distance of 24 km at the speed
have to gain?
of 8 km/hr and a distance of 18 km at the speed of
(1) 8 km/hr (2) 10 km/hr 9 km/hr. Further, she covers a distance of 12 km
at the speed of 3 km/hr. What is her average speed
(3) 20 km/hr (4) 16 km/hr
in covering the whole distance?
(5) None of these
(1) 8 km/hr (2) 5.5 km/hr
15. A person wants to plant trees at the edge of a
(3) 3 km/hr (4) 6 km/hr
circular field of radius 21 km at every 6 km of the
distance. Find the no. of trees he will have to buy (5) None of these
for this purpose.
20. A man walks at the speed of 5 km/hr and runs at
(1) 21 the speed of 10 km/hr. How much time will the
man require to cover the distance of 28 km, if he
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half his journey running?
26. A car finishes a journey in ten hours at the speed
(1) 8.4 hr (2) 6 hr of 80 km/hr. If the same distance is to be covered
in eight hours how much more speed does the car
(3) 5 hr (4) 4.2 hr
have to gain?
(5) None of these
(1) 8 km/hr (2) 10 km/hr
21. A car covers the first 35 km of its journey in 45
(3) 12 km/hr (4) 16 km/hr
minutes and the remaining 69 km in 75 minutes.
What is the average speed of the car? (5) None of these
(1) 42 km/hr (2) 50 km/hr 27. Train ‘A’ leaves Mumbai Central for Lucknow at
11 am, running at the speed of 60 km/hr. Train ‘B’
(3) 52 km/hr (4) 60 km/hr
leaves Mumbai Central for Lucknow by the same
(5) None of these route at 2 pm on the same day, running at the speed
of 72 km/hr. At what time will the two trains meet
22. Milind takes as much time in running 15 metres as each other?
a car takes in covering 40 metres. What will be
the distance covered by Milind during the time the (1) 2 am on the next day
car covers 2 km?
(2) 5 am on the next day
(1) 1000 metres (2) 600 metres
(3) 5 pm on the next day
(3) 650 metres (4) 750 metres
(4) 2 pm on the next day
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
23. A 150 metre long train crosses a platform of equal
length in 15 seconds. What is the speed of the 28. Train A and B are travelling on the same route
train? heading towards the same destination. Train B has
already covered a distance of 220 km before train
(1) 22 metres/second A started. The two trains meet each other 11 hours
(2) 10 metres/second after the start of train A. Had the trains been
travelling towards each other (from a distance of
(3) 15 metres/second 220 km), they would have met after one hour. What
(4) 18 metres/second is the speed of train B in km/hr?
(5) None of these (1) 100 km/hr
24. A car covers the first 30 km of its journey in 45 (2) 180 km/hr
minutes and the remaining 25 km in 35 minutes. (3) 116 km/hr
What is the average speed of the car?
(4) Data inadequate
(1) 40 km/hr (2) 64 km/hr
(5) None of these
(3) 49 km/hr (4) 48 km/hr
29. The speed of a car increases by 2 km after every
(5) None of these
hour. If the distance travelled in the first hour was
25. A train running at speed of 120 km/h crosses a 35 km, what was the total distance travelled in 12
signal post in 15 seconds. What is the length of hours?
the train in metres?
(1) 552 km (2) 456 km
(1) 300
(3) 556 km (4) 482 km
(2) 200
(5) None of these
(3) 500
3
(4) Cannot be determined 30. The wheel of an engine is 3 metres in
4
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circumference and makes 4 revolutions in 2 (3) 71.11km/h (4) 61.12 km/h
seconds. The speed of the train is?
(5) None of these
(1) 27 km/h (2) 31 km/h
36. A car completes a journey in 6 hours. It covers
(3) 35 km/h (4) 30 km/h half the distance at 50 km/hr and the rest at 70
km/hr. The length of the journey is?
(5) None of these
(1) 165 km (2) 175 km
31. A person covers half of his journey at 30 km/h
and the remaining half at 20 km/h. The average (3) 185 km (4) 180 km
speed for the whole journey is?
(5) None of these
(1) 25 km/h (2) 28 km/h
37. Rakesh sets out to cycle from Delhi to Mathura
(3) 32 km/h (4) 31 km/h and at the same time Suresh starts from Mathura
to Delhi. After passing each other they complete
(5) None of these
their journeys in 9 and 16 hours, respectively. At
32. Rajesh covers a certain distance by bus at 16 km/ what speed does Suresh cycle if Rakesh cycles
hr and returns back at the starting point on a cycle at 16 km per hour?
at 9 km/h. His average speed for the whole
(1) 12 km/h (2) 16 km/h
journey is?
(3) 14 km/h (4) 12 km/h
(1) 13.54 km/h (2) 11.52 km/h
(5) None of these
(3) 15.52 km/h (4) 17.52 km/h
38. A train travels 225 km in 3.5 hours and 370 km in
(5) None of these
5 hours. Find the average speed of train?
33. A and B are two towns. A car goes from A to B at
(1) 80 km/h (2) 60 km/h
a speed of 64 km/h and returns to A at a slower
speed. If its average speed for the whole journey (3) 70 km/h (4) 50 km/h
is 56 km/h, it returned with speed?
(5) None of these
(1) 52.54 km/h (2) 47.74 km/h
1
(3) 49.78 km/h (4) 55.64 km/h 39. A man walks 6 km at a speed of 1 km/h, runs 8
2
(5) None of these km at a speed of 2 km/h and goes by bus another
32 km. Speed of the bus is 8 km/h. If the speed of
34. A bicycle rider covers his onward journey from A the bus is considered as the speed of the man,
to B at 10 km/h and during the return journey from find the average speed of the man?
B to A he covers to same distance at 8 km/h. If he
1 5 5
finishes the onward and return journey in 4 (1) 4 km/h (2) 3 km/h
2 6 6
hours, then the total distance covered by him during
the entire journey is? 7 4
(3) 5 km/h (4) 2 km/h
6 6
(1) 30 km (2) 40 km
(5) None of these
(3) 50 km (4) 60 km
40. A car during its journey travels 30 minutes at a
(5) None of these speed of 40 km/h, another 45 minutes at a speed
35. On a tour a man travels at the rate of 64 km an of 60 km/h, and 2 hours at a speed of 70 km/h.
hour for the first 160 km, then travels the next 160 The average speed of the car is?
km at the rate of 80 km an hour. The average (1) 63 km/h (2) 65 km/h
speed in km per hour for the first 320 km of the
tour is? (3) 70 km/h (4) 55 km/h
(1) 81.13 km/h (2) 73.11km/h (5) None of these
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41. By walking at of his usual speed, a man reaches hr and including stoppages, it is 45 km/h. For how
4
office 20 minutes later than usual. His usual time many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
is? (1) 9 (2) 10
(1) 65 minutes (2) 60 minutes (3) 12 (4) 20
(3) 70 minutes (4) 30 minutes (5) None of these
(5) None of these 47. Ramesh sees a train passing over 1 km long
42. Two men start together to walk a certain distance, bridge. The length of the train is half that of bridge.
one at 4 km/h and another at 3 km/h. The former If the train clears the bridge in 2 minutes, the speed
arrives half an hour before the latter. Find the of the train is?
distance? (1) 45 km/h (2) 43 km/h
(1) 6 km (2) 9 km (3) 50 km/h (4) 55 km/h
(3) 8 km (4) 5 km (5) None of these
(5) None of these 48. A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 80 km in
43. A car starts from A for B travelling 20 km an hour. 10 hours. If it covers half of the journey in 3/5 the
time. What should be its speed to cover the
1 remaining distance in the time left?
1 hours later another car starts from A and
2
travelling at the rate of 30 km an hour reaches B (1) 8 km/h (2) 20 km/h
1 (3) 6.4 km/h (4) 10 km/h
2 hours before the first car. Find the distance
2
from A to B? (5) None of these
(1) 280 km (2) 260 km 2

49. A man performs of the total journey by Rail,
15
(3) 240 km (4) 250 km
9
(5) None of these by tonge and the remaining 10 km on foot.
20
44. Mohan walks from Tilak Nagar to Moti Nagar The total journey is?
1 (1) 15.6 km/h (2) 12.8 km/h

and back in a certain time at the rate of 3 km/h.
2
(3) 16.4 km/h (4) 24 km/h
But if he had walked from Tilak Nagar to Moti
Nagar at the rate of 3 km/h and back from Moti (5) None of these
Nagar to Tilak Nagar at the rate of 4 km/ h., he
50. A man covered a certain distance at some speed.
would have taken 10 minutes longer. The distance
Had he moved 3 km per hour faster, he would
between Tilak Nagar and Moti Nagar is?
have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 km
(1) 28 km (2) 32 km per hour slower, he would have taken 40 minutes
more. The distance (in km) is?
(3) 24 km (4) 20 km
(1) 20 (2) 35
(5) None of these
45. A boy takes as much time in running 12 metres as 2
(3) 36 (4) 40
a car takes in covering 36 metres. The ratio of the 3
speeds of the boy and the car is? (5) None of these
(1) 1 : 3 (2) 1 : 2 51. A car travelling at speed of 40 km/hour can
(3) 2 : 3 (4) 2 : 5 complete a journey in 9 hours. How long will it
take to travel the same distance at 60 km/h?
(5) None of these
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55. A man completes 30 km of a journey at the speed
1
(3) 4 hours (4) 4 hours of 6 km/h and the remaining 40 km of the journey
2
in 5 hours. His average speed for the whole journey
(5) None of these is?
52. A car finishes a journey in ten hours at the speed 4
of 80 km/h. If the same distance is to be covered (1) 7 km/h (2) 6 km/h
11
in eight hours how much more speed does the car
have to gain? (3) 8 km/h (4) 7.5 km/h
(1) 8 km/h (2) 10 km/h (5) None of these
(3) 20 km/h (4) 16 km/h 56. Two persons are walking in the same direction at
rates 3 km/h and 6 km/h. A train comes running
(5) None of these
from behind and passes them in 9 and 10 seconds.
1 The speed of the train is?
53. A student walks from his house at a speed of 2
2 (1) 33 km/h (2) 40 km/h
km per hour and reaches his school 6 minutes late.
The next day he increase his speed by 1 km per (3) 22 km/h (4) 35 km/h
hour and reaches 6 minutes before school time. (5) None of these
How far is the school from his house?
57. The poles on the rail road are 50 metres apart,
5 7 how many will be passed by a train in one and a
(1) km (2) km
4 4 half hour if the speed of the train be 72 km/h?
9 11 (1) 2160 (2) 2060

(3) km (4) km
4 4 (3) 2100 (4) 2050
54. Two guns are find from the same place at an
interval of 6 minutes. A person approaching the
place observes that 5 minutes 52 seconds have
elapsed between the hearing of the sound of the
two guns. If the velocity of the sound is 330 m/
sec, the man was approaching that place at what
speed in km/h?
(1) 24 km/h (2) 27 km/h
(3) 30 km/h (4) 36 km/h
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 1 11. 3 21. 3 31. 5 41. 5 51. 1
2. 2 12. 4 22. 4 32. 2 42. 1 52. 3
3. 3 13. 5 23. 5 33. 3 43. 5 53. 2
4. 3 14. 3 24. 5 34. 2 44. 5 54. 2
5. 2 15. 3 25. 5 35. 3 45. 1 55. 1
6. 4 16. 3 26. 5 36. 3 46. 4 56. 1
7. 5 17. 3 27. 2 37. 5 47. 1 57. 1
8. 1 18. 1 28. 1 38. 1 48. 4
9. 1 19. 4 29. 1 39. 3 49. 5
10. 5 20. 5 30. 1 40. 2 50. 4
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1. A train passes a station platform in 36 second 6. A 260 m long train crosses a 120 m long wall in
and a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. 19 seconds. What is the speed of the train?
If the speed of the train is 54 km/hour, what is the
(1) 27 km/hour (2) 49 km/hour
length of the platform?
(1) 120 m (2) 240 m
(5) None of these
(3) 340 m (4) 300 m
7. A 270-m long train running at the speed of 120
(5) None of these
km/hr crosses another train running in opposite
2. Two trains 100 m and 120 m long are running in direction at the speed of 80 km/hr in 9 seconds.
the same direction with speeds of 72 km/hours What is the length of the other train?
and 54 km/hours. In how much time will the first
(1) 240 m (2) 320 m
train cross the second one?
(3) 260 m (4) 230 m
(1) 40 second (2) 44 second
(5) None of these
8. A train covers a distance of 12 km in 10 minutes.
(5) None of these
If it takes 6 seconds to pass a telegraph post,
3. Two trains running in opposite directions cross a then the length of the train is
man standing on the platform in 27 second and
(1) 90 m (2) 100 m
17 second respectively and they cross each other
in 23 seconds. The ratio of their speeds is (3) 120 m (4) 140 m
(1) 1 : 3 (2) 3 : 2 (5) None of these
(3) 4 : 3 (4) 5 : 6 9. How many seconds will a 500 m long train take
to cross a man walking with a speed of 3 km/
(5) None of these
hour in the direction of the moving train, if the
4. A train 240 m long passed a pole in 24 seconds. speed of the train is 63 km/hour?
How long will it take to pass a platform 650 m
(1) 25 sec (2) 30 sec
long?
(3) 40 sec (4) 45 sec
(5) None of these
10. Two good train each 500 m long are running in
(5) None of these
opposite direction on parallel tracks. Their speeds
5. How long does a train 110 m long running at the are 45 km/hour and 30 km/hour respectively. Find
speed of 72 km/hour takes in crossing a bridge the time taken by the slower train to pass the driver
132 m in length? of the faster one
(1) 9.8 second (2) 12.1 second (1) 12 second (2) 24 second
(3) 12.42 second (4) 14.3 second (3) 48 second (4) 60 second
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11. Two trains one from Howrah to Patna and other (5) None of these
from Patna to Howrah, start simultaneously. After
16. Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed
they meet, the trains reach their destinations after
of 60 km/hour and 40 km/hour respectively in
9 hours and 16 hours respectively. The ratio of
opposite direction on parallel tracks. The time
their speeds is
(in seconds) which they take to cross each other
(1) 2 : 3 (2) 4 : 3 is
(3) 6 : 7 (4) 9 : 16 (1) 9 sec (2) 9.6 sec
(5) None of these (3) 10 sec (4) 10.8 sec
12. A train 110 m long in running with a speed of 60 (5) None of these
kmph. In what time will it pass a man who is
17. Train A travelling at 60 km/hr leaves Mumbai for
running at 6 kmph in the direction opposite to
Delhi at 6 p.m. Train B travelling at 90 km/hr also
that in which the train is going?
leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 9 p.m. Train C leaves
(1) 5 second (2) 6 second Delhi for Mumbai at 9 p.m. If all the three trains
meet at the same time between Mumbai and
Delhi, then what is the speed of train C, if the
(5) None of these distance between Delhi and Mumbai is 1260 km?
13. A 300 m long train crosses a platform in 39 (1) 60 km/hr (2) 90 km/hr
seconds while it crosses a signal pole in 18
(3) 120 km/hr (4) 135 km/hr
seconds. What is the length of the platform?
(1) 320 m (5) None of these
(2) 650 m 18. Two trains A and B start running together from
the same point in the same direction, at the speed
(3) 350 m of 60 kmph and 72 kmph respectively. If the
(4) data inadequate length of both the trains is 240 metres, how long
will it take for train B to cross train A?
(5) None of these
(1) 2 min 12 sec
14. Two trains are moving in opposite direction at the
rate of 60 km/hr and 90 km/hr. Their lengths are (2) 1 min 24 sec
1.10 km and 0.9 km respectively. The time taken (3) 1 min 12 sec
by the slower train to cross the faster train in
seconds is (4) 2 min 24 sec
(1) 36 (2) 45 (5) None of these
(3) 48 (4) 49 19. A 250 metre long train crosses a platform in 10
seconds. What is the speed of the train?
(5) None of these
15. A train when moves at an average speed of 40 (1) 25 m/sec
kmph, reaches its destination on time. When its (2) 20 m/sec
average speed becomes 35 kmph, then it reaches
its destination 15 minutes late. Find the length of (3) 22 m/sec
journey? (4) cannot be determined
(1) 30 km (2) 40 km (5) None of these
(3) 70 km (4) 80 km 20. A train running at the speed of 20 m/second
crosses a pole in 24 seconds less than the time it
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requires to cross a platform thrice its length at the km/hr. How many seconds will it take to cross a
same speed. What is the length of the train? 200 m long train running in the opposite direction
at a speed of 12 km/hr?
(1) 270 metres
(2) 340 metres 1
(1) 60 sec (2) 7 sec
5
(3) 180 metres
(3) 12 sec (4) 20 sec
(4) can’t be determined
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
21. A 180 metre long is running at a speed of 90 km/ 26. A train running at 35 km per hour takes 18
hr. How many seconds will it take to cross a 200 seconds to pass a platform. Next, it takes 12
seconds to pass a man walking at the rate of 5
m long train running in the opposite direction at a
km/hr in the same direction. Find the length of
speed of 60 km/hr?
the train and that of the platform.
(1) 7 - sec (2) 60 sec
(1) 50m, 75m (2) 100m, 75m
(3) 12 sec (4) 20 sec
(3) 75m, 25m (4) 60m, 15m
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
22. A man sitting in a train travelling at the rate of 50
27. Two trains of the same length but with different
km/hr observes that it takes 9 sec. for a goods
speeds pass a static pole in 4 seconds and 5
train travelling in the opposite direction to pass
seconds respectively. In what time will they cross
him. If the goods train is 187.5 m long, find its
each other when they are moving in the same
speed.
direction?
(1) 40 km/hr (2) 25 km/hr (1) 20 seconds(2) 40 seconds
(3) 35 km/hr (4) 36 km/hr (3) 25 seconds(4) 30 seconds
23. Bombay Express left Delhi for Bombay at 14.30 28. Two trains of the same length but with different
hrs, travelling at a speed of 60 kmph and rajdhani speeds pass a static pole in 5 seconds and 6
Express left Delhi for Bomaby on the same day seconds respectively. In what time will they cross
at 16.30 hrs, travelling at a speed of 80 kmph. each other when they are moving in the same
How far away from Delhi will the two trains meet? direction.
(1) 120 km (2) 360 km (1) 1 hr (2) 50 sec
(3) 480 km (4) 500 km (3) 40 sec (4) 60 min
24. A train crosses a platform in 60 seconds at a 29. Two trains, 130 and 110 metres long, while going
speed of 45 km/hr. How much time will it take to in the same direction, the faster train takes one
cross an electric pole if the length of the platform minute to pass the other completely. If they are
is 100 metres? moving in opposite direction, they pass each other
(1) 8 seconds (2) 1 minute completely in 3 seconds. Find the speed of trains.
(3) 52 seconds(4) 1 hour (1) 24m/sec, 19m/sec
(5) None of these (2) 42m/sec, 38m/sec
25. A train 300 metres long running at a speed of 18 (3) 40m/sec, 36m/sec
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(4) Data inadequate (5) None of these
(5) None of these 35. Two trains, each 100 m long, moving in opposite
directions, cross each other in 8 seconds. If one
30. Two trains A and B start from Lucknow and Delhi
is moving twice as fast the other, then the speed
towards Delhi and Lucknow respectively. After
of the faster train is
passing each other they take 4 hours and 9 hours
to reach Delhi and Lucknow respectively. If the (1) 30 km/hour (2) 45 km/hour
train from Lucknow is moving at 60 km/hr then
find the speed of the other train.
(5) None of these
(1) 40km/hr (2) 30 km/hr
36. Two trains are running at 40 km/hour and 20 km/
(3) 35 km/hr (4) 50 km/hr
hour respectively in the same direction. Faster
(5) None of these train completely passes a man sitting in the slower
train in 5 seconds. What is the length of the faster
31. Two trains are moving in the opposite directions
train?
on parallel tracks at the speeds of 64 km/hr and
96 km/hr respectively. The first train passes a 2
telegraph post in 5 seconds whereas the second (l) 23 m (2) 23 m
9
train passes the post in 6 seconds. Find the time
taken by the trains to cross each other completely. 7
(3) 27 m (4) 27 m
18 28 9
(1) sec (2) sec
(3) 6 sec (4) 5 sec 37. A train running at speed of 120 km/per hour
crosses a signal post in 15 seconds. What is the
(5) None of these
length of the train in metres?
32. The length of the bridge, in which a train of 130
(1) 300
m long and travelling at 45 km/hour can cross in
30 seconds is (2) 200
(1) 200 m (2) 225 m (3) 500
(3) 245 m (4) 250 m (4) can’t be determined
33. A train 100 m long is running at the speed of 30 38. A train covers a distance of 180 km in 4 hours.
km/hour. The time time taken by it to pass a man Another train covers the same distance in one
standing near the railway line is hour less. What is the difference in the distances
covered by these two trains in one hour?
(l) 45km (2) 40 km
(3) 15 km (4) 9 km
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
34. A train 360 m long is running at a speed of 45
km/hour. In what time will it pass a bridge of 140 39. A train is moving at a speed of 132 km/hour. If the
m long? length of the train is 110 m, how long will it take
to cross a railway platform 165 m long?
(3) 45 second (4) 48 seconds 1
2
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1 km/hour. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute then the
(3) 7 second (4) 8 second length of the tunnel (in m) is
2
(1) 130 (2) 360
(5) None of these
(3) 500 (4) 540
40. A goods train runs at a speed of 72 kmph and
crosses a 250 m long platform in 26 seconds. (5) None of these
What is the length of the goods train? 46. A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5
(1) 230 m (2) 240 m kmph in the same direction in which the train is
going in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is
(3) 260 m (4) 270 m
(5) None of these
41. A train 280 m long, running with a speed of a 63
km/hour will pass a tree in (5) None of these
(1) 15 second (2) 16 second 47. An express train travelled at an average speed of
100 km/hour, stopping for 3 minutes after every
75 km. How long did it take to reach its
(5) None of these destination 600 km from the starting point?
42. In what time will a train 100 m long cross an electric (1) 6 hours 21 minute
pole, if its speed be 144 km/hour?
(2) 6 hours 24 minute
(1) 2.5 seconds (2) 4.25 seconds
(3) 5 seconds (4) 12.5 seconds
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
43. A train speeds past a pole in 15 seconds and a
48. A jogger running at 9 kmph along side a railway
platform 100 m long in 25 seconds. Its length is
track is 240 m ahead of the engine of a 120 m
(1) 50 m long train running at 45 kmph in the same
direction. In how much time will the train pass
(2) 150 m
the jogger?
(3) 200 m
(1) 3.6 second (2) 18 second
(4) data inadequate
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
44. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hour crosses
49. Two trains are running in opposite directions with
a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the
the same speed. If the length of each train is 120
train?
m and they cross each other in 12 seconds, then
(1) 170 m the speed of each train (in km/hr) is
(2) 180 m (1) 10 (2) 18
(3) 225 m (3) 36 (4) 72
(4) cannot be determined (5) None of these
(5) None of these 50. Two trains of equal length are running on parallel
lines in the same direction at 46 km/hour and 36
45. A train 800 m long is running at a speed of 78
km/hour. The faster train passes the slower train
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in 36 seconds. The length of each train is 54. A train 108 m long moving at a speed of 50 km/
hrcrosses a train 112 m long coming from the
(1) 50 m (2) 72 m
opposite direction in 6 sec. The speed of the
(3) 80 m (4) 82 km second train is
(5) None of these (1) 48 km/hr (2) 54 km/hr
51. Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed (3) 66 km/hr (4) 82 km/hr
of 60 km/hour and 40 km/hour respectively in
(5) None of these
opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time
(in seconds) which they take to cross each other 55. A train covers 180 km distance in 4 hours.
is Another train covers the same distance in 1 hour
less. What is the difference in the distances
(1) 9 (2) 9.6
covered by these trains in one hour?
(3) 10 (4) 10.8
(1) 45 km (2) 9 km
(5) None of these
(3) 40 km (4) 10 km
52. A train moves past a telegraph post and a bridge
(5) None of these
264 m long in 8 seconds and 20 seconds
respectively. What is the speed of the train? 56. A train with 90 km/hr crosses a bridge in 36
seconds. Another train 100 metres shorter crosses
(1) 69.5 km/hour (2) 70 km/hour
the same bridge at 45 km/hr. What is the time
(3) 79 km/hour (4) 79.2 km/hour taken by the second train to cross the bridge?
(5) None of these (1) 61 seconds(2) 63 seconds
53. Two trains of equal length take 10 seconds and (3) 62 seconds(4) 64 seconds
15 seconds respectively to cross a telegraph post.
(5) None of these
If the length of each train be 120 m, in what time
(in seconds) will they cross each other travelling
in opposite direction?
(1) 8.5 (2) 9
(3) 10 (4) 12
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 2 11. 2 21. 4 31. 1 41. 2 51. 4
2. 2 12. 2 22. 2 32. 3 42. 1 52. 4
3. 2 13. 3 23. 3 33. 4 43. 1 53. 4
4. 2 14. 3 24. 3 34. 1 44. 5 54. 3
5. 2 15. 3 25. 1 35. 3 45. 3 55. 4
6. 3 16. 4 26. 2 36. 4 46. 2 56. 4
7. 4 17. 3 27. 2 37. 3 47. 1
8. 3 18. 4 28. 3 38. 3 48. 3
9. 2 19. 5 29. 2 39. 3 49. 3
10. 3 20. 5 30. 1 40. 4 50. 1
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BOATS & STREAMS
1. A man rows upstream 11 km and downstream (1) 4.5 hours (2) 4 hours
26 km taking 5 hours each time. The velocity of
the current is km/hr. (3) 5 hours (4) 5.5 hours
(1) l km/hr (2) 1.3 km/hr (5) None of these
(3) 1.5 km/hr (4) 2.5 km/hr 6. A man can row three quarters of a km against the
1 1
(5) None of these stream in 11 minutes and return in 7 minutes.
4 2
2. The speed of a boat downstream is 15 km/hr Find the speed of the man in still water. What is
and the speed of the stream is 1.5 km/hr. The the speed of the stream?
speed of the boat upstream is
(1) 5 km/hr, 1 km/hr
(1) 13.5 km/hr (2) 16.5 km/hr
(3) 5.25 km/hr (4) 7.5 km/hr
(5) None of these
3. A boat moves downstream at the rate of 12 km/
hr and upstream at 4 km/hr. Find the speed of (5) None of these
the boat in still water and also the speed of current. 7. A man rows upstream 13 km and downstream
(1) 7 km/hr, 2 km/hr 28 km taking 5 hours each time. What is the
velocity of the current?
(1) 1.5 km/hr (2) 3 km/hr
(3) 2.5 km/hr (4) 4 km/hr
(4) 7.5 km/hr, 1.5 km/hr
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
8. A boat is rowed down a river at 10 km/hr and up
7 3
4. A man can row 2 metres per second and the river at 4 km/hr. Find the velocity of the
9 4
upstream at the rate of 5 km/hr. Find the man’s river.
rowing rate in still water and speed of current.
1 3
(1) 8 km/hr, 3 km/hr (1) 2 km/hr (2) 2 km/hr
2 8
(2) 7.5 km/hr, 3 km/hr
(3) 7.5 km/hr, 1 km/hr 3 5
(3) 2 km/hr (4) 2 km/hr
4 8
(4) 5.5 km/hr, 1.5 km/hr
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
9. A boat takes 9 h to travel a distance upstream
5. A man can row 60 km downstream in 6 hours. If and takes 3 h to travel the same distance
the speed of the current is 3 km/hr, then find in downstream. If the speed of the boat in still water
what time will he be able to cover 16 km is 4 km/hr, what is the velocity of the stream?
upstream?
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(1) 4 km/hr (2) 3 km/hr 16 km in 2 hours while for covering the same
distance upstream it takes 4 hours. What is the
(3) 6 km/hr (4) 2 km/hr
speed of the boat in still water ?
(5) None of these
(1) 2 km/hr (2) 6 km/hr
10. A boat running downstream covers a distance of
(3) 5 km/hr (4) 4 km/hr
16 km in 2 hr while for covering the same distance
upstream it takes 4 hr. What is the speed of the (5) None of these
boat in still water?
16. A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the
(1) 4 km/hr stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km along the current
in 10 minutes. How long will it take to go 5 km in
(2) 6 km/hr
stationary water ?
(3) 8 km/hr
(1) 1.5 hr (2) 1 hr
(4) Data inadequate
(3) 2 hr (4) 3 hr
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
11. The speed of a boat in still water is 12 km/hr and
17. A man can row three-quarters of a kilometer
rate of flow of steam is 4 km/hr. If it travels
against the stream in 11.25 minutes. The speed
upstream for 3 h 15 min, find the distance (jn
of the man in still water is
km) travelled by the boat during this journey.
(1) 12 kmph
(1) 24 km (2) 25 km
(2) 10 kmph
(3) 26 km (4) 27 km
(3) 6 kmph
(5) None of these
(4) Data inadequate
12. In one hour, a boat goes 11 km along the stream
and 5 km against the stream. The speed of the (5) None of these
boat in still water is
18. A man takes twice as long to row against the
(1) 10 kmph (2) 8kmph stream as to row the same distance in favor of
the stream. The ratio of the speed of the boat
(3) 4kmph (4) 8kmph
and the stream is
(5) None of these
(1) 2 : 1 (2) 5 : 2
13. A man can row upstream at 8 kmph and
(3) 3 : 1 (4) 2 : 3
downstream at 13 kmph. The speed of stream is
(5) None of these
(1) 3.5 kmph (2) 2.5 kmph
19. A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes
(3) 3 kmph (4) 4 kmph
to cover a certain distance , while it takes 4 hours
(5) None of these to cover the same distance running downstream.
What is the ratio between the speed of the boat
14. A man rows downstream 32 km and 14 km
and speed of the water current respectively?
upstream. If he takes 6 hours to cover each
distance, then the velocity of the current is (1) 60 : 17 (2) 61 : 21
(l) 3km/hr (2) 2km/hr (3) 2 : 3 (4) 3 : 1
(3) 2.5 km/hr (4) 1.33km/hr (5) None of these
(5) None of these 20. If a boat goes 7 km upstream in 42 minutes and
the speed of the stream is 3 kmph , then the speed
15. A boat running downstream covers a distance of
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of the boat in still water is 26. A man can row at 5 kmph in still water. If the
speed of current is 1 kmph and it takes him 1
(1) 9 kmph (2) 12 kmph
hour to row to a place and come back , how far
(3) 7 kmph (4) 13 kmph is the place?
(5) None of these (1) 3.5 km (2) 3 km
21. A man’s speed with the current is 15 km/hr and (3) 2.4 km (4) 5 km
the speed of the stream is 2.5 km/hr. The man’s
(5) None of these
speed against the current is
27. A swimmer covers a distance of 28 km against
(1) 10 km/hr (2) 12 km/hr
the current and 40 km in the direction of the
(3) 5 km/hr (4) 15 km/hr current. If in each case he takes 4 hours, then the
speed of the current is
(5) None of these
(1) 3.5 km/h (2) 1.5 km/h
22. If a man rows at the rate of 5 kmph in still water
and his rate against the current is 3.5 kmph, then (3) 2.5 km/h (4) 1.5 km/h
the man’s rate along the current is
(5) None of these
(1) 4 kmph (2) 2 kmph
28. A boat moves downstream at the rate of one km
(3) 6.5 kmph (4) 3 kmph in 10 minutes and upstream at the rate of 4 km an
hour. What is the velocity of the current
(5) None of these
(1) 5 km/h (2) 3 km/h
23. A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in still
water. If the speed of the stream is 4 km/hr , find (3) 1 km/h (4) 2 km/h
the time taken by the boat to go 68 km
(5) None of these
downstream
29. If a man’s rate with the current is 12 km/h and
(1) 2 hr (2) 3 hr
1
(3) 5 hr (4) 4 hr the rate of the current is 1 km/h, then his rate
2
(5) None of these against the current is
24. Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 km/h and (1) 13 km/h (2) 7 km/h
the speed of the stream is 1.5 km/hr. A man rows
to a place at a distance of 105 km and comes (3) 9 km/h (4) 6 km/h
back to the starting point. The total time taken by (5) None of these
him is
30. A boatman can row 2 km against the stream in
(l) 24 hr (2) 20 hr 20 minutes and return in 18 minutes. Find the rate
of current.
(3) 30 hr (4) 15 hr
(5) None of these (1) 1/3 km/h (2) 2/3 km/h
(3) 5/3 km/h (4) 3/2 km/h
25. The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr and
the rate of current is 3 km/hr. The distance (5) None of these
travelled downstream in 12 minutes is
31. A boatman can row 48 km downstream in 4 h. If
(1) 2 km/hr (2) 3.6 km/hr the speed of the current is 5 km/h, then find in
what time will he be able to cover 8 km upstream?
(3) 2.5 km/hr (4) 4 km/hr
(1) 6 h (2) 4 h
(5) None of these
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(3) 8 h (4) 5 h (3) 12 km (4) 20 km
32. A man can row at a speed of 10 km/h in still 37. A boat travels 2 km upstream in a stream flowing
water to a certain upstream point and back to at 3 km/h and then returns downstream to the
the starting point in a river which flows at 4 km/h. starting point in 30 minutes. The speed of the boat
Find his average speed for total journey. in still water is:
2 2 (1) 17 km/h (2) 9 km/h

(1) 9 km/h (2) 8 km/h
5 5 (3) 13 km/h (4) 15 km/h
2 2
(5) None of these
(3) 11 km/h (4) 5 km/h
5 5 1
38. A man swimming in a stream which flows 1 1
(5) None of these 2
km/h finds that in a given time he can swim twice
33. A man can row 6 km/h in still water. If the river is
as far with the stream as he can against it. At what
running at 2 km/h, it takes 3 hours more in
rate does he swim?
upstream than to go downstream for the same
distance. How far is the place? 1 1
(1) 4 km/h (2) 5 km/h
(1) 24 km (2) 28 km 2 2
(3) 36 km (4) 25 km 1 1
(3) 7 km/h (4) 6 km/h
34. A boat covers a certain distance downstream in (5) None of these
2 hours but takes 4 hours to return upstream to
39. A boat travels upstream from B to A and
the starting point. If the speed of the stream be 3
downstream from A to B in 3 hours. If the speed
km/h, find the speed of the boat in still water.
of the boat in still water is 9 km/h and the speed
(1) 11 km/h (2) 13 km/h of the current is 3 km/h, the distance between A
and B is
(3) 9 km/h (4) 10 km/h
(1) 4 km (2) 6 km
(5) None of these
(3) 8 km (4) 12 km
35. In a river flowing at 2 km/h, a boat travels 32 km
upstream and then returns downstream to the (5) None of these
starting point. If its speed in still water be 6 km/h,
40. A man rows upstream 12 km and downstream
find the total journey time.
28 km taking 5 hours each time. The velocity of
(1) 16 hours (2) 12 hours water current is
(3) 14 hours (4) 10 hours 1
(1) 2 km/h
(5) None of these 5
36. A boat travels upstream from B to A and
1
downstream from A to B in 3 hrs. If the speed of (2) 2 km/h
the boat in still water is 9 km/h and the speed of 2
the current is 3 km/h, the distance between A and (3) 3km/h
B is
3
(1) 8 km (2) 16 km (4) 1 km/h
5
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(5) None of these 45. P, Q R are three towns on a river which flows
uniformly. Q is equidistant from P and R. A man
41. Twice the speed downstream in equal to the thrice
rows P to Q and back in 10 h. He can row from
the speed upstream, the ratio of speed in still water
P to R in 4 h. The ratio of speed of man in still
to the speed of the current is
water to the speed of the current is
(1) 1 : 5 (2) 5 : 1
(1) 5 : 3 (2) 3 : 5
(3) 1 : 3 (4) 2 : 3
(3) 2 : 5 (4) 1 : 2
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
42. A man can swim 3 km/h in still water. If the
46. In a stream running at 2 km/h, a motor boat goes
velocity of the stream be 2 km/h, the time taken
10 km upstream and back again to the starting
by him to swim to a place 10 km upstream and
point in 55 min. Find the speed of the motorboat
back, is
in still water.
(1) 8-h
(1) 20 km/h (2) 21 km/h
(2) 9?h
(3) 22 km/h (4) 24 km/h
(3) 10 h
(5) None of these
(4) 12 h
47. A man can row 30 km upstream and 44 km
(5) None of these downstream in 10 h. Also, he can row 40 km
upstream and 55 km downstream in 13 hours.
43. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km
Find the rate of the current and the speed of the
downstream in 6 h, while it covers 36 km
man in still water.
upstream and 24 km downstream in 6 —h . The
velocity of the current is (1) 3 km/h, 8 km/h
(1) 1.5 km/h (2) 1 km/h (2) 3.5 km/h, 7.5 km/h
(3) 2 km/h (4) 2.5 km/h (3) 4 km/h, 7 km/h
(5) None of these (4) 4.5 km/h, 6.5 km/h
44. A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the (5) None of these
stream in 1 h and goes 1 km along the current in
10 min. How long will he take to go 5 km in
stationary water?
(1) 1 h (2) 1 h 15 min
(3) 1.5 h (4) 40 min
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 3 9. 1 17. 4 25. 4 33. 2 41. 3
2. 1 10. 4 18. 2 26. 1 34. 2 42. 2
3. 5 11. 4 19. 4 27. 3 35. 3 43. 3
4. 1 12. 2 20. 2 28. 4 36. 3 44. 2
5. 3 13. 4 21. 1 29. 1 37. 1 45. 1
6. 1 14. 5 22. 4 30. 2 38. 2 46. 4
7. 2 15. 5 23. 3 31. 3 39. 2 47. 4
8. 1 16. 3 24. 2 32. 1 40. 1
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ALLIGATION MIXTURE
1. In what ratio two varieties of tea one costing Rs (3) Rs 1000, Rs 4000
27 per kg and the other costing Rs 32 per kg should (4) Rs 3000, Rs 2000
be blended to produce a blended variety of tea (5) None of these
worth Rs 30 per kg. How much should be the
7. Some amount out of Rs 7000 was lent at 6% p.a.
quantity of second variety of tea, if the first variety
and the remaining at 4% p.a. If the total simple
is 60 kg?
interest from both the fractions in 5 years was Rs
(1) 90 kg (2) 85 kg 1600, the sum lent at 6% p.a. was
(3) 80 kg (4) 75 kg (1) Rs 3000 (2) Rs 4000
2. Sugar at Rs 15 per kg is mixed with sugar at Rs (5) None of these
20 per kg in the ratio 2:3. Find the price per kg of
8. In what proportion water must be added to spirit
the mixture.
to gain 20% by selling it at the cost price?
(1) Rs 19 (2) Rs 18
(1) 1 : 5 (2) 2 : 5
(3) Rs 15 (4) Rs 20
(3) 3 : 5 (4) 4 : 5
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
3. How many kg of tea worth Rs 25 per kg must be
9. A person covers a distance 100 kms in 10 hr, partly
blended with 30 kg of tea worth Rs 30 per kg so
by walking at 7 km per hr and rest by running at
that by selling the blended variety at Rs 30 per kg
12 km per hr. Find the distance covered in each
there should be a gain of 10%?
part.
(1) 36 kg (2) 40 kg
(1) 28 km, 72 km (2) 32 km, 82 km
(3) 32 kg (4) 42 kg
(3) 24 km, 68 km (4) 26 km, 70 km
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
4. There are 65 students in a class, 39 rupees are
10. The average weekly salary per head of all
distributed among them so that each boy gets 80
employees (supervisors and labourers) is Rs 100.
P and each girl gets 30 P. Find the number of boys
The average weekly salary per head of all the
and girls in that class.
supervisors is Rs 600 while the average weekly
(1) 43, 40 (2) 36, 33 salary per head of all the labourers is Rs 75. Find
(3) 39, 26 (4) 45, 42 the number of supervisors in the factory if there
(5) None of these are 840 labourers in it.
5. A trader has 50 kg of sugar, a part of which he (1) 46 (2) 42
sells at 10% profit and the rest at 5% loss. He (3) 44 (4) 48
gain 7% on the whole. What is the quantity sold at (5) None of these
10% gain and 5% loss?
11. A person travels 285 km in 6 hr in two stages. In
(1) 40 kg, 10 kg (2) 10 kg, 35 kg the first part of the journey, he travels by bus at
(3) 25 kg, 15 kg (4) 30 kg, 20 kg the speed of 40 km per hr. In the second part of
(5) None of these the journey, he travels by train at the speed of 55
6. A person has Rs 5000. He invests a part of it at km per hr. How much distance did he travel by
3% per annum and the remainder at 8% per annum train?
simple interest. His total income in 3 years is Rs (1) 205 km (2) 145 km
750. Find the sum invested at different rates of (3) 165 km (4) 185 km
interest. (5) None of these
(1) Rs 2000, Rs 1000 12. A trader has 50 kg of pulses, part of which he
(2) Rs 3000, Rs 1000 sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He
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gains 14% on the whole. What is the quantity sold (5) None of these
at 18% profit? 19. A part of sum of Rs 10000 is lent at 8% and the
(1) 30 kg (2) 25 kg remaining sum at 10% per annum. If the average
(3) 20 kg (4) 40 kg rate of interest is 9.2%, then the two parts are
(5) None of these (1) Rs. 4000, Rs. 6000
13. Mira’s expenditure and savings are in the ratio (2) Rs. 5500, Rs. 6000
3 : 2. Her income increases by 10%. Her (3) Rs. 5000, Rs. 5000
expenditure also increases by 12%. By how many (4) Rs. 5500, Rs. 4500
% does her savings increase? (5) None of these
(1) 7% (2) 10% 20. What quantity of water should be added to 3 litres
(3) 9% (4) 13% of 10% solution of salt, so that it becomes 5% salt
(5) None of these solution?
14. Two types of steel are available. Type A contains (1) 1.5 litre
5% of nickel and type B contains 40% of nickel. (2) 2.7 litre
How much of each type be mixed to obtain 140 (3) 3 litres
tonnes of steel containing 30% of nickel?
(1) 40,100 tonnes (2) 50,125 tonnes
(5) None of these
(3) 30,75 tonnes (4) 60,180 tonnes
21. Jaydeep purchased 25 kg of rice at the rate of Rs
(5) None of these 16.80 per kg and 35 kg of rice at the rate of Rs
15. Two alloys A and B contain silver and copper in 25.50 per kg. He mixed the two and sold the
the ratio 5 : 1 and 7 : 2, respectively. Find the ratio mixture. Approximately, at what price per kg did
in which they be mixed such that there be 80% of he sell the mixture to make 25 percent profit?
silver. (1) Rs. 26.50 (2) Rs. 27.50
(1) 3 : 2 (2) 2 : 3 (3) Rs. 28.50 (4) Rs. 30.00
(3) 1 : 3 (4) 3 : 4 (5) None of these
(5) None of these 22. A grocer purchased 20 kg of rice at the rate of
16. In what ratio water should be mixed with a liquid Rs. 15 per kg and 30 kg of rice at the rate of 13
at Rs. 12 per litre so that by selling the mixture at per kg. At what price per kg should he sell the
Rs.13.75 per litre, the seller gains 25%? mixture to earn 33 % profit on the cost price?
(a) 1 : 11 (2) 1 : 15 (1) Rs. 28.00 (2) Rs. 20.00
(3) 1 : 17 (4) 1 : 13 (3) Rs. 18.40 (4) Rs. 17.40
17. A tea seller mixes two kinds of tea one at Rs. 15 23. Two varieties of soda water with different prices
kg and other at Rs. 20 per kg. In what ratio should are mixed in the ratio of 2 : 3. The price of first
he mix them to get the price of mixture at Rs. soda water is Rs.10 per litre while the price of
16.50 per kg? second soda water is Rs. 15 per litre, respectively.
(a) 8 : 3 (2) 5 : 7 The average price of the mixture is
(3) 7 : 3 (4) 7 : 5 (1) Rs. 13 (2) Rs. 15
18. Ajar full of whisky contains 40% of alcohol. A (5) None of these
part of this whisky is replaced by another 24. 5 kg of superior quality of sugar is mixed with 25
containing 19% alcohol and now the percentage kg of inferior quality sugar. The price of superior
of alcohol was found to be 26. The quantity of quality and inferior quality sugar is Rs.18 and Rs.12
whisky replaced by respectively. The average price per kg of the
2 1 mixture is
(1) (2) (1) Rs. 14 (2) Rs. 13
5 5
(3) Rs. 15 (4) Rs. 25
2 3
(3) (4) (5) None of these
3 5
25. 16 litres of kerosene is mixed with 5 litres of petrol.
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The price of kerosene is Rs.12 per litres and the all the mixture at cost price is
price of petrol is Rs.33 per litre. The average price (1) 25% (2) 30%
of mixture per litres is (3) 45% (4) 30%
(3) Rs. 17 (4) Rs. 21 32. In what ratio should water and wine be mixed so
(5) None of these that after selling the mixture at the cost price a
26. Amit travels 30 minutes at the speed of 25 km/hr. profit of 33.33% is made?
Further, he travels 20 minutes at the speed of 40km/ (1) 1 : 5 (2) 1 : 4
hr. Find his average speed . (3) 1 : 2 (4) 1 : 3
(1) 30 (2) 32 (5) None of these
(3) 28 (4) 31 33. In what ratio should freely available water be
(5) None of these mixed with the wine worth Rs.60 per litres so that
27. A milkman has two types of milk .In the first after selling the mixture at Rs.50 per litres, the
container the percentage of milk is 80 % and in profit will be 25%?
the second container the percentage of milk is 60 (1) 1 : 3 (2) 2 : 1
%. If he mixes 28 litres of the first container to (3) 1 : 8 (4) 1 : 6
the 32 litres of milk of the second container, then
(5) None of these
the percentage of milk in the mixture is
34. How much pepsi at Rs.9 a litre is added to 15
(1) 50.33% (2) 69.33%
litres of ‘dew’at Rs.10 a litre so that the price of
(3) 70.33% (4) 60.33% the mixture be Rs.9 a litre?
(5) None of these (1) 5 (2) 6
28. Modern electronics shop sold 30 % hardware at (3) 4 (4) 1
the profit of 50% and 90% software at the profit
(5) None of these
of 10%. The average profit percent of modern
electronics shop is, if it sells only these two kinds 35. In my pocket there are Rs.25 consisting of only
of things the denominations of 20 paise and 50 paise. Thus,
there are total 80 coins in my pocket. The numbers
(1) 30 (2) 35
of coins of the denomination of 50 paise is?
(3) 40 (4) 20
(1) 40 (2) 30
(5) None of these
(3) 60 (4) 50
29. Avinash covered 150 km distance in 10 hours. The
(5) None of these
first part of his journey he covered by car, then he
hired a rickshaw. The speed of car and rickshaw 36. There are some shepherds and their sheep in a
is 20 km/hr and 12 km/hr respectively. The ratio grazing field. The number of total heads is 60 and
of distance covered by car and the rickshaw total legs is 168 including both men and sheep.
respectively are: The number of sheep is
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 1 : 1 (1) 20 (2) 24
(3) 2 : 1 (4) 3 : 1 (3) 30 (4) 27
30. A mixture of rice is sold at Rs 3.00 per kg .This 37. In my office, the average age of all the females
mixture is formed by mixing the rice of Rs 2.10 employees is 21 years and that of male employees
and Rs. 2.52 per kg. What is the ratio of price of is 32 years ,where the average age of all the (male
cheaper to the costlier quality in the mixture if the and female) employees is 28 years. The possible
profit of 25% is being earned? number of total employees in my office could be
(1) 4 : 10 (2) 4 : 5 (1) 231 (2) 250
(3) 3 : 10 (4) 6 : 10 (3) 251 (4) 241
31. A milkman has 20 litres of milk. If he mixes 5 38. A car agency has 108 cars, it sold some cars at 9
litres of water, which is freely available, in 20 litres % profit and rest at 36 % profit. Thus, it gains 17
of pure milk .If the cost of pure milk is Rs 18 per % on the sale of all its cars. The numbers of cars
litres, then the profit of the milkman ,when he sells sold at 36% profit is?
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(1) 33 (2) 35 on the whole. The number of black and white
(3) 32 (4) 36 mobile sets, which he has sold, is
(5) None of these (1) 215
39. Rs. 69 were divided among 115 students so that (2) 315
each girl gets 50 paise less than a boy. Thus each (3) 200
boy received twice the paise as each girl received. (4) Cannot be determined
The numbers of girls in the class is? (5) None of these
(1) 98 (2) 92 46. In a class of 30 students, the average weight of
(3) 93 (4) 97 boys is 20 kg and the average weight of the girls
(5) None of these is 25 kg. The fraction of boys out of the total
40. In what proportion water be mixed with spirit to students of the class is
gain 12.5% by selling it at cost price? (1) 2 : 3 (2) 4 : 3
(1) 1 : 8 (2) 1 : 7 (3) 3 : 5 (4) 4 : 7
(3) 1 : 6 (4) 1 : 5 (5) None of these
(5) None of these 47. Two varieties of soft drinks with different prices
41. A butler stole wine from a butt of sherry containing are mixed in the ratio of 3 : 4. The price of first
50% of spirit and then he replenished it by different soft drink is Rs.8 per litre while the price of second
wine containing 20% spirit. Thus there was only soft drink is Rs. 13 per litre, respectively. The
30% strength (spirit) in the new mixture. How average price of the mixture is?
much of the original wine did he steal? (1) Rs. 10.50 (2) Rs. 30.10
(1) 4/3 (2) 1 (3) Rs. 10.14 (4) Rs. 33
(3) 3/4 (4) 2/3 (5) None of these
(5) None of these 48. 4 kg of variety A is mixed with 14 kg Variety B.
42. Mr. Mohit purchased two toy factories ,one in india The prices of Variety A and Variety B are Rs.16
and other one in Sri Lanka for total Rs. 72 crores. and Rs. 14 respectively. The average price per kg
Later on he sold the Indian factory at 16% profit of the mixture is
and Sri Lankan factory at 24% profit. Thus he (1) Rs. 18 (2) Rs. 20
gained a total profit of 19%.The selling price of (3) Rs. 30 (4) Rs. 16
Indian factory is (5) None of these
(1) Rs.60 crores (2) Rs.52 crores 49. 9 litres of orange juice is mixed with 4 litres of
(3) Rs.70 crores (4) Rs.55 crores apple juice. The price of orange is Rs.10 per litres
(5) None of these and the price of apple juice is Rs. 25 per litre. The
43. A milkman sells the milk at the cost price but he average price of mixture per litres is
mixes the water (freely available) in it and thus he (1) Rs. 20 (2) Rs. 25
gains 9.09%. The quantity of water in the mixture (3) Rs. 30 (4) Rs. 32
of 1 litres is (5) None of these
(1) 85.33 ml (2) 75.33 ml 50. Ranjan, travelling in a car takes 50 minutes at the
(3) 65.33 ml (4) 45.33 ml speed of 24 km/hr. Further, he travels 40 minutes
(5) None of these at the speed of 35 km/hr. Find his average speed.
44. The price of petrol is Rs 70 per litres and the price (1) 30 km/hr (2) 25 km/hr
of spirit is Rs 30 per litres. In what ratio the petrol (3) 32 km/hr (4) 28.8 km/hr
and spirit be mixed such that the profit after selling (5) None of these
the mixture at Rs.75 per litres be 25%?
51. In a tank, the percentage of a paint is 45% and in
(1) 3 : 1 (2) 2 : 3 the second tank, the percentage of the same paint
(3) 3 : 4 (4) 4 : 3 is 25%. If 16 litres of the first tank is mixed with
(5) None of these 24 litres of paint of the second tank, then the
45. A trader sells total 315 mobile sets. He sells black percentage of paint in the mixture is
and white mobile sets at a loss of 6% and colour (1) 43% (2) 33%
mobile sets at a profit of 15%. Thus, he gains 9 % (3) 55% (4) 56%
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(5) None of these 55. If a shopkeeper mixes 8 kg of brick powder, which
52. A shopkeeper sold the 25% of sweets at the profit is freely available, in 50 kg litres of chilly powder
of 45% and 75% of sweets at the profit of 9%. .If the cost of pure chilly powder is Rs 54 per kg,
The average profit percent of shopkeeper is, if it then the profit of the shopkeeper, when he sells all
sells only these two kinds of things the mixture at cost price is
(1) 20% (2) 18% (1) 15% (2) 12%
(3) 25% (4) 30% (3) 16% (4) 13%
53. Ratan reaches his office in 5 hrs which is 125 km 56. In what ratio should water and wine be mixed so
from his home. He covers a part of the distance that after selling the mixture at the cost price, a
by bus and another part by a second bus. The profit of 25% is made?
speed of the first bus and the second bus are 35 (1) 1 : 3 (2) 1 : 5
km/hr and 10 km/hr. What is the ratio of the (3) 1 : 2 (4) 1 : 4
distances covered by the first bus and the second (5) None of these
bus?
57. In what ratio should freely available water be
(1) 8 : 3 (2) 7 : 3 mixed with the wine worth Rs.70 per litres so that
(3) 5: 3 (4) 2 : 3 after selling the mixture at Rs.48 per litres, the
(5) None of these profit will be 15%?
54. A mixture of wheat is sold at Rs 4.00 per kg .This (1) 975 : 87 (2) 985 : 87
mixture is formed by mixing the rice of Rs 3 and (3) 967 : 87 (4) 987 : 87
Rs. 3.7 per kg. What is the ratio of price of cheaper (5) None of these
to the costlier quality in the mixture if the profit of
30% is being earned?
(1) 5 : 1 (2) 3 : 2
(3) 10 : 1 (4) 3 : 4
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 1 11. 3 21. 2 31. 1 41. 4 51. 2
2. 2 12. 1 22. 3 32. 4 42. 2 52. 2
3. 1 13. 1 23. 1 33. 5 43. 5 53. 2
4. 3 14. 1 24. 2 34. 4 44. 1 54. 3
5. 1 15. 2 25. 3 35. 2 45. 5 55. 3
6. 4 16. 1 26. 4 36. 2 46. 5 56. 4
7. 4 17. 3 27. 2 37. 1 47. 3 57. 5
8. 1 18. 3 28. 4 38. 3 48. 5
9. 1 19. 1 29. 2 39. 2 49. 5
10. 2 20. 3 30. 3 40. 1 50. 4
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SIMPLE INTEREST
1. A sum or Rs 4000 is lent for 5 years at the rate of (5) None of these
15% per annum. Find the interest. 7. A certain sum of money amounts to Rs 550 in 3
(1) Rs 3000 (2) Rs 2000 years and to Rs 650 in 4 years. Find the sum.
(3) Rs 1000 (4) Rs 4000 (1) Rs 500 (2) Rs 5000
2. If the simple interest on Rs 625 increases by Rs (5) None of these
25, when the time increases by 2 years. Find the 8. The simple interest on a sum of money will be Rs
rate per cent per annum. 150 after 4 years. In the next 4 years principal
(1) 2% (2) 3% becomes 5 times what will be the total interest at
(3) 1% (4) 0.5% the end of the 8th years?
3. The simple interest on a sum of money is 1/2 of (3) Rs 910 (4) Rs 860
the principle, and the number of years is equal to (5) None of these
the rate per cent annum. Find the rate per cent. 9. The simple interest on a sum of money will be Rs
225 after 3 years. In the next 5 years principal
2 3
(1) 6 % (2) 5 % becomes 3 times, what will be the total interest at
3 5
the end of 8 the years?
2 1 (1) Rs 1250 (2) Rs 1330
(3) 7 % (4) 6 %
3 3 (3) Rs 1360 (4) Rs 1350
4. If simple interest on Rs 375 increases by Rs75, 10. A sum of money becomes two times at the simple
when the rate % increases by 5% per annum. interest rate of 2% per annum. At what rate per
Find the time. cent will it become five fold?
(1) 2 years (2) 8 years (1) 10% (2) 8%
(3) 4 years (4) 6 years (3) 6% (4) 9%
5. In what time does a sum of money become thrice 11. A sum of money doubles itself in 5 years. It will
at the simple interest rate of 8% per annum? become 4 times of itself in
6. A sum was put at SI at a certain rate for 3 years. 12. The simple interest on Rs 1250 will be less than
Had it been put at 4% higher rate, it would have the interest on Rs 1400 at 3% simple interest by
fetched Rs 600 more. Find the sum. Rs 45. Find the time.
(1) Rs 5000 (2) Rs 4000 (1) 10 years (2) 9 years
(3) Rs 6000 (4) Rs 3000 (3) 8 years (4) 6 years
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(5) None of these (1) 12% (2) 5%
13. The difference in simple interests on a certain sum 1
at 4% per annum for 3 years and 5% per annum (3) 10% (4) 10 %
2
for 2 years is Rs 50. Find the sum.
20. In what time does a sum of money become four
(3) Rs 3000 (4) Rs 2500
times at the simple interest rate of 5% per annum?
(5) None of these
14. The difference between the interests received
from two different banks on Rs 200 for 3 years is
Rs 60. Find the difference between their rates. (5) None of these
(1) 10% (2) 12% 21. Ashish borrowed Rs 15000 at the rate of 12%
and another amount at the rate of 15% for two
(3) 15% (4) 17%
years. The total interest paid by him was Rs 9000.
(5) None of these How much did he borrow?
15. A sum of money lent out at simple interest amounts (1) Rs 32,000 (2) Rs 33,000
to Rs 720 in 2 years and to Rs 1020 in 7 years.
(3) Rs 30,000 (4) Rs 63,000
Find the rate per cent per annum.
(1) 10% (2) 3.5% (5) None of these
(3) 3.85% (4) 15% 22. Rajesh deposited two parts of a sum of Rs 25000
in different banks at the rates of 15% per annum
(5) None of these and 18% per annum respectively. In one year he
16. At what rate of interest per annum will a sum got Rs 4050 as the total interest. What was the
double itself in 8 years? amount deposited at the rate of 18% per annum?
(1) Rs 9,000 (2) Rs 18,000
1
(1) 12 % (2) 5% (3) Rs 15,000 (4) Rs 20,000
2
(5) None of these
1
(3) 6% (4) 10 % 23. The simple interest in 14 months on a certain sum
2
at the rate of 60% per annum is Rs 250 more than
(5) None of these the interest on the same sum at the rate of 8% in
17. If x is the simple interest on y is the simple interest 8 months. How much amount was borrowed?
on z, the rate % and the time being the same in (1) Rs 15000 (2) Rs 25000
both cases, what is the relation between x, y and
(3) Rs 7500 (4) Rs 14500
z?
(5) None of these
(1) x2 = yz (2) y2 = xz
24. The simple interest in 14 months on a certain sum
(3) z2 = xy (4) xyz =1
at the rate of 6 per cent per annum is Rs 250
(5) None of these more than the interest on the same sum at the
18. A sum of money doubles itself in 10 years at simple rate of 8 per cent in 8 months. How much amount
interest. What is the rate of interest? was borrowed?
(1) 8 % (2) 7% (1) Rs 15,000 (2) Rs 25,000
(3) 6% (4) 10 % (3) Rs 7,500 (4) Rs 14,500
19. A sum of money triples itself in 20 years at SI. 25. In what time will a sum of money double itself at
Find the rate of interest. 5% per annum simple interest being charged?
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(1) 10 years (2) 20 years (1) 5 % (2) 6.6 %
(3) 15 years (4) 8 years (3) 8% (4) 3.33%
26. At what rate per cent simple interest will a sum of 32. Simple interest on a certain amount is 9/16 of the
money double itself in 20 years? principal. If the numbers representing the rate of
(1) 4% (2) 3% interest in per cent and time in years be equal,
then time for which the principal is lent out is
(3) 5% (4) 7%
(1) 7.5 years (2) 6 years
(5) None of these
27. Nitin obtained an amount of Rs 8376 as simple
interest on a certain amount at 8 p.c.p.a. after 6 (5) None of these
years. What is the amount invested by Veena? 33. A lends Rs. 2500 to B and a certain sum to C at
(1) Rs 17180 (2) Rs 18110 the same rate at 7 % per annum, simple interest.
If after 4 years, A altogether receives Rs.1120 as
(3) Rs 16660 (4) Rs 17450 interest from B and C, then the sum lent to C is
28. The simple interest on a sum of money will be Rs (3) Rs. 1200 (4) Rs. 1250
600 after 10 years. If the principal is trebled after
5 years, the total interest at the end of 10 years (5) None of these
will be. 34. Two equal sums of money were lent at simple
(1) Rs 600 (2) Rs 900 interest at 11 % per annum for 3.5 years and 4.5
years respectively. If the difference in interests
(3) Rs 1200 (4) D a t e for two periods was Rs. 421.50, then each sum is
inadequate
(1) Rs. 5100 (2) Rs. 3000
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 1800 (4) Rs. 2500
1 (5) None of these
29. In what time will Rs 72 become Rs 81 at 6 %
4
35. If the simple interest on a certain sum for 15
per annum simple interest? months at 7.5 % per annum exceeds the simple
(1) 2 years (2) 3 years interest on the same sum for 8 months at 12.5 %
(3) 2.5 years (4) D a t e per annum by Rs. 32.50, then the sum is
inadequate (1) Rs. 3500 (2) Rs. 6000
30. A sum of Rs 1500 is lent out in two parts in such a (5) None of these
way that the simple interest on one part at 10% 36. Roshan invests a certain sum of money at 6% per
per annum for 5 years is equal to that on the second annum simple interest and another sum at 7 %
part at 12.5% per annum for 4 years. The sum per annum simple interest. His income from
lent out at 12.5% is interest after 2 years was Rs. 354. One-fourth of
(1) Rs 500 (2) Rs 1000 the first sum is equal to one-fifth of the second
(3) Rs 750 (4) Rs 1250 sum. The total sum invested was
31. Simple interest on a certain sum at a certain annual (3) Rs.2200 (4) Rs. 3000
rate of interest is 1/9 of the sum. If the numbers (5) None of these
representing rate per cent and time in years be 37. A borrowed some money from B at 12 % per
equal, then the rate of interest is annum simple interest for 3 years. He then added
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some more money to be borrowed sum and lent it total interest earned at the end of the year on the
to C for the same period at 14% per annum rate total amount invested became 14 % per annum.
of interest. If A gains Rs. 93.90 in the whole Find the total amount invested.
transaction, then how much money did he add from (1) Rs. 18000 (2) Rs. 18750
his side?
(3) Rs. 25,000 (4) Rs. 15,000
(1) Rs. 110 (2) Rs. 105
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 120 (4) Rs. 190
43. What should be the least number of years in which
(5) None of these the simple interest on Rs. 2600 at 6.5% will be an
38. Tina borrowed Rs. 500 @ 3 % per annum simple exact number of rupees?
interest and Rs. 600 @ 4.5% per annum on the (1) 2 (2) 1
agreement that the whole sum will be returned
only when the total interest becomes Rs. 126. The (3) 4 (4) 5
number of years, after which the borrowed sum (5) None of these
is to be returned, is
44. The rate of simple interest in two banks A and B
(1) 5 years (2) 6 years are in the ratio 5:4. A person wants to deposit his
(3) 8 years (4) 3 years total savings in two banks in such a way that he
received equal half-yearly interest from both. He
(5) None of these should deposit the savings in banks A and B in the
39. A lends Rs. 5000 to B for 2 years and Rs. 3000 to ratio
C for 4 years on simple interest at the same rate (1) 4:5 (2) 6:5
of interest and received Rs. 2200 in all from both
of them as interest. What is the rate of interest (3) 8:7 (4) 3:7
per annum? (5) None of these
(1) 5.5 % (2) 10% 45. A sum was put at simple interest at a certain rate
(3) 8% (4) 3.33% for 2 years. Had it been put at 3% higher rate, it
would have fetched Rs. 72 more. The sum is
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 1200 (2) Rs. 1600
40. A sum of Rs. 725 is lent in the beginning of a year
at a certain rate of interest. After 8 months, a sum (3) Rs. 1130 (4) Rs. 1250
of Rs. 362.50 more is lent but at the rate twice the (5) None of these
former. At the end of the year, Rs.33.50 is earned
as interest from both the loans. What was original 46. If the annual rate of simple interest from 10% to
rate of interest? 12.5%, a man’s yearly income increases by
Rs.1250. His principal is
(1) 3.46% (2) 6 %
(1) Rs. 55,000 (2) Rs. 37,000
(3) 9% (4) 3.33%
(3) Rs. 50,000 (4) Rs. 35,000
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
41. The difference between the simple interest
received from two different sources on Rs.1500 47. A moneylender finds that due to a fall in the annual
for 3 years is Rs 13.50. The difference between rate of interest from 8% to 7.75%, his yearly
their rate of interest is income diminishes by Rs.61.50. His capital is
(1) 1.5 % (2) 0.3 % (1) Rs. 22,500 (2) Rs. 24,000
(3) 2% (4) 0.5% (3) Rs. 21,000 (4) Rs. 24,600
42. Chitra invested an amount of Rs 12,000 at the rate 48. What annual payment will discharge a debt of Rs.
of 10 % per annum simple interest and another 6450 due in 4 years at 5% simple interest?
amount at the rate of 20 % simple interest. The
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(1) Rs. 1600 (2) Rs. 1250 54. A sum of Rs. 1550 was lent partly at 5% and partly
(3) Rs. 1500 (4) Rs. 1575 at 8% per annum simple interest. The total interest
received after 3 years was Rs.300. The ratio of
(5) None of these the money lent at 5% to that lent at 8% is
49. A person takes a loan of Rs. 200 at 5% simple (1) 5:3 (2) 16:15
interest. He returns Rs.100 at the end of the year.
In order to clear his dues at the end of 2 years, he (3) 11:9 (4) 4:3
would pay (5) None of these
(1) Rs. 115 (2) Rs. 200 55. A sum fetched a total simple interest of Rs.4016.25
(3) Rs. 120 (4) Rs. 151 at the rate of 9% per annum in 5 years. What is
the sum?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 5132 (2) Rs. 6450
50. The price of a sofa set worth Rs. 20,000 is to be
paid in 20 installments of Rs.1000 each. If the rate (3) Rs. 7134 (4) Rs. 8925
of interest be 6% per annum and the first (5) None of these
installment be paid at the time of purchase, then 56. The simple interest at x% for x years will be Rs. x
the value of the last installment covering the on a sum of
interest as well will be
(1) Rs. 200/x (2) Rs. 5x
(1) Rs. 12450 (2) Rs. 15500
(3) Rs. 100/x (4) Rs. 3x
(3) Rs. 17,000 (4) Rs. 15,000
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
57. A certain amount earns simple interest of Rs. 1750
51. If the rate increases by 2%, the simple interest after 7 years. Had the interest been 2% more,
received on a sum of money increases by Rs. 108. how much more interest would it have earned?
If the time period is increased by 2 years, the simple
interest on the same sum increases by Rs.180. (1) 5 %
The sum is (2) 6.6 %
(1) Rs. 1200 (2) Rs. 500 (3) 8%
(3) Rs. 60 (4) Rs. 110 (4) Data inadequate
(5) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
52. Geeta invested an amount of Rs. 13,900 divided 58. In how many years Rs.150 will produce the same
in two different schemes A and B at the simple interest @ 8% as Rs.800 produce in 3 years @
interest of 14% per annum and 11% per annum 4.5%?
respectively. If the total amount of simple interest (1) 5
earned in 2 years be Rs. 3508, what was the
(2) 9
amount invested in scheme B?
(3) 8
(1) Rs. 5600 (2) Rs. 6400
(4) Data inadequate
(3) Rs. 8265 (4) Rs. 3124
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
59. A sum of money becomes 7/6 of itself in 3 years
53. A sum of Rs. 2600 is lent out in two parts in such
at a certain rate of simple interest. The rate per
a way that the interest on one part at 10% for 5
annum is
years is equal to that on another at 9% for 6 years.
The sum lent out at 10% is (1) 47/13% (2) 50/9%
(1) Rs. 1520 (2) Rs. 1700 (3) 8% (4) 3.33%
(5) None of these 60. If Rs. 64 amounts to Rs. 83.20 in 2 years, what
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will Rs.86 amount to in 4 years at the same rate (5) None of these
per cent annum? 67. How much time will it take for an amount of Rs.450
(1) 51.60 (2) 66 (3) 43.25 to yield Rs.81 as interest at 4.5% per annum of
(4)42.75 (5) None of these simple interest?
61. The simple interest on a certain sum of money at (1) 4 years (2) 6 years
the rate of 5% per annum for 8 years is Rs.840. (3) 5.5 years (4) 3 years
At what rate of interest the same amount can be
received on the same sum after 5 years? (5) None of these
(1) 5 % (2) 8 % 68. A sum of Rs. 1600 gives a simple interest of Rs.252
in 2 years and 4 months. The rate of interest per
(3) 9% (4) 3.33% annum is
(5) None of these (1) 5.35% (2) 5.75%
62. The interest on a certain deposit at 4.5% per (3) 8.17% (4) 6.25%
annum is Rs.202.50 in one year. How much will
the additional interest in one year be ort the same (5) None of these
deposit at 5% per annum? 69. Ranjan took a loan of Rs. 1200 with simple interest
(1) Rs. 51 (2) Rs. 25 for as many years as the rate of interest. If she
paid Rs.432 as interest at the end of the loan period,
(3) Rs. 80 (4) Rs. 30 what was the rate of interest?
(5) None of these (1) 5% (2) 6%
63. At the rate of 8.5% per annum simple interest, a (3) 8% (4) 4%
sum of Rs.4800 will earn how much interest in 2
(5) None of these
years 3 months?
70. A man took a loan from a bank at the rate of 12%
(1) Rs. 918 (2) Rs. 750
per annum simple interest. After 3 years, he had
(3) Rs. 860 (4) Rs. 352 to pay Rs.5400 interest only for the period. The
principal amount borrowed by him was
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 15,000 (2) Rs. 12340
64. What will be the simple interest earned on an
amount of Rs.16, 800 in 9 months at the rate of (3) Rs. 14500 (4) Rs. 10,575
6.25% per annum? (5) None of these
(1) Rs.512.45 (2) Rs. 787.50 71. What is the present worth of Rs. 132 due in 2
(3) Rs. 816 (4) Rs. 452 years at 5% simple interest per annum?
65. The simple interest on Rs.1820 from March 9, 2003 (3) Rs. 823 (4) Rs. 350
to May 21, 2003 at 7.5% rate will be (5) None of these
(1) Rs. 52 (2) Rs. 65 72. The simple interest on Rs.1000 for 4 months at
(3) Rs. 87 (4) Rs. 30 the rate of 3 paise per rupee per month
(5) None of these (1) 110 (2) 135

(3) 156 (4) 132
66. A person borrows Rs.5000 for 2 years at 4% per
annum simple interest. He immediately lends it to (5) None of these
another person at 6.25% per annum for 2 years. 73. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to
Find his gain in the transaction per year. Rs.815 in 3 years and to Rs.854 in 4 years. The
(1) Rs. 125 (2) Rs. 156 sum is
(3) Rs. 112.50 (4) Rs. 132 (1) Rs. 544 (2) Rs. 698
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(3) Rs. 720 (4) Rs. 351 77. A sum of money trebles itself in 15 years 6 months.
(5) None of these In how many years would it double itself?
74. A sum of money lent out at simple interest amounts (1) 15/4 (2) 6
to Rs.720 after 2 years and to Rs.1020 after a (3) 31/4 (4) 5
further period of 5 years. The sum is
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 522 (2) Rs. 643
78. The simple interest on a sum of money at 8% per
(3) Rs. 600 (4) Rs. 350 annum for 6 years is half the sum. The sum is
75. The rate at which a sum becomes four times of (1) Rs. 1000 (2) Rs. 500
itself in 15 years at S.I. will be
(3) Rs. 120 (4) D a t a
(1) 15 % (2) 20% inadequate
(3) 18% (4) 13.33% (5) None of these
76. If a sum of money at simple interest doubles in 6 79. At what rate per cent per annum will the simple
years, it will become 4 times in interest on a sum of money be 2/5 of the amount
(1) 18 years (2) 16 years in 10 years?
(3) 15 years (4) 13 years (1) 5 % (2) 6 %
(3) 4% (4) 3.33%
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 1 15. 1 29. 1 43. 2 57. 4 71. 5
2. 1 16. 1 30. 3 44. 1 58. 2 72. 5
3. 5 17. 2 31. 4 45. 1 59. 2 73. 2
4. 3 18. 4 32. 1 46. 3 60. 1 74. 3
5. 4 19. 3 33. 2 47. 4 61. 2 75. 2
6. 1 20. 2 34. 5 48. 3 62. 5 76. 1
7. 5 21. 2 35. 3 49. 1 63. 1 77. 3
8. 2 22. 2 36. 1 50. 5 64. 2 78. 4
9. 5 23. 1 37. 2 51. 5 65. 5 79. 3
10. 2 24. 1 38. 4 52. 2 66. 3
11. 2 25. 2 39. 2 53. 3 67. 1
12. 1 26. 3 40. 5 54. 4 68. 5
13. 4 27. 4 41. 2 55. 4 69. 2
14. 1 28. 3 42. 5 56. 3 70. 1
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COMPOUND INTEREST
1. Mohan invested an amount of Rs 15,000 at (5) None of these

compound interest rate 5% p.a. for a period of 2 7. A sum of money placed at compound interest
years. What amount will be received at the end of doubles itself in 6 years. In how many years will it
2 years? amount to 16 times itself?
(1) Rs 16,537.50 (2) Rs 18, 543.50 (1) 24 years (2) 26 years
(3) Rs 20,302.75 (4) Rs 12,421.50 (3) 22 years (4) 20 years
2. Rashi invested Rs 16,000 for two years at 8. A sum of money placed at compound interest thrice
compound interest and received an amount of Rs itself in 4 years. In how many years will it amount
17,640 on maturity. What is the rate of interest? to 27 times itself?
(1) 6% p.a. (2) 8% p.a. (1) 12 years (2) 15 years
(3) 7% p.a. (4) 5% p.a. (3) 14 years (4) 10 years
3. Find the amount of Rs 8,000 in 1^- years at 5% 9. At what rate per cent will the compound interest
per annum compound interest payable half-yearly. does a sum of money become four fold in 2 years?
(1) Rs 7,315.12(2) Rs 8,615.13 (1) 150% (2) 100%
(3) Rs 9,247.10(4) Rs 7,415.10 (3) 200% (4) 75%
4. Find the compound interest on Rs 1,000 at 40% 10. At what rate per cent will the compound interest
per annum compounded quarterly for 1 year. does a sum of money become 27 times in 3 years?
(1) Rs 350.12 (2) Rs 361.10 (1) 100% (2) 150%
(3) Rs 451.50 (4) Rs 464.10 (3) 75% (4) 200%
5. Rs 50000 is borrowed at CI at the rate of 1% for 11. The simple interest on a certain sum of money for
the first year, 2% for the second year and 3% for 2 years at 5% per annum is Rs 100. Find the
the third year. Find the amount to be paid after 3 compound interest at the same rate and for the
years. same time.
(1) Rs 50353.3 (2) Rs 53055.3 (1) Rs 102.50 (2) Rs 103
(3) Rs 53505.3 (4) Rs 53053.3 (3) Rs 103.50 (4) Rs 309
6. At what rate per cent compound interest will Rs 12. The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years
400 amount to Rs 441 in 2 years? is Rs 105 and simple interest is Rs 100. Find the
(1) 4% (2) 5% rate of interest per annum and the sum.
(3) 6% (4) 3% (1) 10%; Rs 500
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(2) 10%; Rs 1000 (3) Rs 1200 (4) Rs 1500
(3) 20%; Rs 1000 (5) None of these
(4) 15%; Rs 1200 19. Find the difference between the simple and
compound interest on Rs 10000 for 3 years at 3
(5) None of these
per cent.
13. The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years
(1) Rs 27.8 (2) Rs 27.27
is Rs 60.60 and simple interest is Rs 60. Find the
rate of interest per annum and the sum. (3) Rs 37.27 (4) Rs 37.8
(1) 2%; Rs 1600 (2) 2%; Rs 1400 (5) None of these
(3) 3%; Rs 1500 (4) 2%; Rs 1500 20. Find the difference between the simple and
compound interest on Rs 8000 for 3 years at 5 per
(5) None of these
cent.
14. On a certain sum of money, the simple interest for
(1) Rs 61 (2) Rs 60
2 years is Rs 150 at the rate of 3% per annum.
Find the difference in CI and SI. (3) Rs 51 (4) Rs 59
(1) Rs 5 (2) Rs 4.5 (5) None of these
(3) Rs 2.5 (4) Rs 2.25 21. A certain amount of money at compound interest
grows up to Rs 7520 in 15 years and upto Rs 7896
(5) None of these
in 16 years. Find the rate per cent per annum.
15. The difference between the compound interest and
(1) 10% (2) 8%
the simple interest on a certain sum of money at
4% per annum for 2 years is Rs. 1.40. Find the (3) 5% (4) 7%
sum.
(5) None of these
(1) Rs 875 (2) Rs 857
22. What sum of money at compound interest will
(3) Rs 785 (4) Rs 865 amount to Rs 650 at the end of the first year and
Rs 676 at the end of the second year?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs 625 (2) Rs 630
16. Find the difference between the compound interest
and the simple interest for the sum Rs 625 at 8% (3) Rs 620 (4) Rs 635
per annum for 2 years.
(5) None of these
(1) Rs 3 (2) Rs 4
23. What sum of money at compound interest will
(3) Rs 4.5 (4) Rs 1.5 amount to Rs 480 at the end of the first year and
Rs 576 at the end of the second year?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs 420 (2) Rs 450
17. Find the difference between the compound interest
and the simple interest for the sum Rs 2500 at 6% (3) Rs 400 (4) Rs 375
per annum for 2 years.
(5) None of these
(1) Rs 9 (2) Rs 8
24. Find the ratio of CI to SI on a certain sum at 5%
(3) Rs 7.5 (4) Rs 6 per amount for 2 years.
(5) None of these (1) 41:40 (2) 42:41
18. On what sum will the difference between the (3) 43:40 (4) 41:35
simple and compound interest for 3 years at 5 per
(5) None of these
cent per annum amount to Rs 12.20?
25. Divide Rs 1105 between A and B, so that the A’s
(1) Rs 1600 (2) Rs 800
share at the end of 5 years may equal B’s share
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at the end of 7 years, compound interest being at 31. Joy invested an amount of Rs. 8000 in a fixed
10%. deposit scheme for 2 years at compound interest
rate 5% per annum. How much amount will Joy
(1) Rs 505, Rs 600 (2) Rs 605, Rs 500
get on maturity of the fixed deposit?
(3) Rs 705, Rs 400 (4) Rs 625, Rs 480
(1) Rs. 8000 (2) Rs. 7000
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 8820 (4) Rs. 6000
26. Divide Rs 6100 between A and B, so that A’s share
at the end of 3 years may equal B’s share at the (5) None of these
end of 5 years, compound interest being at 20%.
32. What will be the compound interest on a sum of
(1) Rs 3600, Rs 2500 Rs. 25,000 after 3 years at the rate of 12% per
annum ?
(2) Rs 3500, Rs 2600
(1) Rs. 10123.20
(3) Rs 3400, Rs 2700
(2) Rs. 10000.20
(4) Rs 3700, Rs 2400
(3) Rs. 10500.20
(5) None of these
(4) Rs. 11000.20
27. Kamal purchased a scooter car 4 years ago for
Rs 2 lakh. Its value depreciated each year at the (5) None of these
rate of 2.5% p.a. What is the present value of the
33. The compound interest on Rs.20,480 at 6.25% per
car?
annum for 2 years 73 days , is
(1) Rs 86,425 (2) Rs 85,242
(1) Rs. 3000 (2) Rs. 2929
(3) Rs 84,375 (4) Rs 86,342
(3) Rs. 4500 (4) Rs. 4600
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
28. Kaya invests Rs 5,000 in a bond which gives
34. Sarita invested Rs.15,000 at the rate 10% per
interest at 4% per annum during the first year, 5%
annum for one year. If the interest is compounded
during the second year and 10% during the third
half-yearly, then the amount received by Sarita at
year.
the end of the year will be
(1) Rs 6,006 (2) Rs 7,216
(1) Rs. 16000 (2) Rs. 16537.50
(3) Rs 3,001 (4) Rs 5,216
(3) Rs. 15000 (4) Rs. 14000
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
29. The population of a village decreases at the rate
35. Find the compound interest on Rs.15, 625 for 9
of 20% per annum. If its population 2 years ago
months at 16% per annum compounded quarterly
was 10,000, what is its present population?
(1) Rs. 17600 (2) Rs. 18000
(1) 6,000 (2) 9,000
(3) Rs. 15000 (4) Rs. 17576
(3) 6,400 (4) 7,600
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
36. If the simple interest on a sum of money for 2
30. The difference between simple interest and
years at 5% per annum is Rs.50 , then what is the
compound interest on a certain sum of money for
compound interest on the same sum at the same
2 years at 4 per cent annum is Re. 1. The sum of
rate and for the same time?
money is
(1) Rs. 551.25 (2) Rs. 560.25
(1) Rs 600 (2) Rs 625
(3) Rs. 500 (4) Rs. 600
(3) Rs 560 (4) Rs 650
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
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37. What will be the difference between simple and (5) None of these
compound interest at the rate 10% per annum on
44. If the compound interest on a sum for 2 years at
a sum of Rs. 1000 after 4 years?
12.5 % per annum is Rs.510, the simple interest
(1) Rs. 65 (2) Rs. 80 on the same sum at the same rate for the same
period of time is
(3) Rs. 90 (4) Rs. 100
(1) Rs. 500 (2) Rs. 600
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 700 (4) Rs. 480
38. The difference between simple and compound
interest on Rs.1200 for one year at 10% per annum (5) None of these
reckoned half-yearly is
45. The simple interest on a certain sum of money for
(1) Rs. 5 (2) Rs. 3 3 years at 8% per annum is half the compound
interest on Rs.4000 for 2 years at 10% per annum.
(3) Rs. 5 (4) Rs. 10
The sum placed on simple interest is
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 500 (2) Rs. 800
39. The compound interest in Rs.30,000 at 7% per
(3) Rs. 600 (4) Rs. 600
annum is Rs.4347. The period is
(5) None of these
46. There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years at
simple interest. What will be the compound interest
(5) None of these of Rs.12, 000 after 3 years at the same rate?
40. At what rate of compound interest per annum will (1) Rs. 1550 (2) Rs. 1800
a sum of Rs. 1200 becomes Rs. 1348.32 in 2 years
(3) Rs. 1750 (4) Rs. 2000
?
(5) None of these
(1) 6% (2) 8%
47. The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years
(3) 9% (4) 10%
at 10% per annum is Rs.525. The simple interest
(5) None of these on the same sum for double the time at half the
41. The principal that amounts to Rs 4913 in 3 years rate per cent annum is
at 6.25% per annum compound interest (1) Rs. 4000 (2) Rs. 5000
compounded annually is
(3) Rs. 6000 (4) Rs. 7000
(1) Rs. 5096 (2) Rs. 5000
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 6000 (4) Rs. 3000
48. The effective annual rate of interest corresponding
(5) None of these to a nominal rate of 6% per annum payable half-
42. The present worth of Rs. 169 due in 2 years at yearly is
4% per annum compound interest is (1) 6.09% (2) 8.09%
(1) Rs. 150.25 (2) Rs. 160 (3) 10% (4) 11%
(5) None of these 49. A sum of money invested at compound interests
43. In how many years will a sum of Rs. 800 at 10% amounts to Rs.800 in 3 years and to Rs 840 in 4
per annum compounded semi- annually becomes years. The rate of interest per annum is
Rs. 926.10? (1) 10% (2) 7%
(1) 3 years (2) 1.5 years (3) 6% (4) 4%
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50. The compound interest on Rs.3000 for 3 years at (5) None of these
12% per annum compounded annually is
57. Find the present worth of Rs.9261 due 3 years
(1) Rs. 1500 (2) Rs.2000 hence at 5% per annum compounded yearly.
(3) Rs. 16000 (4) Rs. 1214.58 (1) Rs.7000 (2) Rs. 9000
51. The compound interest on Rs.2000 for 2 years at (5) None of these
5% per annum compounded annually is
58. Rohan invested Rs. 15,000 at the rate 10% per
(1) Rs. 300 (2) Rs. 205 annum for one year. If the interest is compounded
half-yearly, then the amount received by Rohan
(3) Rs. 400 (4) Rs. 405
at the end of the year will be
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 16537.50 (2) Rs. 15000
52. Rs. 2000 is invested at annual rate of interest of
(3) Rs. 16000 (4) Rs. 13000
10%. What is the amount after two years if
compounding is done annually? (5) None of these
(1) Rs. 5000 (2) Rs. 2420 59. What will be the difference in the compound
interest on Rs.50, 000 at 12% for one year when
(3) Rs. 3000 (4) Rs. 3200
the interest is paid yearly and half yearly?
(5) None of these
(1) Rs. 180 (2) Rs. 200
53. What will be the compound interest on a sum of
(3) Rs. 300 (4) Rs. 500
Rs.25, 000 after 3 years at the rate of 12% per
annum? (5) None of these
(1) Rs. 10123.20 (2) Rs. 11000 60. A bank offers 5% compound interest calculated
on half-yearly basis. A customer deposits Rs. 1600
(3) Rs. 12000 (4) Rs. 13000
each on 1st January and 1st July of the year. At
(5) None of these the end of the year, the amount he would have
54. Sheela invested Rs.8000 for 3 years at 5% CI in a gained by way of interest is
post office. If the interest is compounded once in (1) Rs. 150 (2) Rs. 300
a year, what sum will she get after 3 years?
(3) Rs. 400 (4) Rs. 121
(1) Rs. 10000 (2) Rs. 7000
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 8000 (4) Rs. 8500
61. A sum put out at 4% compound interest payable
(5) None of these half-yearly amounts to Rs. 6632.55 in one year
55. A man saves Rs.200 at the end of each year and and 6 months. The sum is
lends the money at 5% compound interest. How (1) Rs. 6250 (2) Rs. 5000
much will it become at the end of 3 years?
(3) Rs. 4000 (4) Rs. 3000
(1) Rs. 655.02 (2) Rs. 662.02
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 687.52 (4) Rs. 700
(5) None of these interest on Rs.1200 for one year at 10% per annum
56. What sum will amount to Rs.6655 at 10% per reckoned half yearly is
annum compounded yearly for 3 years? (1) Rs. 5 (2) Rs. 3
(1) Rs. 5000 (2) Rs. 3000 (3) Rs. 7 (4) Rs. 8
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63. What will be the difference between simple and at 10% per annum is Rs.525. The simple interest
compound interest at the rate 10 % per annum on on the same sum for double the time at half the
a sum of Rs. 1000 after 4 years? rate per cent per annum is
(1) Rs. 100 (2) Rs. 65 (1) Rs. 600 (2) Rs. 500
(3) Rs. 150 (4) Rs. 64.10 (3) Rs. 800 (4) Rs. 900
64. The difference between the simple interest and 70. On what sum will the compound interest at 5%
the compound interest on Rs.60 for 1 year at 10% per annum for two years compounded annually
per annum, reckoned half-yearly is be Rs.1640?
(1) Rs. 2 (2) Rs. 1.5 (1) Rs. 15000 (2) Rs. 16000
(3) Rs. 3.5 (4) Rs. 3 (3) Rs. 14000 (4) Rs. 12000
65. If the simple interest on a sum of money for 2 71. What annual rate of interest compounded annually
years at 5% per annum is Rs.50, what is the doubles an investment in 2 years?
compound interest on the same sum at the same
(1) 41.4% (2) 12%
rate and for the same time?
(3) 13% (4) 15%
(1) Rs. 51.25 (2) Rs. 100.25
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 125 (4) Rs. 130
72. The compound interest on Rs.30,000 at 7% per
(5) None of these
annum is Rs. 1331. The required time period is
66. The compound interest on Rs. 16,000 at 20% per
annum for 9 months, compounded quarterly is
(1) Rs. 3000 (2) Rs. 2522
(5) None of these
(3) Rs. 3500 (4) Rs. 4000
73. A certain sum invested at 4% per annum
(5) None of these
compounded semi-annually amounts to Rs. 78030
67. If the compound interest on a certain sum at at the end of one year. The sum is
16.66% for 3 years is Rs.1270 , the simple interest
(1) Rs. 85000 (2) Rs.95000
on the same sum at the same rate and for the
same period is (3) Rs. 80000 (4) Rs. 75000
(3) Rs. 2500 (4) Rs. 2000 74. The difference between the compound interest and
simple interest on a certain sum at 3% for 2 years
(5) None of these
is Rs. 1.50. The sum is
68. The compound interest on a sum of money for 2
(1) Rs. 700 (2) Rs. 800
years is Rs.832 and the simple interest on the same
sum for the same period is Rs.800. The difference (3) Rs. 900 (4) Rs. 1000
between the compound interest and the simple (5) None of these
interest for 3 years will be
(1) Rs. 100 (2) Rs. 98.56 interest on Rs.1250 for 2 years at 4% per annum
(3) Rs. 125 (4) Rs. 128 is
69. The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years (3) Rs. 5 (4) Rs. 6
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(5) None of these 77. The difference between the simple interest and
76. If the compound interest on a certain sum for 2 the compound interest compounded annually at the
years is Rs.105 and simple interest is Rs. 100, then rate of 12% per annum of Rs.5000 for two years
the sum is will be
(1) Rs. 700 (2) Rs. 600 (1) Rs. 72 (2) Rs. 100
(3) Rs. 800 (4) Rs. 900 (3) Rs. 300 (4) Rs. 400

78. Find the compound interest on Rs.1000 at 6%
compounded semi-annually for 6 years?
(1) Rs. 500 (2) Rs. 425.76
(3) Rs. 500 (4) Rs. 425.76
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. 1 15. 1 29. 3 43. 2 57. 4 71. 1
2. 4 16. 2 30. 2 44. 4 58. 1 72. 3
3. 2 17. 1 31. 3 45. 5 59. 1 73. 4
4. 4 18. 1 32. 1 46. 5 60. 4 74. 5
5. 2 19. 2 33. 2 47. 5 61. 1 75. 5
6. 2 20. 1 34. 2 48. 1 62. 2 76. 5
7. 1 21. 3 35. 4 49. 5 63. 4 77. 1
8. 1 22. 1 36. 1 50. 4 64. 2 78. 4
9. 2 23. 3 37. 5 51. 2 65. 1
10. 4 24. 1 38. 2 52. 2 66. 2
11. 1 25. 2 39. 4 53. 1 67. 1
12. 1 26. 1 40. 1 54. 5 68. 2
13. 5 27. 5 41. 5 55. 2 69. 2
14. 4 28. 1 42. 5 56. 1 70. 2
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NUMBER SYSTEM

1. What will be at the unit place of:- (1) 1 (2) 2

(1) 172 (2) 175 (5) None of these

(3) 180 (4) 195 11. Two-thirds of three-fourth of one fifth of a

1. Find the H.C.F. of 42, 63 and 140.

(a) 2.7 (b) 0.27 (c) 31 litre (d) 41 litre

(a) 93 (b) 46 30. The least number, which when divided by 5, 6, 7

(a) 1400 (b) 1394 (c) 225 (d) 235

(a) 99936 (b) 99963 (c) equal to HCF

(c) 99972 (d) 99982 (d) cannot bo calculated

(a) 10432 (b) 10368 (a) 8 (b) 12

(c) 10064 (d) 10054 (c) 24 (d) 35

(a) 279 (b)283 (a) 27, 189 (b) 108, 108

(c) 308 (d) 318 (c) 200, 16 (d) 100, 116

(iii) 452  ? (iv) 65 2  ? (xv) 3

(v) 852  ? (vi) 952  ? (xvii) 3 2628072 ?

(vii) 47 2  ? (viii) 46 2  ? 5. If 256  x  2, then x is equal to:

1. If a, b, c, d, e are five consecutive odd integers, (3) 21 (4) 26

(5) None of these (1) 168 (2) 167

(3) 14/5 (4) 15/4 (3) 13 (4) 15

(5) None of these (5) None of these

(3) 17 years (4) 16.5 years (1) 2255 (2) 2500

(5) None of these (3) 2550 (4) 2555

13 (1) 1 (2) 1.5

(1) 125 (2) 144 (1) 27 (2) 4

(3) 120 (4) (3) 1 (4) 256

(5) None of these (5) None of these

9n × 35 × (27)3 (1) 2 (2) 3

3(12+ n) × 9 (2n -7) (3) x > y (4) x < y

1 1 1 34. If m = ax, n = ay and mynx = a2/z then, the value of

(5) None of these 9 1 9 1

1 (3) 1 (4) xyz

3 (3) 38 years (4) 33 years

(1) 50 years (5) None of these

(2) 45 years 30. A says to B “I am twice as old as you were when

(5) None of these (1) 10, 15, 20 (2) 16, 28, 36

(5) None of these (1) 20 years (2) 12 years

(1) 3 : 5 (2) 4 : 5 (5) None of these

(1) 10 years (2) 20 years (5) None of these

(5) None of these (1) 29 (2) 28

1. If salary of A is 20% more than salary of B, (5) None of these

14. If the tax on a commodity is increased by 25% (1) Rs. 16000

(3) 2040 (4) 2450 (1) 550% (2) 600%

(5) None of these (3) 445% (4) 350%

(1) 4, 15 (2) 3, 15 (1) 15% (2) 21%

(3) 3, 6 (4) 2, 12 (3) 18% (4) 5%

(5) None of these (5) None of these

(5) None of these (3) 54.3% (4) 56.7%

1. 1 17. 3 33. 2 49. 5 65. 5 81. 1

(1) 25% (2) 24% (5) None of these

(1) ii (2) i 72. A shopkeeper sells one transistor for Rs.840 at a

(3) 40% (4) 30% (1) 42.85% (2) 43.85%

(5) None of these (3) 44.85% (4) 42.86%

(1) Rs 24000 (2) Rs 18000 (3) Rs 28000 (4) Rs 20000

(3) Rs 12000 (4) Rs 20000 (5) None of these

(5) None of these 6. A and B enter into partnership investing Rs 12000

(1) Rs 9000 (2) Rs 12000 (3) Rs 21200 (4) Rs 19200

(3) Rs 11000 (4) Rs 14000 (5) None of these

(1) Rs 9576 (2) Rs 4900 (3) 4 : 1 : 9 (4) 9 : 4 : 1