Math Question Bank (Bank Math Bible 3rd Edition) ADD (Part-5)

PHENOM'S BANK MATH BIBLE : 3rd Edition 1
13 Ratio and Proportion

## 15 years ago the average age of a family of of A's age at that time will be less than B's
four members was 40 years. Two children age at that time by 2 years. What is B's
were born in that span of 15 years. The present age?
present average age of the family remained [www.competoid.com]
unchanged. Among the two children who 10 years 14 years
were born in between the 15 years. If the 12 years 5 years @@
older child at present is 8 Years more than Answer: 10 years
the younger one, What is the respective ratio ## 49 kg of blended tea contain Assam and
between the present age of the older child Darjeeling tea in the ratio 5 : 2 then the
and the present age of the younger child? quantity of Darjeeling tea is to be added to
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9:4 7:3 Darjeeling tea 2 : 1 is
7:6 9:5 @@ [www.competoid.com]
Answer: 9 : 5 4.5 kg 3.5 kg
## 20 boys and 25 girls form a group of social 5 kg 6 kg @@
workers. During their membership drive, the Answer: 3.5 kg
same number of boys and girls joined the ## 8 litres are drawn from a cask filled with
group (e.g. if 7 boys joined, 7 girls joined). wine and is then filled with water. This
How many members does the group have operation is performed three more times.
now. if the, ratio of boys to girls is 7 : 8? The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in
[www.competoid.com] cask to that of the total solution is 16 : 81.
75 65 How much wine did the cask hold originally?
70 60 @@
Answer: 75 [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
## 200 litres of a mixture contains milk and 24 litres 45 litres
water in the ratio 17 : 3. After the addition of 49 litres 44 litres a
some more milk to it, the ratio of milk to ## 94 is divided into two parts in such a way
water in the resulting mixture becomes 7 : 1. that fifth part of the first and the eighth part
The quantity of milk added to it was =? of the second are in the ratio 3 : 4. The first
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] part is = ?
20 Litres 40 Litres [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
60 Litres 80 Litres b 30 36
## 24 litre of a mixture contains milk and water 40 28 a
in the ration 7 : 5. How much more water is ## A : b : c = 2 : 3 : 4 and 2a - 3b + 4c = 33, then
to be added to get a new mixture containing the value of c is = ?
milk and water in the ratio of 5 : 7? [www.examveda.com]
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10 litre 6.9 litre 66
12 c
9 litre 9.6 litre @@ 7
Answer: 9.6 litre ## A and B are two alloys in which ratios of
1 gold and copper are 5 : 3 and 5 : 11
## 4 years ago, the respective ratio between of respectively. If these equally amount of two
2
A's age at that time and four times of B's age alloys are melted and made alloy C. What
1 will be the ratio of gold and copper in alloy
at that time was 5 : 12. Eight years hence
2
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C? Rs. 3350 Rs. 3250
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] Rs. 2700 Rs. 2800 c
25 : 23 33 : 25 ## A and B together can complete a task in 15
15 : 17 17 : 15 c days. B and C together can complete the
## A and B are two alloys of gold and copper same task in 20 days. A and C together can
prepared by mixing metals in proportion 5 : complete the same task in 30 days. What is
2 and 5 : 6 respectively. If equal quantities of the respective ratio of the number of days
alloys are melted to form a third alloy C, the taken by A while completing the same task
proportion of gold and copper in C will be. alone to the number of days taken by C
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while completing the same task alone?
9:8 8:9 [www.competoid.com]
45 : 32 32 : 45 @@ 2:3 1:4
Answer: 45 : 32 1:3 3:1 @@
## A and B enter in to a partnership and A Answer: 1 : 3
invests Rs. 10,000 in the partnership. At the ## A and B together have Rs. 158, C has Rs. 101
end of 4 months he withdraws Rs.2000. At less than what A and B together have, and B
the end of another 5 months, he withdraws has Rs. 23 more than C. The amount of A is :
another Rs.3000. If B receives Rs.9600 as his [www.competoid.com]
share of the total profit of Rs.19,100 for the Rs. 80 Rs. 78
year, how much did B invest in the Rs. 57 Rs. 88 @@
company? Answer: Rs. 78
[www.lofoya.com] ## A bag contains an amount of Rs.214.50 made
Rs. 12,000 Rs. 8,000 up of one dollar, 50 cents and 25 cents coins
Rs. 6,000 Rs. 96,000 b in the ratio 5: 6 : 7. What is the total number
## A and B have money in the ratio 2 : 1. If A of coins in the bag?
gives 2 to B ,The money will be in ratio 1: 1. [www.competoid.com]
What were the initial amounts they had ? 360 396
[www.competoid.com] 540 576 @@
Rs. 12 and Rs. 6 Rs. 16 and Rs. 8 Answer: 396
Rs. 8 and Rs. 4 Rs. 6 and Rs. 3 @@ ## A bag contains coins of Rs. 1, 50 paise and 25
Answer: Rs. 8 and Rs. 4 paise in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If the total value of
## A and B have their monthly incomes in the these coins is Rs. 228, then the number of 50
ratio 8 : 5 while their monthly expenditures paise coins in that bag was
are in the ratio 5 : 3. If they have saved Rs. [www.competoid.com]
12,000 and Rs. 10,000 monthly respectively, 144 124
then the difference in their monthly incomes 112 96 @@
is Answer: 144
[www.competoid.com] ## A bag contains Rs.216 in the form of one
Rs. 42,000 Rs. 52,000 rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the
Rs. 46,000 Rs. 44,000 @@ ratio of 2 : 3 : 4. The number of 50 paise
Answer: Rs. 42,000 coins is
## A and B start an enterprise together, with A [www.competoid.com]
as active partner. A invests Rs. 4000 and Rs. 96 144
2000 more after 8 months. B invests Rs. 5000 114 141 @@
and withdraws Rs. 2000 after 9 months. Answer: 144
Being the active partner, A takes Rs. 100 per ## A bag contains three types of coins 1 rupee-
month as allowance,from the profit. What is coins, 50p-coins and 25 p-coins totalling 175
the share of B if the profit for for the year is coins. If the total value of the coins of each
6700 ? kind be the same, the total amount in the bag
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is bundles respectively are in the ratio of 3 : 22
[www.competoid.com] then the weight of the papers ( in grams ) is
75 175 [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
300 126 @@ 30680 grams 30710 grams
Answer: 75 31500 grams 31680 grams @@
## A besieged army camp had food for 2400 Answer: 31680 grams
men for 18 days at 3.5 kgs a soldier a day. ## A box has 1 rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise
However, if they reckon that it will take 42 coins in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5 worth Rs. 252. The
days for external support to rescue them, number of 25 paise coins in the box is = ?
what proportion of the soldiers will go [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
hungry everyday if they decide to cut down 96 144
the ration to 1.8kgs a day per soldier. 240 48 c
[www.competoid.com] ## A box has 210 coins of denominations one-
1 out of every 8 soldiers rupee and fifty paise only. The ratio of their
will go hungry each day. respective values is 13 : 11. The number of
1 out of every 6 soldiers one-rupee coin is
will go hungry each day. [www.examveda.com]
1 out of every 10 soldiers 65 66
will go hungry each day. 77 78 d
1 out of every 9 soldiers ## A bucket contains a mixture of two liquids A
will go hungry each day. @@
& B in the proportion 5 : 3. If 16 litres of the
Answer: 1 out of every 6 soldiers will go hungry mixture is replaced by 16 litres of liquid B,
each day. then the ratio of the two liquids becomes 3 :
## A bottte is full of dettol. One-third of it is 5. How much of the liquid B was there in the
taken out and then an equal amount of water bucket?
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is poured into the bottle to fill it, This
operation is done four times. Find the final 25 litres 15 litres
ratio of dettol and water in the bottle. 18 litres 24 litres
[www.competoid.com] None of these
13 : 55 20 : 74 ## A bucket contains a mixture of two liquids A
16 : 65 10 : 48 @@ and B in the proportion 7 : 5. If 9 litres of
Answer: 16 : 65 mixture is replaced by 9 liters of liquid
## A box contains 420 coins of 1 rupee, 50 paise B,then the ratio of the two liquids becomes 7
and 20 paise coins. The ratio of their values : 9. How much of the liquid A was there in
is 13 : 11 : 7. The number of 50 paise coins is the bucket ?
=? [www.examveda.com]
[www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com] 21 liters 23 liters
42 78 25 liters 27 liters a
66 132 d ## A bus and a truck are available to cross a
## A box contains Rs. 56 in the form of coins of jungle. The speed of the truck is thrice that
1 rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise. The number of the bus. The capacity of the truck is 50
of 50 paise coins is double the numbers of 25 persons and that of bus is 30 persons. The
paise coins and four times the number of one average occupancy of the bus is twice that of
rupee coins. How many 50 paise coins are the truck. The tickets for the bus and the
there in the box? truck cost Re 1 and Re 1.50 respectively.
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] What is the ratio of the average rupee
52 64 collection of the truck to that of the bus in a
32 16 b day? Assume there is no wastage time
## A box filled with paper bundles weights 36 between trips and the occupancy of the
kg. If the weight of the box and paper bus/truck is defined as the ratio of the actual
number of persons boarding it and its double the time, the ratio of the two speeds is
capacity. [www.competoid.com]
[www.lofoya.com] 4:1 1:4
15 : 41 15 : 2 2:1 1:2 @@
15 : 8 15 : 7 a Answer: 1 : 4
## A canister holds 36 litres of mixture of milk ## A certain number is divided into two parts
and water in the ratio 3 : 1. 15 litres of milk such that 5 times the first part added to 11
is added to the canister. The new ratio of the times the second part makes 7 times the
mixture is: whole. The ratio of the first part to the
[www.competoid.com] second part is
12 : 5 14 : 3 [www.competoid.com]
7:4 9:4 @@ 2:1 5 : 11
Answer: 14 : 3 1:2 2:3 @@
## A certain amount of money is divided among Answer: 2 : 1
x, y and z. If x receives 25% more than y and ## A container contains 60 litre of milk. From
y receives 25% less than z, then x : y : z is this container 6 litre of milk was taken out
equal to and replaced by water. This process was
[www.competoid.com] repeated further two times. The quantity of
14 : 12 : 13 15 : 12 : 16 milk left in the container is
10 : 9 : 12 12 : 10 : 11 @@ [www.competoid.com]
Answer: 15 : 12 : 16 34.24 litre 39.64 litre
## A certain amount was divided between Ram 43.74 litre 47.6 litre @@
and Ravi in the ratio 4 : 3. If Ravi's share is Answer: 43.74 litre
Rs.9000, the amount is ## A contractor employed 25 labourers on a
[www.competoid.com] job. He paid Rs.275 for the work. After
Rs.21000 Rs.16000 retaining 20% of this sum, he distributed the
Rs.46000 Rs.18000 @@ remaining amount amongst the labourers. If
Answer: Rs.21000 the number of men to women labourers was
## A certain amount was to be distributed in the ratio 2 : 3 and their wages in the ratio
among A, B and C in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4 5 : 4, what wages did a woman labourer get?
respectively. but was erroneously distributed [www.competoid.com]
in the ratio 7 : 2 : 5 respectively. As a result Rs.10 Rs.8
of this, B got Rs.40 less. What is the amount? Rs.12 Rs.15 @@
[www.competoid.com] Answer: Rs.8
Rs.210 Rs.270 ## A fort has provisions for 60 days. If after 15
Rs.230 Rs.280 @@ days 500 men strengthen them and the food
Answer: Rs.210 lasts 40 days longer, how many men are
## A certain amount was to be distributed there in the fort?
among A. B and C in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 [www.lofoya.com]
respectively, but. was erroneously 3500 4000
distributed in the ratio 9 : 4 : 7 respectively. 6000 None b
As a result of this B got Rs.60 less. What is ## A fruit seller sold big, medium and small
the amount? sized apples for Rs.15 , Rs.10 and Rs. 5
[www.competoid.com] respectively .The total number of apples sold
Rs.480 Rs.460 were in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5. Find the average
Rs.450 Rs.440 @@ cost of an apple
Answer: Rs.450 [www.competoid.com]
## A certain distance is covered at a certain Rs. 8 Rs. 10
speed . If half of this distance is covered in Rs. 9 Rs. 7 @@
Answer: Rs. 9
## A invests Rs.4500 in a business. At the end of nephew and each son receives five times as
four months he withdraws Rs.500. At the much as each nephew, how much does each
end of another 4 months, he withdraws daughter receive ?
another Rs.1000. 8 joins him as a partner at [www.competoid.com]
the end of six months. If 'B' takes home Rs. 100 Rs. 600
Rs.6000 out of a total profit of Rs.10,600 for Rs. 800 Rs. 1000 @@
the year, how much did 'B' invest in the Answer: Rs. 800
business? ## A milkman makes 20% profit by selling milk
[www.competoid.com] mixed with water at Rs. 9 per litre. If the
Rs.15,000 Rs.12,000 cost price of 1 litre pure milk is Rs. 10, then
Rs.10,000 Rs.14,000 @@ the ratio of milk and water in the mixture is
Answer: Rs.10,000 [www.competoid.com]
## A jar contains a mixture of two liquids A 3:1 4:1
and B in the ratio 4 : 1. When 10 litres of the 3:2 4:3 @@
mixture was taken out and 10 litres of liquid Answer: 3 : 1
B was poured into the jar, this ratio became ## A mixture contains alcohol and water in the
2 : 3. The quantity of liquid A contained in ratio 4 : 3. If 5 litres of water is added to the
the jar initially was mixture the ratio becomes 4 : 5. The quantity
[www.competoid.com] of alcohol in the given mixture is 1
4 litres 8 litres [www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com]
16 litres 40 litres @@ 3 litres 4 litres
Answer: 16 litres 15 litres 10 litres @@
## A man divided his wealth so that his son's Answer: 10 litres
share to his wife's share and the wife's share ## A mixture contains milk and water in the
to his daughter's share are both in the ratio ratio 5 : 1. On adding 5 litres of water, the
4: 1 and the daughter's share is Rs.80,000. ratio of milk and water becomes 5 : 2. The
What is the value of the total Wealth? quantity of milk in the mixture is:
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Rs.16,80,000 Rs.14,70,000 16 litres 25 litres
Rs.12,60,000 Rs.10,50,000 @@ 32.5 litres 22.75 litres @@
Answer: Rs.16,80,000 Answer: 25 litres
## A man divides his wealth of Rs.200,000 ## A noodles merchant buys two varieties of
between his sons equally. How much did noodles the price of the first being twice that
each son get? of the second. He sells the mixture at Rs
[www.competoid.com] 17.50 per kilogram thereby making a profit
Rs.40,000 Rs.75,000 of 25. If the ratio of the amounts of the first
Rs.50,000 Rs.1,00,000 @@ noodles and the second noodles in the
Answer: Rs.1,00,000 mixture is 2 : 3, then the respective costs of
## A man has in all Rs. 640 in the each noodles are
denominations of one-rupee, five-rupee and [www.lofoya.com]
ten-rupee notes. The number of each type of Rs. 20, Rs. 10 Rs. 24, Rs. 12
notes are equal. What is the total number he Rs. 16, Rs. 8 Rs. 26, Rs. 13 a
has? ## A particular sum was divided among A, B
[www.competoid.com] and C in the ratio 2 : 6 : 7 respectively. If the
150 120 amount received by A was Rs.4,908, what
100 90 @@ was the difference between the amount
Answer: 120 received by B and C?
## A man leaves Rs. 8,600 to be divided among [www.competoid.com]
5 sons, 4 daughters and 2 nephews, If each Rs.2,454 Rs.3,494
daughter receives four times as much as each Rs.2,135 Rs.2,481 @@
Answer: Rs.2,454 amount of money of A and C together?
## A ratio is equal to 4 : 5. if its antecedent is [www.competoid.com]
180, find its consequent. RS.8352 RS.6998
[www.competoid.com] RS.9784 RS.7456 @@
220 225 Answer: RS.8352
260 245 @@ ## A sum of money is to be distributed among
Answer: 225 P, Q and R in the ratio 6 : 19 : 7. If R gives
## A sail boat moves at the speed of 12 miles an Rs.200 from his share to Q. the ratio of P, Q
hour with no one on board. The speed of the and R becomes 3 : 10 : 3. what is the total
boat decreases by a quantity that varies sum?
directly as the cube root of the number of [www.competoid.com]
passengers who board the boat. With eight Rs. 6400 Rs.12800
passengers on board, it travels at a speed of Rs. 3200 Data inadequate @@
8 miles an hour. How many passengers Answer: Rs. 6400
should board the boat so that it stops ## A sum of money is to be divided among four
moving? persons in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4 : 5. 0ut of the
[www.competoid.com] four, one person gets Rs.200 more than the
180 Passengers 218 Passengers other and Rs.100 less than another. What is
216 Passengers 246 Passengers @@ the sum?
Answer: 216 Passengers [www.competoid.com]
## A sink contains exactly 12 L of water. If Rs.2800 Rs.1400
water is drained from the! sink until it holds Rs.4200 Cannot be determined
exactly 6 L of water less than the quantity @@
drained away, how many litres of water were Answer: Rs.1400
drained away? ## A sum of money is to be divided equally
[www.competoid.com] among P, Q and R in the respective ratio of 5
2L 6L : 6 : 7 and another sum of money is to be
3L 9L @@ divided between S and T equally. If S got Rs.
Answer: 9 L 2100 less than P, then how much amount did
## A sum of money is divided among A, B, C Q receive?
and D in the ratio of 3 : 5 : 9 : 13 [www.competoid.com]
respectively. If the share of C is Rs.2412 Rs. 2500 Rs. 2000
more than the share of A, then what is the Rs. 1500 Could not be
total amount of money of B and D together? determined @@
[www.competoid.com] Answer: Could not be determined
Rs.4,422 Rs.7,236 ## A sum of Rs 2000 is divided into two parts
Rs.6,030 Rs.4,824 @@ such that one part is invested at 10 % pa,
Answer: Rs.7,236 simple interest and the second part at 15%
## A sum of money is divided among A,B, C so pa, simple interest. After 2 years, if Rs. 460
that to each rupee A gets , B gets 75 paise are received as interest, then the ration of
and C gets 45 paise. If C's share is Rs. 81, the investments of first and second part is
sum is [www.competoid.com]
[www.competoid.com] 7:4 4:3
Rs. 326 Rs. 639 7 :3 6:4 @@
Rs. 396 Rs. 369 @@ Answer: 7 :3
Answer: Rs. 396 ## A sum of Rs. 15525 is divided among Sunil,
## A sum of money is divided amongst A, B, C Anil and Jamil such that if Rs. 22, Rs. 35 and
and D in the ratio of 3: 7: 9 : 13. If the share Rs. 48 be diminished from their shares
of B is RS. 4872, then what will be the total respectively, their remaining sums shall be in
the ratio 7 : 10 : 13. What would have been
the ratio of their sums if Rs. 16, Rs. 77, Rs. 35 40
37 respectively were added to their original 45 50 b
shares? ## A sum of RS.7000 is divided among A, B and
[www.competoid.com] C in such a way that the shares of A and B
9 : 13: 17 18 : 26 : 25 are in the ratio 2 : 3 and those of B and C are
36 : 52 : 67 None of these @@ in the ratio 4: 5. The share of B is
Answer: 36 : 52 : 67 [www.competoid.com]
## A sum of Rs. 300 is divided among P, Q and RS.1600 RS.2000
R in such a way that Q gets Rs. 30 more than RS.2400 RS.3000 @@
P and R gets Rs. 60 more than Q. The ratio Answer: RS.2400
of their shares is ## A tiny money bank containing Rs. 1, 50paise
[www.competoid.com] and 25 paise coins in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. If
5:3:2 2:3:5 their total value is Rs 154, then the number
3:2:5 2:5:3 @@ of 25 paise coins is
Answer: 2 : 3 : 5
## A sum of Rs. 36.90 is made up of 180 coins
which are either 10 paise coins or 25 p coins. [www.competoid.com]
The number of 10 p coins is: 168 112
[www.lofoya.com] 56 156 @@
48 54 Answer: 168
56 60 b ## A track covers a distance of 550 metres in 1
## A sum of Rs. 370 is to be divided among A, B minute whereas a bus covers a distance of 33
A's share B's share 3 kms in 45 minute. The ratio of their speeds
and C such that = = ,
B's share C's share 4 is:
A's share (in taka) is [www.examveda.com]
240 120 3:4 50 : 3 c
100 90 @@ ## A truck covers a distance of 640 km in 10 h.
Answer: 90 A car covers the same distance in 8 h. What
## A sum of Rs. 76 is divided among A, B and C is the respective ratio of the speed of the
in such a way that A gets Rs. 7 more than truck to that of car?
what B gets and B gets Rs. 6 more than what [www.competoid.com]
C gets. The ratio of their share is gets. The 3:4 1:2
ratio of their share is = ? 5:6 4:5 @@
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] Answer: 4:5
19 : 24 : 33 32 : 25 : 19 ## A vessel contains 64 litres of mixture of milk
32 : 24 : 20 19 : 25 : 33 b and water in the ratio 7 : 3 respectively. 8
## A sum of Rs.221 is divided among X, Y and litres of mixture is replaced by 12 litres of
Z such that X gets Rs.52 more than Y, Y gets milk. What is the ratio of milk and water in
Rs.26 more than Z. The ratio of the shares of the resulting mixture?
X, Y and Z respectively is: [www.competoid.com]
[www.competoid.com] 64 : 21 35 : 22
9:5:3 9:3:5 64 : 23 65 : 21 @@
5:9:3 10 : 6 : 5 @@ Answer: 64 : 21
Answer: 9 : 5 : 3 ## A vessel contains liquid P and Q in the ratio
## A sum of Rs.312 was divided among 100 5 : 3. If 16 L of the mixture are removed and
boys and girls in such a way that the boy gets the same quantity of liquid Q is added, the
Rs.3.60 and each girl Rs.2.40 the number of ratio become 3 : 5. What quantity does the
girls is vessel hold?
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35 L 45 L ## A, B and C have 200, b and c number of
40 L 50 L @@ stamps respectively. If B gives A 20 stamps,
Answer: 40 L he will be left with one fourth as many
## A vessel of capacity 2 litre has 25% alcohol stamps as C has. It 200 more stamps are
and another vessel of capacity 6 litre had added together to their collection, they will
40% alcohol. The total liquid of 8 litre was have 200 stamps on an average with each of
poured out in a vessel of capacity 10 litre and them. How many stamps does B have?
thus the rest part of the vessel was filled with [www.competoid.com]
the water. what is the new concentration of 40 Stamps 36 Stamps
mixture ? 56 Stamps 24 Stamps @@
[www.examveda.com] Answer: 56 Stamps
29% 49% ## A, B and C invest a total of Rs.7200 in a
31% 71% business such that A invests Rs.1200 more
None of these a than B and C invests Rs.600 more than B.
## A, B and C enter into a partnership by How will they share a profit of Rs.1440?
investing Rs 28000, Rs 32000 and Rs 18000. [www.competoid.com]
A is working partner and gets a fourth of the A - Rs.600, B - Rs.360 and C - Rs.480 A -
profit for this services and the remaining Rs.700, B - Rs.160 and C - Rs.580
profit is divided amongst the three in the A - Rs.840, B - Rs.260 and C - Rs.340 A -
ratio of their investments. What is the Rs.760, B - Rs.460 and C - Rs.220 @@
amount of profit that B gets if A gets a total Answer: A - Rs.600, B - Rs.360 and C - Rs.480
of Rs 4995? ## A, B and C play cricket. A's runs are to B's
[www.lofoya.com] runs and B's runs are to C's as 3 : 2. They
Rs. 1665 Rs. 2960 get altogether 342 runs. How many runs did
Rs. 2590 None of these b A make?
## A, B and C enter into a partnership by [www.lofoya.com]
investing Rs.2400, Rs.3000 and Rs.4200. A is 162 108
a working partner and gets a fifth of the 72 None a
profit for his services and the remaining ## A, B and C share Rs.315 in such a way that
profit is divided amongst the three in the for every Rs.2 that A gets, B gets :55 and for
ratio of their investments. What is the every 54 that B gets, C gets 57. How much
amount of profit that B and C get if A gets a does C get?
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total of Rs.6000?
[www.competoid.com] Rs.378 Rs.441
B - Rs.4750 and C - Rs.3250 B - Rs.6500 Rs.252 Rs.175 @@
and C - Rs.8500 Answer: Rs.175
B - Rs.2750 and C - Rs.4250 B - Rs.3750 ## A, B and C work in a company. The ratio of
and C - Rs.5250 @@
A's age to B's age is 4 : 3 and B's age to C's
Answer: B - Rs.3750 and C - Rs.5250 age is 4 : 3. If the sum of the ages of A, B and
## A, B and C enter into a partnership by C is 129.5, what are their respective ages?
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investing Rs.3600, Rs.4400 and Rs.2800. A is
a working partner and gets a fourth of the 40, 30 and 22.5 years 24, 18 and 13.5
profit for his services and the remaining years
profit is divided amongst the three in the 56, 42 and 31.5 years 72, 64 and 40.5
rate of their investments. What is the years @@
amount of profit that B gets if A gets a total Answer: 56, 42 and 31.5 years
of Rs. 8000? ## A, B and C, each of them working alone can
[www.lofoya.com] complete a job in 6, 8 and 12 days
4888.88 9333.33 respectively. If all three of them work
4000 3666.66 a together to complete a job and earn Rs.2340,
what will be C’s share of the earnings? Rs. 9000 Information
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Rs.520 Rs.1080 ## An amount of money is to be divided among
Rs.1170 Rs.630 a P, Q and R in the ratio of 3 : 5 : 7
## Abhijit invested in three schemes A, B and C respectively. If the amount received by R is
the amounts in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4 Rs.4,000 more than the amount received by
respectively. If the schemes offered interest Q. what will be the total amount received by
@ 20 p.c.p.a., 16 p.c.p.a. and 15 p.c.p.a. P and Q together?
respectively, what will be the respective ratio [www.competoid.com]
of the amounts after one year? Rs. 8,000 Rs.12,000
[www.competoid.com] Rs.16.000 Cannot be determined
10 : 8 : 5 12 : 14 : 15 @@
12 : 15 : 22 None of these @@ Answer: Rs.16.000
Answer: None of these ## An engine without any wagon attached to it
## Acid and water are mixed in a vessel A in the can travel at 50 mph. Its speed is diminished
ratio of 5 : 2 and If the vessel B in the ratio 8 by a quantity which varies as the square root
: 5. In what proportion should quantities be of the number of wagons attached. With 36
taken out from the two vessels so as to form wagons attached, its speed is 32 mph, Find
a mixture in which the acid and water be in the maximum number of wagons that can be
the ratio of 9 : 4 ? attached, if the speed is not to fall below 20
[www.competoid.com] mph.
7:4 2:3 @@ 100 120
Answer: 7 : 2 90 80 @@
## Amit and Sudesh have invested in the ratio Answer: 100
of 4 : 7. If both invested a total amount of ## An outgoing batch of students wants to gift a
RS. 49500, then find the investment of PA system worth Rs 4,200 to their school. If
Sudesh. the teachers, offer to pay 50% more than the
[www.competoid.com] students and an external benefactor gives
RS.31500 RS.1800 three times the teacher's contribution, then
RS.31000 RS.18500 @@ how much should the teachers donate?
Answer: RS.31500 [www.lofoya.com]
## An alloy contains copper and zinc in the Rs 600 Rs 840
ratio of 5 : 3 and another alloy contains Rs 900 Rs 1,200 c
copper and tin in the ratio of 8 : 5. If equal ## Annual income of Amit and Veer are the
amount of both the alloys are melted ratio 3 : 2, while the ratio of their
together, find the weight of tin the resulting expenditure is 5 : 3. If at the end of the year
alloy per 1 kg. each saves Rs. 1000. The annual income of
[www.competoid.com] Amit is = ?
200 grams 240 grams [www.examveda.com]
192 grams 340 grams @@ Rs. 9000 Rs. 8000
Answer: 192 grams Rs. 7000 Rs. 6000 d
## An amount of money is to be distributed ## Annual incomes of Amit and Veer are in the
among P, Q ans R in the ratio of 2 : 7 : 9. ratio 3 : 2, while the ratio of their
The total of P's and Q's share is equal to R's expenditure is 5 : 3. If at the end of the year
share. What is the difference between the each saves Rs. 1,000. The annual income of
shares of P and Q ? Amit is
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] [www.competoid.com]
Rs. 5000 Rs. 7500 Rs. 9,000 Rs. 8,000
Rs. 7,000 Rs. 6,000 @@
Answer: Rs. 6,000 ## At a casino in Mumbai, there are 3 tables A,
7 5 2 B and C. The payoffs at A is 10 : 1, at B is 20
## Arrange the number a = , b = , c = in
10 8 3 : 1 and C is 30 :1. If a man bets Rs. 200 at
descending order = ? each table and win at two of the tables, what
[www.examveda.com] is the maximum and minimum difference
a>b>c a>c>b between his earnings can be ?
b>c>a c>b>a b [www.examveda.com]
7 5 2 Rs. 4000 Rs. 4500
## Arrange the numbers a = , b = , c = in Rs. 2500 Rs. 2000
10 8 3
descending order. None of these a
[www.competoid.com] ## At present, Pia is 6 years older to Ray. The
a>b>c a>c>b respective ratio between the present ages of
b>c>a c>b>a @@ Pia and Mini is 3 : 4. At present Ray is 14
Answer: a > c > b years younger to Mini. What is Ray's
## A's income is Rs. 140 more than B's income present age?
and C's income is Rs. 80 more than D's. If [www.competoid.com]
the ratio of A's and C's income is 2 : 3 and 16 years 20 years
the ratio of B's and D's income is 1 : 2, then 14 years 18 years @@
the incomes of A, B, C and D are Answer: 18 years
respectively. ## 'B' is 3 years older than 'A' and 'B' is also 3
[www.competoid.com] years younger than 'C'. 3 years hence, the
Rs. 60, Rs.120, Rs. 320 and Rs. 240 respective ratio between the ages of A and C
Rs.300, Rs.160, Rs. 600 and Rs. 520 will be 4 : 5. What is the sum of the present
Rs.400, Rs.260, Rs. 600 and Rs. 520 ages of A, B and C?
Rs.320, Rs.180, Rs. 480 and Rs. 360 @@ [www.competoid.com]
Answer: Rs.400, Rs.260, Rs. 600 and Rs. 520 48 years 56 years
## A's income is Rs. 140 more than B's income 63 years 72 years @@
ans C's income is Rs. 80 more than D's Answer: 72 years
income. If the ratio of A's and C's income is ## B is 8 years older than A and 8 years
2 : 3 and the ratio of B's and D's income is 1 younger than C. 12 years hence, respective
: 2, then the incomes of A, B, C and D are ratio of the ages of A and C will be 5 : 9.
respectively = ? What is the sum of present ages of A, B and
[www.examveda.com] C?
Rs. 260, Rs. 120, Rs. 320, Rs. 240 Rs. [www.competoid.com]
300, Rs. 160, Rs. 600, Rs. 520 58 years 46 years
Rs. 400, Rs. 260, Rs. 600, Rs. 520 Rs. 48 years 60 years @@
320, Rs. 180, Rs. 480, Rs. 360 c Answer: 48 years
## As part of a restructuring exercise, a ## B receives 1/10 of the profit of a business as
company reduced its work force by 30%. wages and the rest is divided between B and
However, to motivate the remaining A in proportion of their capitals of Rs.40000
employees, a wage hike was given. The and Rs.50000 respectively. if in a year B
wages, on an average. increased in the ratio receives Rs.5000, then what will be the share
of 25 : 28. If the present wage bill per month of A?
is Rs.4,90,000 what was the wage bill prior to [www.competoid.com]
the downsizing followed by the rise? Rs.8000 Rs.6000
[www.competoid.com] Rs.10000 Rs.5000 @@
Rs.56,25,000 Rs.64,00,000 Answer: Rs.5000
Rs.48,00,750 Rs.36,36,000 @@ ## Between two consecutive years my incomes
Answer: Rs.56,25,000 are in the ratio of 2 : 3 and expenses in the
ratio 5 : 9. If my income in the second year is
Rs. 45000 and my expenses in the first year four pieces with their weight in the ratio 1 : 2
is Rs. 25000 my total savings for the two : 3 : 4. If the loss in the total value of the
years is - diamond was Rs.70,000. the price of the
[www.examveda.com] original diamond was
Nil Rs. 5000 [www.competoid.com]
Rs. 10000 Rs. 15000 b Rs.1,00,000 Rs.1,40,000
## Brindavan Express leave Chennai Central Rs.1,50,000 Rs.1,75,000 @@
Station every day at 07.50 am and goes to Answer: Rs.1,00,000
Bangalore City Railway station. This train is ## Divide 27 into two part so that 5 times the
very popular among the travelers. On 25th first and 11 times the second together equals
July 2012 number of passengers traveling by to 195. Then ratio of the first and Second
I class and II class was in the ratio 1 : 4. The parts is [www.competoid.com]
fare for this travel is in the ratio 3 : 1. The
total fare collected was Rs. 224000. (Rs. Two 3:2 17 : 10
lakhs twenty four thousand only). What was 2:7 5:4 @@
the fare collected from I class passengers on Answer: 17 : 10
that day? ## Divide Rs. 1250 among A, B, C so that A
[www.examveda.com] 2 3
Rs. 32,000 Rs. 96,000 gets of B's share and C gets of A's share,
9 4
Rs. 1,28,000 Rs. 5,00,000 [www.competoid.com]
None of these b Rs. 200, Rs. 800, Rs. 250 Rs. 200, Rs.
## Brothers A and B had some savings in the 900, Rs. 150
ratio 4 : 5. They decided to buy a gift for Rs. 150, Rs. 800, Rs. 300 Rs. 200,
their sister, sharing the cost in the ratio 3 : 4. Rs.900, Rs. 75 @@
After they bought. A spent two-third of his Answer: Rs. 200, Rs. 900, Rs. 150
amount, while B is left with RS. 145. Then, ## Divide Rs. 1350 between A, B, C in the ratio
the value of the gift is 3:5:7
[www.competoid.com] [www.competoid.com]
RS.70 RS.105 Rs.600, 400, 350 Rs 700, 400, 250
RS.140 RS.175 @@ Rs.500, 400, 450 Rs.270, 450, 310 @@
Answer: RS.140 Answer: Rs.270, 450, 310
## By mistake instead of dividing Rs. 117 ## Divide Rs. 671 among A, B and C such that
1 1 1 if their shares be increased by Rs. 3, Rs. 7
among A, B and the ratio : : it was
2 3 4 and Rs. 9 respectively the remainder shall be
divided in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4 .Who gains the in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 .
most and by how much ? [www.examveda.com]
[www.competoid.com] Rs. 110, Rs. 220, Rs. 336 Rs. 112, Rs.
A, Rs. 28 B, Rs. 3 223, Rs. 336
C, Rs. 20 C, Rs. 25 @@ Rs. 105, Rs. 223, Rs. 330 None of these
Answer: C, Rs. 25 b
## By mistake, instead of dividing Rs 117 ## Divide Rs. 7,500 among A, B and C such that
among three persons P, Q and R in the A's share to B's share is in the ratio 5 : 2 and
1  1  1, it was divided in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. B's share to C's share is in the ratio 7 : 13.
2 3 4 how much will B receive ?
Who gains the most and how much? [www.competoid.com]
[www.lofoya.com] Rs. 1,400 Rs. 3,500
P, Rs. 28 Q, Rs. 35 Rs. 2,600 Rs. 7,000 @@
R, Rs. 25 R, Rs. 27 c Answer: Rs. 1,400
## Cast of a diamond varies directly as the ## Divide RS. 990 into 3 parts in such a way
square of its weight. A diamond broke into that half of the first part, one-third of the
second part and one-fifth of the third part The required equation
are equal 2 6456
[www.competoid.com] is x = 3
y
198, 494, 298 198, 297, 495 The required equation
200, 300, 490 196, 298, 496 @@ 3456
2
Answer: 198, 297, 495 is x = 3 @@
y
2 Answer: The required equation
## Divide Rs.1500 In three parts. such that th
5 is x2=3456y3x2=3456y3.
4 2 ## Find the three numbers. They are in the
of the first part th of the second part and
9 3 ratio 2 : 3 : 4 such that the sum of their
of the third part are equal. squares is 1044.
Rs.700, 600, 200 Rs.600, 540, 360 14, 21, 28 16, 25, 34
Rs.500, 400, 600 Rs.650, 550, 400 @@ 12, 18, 24 13, 20, 27 @@
Answer: Rs.600, 540, 360 Answer: 12, 18, 24
## Divide Rs.671 among A, B and C such that if ## Find the value of x.
their shares be increased by Rs.3, Rs.7 and 1 1
Rs.9 respectively, the remainder shall be in Given x : 3 = : 0.13.
4 5
the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. [www.competoid.com]
[www.competoid.com] 7
Rs.110, Rs.220 and Rs.336 Rs.112, 5
4
Rs.223 and Rs.336 10 20 @@
Rs.105, Rs.223 and Rs.330 None of these Answer: 5
@@ ## Find two mean proportionals between 2 and
Answer: Rs.112, Rs.223 and Rs.336 54,
## Divide Rs.7000 between A, B and C in such a [www.competoid.com]
way that A gets 20% more than B and C gets 6 and 18 6 and 12
30% more than B. 12 and 18 6 and 9 @@
[www.competoid.com]
Answer: 6 and 18
Rs.2200, Rs.1800, Rs.3000 Rs.2400,
## Five men, three women and eight boys share
Rs.2000, Rs.2600
Rs.580 among them. Each woman gets twice
Rs.2600, Rs.2400, Rs.2000 Rs.2500, the amount that each boy gets and each man
Rs.2300, Rs.2200 @@
gets as much as a boy and a woman together
Answer: Rs.2400, Rs.2000, Rs.2600 get. How much does each man get?
1 1 2 [www.competoid.com]
## Divide Rs.810 in the ratio. : :
2 3 3 Rs.40 Rs.20
[www.competoid.com] Rs.60 Rs.80 @@
Rs.270, 180, 360 Rs.300, 210, 300 Answer: Rs.60
Rs.250, 250, 310 None of these @@ ## Four numbers are in the ratio 1: 2 :3 :4.
Answer: Rs.270, 180, 360 Their sum is 16. The sum of the first and
## Express 'x' in terms of 'y' if the square of 'x' fourth number is equal to :
varies inversely as the cube of 'y', when x = [www.competoid.com]
4, y = 6. 5 8
The required equation Answer: 8
4456 ## Four years ago, the ratio of the age of A and
is x2 = y3
B was 2 : 3 and after four years it will
The required equation become 5 : 7. Find their present age
2 5356 [www.competoid.com]
is x = y3
36 years and 40 years 32 years and 48 the total number of girls in the college is 100
years 1
and is of the total strength?
40 years and 56 years 36 years and 52 4
years @@ [www.competoid.com]
Answer: 36 years and 52 years 2 5
## Four years ago, the respective ratio between 5 12
the age of Ram and that of Sonu. was 4 : 9. 1
None of these @@
Tina is ten years older than Ram. Tina is ten 5
years younger than Sonu. What is Tina's Answer: None of these
present age? ## Harsha is 40 years old and Ritu is 60 years
[www.competoid.com] old. How many years ago was the ratio of
40 years 36 years their ages is 3 : 5 ?
30 years 20 years @@ [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
Answer: 30 years 10 years 20 years
## Fourth proportional to (a2 - b2), (a2 - ab), 37 years 5 years a
(a3 + b3) is ## How many sides does a regular polygon have
[www.examveda.com] whose interior and exterior angle are in the
(a - b) a4 + b4 ratio 2 : 1 ?
a(a2 - ab + b2) a3 - a2b2 + b2 c [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
## From each of the two given unequal 3 5
numbers. half of the smaller number is 6 12 c
subtracted. Then, of the resulting numbers ## IBM and KTC quote for a tender. On the
the larger one is five times of the smaller one tender opening day, IBM realizes that their
. Then the ratio of the larger to the smaller quotations are in the ratio 7 : 4 and hence
one is decreases its price during negotiations to
[www.competoid.com] make it Rs 1 Lakh lower than KTC's quoted
2:1 3:2 price. KTC realizes that the final quotes of
3:1 1:4 @@ the two were in the ratio 3 : 4. What was the
Answer: 3 : 1 price at which IBM won the bid?
## From each of two given numbers, half the [www.lofoya.com]
smaller number is subtracted. After such Rs 7 Lakh Rs 4 Lakh
subtraction, the larger number is 4 times as Rs 3 Lakh Rs 1.5 Lakh c
large as the smaller number. What is the a+b b+c c+a
## If = = = k, then k is equal to
ratio of the numbers ? c a b
[www.competoid.com] -
5:2 1:4 [www.examveda.com]
4:1 4:5 @@ 0 1
Answer: 5 : 2 2 a+b+c c
## Given that 24 carat gold is pure gold, 18 a b c
3 5 ## If = = , then find a : b : c.
7 9 11
carat gold gold and 20 carat gold is gold,
the ratio of the pure gold in 18 Carat gold to 11 : 9 : 7 9 : 7 : 11
the pure gold in 20 carat gold is 7 : 9 : 11 11 : 7 : 9 @@
[www.competoid.com] Answer: 7:9:11
5 :8 9 : 10 x 3
15 : 24 8:5 ## If = , the ratio of (3x + 3y) and (3y - 2x) is
@@ y 4
Answer: 9 : 10 =?
## Half the girls and one-third of the boys of a [www.examveda.com]
college reside in the hostel. What fractional 2:1 3:2
part of the student body is hostel dwellers if 3:1 1:1 c
3x + 5 2 128 men 134 men b
## If = , then the value of x is
5x – 2 3 ## If 30 men, working 8 hours a day can do a
[www.examveda.com] piece of work in 24 days in how many days
11 19 18 men working 10 hours a day will finish
23 7 b double the work.
a b c 2a – 3b + 5c [www.competoid.com]
## If = = = , then find the 64 32
2 3 5 k
value of k. 48 68 @@
[www.competoid.com] Answer: 64
10 30 1
40 20 ## If 30 oxen can plough th of a field in 2 days,
@@ 7
Answer: 20 how many days 18 oxen will take to do the
x y z 2x – 3y + 5z remaining work?
## If = = = , then the value of k
2 3 4 k [www.examveda.com]
is - 30 days 20 days
[www.examveda.com] 15 days 18 days
12 15 21 days b
16 18 b ## If 378 coins consist of 1 rupee, 50 paise and
1 2 1 25 paise coins, whose values are in the ratio
## If of A = of B = of C, then A : B : C is
2 5 3 of 13 : 11 : 7. The number of 50 paise coins
equal to will be
4:5:6 6:4:5 132 128
5:4:6 4:6:5 @@ 136 133 @@
Answer: 4:5:6 Answer: 132
## If (a + b) : (a – b) = 5 : 3, then find ( a2 + b2) : ## If 3A = 5B and 4B = 6C, then A : C equal to -
( a2 – b2). [www.examveda.com]
17 : 15 25 : 9 4:5 5:2 d
4:1 16 : 1 @@ ## If 3x = 5y = 4z,then x : y : z is equal to
Answer: 17 : 15 [www.competoid.com]
## If (a + b) : (b + c) : (c + a) = 6 : 7 : 8 and (a + 9 : 12 : 16 20 : 12 : 15
b + c) = 14, then the value of c is 15 : 10 : 9 8:5:3 @@
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] Answer: 20 : 12 : 15
6 7 ## If 4 years ago the ratio between the ages of P
8 14 @@ and Q was 5 : 6 and the sum of their ages at
Answer: 6 present is 52, what is the ratio of their
## If (x3 - y3) : (x2 + xy + y2) = 5 : 1 and (x2 - present ages ?
y2) : (x - y) = 7 : 1, then the ratio 2x : 3y [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
equals = ? 5:6 6:7
[www.examveda.com] 7:8 4:5 b
3:2 2:3 ## If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of
4:3 4:1 d another number, what is the ratio of first
## If 20 men or 24 women or 40 boys can do a number to the second number?
job in 12 days working for 8 hours a day, [www.examveda.com] [www.lofoya.com] [www.indiabix.com]
how many men working with 6 women and 2 2:5 3:7
boys take to do a job four times as big 5:3 7:3 c
working for 5 hours a day for 12 days? ## If 5 person together can make 5 mats in 5
[www.competoid.com] [www.lofoya.com] hours, then 10 person in 10 hours will make
120 men 122 men
=? ## If A : B = 1 : 2 , B : C = 3 : 4 , C : D = 6 : 9
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] and D : E = 12 : 16 then A : B : C : D : E is
20 mats 10 mats equal to
15 mats 5 mats a [www.competoid.com]
## If 5.5 of a = 0.65 of b, then a : b is equal to : 1 : 3 : 6 : 12 : 16 2 : 4 : 6 : 9 : 16
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] 3 : 4 : 8 : 12 : 16 3 : 6 : 8 : 12 : 16 @@
13 : 11 11 : 13 Answer: 3 : 6 : 8 : 12 : 16
13 : 110 110 : 13 @@ ## If A : B = 1 : 3, B : C = 5 : 7, C : D = 9 : 7,
Answer: 13 : 110 then A : B : C : D = ?
3 [www.competoid.com]
## If 50% of a certain number is equal to th of 15 : 45 : 63 : 49 15 : 49 : 45 : 63
4
another number, what is the ratio between 45 : 15 : 63 : 49 49 : 15 : 45 : 63 @@
the numbers? Answer: 15 : 45 : 63 : 49
[www.competoid.com] ## If A : B = 2 : 3 and B : C = 4 : 5 then A : B :
3:2 2:5 C is
5:2 3:4 @@ [www.examveda.com]
Answer: 3 : 2 2:3:5 5:4:6
## If 7 boys and 2 men working together can do 8 : 12 : 15 6:4:5 c
three times as much work per hour as a boy ## If A : B = 2 : 3, B : C = 4 : 5 and C : D = 5 : 9
and a man together, what will be the then A : D is equal to:
respective ratio of work done by a boy and a [www.examveda.com]
man for the given time? 11 : 17 8 : 27
[www.competoid.com] 5:9 2:9 b
3:1 1:2 ## If A : B = 3 : 4 and B : C = 6 : 5, then C : A is
1:3 1:4 @@
[www.competoid.com]
Answer: 1 : 4 10 : 9 9 : 10
## If 7 spiders make 7 webs in 7 days, then 1 8:9 9:8 @@
spider will make 1 web in how many days? Answer: 10 : 9
[www.competoid.com] ## If A : B = 3 : 4 and B : C = 8 : 9, then A : B :
7 C is = ?
1
2 [www.examveda.com] [www.examveda.com]
7 49 @@
8:6:9 9:8:6
Answer: 7 6:8:9 3 : 32 : 9 c
## If 8, x and 50 are in continued proportion, ## If A : B = 3 : 4, B : C = 5 : 7 and C : D = 8 : 9
then the value of x is then A : D is equal to ?
30 20 3:7 7:3
5 32 @@
21 : 10 10 : 21 @@
Answer: 20 Answer: 10 : 21
## If a : b : c = 3 : 4 : 7, then the ratio (a + b + c) ## If a : b = 4 : 5, b : c = 5 : 6, and c : d = 6 : 7,
: c is equal to then a : c is:
2:1 14 : 3 5:6 3:4
7:2 1:2 a 2:3 4:5 @@
## If a : b : c = 7 : 3 : 5, then (a + b + c) : (2a + b Answer: 2 : 3
- c) is equal to ## If A : B = 4 : 9 and A : C = 2 : 3 then (A + B)
[www.competoid.com] : (B + C) is
3:4 5:4 @@
15 : 13 10 : 13
Answer: 5 : 4 13 : 10 13 : 15 @@
Answer: 13 : 15 15 12 @@
## If a : b = 7 : 9 and b : c = 5 : 7, then what is a Answer: 12
:c? ## If a carton containing a dozen glass is
[www.competoid.com] dropped, which of the following cannot be
5:9 3:5 the ratio of unbroken glasses to broken
7 : 21 7 : 15 @@ glasses
## If A : B = a : b and B : C = p : q, then A : C 2:1 3:1
is equal to 3:2 7:5 @@
[www.competoid.com] Answer: 3 : 2
aq : bp ab : pq ## If a cone is divided in two parts by drawing a
ap : bq bq : ap @@ plane through mid - point of its axis, then
Answer: ap : bq ratio of the volumes of the 2 parts of the cone
## If A : B = m : n, B : C = p : q and C : D = r : is
s, then D : A is equal to [www.competoid.com]
mps : nqr nps : mqr 1:7 1:8 @@
nqs : mpr mrp : nsq @@ Answer: 1 : 7
Answer: nqs : mpr 1 1
1 1 1 1 ## If A is of B and B is of C, then A : B : C is
## If A : B = : and B : C = : , then A, B, 3 2
2 3 2 3 [www.competoid.com]
C is equal to - 1:3:6 2:3:6
[www.examveda.com] 3:2:6 3:1:2 @@
1:2:6 2:3:3 Answer: 1 : 3 : 6
3:2:6 9:6:4 d ## If a, b, c, d and e are in continued
1 1 a
## If A = B and B = C, then find the value of proportion, then is equal to
4 2 e
A : B : C. [www.competoid.com]
[www.competoid.com] a3 a4
8:4:1 4:2:1 b3 b4
1:4:8 1:2:4 @@ b3 b4
Answer: 1:4:8 a3 a4 @@
2 4 Answer: a4/b4a4/b4
## If A = of B and B = of C, then A : B : C is.
3 5 ## If A:B = 3:4 and B:C = 8:9, then find the
value of A:B:C.
12 : 8: 10 15 : 10 : 8 3:4:5 1:2:3
10 : 15 : 12 8 : 12 : 15 @@ 7:12:17 6:8:9 @@
Answer: 8 : 12 : 15 Answer: 6:8:9
## If A and B are in the ratio 3 : 4, and B and C ## If a:b = 5:6, b:c=6:7 find a:c
in the ratio 12 : 13, then A and C will be in [www.competoid.com]
the ratio 2:5 5:7
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] 3:7 6:9 @@
3 : 13 9 : 13 Answer: 5 : 7
36 : 13 13 : 9 b ## If A:B=2:3, B:C=5:7 and C:D = 3:10, then
## If A and B are in the ratio 4 : 5 and the what is A:D equal to?
difference of their squares is 81, what is the [www.competoid.com]
value of A ? 1:7 2:7
[www.competoid.com] 1:5 5:1 @@
36 445 Answer: 1:7
## If m : n = 3 : 2, then (4m + 5n) : (4m - 5n) is ## If Rs. x are divided between A and B in the
equal to : a c
ratio : then A gets rupees -
b d
4:9 9:4 [www.examveda.com]
11 : 1 9:1 @@
adx adx
Answer: 11 : 1 ab  cd ad  bc
## If m : n = 3 : 2, then (4m + 5n) : (4n - 5n) is abx adx
b
equal to = ? ad  bc ac  bd
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] ## If Rs.1066 are divided among A, B, C and D
4:9 9:4 such that A : B = 3 : 4, B : C = 5 : 6 and C :
11 : 1 9:1 c D = 7 : 5, Who will get the maximum ?
## If N > 1000, what could be the least value of [www.examveda.com]
N? A B
[www.lofoya.com] C D c
1249 1023 ## If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is B and
1202 1246 d the ratio of girls to boys is G, then 3 (B+G) is
## If N 1000, how many biscuits were left after [www.competoid.com]
the fourth man took his share? equal to 3 less than 3
[www.lofoya.com] 1
624 621 more than 3 less than @@
3
252 257 c Answer: more than 3
## If p : q = T : s = t : u = 2 : 3, then (mp + nr + ## If the ratio of the ages of Maya and Chhaya
ot) (mq + ns + ou) is equal to : is 6 : 5 at present, and fifteen years from
[www.competoid.com] now, the ratio will get changed to 9 : 8, then
1:3 1:2 find Maya's present age.
Answer: 2 : 3 24 years 30 years
## If radi of two cylinders are in the ration 3 : 2 18 years 33 years b
and their height in the ratio 4 : 3, then ratio ## If the square of the sum of two numbers is
of their volumes is equal to 4 times of their product, then the
[www.competoid.com] ratio of these numbers is:
3:1 4:1 @@ 2:1 1:3
Answer: 3 : 1 1:1 1:2 @@
## If Rs. 126.50 is divided among A, B and C in Answer: 1 : 1
the ratio of 2 : 5 : 4, the share of B exceeds ## If the sum of two quantities is equal to three
that of A by times of their difference, then the ratio of the
two quantities is
Rs. 36.50 Rs. 35.50 [www.competoid.com]
Rs. 34.50 Rs. 33.50 @@ 1:3 3:1
Answer: Rs. 34.50 2:1 2:3 @@
## If Rs. 782 be divided into three parts, Answer: 2 : 1
1 2 3 ## If the three numbers in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5 be
proportional to : : then the first part is: such that the sum of the squares is equal to
2 3 4
[www.examveda.com] [www.indiabix.com] [www.lofoya.com] 1862 then which number is the middle one.
Rs. 182 Rs. 190 [www.competoid.com]
Rs. 196 Rs. 204 d 16 14
13 15 @@
Answer: 14
## If there is a reduction in the number of 7 7
workers in a factory in the ratio 15 : 11 and 25 23
an increment in their wages in the ratio 22 : 7 7
25, then the ratio by which the total wage of 29 17 @@
the workers should be decreased is Answer: 729729

[www.competoid.com] ## If x : y = 3 : 4, then the value of (4x - y) : (2x
6:5 5:6 + 3y) is = ?
Answer: 6 : 5 4:9 8:9
## If two - third of A is four-fifth of B, then A : 4:3 8:3 a
B=? ## If x : y = 3 : 5 and x - y = -2, then the value of
[www.competoid.com] x + y is
10 : 9 9 : 10 @@ 8 2
Answer: 6 : 5 3 5 @@
## If two spheres have their radii in the ratio 2 Answer: 8
:3, then ratio of their volumes is ## If x : y = 7 : 5, then what is the value of (5x –
[www.competoid.com] 2y) : (3x + 2y) ?
8 : 27 4:9 [www.competoid.com]
6 : 12 1 : 15 @@ 5 6
Answer: 8 : 27 4 5
## If two times A is equal to three times of B 25 31
and also equal to four times of C, then A : B 31 42 @@
: C is Answer: 25 /31
1 1
2:3:4 3:4:2 ## If x = y and y = z, then x : y : z is equal to
3 2
4:6:3 6:4:3 d
=?
## If two times of A is equal to three times of B [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
and also equal to four times of C, then A : B 3:2:1 1:2:6
: C is 1:3:6 2:4:6 c
[www.competoid.com]
## If x runs scored by A, y runs by B and z runs
2:3:4 3:4:2
by C, then x : y = y : z = 3 : 2. If total
4:6:3 6:4:3 @@
number of runs scored by A, B and C is 342,
Answer: 6 : 4 : 3 the runs scored by each would be
## If x : y = 2 : 3 and 2 : x = 1 : 2 the value of 'y' respectively = ?
is: [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
[www.competoid.com]
144, 96, 64 162, 108, 72
4 6
180, 120, 80 180, 120, 80
8 None of these @@
189, 126, 84 b
Answer: 6
## If x varies as y then x2 + y2 varies as
## If x : y = 3 : 4 , then the value of (4x - y) : (2x [www.examveda.com]
+ 3y) is x+y x-y
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x2 - y2 x3 - y3
4:9 8:9
None of these
4:3 8:3 @@
x 3
Answer: 4 : 9 ## If = , the ratio of (2x + 3y) and (3y - 2x) is
y 4
5x – 2y
## If x : y = 3 : 4 ,then the value of = :
7x + 2y
[www.competoid.com]
[www.competoid.com]
2:1 3:2
3:1 1:1 @@
Answer: 3 : 1 3+3 1– 3
3x + 5 2
## If = , then the value of x is 1+ 3 3–3 a
5x – 2 3
## If (x3 – y3) : (x2 + xy + y2) = 5 : 1 and (x2 – y2)
[www.competoid.com]
: (x – y) = 7 : 1, then the ratio 2x : 3y equals
23 7 @@ 3:2 2:3
Answer: 19 4:3 4:1 @@
a c e Answer: 4 : 1
## If = = , then each of them is equal to = ?
b d f ## In 2 kg mixture of copper and aluminium,
30% is copper. How much aluminium
a + 3c + 5e 3a + 3c – 5e
powder should be added to the mixture so
b+d–f b + 3d – f
that the quantity of copper becomes 20%?
a+c–e a + 3c – 5c [www.competoid.com]
d
b + d – 5f b + 3d – 5f 900 gms 800 gms
a b c b3 + c3 + d3 1000 gms 1200 gms @@
## If = = , then will be equal
b c d a3 + b3 + c3 Answer: 1000 gms
to - ## In 80 litres mixture of milk and water the
[www.examveda.com] ratio of amount of milk to that of amount of
a b water is 7 : 3. In order to make this ratio 2 :
b c 1, how many litres of water should be added
c d ?
d
d a [www.competoid.com]
y y+x x 5 6
## If = = , then find x : y : z.
x–z z y 8 4 @@
1:2:3 3:2:1 ## In a 45 litres mixture of milk and water, the
4:2:3 2:4:7 @@ ratio of the milk to water is 2 : 1. When some
Answer: 4 : 2 : 3 quantity of water is added to the mixture,
a+b–c c+a–b b+c–a this ratio becomes 1 : 2. The quantity of
## If = = , then what
c b a water added is
is the value of each ratio? [www.competoid.com]
[www.competoid.com] 10 litres 21 litres
1 2 35 litres 45 litres @@
3 5 @@ Answer: 45 litres
Answer: 1 ## In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p
a c 3a + 4c in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in
## If = = 5, then equals to:
b d 3b + 4d all, how many 5 p coins are there?
[www.competoid.com] [www.indiabix.com] [www.examveda.com]
5 20 50 100
60 15 @@ 150 200 c
Answer: 5 ## In a certain school, the ratio of boys to girls
2 is 7 : 5. If there are 2400 students in the
## If of A=75% of B = 0.6 of C, then A : B : C school, then how many girls are there in the
3
is school?
2:3:3 3:4:5 500 700
4:5:6 9 : 8 : 10 d 800 1000 @@
## If 2 : (1 + 3 ) :: 6 : x, then x is equal to - Answer: 1000

[www.examveda.com] ## In a class of students, if 1 5 girls are taken
out the ratio of the boys and girls becomes
2:1 . Later, it 40 boys are taken out then the 2 : 5. If the total collection from selling the
ratio of the boys and girls becomes 2:5. What tickets is Rs. 2.5 crores. Find the total
is the number of girls present in the class ? number of tickets sold?
36 24 5000 4800
40 20 @@ 50000 52000 @@
Answer: 40 Answer: 50000
## In a class, the number of boys and girls is in ## In a factory the salary of each worker is
the ratio of 4 : 5. If 10 more boys join the increased in the ratio 22 : 25 but the number
class, the ratio of numbers of boys and girls 2
of workers is decreased by 26 . The net
becomes 6 : 5. How many girls are there in 3
the class? effect on the salary is:
20 30 2 1
16 decrease 11 decrease
25 Couldn't be 3 9
determined @@ 10% decrease 20% increase @@
Answer: 25 Answer: 16231623 decrease
## In a college the number of students studying ## In a glass, milk and water are mixed in the
Arts, Commerce and Science are in the ratio ratio 3 : 5 and in another glass they are
of 3 : 5 : 8 respectively. If the number of mixed in the ratio 6 : 1. In what ratio should
students studying Arts, Commerce and the contents of the two glasses be mixed
Science is increased by 20%, 40% and 25% together so that the new mixture contains
respectively, what will be the new ratio of milk and water in the ration 1 : 1 ?
students in Arts,Commerce and Science [www.competoid.com]
respectively? 20 : 7 8:3
[www.competoid.com] 27 : 4 25 : 9 @@
18 : 35 : 50 3 : 10 : 10 Answer: 20 : 7
4:8:5 32 : 35 : 25 @@ ## In a house, there are dogs, cats and parrot in
Answer: 18 : 35 : 50 the ratio 3 : 7 : 5. If the number of cats was
## In a college union, there are 48 students. The more than the number of dogs by a multiple
ratio of the number of boys to the number of of both 9 and 7, what is the minimum of pets
girls is 5 : 3. The number of girls to be added in the house?
in the union, so that the number of boys to [www.lofoya.com]
girls in 6 : 5 is = ? 945 630
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] 252 238 a
6 7 ## In a mixture of 25 litres the ratio of acid to
12 17 b water is 4 : 1. Another 3 litres of water of
## In a college, the ratio of boys to girls is 31 : water is added to the mixture. The ratio of
23 respectively. When 75 more girls join the acid to water in the new mixture is = ?
college, this ratio becomes 124 : 107. How [www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com]
many more girls should join the college to 5:2 2:5
make the number of boys and girls equal? 3:5 5:3 a
[www.competoid.com] ## In a mixture of 35 litres, the ratio of milk
75 90 and water is 4 : 1. Another 7 litres of water is
60 85 @@ added to the mixture. Find the ratio of milk
Answer: 85 and water in the resulting mixture.
## In a cricket match there are three types of [www.competoid.com]
tickets say A, B and C each costing Rs. 1000, 3:2 2:1
Rs. 500 and Rs. 200 respectively. The ratio of 4:3 5:1 @@
three ticket sold of category A, B and C is 3 : Answer: 2 : 1
## in a mixture of 54 litres, the ratio of milk and 21 28 c
water is 2 : 1. If the ratio of milk and water ## In a school having roll strength 286, the ratio
is to be 1 : 2 then the amount of water to be of boys and girls is 8 : 5. If 22 more girls get
further added is admitted into the school, the ratio of boys
[www.competoid.com] and girls becomes
54 litres 60 litres [www.examveda.com]
76 litres 58 litres @@ 12 : 7 10 : 7
Answer: 54 litres 8:7 4:3 d
## In a pocket of A, the ratio of Rs.1 coins, 50p ## In a school if there were 1554 students and
coins and 25p coins can be expressed by the ratio of the number of boys and girls was
three consecutive odd prime numbers that 4 : 3. After few days, 30 girls joined the
are in ascending order. The total value of school but few boys left; as a result the ratio
coins in the bag is Rs 58. If the number of of the boys and girls became 7 : 6. The
Rs.1, 50p, 25p coins are reversed, find the number of boys who left the school is
new total value of coins in the pocket of A? [www.competoid.com]
[www.lofoya.com] 76 84
Rs 68 Rs 43 86 74 @@
Rs 75 Rs 82 d Answer: 76
## In a proportion the multiplication of 1st and ## In a school the number of boys and that of
4th term is 40 and that of 2nd and 3rd term the girls are in the respective ratio of 2 : 3. If
is 2.5x, then the value of x is the number of boys is increased by 20% and
[www.competoid.com] that of girls is increased by 10%, what will
16 36 be the new ratio of number of boys to that of
75 90 @@ the girls?
Answer: 16 [www.competoid.com]
## In a proportion the product of 1st and 14 : 5 5:8
4th terms is 40 and that of 2nd and 13 : 4 None of these @@
3rd terms is 2.5x. Then the value of x is. Answer: None of these
[www.examveda.com] ## In a school, the ratio of boys to girls is 4 : 3
16 26 and the ratio of girls, to teachers is 8: 1. The
75 90 a ratio of students to teachers is :
## In a ratio which is equal to 5 : 8. If the [www.competoid.com]
antecedent is 40, then the consequent is: 56 : 3 55 : 1
[www.competoid.com] 49 : 3 56 : 1 @@
25 64 Answer: 56 : 3
48 None of these @@ ## In a test, a candidate secured 336 marks out
Answer: 64 of maximum marks 'x'. If the maximum
## In a ratio, which equals. to 6:7. If the marks 'x' were converted into 400 marks, he
antecedent is 42, what is the consequent? would have secured 192 marks. What were
[www.competoid.com] the maximum marks of the test?
56 63 @@ 700 750
Answer: 63 500 650 @@
## In a regiment the ratio between the number Answer: 700
of officers to soldiers was 3 : 31 before. In a ## In a town, 80 % of the population are adults
battle 6 officers and 22 soldiers were killed of which the men and women are in the ratio
and the ratio become 1 : 13, the regiment of 9 : 7, respectively. If the number of adult
before battle was = ? women is 4.2 lakh, what is the total
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] population of the town?
12 lakh 9.6 lakh ## In two types of stainless steel the ratio of
9.8 lakh 11.6 lakh @@ chromium and steel are 2 : 11 and 5 : 21
Answer: 12 lakh respectively. In what proportion should the
## In an examination, a candidate scored marks two types be mixed so that the ratio of
in each of the five subjects in the ratio 4 : 5 : chromium to steel in the mixed type becomes
6 : 7 : 8 and got an aggregate of 72%. In 7 : 32 = ?
order to pass, if a candidate has to score [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
50% of the maximum marks in each subject 2:3 3:4
and the maximum marks for all of the 1:2 1:3 c
subjects are the same, then in how many ## In what respective ratio two varieties of rice
subjects did the candidate fail? costing Rs.36 per kg and Rs.60 per kg be
[www.competoid.com] mixed: so that by selling the mixture for
Four subjets. Three subjects. Rs.54 per kg 20% profit is earned?
Two subjects. One subject. @@
[www.competoid.com]
Answer: One subject. 3:2 7:5
## In an examination, the number of those who 5:3 5:2 @@
passed and the number of those who failed Answer: 5 : 3
were in the ratio 25 : 4. If five more had ## Income of A and B are in the ratio 4 : 3 and
appeared and the number of failures was 2 their annual expenses are in the ratio 3 : 2. If
less than earlier, the ratio of passers to each save Rs. 60000 at the end of the year,
failures would have been 22 : 3. Total the annual income of A is = ?
number who appeared at the examination is [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
[www.competoid.com] Rs. 120000 Rs. 150000
145 150 Rs. 240000 Rs. 360000 c
155 1180 @@
## Income of two companies A and B are in the
Answer: 150 ratio of 5 : 8. Had the income of company 'A'
## In the previous question, what is the sum of been more by Rs.25 lakhs, the ratio of their
the number of biscuits hidden by the last 2 income would have been 5 : 4 respectively.
men? What is the income of company 'B'?
142 144 Rs.80 lakhs Rs.50 lakhs
180 178 b Rs.40 lakhs Rs.60 lakhs @@
## In two alloys A and B the ratio of Zinc and Answer: Rs.40 lakhs
Tin is 5 : 2 and 3 : 4 respectively. 7 kg of the ## It takes 60 hours for 6 machine to print a
alloy A and 21 kg of the alloy B are mixed job. In how many hours 15 machine will
together to form a new alloy. What will be print the same job?
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the ratio of Zinc and Tin tin the new alloy ?
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] 30 15
2:1 1:2 24 40 @@
2:3 1:1 d Answer: 24
## In two types of brass, the ratio of Copper to 2
## Joe's present age is th of his father's resent
zinc are 8 : 3 and 15 : 7 respectively. If the 7
two types of brass be melted and mixed in age. Joe's brother is 3 years older tan Joe.
the ratio 5 : 2 a new type of brass is The respective ratio between present ages of
obtained. The ratio of copper to zinc in this Joe's father and Joe's brother is 14 : 5. What
new type of brass is is Joe's present age?
3:2 2:3 6 years 15 years
3:4 5:2 @@ 12 years 18 years @@
Answer: 5 : 2 Answer: 12 years
## Joseph bought two varieties of rice, costing 5 Rs.2000 Rs.1300
cents per ounce and 6 cents per ounce each, Rs.1500 Rs.2600 @@
and mixed them in some ratio. Then he sold Answer: Rs.1300
the mixture at 7 cents per ounce, making a 1
profit of 20 percent. What was the ratio of ## Monthly salary of Dex is th of his father's
4
the mixture? monthly salary. Dex's sister's monthly salary
[www.lofoya.com] 2
1 : 10 1:5 is th of their father's monthly salary. Dex's
5
2:7 3:8 b 1
## lf x : y = 4 : 5, then (3x + y) : (5x + 3y) = sister pays Rs.12,800, which is th of her
4
[www.competoid.com]
3:5 5:3 monthly salary as study loan. Savings and
17 : 35 35 : 17 expenses made out of the monthly salary by
@@
Answer: 17 : 35 Dex is in th respective ratio 3 : 5.How much
does Dex save each month?
## ln a fort ration for 2400 people was sufficient [www.competoid.com]
for 60 days. After 16 days a few more people Rs.12,000 Rs.10,600
came and ration lasted for only 32 days. How Rs.10,400 Rs.12,600 @@
many new comers are there?
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Answer: Rs.12,000
1900 1400 ## Mr. Pandit owned 950 gold coins all of which
900 1200 he distributed amongst his three daughters
@@
Answer: 900 Lalita, Amita and Neeta. Lalita gave 25 gold
## Manish, Rahul and Bharti have some stones coins to her husband, Amita donated 15 gold
coins and Neeta made jewellery out of 30
with each of the. Five times the number of
gold coins. The new respective ratio of the
stones with Rahul equals seven times the
coins left with them was 20 : 73 : 83. How
number of stones with Manish while five
many gold coins did Amita receive from Mr.
times the number of stones with Manish
Pandit?
equals seven times the number of stones with [www.competoid.com]
Bharti. What is the minimum number of 380 415
stones that can be there with all three of 400 350 @@
them put together?
[www.lofoya.com]
Answer: 380
113 109 ## Mr. X invested a certain amount in Debit
93 97 b
and Equity funds in the ratio of 4 : 5
respectively. At the end of one year, he
## Marks of two candidates p and Q are in the
earned a total dividend of 30% on his
ratio 2 : 5 if the marks of P are 120, marks of
investment. After one year he reinvested the
Q are
[www.competoid.com] amount including dividend in the ratio of 6 :
120 240 7 in Debit and Equity Funds. If the amount
300 360 reinvested in Equity Funds was Rs.94,500,
@@
Answer: 300 what was the original amount invested in
## Martin, Michael, Lawrence and Joseph Equity Funds?
[www.competoid.com]
bought a used car for Rs.6000. Martin paid
Rs.75,000 Rs.81,007
one half of the sum of the amount paid by
Rs.60,000 Rs.65,007 @@
the other boys, Michael paid one third of the
Answer: Rs.75,000
sum of the amount paid by the other boys;
## Number of students in Arts and Science
and Lawrence paid one fourth of the sum of
faculties in an institute are in the ratio of 5 :
the amount paid by the other boys. How
8 respectively. lf 150 more students join Arts
much did Joseph pay?
[www.competoid.com] faculty while 80 more students join Science
faculty, the respective ratio becomes 3 : 4. angles of the quadrilateral are in ratio 4 : 11
Originally what was the total number of : 9 respectively. What is the sum of the
students in both faculties together? largest and the smallest angles of the
[www.competoid.com] quadrilateral?
1150 None of these @@ 255 260
Answer: None of these 265 270 @@
## Number of students in institutes A and B Answer: 260∘260∘
were in the ratio of 7 : 15 respectively in ## One of the angles of a triangle is two-third of
2012. In 2013, the number of students in sum of adjacent angles of parallelogram.
institute A increased by 25% and number of Remaining angles of the triangle are in ratio
students in institutes B increased by 26%, 5 : 7 respectively. What is the value of
then what was the respective ratio between second largest angle of the triangle?
number of students in institutes A and B? [www.competoid.com]
[www.examveda.com] 25 40
25 : 56 24 : 55 35 Cannot be determined
24 : 53 25 : 53 @@
25 : 54 Answer: 35∘35∘
## On a certain day, the ratio of the passenger ## One year ago, the ratio between A's and B's
in the 1st class and the second class salary was 4 : 5. The ratio of their individual
travelling by train is 1 : 3. the ratio of the salaries of last year and present year are 3 :
fares collected from each first class and 5 and 2 : 3 respectively. If their total salaries
second class passengers is 30 : 1. If the total for the present year is Rs 6800, the present
amount collected from all the passengers is salary of A is
Rs 1,320. Find the amount in Rs, collected [www.lofoya.com]
from the second class passengers. Rs 4080 Rs 3200
[www.lofoya.com] Rs 4533.40 Rs 2720 b
240 360 ## One year ago, the ratio between Nicholas'
480 120 d and Stephanie's wages was 3: 4. The ratio of
## On mixing two classes A and B of students their individual wages between last year and
having average marks 25 and 40 this year are 4:5 and 2: 3 respectively. At
respectively. The over all average obtained is present, the sum of their wages is Rs.4160.
30. Find the ratio of the students in the class What is the present wage of Nicholas?
A and B. [www.competoid.com]
[www.competoid.com] Rs.1200 Rs.1600
2:1 5:8 Rs.1800 Rs.2200 @@
5:6 3:4 @@ Answer: Rs.1600
Answer: 2 : 1 ## One-half of a certain number is equal to
## One - fourth of sixty percent of a number is 65% of the 2nd number.Find the ratio of 1st
equal to two - fifths of twenty percent of to 2nd number.
another number. What is the respective ratio [www.competoid.com]
of the first number to the second number ? 10 : 13 8 : 13
[www.examveda.com] 13 : 8 13 : 10 @@
4:7 5:9 Answer: 13 : 10
8 : 13 Cannot be determine ## Out of 120 applications for a post, 70 are
None of these males and 80 have a driver license. What is
## One of the angles of a quadrilateral is thrice the ratio of between the minimum to
the smaller angle of a parallelogram. The maximum number of males having driver's
respective ratio between the adjacent angles license.
of the parallelogram is 4:5. Remaining three [www.competoid.com]
1:2 2:3 Answer: 35 years
3:7 5:7 @@ ## Present age of Ram is equal to Shyam's age 8
Answer: 3 : 7 years ago. 6 years hence, the respective ratio
x2 – 36 x+6 P between Shyam's age and Ram's age will be
## P = 2 and Q = , then the value of 6 : 5 at that time. What is Ram's present
x – 49 x–7 Q
is age?
x–6 x–6 40 years 24 years
x–7 x+7 28 years 34 years @@
x–7 x+6 Answer: 34 years
x+6 x–7 @@ ## Present age of Seema and Naresh are in the
Answer: x−6x−7x−6x−7 respective ratio of 5:7. Five years hence the
## P, Q and R enter into a partnership with ratio of their age becomes 3 : 4 respectively.
capitals in the ratio 3 : 2 : 1. After 4 months, What is Naresh's present age (in years)?
[www.competoid.com]
P leaves the business and after 4 more
25 40
months Q also leaves the business and R
continues till the end of the year. If R takes 30 None of these @@
10 of the profit for managing the business, Answer: None of these

then what part of the profit does R get? ## Present ages of A and B are in the ratio 5 : 6
[www.lofoya.com] respectively. After seven years this ratio
37% 36% becomes 6 : 7. Then the present age of A in
27% 30% a years is = ?
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## Points A and B are both in the line segment
35 years 33 years
PQ and on the same side of its midpoint. A
divides PQ in the ratio 2 : 3, and B divides 32 years 30 years a
PQ in the ratio 3 : 4. If AB = 2, then the ## Production of company A is 120% of the
length of PQ is: production of company B and 80% of the
[www.lofoya.com] production of company C. What is the ratio
70 75 between the productions of companies A, B
80 85 a and C respectively?
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## Poorvi's age 8 years ago is equal to the sum
6:5:9 6:5:4
of present ages of her son and her daughter.
5 years hence, the ratio between her 12 : 10 : 15 10 : 12 : 15 @@
daughter's age and her son's age will be 7 : 6 Answer: 12 : 10 : 15

respectively. Poorvi's husband is 7 years ## Radha's present age is three years less than
elder than her. His husband's present age is twice her age 12 years ago. Also the
thrice the present age of his son. What is respective ratio between Raj's present age
their daughter's present age? and Radha's present age is 4 : 9. What will
[www.competoid.com] be Raj's age after 5 years?
23 years 24 years [www.competoid.com]
28 years 25 years 12 years 7 years
@@
Answer: 23 years 21 years None of these @@
## Present age of Amit and his father are in the Answer: None of these
ratio of 2 : 5 respectively. Four years hence ## Ram got twice as many marks in English as
the ratio of their age becomes 5 : 11 in Science. His total mark in English, Science
respectively. What was father's age five and Math are 180. If the ratio of his marks
years ago? in English and Maths is 2 : 3, what is the
[www.competoid.com] marks in Science = ?
40 years 45 years [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
30 years 35 years 30 60
@@
72 90 a double in number than 1 rupee coins. Value
## Ratio of A's age to B's age is 4 : 3. 'A' will be of 50 paisa coins and 1 rupee coins is Rs.26.
26 years old after 6 years. The age of B now How many 2 rupee coins does he have?
is = ? [www.competoid.com]
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] 4 2
11 years 21 years 7 Cannot be determined
22 years 15 years d @@
## Ratio of Rams and Komars age is 3 : 5 Answer: 7
respectively. Ratio of Komal's and Pooja's ## Rs 4830 is divided among Abhishek, Dishant
age is 2 : 3 respectively. If Rani is two-fifth of and Prashant such that if Abhishek's share
Pooja's age. what is Rani's age? diminishes by Rs 5, Dishant's share
[www.competoid.com] diminishes by Rs 10 and Prashant's share
10 years 15 years diminishes by Rs 15, their shares will be in
24 years Cannot be determined the ratio 5 : 4 : 3. Find the Dishant's original
@@ share
Answer: Cannot be determined [www.lofoya.com]
## Ratio of the earnings of A and B is 4 : 7 1610 2010
respectively. If the earnings of A increase by 2410 1590 a
50% and the earnings of B decrease by 25% ## Rs 5625 is divided among A,B and C so that
the new ratio of their earnings becomes 8 : 7 A may received 1 / 2 as much as B and C
respectively. What are A's earnings? together receive and B received 1 / 4 of what
[www.competoid.com] A and C together receive. The share of A is
Rs.26,000 Rs.28,000 more than that of B by
Rs.21,000 Data inadequate @@ [www.competoid.com]
Answer: Data inadequate Rs. 750 Rs. 775
2 Rs. 1500 Rs. 1600 @@
## rd of a property is Rs.960. How much will Answer: Rs. 750
3
3 ## Rs. 1087 is divided among A, B and C such
be of that property? that if Rs. 10, Rs. 12 and Rs. 15 are
4
[www.competoid.com] diminished from the shares of A, B and
Rs.1080 Rs.1440 respectively, the remainders will be in the
Rs.1040 Rs. 960 @@ ratio of 5, 7 and 9. What is the share of B ?
Answer: Rs.1080 [www.examveda.com]
## Respective ratio between total number of Rs. 260 Rs. 355
students studying in College A and College B Rs. 362 Rs. 465 c
is 5 : 8. In College B. out of the total number ## Rs. 16000 are to be distributed between B
5 and A such that B gets Rs 4000 less than A
of students, th are boys, out of which 60% The ratio of the amount received by A to
8
study Commerce and the remaining 800 that received by B is
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boys study in other streams. What is the
3:5 5:3
total number of students in College A?
[www.competoid.com] 6:1 1:3 @@
1500 2500 Answer: 5 : 3
1200 2000 @@
## Rs. 1740 is divided among A, B and C such
Answer: 2000 that 0.5 of A = 0.6 of B = 0.75 of C. Then C
## Rohit has some 50 paisa coins, some 2 rupee will get = ?
coins, some 1 rupee coins and some 5 rupee
Rs. 580 Rs. 696
coins. The value of all the coins is Rs.50.
Rs. 348 Rs. 464 d
Number of 2 rupee coins is 5 more than that
of the 5 rupee coins, 50 paisa coins are
## Rs. 180 contained in a box consists of one Answer: Rs. 72
rupee , 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ## Rs. 600 are divided among A, B, C so that
ratio 2 : 3 : 4. What is the number of 50 paise 2
coins ? Rs. 40 more than of A's share, Rs. 20 more
5
60 120 than of B's share and Rs. 10 more than
7 17
150 180 @@ of C's share may all be equal. What is A's
Answer: 120 share ?
## Rs. 2010 are to be divided among A, B, C in [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
such a way that if A gets Rs. 5, then B must Rs. 150 Rs. 170
get Rs. 12 and if B gets Rs. 4, then C must Rs. 200 Rs. 280 a
get Rs. 5.50. The share of C will exceed that ## Rs. 730 were divided among A,B,C in such a
of B by - way that if A gets Rs. 3 then B gets Rs. 4 and
[www.examveda.com] If B gets Rs. 3.5 then C gets Rs. 3. The share
Rs. 270 Rs. 360 of B exceeds that of C by = ?
Rs. 430 Rs. 620 a [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
## Rs. 2420 were divided among A, B, C, so that Rs. 30 Rs. 40
A : B = 5 : 4 and B : C = 9 : 10 then C gets Rs. 70 Rs. 210 b
[www.competoid.com] ## Rs. 738 is divided among A, B, C so that
680 800 their shares are in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4. B's
900 950 @@ Share is Rs. 738
Answer: 800 [www.competoid.com]
## Rs. 3,000 is divided between A, B and C so Rs. 328 Rs. 246
1 Rs. 264 Rs. 164 @@
that A receives as much as B and C
3 Answer: Rs. 246
2 ## Rs. 900 is divided among A, B, C the division
together receive and B receives as much as
3 1 1
is such that of A's money = of B's money
A and C together receive. Then the share of 2 3
C is 1
[www.competoid.com] = of C's money. Find the amount ( in
4
Rs. 600 Rs. 525 rupees) received by A, B, C = ?
Rs. 1625 Rs. 1050 @@ [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
Answer: Rs. 1050 300, 400, 100 350, 450, 100
## Rs. 3400 is divided among A, B, C, D in such 200, 300, 400 400, 150, 350 c
a way that the share of A and B, B and C, C ## Rs.432 is divided amongst three workers A,
and D may be as 2 : 3, 4 : 3 and 2 : 3 B and C such that 8 times A's share is equal
respectively. The sum of shares of B and D to 12 times B's share which is equal to 6
is. times C's share. How much did each of them
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Rs. 2040 Rs. 1680 [www.competoid.com] [www.lofoya.com]
Rs. 2000 Rs. 1720 @@ Rs.90, Rs.60 and Rs.120
Answer: Rs. 2040 Rs.144, Rs.96 and
## Rs. 555 was to be divided among A, B and C Rs.192
1 1 1 Rs.150, Rs.100 and
in the ratio of : : . But by mistake it was
4 5 6 Rs.200
divided in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6. The amount in Rs.120, Rs.80 and
excess received by C was Rs.160 @@
[www.competoid.com] Answer: Rs.144, Rs.96 and Rs.192
Rs. 72 Rs. 75 ## Rs.624 has been divided among A, B, C in
Rs. 22 Rs. 52 @@ such a way that if their shares be diminished
by Rs. 7, Rs. 8 and Rs. 9 respectively, the Rs.238 Rs.204
remainders are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. Then Rs.192 Rs.215 @@
A's share is Answer: Rs.238
[www.competoid.com] ## Shyam, Gopal and Madhur are three
Rs. 170 Rs.117 partners in a business. Their capitals are
Rs.71 Rs.107 @@ respectively Rs 4,000, Rs 8,000 and Rs 6,000.
Answer: Rs.107 Shyam gets 20% of total profit for managing
## Salaries of A, B and C are in the ratio of 2 : 3 the business. The remaining profit is divided
: 5 respectively. If their salaries were among the three in the ratio of their capitals.
increased by 15%, 10% and 20% At the end of the year, the profit of Shyam is
respectively what will be the new respective Rs 2200 less than the sum of the profit of
ratio of their salaries? Gopal and Madhur. profit, Madhur will get?
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3 : 3 : 10 23 : 33 : 60 Rs 1600 Rs 2400
10 : ll : 20 Can't be determined Rs 3000 Rs 5000 b
@@ ## Smallest angle of a triangle is equal to two-
Answer: 23 : 33 : 60 third of the smallest angle of a quadrilateral.
## Salaries of A. B and C were in the ratio 3 : 5 The ratio between the angles of the
: 7, respectively. If their salaries were quadrilateral is 3 : 4 : 5 : 6. Largest angle of
increased by 50%, 60% and 50% the triangle is twice its smallest angle. What
respectively. what will be the new ratio of the is the sum of second largest angle of the
their respective salaries? triangle and largest angle of the
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quadrilateral?
4:5:7 3:6:7 [www.competoid.com]
4 : 15 : 18 9 : 16 : 21 @@ 160 180
Answer: 9 : 16 : 21 190 170 @@
## Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2 Answer: 180∘180∘
: 3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs. x2 + 7x – 4 x2 + 12x – 7
4000, the new ratio becomes 40 : 57. What is ## Solve for x, if =
7x – 4 12x – 7
Sumit's salary? [www.competoid.com]
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4 6
Rs. 17,000 Rs. 20,000
5 5
Rs. 25,500 Rs. 38,000 d
9 3
## Samartha is five times as old as his daughter @@
5 5
Trisha and Samartha's wife Phalguni's age is
Answer: 3535
26 years more than that of Trisha. The
## Stephen a cross country rider, drives a
difference between thrice the age of Samarth
certain distance in 30 days resting for 8
ten years ago and twice the age of Phalguni
hours each day. How long will Stephen take
ten years ago was 42 years. What will be the
respective ratio of Phalguni's age 12 years to cover thrice the distance at twice the
speed resting each day, one and half times as
hence and Samartha's age 12 years hence?
[www.competoid.com] he does now?
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23 : 26 24 : 29
60 Days 56 Days
19 : 23 21 : 25 @@
48 Days 72 Days @@
Answer: 23 : 26
Answer: 60 Days
## Samira. Mahira and Kiara rented a set of
## The age of A and B are 12 years and 18 years
DVDs at a rent of Rs.578. If they used it for 8
respectively then the ratio between them 12 :
hours, 12 hours and 14 hours respectively,
18 = 2 : 3
what is Kiara's share of rent to be paid? [www.competoid.com]
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2:3 3:5
4:7 2:5 @@ rates?
## The age of Melwyn and Louis are in the ratio Rs.1400 Rs.1000
of 7 : 10 respectively. After 6 years the ratio Rs.1600 Rs.1200 @@
of their age will be 17 : 23. What is the Answer: Rs.1200
difference in their age? ## The angles of a quadrilateral are in ratio of 3
[www.competoid.com] : 5 : 9 : 7. The second largest angle of the
8 years 4 years quadrilateral is equal to the largest angle of
12 years 10 years @@ a triangle. One of the angles of the triangle
Answer: 12 years is 25. What is the value-of second largest
## The age of Samir and Tanuj are in the ratio angle of the triangle?
of 8 : 15 years respectively. After 9 years the [www.competoid.com]
ratio of their age will be 11 : 18. What is the 60 50
difference (in years) between their age? 40 20 @@
[www.competoid.com] Answer: 50∘50∘
24 years 20 years ## The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio
33 years 21 years @@ 7 : 9 : 11 : 3. The largest angle of a triangle is
Answer: 21 years equal to the third largest angle of the
## The age of Sonal and Nitya are in the ratio of quadrilateral. The remaining two angles of
9 : 5 respectively. After 8 years the ratio of the triangle are equal. What are the smaller
their age will be 13 : 9. What is the angle of triangle and the second largest angle
difference (in years) between their age? of quadrilateral?
4 years 12 years 48, 108 46, 132
6 years 8 years @@ 48, 132 52, 108 @@
Answer: 8 years Answer: 48∘, 108∘48∘, 108∘
## The age of Sulekha and Arunima are in the ## The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio
ratio of 9 : 8 respectively. After 5 years the of 2 : 4 : 7 : 5. The smallest angle of the
ratio of their age will be 10 : 9. What is the quadrilateral is equal to the smallest angle of
difference (in years) between their age? a triangle. One of the angles of the triangle is
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twice the smallest angle of the triangle. What
4 years 5 years
is the second largest angle of the triangle?
6 years None of these @@ [www.competoid.com]
Answer: 5 years 80 60
## The age or Khushi and Jagriti are in the 120 Cannot be determined
ratio of 5 : 8 respectively. After 8 years the
@@
ratio of their age will be 3 : 4. What is the Answer: 60∘60∘
difference in their age? ## The annual income of A and B are in the
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ratio 4 : 3 and the ratio of their expenditures
16 years 8 years
is 3 : 2. If each of them saves Rs. 600 in the
10 years None of these @@ year, the annual income of A is = ?
Answer: None of these [www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com]
## The amount of work done by a man, a Rs. 4800 Rs. 1800
woman and a teenager are in the ratio of 3 : Rs. 1200 Rs. 2400 d
2 : 1; If a farm employed 10 men, 15 women ## The annual salary of A, B, C is in the
and 5 teenagers and paid a total of Rs.130 proportion of 3 : 4 : 5. If C's annual salary is
per hour as wages to them, what wage will Rs 80000 more than that of A, then B's
the farm pay to 14 men, 16 women and 1 monthly salary is
teenager for an 8 hour day at the same [www.competoid.com]
Rs. 13666.67 Rs. 13333.33
Rs. 14373.67 Rs. 16666.67 @@ Rs.32 is charged for a journey of 8a kms,
Answer: Rs. 13333.33 how much is the fare for a journey of 12b
## The army of two countries A and B number kms?
125,000 and 160,000 men respectively. Each [www.competoid.com]
of them get an additional 10,000 recruits into 64b 36b
their armies. Which country has had a a a
higher proportionate increase in its military 48b 56b
@@
strength? a a
[www.competoid.com] Answer: 48ba48ba
Country 'B' Country 'A' ## The cost of a table and a chair are in the
None Not distinguishable ratio of 5 : 7. If the cost of chair and table is
@@ increased by 20% and 10% respectively,
Answer: Country 'A' then what will be the new ratio?
## The average age of a man and his son is 30 [www.examveda.com]
years. The ratio of their age tom-years ago 16 : 17 55 : 84
was 10 : 3 respectively. What is the 60 : 77 Data inadequate
difference between the present age of the None of these b
man and his son? ## The cost of etching a glass with design varies
[www.competoid.com] directly as the square of its area. It will cost
28 years 16 years Rs.80 to etch a glass plate of 1m  1m
26 years 44 years @@ dimension. What would be the loss to the
Answer: 28 years artist if he were to etch 4 pieces, each
## The average temperature of Gwalior, Agra 1 1
and Lucknow is 37C. The average measuring  instead of the 1m  1m
2m 2m
temperature of Agra, Gwalior and Delhi piece?
is 38C. If the temperature of Delhi is 39C, [www.competoid.com]
find the ratio of' temperature of Delhi to that Rs.60 Rs.40
of Lucknow? Rs.30 Rs.50 @@
12 : 11 13 : 12 ## The current ages of Sonali and Monali are in
12 : 13 Can't be determined the ratio 5 : 3. Five years from now, their
@@ ages will be in the ratio 10 : 7. Then Monali's
Answer: 13 : 12 current age is = ?
## The average weight of boys in a class is 45 kg [www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com]
while that of girls is 36 kg. The average 3 years 5 years
weight of the whole class is 42.25 kg. What is 9 years 15 years c
the respective ratio between the number of ## The daily wages of two workers are in the
boys and girls in the class? ratio of 7. 8. 'If each of them gets a rise of
[www.competoid.com] Rs.40, then the ratio of their wages will be 8:
11 : 25 25 : 11 9. What are their respective wages before the
25 : 12 12 : 25 @@ increase?
## The compound ratio of the inverse ratios of Rs.210 and Rs.240 Rs.350 and Rs.400
the ratios x : yz, y : zx, z : xy is: Rs.280 and Rs.320 Rs.315 and Rs.360 @@
[www.competoid.com] Answer: Rs.280 and Rs.320
1 : xyz xyz: 1 ## The diameter of two cones are one metre
1:1 x : yz @@ each. Their curved surface are 198 m2 and
Answer: xyz: 1 220 m2. The ratio of their slant height is
## The cost of a bus fare is directly [www.competoid.com]
proportional to the length of the journey. lt 7: 9 8:9
9 : 10 10 : 11 @@ ## The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 2
Answer: 9 : 10 and their expenditure are in ratio 5 : 3. If
## The difference between the present age of each saves Rs. 1000, then, A's income can be:
Anil and Sudhii is 6 years. The ratio between [www.examveda.com]
their age after 4 years will be 3 : 4. What can Rs. 3000 Rs. 4000
be the present age of Sudhir? Rs. 6000 Rs. 9000
[www.competoid.com] Rs. 4500 c
15 years 18 years ## The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 2
20 years 24 years @@ and their expenses are in the ratio 5 : 3. If
Answer: 20 years both save Rs.200, What is the income of A?
## The difference between two positive [www.competoid.com]
numbers is 10 and the ratio between them is Rs.1500 Rs.1200
5 : 3. Find the product of the two numbers. Rs.1800 Rs.2100 @@
[www.examveda.com] Answer: Rs.1200
375 175 ## The L.C.M of two numbers is 24 and the
275 125 ratio of the two numbers is 2 : 3. What is the
250 a difference between the two numbers?
## The dimensions of a rectangular room when [www.competoid.com]
increased by 4 m are in the ratio of 4 : 3 and 2 8
when decreased by 4 m are in the ratio of 2 : 6 4 @@
1. The dimensions of the room are Answer: 4
[www.competoid.com] ## The largest and the second largest angles of
6 m and 4 m 12 m and 8 m a triangle are in the ratio of 3 : 2
16 m and 12 m 24 m and 16 m @@ respectively. The smallest angle is 20% of
Answer: 12 m and 8 m the sum of the largest and the second largest
## The expenses of a dormitory are partly fixed angles. What is the sum of the smallest and
and partly variable. It costs Rs.12 per head the second largest angles?
per day if there are 20 students and Rs.11 [www.competoid.com]
per head per day if there are 25 students. 80 60
What will be the cost per head per day if the 100 90 @@
number of students increases to 40? Answer: 90∘90∘
[www.competoid.com] ## The largest and the second largest angles of
Rs.12 Rs.10 a triangle are in the ratio of 13 : 12
Rs.9.5 Rs.8 @@ respectively. The smallest angle is 20% of
Answer: Rs.9.5 the sum of the largest and the second largest
## The income of A and B are in the ratio 2 : 3 angles. What is the sum of the smallest and
and their expenditures are in the ratio 1 : 2, the second largest angles?
If each saves Rs. 24,000 . find A's income. [www.competoid.com]
[www.competoid.com] 120 108
Rs. 24,000 Rs. 72,000 100 102 @@
Rs. 19,200 Rs. 48,000 @@ Answer: 102∘102∘
Answer: Rs. 48,000 ## The largest and the smallest angles of a
## The income of A, B and C are in the ratio 7 : triangle are in the ratio of 3 : 1 respectively.
9 : 12 and their spending are in the ratio 8 : The second largest angle of the triangle is
1 equal to 44. What is the value of 150 per
9 : 15. If A saves th of his income then the
4 cent of the largest angle of the triangle?
savings of A, B and C are in the ratio of = ? [www.competoid.com]
[www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com] 149 129
56 : 99 : 69 69 : 56 : 99 153 173 @@
99 : 56 : 69 99 : 69 : 56 a Answer: 153
## The Lucknow-Indore Express without its Rs.100, Rs.125 Rs.400, Rs.375
rake can go 24 km an hour, and the speed is Rs.300, Rs.375 Rs.400, Rs.500 @@
diminished by a quantity that varies as the Answer: Rs.400, Rs.500
square root of the number of wagon ## The monthly salaries of A, B and C are in
attached. If it is known that with four the ratio 2 : 3 : 5 .If C's monthly salary is Rs.
wagons its speed is 20 km/h, the greatest 12,000 more than that of A, then B's annual
number of wagons with which the engine can salary is
just move is [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
[www.examveda.com] Rs. 1,20,000 Rs. 1,44,000
144 140 Rs. 1,80,000 Rs. 2,40,000 @@
143 124 Answer: Rs. 1,44,000
142 c ## The monthly salaries of two persons are in
## The marks of 3 students A, B and C are in the ratio of 4 : 7. If each receives an increase
the ratio 10: 12: 15. If the maximum marks of Rs.25 in the salary, the ratio is altered to 3
of the paper are 100, then the marks of B : 5. Find their respective salaries.
cannot be in the range of [www.lofoya.com]
[www.competoid.com] 120 and 210 80 and 140
20-30 40-50 180 and 300 200 and 350 d
70-80 80-90 @@ ## The most economical speed for this journey
Answer: 80-90 is :
## The mean proportion between 72 and 128 is [www.lofoya.com]
[www.competoid.com] 20 km/hr 30 km/hr
100 90.67 35 km/hr 40 km/hr d
109.34 96 @@ ## The number of oranges in three basket are
Answer: 96 in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. In which ratio the no. of
## The milk and water in a mixture are in the oranges in first two basket must be increased
ratio 7 : 5. When 15 liters of water are added so that the new ratio becomes 5 : 4 : 3 ?
to it, the ratio of milk and water in the new [www.examveda.com]
mixture becomes 7 : 8. The total quantity of 3:4 2:3
water in the new mixture is: 1:3 2:1
[www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com] None of these d
35 litres 40 litres ## The number of students in 3 classes is in the
60 litres 96 litres b ratio 2 : 3 : 4. If 12 students are increased in
## The monthly income of two persons are in each class this ratio changes to 8 : 11 : 14.
the ratio 2 : 3 and their monthly expenses The total number of students in the three
are in the ratio 5 : 9. If each of them saves classes in the beginning was
Rs. 600 per month, then their monthly [www.examveda.com]
incomes are 162 108
[www.competoid.com] 96 54 a
Rs. 1,500 : Rs. 2,2250 Rs. 1,200 : Rs. ## The number to be added to each of the
1,800 numbers 7, 16, 43, 79 to make the numbers
Rs. 1,600 : Rs. 2,400 Rs. 1,400 : Rs. in proportion is = ?
2,100 @@ [www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com]
Answer: Rs. 1,600 : Rs. 2,400 2 3
## The monthly incomes of two persons are in 5 1 c
the ratio of 4 : 5 and their monthly ## The numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5 and their
expenditures are in the ratio of 7 : 9. If each LCM is 225. The smaller number is = ?
saves Rs.50 a month, then what are their [www.examveda.com]
monthly incomes? 45 60
[www.competoid.com] [www.lofoya.com] 75 90 a
## The present age of A, B and C are in the 34 years 36 years @@
ratio of 8 : 14 : 22 respectively. The present Answer: 36 years
age of B, C and D are in the ratio of 21 : 33 : ## The present ratio of ages of A and B is 4 : 5.
44 respectively. Which of the following 18 years ago, this ratio was 11 : 16. Find the
represents the ratio of the present age of A, sum total of their present ages.
B, C and D respectively? [www.examveda.com]
[www.competoid.com] 90 years 105 years
12 : 21 : 33 : 44 12 : 22 : 31 : 44 110 years 80 years
12 : 21 : 36 : 44 Cannot be determined 95 years a
@@ ## The price of a diamond is proportional to the
Answer: 12 : 21 : 33 : 44 square of its mass, which is measured in
## The present age of Bob is equal to Abby's carats. A 6 carat diamond was broken into
age 8 years ago. Four years hence, the two parts and total price of the two pieces
respective ratio between Bob's age and 5
Abby's age will be 4 : 5 at that time, What is is th of the price of original diamond. The
8
Bob's present age? masses (in carat) of two pieces are
24 years 32 years 3.5 and 2.5 5 and 1
40 years 28 years @@ 4.5 and 1.5 3.2 and 2.8 @@
Answer: 28 years Answer: 4.5 and 1.5
## The present age of two persons are 36 and 50 ## The price of a refrigerator and a television
years respectively. If after n years the ratio set are in the ratio 5 : 3. If the refrigerator
of their age will be 3 : 4, then the value of n costs Rs.5500 more than the television set,
is then the price of the refrigerator is:
4 7 Rs. 27500 Rs. 8250
6 3 @@ Rs. 13750 Rs. 16500 @@
Answer: 6 Answer: Rs. 13750
## The present age of Vishal and Shekhar are ## The price of sugar is increased by 20%. If
in the ratio of 14 : 17 respectively. Six years the expenditure is not allowed to increase,
from now, their age will be in the ratio of 17 the ratio between the reduction in
: 20 respectively. What is Shekhar's present consumption and the original consumption is
age? [www.competoid.com]
17 years 51 years 1:6 1:5 @@
34 years 28 years @@ Answer: 1 : 6
Answer: 34 years ## The prices of a scooter and a television set
## The present ages of A and B are as 6 : 4. Five are in the ratio 3 : 2, If a scooter costs
years ago their ages were in the ratio 5 : 3. Rs.6000 more than the television set, the
Find their present ages. price of the television set is
42, 28 36, 24 Rs. 1800 Rs.12000
30, 20 25, 15 c Rs.10,000 Rs. 6,000 @@
## The present ages of Ranjana and Rakhi are Answer: Rs.12000
in the ratio of 15 :17 respectively. After 6 ## The proportion of acid and water in three
years, the respective ratio between the age of samples is 2 : 1, 3 : 2 and 5 : 3, A mixture
Ranjana and Rakhi will be 9 : 10. What will containing equal quantities of all three
be the age of Ranjana after 6 years? samples is made. The ratio of acid and water
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in the mixture is:
Other than those given as options 40 years [www.lofoya.com] [www.competoid.com]
12 : 133 227: 133 the smaller angle of a parallelogram. What is
3:8 5 : 11 @@ the value of adjacent angle of the
Answer: 227: 133 parallelogram?
## The quantity that must be added to each [www.competoid.com]
term of a : b, so as to make it c:d,is 136 126
[www.competoid.com] 94 96 @@
ab – cd ac + bd Answer: 126∘126∘
a–b c+a ## The ratio between the angles of a
ab + bc ad – bc quadrilateral is 7 : 2 : 5 : 6 respectively.
@@
c+d c–d What is the sum of double the smallest angle
Answer: ad−bcc−dad−bcc−d and half the largest angle of the
## The ratio between Sumit's and Prakash's age quadrilateral?
at present is 2 : 3. Sumit is 6 years younger [www.competoid.com]
than Prakash. The ratio of Sumit's age to 162 198
Prakash's age after 6 years will be 99 135 @@
[www.competoid.com] Answer: 135∘135∘
2:3 1:2 ## The ratio between the number of passengers
4:3 3:4 @@ travelling by l and II classes between the two
Answer: 3 : 4 railway stations is 1 : 50, whereas the ratio of
## The ratio between the adjacent angles of a l and II classes fares between the same
parallelogram is 7 : 8 respectively. Also the stations is 3 : 1. If on a particular day,
ratio between the angles of quadrilateral is 5 Rs.1325 were collected from the passengers
: 6 : 7 : 12. What is the sum of the smaller travelling between these stations, then what
angle of parallelogram and second largest was the amount collected from the II class
angle of the quadrilateral? passengers?
168 228 Rs.750 Rs/1000
156 224 @@ Rs.850 Rs.1250 @@
Answer: 168∘168∘ Answer: Rs.1250
## The ratio between the age of a father and a ## The ratio between the present ages of A and
son at present is 5 : 2 respectively. Four B is 2 : 3 respectively. B's age sixteen years
years hence the ratio between the age of the hence will be twice of A's age four years
son and his mother will be 1 : 2 respectively. hence. What is the difference between the
What is the ratio between the present age of present ages of A and B?
the father and the mother respectively? [www.competoid.com]
3:4 5:4 8 years 4 years @@
4:3 Cannot be determined Answer: 8 years
@@ ## The ratio between the present ages of A and
Answer: Cannot be determined B is 2 : 3 respectively. B's age twenty one
## The ratio between the ages of A and B is 3: 5 years hence will be twice of A's age six years
and the sum of their ages is 56 yr. The ratio hence. What is difference between the
between their ages 7 yr ago was present ages of A and B?
3:4 3:5 15 years 9 years
1:2 2:3 @@ 8 years 10 years @@
Answer: 1 : 2 Answer: 9 years
## The ratio between the angles of a ## The ratio between the three angles of a
quadrilateral is 3 : 4 : 6 : 7. Half the second quadrilateral is 1 : 4 : 5 respectively. The
largest angle of the quadrilateral is equal to value of the fourth angle of the quadrilateral
is 60∘60∘. What is the difference between the ## The ratio between two numbers is 3:4. If
value of the largest and the smallest angles of each numbers is increased by 5, the ratio
the quadrilateral? becomes 4: 5. What are the numbers?
120 90 16 and 24 18 and 27
110 100C @@ 15 and 20 14 and 21 @@
Answer: 120∘120∘ Answer: 15 and 20
## The ratio between the three angles of a ## The ratio between two numbers is 4 : 5. If
quadrilateral is 1 : 6 : 2 respectively. The their LCM is 240, find the number.
value of the fourth angle of the quadrilateral [www.competoid.com]
is 45. What is the difference between the 48, 60 42, 52
value of the largest and the smallest angles of 34, 51 24, 72 @@
the quadrilateral? Answer: 48, 60

[www.competoid.com] ## The ratio between two positive integers is 7 :
165 140 12. When a single digit positive even
175 150 @@
composite number is added to both the
Answer: 175∘175∘ numerator and the denominator, the ratio
## The ratio between the three angles of a becomes 2:3. What is the sum of the
quadrilateral is 13 : 9 : 5 respectively. The numerator and the denominator of the
value of the fourth angle of the quadrilateral original fraction?
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is 36C. What is the difference between the The numbers which are
largest and the second smallest angles of the
divisible by 19.
quadrilateral?
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the numbers which are
104 108 divisible by 17.
72 95 @@
divisible by 13.
Answer: 95∘95∘
## The ratio between two numbers is 2 : 3. If
each number is increased by 4. the ratio divisible by 21. @@
between them becomes 5 : 7, the difference Answer: The numbers which are divisible by 19.
between the numbers is ## The ratio in which a man must mix rice at
[www.competoid.com] Rs. 10.20 per kg and Rs. 14.40 per kg so as to
8 6 make a mixture worth Rs. 12.60 per kg, is
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4 2 @@
4:3 2:5
Answer: 8
18 : 24 3:4 @@
## The ratio between two numbers is 3 : 4. If
each number is increased by 6, the ratio Answer: 3 : 4
becomes 4 : 5. The difference between the ## The ratio of 252.5 : 53 is same as = ?
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numbers is 5:3 5:6
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1 3 1 : 25 25 : 1 d
6 8 ## The ratio of age of two boys is 5 : 6. After
@@
Answer: 6 two years the ratio will be 7 : 8. The ratio of
## The ratio between two numbers is 3 : 7. If their age after 12 years will be = ?
the L.C.M of the two numbers is 147, then 22 15
what' are the two numbers? 24 16
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27 and 63 30 and 70 17 11
c
24 and 56 21 and 49 18 12
@@
Answer: 21 and 49
## The ratio of boys and girls in a college is 5 : marks is 275, find the total marks for which
3. If 50 boys leave the college and 50 girls exam was conducted.
join the college, the ratio becomes 9 : 7. The [www.lofoya.com]
number of boys in the college is 150 200
[www.competoid.com] 400 None b
300 450 ## The ratio of milk to water in 80 litres of a
500 600 @@ mixture is 7 : 3. The water (in litres) to be
Answer: 500 added to it to make the ratio 2 : 1 is -
## The ratio of copper and zinc in brass is 13 : [www.examveda.com]
7. How much zinc will be there in 100 kg of 4 5
brass? 6 8 a
[www.competoid.com] ## The ratio of milk to water in three
20 kg. 55 kg containers of equal capacity is 3 : 2, 7 : 3 and
35 kg. 40 kg @@ 11 : 4 respectively. The contents of the three
Answer: 35 kg. containers are mixed together. What is the
## The ratio of ducks and frogs in a pond is 37 : ratio of milk to water after mixing ?
39 respectively. The average number of [www.examveda.com]
ducks and frogs in the pond is 152. What is 19 : 4 7:3
the number of frogs in the pond ? 61 : 29 41 : 18 c
[www.examveda.com] ## The ratio of monthly income of A and B is 6 :
148 152 5 and their expenditure are in the ratio of 4 :
156 144 c 3. If each of them saves Rs. 400 per month,
## The ratio of income of two persons is 5 : 3 find the sum of their monthly incomes ?
and that of their expenditures is 9 : 5. If they [www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com]
save Rs. 2600 and Rs. 1800 respectively. Rs. 2300 Rs. 2400
Their incomes are : Rs. 2200 Rs. 2500 c
## The ratio of number of balls in bags x,y is 2 :
Rs. 8000 : Rs. 4800 Rs. 6000 : Rs. 3600 3. Five balls are taken from bag y and are
Rs. 10000 : Rs. 6000 Rs. 9000 : Rs. 5400 dropped in bag x, number of balls are equal
@@
in each bag now. Number of balls in each
Answer: Rs. 8000 : Rs. 4800 bag now is
## The ratio of incomes of A and B is 5 : 6. If A [www.competoid.com]
gets Rs. 11,100 less than B, then their total 45 20
income (in rupees ) is 30 25 @@
9900 122100 ## The ratio of number of boys to the number
14400 10000 @@ of girls in a school of 432 pupils is 5 : 4.
Answer: 122100 When some new boys and girls are admitted,
## The ratio of incomes of Pankaj and Gauri is the number of boys increase by 12 and the
3 : 5 and the ratio of their expenditures is 2 : ratio of the boys to girls Changes to 7 : 6.
3. Who does save more? (You have to The number of new girls admitted is
assume that no one takes any loan from [www.competoid.com]
anywhere) 12 14
[www.lofoya.com] 24 20 @@
Pankaj Gauri Answer: 24
Both save equally Depends upon the ## The ratio of present ages of P and Q is 8 : 5.
incomes of Pankaj and Gauri b After 4 years their ages will be in the ratio 4
## The ratio of marks obtained by Vinod and : 3 respectively. What will be the ratio of P's
Basu is 6 : 5. If the combined average of age after 7 years from now and Q's age now?
their percentage is 68.75 and their sum of the [www.competoid.com]
3:2 1:2 Answer: 32 yr
2:1 3:1 @@ ## The ratio of the age of' Tina and Rakesh is 9
Answer: 3 : 1 : 10 respectively. Ten years ago the ratio of
## The ratio of squares of first n natural their age was 4 : 5 respectively. What is the
numbers to square of sum of first n natural present age of Rakesh?
numbers is 17 : 325. The value of n is: [www.competoid.com]
[www.lofoya.com] 25 years 20 years
15 25 30 years 24 years @@
35 40 b Answer: 20 years
## The ratio of successful and unsuccessful ## The ratio of the ages of a father to that of his
examinees in an examination in a school is 6 son is 5 : 2. If the product of their ages (in
: 1. The ratio would have been 9 : 1 if 6 more years) is 1000, then find the father's age after
examinees had been Successful. The total 10 yr.
number of examinees are [www.competoid.com]
[www.competoid.com] 50 yr 60 yr
140 120 80 yr 100 yr @@
200 160 @@ Answer: 60 yr
Answer: 140 ## The ratio of the ages of two persons is 4 : 7
## The ratio of the age of a father and son is 17 and the age of one of them is greater than
: 7 respectively. 6 years ago the ratio of their that of the other by 30 years. The sum of
age was 3 : 1 respectively. What is the their ages (in years) is = ?
father's present age? [www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com]
64 yrs 51 yrs 70 40 a
48 yrs Cannot be determined ## The ratio of the first and second class train
@@ fares between two stations is 3 : 1 and that of
Answer: 51 yrs the numbers of passengers travelling
## The ratio of the age of a father to that of his between the two stations by first and second
son is 5 : 2. If the product of their age in classes is 1 : 50. If on a particular day, Rs.
years is 1000, then the father's age (in years) 1,325 are collected from passengers
after 10 years will be: travelling between the two stations. Then the
[www.competoid.com] amount collected from the second class
50 60 passengers is
80 100 @@ [www.competoid.com]
Answer: 60 Rs. 1,250 Rs. 1,000
## The ratio of the age of Ram and Rahim 10 Rs. 850 Rs. 750 @@
years ago was 1 : 3. The ratio of their age Answer: Rs. 1,250
five years hence will be 2 : 3. Then the ratio ## The ratio of the income of A and B as well as
of their present age is B and C is 3 : 2. If one - third of A's income
[www.competoid.com] exceeds one - fourth of C's income by Rs.
1:2 3:5 1000, what is B's income in Rs = ?
3:4 2:5 @@ [www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com]
Answer: 3 : 5 Rs. 3000 Rs. 2500
## The ratio of the age of the father and the son Rs. 3500 Rs. 4000 a
at present is 7 : 1. After 4 yr, the ratio will ## The ratio of the income to the expenditure of
become 4 : 1. What is the sum of the present a family is 10 : 7. If the family's expenses are
age of the father and the son? Rs. 10,500, then savings of the family is
29 yr 35 yr Rs. 4,500 Rs. 10,000
32 yr 36 yr @@ Rs. 4,000 Rs. 5,000 @@
Answer: Rs. 4,500 15 : 25 : 13 Cannot be determined
## The ratio of the length of a school ground to @@
its width is 5 : 2. If the width is 40m, then the Answer: 15 : 25 : 13
length is = ? ## The ratio of the number of students studying
[www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com] in school A, B and C is 5 : 6 : 8. lf the
200m 100m number of students in each of the schools is
50m 80m b increased by 30%, 25% and 25%
## The ratio of the number of boys and girls in respectively, what will be the new ratio of the
a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage increase in students in schools A, B and C?
the number of boys and girls be 20% and [www.competoid.com]
10% respectively, what will be the new 14 : 15 : 20 13 : 15 : 20
ratio? 13 : 14 : 15 15 : 17 : 19 @@
[www.lofoya.com] [www.examveda.com] [www.indiabix.com] Answer: 13 : 15 : 20
8:9 17 : 18 ## The ratio of the present age of Mahesh and
21 : 22 Cannot be determined Ajay is respectively 3 : 2. After 8 years, ratio
c of their age will be 11 : 8. What will be the
## The ratio of the number of boys and girls in present age of Mahesh's son if his age is half
a school is 3 : 2. If 20% of the boys and 25% of the present age of Ajay?
of the girls are scholarship holders, the [www.competoid.com]
percentage of the school students who are 12 years 24 years
not scholarship holders is 18 years 9 years @@
[www.competoid.com] Answer: 12 years
56 78 ## The ratio of the present age of Meena and
70 80 @@ Fiona is 16 : 13 respectively. Four years ago
Answer: 78 the respective ratio of their age was 14 : 11.
## The ratio of the number of boys and that of What will be Fiona's age four years from
girls in a school having 504 students is 13 : now?
11. What will be the new ratio if 3 , more [www.competoid.com]
girls are admitted ? 28 years 32 years
[www.competoid.com] 26 years None of these @@
7:6 6:7 Answer: None of these
10 : 11 13 : 14 @@ ## The ratio of the present age of Puneet and
Answer: 7 : 6 Appu is 2 : 3. After 3 years the ratio of their
## The ratio of the number of ladies to that of age will be 3 : 4. The present age of Puneet
gents at a party was 3 : 2. When 20 more is:
gents joined the party, the ratio was [www.competoid.com]
reversed. The number of ladies present at 3 years 6 years
the party was - 9 years 4 years @@
[www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com] Answer: 6 years
16 24 ## The ratio of the present ages of son, mother,
32 36 b father and grand father in a family is
## The ratio of the number of students studying 2:7:8:12 respectively. The average present
in school A, B and C is 5 : 8 : 4 respectively. age of son and mother is 27 years. What will
If the number of students studying in each of be mother's age 7 years hence?
the school is increased by 20%, 25% and [www.competoid.com]
30% respectively, what will be the new 63 years 48 years
respective ratio of the students in school A, B 49 years 79 years @@
and C? Answer: 49 years
[www.competoid.com] ## The ratio of the radii of the taps T1 and T2 is
13 : 25 : 15 20 : 25 : 13 2 : 1. Water flowing through them with the
same velocity. What is the ratio of the time 33 35 c
required to completely fill two identical ## The ratio of weekly income of A and B is 9 :
drums kept under T1 and T2. 7 and the the ratio of their expenditure is 4 :
[www.competoid.com] 3. If each saves Rs. 200 per week, then the
2:1 1:2 sum of their weekly income is = ?
4:1 1:4 @@ [www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com]
Answer: 1 : 4 Rs. 3600 Rs. 3200
## The ratio of the volume of water and Rs. 4800 Rs. 5600 b
glycerine in 240cc of mixture is 1 z 3. The ## The ratio of 252.5 : 53 is same as
quantity of water (in cc) that should be [www.competoid.com]
added to the mixture so that the new ratio of 5:3 5:6
the volumes of water and glycerine becomes 1 : 25 25 : 1 @@
2 : 3 is. Answer: 25 : 1
[www.competoid.com] ## The respective ratio between present age of
55 cc 60 cc Manoj and Wasim is 3 : 11. Wasim is 12
62.5 cc 64 cc @@ years younger than Rehana. Rehana's age
Answer: 60 cc after 7 years will be 85 years. What is the
## The ratio of two numbers is 10 : 7 and their present age of Manoj's father who is 25
difference is 105. The sum of these numbers years older than Manoj?
is [www.competoid.com]
595 805 45 years 69 years @@
1190 1610 @@ Answer: 43 years
Answer: 595 ## The respective ratio between the present age
## The ratio of two numbers is 3 : 4 and their Aarti and Savita is 5 : x. Aartl is 9 years
LCM is 48 . The sum of the two numbers is younger than Jahnavi. Jahnavi's age after 9
[www.competoid.com] years will be 33 years. The difference
32 28 between Savita's and Aarti's age is same as
26 24 @@ the present age of Jahnavi. What will come
Answer: 28 in place of x?
## The ratio of two numbers is 3 : 8 and their [www.competoid.com]
difference is 115. The smaller of the two 21 37
numbers is: 17 None of these @@
[www.competoid.com] Answer: None of these
184 194 ## The respective ratio between the present age
69 59 @@ of Ram and Rakesh is 6 : 11. Four years ago
Answer: 69 the ratio of their age was 1 : 2 respectively.
## The ratio of urea and potash in a mixed What will be Rakesh's age after five years?
fertilizer is 7 : 3. Express the quantity of [www.competoid.com]
urea present as percentage of the total 45 years 29 years
amount of fertilizer. 49 years Cannot be determined
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20% 50% Answer: 49 years
60% 70% d ## The respective ratio between the present age
## The ratio of water and milk in a 30 liter of Ram, Rohan and Raj is 3 : 4 : 5, If the
mixture is 7 : 3. Find the quantity of water to average of their present age is 28 years then
be added to the mixture in order to make what would be the sum of the age of Ram
this ratio 6 : 1. and Rohan together after 5 years?
30 32 45 years 55 years
52 years 59 years @@ length of the largest sides would be = ?
Answer: 59 years [www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com]
## The respective ratio between the present age 36 cm 12 cm
of son, mother, father and grandfather is 2 : 60 cm 24 cm a
7 : 8 : 12. The average age of son and mother ## The smallest integer, which subtracted from
is 27 years. What will be mother's age after 7 both the terms of 6 : 7 gives a ratio less than
years? 16: 21 is :
40 years 41 years 5 4
48 years 49 years @@ 3 2 @@
Answer: 49 years Answer: 3
## The respective ratio of present ages of Shruti ## The speeds of three cars are in the ratio of 2:
and Nitin is 3 : 4. The ratio of Nitin's age two 3: 4. Find the ratio between the time taken
years hence and the present age of Vinod is 2 by these cars to cover the same distance.
: 3. The ratio of Shruti's age three years [www.competoid.com]
hence and Vinod's present age is 3 : 5. What 2:3:4 4:3:2
is Shruti's present age? 4:3:6 6:4:3 @@
[www.competoid.com] Answer: 6:4:3
8 years 5 years ## The students in three classes are in the ratio
9 years 6 years @@ 2 : 3 : 5 .If 20 students are increased in each
Answer: 6 years class, the ratio changes to 4 : 5 : 7. originally
## The respective ratio of the present age of a the total number of students was
mother and daughter is 7 : 1. Four years ago [www.competoid.com]
the respective ratio of their age was 19 : 1. 50 90
What will be the mother's age four years 100 150 @@
from now? Answer: 100
[www.competoid.com] ## The students in three classes are in the ratio
42 years 38 years 4 : 6 : 9. If 12 students are increased in each
46 years 36 years @@ class the ratio changes to 7 : 9 : 12. Then the
Answer: 46 years total number of students in the three classes
## The respective ratio of the present age of before the increase is
Swati and Trupti is 4 : 5. Six years hence the [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
respective ratio of their age will be 6 : 7. 95 76
What is the difference between their age? 100 114 @@
2 years 3 years ## The students of three classes are in the ratio
4 years Cannot be determined 3 : 4 : 5. If 15 students are increased in each
@@ class, then ratio changes to 6 : 7 : 8. The total
Answer: 3 years number of students before the increase was
## The salaries of A, B and C are in the ratio 1 : [www.competoid.com]
3 : 4. If the salaries are increased by 5%, 70 90
10% and 15% respectively, then the 120 60 @@
increased salaries will be in the ratio Answer: 60
[www.competoid.com] [www.examveda.com] ## The sum of present ages of Ria and Abby is
20 : 66 : 95 21 : 66 : 96 48 years. Today Abby is 4 years older than
21 : 66 : 92 19 : 66 : 92 c Shweta. The respective ratio of the present
## The sides of a triangle are in the ratio of 7 : 9 ages of Ria and Shweta is 4 : 7. What was
: 12. The difference between the length of Abby's age two years ago?
largest and smaller sides is 15 c.m. The [www.competoid.com]
32 years 30 years
28 years 34 years @@ ## The third proportional of 0.8 and 0.2 is:
Answer: 30 years [www.competoid.com]
## The sum of Shilpa's age after 4 years and 0.05 0.8
Raghu's age 4 years ago is 63 years and the 0.4 0.032 @@
respective ratio between the Shilpa's age Answer: 0.05
four years ago and Raghu's age after 3 years ## The third proportional of 12 and 18 is
is 10 : 21. What is Shilpa's present age? (in [www.competoid.com]
years) 3 6
25 34 Answer: 27
24 28 @@ ## The three successive angles of a cycle
Answer: 24 quadrilateral are in the ratio 1 : 3 : 4, find
## The sum of the ages of three friends is 81. the measure of the fourth angle ?
Four years earlier the sum of their ages was [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
in the ratio of 6 : 8 : 9. What is the present 72° 30°
age of the oldest amongst them? 36° 108° a
[www.competoid.com] ## The total cost for the journey at this most
58 Years 49 Years economical speed is :
40 Years 31 Years [www.lofoya.com]
@@
Answer: 31 Years Rs 6,000 Rs 8,000
## The sum of the three consecutive odd Rs 10,000 Rs 11,000 b
numbers is 285. What is the ratio of the ## The total marks obtained by Arun in English
smallest and largest numbers respectively? and Mathematics are 170. If the difference
[www.competoid.com] between his marks in these two subjects is
97 : 95 93 : 95 10. Then the ratio of his marks in these
95 : 93 93 : 97 @@ subjects is
## The sum of three numbers is 136. If the ratio 7:8 8:7
between first and second be 2 : 3 and that 9:8 9:7 @@
between second and third be 5 : 3, then the Answer: 9 : 8
second number is: ## The total number of students in a School in
[www.competoid.com] 8670. If the number of boys in the school is
40 48 4545, then what Will be ratio of the total
52 60 @@ number of boys to the total number of girls
Answer: 60 in the school?
## The sum of two numbers is 40 and their [www.competoid.com]
difference is 4. The ratio of the numbers is = 303 : 275 275 : 303
? 11 : 12 12 : 11 @@
[www.examveda.com] [www.examveda.com] Answer: 303 : 275
21 : 19 22 : 9 ## The total surface area of a solid iron cube
11 : 9 11 : 18 c and a solid aluminium cuboid are the same.
1 The length, breadth and height of the cuboid
## The sum of th of the number 25% of are in the ratio 1:2:4. Both are melted
5
another number is equal to 40% of the first together in a vessel. What is the ratio of iron
number. What is the ratio of first number and aluminium in the resultant mixture?
[www.lofoya.com]
and the second number ?
4:3 5:2
14 2 : 8 14
8:32
3  
5:4 6:5 @@
Answer: 5 : 4
3 3 ## There are 480 coins of half rupees, quarter
32:8 3
8: 2 a rupees and 10 paise coins and their values
14 14 are proportional to 5 : 3 : 1. The number of
## The total weight of Sanjay and Suresh is 120 coins in each case are
kg. If Sanjay weight 30 kg more than Suresh, [www.competoid.com]
then what is the ratio of the weight of Suresh 100, 200, 180 50, 30, 400
to that of Sanjay? 150, 180, 150 300, 90, 90 @@
[www.competoid.com]
Answer: 150, 180, 150
0.4 0.6
## There are certain numbers of toys in the box.
0.3 0.25 @@
They are divided into such a way that the
Answer: 0.6 1
## The two numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3 and person who gets of the whole gets thrice of
4
their product is 96. The sum of the numbers
what the others get on an average. Find the
is
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number of people amongst whom the toys
5 20 are distributed?
[www.lofoya.com]
101 102 @@
8 10
Answer: 20
12 9 b
## The value of a quantity 'y' varies as the sum
## There are three bottles of mixture of syrup
of two quantities. One varies directly as 'x'
and water of ratio 2 : 3, 3 : 4, 7 : 5. 10 Litres
and the other inversely as 'x'. When x = 1, y
of first and 21 Litres of second bottles are
= 7 and when x = 2, y = 8 What is the
taken. How much quantity from third bottles
equation that represents the relation
is to be taken so that final mixture from
between 'x' and 'y'?
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three bottles will be of ratios 1 : 1
[www.competoid.com]
3 4
y = 3x + y = 3x + 25 Litres 20 Litres
x x
35 Litres 30 Litres @@
5 6
y = 3x + y = 3x + @@ Answer: 30 Litres
x x
## There are three numbers A, B , C such that
Answer: y=3x+4xy=3x+4x
twice A is Equal to thrice B and four times B
## The weight of Mr. Gupta and Mrs. Gupta is equal to five times C, Then the ratio
are in the ratio 7 : 8 and their total weight is between A and C is
120 kg. After taking a dieting course Mr. [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
Gupta reduces by 6 kg and the ratio between 3:4 8 : 15
their weights change to 5 : 6, so Mrs. Gupta 15 : 8 4:3 @@
has reduced by = ? Answer: 15 : 8
## There are two containers of equal capacity.
2 kg 4 kg
The ratio of milk to water in the first
3 kg 5 kg b
container is 3 : 1 and in the second container
## There are 336 boys in four classes of a is 5 : 2. If they are mixed up, the ratio of
school. The ratio between VI and VII milk to water in the mixture will be
standard is 8 : 9, that between VII and VIII [www.competoid.com]
is 3 : 4 and between VIII and IX is 12 : 13. 28 : 41 41 : 28
Calculate the number of boys in each class. 15 : 41 41 : 15 @@
What is the strength of standard IX. Answer: 41 : 15
[www.competoid.com]
## There is 81 litres pure milk in a container.
96 104
One-third of milk is replaced by water in the
82 64 @@
container. Again one-third of mixture is
Answer: 104
extracted and equal amount of water is
added. What is the ratio of milk to water in
the new mixture ? 1 2 3
[www.competoid.com] ## Three numbers are in the ratio : : . The
2 3 4
1:2 1:1 difference between the greatest and the
2:1 4:5 @@ smallest number is 36. The numbers are
## There was a science exhibition in an 72, 84, 108 60, 72, 96
auditorium. On the first day 14 persons 72, 84, 96 72, 96, 108 @@
visited the exhibition. On the second day 12 Answer: 72, 96, 108
persons and on the third day only 10 persons ## Three numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. The
visited the exhibition. The ratio of admission sum of the largest and the smallest equals to
fees collected from each of them on these the sum of the second number and 52. The
days was 2 : 3 : 5 respectively. If the total smallest number is = ?
amount collected on these three days was [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
Rs.4560, what amount was collected on the 20 27
first day? 39 52 c
[www.competoid.com] ## Three numbers are in the ratio 5 : 6 : 7. If
Rs.1120 Rs.1140 the product of the numbers is 5670, then the
Rs.1150 Rs.1160 @@ greatest number is
Answer: Rs.1120 [www.competoid.com]
## Three beakers have capacity of 250ml, 650ml 15 18
and 200ml. 682 ml of Juice is poured into 21 28 @@
them so that the same fraction of each is Answer: 21
filled. The volume filled in the largest beaker ## Three numbers are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 12. If
will be: the sum of the first and the third is greater
[www.lofoya.com] than the second by 50. The sum of the three
415 ml 403 ml numbers is = ?
400 ml 424 ml b [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
## Three containers have their volumes in the 125 120
ratio 3 : 4 : 5. They are full of mixtures of 95 85 b
milk and water. The mixtures contain milk ## Three numbers are in the ratio of 3 : 2 : 5
and water in the ratio of (4 : 1), (3 : 1) and (5 and the sum of their squares is 1862. The
: 2) respectively. The mixture of all these smallest of these numbers is
three containers are poured into a fourth [www.competoid.com]
container. The ratio of milk and water in the 24 21
fourth container is = ? 14 35 @@
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] Answer: 14
4:1 151 : 48 ## Three persons walk from place A to place B.
157 : 53 5:2 c Their speeds are in the ratio 4 : 3 : 5. The
## Three film producers A, B and C, together ratio of the time taken by them to reach B
rent a studio in Canada to produce their will be :
respective movies for a month at a total cost [www.competoid.com]
of Rs.138,000. 'A' uses the studio for 6 hours 10 : 15 : 13 2:3:4
a day for 14 days, 'B' uses the studio for 12 15 : 20 : 12 16 : 18 : 15 @@
hours a day for 4 days and 'C' uses the Answer: 15 : 20 : 12
studio for 8 hours a day for 18 days. How ## Three women A, B and C meet for a meal
much should 'B' pay for using the facilities? and share the expenses (in cash and in kind)
[www.competoid.com] equally. A gives 3 cakes, B gives 5 cakes and
Rs.36,000 Rs.24,000 as C does not have any cakes, she gives Rs.8
Rs.48,000 Rs.12,000 @@ to A and B in exchange for her share. How
Answer: Rs.24,000
much money should A get out of Rs.8? ## Total number of men, women and children
[www.competoid.com] working in a factory is 18. They earn Rs.
Re.3 Rs.1 4000 in a day. If the sum of the wages of all
Rs.5 Rs.7 @@ men, all women and all children is in ratio of
Answer: Rs.1 18 : 10 : 12 and if the wages of an individual
## Three years ago, Raj's age was equal to the man, woman and child is in ratio 6 : 5 : 3,
sum of the present ages of his only son and then how much a woman earn in a day?
only daughter. Three years ago. the [www.examveda.com]
respective ratio between the ages of his Rs. 120 Rs. 150
daughter and his son that time was 12:13. If Rs. 250 Rs. 400
Raj's wife is 5 years younger to him and her None of these c
present age is twice the present age of their ## Twenty five percent of Pranab's annual
daughter. what is the present age of their salary is equal to eighty percent of Surya's
son? (in years) annual salaiy. Surya's monthly salaiy is forty
[www.competoid.com] percent of Dheeru's monthly salary. If
27 years 24 years Dheeru's annual salary is Rs.6 lacs, what is
29 years 25 years @@ Pranab's monthly salary? (At some places
Answer: 25 years annual income and at some place monthly
## Three-fourth of a number is equal to 60% of income are given)
another number. What is the difference [www.competoid.com]
between the numbers? Rs.7.68 lacs Rs.56,000
[www.competoid.com] Rs.8.4 lacs Rs.64,000 @@
18 32 Answer: Rs.64,000
24 Cannot be determined ## Two alloys both are made up of copper and
@@ tin. The ratio of the copper and tin in the
Answer: Cannot be determined first alloy is 1 : 3 and in the second alloy is 2
## Tom is chasing Jerry. In the same interval of : 5. In what ratio should the two alloys be
time Tom jumps 8 times while Jerry jumps 6 mixed to obtain a new alloy in which the
times. But the distance covered by Tom in 7 ratio of tin and copper be 8 : 3 ?
Jumps is equal to the distance covered by [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
Jerry in 5 Jumps. The ratio of speed of Tom 3:5 4:7
and Jerry is: 3:8 5 : 11 b
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] ## Two alloys contain tin and iron in the ratio
48 : 35 28 : 15 of 1 : 2 and 2 : 3. If the two alloys are mixed
24 : 20 20 : 21 d in the proportion of 3 : 4 respectively (by
## Total expenses on travel, lodging and weight), the ratio of tin and iron in the newly
boarding spent by a family during a summer formed alloy is = ?
vacation was Rs.2500. If Rs.30. Rs.55 and [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
Rs.15 were deducted from the amounts spent 14 : 25 10 : 21
on travel, lodging and boarding respectively, 12 : 23 13 : 22 d
then the ratio of the expenses on these heads ## Two bottles contain acid and water in the
would be 12 : 17 : 11 respectively. How much ratio 2 : 3 and 1 : 2 respectively. These are
was spent on travel, lodging and boarding mixed in the ratio 1 : 3. What is the ratio of
during the summer vacation? acid and water in the new mixture = ?
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Rs.750, Rs.1075 and Rs.675 Rs.630, 7 : 13 11 : 57
Rs.905 and Rs.565 23 : 37 1:3 a
Rs.510, Rs.735 and Rs.455 Rs.390, ## Two cogged wheels of which one has 32 cogs
Rs.565 and Rs.345 @@ and other 54 cogs, work into each other. If
Answer: Rs.750, Rs.1075 and Rs.675 the latter turns 80 times in three quarters of
a minute, how often does the other turn in 8 9 15
seconds? 36 45 c
[www.lofoya.com] ## Two numbers are in ratio 5 : 8. If their
48 24 difference is 48, then the smallest number is
38 None of these b [www.competoid.com]
## Two cones have their heights in the ratiio 1 : 64 80
4 and the radii of their bases are in the ratio 96 128 @@
3 : 1. The ratio of their volume is Answer: 80
[www.competoid.com] ## Two numbers are in ratio 7 : 11. If 7 is
1:3 3:1 added to each of the numbers, the ratio
1:2 2:1 @@ becomes 2 : 3. The smaller number is
Answer: 3 : 1 [www.examveda.com]
## Two cylinders of equal volumes have their 39 49
heights in the ratio 2 : 3. The ratio of their 66 77 b
radii is ## Two numbers are in ratio P : Q. when 1 is
[www.competoid.com] added to both the numerator and the
1:3 3–2 R
denominator, the ratio gets changed to .
3: 2 3– 2 @@ S
Answer: 3–√:2–√3:2 again, when 1 is added to both the
## Two equal glasses filled with alcohol and 1
numerator and denominator, it becomes .
water in the proportions 2 : 1 and 3 : 2 are 2
emptied into a third glass. The proportion of Find the sum of P and Q.
alcohol and water in the third glass will be [www.examveda.com]
13 : 17 19 : 17 5 6 c
13 : 11 19 : 11 @@ ## Two numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. If 9 is
Answer: 19 : 11 added to each number, they will be in the
## Two equal vessels are filled with the ratio 3 : 4. What is the product of the two
mixtures of water and milk in the ratio of 3 : numbers?
4 and 5 : 3 respectively. If the mixtures are [www.competoid.com]
poured into a third vessel, the ratio of water 360 480
and milk in the third vessel will be 486 512 @@
15 : 12 53 : 59 ## Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5 and their
20 : 9 59 : 53 @@ LCM is 225. The smaller number is
## Two men, sitting on the dining table. One 45 60
man has 7 eggs and other had 5 eggs. A third 75 90 @@
man passing by requested them to share Answer: 45
their food in return for money. The three of ## Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 6 is
them shared the eggs equally and the third added to both of them, the ratio becomes 2 :
traveller paid the other two a total of Rs 24. 3. The numbers are = ?
Find the difference between the amounts [www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com]
received by first two men? 21 and 35 30 and 50
[www.lofoya.com] 24 and 40 18 and 30 d
Rs 18 Rs 12 ## Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5. If each
Rs 16 Rs 15 b number is increased by 10. the ratio becomes
## Two numbers are in ratio 4 : 5 and their 5 : 7, The smaller number is
LCM is 180. The smaller number is [www.competoid.com]
[www.examveda.com] 9 12
15 25 @@ ## Two vessels A and B contain milk and water
Answer: 15 mixed in the ratio 4 : 3 and 2 : 3 respectively.
## Two numbers are in the ratio 5 : 7. On The ratio in which these mixtures containing
diminishing each of them by 40. they become half milk and half water is = ?
in the ratio 17 : 27. The difference of the [www.examveda.com]
numbers is : 7:5 6:5
[www.competoid.com] 5:6 4:3 a
18 52 ## Two vessels A and B contain milk and water
137 50 @@ mixed in the ratio 4 : 3 and 2 : 3 respectively.
Answer: 50 The ratio in which these mixtures be mixed
## Two numbers are in the ratio 9 : 4. If 7 is to form a new mixture containing half milk
added to each of the number, the ratio and half water is
becomes 5 : 3. Find the numbers. [www.competoid.com]
18, 8 36,16 5:6 4:3 @@
45, 20 63, 28 @@ Answer: 7 : 5
Answer: 18, 8 ## Vessels A and B contain mixtures of milk
1 2 and water in the ratio 4 : 5 and 5 : 1
## Two numbers are in the ratio 1 : 2 When respectively. In what ratio should quantities
2 3
each of these is increased by 15, they become of mixture be taken from A and B to form a
in the ratio. The greater of the numbers is = mixture in which milk to water is in the ratio
? 5:4?
27 36 2:5 4:3
48 64 c 5:2 2:3 @@
## Two numbers are such as the square of one Answer: 5 : 2
is 224 less than 8 times the square of the ## Water in pipes varies inversely as the square
other. If the numbers be in the ratio of 3 : 4 of the radius of the pipes. What is the ratio
their values are of the rates of flow in 2 pipes of diameter 2
[www.competoid.com] cm and 4 cm?
12, 16 6, 8 [www.competoid.com]
9, 12 6, 9 @@
1:2 2:1
Answer: 6, 8 1:8 4:1 @@
## Two types of alloy possess gold and silver in Answer: 4 : 1
the ratio of 7 : 22 and 21 : 37. In what ratio ## Weekly incomes of two persons are in the
should these alloys be mixed so as to have a ratio of 7: 3 and their weekly expenses are in
new alloy in which gold and silver would the ratio of 5 : 2. If each of them saves
exist in the ratio 25 : 62 ? RS.300 per week, then the weekly income of
[www.competoid.com] the first person is
13 : 8 8 : 13 [www.competoid.com]
13 : 12 6:9 @@
RS.7500 RS.4500
Answer: 13 : 8 RS.6300 RS.5400 @@
## Two vessels A and B contain milk 8 : 5 and 5 Answer: RS.6300
: 2 respectively. The ratio in which these two ## What is the least positive integer that when
mixtures be mixed to get a new mixture added to both the numerator and the
3 denominator of the ratio 4 : 7 will make the
containing 69 % milk is =? ratio greater than 2 : 3?
1
3:5 5:2 0.67 1
5:7 2 :7 d 5 7 @@
Answer: 0.67 ## What number should be subtracted from
## What is the mean proportional between (15 both the terms of the ratio 11 : 15 so as to
+ 200) and (27 – 648) ? make it as 2 : 3 ?
4 14 7 2 3
4 5 @@
3 5 3 8 @@
Answer: 3
Answer: 35–√5
## What sum of money is to be divided among 3
## What is the ratio in Rs. 2.80 and 40 paise?
persons in the ratio 3 : 4 : 7, so that the
second person receives RS. 12 only?
7:1 1 : 14 c RS.21 RS.32
## What is the value of the least of the three RS.9 RS.42 @@
numbers that are in the ratio of 4 : 3 : 7, if Answer: RS.42
the sum of three numbers is 84? ## What will be the simplest form of the ratio 3
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hours : 1 day?
24 18 [www.examveda.com]
42 36 @@ 1:3 1:6
Answer: 18 1:8 1 : 25 c
## What must be added to each term of the ## When 30% of one number is subtracted
ratio 7 : 11, So as to make it equal to 3 : 4? from another number, the second number
reduces to its own four-fifth. What is the
8 7.5
ratio between the first and the second
6.5 5 d
numbers respectively?
## What number has to be added to the terms 3 [www.competoid.com]
: 5 to make the ratio 5 : 6 ? 4:7 3:2
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2:5 None of these @@
6 7
Answer: None of these
12 13 b
## When a number is added to a second
## What number must be added to each of 2, 1
16, 20, 52 so that the results are in number, the sum is 333 percent of the
3
proportion?
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second number. What is the ratio between
19 14 the first number to the second number?
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12 13 @@ 3:7 7:4
Answer: 12 7:3 Data inadequate @@
## What number must be added to each of the Answer: 7 : 3
numbers 17, 25, 28, 58 such that the result
## When X is subtracted from the numbers 9,
will be in proportion?
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15 and 27, the remainders are in continued
-17 -13 proportion. What is the value of X?
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-11 -9 @@ 8 6
Answer: -13
4 None of these @@
## What number should be added to each of Answer: None of these
6,14,18 and 38, so that the resulting numbers
## Which number when added to each of the
make a proportion?
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numbers 6,7,15,17 will make the resulting
1 2 numbers proportional ?
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3 4 @@ 6 5
Answer: 2 4 3 @@
Answer: 3 ## y varies directly as (x + 3) and y = 8 when x =
## Which of the following is the lowest ratio ? 1. What is the value of y when x = 2 ?
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7 : 15 15 : 23 6 10
17 : 25 21 : 39 a 12 16 b
## Which of the following represents a correct ## Zinc and copper are in the ratio 5 : 3 in 400
proportion ? gm of an alloy. How much of copper (in
[www.examveda.com] [www.competoid.com] grams ) should be added to make the ratio 5
12 : 9 :: 16 : 12 13 : 11 :: 5 : 4 :4?
30 : 45 :: 13 : 24 3 : 5 :: 2 : 5 a [www.competoid.com]
## 'x' and 'y' enter into a partnership and 50 gm 66 gm
invest Rs.650 and Rs.350 respectively. If they 72 gm 200 gm @@
split half of the profit equally for their Answer: 50 gm
efforts and the balance in the ratio of their ## Zinc and Copper are in the ratio of 5 : 3 in
investments and x got 5180 more than y, 200 gm of an alloy. How much grams of
what is the total profit? copper be added to make the ratio as 3 : 5 ?
Rs.1200 Rs.2400 1 1
133
Rs.3600 Rs.4800 @@ 3 200
Answer: Rs.1200 72 66 @@
Answer: 1331313313
14 Partnership
## 3 brothers divided 1620 among them in such ## A invests Rs.6000 in a business for a year.
5 How much B should invest in order that the
a way that the share of second is equal to
13 profit after one year may be divided in the
of share of other two, combined. What is the ratio 3 : 5 [www.competoid.com]
share of the second one ? Rs.7000 Rs.10000
[www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com] Rs.18000 Rs.30000 @@
Rs. 1170 Rs. 450 Answer: Rs.10000
Rs. 540 Rs. 500 b ## A starts business with a capital of Rs. 14,000,
## A and B are two partners in a firm sharing five months later B joins and further two
the profit in the ratio 4 : 5. If the firm earns months later C joins them. If the profit
a profit of Rs. 14130, then profit to be sharing ratio in the end of year is 4 : 3 : 2,
received by B ? then the money invested by C was:
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Rs. 6280 Rs. 7850 Rs. 18,000 Rs. 16,800
Rs. 1570 Rs. 3140 b Rs. 18,600 Rs. 10,800 @@
## A and B invest Rs. 3000 and Rs. 2400 Answer: Rs. 16,800
respectively in a business. If after one year ## A starts business with Rs. 3500 and after 5
there is a loss Rs. 720, how much loss will B months, B joins with A as his partner. After
bear? (loss or profit is in proportion to their a year, the profit is divided in the ratio 2 : 3.
investment) [www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com] What is B's contribution in the capital?
Rs. 72 Rs. 320 [www.examveda.com; www.indiabix.com]
Rs. 400 Rs. 360 b Rs. 7500 Rs. 8000
## A and B started a business by investing Rs. Rs. 8500 Rs. 9000 d
36000 and Rs. 45000 respectively. After 4 ## A, B and C enter into a partnership,
4 investing Rs. 6000. A invests Rs. 1000 and B
months B withdraws of his investment. Its 2 : 3. Find the profit of C, when the annual
9
1 profit is Rs. 2400 ?
5 months after she again invested of its [www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com]
19
Rs. 600 Rs. 1200
original investment. If the total earned profit
at the end of the year, is Rs. 117240, then Rs. 1800 Rs. 1950 b
who will get more money as a share of profit ## A, B and C invested Rs. 47000 for a business.
and how much ? If A subscribes Rs. 7,000 more than B and B
[www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com] Rs. 5,000 more than C, then out of total
Rs. 15500 Rs. 12450 profit of Rs. 4700, C receives.
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Rs. 14245 Rs. 13560 d
Rs. 1200 Rs. 4500
## A invested an amount of Rs. 25,000 and
started a business. B joined him after one Rs. 1000 None of these @@
year with an amount of Rs. 30,000. After two Answer: Rs. 1000
years from starting the business, they earned 1 1
## A, B and C share profit in the ratio of : :
the profit of Rs. 46,000. What will be B's 4 6
share in the profit? [www.competoid.com] 7
. If C retires, they share the profit of C in
Rs. 14,000 Rs. 12,000 12
Rs. 17,250 Rs. 20,000 @@
the ratio of 4 : 5 respectively. The new profit
Answer: Rs. 17,250 sharing ratio of A and B will be :
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55 : 53 53 : 55 ## Rahul and Bharti are partners in a business.
5:3 3:5 @@ 1
Rahul contributes th capital for 15 months
Answer: 55 : 53 4
## A, B and C share the profit in the ratio of 2 : 2
and Bharti received of profit. For how long
3 : 7. If the average gain is Rs. 8000, then B's 3
share is ? Bharti money was used. [www.examveda.com]
[www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com] 8 months 10 months
Rs. 2000 Rs. 1000 11 months 17 months b
Rs. 1500 Rs. 6000 d ## RS. 504 is divided between A, B and C, so
## A, B, C subscribes Rs.5100 for a business A that for every RS. 4. A receives, B receives
subscribes Rs.900 more than B, B subscribes RS. 10, and for every RS. 6, B receives C
Rs.600 more than C. Out of total profit of receives RS. 14. Their shares will be
Rs.1020, A receives. [www.competoid.com] [www.competoid.com]
Rs.500 Rs.450 Rs. 154, Rs.125, Rs. 225
Rs.400 Rs.550 @@ Rs. 250, Rs. 138, Rs. 66
Answer: Rs.500 Rs.54, Rs. 135, Rs. 315
## Four milkmen rented a pasture. M put to None of these
graze 16 cows for 3 months and N 20 cows @@
for 4 months, O 18 cows for 6 months and P Answer: Rs.54, Rs. 135, Rs. 315
42 cows for 2 months. If M's share of rent be ## Srikanth and Vividh started a business
Rs. 2400, the rent paid by O is ? investing amounts of Rs.185000 and Rs.
[www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com] 225000, respectively. If Vividh's share in the
Rs. 3200 Rs. 4200 profit earned by them is Rs. 9000, what is the
Rs. 4000 Rs. 5400 d total profit earned by them together.
## Mr.'X' invested certain amount in two [www.competoid.com]
different schemes 'A' & 'B'. Scheme 'A' Rs. 17400 Rs.16400
offers simple interest at 12 p.c.a. and Scheme Rs.16800 Rs.17800 @@
'B' offers compound interest at 10 p.c.p.a. Answer: Rs.16400
Interest accrued on the amount invested in ## Three partners started a business by
Scheme A in 2 years was Rs.3,600 and the investing Rs.60,000, Rs.80,000 and Rs.
total amount invested was Rs.35,000. What 1,20,000 respectively. First partner left the
was interest accrued on the amount invested business after 4 months, second after 9
in Scheme 'B'? [www.competoid.com] months and third remained in the business
Rs.4,800 for the whole year. At the end of year the
Rs.4,200 total profit earned is Rs. 1,60,480, then find
Rs.4,000 their shares of profit.
Cannot be determined [www.competoid.com]
@@
Answer: Rs.4,200 Rs. 16840, Rs. 44188, Rs. 92686
## Mrudul invested an amount of Rs.29,500 in Rs. 16048, Rs. 48144, Rs. 96288
order to start a business. Shalaka joined her Rs. 16042, Rs. 14842, Rs. 9862
4 months later by investing an amount of Rs. 15000, Rs. 13423, Rs. 7562 @@
Rs.33,500. If the business earned a profit of Answer: Rs. 16048, Rs. 48144, Rs. 96288
Rs.1,20,575 at the end of two years, what was ## Two brother invested Rs. 50000 and Rs.
Mrudul's share of the profit? [www.competoid.com] 70000 respectively in a business and agreed
Rs.60,725 Rs.61,950 that 70% of the profits should be divided
Rs.59,250 Rs.58,625 @@
equally between them and the remaining
Answer: Rs.61,950 profit in the ratio of investment. If one
brothers gets Rs. 90 more than the other.
Find the total profit made in the business ?
Rs. 1200 Rs. 1400 ## X and Y are partners in a business. They
Rs. 1600 Rs. 1800 d invest in the ratio 5 : 6, at the end of 8
## Two partners invest Rs. 125000 and Rs. months X withdraws his capital. If they
85000 respectively in a business and agree receive profits in the ratio of 5 : 9. Find how
that 60% of the profit should be divided long Y's investment was used ?
equally between them and the remaining [www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com]
profit is to be divided into ratio of their 12 months 10 months
capitals. If one partner gets Rs. 300 more 15 months 14 months a
than the other. Find the total profit made in ## X and Y enter into a partnership with
the business ? capitals in the ratio 5 : 6 and at the end of 8
[www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com] months, X withdraws. If they receive profit
Rs. 3739.50 Rs. 3937.50 in the ratio of 5 : 9. Find how long Y's
Rs. 3749.50 Rs. 3947.50 b capital was used. [www.examveda.com;
## Two partners invest Rs.125000 and www.competoid.com]
Rs.85000, respectively in a business and 8 months 9 months
agree that 60% of the profit should be 11 months 12 months d
divided equally between them and the ## X and Y enter into a partnership with their
remaining profit is to be treated as interest capitals in the ratio 7 : 9. At the end of 8th
on capital. If one partner gets Rs.600 more month, X withdraws his capital. If they
than the other, find the total profit made in receive the profits in the ratio 8 : 9, Find how
the business. [www.competoid.com] long Y's capital was used. [www.competoid.com]
Rs.8800 Rs.8885 4 months 6 months
Rs.8995 Rs.7875 @@
7 months 8 months @@
Answer: Rs.7875 Answer: 7 months
## Two persons A and B start a business with ## X and Y entered into a partnership,
investments of Rs.24000 and Rs.28000 investing Rs. 16,000 and Rs. 12,000
respectively. After 4 months C also joined respectively. After 3 months X withdrew Rs.
them with certain investment. Total profit at 5000, while Y invested 5000 more. After 3
the end of the year was Rs.19950. C's share months more Z joins the business with a
in profit was Rs.7600. What was the C's capital of Rs. 21,000. After a year they
investment in the business? [www.competoid.com] obtained a profit of Rs. 26,400. By what
Rs.48000 Rs.45000 amount does the share of Y exceed the share
Rs.50000 Rs.40000 @@
of Z.
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Answer: Rs.48000
Rs. 3600 Rs. 3800
## Vijay, Ram and Ravi started a shop by
Rs. 4600 Rs. 4800 @@
investing Rs.2700, Rs.8100 and Rs.7200
respectively. At the end of one year, the Answer: Rs. 3600
profit was distributed. If Ram's share was ## X and Y make a partnership. X invests
Rs.3600, then total profit was [www.competoid.com] Rs.8000 for 8 months and Y remains in the
Rs.10800 Rs.11600 business for 4 months. Out of the total profit,
Y claims 2 / 7 of the profit. How much
Rs. 8000 None of these @@
money was contributed by Y? [www.competoid.com]
Answer: Rs. 8000
Rs.5000 Rs.5400
## We have to divided a sum of Rs. 13950
Rs.7400 Rs.6400 @@
among three persons A, B and C. B must get
the double of A's share and C must get 50 Answer: Rs.6400
less than the double of B's share. The share ## X and Y take a grass ground on lease for Rs.
of A will be ? [www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com]
300 for grazing their animals. If X grazes 10
Rs. 1950 Rs. 1981.25 animals for 5 weeks and Y grazes 15 animals
for 7 weeks. The ratio in which they should
Rs. 2000 Rs. 2007.75 c
divide the rent is : [www.competoid.com]
1:2 10 : 21 Rs. 100, Rs. 160, Rs. 880 Rs. 110, Rs.
11 : 20 2:1 @@ 140, Rs. 860
Answer: 10 : 21 Rs. 120, Rs. 150, Rs. 840 Rs. 140, Rs.
## X and Z invest capital in the ratio of 2 : 1 170, Rs. 830 @@
while X and Y invest capital in the ratio of 3 Answer: Rs. 100, Rs. 160, Rs. 880
: 2. If their annual profit is Rs. 157300 then ## X, Y and Z were sharing profits in the ratio
what is Y share ? 4:3:2. Y retired from the firm and X and Z
[www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com] decide to share profits in the ratio 3:2.
Rs. 48400 Rs. 58809 Calculate the gaining ratio. [www.competoid.com]
Rs. 48810 Rs. 47782 a 7:8 5:9
## X starts a business with Rs. 25,000. After 4 4:7 5:8 @@
months Y joins him with Rs. 20,000. What Answer: 7:8
will be the ratio of their profit at the end of ## Yogesh started a business investing Rs.
the year. 45000. After 3 months, Pranab joined him
[www.competoid.com] with a capital of Rs. 60000. After another 6
4:8 5 : 10 months, Atul joined them with a capital of
15 : 8 9 : 18 @@ Rs. 90000. At the end of the year, they made
Answer: 15 : 8 a profit of Rs. 20000. What would be Atuls
## X starts a business with Rs.300000 and y share in it?
joins him after 3 months with Rs. 1200000. [www.examveda.com]
Find the ratio of the profits at the end of the Rs. 7000 Rs. 6000
year. Rs. 5000 Rs. 4000 d
[www.competoid.com] ## A , B and C are three partners in a business.
2:5 3:5 3
5:1 1:3 The profit share of A is of the total profit
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Answer: 1 : 3 1
## X, Y and Z are partner in a business. If X's and B's share is of the total profit. If C
4
capital, is twice of Y's capital and Y's capital
receives Rs. 243, then the amount received
is three times to that of Z's capital then find
by B will be : [www.competoid.com]
the ratio of their investments.
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Rs. 90 Rs. 96
6:3:1 3:8:1 Rs. 108 Rs. 120 @@
4:9:3 3:1:5 Answer: Rs. 108

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Answer: 6 : 3 : 1 ## A , B and C invest RS. 2,000, RS. 3,000 and
## x, y and z can do a work in 12, 18, 21 days RS. 4,000 in a businees. After 1 year, A
respectively. They undertook to finish the removed his money but B and C continued
work together for Rs.4700, then the shares of for 1 more year. If net profit after 2 years be
x exceeds y by. RS. 3,200, then A's share in the profit is
Rs.700 Rs.1400 RS. 1,000 RS. 800
Rs.1000 Rs.1200 RS. 600 RS.400 @@
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Answer: Rs.700 Answer: RS.400
## X, Y and Z enter into partnership. X ## A ,B and C jointly start a business A puts in
1 Rs. 15,000 for 8 months B puts in Rs. 12,000
invests part of total capital for one-fourth for 9 months and C puts in Rs. 8,000, for the
4
of the time. Y contributes one fifth of the whole year. In the end of the year there is a
capital for half of the time. Z contributes the profit of Rs. 10,800. The difference between
remaining capital for the whole time. How A's share and C share in the profit will be:
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should they divided a profit of Rs. 1140? Rs. 800 Rs. 600
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Rs. 1200 Rs. 1,800 @@ respectively. condition of partnership is that
Answer: Rs. 800 B got Rs. 100 per month for management of
## A and B enter into partnership investing Rs. the business. After paying 5% interest on the
48,000 and Rs. 60,000 respectively. After 3 capital, annual profit has distributed in the
months, A withdraws Rs. 8,000 while B ratio of their investment. Find the share of
invests Rs. 6,000 after 6 months of starting of their profit, if the annual profit is Rs. 4000.
business. Out of the total amount of profit, if [www.competoid.com]
A gets Rs. 12,000 as his share at the end of Rs. 3000 each Rs. 2500 each
the year total profit is : [www.competoid.com] Rs. 1500 each Rs. 2000 each @@
Rs. 24,000 Rs. 30,000 Answer: Rs. 2000 each
Rs. 36,000 Rs. 37,000 @@
## A and B started a business investing amount
Answer: Rs. 30,000 of Rs. 1,85,000 and Rs. 2,25,000 respectively.
## A and B enter into partnership. At the end of if B's share in the profit earned by them is
9 months B withdraws but A's capitals is Rs. 9,000 then what is the total profit earned
used for one month more . If they receive by them together?
profit in the ratio of 5 : 6 then the ratio of
Rs. 17,400 Rs. 16,400
their capital is [www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com]
3:4 4:3 Rs. 16,800 Rs. 17,800 @@
Answer: Rs. 16,400
5:6 6:5 @@
## A and B started a business with the
Answer: 3 : 4
investments in the ratio of 5:3 respectively.
## A and B invest in a business in the ratio 3 : 2.
After 6 months from the start ofthe business,
If 5% of the total profit goes to charity and
C joined them and the respective ratio
A's share is Rs. 855, the total profit is:
[www.examveda.com; www.indiabix.com] between the investments of B and C was 2:3.
Rs. 1425 Rs. 1500 If the annual profit earned by them was
Rs. 1537.50 Rs. 1576 b Rs.12,300. What was the difference between
## A and B stared a boutique investing amounts B's share and C's share in the profit?
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of Rs. 35,000 and Rs. 56,000 respectively. If
Rs.900 Rs.800
A's share in the profit earned by them need
Rs.600 Rs.400 @@
is Rs. 45,000, then what is the total profit
Answer: Rs.900
earned? [www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com]
## A and B started business with Rs.20000 and
Rs. 81,000 Rs. 1,27,000
Rs.35000 respectively. They agreed to share
Rs. 72,000 Rs. 1,17,000 @@
the profit in the ratio of their capital. C joins
Answer: Rs. 1,17,000
the partnership with the condition that A,B
## A and B started a business by investing and C will share profit equally and pays
Rs.18,000 and Rs.24,000 respectively. At the Rs.220000 as premium for this, to be shared
end of 4th month from the start of the between A and B. This is to be divided
business. C joins with Rs.15,000. At the end between A and B in the ratio of
of 10th month B quits at which time C [www.competoid.com]
invests Rs.3000 more. At the end of 10th 10 : 1 1 : 10
month B rejoins with the same investment. If 9 : 10 10 : 9 @@
profit at the end of the year is Rs.12,005. Answer: 10 : 1
what is B's share in the profit? ## A began a business with RS. 2100 and is
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joined afterwards by B with RS. 3,600. After
Rs.4,000 Rs.4,440
how many month did B join if profit at the
Rs.4,360 Rs.4,900 @@
end of the year are divided equally?
Answer: Rs.4,900 [www.competoid.com]
## A and B started a business in partnership by 5 6
investing Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 4000 7 Can't say @@
Answer: 5 How much money will each son get?
## A began a business with RS. 4,500 and was [www.competoid.com]
later joined by B with RS. 5,400. If profits at Rs.50,333.33 Rs.48,233.33
the end of the year are divided in the ratio 2 Rs.53,333.33 Data inadequate @@
: 1, then find after how many months did B Answer: Rs.53,333.33
join? [www.competoid.com] ## A start a business with Rs. 45000. After 6
3 months 5 months months B enters in his business with Rs.
7 months 8 months @@ 80000. After one year C invests Rs. 120000.
Answer: 7 months In what ratio the profit will be divided
## A began a business with Rs.2250 and was among A, B and C ? [www.examveda.com]
joined afterwards by B with Rs. 2700. If the 9 : 16 :24 3:4:4
profit at the end of the year were divided in 3:4:8 3:3:8 b
the ratio of 2 : 1, after how much time B ## A started a business by investing Rs. 42000.
joined the business? [www.competoid.com] After few months B joined by investing Rs.
5 months 6 months 49,000. If at the end of year A got Rs. 9000
3 months 7 months @@ and B got Rs.7000 as a share of their profit.
Answer: 7 months Then after how many months B joined the
## A' began a small business with a certain business. [www.competoid.com]
amount of money. After four months from 1 month 4 months
the start of the business. 'B' joined the 2 months 3 months @@
business with an amount which was Rs.6,000 Answer: 4 months
less than 'A's initial investment. 'C' joined ## A started a business by investing Rs. 50,000.
the business after seven months from the After 6 months B joined her by investing Rs.
start of business with an amount which was 75,000. After its 6 months C joined with Rs.
Rs.2,000 less than A's initial investment. At 1,25,000. What is the ratio of profit shared
the end of the year total investment repented after 2 years among A, B and C ?
was Rs.1,42,000. What will be A's share in [www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com]
the profit. if B received Rs.8,000 as profit 4:5:6 8 : 9 : 10
share? (in Rupees) [www.competoid.com] 8 : 9 : 12 4:5:8 @@
Rs.48,000 Rs.46.500 Answer: 8 : 9 : 10
Rs.46.000 Rs.42,000 @@
## A started a business by investing some
Answer: Rs.48,000 money and B invested Rs. 5000 each more
## A man gave 20% of his salary to his only son than that of A. A remained in business for 5
and only daughter. The ratio of amount months and B remained in business 1 month
given to son and daughter is 3:2 respectively. more than A. Out of the total profit of Rs.
Twice the amount what he gave to his 26000, B got Rs. 6000 more than A. Find the
daughter, he invested in LIC. Out of the capitals invested A and B ? [www.examveda.com;
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remaining amount he gave one-fourth to his
Rs. 29000, Rs. 18000 Rs. 25000, Rs. 3000
wife. After that he was left with Rs.16800.
Find out the amount invested in LIC. Rs. 15000, Rs. 10000 Rs. 15000, Rs.
[www.competoid.com] 20000 d
Rs.5600 Rs.5400 ## A started the business investing RS.
Rs.5800 Rs.6200 @@
35,000.After 6 month B Joined him with a
Answer: Rs.5600 capital of RS. 60,000. At the end of the year,
## A man has divided his total many in his will total profit was RS. 26,000. What Will be the
in such a way that half of it goes to his wife, difference between shares of profits of A and
2/3 rd of the remaining among his three sons B?
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equally and the rest among his four daughter
RS.1000 RS.2000
equally. If each daughter gets Rs.20,000.
RS.2500 RS.3000 @@
Answer: RS.2000 being the only working partner receive?
## A starts a business with a capital of [www.competoid.com]
Rs.15000. B joins the business 6 months later Rs.11,375 Rs.10,000
from the start of the business and C joins the Rs.12,375 Rs.11,275 @@
business 8 month later from the start of the Answer: Rs.11,375
business. End of the year their respective ## A starts some business with Rs.50,000. After
share in profit was in ratio of 5:3:3. What is 3 months B joins him with Rs. 70,000. At the
the sum of amount put in the business by B end of the year, in what ratio should they
and C together? share the profit ? [www.competoid.com]
Rs.3300 Rs.3500 1:5 None of these @@
Rs.4200 Rs.4500 @@ Answer: None of these
Answer: Rs.4500 ## A sum of RS. 1,000 is divided between A and
## A starts a business with an initial investment 1
of Rs.18000. After 4 months, B enters into B such that RS. 10 more than of A's share
2
the partnership with an investment of 1
Rs.24000. Again after two months C enters and RS. 20 more than of B's share are
3
with an investment of Rs.30000. If C receives equal, then A's share is
Rs.1845 in the profit at the end of the year. [www.competoid.com]
what is the total annual profit ? RS. 412 RS. 420
[www.competoid.com] RS. 588 RS.500 @@
Rs.6027 Rs.6327 Answer: RS. 412
Rs.6527 Rs.6080 @@ ## A working partner gets 20% as his
Answer: Rs.6027 commission of the profit after his
## A starts a business with an investment of commission is paid. If the working partner's
Rs.16000. After 3 months B joins the commission is Rs. 8000, then what is the total
partnership profit in the business ? [www.examveda.com;
with an investment equal to 5/8th of A's www.competoid.com]
investment and A withdraws Rs.2000 from Rs. 47000 Rs. 45000
the business. After 3 months more C joins Rs. 48000 None of these c
the partnership with an investment of ## A, B and C are partners in a business
Rs.9000. In the end of the year, C gets partnership. A invested Rs. 4000 for whole
Rs.1026 as his share in profit. Find A's share year. B invested Rs. 6000 initially but
in the profit. increased this investment upto Rs. 8000 at
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the end of 4 months, while C invested Rs.
Rs.3300 Rs.3306 8000 initially, but withdraw Rs. 2000 at the
Rs.3406 Rs.3506 @@ end of 9 months, At the end of year total
Answer: Rs.3306 earned profit is Rs. 16950, find their share of
## A starts a small business by investing a profit. [www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com]
certain sum of money. B joins A after three Rs. 3600, Rs. 6600, Rs. 6750
months from the start of the business by Rs. 2000, Rs. 3050, Rs. 5400
investing 1.5 times A's investment. Three
Rs. 2450, Rs. 2460, Rs. 1456
months after B joined the business. C joins A
None of these
and B by investing half of A's investment. It
@@
was agreed that the working partner would Answer: Rs. 3600, Rs. 6600, Rs. 6750
receive 10% of the profit and the share
## A, B and C enter into a partnership investing
according to the investment proportion from Rs 35000, Rs 45000 and Rs 55000 resp. The
the rest of the profit. If total profit at the end respective share of A,B and C in an annual
of the year was Rs.23750. How much will A,
profit of Rs 40500 are.
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Rs. 11500, Rs. 13500, Rs. 16500 of each in profit ? [www.examveda.com;
Rs. 10500, Rs. 12500, Rs. 16500 www.competoid.com]
Rs. 10500, Rs. 13500, Rs. 15500 Rs. 20000, Rs. 25000, Rs. 18000
Rs. 10500, Rs. 13500, Rs. 16500 d Rs. 15500, Rs. 27200, Rs. 20450
## A, B and C have invested a sum of Rs. Rs. 22500, Rs. 6750, Rs. 5400
125000 in a business. B invested R. 15000 Rs. 10350, Rs. 21540, Rs. 12050 c
more than A and C invested RS. 20,000 more ## A, B and C start a business partnership with
than B. If the total earned profit is Rs. 37450 respective initial investments of Rs.4200,
at the end of year, then find their share of Rs.3600 and Rs.2400. After 4 months from
profit. [www.competoid.com] the start of the business A invests an
Rs. 7490, Rs. 11984, Rs. 17976 additional amount of Rs.1000 in the
Rs. 8480, Rs. 7550, Rs. 8560 business. After 6 months from the start of
Rs. 7940, Rs. 7054, Rs. 17500 the business B and C invest additional
Rs. 5100, Rs. 6943, Rs. 7140 amounts in the respective ratio of 1:2. After
10 months they get a total profit of Rs.2820.
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Answer: Rs. 7490, Rs. 11984, Rs. 17976 If the Share of A in profit be Rs.1200, what
## A, B and C hire a meadow for RS. 4,650. A was the additional investment made by B?
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puts in 10 oxen for 20 days, B puts in 50 oxen
Rs.420 Rs.400
for 8 days and C puts in 16 oxen for 9 days.
Rs.440 Rs.450 @@
The rent paid by B is
RS. 1,005 RS.1,500 ## A, B and C started a business by investing
RS. 1,550 RS. 2,500 Rs. 24,000, Rs. 32000 and Rs.18000
@@
Answer: RS. 2,500 respectively. A and B are active partners and
## A, B and C hired a car for Rs. 4,160. A used get 15% and 12% of total profit and
it for 7 hours. B for 8 hours and C used it for remaining profit is to be distributed among
11 hours. The rent shared by A Will be : them in the ratio of their investment. If C got
[www.competoid.com] total Rs.65700 as a profit, what was the total
Rs. 960 Rs. 1120 amount of profit ?
Rs. 1,260 Rs. 1,760 @@
Answer: Rs. 1120 Rs. 4,70,000 Rs. 3,70,000
## A, B and C hired a pasture. A grazed 12 Rs. 3,45,000 Rs. 1,57,000 @@
cows 2 hours every day for 4 months, B Answer: Rs. 3,70,000

grazed 16 cows, 4 hours every day for 6 ## A, B and C started a business by investing
months and C grazed 6 cows 9 hours Rs.20,000 Rs.28,000 and Rs.36,000
everyday for 2 months. If B has paid Rs. respectively. After 6 months, A and B
1152 as a share of fare. Find the amount of withdrew an amount of Rs.8,000 each and C
total Rent. [www.competoid.com]
invested an additional amount of Rs.8,000.
Rs. 1413 Rs. 1214 All of them invested for equal period of time.
Rs. 1764 Rs. 1102 If at the end of the year, C got Rs.12,550 as
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his share of profit, what was the total profit
Answer: Rs. 1764
1 earned ? [www.competoid.com]
## A, B and C invested money in the ratio of : Rs.25,100 Rs.26,600
2
Rs.24,300 Rs.22,960 @@
1 1
: in a business. After 4 months A doubled Answer: Rs.25,100
3 5
## A, B and C started a business in partnership
his investment and after 6 months B halves
with investments of Rs.12000, Rs.26000 and
his investment. If the total profit at the end
Rs.32000 respectively. After 4 months A
of the year be Rs. 34650 then find the share
leaves. After 6 months B leaves and A joins
with an amount equal to his earlier
investment. After 10 months C leaves and B RS. 3,500 RS. 3,000
joins with his prior investment. At the end of RS. 2,000 None of these @@
the year they earn a Profit of Rs.53622. Find Answer: RS. 3,000
the share B in the annual profit ## A, B, C are the partners of a business. A
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Rs.17221 Rs.17212 contributes of the whole capital. While B
3
Rs.17222 Rs.18212 @@ contributes as much as A and C together
Answer: Rs.17212 contribute. If the profit at the end of the year
## A, B and C started a business with is Rs.42000. What would each receive
investments of Rs.1,600, Rs.2,000 and [www.competoid.com]
Rs.1800 respectively. After 6 months from Rs.24000, 16000, 2000 Rs.14000, 21000,
the start of the business, A invested Rs.200 7000
more. After 8 months from the start of the Rs.21000, 14000, 7000 Rs. 7000,
business, B and C invested additional 21000,14000 @@
amounts in the respective ratio of 4:1. If they Answer: Rs.14000, 21000, 7000
received an annual profit of Rs.3780 and A's ## A, B, C rent a pasture. A puts 10 oxen for 7
share in the profit is Rs.10810, what was the months, B puts 12 oxen for 5 months and C
additional amount that C invested? puts 15 oxen for 3 months for grazing. If the
[www.competoid.com] rent of the pasture is Rs. 175, how much
Rs.200 Rs.300 must C pay as his share of rent?
Rs.400 Rs.270 @@ [www.examveda.com; www.indiabix.com]
Answer: Rs.270 Rs. 45 Rs. 50
## A, B and C started a business with their Rs. 55 Rs. 60 a
investment in the ratio 1:3:5. After 4 months ## A, B, C started a business by investing
A invested the same amount as before and B Rs.6000, Rs.9000 and Rs.12,000 respectively.
as well as C withdrew half of their If at the end of the year the business earned
investments. The ratio of their profits at the a profit of Rs.3600 How should they divide
end of the year was : [www.competoid.com] the profit? [www.competoid.com]
5:6:10 6:5:10 1600 1200
10:5:6 4:3:5 @@ 1800 1400 @@
Answer: 5:6:10 Answer: 1600
## A, B and C started a business with their ## A, B, C started a shop by investing Rs.27000,
investments in the ratio 1 : 2 : 4. After 6 Rs.81000 and Rs.72000 respectively. At the
month A invested the half amount more as end of one year B's share in total profit was
before and B invested same the amount as Rs.36000. What was the total profit?
1 [www.competoid.com]
before while C withdrew th of the his
4 Rs.108000 Rs.116000
investments. Find the ratio of their profits at Rs.80000 Rs.92000 @@
the end of the year. Answer: Rs.80000
[www.competoid.com] ## A, Band C enter into partnership by making
5 : 12 : 13 5 : 11 : 14 investments in the ratio 3 : 5 : 7. After a
5 : 12 : 14 None of these @@ year, C invests another Rs.337600. While A
Answer: 5 : 12 : 14 with draws Rs.45600. The ratio of
## A, B, and C invest RS. 5,000, RS. 6,000 and investments then changes to 24 : 59 : 167.
RS. 4,000 in a business. A gets 30% of the How. much did A invest initially?
profit as Manager's salary and the [www.competoid.com]
remaining part of the profit is distributed Rs.45600 Rs.96000
among them in the ratio of their investments. Rs.141600 None of these @@
If A gets RS. 200 more than B and C receive Answer: Rs.141600
together, then total profit is [www.competoid.com]
## Aarti, Vinita and Kamala became partners ## Dheeraj distributed his total assets to his
in a business by investing money in the ratio wife, three sons, two daughters and five
of 5 : 7 : 6. Next year, they increased their grandchildren in such a way that each
investments by 26%, 20% and 15%, grandchild got one-eighth of each son or one-
respectively. In what ratio should profit tenth of each daughter. His wife got 40 per
earned during 2 nd year be distributed? cent of the total share of his sons and
[www.competoid.com] daughters together. If each daughter
21 : 28 : 23 23 : 28 : 21 received asset of worth Rs.1.25 lakh. what
28 : 23 : 21 35 : 41 : 7 @@ was the total worth of the assets received by
Answer: 21 : 28 : 23 his wife and the three grandchildren
## Amit and Brijesh started a business with together ?
initial investments in the ratio of 12 : 11 and [www.competoid.com]
their annual profits were in the ratio of 4 : 1. Rs.32,500 Rs.2,57,500
If Amit invested the money for 11 months, Rs.2,82,500 Cannot be determined
then for what time Brijesh invested the @@
money? [www.competoid.com] Answer: Rs.2,57,500
9 months 3 months ## Dilip and Manohar start a business by
5 months 10 months @@ investing RS. 1,00,000 and RS. 1,50,000
Answer: 3 months respectively. The share of each out of a profit
## Amitabh, Brijesh and Kamesh enters a of RS. 2,400 will be [www.competoid.com]
7 4 RS. 960, RS. 1450 RS. 1000, RS. 1400
partnership with shares in the ratio of : : RS. 380, RS. 1600 RS. 960, RS. 1440 @@
2 3
6 Answer: RS. 960, RS. 1440
. After 4 months, Amitabh increases his ## Dilip, Ram and Amar started a shop by
5
share by 50%. If the total profit at the end of investing RS. 27,000, RS. 81,000 and RS.
the year be Rs.21600, what will be the share 72,000 respectively. At the end of 1 year, the
of Brijesh in the profit? [www.competoid.com] profit was distributed. If Ram's share of
Rs.8000 Rs.12000 profit be RS. 36,000, then total profit was
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Rs.4000 Rs.7000 @@
RS. 1,16,000 RS. 1,08,000
Answer: Rs.4000
RS. 80,000 None of these @@
## Avinah, Manoj and Arun started a business
Answer: RS. 80,000
in partnership investing in the ratio of 3 : 2 :
## Four milkmen rented a pasture. A grazed 18
5 respectively. At the end of the year, they
cows for 4 months, B grazed 25 cows for 2
earned a profit of Rs.45000 which is 15% of
months, C grazed 28 cows for 5 months and
their total investment. How much did Manoj
D grazed 21 cows for 3 months. If A's share
invest? [www.competoid.com]
of rent be RS. 360, then total rent of the field
Rs.60000 Rs.180000
is [www.competoid.com]
Rs.30000 Rs.90000 @@
RS. 1,500 RS. 1,600
Answer: Rs.60000
RS. 1,625 RS. 1,650 @@
## Ayush and Babloo are partners in a
Answer: RS. 1,625
1
business. Aayush contributes of the capital ## Geeta, Shweta and Sita Started a business
4
with investmem of Rs.4200, Rs.8400 and
2
for 15 months and Babloo received of the Rs.5400 respectively. In the end of the year
3
there was a profit of Rs.24000. Sita invested
profit. How long Babloo's money was used? 32% of her share in profit in the business.
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The remaining amount of profit with Sita is
10 months 9 months [www.competoid.com]
11 months 7 months @@ Rs.4986 Rs.4689
Answer: 10 months Rs.4886 Rs.4896 @@
Answer: Rs.4896 the total gain is Rs. 7,400, then Q's Share is :
## If we divide RS. 541 in three parts such that [www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com]
4 times the first may be equal to 6 times the Rs. 1,900 Rs. 2,100
second and 11 times the third, then three Rs. 3,200 Data are incomplete
parts are in the ratio [www.competoid.com] @@
4 : 6 : 11 1/4 : 1/6 : 1/11 Answer: Rs. 1,900
11 : 6 : 4 5:4:3 @@
## Manoj got RS. 6,000 as his share out of total
Answer: 1/4 : 1/6 : 1/11 profit of RS. 9,000 which he and Ramesh
## In a business, A and C invested amounts in earned at the end of 1 year. If Manoj
the ratio 2 : 1 , whereas the ratio between invested RS. 2,000 for 6 month whereas
amounts invested by A and B was 3 : 2 . If Ramesh invested his amount for the whole
Rs. 157300 was their profit, how much year, the amount invested by Ramesh was
amount did B receive? [www.examveda.com]
RS. 4,000 RS. 3,000
Rs. 48000 Rs. 48200
RS. 1,000 RS. 500 @@
Rs. 48400 Rs. 48600 c
Answer: RS. 500
1
## In a partnership X invests th of the capital ## Mr. A opened a workshop investing 40,000.
6
He invested additional amount of 10,000
1 1 1
for th of the time, Y invests rd capital for every year. After two years his Student B
6 3 3 joined him with an amount of 85,000.
rd time and Z invests the remaining capital Thereafter B did not invest any additional
for the whole time. If at the end of the year amount. On completion of four year form
the profit earned is Rs. 23000 then what will the opening of workshop they earned an
be Y share? [www.competoid.com] profit of 1,95,000. What will be A's share in
Rs. 5500 Rs. 5000 the earning. [www.competoid.com]
Rs. 6000 Rs. 4000 @@ 85000 110000
Answer: Rs. 4000 135000 95000 @@
## Jeevan started the business investing RS. Answer: 110000
50,000 4 month after he started Anil joined ## Mr.Shivkumar started a business investing
him with a capital of RS. 90,000. If at the end Rs.25,000 in 1996. In 1997 he invested an
of year, total profit in the bussiness was RS. additional amount of Rs.10,000 and
22,000, then what will be Anil's share in it? Mr.Rakesh joined him with an amount of
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Rs.35,000 in 1998.
RS.16,000 RS. 15,000
Mr.Shivkumar invested another additional
RS. 12,000 RS.10,000 @@
amount of Rs.10,000 and Mr.Suresh joined
Answer: RS. 12,000
them with an amount of Rs.35,000. What
## Karan starts a business by investing will be Rakesh's share in the profit of
Rs.60,000. six months later Shirish joins him Rs.1,50,000 earned at the end of three years
by investing Rs.1,00,000. At the end of one from the start of the business in 1996?
year from commencement of the business, [www.competoid.com]
they earn a profit of Rs.1,51,800. What is the Rs.70,000 Rs.50,000
Shirish's share in the profit? [www.competoid.com] Rs.45,000 Rs.75,000 @@
Rs.55200 Rs.82800 Answer: Rs.50,000
Rs.62500 None of these @@ ## Out of total capital required to start a
Answer: None of these 2
## M, P and Q together started a business. M business A invested 30%, B invested th and
5
invested Rs. 6,500 for 6 months, P invested C invested the remaining capital. At the end
Rs. 8,400 for 5 months and Q invested Rs. of one year sum of Rs. 4000 is earned as a
10,000 for 3 months. M is working member profit which is 20% of the capital given by B,
for which he gets 5% of total profit extra. If
then find how much C invested in the Answer: Rs.38,40,000
business ? [www.examveda.com; www.competoid.com] ## Ram, Shyam and Kamal together starts a
Rs. 25000 Rs. 10000 business in partnership. The ratio of their
Rs. 15000 Rs. 12450 c capitals is 3 : 4 : 7. If their annual profit be
## P, Q, R enter into a partnership. P initially Rs.21000, what will be Kamal's share in this
invests 25 lakh & adds another 10 lakhs profit? [www.competoid.com]
after one year. Q initially invests 35 lakh & Rs.12500 Rs.10500
withdrawal 10 lakh after 2 years and R Rs.15000 Rs. 10000 @@
invests Rs 30 Lakhs . In what ratio should Answer: Rs.10500
the profit be divided at the end of 3 years? ## Ramesh and Priya started a business initially
[www.examveda.com] with Rs. 5100 and Rs.6600, respectively.
18 : 19 : 19 18 : 18 : 19 Investments done by both the persons are in
19 : 19 : 18 18 : 19 : 19 c for different time periods. If the total profit
## Rakesh Yadav Reader publication makes a is Rs.5460, what is the profit of Ramesh?
profit of 9,00,000, 20% of which is paid as [www.competoid.com]
taxes. If the rest is divided among the Rs. 1530 Rs. 1600
1 Rs. 1400 Data inadequate @@
partners P , Q and R in the ratio of 1: 1 : 2, Answer: Data inadequate
2
then the shares of P, Q and R are ## Reena, Reema and Meera take a car on rent
respectively. [www.competoid.com] and they use that car for 14h, 16hr and 22hr
Rs. 2,40,000; Rs. respectively. What amount will be paid by
3,20,000; Rs. 1,60,000 Meera, if total rent of the car is Rs.2080?
Rs. 3,20,000; Rs. [www.competoid.com]
2,40,000; Rs. 1,60,000 Rs. 880 Rs. 1280
Rs. 1,60,000; Rs. Rs. 1040 Rs. 960 @@
3,20,000; Rs. 2,40,000 Answer: Rs. 880

Rs. 1,60,000; Rs. ## Rs. 700 is divided among A, B, C so that A
2,40,000; Rs. 3,20,000 receives half as much as B and B half as
much as C. Then C's share is [www.examveda.com;
@@
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Answer: Rs. 1,60,000; Rs. 2,40,000; Rs. 3,20,000
Rs. 200 Rs. 300
## Rakesh, Dinesh and Mahesh start a business
Rs. 400 Rs. 500 c
by investing Rs.5000, Rs.8000 and Rs.12000
respectively. At the end of year, they got ## Rs.73,689 are divided between A and B in
profit of Rs.12500. What is the share of the ratio 4:7. What is the difference between
Dinesh in profit? [www.competoid.com]
thrice the share of A and twice the share of
Rs.4000 Rs.4500 B? [www.competoid.com]
Rs.36,699 Rs.46,893
Rs.6000 Rs.7500 @@
Answer: Rs.4000 Rs.20,097 Rs.13,398 @@
## Raksha invested an amount of Rs.60,000 to Answer: Rs.13,398

start a software business. After six months, ## Sam invested Rs.7000 in a shop and Gupta
Kamal joined her with an amount of joined him after 4 months by investing
Rs.90,000. After one year from the Rs.3000. After one year if the net profit be
commencement of the business. Raksha put Rs.13500, then Gupta's share in the profit is
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in an additional amount of Rs.20,000. At the Rs.3600 Rs.3000
end of three years, they earned a profit of
Rs.3800 Rs.3900 @@
Rs.71,20,000. What is Raksha's share in the
Answer: Rs.3000
profit? [www.competoid.com]
## Sunetra invested an amount of Rs.50,000 to
Rs.35,20,000 Rs.26,40,000
start a software business. After six months
Rs.27,00,000 Rs.38,40,000 @@
Nikhil joined her with an amount of
Rs.80,000. At the end of 3 years they earned ## Three partners A, B and C invest RS. 3,000
a profit of Rs.24,500. What is Sunetra's RS. 4,000 and RS. 5,000 respectively. A get
share in the profit? [www.competoid.com] 15% of the profit as manager's salary and B
Rs.14,000 Rs.9423 gets 10% of the profit as Asst. Manager's
Rs.10,250 None of these @@ salary. The remaining part of the profit is
Answer: None of these distributed among them in the ratio of their
## Three men A,B and C start a business investments. If A receives RS. 540, the shares
together. They invest Rs.30000, Rs.24000 of B and C respectively are [www.competoid.com]
and Rs.42000 respectively in the beginning. RS. 560, RS. 500 RS.500, RS. 560
After 4 months. B took out Rs.6000 and C RS. 160, RS. 500 none of these @@
took out Rs.10000. They get a profit of Answer: RS. 560, RS. 500
Rs.11960 at the year. B's share in the profit ## Three partners A, B and C invested in the
is [www.competoid.com] 5 4 6
ratio of : : in a business. After 3 months
Rs.2700 Rs.2803 4 5 5
Rs.2900 Rs.2785 @@ A increased his capital by 50%. If the total
Answer: Rs.2803 profit of Rs. 35,700 earned at the end of
## Three milk man rented a pasture A grazed year, find What was the A's share of Profit?
20 cows for 6 months, B grazed 40 cows for 4 [www.competoid.com]
months and C grazed 30 cows for 5 months. Rs. 12,000 Rs. 16,500
If A's share of rent is Rs.240, then the total Rs. 13,000 Rs. 15,600 @@
rent of the field is [www.competoid.com] Answer: Rs. 16,500
Rs.860 Rs.600 ## Three partners A, B and C start a business.
Rs.640 Rs.840 @@
Twice the Investment of A is equal to thrice
Answer: Rs.860 the capital of B and capital of B is 4 times the
## Three partner A, B and C started a business capital of C. The difference of profits of B
by investing Rs. 48000 each after 6 months, and C out of a total profit of RS. 2, 97,000
A left the business after 10 months B left the will be [www.competoid.com]
business and after 12 months C left the RS. 1,62,000 RS. 1,08,000
business. If total earned profit is Rs. 5250, RS. 27,000 RS. 81,000 @@
then find the share of A, B and C? Answer: RS. 81,000
[www.competoid.com] ## Three partners invest RS. 2000, RS. 2500
Rs. 1125, Rs. 1825, Rs. 2250 and RS. 1100 in a business and earn a profit
Rs. 1125, Rs. 1800, Rs. 2200 of RS. 560. Then share of the person who
Rs. 1125, Rs. 1875, Rs. 2250 invested RS. 2500 is [www.competoid.com]
Rs. 1175, Rs. 1256, Rs. 2350 @@ RS. 200 RS. 250
Answer: Rs. 1125, Rs. 1875, Rs. 2250 RS. 300 RS. 350 @@
Answer: RS. 250
15 Chain Rule
## A garrison of 500 men had provisions for 27 per day 9 men can complete a work in 6
days. After 3 days a reinforcement of 300 days, then in how many days can 12 men, 12
men arrived. For how many more days will women and 12 boys together finish the same
the remaining food last now ? work, working 8 hours per day ?
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15 16 1
1 days 3 days
1 2
172 18 a
2 1
3 days 4 days a
## The work done by a women in 8 hours is 3 2
equal to the work done by a man in 6 hours
and by a boy in 12 hours. If working 6 hours

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13 Ratio and Proportion

the workers should be decreased is Answer: 729729

## If 2 : (1 + 3 ) :: 6 : x, then x is equal to - Answer: 1000

10 of the profit for managing the business, Answer: None of these

daughter's age and her son's age will be 7 : 6 Answer: 12 : 10 : 15

the quadrilateral? Answer: 48, 60

4:9:3 3:1:5 Answer: Rs. 108

cows 2 hours every day for 4 months, B Answer: Rs. 3,70,000

3,20,000; Rs. 2,40,000 Answer: Rs. 880

## Raksha invested an amount of Rs.60,000 to Answer: Rs.13,398

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