Chapter 1 Number System

EXERCISE - 1

Directions for questions 1 to 75: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

1. 36 = _______
(a) 6561 (b) 729 (c) 2187 (d)729

2. 215 = ________
(a) 1024 (b) 8192 (c) 16384 (d) 32768

3. The number of digits in the product of an eight-digit number and a nine-digit number is
(a) 16 (b) 17 (c) 18 (d) either (a) or (b)

4. The product of a seven-digit, ten-digit and a twelve-digit number is a ___________ digit number.
(a) 27 (b) 28 (c) 28 or 29 (d) 27 or 28 or 29

5. The number of digits in the square root of a thirteen-digit number is

(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) either (a) or (b)

6. The number of digits in the cube root of a 29 digit number is

(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) Cannot say

7. 0.27̅ =
5 277 152 3
(a) 18 (b) 999
(c) 333 (d) 10

8. 0.46̅ =
152 152 152 226
(a) (b) (c) (d)
300 330 333 495

9. 0.123̅ =
37 37 37 41
(a) 333 (b) 330 (c) 300 (d) 333

10. If the sum of 35 distinct prime numbers is even, then one of them is always __________.
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 7

11. The number of distinct prime factors of 13013 is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 7

12. Which of the following pairs of numbers are not twin primes?
(a) 239 and 241 (b) 149 and 151 (c) 179 and.181 (d) 229 and 231

13. Which of the following is a prime number?

(a) 437 (b) 323 (c) 567 (d) 241

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14. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 11?
(a) 1111111 (b) 77777 (c) 246642 (d) 7654321

15. The eight-digit number 7654321A is divisible by 9 where A is a single digit whole number. Find A.
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8

16. The six-digit number 24687X is divisible by 9 where X is a single digit whole number. Find X.
(a) 0 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) Cannot be determined

17. When the sum of the digits of a number is subtracted, from the number, the result will be always
divisible by
(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 5.

18. The LCM and HCF of two numbers are 264 and 2 respectively. If one of them is 22, the other is
(a) 16. (b) 18. (c)12. (d) 24.

19. If LCM (x, y, z) = (x) (y) (z), HCF (y, z) =

(a) 1. (b) 2. (c) x. (d) Can't say

20. Find the number of factors of 38 X 64.

(a) 48 (b) 32 (c) 45 (d) 65

21. 111112 =
(a) 12321 (b) 12345654321 (c) 123454321 (d) 1234321

22. Find the number of ways in which (58) (710) can be written as a product of 2 distinct natural numbers.
(a) 40 (b) 45 (c) 49 (d) 50

23. Find the number of ways in which (36) (73) can be written as a product of 2 distinct natural
numbers.
(a) 10 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 13

24. Find the number of ways in which (26) (310) can be written as a product of 2 co-primes.
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 11

25. Find the number of ways in which (23) (34) (56) (78) pan be written as a product of 2 co-primes.
(a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) 1260

26. Find the sum of the factors of (24) (33).

(a) 930 (b) 1240 (c) 1085 (d) 808

27. Find the sum of the factors of 437.

(a) 480 (b) 510 (c) 540 (d) 570

28. Find the number of numbers less than 214 and co-prime to it.
(a) 212 (b) 222 (c) 223 (d) 213

29. If N is a perfect number, the sum of all the factors of N equals

(a) N. (b) 2N. (c) 3N. (d) 4N.

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30. If N = 3p X 2q X 32r, find the number of numbers less than N and co-prime to it (express your
answer in terms of N)
𝑁 𝑁 2𝑁 𝑁
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 3 2

31. Find the number of numbers, co-prime to 289 and less than it.
(a) 272 (b) 273 (c) 16 (d) 270

32. Find the sum of the co-primes of 48 less than 48.

(a) 60 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 384
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33. If x + 𝑥 = 4, x2 + 𝑥 2 =
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 14
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34. If y - 𝑦 = 3, y2 + 𝑦2 =
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 14

35. If x + y = 12 and xy = 18, x3 + y3 =

(a) 1020 (b) 1050 (c) 1080 (d) 1110

36. 11103 + 14103 is divisible by

(a) 45. (b) 35. (c) 25. (d) 75.

37. The greatest number which always divides 382n – 112n among the following is
(a) 26 (b) 441 (c) 676 (d) 1323

38. If p + q + r = 0, p3 + q3 + r3 = ________
(a) 3pqr (b) 6pqr (c) 0 (d) pqr

39. If p3 + q3 + r3 = 3pqr, then

(a) p = q = r (b) p + q + r = 0 (c) p + q + r = 0 or p = q = r (d) None of these

𝑝3 + 𝑟 3 − 𝑞 3 + 3𝑝𝑞𝑟
40. p2 + q2 + r2+ pq + qr − rp
(a) p + q - r (b) p + r - q (c) r + q - p (d) p - r

41. LCM (480, 360, 320) =

(a) 1440 (b) 2880 (c) 2160 (d) 1800

42. HCF (63, 84, 147) =

(a) 21 (b) 7 (c) 12 (d) None of these
5 9 8
43. LCM (6 , 10 , 9) =
(a) 720 (b) 1440 (c) 360 (d) 2880
7 21 14
44. HCF (12 , , )
5 18
=
7 7 7 7
(a) 360 (b) 180 (c) 1080 (d) 2160

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45. A number when divided by 54 leaves a remainder of 31. Find the remainder when the number is
divided by 27.
(a) 4 (b) 23 (c) Neither (a) nor (b) (d) Can't say

46. A number, when divided by 32, leaves .a remainder of 29. Find the remainder when the number
is divided by 64.
(a) 29 (b) 61 (c) Either (a) or (b) (d) Neither (a) nor (b)

47. A number when divided by 28 leaves a-remainder of 7. Which of the following could be the
remainder when it is divided by 35?
(a) 21 (b) 28 (c) 10 (d) More than one of the above

48. Find the units digit of 3200 X 4500.

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8

49. Find the units digit of (13687)3265.

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 9

50. Find the highest power-of 2 which divides 256!;

(a) 256 (b) 255 (c) 254 (d) 253

51. Find the remainder when 1643276569 is divided by 25.

(a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 24 (d) 4

52. Find the remainder when 367543216 is divided by 9.

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

53. Find the least natural number that should be added to 54321677 to make it divisible by 8.
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7

10.593 − 4.783
54. Find the value of 10.592 + 4.782 + (10.59) .(4.78)
(a) 15.37 (b) 10.59 (c) 5.81 (d) None of these

55. 11 + 16  (4  8) of 0  25 =
(a) 13 (b) 14 (c) 15 (d) 16

56. Find the remainder when 1818 is divided by 19.

(a) 1 (b) 18 (c) 11 (d) 4

57. Find the last digit in the product of any 10 consecutive odd natural numbers.
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) None of these

58. Find the tens digit in the product of the first 14 natural numbers.
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6

59. Any prime number greater than 3 when increased by 1 or decreased by 1 must be divisible by
(a) 4. (b) 8. (c) 5. (d) 6.

60. Any 6 consecutive natural numbers will have their product divisible by
(a) 600. (b) 2160. (c) 480. (d) 720.
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61. Find the least natural number by which (38) (513) (719) must be multiplied so that the product is a
perfect square.
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 35 (d) 105

62. Find the least natural number by which (513) (717) must be divided so that the quotient is a perfect
square and remainder is zero.
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 35 (d) 25

63. Find the least natural number by which (210) (314) (59) must be divided so that the quotient is a
perfect cube and remainder is zero.
(a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 36 (d) 18

64. Find the least natural number to be added to 395 so that the sum is a perfect cube.
(a) 5 (b) 89 (c) 46 (d) 117

65. Find the least natural number to be subtracted from 500 so that the result is a perfect square.
(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 59 (d) 29

66. Find the largest 4-digit number which, when divided by 19 leaves a remainder of 6.
(a) 9984 (b) 9978 (c) 9999 (d) 9981

67. Find the least natural number which, when divided by 7 & 8, leaves a remainder of 3 in each case.
(a) 53 (b) 59 (c) 31 (d) 25

68. Find the least natural number which, when divided by 24 and 18, leaves remainders of 18 and 12
respectively.
(a) 78 (b) 138 (c) 150 (d) 66

69. Find the least 4-digit number which leaves a remainder of 10 when divided by 36.
(a) 1028 (b)1018 (c)1039 (d) 1028

70. Find the area of the smallest square which can be formed with rectangles of dimensions
7 cm  5 cm (in sq.cm).
(a) 1225 (b) 4900 (c) 11025 (d) None of these

71. Find the least natural number which, when divided by 5 and 6, leaves remainders of 3 and 5
respectively.
(a) 18 (b) 23 (c) 28 (d) 33

72. Find the largest number which divides 107 and: 78 leaving remainders of 17 and 18 respectively.
(a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 30 (d) 60

73. Find the largest number which divides 34, 58 and 94 leaving the same remainder in each case.
(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 12 (d) 8

74. Find the last remainder when 192 is successively divided by 7, 2 and 4.
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

75. The product of 10 consecutive even natural numbers is always divisible by

(a) 210 X 11! (b) 210 X 12! (c) 210 X 10! (d) None of these

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EXERCISE - 2

Directions for questions 1 to 50: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

1. The number of digits in (2PQR)4 where 2PQR is a four digit number is

(a) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (d) Can't say.

2. Which of the following is a factor of x4 - 3x2 + 1?

(a) x2 - 2x + 1 (b) x2 - x – 1 (c) x2 + x - 1 (d) More than one of the above

3. Find the least natural number which, when successively divided by 5, 6 and 7, leaves respective
remainders of 3, 4 and 5.
(a) 163 (b) 173 (c) 183 (d) 193

4. Find the number of three digit natural numbers divisible by 8, 12 and 15.
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 9

5. Which of the following is divisible by 19?

(a) 614120 (b) 860472 (c) 921194 (d) 998777

6. What is th`e least natural number that should be added to 475935 so that it becomes a multiple
of 11?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 8

7. There are some sweets with me. If I distribute them equally among 10, 16 or 20 children. I would
be left with 1 sweet in each case. If I distribute the sweets equally among 23 children, I would not
have any sweets left with me. How many sweets do I have?
(a) 92 (b) 115 (c) 150 (d) 161

8. What is the smallest five-digit number which when divided by 7, 11 and 21 leaves a remainder of
5 in each case?
(a) 10164 (b) 10169 (c) 10118 (d) 10123

9. When a three-digit number divides 64484 and 62767, the remainder is the same in both the cases.
What is the number?
(a) 101 (b) 458 (c) 767 (d) Cannot be determined

10. A number when divided by 928 leaves a remainder 244. What would be the remainder when the
number is divided by 58?
(a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 17 (d) 23

11. If (x - 1) and (x + 1) are factors of the expression 5x3 — 2x2 — ax - b, find the value of a.
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) -2 (d) 7

12. Which of the following is a perfect square?

(a) 20,734 (b) 61,504 (c) 71,295 (d) 77,286

13. If the number '7448 X 24y' is divisible by 72, find the value of x — y, given that x  y.
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) None of these

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14. Find the greatest number with which .when 565, 847 and 1551 are divided, the remainders are 5,
7 and 11 respectively.
(a) 70 (b) 140 (c) 170 (d)210

15. Find the units digit in 57867192567 - 1452876.

(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 7

16. Find the number of zeros at the end of 175!

(a) 41 (b) 43 (c) 42 (d) 44

17. Two numbers when divided by a certain divisor leave remainders 238 and 342 respectively. When
the sum of the two numbers is divided by the same divisor, the remainder is 156. Find the divisor.
(a) 384 (b) 404 (c) 424 (d) Cannot be determined

18. What is the minimum number of identical square tiles required to cover a rectangular floor of
dimensions 3m 78 cm by 4m 80 cm?
(a) 3200 (b) 5040 (c) 7600 (d) 8100

19. Find the remainder when 350 is divided by 11.

(a) 1 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) Cannot be determined

20. The HCF and LCM of a pair of numbers are 11 and 1001 respectively. Find the smaller of the two
numbers given that their sum is 220.
(a) 11 (b) 33 (c) 55 (d) 77

21. Find the remainder when 2360 is divided by 7.

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 6

22. Find the greatest power of 20 which can divide 200!.

(a) 10 (b) 49 (c) 98 (d) 104

23. Find the largest five-digit number which when divided by 8 leaves remainder 3 and when divided
by 7 leaves remainder 1.
(a) 99948 (b) 99953 (c) 99960 (d) 99947

24. There are 315,420 and 1155 boys of three different schools taking part in an essay competition.
What is the minimum number of rooms required such that all the rooms have equal number of
students and each room has students of the same school only?
(a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 18

25. What is the units digit of the remainder when (1923 + 1723) is divided by 36?
(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 7 (d).0

26. What is the number of ways in which the number 11025 can be expressed as the product of a
pair of co-prime factors?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8

27. 705340 has its right most non-zero digit equal to

(a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) 1

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28. ̅̅̅̅ + 0:1363
What is the value of 0.272 ̅̅̅̅ ?
(a) 3/22 (b) 41/100 (c) 9/22 (d) 1/2

29. What is the least natural number that should be subtracted from 478185 so that it becomes a
multiple of 19?
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12

30. What is the largest number which/divides 288, 528 and 708, and leave the same remainder in
each case?
(a) 30 (b) 60 (c) 75 (d) 150

31. Find the value of A/B, if

A = (0.78)3 + (0.72)3 + (0.5)3 - 1.5 X 0.72 X 6.78 and
B = (0.78)2 + (0.72)2 + (0.5)2 - 0:78 X 0.72 - 0.72 X 0.5 - 0.78 X 0.5.
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) None of these
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32. If x2 - 4x + 1 = 0, find the value of x4 + 𝑥 4.
(a) 42 (b) 68 (c) 84 (d) 194

33. From a certain city, buses start for four different places every 15, 20, 25 and 30 minutes starting
from 8.00 am At what time, for the first time after 8.00 am, would all the buses start together
again?
(a) 10.00 am (b) 12.00 noon (c) 1.00 pm (d) 2.00 pm

34. Find the sum of all the factors of 91476.

(a) 148480 (b) 225670 (c) 267850 (d) 297920

35. Find the smallest number which when divided by 31 leaves as remainder 7 and when divided by
725 leaves a remainder 6.
(a). 106 (b) 81 (c) 131 (d) 162

36. If 1  k  40, how many prime numbers are there, which are in the form 5k + 1?
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 11

37. The difference of a four-digit number and any number formed by permuting its digits would always
be divisible by
(a) 18 (b) 11 (c) 10 (d) 9

38. What is the last digit of 424782 + 179137?

(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4

39. A number when successively divided by 7, 11 and 5 leaves respective remainders of 5, 1 and 1.
Find the smallest such number.
(a) 64 (b) 67 (c) 78 (d) 89

40. If p is a prime number greater than 3, (p2 - 1) is' 'divisible by which of the following?
(a) 6 (b) 24 (c) 2 (d) All of these

41. What is the number of different-ways in which the number 784 can be expressed as a product of
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(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 2 (d) None of these

42. If a + b = 11, and ab = 7, then find the value of a3 + b3.

(a) 1090 (b) 1100 (c) 1120 (d) 1310
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43. If x + 𝑥 = 4, find the value of x4 - 𝑥 4 (x > 1).
(a) 112 (b) 112√3 (c) 224 (d) 224√3

44. The sum of the squares of 2 distinct prime numbers when divided by 6 leaves, a remainder of R.
How many different values of R exist?
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3

45. Find the sum of the numbers which are co-prime to 840 and are less than it.
(a) 40320 (b) 80640 (c) 120960 (d) 60480

46. How many numbers are co-prime to 8640 and are less than it?
(a) 1152 (b) 2304 (c) 3456 (d) 1728

47. ̅̅̅̅ as a fraction.

Express 10.043
(a) 10043/999 (b) 9943/999 (c) 10043/990 (d) 9943/990

48. The remainder when 2582801 - 2579401 is divided by3 is.

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1

49. When (99999)1000 is divided by 100,000, what will be the remainder?

(a) 100000 (b) 99999 (c) 1 (d) 0

50. If S is the sum of first 15828 prime numbers, then S is divisible by

(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) None of these

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Chapter 2 Percentage

EXERCISE - 1

Directions for questions 1 to 20: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

1. The price of a camera is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%. Find the percentage
change in the price of the camera.
(a) 2% increase (b) 2% decrease (c) 0% (d) None of these

2. The price of a radio is decreased by 30% and then increased by 30%. Find the percentage change
in the price of the radio.
(a) 3% increase (b) 3% decrease (c) 9% increase (d) 9% decrease

3. The price of sugar becomes ` 7 x 25 per kg after an increase of 45%; Find the original price of
sugar (in `/kg).
(a) 5 (b).10 (c) 6 (d) 8

4. The monthly salaries of two persons are equal; If the monthly salary of one of them is increased
by 20% and that of the other is decreased by 20%, find the percentage change in the total salary
of the two persons.
(a) 20% increase (b) 20% decrease (c) 0% (d) None of these

5. The price of an item P is twice the price of an item Q. If the price of P is decreased by 25% and
the price of Q is increased by 50%, find the percentage increase in the sum of the prices of the
two items.
(a) 10% (b) 5% (c) 0% (d) 20%

6. The price of a walkman is increased by 20%. By what percent should the new price be decreased
to bring it back to the original price?
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(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 33 % (d) 16 %
3 3

7. The population of a village this year is twice the population of the same village last year. Find the
percentage increase in the population of the village from last year to this year.
(a) 100% (b) 200% (c) 50% (d) 150%

8. In an exam, Raja got 25% more marks than Satish. By what percentage are the marks of Satish
less than that of Raja?
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(a) 16 % (b)33 % (c) 20% (d) 25%
3 3

9. There are 40 employees in a company. The salaries of 10 employees are increased by 10%. The
salaries of the remaining employees are increased by 30%. Find the percentage increase in the
total salary of all the employees.
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 15% (d) Cannot be determined

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10. In a test, Karan got 40% of the maximum marks and Kiran got 50%. Karan's score was less than
Kiran's score by _________ percentage points.
(a) 15 (b) 12 (c) 5 (d) 10

11. Kiran's income before he got an increment was 40% of his family's total income. His increment is
1/4th of his income. If there is no change in the incomes of other members of the family, what
percentage of his family's total income is his salary?
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(a).25% (b) 111⁄9% (c) 4111% (d) 4511%

12. A family's monthly savings is 20% of the total monthly income of the family. The monthly
expenditure on food is increased from 20% to 30% of the total monthly income and its total
monthly income as well as its savings remain unchanged. Find the percentage that its expenditure
nonfood forms of its savings.
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(a) 160% (b) 150% (c) 166 % (d) 175%
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13. Raju's salary before he got an increment was equal to the total savings of his family. The total
expenditure of his family was 64% of its total income. Raju got a 50% increment. If his family's
expenditure remained unchanged, find the percentage that the new total sayings of the family will
form of its new total income.
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(a) 20% (b) 1629% (c) 4559% (d) 4159%

14. Find the annual income of a-person who invested ` 10000 in a10% stock at par.
(a) ` 500 (b) ` 1500 (c) ` 1000 (d) ` 2000

15. Find the annual income of a person who invested ` 10550 in a 7% stock at 5 x 5% premium.
(a) ` 350 (b) ` 700 (c) ` 1400 (d) ` 2100

16. Find the annual income (in `) of a person-who invested ` 19300 in a 6% stock at 3 x 5% discount.
(a) 1600 (b) 1200 (c) 800 (d) 2000

17. A man invested ` 18600 in 5% stock at ` 93. If he sells it when it is quoting ` 105, find his profit (in `).
(a) 3200 (b) 2800 (c)1200 (d) 2400

18. A man invested ` 25800 in a 5% stock at 14%'discount. Find his yield-percent at the end of a year
of investment approximately.
(a) 5.41% (b) 6.21% (c) 5.81% (d) 7.2%

19. Ajay invested ` 2650 in a 15% stock at ` 106. Vijay invested ` 3060 in 12% stock at ` 102. Who
will get a greater annual income?
(a) Ajay (b) Vijay
(c) Both Ajay and Vijay got equal annual income (d) Cannot be determined

20. Three raw-materials P, Q and R are used to manufacture a product S.P contributes 20% of the
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20% higher and S's total cost was 10% higher. the percentage contribution of raw materials to the
total cost of S becomes ___________.
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(a) 1611% (b) 4311% (c) 2211 (d) None of these'

21. When 30% of a number is added to another number, the second number becomes 140% of itself.
What is the ratio of the first to the second number ?
(a) 3:4 (b) 4:3 (c) 3:2 (d) 2:3

22. The population of a town was 8000. In one year, the female population increased by 8% and the
male population increased by 10%. But the total increased by only 9% what is the number of
males in the town?
(a) 4000 (b) 4500 (c) 5000 (d) None of these

23. The price of a book included 10% printing cost, 20% paper cost and another 15% labour. If the
remainder is ` 110.what is the total price of the book?
(a) 200 (b) 300 (c) 400 (d) 500

24. A's salary increased by 12% over last year and has become ` 6720. What will next year's salary
be if it is increased by 20% over last year's salary?
(a) 8000 (b) 7500 (c) 7200 (d) None of these

25. In a village the current birth rate per thousand is 55. Whereas corresponding death rate is 34 per
1000. The net growth in term of population increase will be
(a) 0.021% (b) 0.0021% (c) 21% (d) 2.1%

26. At ` 25000, Onida TV is 25% costlier than Philips; If both Onida and Philips announce a price
increase of ` 5000, Onida TV will be costlier than Philips by What %.
(a) 16.66 % (b) 20 % (c) 25 % (d) None of these

27. 1200 boys and 600 girls appeared in the CAT 1999. If 37.5% of the boys failed and 12.5% of girls
passed. Find the % of students who passed exams.
(a) 45 % (b) 275/6 % (c) 265/6 % (d) 42 %

28. Cheeko spends 25% of his income on clothes, 10% of the remainder on snacks and 10% of the
remaining income is body building. If his monthly income is Rs- 2000, how much does he spend
on body building?
(a) 120 (b) 130 (c) 135 (d) 145

29. If a2% of b is equal to b3% of c and c4% of a is equal to b% of b than the relation between a and
b is given by
(a) a = b (b) a = b2 (c) a9 = b10 (d) a = b10

30. A building is worth ` 120 cr. after successive discounts of 10% and 15% what is the overall
discount given?
(a) 22.4 (b) 22.6 (c) 23.4 (d) 36.8

31. What should be the list price of an item which after successive 25% trade and 5% discount costs
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(a).20 (b) 25 (c) 24 (d) 18

32. The population of a village is 8400. In this 4/7 are males and they marry women of their own
village. If 65% of males are married, then find the % of unmarried females of total population?
(a) 9.2 (b) 6 (c) 5.7 (d) None of these

33. Rakesh's monthly income is 30% more than that of Ramesh. Ramesh's monthly income is 20%
less than that of Suresh. If the difference between the monthly income of Rakesh and Suresh is `
800, find the monthly income of Ramesh.
(a) 12000 (b) 20000 (c) 16000 (d) None of these

34. A shop keeper has a certain number of eggs of which 5% are found to be broken. He sells 93%
of the remainder and still has 266 eggs left. How many eggs did he originally have?
(a) 3800 (b) 4000 (c) 4200 (d) None of these

35. Successive discounts of x% and 4% on an article is equal to a single discount of

(a) [x + 4 - (x4/100)]% (b) [x + 4 + (x4/100)]% (c)(x + 4)% (d) None of these

36. One litre of water is evaporated from 6 litres of solution containing 4% sugar. The % of sugar in
the remaining solution is
(a) 1.4% (b) 5.2% (c) 4.8% (d) 3.4%

37. Mr. Dr. Gupta is worried about the balance of his monthly budget. The price of petrol has
increased by 40%. By what percent should he reduce the consumption of petrol so that he is able
to balance his budget?
(a) 33.33 (b) 28.56 (c) 25 (d) None of these

38. In an election between 2 candidates, Shyam gets 65% of the total valid votes- If the total votes
were 6000, what is the number of valid votes that the other candidate Bhola gets if 25% of the
total votes were declared invalid?
(a) 1625 (b) 1575 (c) 1675 (d) 1525

39. In a mixture of 80 litres of milk and water, 25% of the mixture is milk. How much water should be
added to the mixture so that milk becomes 20% of the mixture ?
(a) 20 liters (b) 15 liters (c) 25 liters (d) None of these

40. A landowner increased the length and the breadth of a rectangular plot by 10% and 20%
respectively. Find the percentage change in the cost of the plot assuming land prices are uniform
throughout his plot.
(a) 33% (b) 35% (c) 22.22% (d) None of these

41. The height of a triangle is increased by 40%. What can be the maximum percentage increase in
length of the base so that the increase in area is restricted to a maximum of 60%?
(a) 50% (b) 20% (c) 14.28% (d) 25%

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EXERCISE - 2

Directions for questions 1 to 30: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

1. In an office, 30% of the employees are men and the remaining are women. 60% of the men are
married and 66% of the employees are married. What percentage of women are not married?
(a) 171⁄7% (b) 30% (c) 313⁄7% (d) 20%

2. A, B and C have certain number of mangoes with them. B has 10%. less mangoes than A and C has
20% less than A. By what percentage is the number of mangoes with B more than those with C?
(a) 10% (b) 12.5% (c) 15% (d) 162⁄3%

3. The price of sugar decreased by 20% and then increased by 50%: By what percentage should a
housewife now increase/decrease her consumption so that the expenditure on sugar remains the
same?
(a) 30% decrease (b) 162⁄3% decrease (c) 61⁄4% % decrease (d) 61⁄4% increase

4. In an election in which there were only two candidates A and B, B got 50% of the votes that A got.
Had A got 200 votes less, there would have been a tie. How many people cast their votes in all?
(All votes polled were valid.)
(a) 800 (b) 1000 (c) 1200 (d) 1600

5. The price of an item went up by 25% and a family decided to reduce its consumption so that the
total expenditure would increase by only 8% as compared to the previous expenditure. If 25 kg of
the item was consumed previously then how many kg of the item should be consumed now?
(a) 25 kg (b) 20 kg (c) 22.4 kg (d) 21.6 kg

6. Merchant A sold an article after giving a 30% discount. Merchant B sold the same article after
giving three successive discounts of 10% each. Merchant C sold the same article after giving
successive discounts of 15%, 10% and 5%. If the marked prices of the three merchants were the
same, find the ascending order of their selling prices.
(a) ACB (b) ABC (c) BCA (d) BAC

7. The Indian cricket team played 25 one-day matches in a particular season of an year and won
40% of their matches. A new coach was then brought in, who wanted a success rate of 75% of
the matches played by the end of the year. What is the minimum number of additional matches
that should be played to achieve that target?
(a) 35 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 60

8. In the US opinion polls, 30% favoured George Bush and the rest favoured Bill Clinton. Following
a debate between the two groups, 20% of the supporters of each shifted their loyalty to the other.
Find the percentage of the total electorate which must shift from Clinton to Bush so that both have
equal number of supporters.
(a) 8% (b) 12% (c) 20% (d) 16%

9. To make a cake, a housewife used 250 gm flour, 250 gm butter, 200 gm sugar, 25 gm raisins, 25
gm cashewnuts, 25 gm cherries, 25 gm almonds, 10 gm sodium bicarbonate and 250 gm
equivalent of eggs. What is the percentage of butter in the cake?
25 20 41 31
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10. Rakesh got 273 marks in an examination and secured 5% more than the pass percentage. If
Lokesh got 312 marks, then by what percentage above the pass marks, did he pass the
examination?
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 40% (d) 50%

11. Shyam spends 60% of his annual salary and saves the remaining amount. His salary increased
by 25% this year and he increased his spending by 20%. By what percentage did his savings
increase?
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 28.75% (d) 32.5%

12. I had enough money to purchase either 40 apples or 50 oranges. I decided to spend only 80% of
the money and purchased 20 oranges and some apples. How many apples can I purchase?
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 24

13. A man invested.` 37800 in a 4% stock at 108.What is the yield per cent?
(a) 51⁄𝑛% (b) 4% (c) 32⁄23% (d) 319⁄27%

14. Which of the following is the best investment?

A. 12% stock at 112. B. 15% stock at 120
C. 4% stock at 108 D. 8% stock at 104
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D

15. A man invested ` 3 8000 in a 6% stock at 120. Find his yield per cent.
(a) 6% (b) 5% c) 4% (d) 3%

16. Which of the following is the best investment?

A. 10% stock at 120. B. 12% stock at 140.
C. 13% stock at 150. D. 14% stock at i60.
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D

17. Ashok's salary increased by 25% this year. By what percentage was his last year salary less,
when compared to this year's salary?
(a) 20 % (b) 25% (c) 40% (d) None of these

18. If the curved surface area of a sphere increased by 44%, then by what percentage would its
volume increase?
(a) 20% (b) 44% (c) 72.8% (d) Cannot be determined

19. The price of petrol was increased by 30% in the budget. Due to pressures from the opposition,
the Finance Minister had to reduce the price of petrol by 15%. What is the effective percentage
increase in the price of petrol?
(a) 5.25% (b) 7% (c) 10.5% (d) 15%

20. The salary of Rahul increases by 10% every year. If for the year 1998 his salary was ` 22000,
then for which year would his salary be ` 29282?
(a) 2000 (b) 2001 (c) 2002 (d) 2003

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21. If the payment per hour of a part-time employee increased by 25% but his working time reduced
by 20%, then find the net percentage change in his income.
(a) 0% (b) 5% (c) 10% (d) 20%

22. In a certain season, the Indian Cricket Team had won 40% of the first 30 matches they played. If
the team wanted an overall success rate of 80%, find the minimum number of matches that should
be played to achieve the target.
(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) 70

23. As a result of a new tax, the price of a commodity increased by 20% and hence the consumption of
a household decreased by 10%. Find the net change in the expenditure of the household.
(a) 8% decrease (b) 8% increase (c) 12% decrease (d) 12% increase

24. The price of an item increased by the same percentage over the last four weeks. If at the
beginning it was ` 512 per gm and in the end it became ` 1250 per gram, then find the percentage
increase every week.
(a) 10% (b) 15% (c) 20% (d) 25%

25. The rate of inflation of a country is 500%. What would be the cost of an item four years from now
if its present cost is ` 125 and the rate of inflation remained unchanged throughout?
(a) ` 27000 (b) ` 78125 (c) ` 162000 (d) ` 216000

26. Ram spends 80% of his annual salary. If his annual salary increased by 14% and his expenditure
increased by 10%, his saving would increase by
(a) 60% (b) 50% (c) 40% (d) 30%

27. The payment per hour of a part-time employee is increased by 30% and his working time is
reduced by 30%. Find the percentage change in his income.
(a) No change (b) 9% increase (c) 9% decrease (d) 45% decrease

28. Sam is a salesman working for a computer company. He earns a fixed salary of ` 1,200 per month
and a commission of 8% on annual sales exceeding ` 1,00,000. What is his annual sales if on an
average he earns ` 1,600 per month?
(a) ` 1,20,000 (b) ` 1,40,000 (c) ` 1,60,000 (d) ` 1,80,000

29. Sher Chand invests ` 19,000 in a 5% stock at 95. Sometime later, he sells out and invests the
proceeds in 6% stock at 80 so that his annual income increases by ` 200. At what price did he
sell out his stock?
(a) ` 90 (b) ` 95 (c) ` 80 (d) ` 75

30. In the recently concluded Intermediate examination a total of 6,00,000 students appeared. 60%
of them were males while the rest were females. If the pass percentage among males is 75% and
the overall pass percentage is 70%. What is the pass percentage for females?
(a) 37.5% (b) 50% (c) 62.5% (d) 70%

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Two friends Shayam and Kailash own two versions of a car. Shayam owns the diesel version of the car,
while Kailash owns the petrol version.
Kailash's car gives an average that is 20% higher than Shayam's (in terms of litres per kilometre). It is
known that petrol costs 60% of its price higher than diesel.

31. If diesel costs ` 12.5 per litre, then the difference in the cost of travel per kilometre between
Kailash's and Shayam's is (assume an average of 20 km per litre for Shayam's car and also
assume that petrol is 50% of its own price higher than diesel)
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32. The ratio of the cost per kilometre of Kailash's car to Shayam's car is
(a) 3:1 (b) 1:3 (c) 1.92:1 (d) Cannot be determined

33. If Shaym's car gives an average of 20 km per litre, then the difference in the cost of travel per
kilometre between the two cars is
(a) ` 4.3 (b) ` 3.5 (c) ` 2.5 (d) cannot be determined

Direction (34-40): Read the following and answer the question that follow.
In the island of Jhinga Lala, the inhabitants have a strange process of calculating their average incomes
and expenditures. According to an old legend prevalent on that island, the average monthly income had
to be calculated on the basis of 14 months in a calendar year while the average monthly expenditure was
to be calculated on the basis of 9 months per year. This would lead to people having an underestimation
of their savings since there would be an underestimation of the income and an overestimation of the
expenditure per month.

34. Mr. Harish comes back from the USSR and convinces his community comprising 273 families to
start calculating the average income and the average expenditure on the basis of 12 months per
calendars year. Now if it is known that the average estimated income in his community is
(according to the old system) 87 Dingo per month, then what will be the percentage change in the
savings of the community of Mr. Harish (assume that there is no other change)?
(a) 12.33% (b) 22.22% (c) 31.31% (d) Cannot be determined

35. If it is known that the average estimated monthly expenditure is 19 Dingo per month for the island
of Jhinga Lala, then what will be the percentage change in the estimated savings of the
community?
(a) 32.42% (b) 38.05% (c) 25.23% (d) Cannot be determined

36. If it is known that the average estimated monthly expenditure was 22 Dingo per month for the
community of Harish (having 273 families), then what will be the percentage change in the
estimated savings of the community?
(a) 54.54% (b) 28.18% (c) 25.23% (d) Cannot be determined

37. What will be the percentage change in the estimated average income of the community
(calculated on the basis of the new estimated average)?
(a) 14.28% increase (b) 14.28% decrease (c) 16.66% increase (d) 16.66% decrease

38. If the finance minister of the island Mr. Bhola Ram declares that henceforth the average monthly
income has to be estimated on the basis of 12 months per year while the average monthly
expenditure is to be estimated on the basis of 11 months to the year, what will happen to the
savings in the economy of Jhinga Lala?
(a) Increase (b) Decrease (c) Remain constant (d) Cannot be determined

39. What will be the percentage change in savings?

(a) 3.1% (b)1.52% (c)2,5% (d) Cannot be determined

40. What will be the percentage change in the estimated monthly expenditure?
(a) 22.22% decrease (b) 22.22% increase
(c) 18.18% decrease (d) 18.18% increase

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Chapter 3 Average

EXERCISE - 1
1. Six friends have an average height of 167cms. Raju with a height of 162cm leaves. What is the
new average height?
(a) 166 (b) 167 (c) 168 (d) 169
2. The average weight of a 5 member family is 70 kgs. If the weight of each member decreases by
5%. What is the new average weight?
(a) 66.5 (b) 67.5 (c) 68.5 (d) 69.5
3. Three years ago, the average age of A, B and C was 27 years and that of B and C 5 years ago
was 20 years. A's present age is
(a) 30 (b) 35 (c) 40 (d) 48
4. The average age of a family of 6 members is 22 years. If the age of the youngest member be 7
years, what was the average age of the family at the birth of the youngest member ?
(a) 15 (b) 18 (c) 21 (d) 12
5. Three years ago, the average age of a family of 5 members was 17 years. A baby having been
born, the average of the family is the same today. What is the age of the baby
(a) 1 Year (b) 2 Year (c) 6 Month (d) 9 Month
6. The average of 5 consecutive numbers is 16. The highest of these numbers is
(a) 21 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) 19
7. If the average of 20 numbers is 100, then the sum of the number is
(a) 5 (b) 200 (c) 100 (d) 2000
8. The average of 3 hours, 40 min. and 24 seconds is
(a) 4408 seconds (b) 3205 seconds (c) 3620 seconds (d) 4200 seconds
9. A group of 6 students has an average weight of 55 kg if one of them is removed then the average
of the remaining changes to 59 kg. What is the weight of the student who was removed?
(a) 37 (b) 36 (c) 35 (d) 34
10. A team of 7 students with an average weight of 66 kg, is combined with another team of 5 students
with an average weight of 64 kgs. What is the new average weight of the new team?
(a) 64.8kg (b) 67.5kg (c) 68.5 (d) 69.5

Directions (11-14): In a family of five persons A, B, C, D and E, each and everyone loves one another
very much. Their birthdays are in different months and on different dates. A remembers that his birthday
is between 25th and 30th, of B it is between 20th and 25th, of C it is between 10th and 20th, of D it is between
5th and 10th and of E it is between 1st to 5th of the month. The sum of the date of birth is defined as the
addition of the date and the month, for example 12th January will be written as 12/1 and will add to a sum
of the date of 13. (Between 25th and 30th includes both 25 and 30).
11. What may be the maximum average of their sum of the dates of birth?
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12. What may be the minimum average of their sum of the dates of births?
(a) 24.6 (b) 15.2 (c) 28 (d) 32
13. If it is known that the dates of birth of three of them are even numbers then find maximum average
of their sum of the dates of birth.
(a) 24.6 (b) 15.2 (c) 27.6 (d) 28
14. If the date of birth of four of them are prime numbers, then find the maximum average of the sum
of their dates of birth.
(a) 27.2 (b) 26.4 (c) 28 (d) None of these
15. The average marks of 12 students was calculated as 40. But it was later found that marks of one
student had been entered wrongly as 42 instead of 54 and of another as 74 instead of 50. The
correct average is,
(a) 39 (b) 40 (c) 41 (d) 43
16. The average weight of 5 men is reduced by 2 kg when one man weighing 70 kg is replaced by a
new man. The weight of the new man is
(a) 80 kg (b) 65 kg (c) 75 kg (d) 60 kg
17. The average weight of 35 students in a class is 35 kg. If the teacher is included and one students
is excluded, the average Weight increases by 1 kg. If the weight of excluded student is 40 kg, the
weight of the teacher is
(a) 71 kg (b) 36 kg (c) 70 kg (d) 75 kg
18. The average of two numbers is XY. If one number is X, then the other number is
(a) Y (b) Y/2 (c) 2XY - X (d) X(Y - 1)

19. Nine men went to a hotel. 8 of them spent ` 3 each over their meals and the ninth spent ` 2 more
than the average expenditure of all the nine. The total money spent by all of them was
(a) ` 26 (b) ` 40 (c) ` 29.25 (d) 27
20. Liquid A weighs 31/2 kg per litre and liquid B weighs 2 kg per litre. What will be weight in kg of a
3 litre mixture having 25% liquid A and 75% liquid B?
(a) 71/8 (b) 51/2 (c) 8 (d) 81/8

Direction for questions 1 to 30: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
21. The average age of a class of 20 students is 20 years. If a new student, whose, age is 20 years
joins the class, find the new average age of the class (in years).
(a) 20 (b) 21 (c) 22 (d) 23
22. The current average age of a family of four members A, B,C and D is 15 years. Find the average
age (in years) of the family after five years.
(a) 25 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 19
23. The average weights of the boys and the girls in a class are 30 kg and 40 kg respectively. Find
me average weight of all the students in the class (in kg).
(a) 30 (b 35 (c) 40 (d) Cannot be determined
24. In an office, the average height of female employees is 150 cm and the average height of male
employees is 160 cm. If there are 300 employees in the office, find the average height (in cm) of
all the employees.
(a) 50 (b) 160 (c) 155 (d) Cannot be determined
25. The average marks scored by Mahesh in five out of six subjects in an exam is 60,,If Mahesh
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(a) 100 (b) 125 (c) 150 (d) 90
26. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in a class is 3 : 5. If the average weights of
the boys and the girls in-the class are 20 kg and 16 kg respectively, find the average weight of all
the students in the class (in kg).
(a) 17 (b) 18 (c) 17.5 (d) Cannot be determined
27. Find the average of the numbers 41,45, 49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 69 and 73.
(a) 53 (b) 55.5 (c) 57 (d) 58.5
28. The average age of girls in a class of 42 students is 13 years. The average age of all the boys as
well as the average age of 23 of the boys of the same class is 16 years. Which of the following
could be the average age of all the students in the class (in years)?
(a) 13.5 (b) 14 (c) 14.5 (d) 15
29. The average mark scored by the girls in a class of 45 students in an exam is 90. If the number of
boys in the class and their average mark in the same examination are 15 and 60 respectively,
what is the average mark of all the students in the class?
(a) 85 (b) 80 (c) 75 (d) Cannot be determined
30. In an office, the average salary of the male employees as well as the average salary of the female
employees is ` 15000 per month. Find the average salary (in `) per month of all the employees.
(a) 1400 (b) 15000 (c) 16000 (d) Cannot be determined

31. A bag contains 3 kg of potatoes and 5 kg of tomatoes. If the cost of potatoes is ` 6 per kg and the
cost of tomatoes is ` 8 per kg, find the average price (in `) per kilogram of the vegetables in the
bag.
(a) 7 (b) 7.25 (c) 7.50 (d) 7.75
32. Find the average of (5 + 5 + _______ upto 100 times) and (8 + 8 + _______ upto 200 times).
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 6.5 (d) 7.5

33. The average monthly income per person in a family of 5 members is ` 9000. In a certain month, each
member got ` 900 less than usual. Find the average monthly income (in `) per person in that month.
(a) 6300 (b) 7200 (c) 8100 (d) 540

34. A salesman earned ` 8500 on an average per month for the first ten months of a year. How much
should be earn on an average earning per month for the last two months, so that the average
earning per month for the year is ` 11000?
(a) ` 17000 (b) ` 23500 (c) ` 25750 (d) None of these
35. The average age of a group went up by two years when a man aged 34 years was replaced by
an old man aged 58 years. How many members were there in the group?
(a) 10 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) 12

36. In an office, the average salary of all the employees is ` 7000. If the average salary of the 22 executives
is ` 12000 and that of the others is ` 5000, find the total number of employees in the office.
(a) 68 (b) 77 (c) 78 (d) 84
37. Find the average of the first 10 multiples of 50.
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38. The average weight of three men and two women is 60 kg. If the average weight of women is 45
kg, find the average weight of the men.
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EXERCISE - 2
1. The population of the town was 16000 on 1st Jan. it increases by 1000 every month. What is the
average population of the town during the year?
(a) 20000 (b) 20500 (c) 21000 (d) 21500
2. If the average of 3 numbers a, b, and c is A. What is the average of a, b, c, and A.
(a) 2A (b) A (c) 4A (d) Data in Sufficient

3. 9 men went to a hotel. 8 of them spent ` 3 each over their meals and the ninth spend ` 2 more
than the average expenditure of all nine. Find the total money spent by all of them.
(a) 26 (b) 40 (c) 29.25 (d) 27
4. The average of Rajiv's marks in English and History is 55. This average of marks in English and
Science is 65. What is the difference between the marks that he obtained in Science & history.
(a) 60 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 50
5. Rakesh has a certain average for 9 innings. In the tenth inning, he scores 100 runs thereby
increasing his average by 8 runs. His new average is
(a) 20 (b) 24 (c) 28 (d) 32
6. There were 42 students in a hostel. Due to the admission of 13 new students, the expenses of
the mess increase by ` 31 per day while the average expenditure per head diminished by ` 3. What
was the original expenditure of the mess?
(a) ` 633.23 (b) ` 583.3 (c) ` 623.3 (d) None of These
7. In an exam, the average was found to be x marks. After deducting computational error, the
average marks of 94 candidates got reduced from 84 to 64. The average thus came down by 18.8
marks. The numbers of candidates who took the exam were:
(a) 100 (b) 90 (c) 110 (d) 105
8. Typist D can type a sheet in 6 minutes, typist E in 7 minutes and typist F in 9 minutes. The average
number of sheets typed per hour per typist for all three typists is
(a) 265/33 (b) 530/63 (c) 655/93 (d) None of These
9. A certain number of trucks were required to transport 60 tons of steel wire from the TISCO factory
in Jamshedpur. However, it was found that since each truck could take 0.5 tons of cargo less,
another 4 trucks were needed- How many trucks were initially planned to be used?
(a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 25
10. A school has only four classes that contain 10,20,30 & 40 students respectively. The pass percentage
of these classes are 20%, 30%, 60% and 100% respectively. Find the pass % of the entire school.
(a) 56 (b) 76 (c) 34 (d) 66

11. An investor in shares makes a profit of ` 920 in his fifth investment, by increasing his average
profit of first four investments by ` 14. His average profit over the first four investments is
(a) 906 (b) 976 (c) 864 (d) 850
12. The average number of printing errors per page in a book of 512 pages is 4. If the total number
of printing errors in the first 302 pages is 1,208, the average number of printing errors per page
in the remaining pages is
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13. The average salary of workers in an industry is ` 2,000, the average salary of 150 technicians
being ` 4,000 and the non-technicians being ` 1,250. The total number of workers is
(a) 450 (b) 250 (c) 500 (d) 550

14. In a factory, the average salary of the employees is ` 70. If the average salary of 12 officers is
` 400 and that of the remaining employees is ` 60, then the number of employees are
(a) 396 (b) 400 (c) 408 (d) 404
15. The average marks of a student in 8 subjects is 87. Of these, the highest marks is 2 more than
the one next in value. If these two subjects are eliminated, the average marks of the remaining
subjects is 85. What is the highest marks obtained by him?
(a) 91 (b) 94 (c) 89 (d) 96
16. A man whose bowling average is 12.4 takes 5 wickets for 26 runs and thereby decreases his
average by 0.4. The number of wickets taken by him before the last match is
(a) 85 (b) 72 (c) 70 (d) Data insufficient
17. The average age of 60 students in a class is 12 years, that of 15 students is 9 years and that of
another 5 of them is 13 years. What is the average age of the remaining students?
(a) 12 years (b) 13 years (c) 14 years (d) 11 years
18. Out of the four numbers, the average of first three is 15 and that of the last three is 16. If the last
number is 19, the first is
(a) 15 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 19
19. The average weight of 8 men is increased by 2 kg when one of the men whose weight is 50 kg is
replaced by a new man. The weight of the new man is
(a) 58 kg (b) 52kg (c) 66kg (d) 68kg
20. In a family of 8 males and a few ladies, the average monthly consumption of grain per head is
10.8 kg. If the average monthly consumption per head be 15 kg in the case of males and 6 kg in
the case of females, find the number of females in the family.
(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 15
21. The temperatures on the weekdays of a certain week starting from Monday are 20oC, 22oC, 25oC,
18oC and 24oC for the first five days. If the temperatures of the next two days are the same, and
the average of the temperatures of all the seven days of the week is 23oC, then find the
temperature on Saturday.
(a) 25oC (b) 26oC (c) 28oC (d) 32oC
22. Rahul ate 15 chocolates on Monday, 11 on Tuesday, a certain number of chocolates on
Wednesday, 18 on Thursday and 16 on Friday. If the average number of chocolates eaten per
day on Thursday and Friday is equal to that eaten on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, find the
number of chocolates that Rahul ate on Wednesday.
(a) 17 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) 25
23. The average runs scored by a batsman, who has played 52 innings, was increased by one after
an innings of 126. Find the average runs of the batsman before this innings.
(a) 71 (b) 73 (c) 64 (d) 58
24. In a hockey tournament, the average number of goals scored by India in the first six matches was
2 while that in the last six matches was 4. If 3 goals were scored in the sixth match, find the
average number of goals scored by India in the tournament if a total of 11 matches were played.
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) None of these

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25. The average age of 30 students of a class is 16 years. If the age of the teacher is also included,
the average increases by one year. Find the age of the teacher.
(a) 47 years (b) 44 years (c) 42 years (d) None of these
26. The average age of a family of five members is the same today as it was five years ago. There is
no change in the family except that elder daughter was replaced by the daughter-in-law. If the
age of the elder daughter is 48 years, how old is the daughter-in-law?
(a) 20 years (b) 23 years (c) 24 years (d) 26 years
27. I went to the market to purchase papayas. The vendor had 12 papayas, whose average weight
was 2 kg per papaya. The lightest papaya weighed 1 kg and the heaviest weighed 4 kg. I
purchased both the lightest and the heaviest papayas. What is the average weight of the papayas
that were left with the vendor?
(a) 1.9 kg (b) 1.95 kg (c) 2.03 kg (d) 2.23 kg
28. In a class of 64 students, the average of the marks obtained is 88. If the top 10 students got on
an average 142 marks, find the average of marks obtained by the remaining students.
(a) 80 (b) 78 (c) 74 (d) 66
29. There are 48 students in a class. The age of one of them is twice that of another. If these 2 are
replaced by 2 others whose ages are 16 years and 11 years respectively, the average age of the
class increases by 1.5 months. Find the age of the younger of the 2 students (in years).
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
30. In a section of class V, the average mark of 45 students is 75. If 5 other students from another
section join this section, the average mark increases by 2. Find the average mark of the 5 new
students.
(a) 90 (b) 85 (c) 95 (d) 82
31. In a town during a certain week, every day there was a 1°C, increase in temperature over the
previous day. If the average temperature for the first and last days (i.e., Monday and Sunday) was
37°C, what was the average for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday?
(a) 36°C (b) 34°C (c)38°C (d)35°C

32. In an office, the average salary of the men is ?3000. The average salary of all the employees is `
8000. There are 80 men in the office and the average salary of the women employees is
` 10000. Find the number of women in the office.
(a) 100 (b) 120 (c) 150 (d) 200
33. If 10 cu.cm of ink can write, on an average, 340 words, how many words can one write with a
quarter pint (1 pint = 0.568 litres) of ink?
(a) 4,828 (b) 8,484 (c) 19,312 (d) 24,467
34. The average height of 50 students in a class is 165 cm. Five students whose average height is
169 cm leave the class and ten students whose average height is 167 cm join the class. Find the
new average height of the class.
(a) 164.8 cm (b) 166 cm (c) 150 cm (d) 165 cm
35. In a three match test series India scores an average of 325 runs in first and second test matches
and an average of 300 runs in second and third test matches and an average of 350 runs in third
and first test matches. Find the overall average score for the test series.
(a) 300 (b) 370 (c) 330 (d) 325

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Chapter 4 Mixtures & Alligations

EXERCISE - 1

1. To a 36 litres mixture of milk and water in the ratio 5 : 7, 12 litre of milk is added. What is the ratio
of milk and water in the new mixture?
(a) 7:9 (b) 9:7 (c) 5:11 (d) 11:5

2. The ratio of milk and water in 55 litres of adulterated milk is 7:4. How much water must be added
to change the ratio to 7:6?
(a) 5 kg (b) 10 kg (c) 15 kg (d) 20 kg

3. A man buys milk at certain rate per kg. After mixing it with water sells it again at the same rate.
How many grams of water is there in every kg of milk if the man makes a profit of 25%?
(a) 20 gm (b) 250 gm (c) 200 gm (d) 150 gm

4. A grocer mixes two types of rice costing ` 14 / kg and the other costing ` 27 /kg. He sells the
mixture at ` 18 / kg. If in the whole deal, he makes neither the profit not the loss, then what is the
proportion in which the two types have been mixed?
(a) 4:9 (b) 9:4 (c) 5:2 (d) 2:5

5. There are two mixtures of wine and water, the wine being 0.25 and 0.75 of the mixtures. If 2
gallons of the 1st and 3 gallons of the 2nd are mixed, then what will be the ratio of wine to water
in the new mixture?
(a) 9:11 (b) 2:3 (c) 3:2 (d) 11:9

6. Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and copper is 9 times as heavy as water. In what ratio must
these metals be mixed so that the mixture is 15 times as heavy as water?
(a) 1:1 (b) 2:3 (c) 3:2 (d) 4:3

7. As a result of processing, 38 tons of a second grade material containing 25% of impurity yields
30 tons of first grade material. What is the percentage of the impurity in the first grade material?
(a) 5% (b) 15% (c) 7% (d) 10%

8. There are two alloys of gold and silver. In the first alloy, there is twice as much gold as silver, and
in the second alloy there is 5 times less gold than silver. How many times more must we take of
the second alloy than the first in order to obtain a new alloy in which there would be twice as much
silver as gold?
(a) Two times (b) Three times (c) Four times (d) Ten times

9. Two solutions, the first of which contains 0.8 kg and the second 0.6 kg of salt, were poured
together and 10 kg of a new salt solution were obtained. Find the weight of the first and of the
second solution in the mixture if the first solution is known to contain 10 per cent more of salt per
litre than the second.
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10. From a full barrel containing 729 litres of honey we pour off 'a' litre and add water to fill up the
barrel. After stirring the solution thoroughly, we pour off 'a* litre of the solution and again add
water to fill up the barrel. After the procedure is repeated 6 times, the solution in the barrel contains
64 litre of honey. Find. a
(a) 243 ltrs (b) 81 ltrs (c) 2.7 ltrs (d) 27 ltrs

11. In two alloys, aluminium and iron are in the ratios of 4:1 and 1: 3. After alloying together 10 kg of
the first alloy, 16 kg of the second and several kilograms of pure aluminium, an alloy was obtained
in which the ratio of aluminium to iron was 3:2. Find the weight of the new alloy.
(a) 15 (b) 35 (c) 65 (d) 95

12. There are two alloys of gold, silver and platinum. The first alloy is known to contain 40 percent of
platinum and the second alloy 26 per cent of silver. The percentage of gold is the same in both
alloys. Having alloyed 150 kg of the first alloy and 250 kg of the second, we get a new alloy that
contains 30 per cent of gold. How many kilogram of platinum is there in the new alloy?
(a) 170kg (b) 175kg (c) 160kg (d) 165kg

13. Two alloys of iron have different percentage of iron in them. The first one weights 6 kg and second
one weighs 12 kg. One piece each of equal weight was cut off from both the alloys and the first
piece was alloyed with the second alloy and the second piece alloyed with the first one. As a
result, the percentage of iron became the same in the resulting two new
(a) 4 kg (b) 2kg (c) 3kg (d) 5kg

14. A toy weighing 24 grams of an alloy of two metals is worth ` 174, but if the weights of metals in
alloy be interchanged, the toy would be worth ` 162. It the price of one metal be ` 8 per gram, find
the price of the other metal in the alloy used to make the toy.
(a) ` 10 per gram (b) ` 6 per gram (c) ` 4 per gram (d) ` 5 per gram

15. Cask A contains wine and water in the ratio 6 :7 and Cask B in the ratio 9:4. In what ratio must
the contents of the two casks be mixed to get a mixture of wine and water in the ratio 7:6?
(a) 1:2 (b) 3:2 (c) 2:1 (d) 2:3

16. A butler steals wine from a butt of sherry which contained 30% of spirit and replaces that with the
one containing only 12% of spirit. Now, the butt is only 18% strong. How much of the butt did he
steal?
(a) 1/3 (b) 2/3 (c) 1/4 (d) 1/5

17. 9 litres are drawn from a cask full of water and it is then filled with milk. 9 litres of the mixture are
drawn again and the cask is filled with milk again. The ratio of milk to water in the cask is 9: 16.
What is the capacity of the cask?
(a) 36L (b) 54L (c) 45L (d) 30L

18. The volumes of three vessels are in the ratio 1:2:4. The volume of the second vessel is 40 litres.
The first vessel is empty, the second is filled with milk and the third with water. 50% of the volume
from the second vessel is transferred to the first and that is replaced with liquid from the third
vessel. The contents of the first vessel are poured into the third vessel. This operation is repeated.
What is the ratio of milk to water in the first vessel at the end of the second operation, just before
it is emptied into the third vessel.
(a) 1:4 (b) 1:5 (c) 1:1 (d) 11:5

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19. The volumes of three vessels are in the ratio 1:2:4.The volume of the second vessel is 40 litres.
The first vessel is empty, the second is filled with milk and the third with water. 50% of the volume
from the second vessel is transferred to the first and that is replaced with liquid from the third
vessel. The contents of the first vessel are poured into the third vessel. This operation is repeated.
What fraction of the third container comprises milk finally ?
(a) 5:16 (b) 5:11 (c) 16:5 (d) 11:5

20. In what proportion must milk costing ` 10.2 per litre and another one costing ` 14,4 per litre be
mixed so as to get a mixture which when sold at ` 15.75 per litre gives a profit of 25%?
(a) 2:3 (b) 3:4 (c) 4:5 (d) 3:5

21. A vessel contains 20 litres of a mixture of milk and water containing 60% milk. 5 litres of pure milk
is added to it. Find the percentage of milk in the new mixture.
(a) 50% (b) 52% (c) 62% (d) 68%

22. A vessel contains 25 litres of a mixture of milk and water containing 40% milk. Find the quantity
(in litres) of pure milk to be added to the vessel so that the ratio of milk and water in the vessel
becomes 1:1.
(a) 2.5 (b) 5 (c) 7.5 (d) 10

23. A vessel contains 70 litres of a mixture of mill and water containing 90% milk. Find the quantity
(in litres) of water to be added to the vessel so that the percentage of milk in the new solution
becomes 87.5%.
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

24. 6 kg of sugar costing ` 10 per kg is added to 9 kg of sugar costing ` 15 per kg. At what price
(in `) should this mixture be sold so that there is no loss or gain?
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 14

25. A vessel contains 10 litres of pure milk. 1 litre of milk is taken out and replaced by an equal amount
of water. 1 liter of mixture is then taken out and replaced by an equal amount of water. Find the
ratio of milk and water in the final mixture.
(a) 81 : 100 (b) 81 : 19 (c) 19 : 81 (d) 19 : 100

26. A milkman has 20 litres of pure milk. Find the quantity (in litres) of water to be added to itso that
he gets 50% profit by selling it at its cost price.
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20
27. Two solutions of sulphuric acid are mixed in the ratio of 3 : 7. The first solution contains 20%
sulphuric acid and the second solution contains 30% sulphuric acid. Find the concentration of
sulphuric acid in the final mixture.
(a) 25% (b) 26% (c) 27% (d) 28%

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EXERCISE - 2

1. How many litres of water should be added to 25 litres of milk costing ` 12 per litre so that by
selling the mixture at the cost price a profit of 20% is made?
(a) 2 litres (b) 5 litres (c) 8 litres (d) 10 litres

2. Two litres of water is added to, 10 litres of 70% milk solution. What is the concentration of milk
in the solution now
(a) 40% (b) 522⁄5% (c) 581 ⁄3% (d) 642⁄5%

3. Two vessels contain water and alcohol in the ratio 1:2 and 3:4. The two solutions are then
mixed by taking 6 Iitres from the first vessel and 35 litres from the second. Find the ratio of
alcohol to water in the resulting solution.
(a) 15 : 22 (b) 22 : 15 (c) 24 : 17 (d) 17 : 24

4. Fresh grapes contain 84% water while raisins contain 20% water. How many kg of raisin can be
made from 80 kg of fresh grapes?
(a) 16kg (b) 18kg (c) 20kg (d) 22kg

5. A milkman dilutes 36 litres of pure milk with water. The percentage of milk in the solution is now
75%.How many litres of water did he add?
(a) 4 litres (b) 6 litres (c) 9 litres (d) 12 litres

6. How many litres of water should a milkman add to 35 litres of milk costing ` 560, so that by
selling the milk at ` 14 per litre, he just recovers his cost?
(a) 2 litres (b) 5 litres (c) 7 litres (d) 10 litres

7. A milkman bought 10 litres of pure milk at ` 10/litre and 10 litres of adulterated milk at ` 6/litre.
He mixed both and sold the mixture at ` 10 / litre. Find his profit percentage.
(a) 20% (b) 15% (c) 25% (d) 30%

8. A metal weighs 1500 kg per cubic metre and another metal weighs 2500 kg per cubic metre.
Find the weight of 5 cubic metres of an alloy formed by mixing 40% of the first metal and 60% of
the second metal.
(a).8,250 kg (b) 9,500 kg (c) 10,500 kg (d) 12,250 kg

9. A shopkeeper mixes two varieties of rice costing 8 per kg and 12 per kg in the ratio 1:3. If the
cost of the second variety drops to 11.50 per kg, in what ratio should he now mix the two so that
the cost of the mixture remains unchanged?
(a) 2:3 (b) 1:6 (c) 3:5 (d) 2:5

10. In what ratio should a shopkeeper mix tea costing ` 120 per kg and ` 180 per kg so that by
selling the mixture at ` 205 per kg he earns a profit of 25%?
(a) 2:5 (b) 3:7 (c) 3:8 (d) 4:11

11. In fresh grapes, 80% of the weight is water while in dry grapes only 50% of the weight is water.
How many kg of dry grapes can be obtained from 20 kg of fresh grapes?
(a) 3kg (b) 12kg (c) 1kg (d) 8kg
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12. From a vessel containing only milk, 10 litres are drawn and replaced with water. 10 litres of the
mixture is now taken out and replaced with water again. The ratio of milk to water now is 25: 4.
How many litres of milk was there initially?
(a) 20 litres (b) 25 litres (c) 32 litres (d) 35 litres

13. Two varieties of rice are mixed in the ratio 2 : 5 and the mixture sold at ` 12 per kg at a profit of
20%. If the first variety costs ` 7 per kg more than the second variety, find the cost per kg of the
first variety.
(a) ` 7 (b) ` 15 (c) ` 16 (d) None of these

14. Two containers contain petrol and diesel in the ratios 4 : 3 and 3 : 1. How many litres from the
first container should be mixed with 16 litres from the second so that the ratio in the resultant is
32 : 19?
(a) 35 litres (b) 40 litres (c) 50 litres (d) None of these

15. A shopkeeper mixed 3 varieties of wheat costing ` 12 per kg, ` 18 per kg and ` 21 per kg and
sold the mixture at ` 15 per kg at 20% profit. Which of the following represents a possible ratio of
the varieties mixed?
(a) 60 : 1 : 3 (b) 44 : 1 : 2 (c) 39 : 2 : 1 (d) 27 : 1 : 1

16. From 800 litres of alcohol, 80 litres are drawn and replaced with water. 80 litres of this mixture is
then drawn and replaced with water and this process is repeated one more time. Find the
present quantity of alcohol in the solution.
(a) 448.4 litres (b) 583.2 litres (c) 612.4 litres (d) 656.7 litres

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Chapter 5 Ratio & Proportion

EXERCISE - 1

1. Ratio of two numbers is 3 : 5 and their sum is 40. Find the smaller of the two numbers.
(a) 25 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 15

2. At a party, there are a total of 28 adults. If x ladies join the party, the ratio of the number of ladies
and the number of gents will change from 3 : 4 to 5 : 4. Find x.
(a) 16 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 10

3. The ratio of the number of students in 3 sections A, B and C is 3 : 7 : 8. If there are a total of 180
students in these sections, find the number of students in section A.
(a) 30 (b) 36 (c) 24 (d) 27

4. Quantities a and b are inversely proportional to each other. When a = 8, b = 240. Find b when
a=6
(a) 240 (b) 640 (c) 160 (d) 320

5. Quantity X varies directly with the product of the quantities Y and Z. When Y = 45 and Z = 20,
X = 200. When Y = 90 and Z = 30, find X.
(a) 900 (b) 800 (c) 600 (d) 200

6. Ashok’s salary varies directly with the number of working days in the month. His salary would be
` 9000 if there are 20 working days in a moth. Find his salary if there are 21 working days in a
month.
(a) ` 9550 (b) ` 9450 (c) ` 9650 (d) ` 9850

7. Quantity A varies directly with the sum of the quantities b and C. If B increases by 2 and C
increases by 4, by how much does A increase?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) Cannot be determined

8. Quantity P varies inversely with the product of Q and R. When Q = 6 and R = 12, P = 75. Find P
when Q = 5 and R = 10.
(a) 144 (b) 108 (c) 72 (d) 96

9. If 27 : 64 is the triplicate ratio of p : q., Find p : q

(a) 3 : 2 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 3 : 4 (d) 4 : 3

10. If 3 : 5 is the sub-duplicate ratio of p : q, find the duplicate ratio of p : q.

(a) 625 : 81 (b) 81 : 625 (c) 9 : 25 (d) 25 : 9

11. The monthly salaries of X and Y are in the ratio of 3 : 4. The monthly expenditures of X and Y are
in the ratio of 4 : 5. Find the ratio of the monthly savings of X and Y.
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12. If x is 25% of y and y is 50% of z, find x : z.
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 3 : 8 (d) 1 : 8

13. The present ages of Rohit and Sunil are in the ratio of 3 ; 5. 10 years hence, the ratio of their ages
will be 4 : 5. Find the present age of Rohit (in years).
(a) 36 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 6

14. If a : b = 3 : 7, find the value of (5a + b) : (4a + 5b).

(a) 15 : 44 (b) 22 : 35 (c) 15 : 49 (d) 22 : 47

15. If (x + 4) : (3x + 15) is the triplicate ratio of 2 : 3. Find the value of x.

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) None of these

16. A bag contains one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio 1 : 2 : 4. If the total amount is
` 75, then find the number of 50 paise coins in the bag.
(a) 25 (b) 50 (c) 75 (d) 100

17. If a : b is the duplicate ratio of (a + x) : (b + x), then find the value of x.

(a) ab (b) √𝑎𝑏 (c) a + b(d) (d) √𝑎 + 𝑏

18. If a is 75% of b, b is 150% of c and d is 25% of c, then find a : d.

(a) 9 : 1 (b) 9 : 2 (c) 8 : 3 (d) 8 : 1

19. The ratio between two numbers is 3 : 5 and their sum is 40. Find the larger of the two numbers.
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 40

20. What should be subtracted from both the numbers which are in the ratio 3 : 4 so that the ratio
becomes 2 : 3?
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) Cannot be determined
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it becomes 2 : 7?
(a) 14 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 18

22. In a class there are a total of 80 boys and girls. Which of the following can’t represent the ratio of
the number of boys and girls in the class?
(a) 3 : 5 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 1 : 6

23. If x/4 years ago Alok was 14 years old and x/4 years from now he will be 4x years old. How old,
will he be 5x years from now?
(a) 32 (b) 35 (c) 30 (d) 40

24. If (2x + 5) : (7x – 6) is the duplicate ratio of 5 : 8, then find the value of x.
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 10 (d) None of these

25. If x : y = 2 : 5, then find the duplicate ratio of (4x + y) : (6x – y).

(a) 16 : 49 (b) 25 : 49 (c) 64 : 81 (d) 169 : 49

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26. At Narmada Sarovar Bachao (NSB) demonstration, supporters of Ms. Patkar outnumbered the
police by 9 : 1. The police arrested 135 NSB supporters averaging 5 for every 3 policemen. How
many supports of NSB were there in the demonstration?
(a) 1215 (b) 665 (c) 405 (d) None of these

27. The ratio between the number of passengers travelling by I and II class between the two railway
stations is 1 : 50, whereas the ratio of I and II class fares between he same stations is 3 : 1. If on
a particular day, ` 1325 was collected from the passengers travelling between these stations, then
what was the amount collected from the II class passengers?
(a) ` 1000 (b) ` 850 (c) ` 750 (d) ` 1250

28. In three vessels, the ratio of water and milk is 6 : 7, 5 : 9 and 8 : 7, respectively. If the mixtures of
the three vessel are mixed together, then what will be the ratio of water and milk?
(a) 2431 : 3781 (b) 3691 : 4499 (c) 4381 : 5469 (d) None of these

29. Railway fares of 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes between two station were in the ration of 8 : 6 : 3. The
fares of 1st and 2nd class were subsequently reduced by 1/6 and 1/12, respectively. If during a
year, the ratio between the passengers of 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes was 9 : 12 : 26 and total amount
collected by the sale of tickets was ` 1088, then find the collection from the passengers of the 1st
class.
(a) ` 260 (b) ` 280 (c) ` 300 (d) ` 320

30. In two alloys, the ratio of iron and copper is 4 : 3 and 6 : 1, respectively. If 14 kg of the first alloy
and 42 kg of the second alloy is mixed together to form a new alloy, then what will be the ratio of
copper to iron in the new alloy?
(a) 11 : 3 (b) 11 : 8 (c) 8 : 1 (d) None of these

31. In an express train, the number of passengers travelling in AC sleeper class, First class and Sleeper
class are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 and the fares to each of these classes are in the ration
5 : 4 : 2. If the total income from this train is ` 54000, then the income from the AC sleeper class is

(a) ` 8000 (b) ` 12000 (c) ` 10000 (d) None of these

32. Five litres of water is added to a certain quantity of pure milk costing ` 3 per litre. If by selling the
mixture at the same price as before, a profit of 20% is made, then what is the amount of pure milk
in the mixture?
(a) 20L (b) 30L (c) 25L (d) 35L

33. A dishonest hair dresser uses a mixture having 5 parts pure aftershave lotion and 3 parts of pure
water. After taking out some portion of the mixture, he adds equal amount of pure water to the
remaining portion of the mixture such that the amount of after shave lotion and water become
equal. The part of the mixture taken out is:
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/5 (c) 1/4 (d) 1/6

34. A sink contains exactly 12 liters of water. If water is drained from the sink until it holds exactly 6
litres of water less than the quantity drained away, how many litres of water were drained away?
(a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 9

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35. A chemist has 10 litres of a solution that is 10% nitric acid by volume. He wants to dilute the
solution to 4% strength by adding water. How many litres of water must be add?
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) 25

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EXERCISE - 2

Directions for questions 1 to 25: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

1. The present ages of two persons are in the ratio 7 : 8. Twenty years ago the ratio of their ages
was 9:11. Find the present age of the older person.
(a) 64 years (b) 72 years (c) 56 years (d) 40 years

2. Find x:y from me equation 8x2 — 18xy+9y2= 0 given, that x/y is a proper fraction.
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 3 : 5 (d) 2 : 5

3. Find x : y : z, if 2x + y - 5z = 0 and 3x - 2y - 4z = 0.
(a) 1 : 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 1 : 1 (c) 1 : 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 1 : 1

4. A certain sum is divided among A, B and C in a manner that for every rupee that A gets, B gets
75 paise and for every rupee that B gets, C gets 50 paise. If C's share in the total sum is ` 420,
then find the share of A.
(a) ` 2380 (b) ` 2240 (c) ` 1750 (d) ` 1120

5. Seventy eight is divided into two parts such that five times the first part and four times the second
part are in the ratio 15 : 14. Find the first part.
(a) 32 (b) 36 (c) 42 (d) 46

6. A variable x varies directly as the cube of another variable y. When x = 4, y = 2. Find y, when x = 32.
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 32

7. A certain sum of money is divided among A, B and C such that A gets half of what B and C
together get. B gets one-third of what A and C together get. If A got 500 more than B, then how
much money was divided?
(a) ` 4500 (b) ` 6000 (c) ` 8000 (d) None of these

8. In a school there are 650 students. The ratio of the boys to that of the girls is 8 : 5. How many
more girls should join the school so that the ratio becomes 4 : 3 ?
(a) 25 (b) 50 (c) 100 (d) 200

9. A varies directly as the sum of the two quantities B and C. B in turn varies directly as x and C
varies inversely as x. When x = 2, A = 6 and when x = 4, A = 9. Find the value of A when the
value of x = 16.
(a) 21⁄2 (b) 1 (c) 81⁄2 (d) 321⁄4

10. Intensity of light varies inversely as the square of the distance between the lampshade and the
object. What should the distance between the lampshade and the object be such that the intensity,
becomes one-fourth of the present intensity given that the distance between the lampshade and
the object is 125 cm?
(a) 175cm (b) 250 cm (c) 375 cm (d) 500 cm

11. The distance travelled by a freely falling body is directly proportional to the square of the time
taken. If a body falls 144 m in 6 seconds, then find the distance that the body fell in the 7th second.
(a) 10 m (b) 17 m (c) 52 m (d) 196 m

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12. The volume of a cylinder varies directly as the square of the radius of its base when the height is
constant and varies directly as the height when the radius of the base is constant. Find the volume
of a cylinder whose radius is 75 cm and height 8 cm, if it is given that the radius is
15 cm when the height is 20 cm and the volume 300 cu.cm.
(a) 3000cm3 (b) 4500 cm3 (c) 3750 cm3 (d) 4250 cm3

13. If it takes 16 days for 24 men to plough; 15 acres of land, then how many days would be required
by 32 men to plough 30 acres of land?
(a) 18 (b) 24 (c) 32 (d) 40
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14. The time period T of a pendulum vanes as the teg square root of 𝑔, where 2 is the length of the
pendulum and g is the acceleration due to gravity when  = 3 and g = 9, T = 2. Find T when
 = 24 and g = 18.
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

15. For which of the following values of a : b is (10a2 + ab) : (3ab - b2) = 10 : 1?
(a) 1 : 2. (b) 3 : 5 (c) 5 : 2 (d) 5 : 3

16. The resistance of a wire varies jointly as its length and the reciprocal of the area of its cross-
section. The resistance is 1 ohm, when the length is 50 mm and the cross-sectional area 0.25
mm2. Find the resistance when the cross-sectional area is 0.4 mm2 and the length of the wire is
100 mm.
(a) 1 ohm (b) 1.25 ohm (c) 1.5:ohm (d) 0.2 ohm

17. The volume of a sphere varies directly as the cube of its radius. If three cubes of radii 3 cm,
4 cm and 5 cm are melted and recast into one sphere, then find the radius of the Sphere.
(a) 5.5 cm (b) 6 cm (c) 7 cm (d) 7:5 cm
a c
18. If b = 𝑑,, then the value of which of the following is equal to the value of (a2 + b2) / (c2 + d2)?
1 a+b 𝑎𝑏 a−b
(a) 2 (b) c + d (c) 𝑐𝑑 (d) c − d

19. There are two numbers a2 and 9. Their mean proportion is b, then which of the following is ratio
of (a2 + b2) / (b2 – a2)?
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 1 : 1 (c) 5 : 4 (d) 3 : 2

20. There are two numbers in the ratio P : Q. When 1 is subtracted from both numerator and
denominator it becomes 2. Which of the following can be the sum of P and Q?
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 12 (d) 16

21. There are two persons A and B where A's present age is greater than B's present age; Which of
the following will be the relation between the ratio of the squares of their ages after 7 years (X)
and the ratio of their ages after 12 years (Y)?
(a) X < Y (b) X = Y (c) X > Y (d) X  Y

22. What must be subtracted from both the terms a arid b so that their ratio reverses?
(a) ab (b) √ab (c) a + b (d) √a + b

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23. If a, b, c and d are in proportion, then the value of which of the following is equal to the value of
(a - b) (a - c)/a?
(a) a + b + d - c (b) a - b - c - d (c) a + d - b - c (d)a + b – c + d

24. The distance travelled by a freely falling body is directly proportional to the square of the time for
which it falls. A body fell 95 m in the 10th second. Find the distance (in m) it fell in the 14th second':
(a) 54 (b) 116.5 (c) 108 (d) 135

25. If a, b and c are in continued proportion, then which of the following equals c : a?
(a) b2 : a2 (b) (c2 - b2) :(b2 - a2) (c) c2 : b2 (d) All of these

26. In a mixture of 45 liters the ratio of milk and water is 3:2. How much water must be added to make
the ratio 9:11?
(a) 10 liters (b) 15 liters (c) 17 liters (d) 20 liters

27. Anon gives 1/5th of his income to his mother, 2/5th of the remainder to his brother and his elder
sister and ` 140 to his friends. Now he is left with l/5th of his earning. What is his earning?
(a) 600 (b) 500 (c) 875 (d) 1100

28. The price of a precious stone is proportional to its weight. What will be the loss incurred if a stone
weighing 28 grams and costing ` 28,000 breaks into pieces whose weights are in the ratio of 15
:13?
(a) 12000 (b) 21000 (c) 15000 (d) None of these

29. In a zoo, there are crows, parrots and pigeons in the ratio 3:7:5. If the numbers of parrots is more
than the number of crows by a multiple of both 9 and 7, then what is the minimum number of birds
in the cage?
(a) 945 (b) 630 (c) 238 (d) 550

30. If 10 men earn ` 1800 in 12 days by working 6 hours a day. How much will 25 persons earn in 30
days working 8 hours a day.
(a) ` 15000 (b) ` 12000 (c) ` 11250 (d) ` 10000

31. The salaries of Sachin and Ruchika were in the ratio of 3:4 until their employer gave each one a
raise ` 50. Their new salaries are in the ratio 13:17. How much more does Ruchika get over
Sachin?
(a) 400 (b) 650 (c) 200 (d) 850

32. The weight of an oil tanker alone is 15% of the weight of the tanker filled with oil. After some of
the oil has been removed, the weight reduces to half. What fraction of the oil has been removed?
(a) 17/20 (b) 10/17 (c) 7/17 (d) 13/20

33. A ship of 1200 men on board has sufficient provision to last 17 weeks. The survivors of a wreck
were taken aboard and the provision lasted for 15 weeks only. How many men were taken
aboard?
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34. If the rent for grazing 40 goats for 20 days is ` 370, how many goals can graze for 30 days for
` 111 ?
(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 11 (d) 14

35. A clock takes 5 seconds to strike 5 O'clock beginning at 5 O'clock precisely. If the strokes are
uniformly spaced, then how much time (in seconds) does it takes to strike 9 0' clock?
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12

36. If a : b : c = 2 : 3 : 4. then 1/a : 1/b : 1/c is

(a) 4 : 3 : 2 (b) 2 : 3 : 4 (c) 6 : 4 : 3 (d) 3 : 4 : 6

37. Half the girls and one - third of the boys of a college reside in the hostel. What fractional part of
the student body is hostel dwellers if the total number of girls in the college is 100 and is 1⁄4 of
the total strength?
(a) 2/5 (b) 5/12 (c) 1/5 (d) None of these

38. Given that 24 carat gold is pure gold, 18 carat gold is 3⁄4 gold and 20 carat gold is 5/6 gold,theratio
oflhepure gold in 18 carat gold to the pure gold in 20 carat gold is:
(a) 5 : 8 (b) 9 : 10 (c) 15 : 24 (d) 8 : 5

39. A bag contains ` 216 in the form of one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio of
2 : 3 : 4. The number of 50 paise coins is:
(a) 96 (b) 144 (c) 114 (d) 141

40. At the start of a seminar, the ratio of the number of male participants to the number of female
participants was 3:1. During the tea break 16 participants left and 6 more female participants
registered. The ratio of the male to the female participants became 2 : 1. What was the total
number of participants at the start of the seminar?
(a) 64 (b) 48 (c) 54 (d) 72

41. In a mixture of 45 litres the ratio of milk and water is4:1. How much water must be added to make
the mixture ratio 3 : 2?
(a) 72 liters (b) 24 liters (c) 15 liters (d) 1.5 liters

42. The monthly income of two persons are in the ratio of 4:5 and their monthly expenditures are in
the ratio of 7:9. If each saves ` 50 a month then what are their monthly incomes?
(a) ` 100, ` 125 (b) ` 200, ` 250 (c) ` 300, ` 375 (d) ` 400, ` 500

43. A vessel is fully filled with a special liquid. Four litres of liquid is drawn out of this vessel and is
replaced with water. If the ratio of the special liquid to the water becomes 1 : 2 then what is the
capacity of the vessel?
(a) 8 liters (b) 10 liters (c) 6 liters (d) 14 liters

44. When a bus started from the first stop, the number of male passengers to the number of female
passengers was 3 :1. At the stop 16 passengers got down and 6 more female passengers got in.
The ratio of the male to female passengers now became 2 : 1. What was the total number of
passengers in the bus when it started from the first stop?
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45. In a mixture of 45 litres the ratio of milk and water is 3 : 2. How much water must be added to
make the ratio 9 : 11?
(a) 10 liters (b) 15 liters (c) 17 liters (d) 20 liters

46. If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is B and the ratio of girls to boys is g then 3 (B + G) is:
(a) Equal to 3 (b) Less than 3 (c) More than 3 (d) Less than 1/3

47. Tea worth ` 126 per kg and ` 135 per kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1:1:2. If the
mixture is worth ` 153 per kg then the price of the third variety per kg:
(a) ` 169.50 (b) ` 170 (c) ` 175.50 (d) ` 180

48. Two numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. If eight is added to both the numbers then the ratio becomes
3 : 4. The numbers are:
(a) 15 and 20 (b)16 and 24 (c) 13 and 17 (d) 17 and 9

49. What is the value of (P + Q)/(P - Q) if P/Q = 7?

(a) 4/3 (b) 2/3 (c) 2/6 (d) 7/8

50. If a : b = 2 : 5 then the value of (2a + 3b) : (7a + 5b) is:

(a) 19/39 (b) 99/13 (c) 31/19 (d) 19/31

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Chapter 6 Profit & Loss

EXERCISE - 1

1. A man buys milk at ` 6 per litre and adds one third of water of it and sells the mixture at ` 7.20 per
litre. His gains is
(a) 40 % (b) 80 % (c) 60 % (d) 25 %

2. The difference between the selling price of a clock at a profit of 8% and 10% is ` 6. Find the cost
price of the clock.
(a) 1200 (b) 600 (c) 400 (d) 300

3. A businessman marked the price of his goods 30% more than his CP. He then sells 1/4 of his
stock at a discount of 15% and half of the stock at the marked price and the rest at the discount
of 30%. Find-his gain %.
(a) 16.5 % (b) 15.37 % (c) 14.20 % (d) 13.37%

4. By selling an article at ` 540, a profit of 100/8% is made. In order to double the profit, at what price
should the article be sold?
(a) ` 460 (b) ` 680 (c) ` 480 (d) ` 600

5. Madhav sold a shirt for ` 200 making a profit of ` 25%. If he had sold it for ` 240, he would have
gained.
(a) 35% (b) 60% (c) 40% (d) 50%

6. A trader bought 10 kg of oranges for ` 405 of which 1 kg were found to be rotten of he wishes to
make a profit of 10% at what rate per kg should he sell the remaining oranges?
(a) 44.53 (b) 48.66 (c) 47.85 (d) None of these

7. A showroom owner sells a packet for ` x and claims to make a 10% profit. He plans to have a
stalls in the trade fair and marks the same packed at ` 2x. At the stall he allows a 20% discount.
What will be the % profit he makes at the trade fair?
(a) 80% (b) 60% (c) 76% (d) 65%

8. If the cost price of 6 articles is the same as the selling price of 5 articles. Then the profit will be
(a) 25% (b) 22.5% (c) 20% (d) 18.75%

9. A merchant sold 2 dresses for ` 500 each, one at a profit of 25% and the other at a loss of 25%
the net % gain is
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10. The cost price of 4 qualities of tea are ` 12, ` 15, ` 18 and ` 21 per kg. If they are mixed in the
production in the ratio 4:3:2:1, find the selling price of the mixture per kg in order to make a profit
of 10%.
(a) ` 16.5 (b) ` 17 (c) ` 17.5 (d) ` 18

11. One salesman calculates % profit on the CP and another on SP. The difference between their
actual profits is ` 100. Both claim to make a profit of 25%. Find the SP of goods if it is same for
both.
(a) ` 2500 (b) ` 1600 (c) ` 2000 (d) ` 1500

12. 2 articles are sold at the same price of ` 1500 each. One is sold at P% profit and another at a loss
of P% and the net loss between both the transactions was ` 200. What is P?
(a) 25 % (b) 20% (c) 16.67% (d) 33.33%

13. The cost of 25 lemons in rupee terms is equal to the number of lemons that can be bought for a
rupee. How many lemons can be bought for ` 3?
(a) 60 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 12

14. A fruit seller sells 24 kg apples. He sells a part of them at 20% gain and the balance at a loss
5 %. If on the whole, he earns a profit of 10%, the amount of apples sold at a loss is
(a) 6 kg (b) 4.6 kg (c) 9.6 kg (d) 11.4 kg

15. The SI on a sum of money is 4/9th the principal. The number of years is equal to the rate of
interest per annum. Find the rate of interest per annum.
(a) 5% (b) 6% (c) 20/3% (d) 4%

16. A merchant bought 360 roses at ` 8 per dozen on selling all the roses at ` 1 per rose he made a
profit of
(a) 160 (b) 120 (c) 100 (d) 140

17. What is the cash discount that follows a 20% trade discount on the list price (a 50% mark on the
CP). If the seller finally makes a profit of 11%
(a) 9.5% (b) 12% (c) 7.5% (d) 8%

18. By how much must the list price be increased so that the loss of 5% incurred in selling an article
at ` 475 is converted into a profit of 5.6% after a trade discount of 4% at the new list price?
(a) 51.75 (b) 55 (c) 55.2 (d) 53

19. If a commission of 20% is given on the retail price, the profit is 60%. Find the profit % when the
commission is increased by 5% of the retail price?
(a) 66.66 % (b) 50 % (c) 36 % (d) 63 %

20. A shop keeper wants to make profit by selling rice. He tried different methods to get higher profit.
Find out which among the following methods should he use to maximize his profit.
I. Increase the price by 5% and reduce weight by 5%
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III. Use a weight of 900 gins. instead of kg
IV. Sell rice at 10% profit
(a) l or ll (b) II or IV (c) II, III or IV (d) III

21. A reduction of 40% in price of bananas would enable a man to obtain 64 more for ` 40. What is
reduced price per dozen?
(a) ` 2 (b) ` 3 (c) ` 4 (d) ` 5

22. A manufacturer sells goods to an agent at a profit of 10%. The agent's wholesale price to the
shopkeeper is at a profit of 20% and the shopkeeper's profit is 25%. Find the manufacturing cost
of goods bought from the shop for ` 41.25.
(a) ` 20 (b) ` 21 (c) ` 25 (d) ` 30

23. A shopkeeper spent ` 1350 in purchasing wheat. After sometime 1/3rd of it was spoilt which he
had to sell at a loss of 10%. Find the % of the profit at which he should sell the remaining stock
of wheat so that he may make a profit of 10% on the whole.
(a) 25% (b) 20% (c) 10% (d) 15%

24. If by selling 56 pens, I gain the CP of 4 pens, what is my gain %.

(a) 50/7 % (b) 100/24 % (c) 7.5 % (d) 20 %

25. A radio is sold at a profit of 20%. If it had been sold at 20% loss, the SP would have been ` 100
less. What is the CP of radio?
(a) ` 350 (b) ` 200 (c) ` 250 (d) None of these

26. A shopkeeper sold his product at 12% discount at marked price. He has to pay 10% tax. If he
gives a discount of ` 36. What is the remainder after tax.
(a) 234.3 (b) 233.7 (c) 237.6 (d) 239.4

27. 1kg of tea & 1 kg of sugar together cost ` 95. If the price of tea falls by 10% and that of sugar rises
by 20% the price of 1kg each combined comes to ` 90, the original price of tea in ` per kg is
(a) ` 72 (b) ` 55 (c) ` 60 (d) ` 80

28. 1 purchase some eggs for ` 100.20% of the eggs break in transit. What profit % should I make on
the remaining to get an overall 20% profit.
(a) 20% (b) 10% (c) 50% (d) 37.5%

29. A man doubles his profit margin to 4% by increasing his selling price by ` 10. What is his original
selling price?
(a) 270 (b) 520 (c) 510 (d) 620

30. A man bought a camera and a flash for ` 15,000. He sold the camera at a profit of 25% and the
flash at a loss of 12.5%. However he made a 20% profit in overall transaction. What was the
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(a) 14,000,4000 (b) 16250,1750 (c) 15750,2250 (d) None of these

31. The selling price of a tube of toothpaste is decreased by 20%. It now sells for ` 20. What was the
original selling price of the tube of tooth paste?
(a) ` 30 (b) ` 15 (c) ` 20 (d) ` 25

32. The cost price of a table is ` 330. It is sold for a profit of ` 30 after giving a 10% discount. Find its
marked price.
(a) ` 450 (b) ` 300 (c) ` 400 (d) ` 500

33. Girish bought a cycle for ` 600 and sold it for ` 900. Find the percentage of profit he made.
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(a) 25 % (b) 50 % (c) 33 % (d) None of these
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34. A shopkeeper sells a calculator at ` 120 for 33 % profit. At what price should he sell it to gain
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40%?
(a) ` 160 (b) ` 140 (c) ` 120 (d) ` 126

35. The profit made in selling 20 m of a cloth equals the cost price of 5 m of that cloth. Find the profit
percentage made in selling each metre.
(a) 20 % (b) 40 % (c) 25 % (d) 50 %

36. The cost price of a TV set is 60% of its selling price. Find the profit percentage.
(a) 162⁄3 % (b) 331⁄3 % (c) 50 % (d) 662⁄3 %

37. The cost prices of two shirts are equals; one shirt is sold for 20% profit and the other is sold for
10% loss. Find the overall profit percentage.
(a) 25% (b) 10% (c) 5% (d) 15%

38. The cost price of 80 hats is ` 12 each. 30 of them were sold for ` 14 each. At what price should
the remaining be sold in order to get an overall profit of ` 4 x 50 per hat?
(a) ` 16 (b) ` 24 (c) ` 20 (d) ` 18

39. By selling 80 oranges a man gains the selling price of 20 oranges. Find the gain percentage.
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 331/3% (d) 40%

40. By selling 80 oranges a man gains the cost price of 20 oranges. Find the gain percentage.
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 331⁄3% (d) 40%

41. By selling an article for ` 816, a shopkeeper incurs a toss of 20%. At what price should he sell so
as to gain 10%?
(a) ` 1020 (b) ` 1122 (c) ` 1170 (d) ` 1220

42. If after giving a discount of 12%, a profit of 10%-was made on an article, then by what percentage
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(a) 20 % (b) 25% (c) 32.5% (d) 35%

43. If 15 items are purchased for ` 12 and 12 items sold for ` 15, then what would be the profit/loss
percentage?
(a) 32.25% (b) 42.50% (c) 50% (d) 56.25%

44. If 25 articles are purchased for ` 20 and 20 articles are sold for ` 25, find the profit/loss percentage.
(a) 31.25% (b) 37.5% (c) 62.5% (d) 56.25%,.

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EXERCISE - 2

1. A quantity of coffee is sold at ` 5.75 per kg. The total gain by selling the coffee at this rate is
` 60. Find the quantity of coffee being sold if a profit of 15% is made on the deal.
(a) 80 kg (b) 60 kg (c) 90kg (d) 105 kg

2. A manufacturer estimates that on inspection 10% of the articles he produces will not pass the
quantity check. He has to supply 22500 articles at ` 7.50 each. If he expects to make on overall
profit of 20% what is the cost of producing an article.
(a) ` 5.625 (b) ` 6 (c) ` 5.40 (d) ` 6.67

3. A photographer allows a discount of 20% on the advertised price of a camera. What price must
be marked on the camera which he effectively sells at ` 800?

(a) ` 960 (b) ` 1000 (c) ` 640 (d) ` 800

4. If a selling price, of ` 24 results in a 20% discount off the list price, the selling price that would
result in a 30% discount off the list price (in `) is
(a) 9 (b) 27 (c)14 (d)21

5. After allowing a discount of 10% on the marked price, a retailer charges ` 1080 for a watch. Had
he not allowed a discount he would have made a profit of 20%, His cost price was.
(a) ` 900 (b) ` 1100 (c) ` 1200 (d) ` 1000

6. A merchant was selling his goods al 20% profit. When he allowed a discount of 5p per rupee on
sale, his sale improved in the ratio 8 : 5. This new profit/old profit ratio is
(a) 28 : 25 (b) 22 : 25 (c) 30 : 26 (d) 38 : 25

7. A watch passes through three hands and each gain 25%. If the third sells it for ` 250, what did
first pay for it?
(a) 128 (b) 160 (c) 200 (d) 225

8. Suresh sold a shirt for ` 500 making a profit of 25%. What was his profit as a % of sales price?
(a) 25% (b) 20% (c) 30% (d) 35%

9. A man purchases 30 cows for ` 37500. He sells 6 cows at 10% loss. 4 cows die. At what rate
should he sell the remaining cows so as to gain a profit of 10% on total investment?
(a) ` 1700 (b) ` 1725 (c) ` 1750 (d) ` 1775

10. A shopkeeper buys 150 articles on which he has to pay ` 50 on carriage. The articles were marked
for sale at ` 12.50 each. The shopkeeper sells 90 of them at this price and the remaining after
allowing a discount of 20% on the marked price. Altogether he finds that he makes a profit of 38%
on his outlay. Calculate the amount he pays for each article.
(a) ` 10 (b) ` 9 (c) ` 8 (d) ` 7

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11. A dealer buys a used washing machine marked at ` 950 and gets successive discount of 20%
and 10%. He spends ` 66 for its repair and painting and sells it at a profit of 25%. Find the SP of
the washing machine?
(a) 935.50 (b) 936.50 (c) 937.50 (d) 938.50

12. A shopkeeper bought 80 kg of rice for ` 384 and was obliged to sell it at a loss of as much money
as he received for 16 kg. Find the SP per kg.
(a) ` 6 (b) ` 8 (c) ` 4 (d) ` 3

13. A manufacturer adds 10% to cost while selling to a retailer who adds 15% to his cost while selling
to a customer. If the customer pays ` 5060 for the product, what is the manufacturing cost?
(a) 4000 (b) 5000 (c) 4500 (d) 5200

14. A bicycle is sold at 20% profit. If the SP had been ` 100 less, then it would have been sold at a
loss of 20%. What is its CP?
(a) 250 (b) 500 (c) 400 (d) 325

15. Raman bought a car with 30% discount on labelled price. He sold it at 12% profit on the labelled
price. Find his % profit on the price he bought.
(a) 58 % (b) 70 % (c) 55 % (d) None of these

16. A shop keeper bought locks @ ` 34 a dozen and sold them at dozen locks for ` 52. The number
of locks he should sell to gain ` 900 is
(a) 1400 (b) 600 (c) 1800 (d) 2000

17. After 2 consecutive price reductions by the same %, the price of goods reduces form ` 25 to
` 16. What is % reduction each time?
(a) 18 % (b) 20 % (c) 25 % (d) 16.67 %

18. A trader bought sugar for ` 1350. He sold 1/3 of it at a loss of 10%. Find the % profit he should
make on the rest so as to make an overall profit of 10%.
(a) 15 % (b) 20 % (c) 30 % (d) 10 %

19. Yashoda purchased equal number of oranges of 2 varieties at 4 and 6 per rupee respectively. He
sold both varieties at 20 for ` 4. Then he
(a) loses 4% (b) gains 4% (c) loses 5% (d) gains 5%

20. A car dealer made a 10% profit on each car in 1995. If his CP grew by 10% pa and sales price
grew by 20% pa, his profit in 1997 on each car would be'
(a) 20 % (b) 12 % (c) 24 % (d) 31 %

21. If the price of rice falls by 2.5%, a person can buy 9 kgs of rice more for ` 126 than before. If the
price had risen by 12% instead, how much rice would he have bought for the same sum?
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22. If a SP of ` 24 results in a 20% discount off the list price, the SP that would result in a 30% discount
off the list price is
(a) ` 9 (b) ` 27 (c) ` 14 (d) ` 21

23. If a discount of 10% is given on marked price of an article, the shopkeeper gets a profit of 20%.
Find his % profit if he offers a discount of 20% on the same article.
(a) 8% (b) 10% (c) 20/3% (d) 9%

24. A grocer has doctored his measuring weights such that for every 1 kg of an item he actually gives
only 9/10th of a kg. The grocer attracts the customers by saying that he sells at the cost price.
How much profit does he actually make
(a) 10 % (b) 11 % (c) 11.11 % (d) 13 %

25. A sold a merchandise to B at 10% profit. B sold it back to A at 10% loss. In the process A gained
` 55. Find the original price of the merchandise at which A purchased it
(a) ` 500 (b) ` 525 (c) ` 550 (d) ` 575

26. A piece of cloth costs ` 35. If the piece were 4 metres longer and each meter costed ` 1 less. The
total cost would be the same. What was the original cost per metre?
(a) 14 (b) 10 (c) 2.5 (d) 3.5

27. A dealer buys a table listed at ` 200 and gets successive discounts of 10% and 15%. He spends
` 7 on transport and sells the table for ` 208, what is his gain %?
(a) 25 % (b) 30 % (c) 35 % (d) 40 %

28. A dealer computes his margin on SP and declares that he has made 20%. If he had computed
the same % on CP, profit would have been ` 60 less. What was his SP?
(a) 1500 (b) 12000 (c) 1440 (d) None of these

29. Mahesh makes 750 articles at cost of 60 paise per article. He fixes the selling price such that if
only 600 articles are sold, the would have made a profit of 40% on the outlay. However, 120
articles got spoilt and he was able to sell 630 articles at this price. Find his actual profit percent
as the percentage of total outlay assuming that the unsold articles are useless.
(a) 42 % (b) 53 % (c) 47 % (d) 46 %

30. A manufacturer estimates that on inspection 12% of the articles he produces will be rejected. He
accepts an order to supply 22,000 articles at ` 7.50 each. He estimates the profit on his outlay
including the manufacturing of rejected articles, to be 20%. Find the cost on manufacturing each
article.
(a) ` 6 (b) ` 5.50 (c) ` 5 (d) ` 4.50

31 A man purchased 120 kg of sugar and was forced to sell it at a loss equal to the selling price of
30 kg of sugar. If he purchased each kilogram of sugar for ` 15, then at what price did he sell each
kilogram of sugar?
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32. A man sold a book at a loss of 10%. Had he sold it for ` 104 more, he would have earned a profit
of 10%. Find the cost price of the book.
(a) ` 400 (b) ` 520 (c) ` 640 (d) ` 840

33. Mr. Singh purchased 40,000 apples at ` 7 each. He found that 30% of those were spoilt and hence
were found unfit to be sold. At what price should he sell each of the remaining apples so as to get
an overall profit of 25%?
(a) ` 8.75 (b) ` 10 (c) ` 11.25 (d) ` 12.50

34. An item was sold at a price after giving two successive discounts of 30% and 50%. If the selling
price of the item was ` 448, then what was the marked price of the item?
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35. A shopkeeper gave a 30% discount on the marked price of a trouser. As a result, a person was
able to purchase a shirt in addition to the trouser. Find the marked price of the trouser if he paid `
120 for the shirt (in `).
(a) 400 (b) 500 (c) 600 (d) 700

36. Anwar sold an article marked at ` 4000 after four successive discounts of 10%, 15%, 20% -and
25%, Instead if he sold it after a 30% discount, he would have realized
(a) ` 964 less. (b) ` 964 more. (c) ` 482 less. (d) ` 482 more.

37. An article with marked price ` 2500 was sold after four successive discounts of 15%, 20%, 10%
and 5% instead of the promised 50%. By what amount did the shopkeeper defraud the customer?
(a) ` 122.75 (b) ` 152.50 (c) ` 203.50 (d) ` 282.75

38. A discount of 40% on the marked price of a trouser enables a man to purchase a shirt also, which
costs him ` 320. How much did the man pay for the trouser?

(a) ` 480 (b) ` 540 (c) ` 800 (d) None of these

39. An item was marked up by 40% and after that a discount of 20% is given oh it. If each item costs
` 225, then what profit is earned by selling it?
(a) ` 22 (b) ` 27 (c) ` 32 (d) ` 40

40. Rohan has a habit of buying and selling things. He purchased a single bedroom flat in a good
residential locality andwaited for the prices to rise. He sold it for a profit percentage which is equal
to 1/400th of the price (in rupees) at which he purchased the flat. If he had received ?43,824, in
the transaction, at what price did he purchase the flat?
(a) ` 22,800 (b) ` 26,400 (c) ` 32,200 (d) ` 21,000

41. Sohanlal is a vegetable vendor at Monda Market. He cheats customers by using a false weight of
800 g instead of 1 kg. What is the percentage point difference between the percentage by which
he under weighs and the percentage profit if he claims to sell at cost price?
(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) 5 5⁄19 (d) 10

42. Aamlal, the local fruit vendor buys a certain number of oranges at ` 7 a dozen and an equal
number at ` 6 a dozen. He sells the oranges at ` 7.50 a dozen and makes a profit of ` 80. How
many oranges does he buy?
(a) 20 dozen (b) 30 dozen (c) 40 dozen (d) 80 dozen

43. Mr. Bazaarimal has a shop in the crowded 'Sabkuchh Bazaar' area. He marks up the price of his
product by 40%. If he increases the discount from 5% to 10%, the profit would decrease by
` 14. How much profit would he earn if he gives a discount of 20% on the marked price?
(a) ` 56 (b) ` 24 (c) ` 32 (d) ` 26

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44. Somu, a milkman, who wants to make a fast buck by using a false measure, measures only 900
ml instead of a litre. Somu's cost price and selling price per litre of milk are ` 10 and ` 12
respectively. What is his profit and profit percentage, if he buys 18 litres and sells it?
(a) ` 60, 20% (b) ` 60, 331⁄3% (c) ` 40, 25% (d) ` 40, 331/3%

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45. Ratanlal sold his watch at a loss of 5%. If he had sold it for ` 56.25 more he would have gained
10%. What will his gain or loss be if he sells it for ` 450?
(a) 10% (b) 15% (c) 20% (d) 30%

46. An old woman buys a certain number of oranges for 12 a rupee and an equal number at 8 a rupee
and sells at 10 a rupee. What is the loss or gain percent?
(a) 4 % loss (b) 4 % gain (c) 6.25 % loss (d) 6.25 % gain

47. The forgetful merchant Dershaw gives discount of 20% on his marked price. Forgetting that, he
took his marked price itself as selling price and calculated his profit as 30% on the selling price.
What is his actual profit percentage?
(a) 142⁄7 % (b) 20 % (c) 25 % (d) 284⁄7 %

48. Ramanand bought a bag at 30% discount on the list price. He then sold it at a price which is 160%
of the list price thereby making a profit of ` 81. What is the list price of the bag?
(a) ` 90 (b) ` 100 (c) ` 180 (d) ` 200

49. Venkat is a fruit vendor who buys a gross of bananas at ` 10/- a dozen. During transport two dozen
bananas get spoilt. If Venkat also spends 10% of the cost of bananas on transport and wants an
overall profit of 20%, at what price must he sell a dozen bananas?
(a) ` 14.64 (b) ` 15.84 (c) ` 16.24 (d) ` 17.54

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Chapter 7 Partnership

EXERCISE - 1

1. A and B enter into a partnership with ` 50,000 and ` 60,000 respectively. C joins them after x
months, contributing ` 70,000 and B leaves x months before the end of the year. If they share the
profit in the ratio of 20 : 18 : 21, then find the value of x.
(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 8 (d) 5

2. Rahul started a business with a capital of ` 8,000. After six months, Sanjay joined him with an
investment of some capital. If at the end of the year each of them gets equal amount as profit,
how much did Sanjay invest in the business?
(a) ` 16,000 (b) ` 17,000 (c) ` 18,000 (d) ` 16,500

3. Divide ` 1,586 in three parts in such a way that their amounts at the end of 2,3 and 4 years
respectively, at 5% per annum simple interest be equal
(a) ` 552, ` 528, ` 506 (b) ` 560, ` 520, ` 506
(c) ` 548, ` 528, ` 510 (d) ` 560, ` 524, ` 506

4. Profits of a business are distributed among three partners A, B and C in such a way that 4 times
the amount received by A is equal to 6 times the amount received by B and 11 times the amount
received by C. The ratio in which, the three received the amount is
(a) 4 : 6 : 11 (b) 11 : 6 : 4 (c) 1⁄4 : 1/6 : 1/11 (d) 66 : 44 : 24

5. A began a business with ` 4,500 and was joined after wards by B with ` 5,400. If the profits at the
end of the year were divided in the ratio 2 : 1 , b joined the business after:
(a) 5 months (b) 4 months (c) 6 months (d) 7 months

6. There partners altogether invested ` 1,14,000 in a business. At the end of the year, one got
` 337.50, the second ` 1,125.00 and the third ` 675, the second ` 1,125.00 and the third ` 675 as
profit. What is the percentage of profit?
(a) 4.8 % (b) 3.8 % (c) 1.8 % (d) 2.8 %

7. A started a business with ` 4500 and another person B joined after some period with ` 3000.
Determine this period before B joined the business if the profit at the end of the year is divided in
the ratio 2 : 1:
(a) After 3 months (b) After 4 months (c) After 6 months (d) After 5 months

8. A sum of ` 370 is to be divided among A, B and C such that (A's share)/(B's share) =
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(a) ` 240 (b) ` 120 (c) ` 100 (d) ` 90

9. ` 770 have been divided among A, B and C such that A receives 2/9 th of what B and C together
receive. Then A's share is:
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10. A driver's income consists of his salary and tips. During one week his tips were 5/4 of this salary.
What fraction of his income came from tips?
(a) 4/9 (b) 5/9 (c) 5/4 (d) 2/9

11. Ramesh and Suresh started a business with investments of ` 30000 and ` 20000. At the end of
one year, they earned a profit of ` 6000. Find Ramesh's share in this profit.
(a) ` 2400 (b) ` 4800 (c) ` 3600 (d) ` 4000

12. A product costs a company ` 64 to manufacture, and it sold the product to a dealer for ` 80 who,
in turn, sold it to a shopkeeper for ` 98 who, in turn, sold it to a customer for ` 120. Find the
company's profit percentage.
(a) 25 % (b) 87.5 % (c) 50 % (d) None of these

13. In the previous question, who got the highest profit by selling the product?
(a) Dealer (b) Shopkeeper (c) Company (d) All the three got same profit

14. Sameer started a business with an investment of ` 9000. After three months Tarun joined with an
investment of ` 12000. If the annual profit for that year is ` 6000, Sameer's share (in `) in it is
(a) 3000 (b) 6000 (c) 4500 (d) 4000

15. Anil and Sunil started a business with investments of ` 20000 each. Anil left after eight months
and Sunil stayed for a year. If the annual profit for that year is ` 2000, Anil’s share (in `) in it is
(a) 1000 (b) 400 (c) 600 (d) 800

16. Rohit bought a cassette for ` 40. He sold it for 20% profit to Rakesh. Rakesb sold it at
1
33 % profit to Suresh. Find Suresh's cost price (in `).
3
(a) 32 (b) 64 (c) 54 (d) 70

17. In a joint venture, A and B invested ` 32000 and ` 56000 respectively. A received ` 1000 per month
as salary for managing the business and the remaining profit was divided in the ratio of their
investments. At the end of the year, A received a total of ` 20000, how much did B receive?

(a) ` 14000 (b) ` 16000 (c) ` 22000 (d) ` 35000

18. A dealer bought 60 radios at ` 3000 each and sold them under a special scheme. For every two
radios purchased from him at ` x each, he gave one radio free. He sold all the radios and all his
customers took advantage of the scheme. If he incurred a loss of 10 x find x.
(a) 4000 (b) 4500 (c) 5000 (d) 3600

19. Two items were sold at ` 9000 each. The first was sold at 50% loss and the second was sold at
40% loss. Find the cost price for the first and the second items (in `).
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20. Alok purchased 9000 apples at ` 6 each. He then realized 40% of them were spoilt. He sold only
the remaining apples but still made a profit of 25% on the whole. Find the selling price (in `) of
each apple.
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21. X, Y and Z i9nvest in a partnership in the ratio 4 : 7 : 11. If in the end the profit was distributed in
the ratio 24 : 35 : 77, then find the ratio of the time for which they were invested.
(a) 7 : 11 : 5 (b) 5 : 6 : 7 (c) 5 : 11 : 7 (d) 6 : 5 : 7

22. A and B enter into a partnership with investments of ` 54000 and ` 81000 respectively. A stayed
for the entire year. If at the end of the year the profit was distributed equally, then for how many
months less was B’s investment there in the business?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6

23. A and B started a venture with different investments. It was decided that A would get 20% of the
profit as salary and the remaining profit would then be equally divided between the two of them.
Had the entire profit been divided in the ratio of their investments, B would have received ` 5200
more as his share of the profit. The earning of A and B are respectively ` 16800 and `11200. Find
the investment of A, if B invested ` 82000.
(a) ` 44000 (b) ` 58000 (c) ` 68000 (d) ` 77000

24. A, B and C start a venture with investments of ` 12000, ` 16000 and ` 10000 respectively. A left
after 2 months. B left after another 2 months at that time A rejoined with only 2/3 rd of his original
investment. A month later B rejoined with one quarter less than his original investment.
C remained invested throughout the year. The profit at the end of the year was ` 267000. How
much more did B earn than A?
(a) ` 37500 (b) ` 42000 (c) ` 45000 (d) ` 55000

25. Three persons Vinod, Rajesh and Amitabh enter into a partnership with capitals of ` 74,000,
` 1,11,000 and ` 1,48,000 respectively. From the annual profit of ` 62,000 Rajesh is first paid a
monthly salary of ` 1,000 and then a commission of 10% of the remaining profit is paid to Vinod.
The balance amount is divided among the three partners in the ratio of their capitals.
Approximately what percentage of the total profit is Vinod’s share?
(a) 20 % (b) 22 % (c) 24 % (d) 26 %

26. Three friends Makrand, Gaurav and Siddharth decided to enter into a partnership with amounts
of ` 24,000, ` 36,000 and ` 48,000 respectively. Gaurav is the working partner and receives
142⁄7% for managing the business. The rest of the profit is shared by the partners in the ratio of
their capitals. If the total earnings of Gaurav at the end of the year is ` 90,000 what is the total
profit.
(a) ` 1,80,000 (b) ` 2,00,000 (c) ` 2,10,000 (d) ` 2,40,000

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Chapter 8 Time & Work

EXERCISE - 1

1. 10 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days and 15 women can complete the same work in
12 days. 10 men and 15 women together would complete the work in
2 1 2
(a) 6 3 days (b) 8 3 days (c) 7 3 days (d) 8

2. A can do a piece of work in 30 days while B can do it in 40 days. A and B working together can
do it in
2 1 3
(a) 15 7 days (b) 17 7 days (c) 18 7 days (d) 16

3. A can do 1/3 of a work in 5 days and B can do 2/5 of the work in 10 days. In how many days both
A and B together can do the work?
2 3 5
(a) 13 3 days (b) 9 8 days (c) 18 8 days (d) 12

4. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 6, 12 and 24 days, respectively. They all together will
complete the work in
2 3 3
(a) 5 7 days (b) 4 7 days (c) 3 7 days (d) 5 days

5. A is thrice as good as B and is therefore able to finish a piece of work in 60 days less than B. Find
the time in which they can do it, working together.
3 1
(a) 22 days (b) 22 (c) 24 days (d) 28 days
4 2

6. Ramesh takes twice as much time as Mahesh and thrice as much time as Suresh to complete a
job. If working together, they can complete the job in 4days, then the time taken by each of them
separately to complete the work is
(a) 36, 24 and 16 days (b) 20, 16 and 12 days (c) 24, 36 and 42 days (d) None of these

7. Sneha takes twice as much time as Gitika to complete a work and Ritu does it in the same time
as Sneha and Gitika together. If all three working together can finish the work in 6 days, then the
time taken by each of them to finish the work is
(a) 18, 36, and 12 days (b) 20, 3 8 and 14 days
(c) 24, 42 and 18 days (d) 22, 40 and 16 days

8. 5 men can complete a work in 2 days, 4 women can complete the same work in 3 days and 5
children can do it in 3 days. 1 man, 1 woman and 1 child, working together, can complete the
work in
(a) 6 days (b) 4 days (c) 8 days (d) 10 days

9. A and B can do a piece of work in 6 days and A alone can do it in 9 days. The time taken by B
alone to do the work is
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10. A and B can finish a piece of work in 30 days. Band C in 40 days while C and A in 60 days.
A, B, C together can do the work in
3 2 2
(a) 24 4 days (b) 28 3 days (c) 26 days (d) 26 3 days

11. A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days; B and C in 24 days; C and A in 36 days. A alone can
do the work in
(a) 48 days (b) 56 days (c) 40 days (d) None of these

12. Banta and Santa can do a piece of work in 10 days, Santa and Milkha in 15 days and Milkha and
Banta in 20 days. They together work at it for 6 days and then Banta leaves and Santa and Milkha
go on together for 4 days more. If Santa then leaves, how long will Milkha take to complete the
work?
(a) 12days (b) 10 days (c) 16 days (d) None of these

13. Anu can complete a work in 10 days. Manu is 25% more efficient than Anu and Sonu is 60% more
efficient than Manu. Working together, how long would they take to finish the job?
(a) 3 2/3 days (b) 5 6/7 days (c) 2 6/17 days (d) None of these

14. A and B finish a job in 12 days while A, B and C can finish it in 8 days. C alone will finish the job in
(a) 24 days (b) 36 days (c) 28 days (d) None of these

15. Bansal, Gupta and Singla together can complete a work in 4 days. If Bansal and Gupta together
can complete the work in 4 4/5 days, Gupta and Singla together can do it in 8 days, then Gupta
alone can complete the work in
(a) 16 days (b) 12 days (c) 20 days (d) None of these

16. If 30 men can do a job in 30 days, find what part of the job can be completed by 1 man in 1 day.
1 1 1
(a) 30 (b) 90 (c) 900 (d) None of these

17. If a man completes a job in 6 days working 6 hours a day, in how many days can he complete the
job working 9 hours a day?
(a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6

18. An inlet pipe takes 8 hours to fill a tank. An outlet pipe takes 12 hours to empty it. If both pipes
are opened simultaneously, in how many hours will the tank be filled?
(a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 36

19. Tap A takes 4 hours to fill a tank. Tap B takes 6 hours to fill the tank. If both the taps were opened
simultaneously, by the time the tank was full, what fraction of the tank was filled by tap A?
2 3 2 3
(a) 3.2 hours, 5 (b) 3.2 hours, 5 (c) 2.4 hours, 5 (d) 2.4 hours, 5

20. A can complete a job in 10 days. B can complete it in 15 days. In how many days can they
complete the job working together?
(a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8

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21. 2 men can complete a job in 8 days working 8 hours a day.
(i) How many men are required to complete the job in 4 days working 4 hours a day?
(a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) 4
(ii) How many men are required to complete twice the job working 4 hours a day for 4 days?
(a) 16 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d) 48

22. P and Q can complete a job in 12 days working together. If P alone can complete it in 20 days, in
how many days can Q alone complete it?
(a) 32 (b) 24 (c) 20 (d) 30

23. A and B working together can complete a job in 30 days. The ratio of their efficiencies is 3 : 2. In
how many days can the faster person complete the job?
(a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 60

24. If X is 40% more efficient than Y, find the ratio of the efficiencies of X and Y.
(a) 5 : 3 (b) 3 : 5 (c) 5 : 7 (d) 7 : 5

25. X can complete a job in 30 days. Y can complete the job in 60 days. Both work together along
with Z to complete the job in 10 days. Find the share of Z in a total of ` 6000 paid for the work.
(a) ` 3000 (b) ` 4000 (c) ` 6000 (d) ` 8000

26. If the ratio of the individual times taken by P, Q and R to complete a job is 2 : 3 : 6, find the ratio
of the parts of the jobs done by P, Q and R in an hour.
(a) 2 : 3 : 6 (b) 6 : 3 : 2 (c)3 : 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 2 : 3

27. P and Q completed a job working together in x days. P takes (x + 8) days to complete the job,
Q takes (x + 18) days to complete the job. Find x.
(a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 20

28. The ratio of the efficiencies of P, Q and R is 4 : 5 : 6. If they completed a job working together,
find the fraction of the job done by P.
1 1 4 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 3 15 15

29. For how many days will 75 kg of ration be sufficient for a family of 6 members if each member
consumes 1.25 kg of ration per day?
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 10

30. 9 men can complete a job in 20 days. If a woman works at one-third the rate of a man, in how
many days can 15 women complete the job?
(a) 30 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 48

31. P, Q and R take 20 days, 30 days and 40 days to complete a job. The three work in a rotation to
complete the job with only 1 person working on a day. Who should start the job so that the job is
completed in the least possible time?
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32. X and Y can complete a job in 15 days working together. Y and Z can complete the job in 20 days
working together. X and Z can complete the job in 30 days working together. Who is the slowest
of the 3 workers?
(a) X (b) Y (c) Z (d) Cannot be determined

33. A can complete a, job in 2 days. B can complete the job in 4 days. If they work on alternate days,
the job would be completed in the
(a) least possible time, if A starts the job.
(b) least possible time, if B starts the job.
(c) same time, irrespective of who starts the job.

34. P and Q can complete a Job in 12 days working together. Q and R can complete the job in 20
days working together. P and R can complete the job in 15 days working together. In how many
days can P, Q and R complete the job working together?
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20

35. P can complete a job in 30 days. Q can complete the job in 60 days. If they work on alternate
days, the job would be completed in the
(a) least possible time, if P starts the job.
(b) least possible time, if Q starts the job.
(c) same time, irrespective of who starts the job.

36. A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B in 30 days. A starts the work and worked for 6 days.
Then B completed the remaining part of the work. In how many days was the work completed?
(a) 24 (b) 27 (c) 32 (d) 34

37. A can do a piece of work in 24 days and B in 48 days. B joins A after A had worked alone for
6 days. In how many more days would the work get completed?
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13

38. Rajesh and Rakesh working alone can complete a piece of work in 12 and 24 days respectively,
Rajesh started the work and after a few days Rakesh joined him and the work was completed in
10 days. After how many days, did Rakesh join Rajesh?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 10

39. 30 men working 7 hours per day can do a piece of work in 18 days. In how many days can 21
men working 8 hours a day do the same piece of work?
3 2 1
(a) 22 5 (b) 22 5 (c) 22 2 (d) None of these

40. A and B can do a piece of work in 15 days and 20 days respectively. They worked on alternate
days with A starting the work. In how many days will the work be completed?
(a) 8 days (b) 10 days (c) 17 days (d) None of these

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EXERCISE - 2

1. Akhita, Poonam and sonia can complete can complete a work in 2 2/3 days. IfAkhita and Sonia
can do it in 4 days and Akhita alone can do it in 6 days. Then Akhita and Poonam can complete
the work in
(a) 54/7 days (b) 42/7 days (c) 33/7 days (d) None of these

2. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 14 day, A alone
can finish the work in
(a) 28 days (b) 21 days (c) 24 days (d) None of these

3. Bindal can finish a work in 10 days. Jindal is twice as efficient as Bindal. If they work together, in
how many days, the work will be finished?
(a) 31/3days (b) 52/3days (c) 41/3days (d) None of these

4. A alone would take 27 days more to complete the job than if both A and B worked together. If B
worked alone, he took 3 days more to complete the job than A and B worked together. What time
would they take if both A and B worked together?
(a) 7 days (b) 9 days (c) 11 days (d) None of these

5. A is 4 times as fast as B and is therefore able to finish a work in 45 days less than B .A and B,
working together, can complete the work in
(a) 12 days (b) 16 days (c) 8 days (d) None of these

6. If A can complete a work in 16 days, then in how many days can he complete 3/4 the of the work?
(a) 16 days (b) 20 days (c) 12 days (d) None of these

7. Working 7 hours daily 24 men can complete a piece of work in 27 days. In how many days would
14 men complete the same piece of work working 9 hours daily?
(a) 36 days (b) 30 days (c) 32 days (d) None of these

8. 10 Men can cut 15 trees in 2 hours. If 2 men leave the job, how many trees will be cut in 3 hours?
(a) 20 trees (b) 18 trees (c) 24 trees (d) None of these

9. 45 men complete a piece of work in 30 days working 12 hours a day. In how many days will 60
men complete me work working 10 hours a day?
(a) 27 days (b) 30 days (c) 24 days (d) None of these

10. The work done by a woman in 8 hours is equal to the work done by a man in 6 hours and by a
boy in 12 hours. If working 6 hours per day 9 men can complete a work in 6 days then in how
many days can 12 men, 12 women and 12 boys together finish the same work working 8 hours
per day?
(a) 2 1/2days (b) 1 1/2days (c) 3 1/2days (d) None of these

11. 4 men or 6 women can finish a piece of work in 20 days. In how many days can 6 men and 11
women finish the same work?
(a) 9 days (b) 6 days (c) 7 days (d) None of these

12. 10 men can finish a piece of work in 10 days whereas it takes 12 women to finish it in 10 days. If
15 men and 6 women undertake to complete the work, how many days will they take to complete
it?
(a) 7 days (b) 5 days (c) 9 days (d) None of these

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13. A can do a piece of work in 10 days, while B alone can do it in 15 days. They work together for 5
days and the rest of the work is done by C in 2 days. If they get Rs. 450 for the whole work, how
should they divide the money?
(a) ` 250, ` 100, ` 100 (b) ` 225, ` 150, ` 75

(c) ` 200, ` 150, ` 100 (d) ` 175, ` 175, ` 100

14. Two men undertake to do a piece of work for ` 1400. First man alone can do this work in 7 days
while the second man alone can do this work in 8 days. If they working together complete this
work in 3 days with the help of a boy, how should money be divided?
(a) ` 600, ` 500, ` 300 (b) ` 600, ` 525, ` 275 (c) ` 600, ` 550, ` 250 (d) ` 500, ` 525, ` 375

15. A does half as much work as B in three-fourths of the time. If together they take 18 days to
complete a work, how much time shall B take to do it?
(a) 30 days (b) 35 days (c) 40 days (d) None of these

16. 25 men take 20 days to construct a wall 10m high. How many men would be required to construct
a similar wall, which is 8 m high, if it is planned that the work would be completed in 10 days?
(a) 32 (b) 40 (c) 44 (d) 48

17. 20 cows and 40 goats can be kept for 10 days for ` 460. What would be the cost of keeping 50
cows and 30 goats for 12 days if the cost of keeping 5 goats is the same as the cost of keeping 1
cow?
(a) ` 888 (b) ` 965 (c) ` 1007 (d) ` 1104

18. P can complete a piece of work in 20 days and Q in 30 days. P worked alone for 4 days and then
Q completed the remaining work along with R in 18 days. In how many days can R working alone
complete the work?
(a) 60 (b) 65 (c) 80 (d) 90

19. A can complete a piece of work in 36 days. He worked for 6 days and left. The remaining work
was then completed by B in 40 days. In how many days would the work be completed if they work
together?
2 4
(a) 16 7 (b) 18 (c) 20 7 (d) None of these

20. A, B and C working independently can complete a certain piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days
respectively. All the three of them worked together for 5 days and then A left. B and C worked for
the next 5 days and then B left. The remaining work was then completed by C. What portion of
the work did C complete?
(a) 1/12 (b) 5/12 (c) 7/12 (d) 6/12

21. Two men and seven boys can do a piece of work in 14 days, whereas three men and eight boys
can do it in 11 days. In how many days can eight men and six boys do a piece of work which is
three times the first?
(a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 21 (d) None of these

22. A piece of work can be completed by ten men in a certain number of days. If there were two men
less it would have taken three more days to complete the work. In how many days can 24 men
complete the same work?
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23. The ratio of the rates of work of A, B and C is 1 : 3 : 2. The total wages of A, B and C for working
15, 20 and 25 days respectively are ` 5000. Find the total wages of the three if A works for 10
days, B for 15 days and C for 12 days.
(a) ` 3160 (b) ` 3080 (c) ` 2060 (d) ` 2880 '

24. Two pipes P1 and P2 can fill a tank in 40 minutes and 60 minutes respectively. Both the taps are
opened and after 10 minutes P1 was shut. In how much more time would the tank be full?
(a) 30 minutes (b) 35 minutes (c) 45 minutes (d) 55 minutes

25. Three taps P, Q and R can fill a tank in 8, 10 and 12 hours respectively. Tap P is opened at 8.00
am, tap Q at 10.00 am and tap Rat 11.00 am. At what time would the tank be full?
(a) 12.12 pm (b) 12.25 pm (c) 12.42 pm (d) 12.58 pm

26. Pipe A can fill a tank in half the time in which pipe B can fill the same tank. If both the pipes are
opened simultaneously, it takes 8 hours to fill the tank. In how many hours can A alone fill the
tank?
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) None of these

27. There are three taps P, Q and R. P takes thrice as much time as Q and R together to fill a tank.
Q takes twice as much time as P and R to fill the tank. In how much time can the tap R fill the
tank individually, if they would require 10 hours to fill the tank when opened simultaneously?
(a) 8 hours (b) 16 hours (c) 20 hours (d) 24 hours

28. Pipes A and B are inlet pipes while pipe C is an outlet pipe. Pipe A supplies water at 50 ltrs/hour.
Pipe B can fill a tank in 4 hours while pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. The tank gets filled in 1
hour when all the pipes are opened simultaneously. What is the capacity of the tank?
(a) 120 1 (b) 60 1 (c) 54 1 (d) None of these

29. A tank has dimensions 14 m X 12 m X 10 m. A drain pipe can empty the tank in 70 hours. An inlet
pipe supplies water at the rate of 5 1/sec. If both the pipes are opened simultaneously, how much
time would it take to empty the full tank?
(a) 120 hours (b) 200 hours (c) 280 hours (d) None of these

30. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days, B and C can do it in 15 days, C and A can do it in 20
days. They all work together for 4 days and then C leaves. In how many days can A and B finish
the remaining work?
(a) 36/7 (b) 18/4 (c) 36/5 (d) 36/3

31. A tank of dimensions 9 ft X 5 ft X 2 ft has an inlet pipe pouring in 576 cubic inches of water in a
minute and an outlet pipe which can empty it in 3 hours. If the tank is full and both pipes are
simultaneously opened, how long will it take to empty it?
(a) 8 hours (b) 10 hours (c) 9 hours (d) None of these

32. Three taps A, B and C together can fill a tank in 6 hours. All the taps are opened simultaneously.
After 2 hours, C was closed and the tank was filled in 8 more hours. Find the time in which C can
fill the tank.
(a) 10 hours (b) 11 hours (c) 12 hours (d) None of these

33. A man, a woman and a boy can do a piece of work in 3,4 and 12 days respectively. How many
boys must assist one man and one woman to complete it in one and half days?
(a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 1 (d) 3

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34. 20 workers can reap 120 acres of land in 30 days working 6 hours a day. How many more acres
of land can 30 works working 12 hours a day reap in 15 days?
(a) 180 (b) 60 (c) 120 (d) 80

35. 20 men can finish a piece of work in 30 days. After how many days should 5 men leave the work
so that it is finished in 35 days?
(a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 12

36. A tap can fill a tank in 3 hours and another tap can empty it in 4 hours. When tank is empty and
both taps are opened simultaneously, how long will it take to fill the tank?
(a) 8 hours (b) 6 hours (c) 12 hours (d) 24 hours

37. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 10 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. If both pipes are
opened simultaneously, after how many minutes should B be closed so that the tank is full in
8 minutes?
(a) 5 minutes (b) 6 minutes (c) 4 minutes (d) 7 minutes

38. A group of 25 workers are assigned a task of 330 units. Each worker can do 1 unit / day. They
start the task. After every day one more worker joins the group. The task is completed in x days.
Find x.
(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d)12

39. Hari can finish a work in 18 days working 6 hours a day. Raghu can finish the same in 12 days
working for 3 hours a day. In how many days can they finish it working together 21⁄2 hours a day?
(a) 15.5 (b) 13.6 (c) 10.8 (d) None of these

40. A work was started by a certain number of men, who completed the work in 15 days. Had there
been 4 men less, they would have taken 3 more days to complete the work. Find the number of
men.
(a) 24 (b) 28 (c) 32 (d) 35

41. A is 20% more efficient than B. If B can complete a piece of work in 30 days, then in how many
days can both A and B complete the work?
5 7 7 5
(a) 11 11 (b) 13 11 (c) 15 11 (d)17 11

42. Sanjay can do in 16 hours as much work as Vijay can do in 24 hours. Ajay can do the same work
in 32 hours. If the three of them work together, they can complete a certain work in 24 hours. In
how many hours can Ajay alone complete the work?
(a) 80 (b) 88 (c) 104 (d) 112

43. 3 men and 5 women can complete a work in 12 days, which 5 men and 12 women can complete
in 6 days. In how many days can 4 men and 4 women complete the same work?
(a) 7 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12

44. P can Complete a piece of work in 16 days, which Q can complete in 32 days. If P and Q work on
alternate days starting with Q, in how much time would the work be completed?
1 3 1
(a) 17 4 (b) 17 2 (c) 20 (d) 21 2

45. A, B and C working individually can complete a piece of work in 16, 18 and 20 days respectively. If
they worked together and earned ` 1080 for the work, then what is the share of B?

(a) ` 216 (b) ` 243 (c) ` 363 (d) None of these

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Chapter 9 Time, Speed & Distance

EXERCISE - 1

Direction (1-5): Read the following data and answer the question that follow.
Three brothers. Ram, Shyam and Mohan, travelled by road. They all left the college at the same time -
12 noon. The description of the motions of the three are detailed below:

Name Ram Stew. Mohan

Phase I Bus for hours @ 10 mph Bike for 1 @ hours 30 mph Foot for3 hours @ 3.33 mph
Phase II Bike for 1.5 hours @ 40 mph Foot for 3 hours @ 3.33 mph Bus for 3 hours @ 10 mph
Phase III Foot for 3 hours @ 3.33 mph Bus for 3 hours @ 10 mph Bike for 2 hours @ 30 mph

1. When did Ram overtake Shyam?

(a) 3:15 p.m. (b)2:22 p.m. (c) 2:30 p.m. (d) 2:20 p.m.

2. At what distance from the start does Mohan overtake Shyam?

(a) 40 miles (b) 57 miles (c) 70 miles (d) 80 miles

3. If Ram travelled by bike instead of foot in the last leg of his journey (for the same distance as he
had covered by foot), what is the difference in the times of Ram and Mohan to cover 90 miles?
(a) 6 h 50 minutes (b) 10 h 40 minutes (c) 3 h 55 minutes (d) 4 h 10 minutes

4. If all of them travelled a distance of 100 miles, who reached first and at what time (assume the
last leg time increases to cover 100 miles)?
(a) Mohan at 6 p-m. (b) Ramat 8 p.m. (c) Shyam at 6 p.m. (d) Mohan at 8 p.m.

5. In the question, who reached last and at what time?

(a) Ram at 9:30 p.m. (b) Ram at 10 p.m.
(c) Shyam at 9:30 p.m. (d) Shyam at 10 p.m.

6. A motorcyclist rode the first half of his way at a constant speed. Then he was delayed for 5 minutes
and therefore, to make up for the lost time he increased his speed by 10 km/h. Find the initial
speed of the motorcyclist if the total path covered by him is equal to 50 km.
(a) 36 km/h (b) 48 km/h (c) 50 km/h (d) 62 km/h

7. Ram Singh and Priyadarshan start together from the same point on a circular path and walk
around, each at his own pace, until both arrive together at the starting point. If Ram Singh
performs the circuit in 3 minutes 44 seconds and Priyadarshan in 6 minutes 4 seconds, how many
times does Ram Singh go around the path?
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8. Ravi, who lives in the countryside, caught a train for home earlier than usual yesterday. His wife
normally drives to the station to meet him. But yesterday he set out on foot from the station to
meet his wife on the way. He reached home 12 minutes earlier than he would have done had he
waited at the station, for his wife. The car travels at a uniform speed, which is 5 times Ravi's speed
on foot. Ravi reached home at exactly 6 o'clock. At what time would he have reached home if his
wife, forewarned of his plan, had met him on the way?
(a) 5 : 48 (b) 5 : 24 (c) 5 : 00 (d) 5 : 36

9. Hemant and Ajay start a two-length swimming race at the same moment but form opposite ends
of the pool. They swim in lane and at uniform speeds, but Hemant is faster than Ajay. They first
pass at a point 18.5 m from the deep end having completed one length, each one is allowed to
rest on the edge for exactly 45 seconds. After setting off on the return length, the swimmers pass
for the second time just 10.5 m from the shallow end. How long is the pool?
(a) 55.5 m (b) 45 m (c) 66 m (d) 49 m

10. Rahim sets out across a forest. On the first day, he completes 1/10th of journey. On the second
day, he covers 2/3rd of the distance travelled the first day. He continues in this manner, alternating
the days in which he travels 1/10th of the distance still to be covered, with days on which he
travels 2/3 of the total distance already covered. At the end of seventh day, he finds that 22½ km
more will see the end of his journey. How wide is the forest?
(a) 662/3 km (b) 100 km (c) 120 km (d) 150 km

11. If a train running at 72 km/h crosses a coconut tree standing by the side of the track in 7 seconds.
The length of train is
(a) 104 metres (b) 140 metres (c) 504 metres (d) 540 metre

12. On a journey across Bombay, a tourist bus averages 10 km/h for 20% of the distance, 30 km/h
for 60% of it and 20 km/h for the remainder. The average speed of the whole journey was
(a) 10 km/h (b) 30 km/h (c) 5 km/n (d) 20 km/h

13. A car travels a certain distance at 60 km/hr and comes back at 50 km/hr. Find the average speed.
(a) 50 km/hr (b) 45 km/hr (c) 48 km/hr (d) 55 km/hr

14. Ajay is travelling by a car at the rate of 30 kmph. After every 60 km, he rest for 20 min. How long
will he take to cover a distance of 180kms?
(a) 6 hrs 40 min (b) 6 hrs (c) 6 hrs 20 min (d) 7 hrs

15. A certain distance is covered at a particular speed. If half of this distance is covered in double the
time the ratio of the two speeds is
(a) 4 : 1 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 2

16. A car travels 192 kilometre at an average speed of X kilometre/hour. A second car travels the
same distance at an average (x + 4) kilometre/hour. If the second car arrives 4 hours earlier than
the first, the speed of the former is
(a) 15 kilometre/hour (b )12 kilometre/hour (c) 24 kilometre/hour (d) 16 kilometre/hour

17. A train moving with a speed of 40 km/h takes 2 hours 6 minutes more to cover a certain distance
than a train moving at 96 km/h. What is the distance?
(a) 117.7 km (b) 154 km (c) 124 km (d) 144 km

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18. By walking at 1(1/4) of his usual speed, a man reaches the station 10 minutes early. His usual
time is
(a) 80 minutes (b) 45 minutes (c) 50 minutes (d) 60 minutes

19. To travel 600 km, train x takes 8 hours more than train Y; If however, the sped of train x is doubled,
it takes 2 hours less than train y. The speed of train y is
(a) 50 km/h (b) 55 km/h (c) 45 km/h (d) 60 km/h

20. A and B each walk 24 kms, the sum of their speeds is 7 km/hr and the sum of time taken is
14 hrs, the speeds of A and B are
(a) 2 kmph, 5 kmph (b) 1 kmph, 6 kmph (c) 5 kmph, 2 kmph (d) 4 kmph, 3 kmph

21. Two men start together to walk a certain distance, one at 4 kilometre/hour and another at
3 kilometre/hr. The former arrives half an hour before the later. Find the distance.
(a) 8 km (b) 4 km (c) 6 km (d) 9 km

22. Without stoppages, a train travels certain distance with an average speed of 80 kilometre/hour,
and with stoppages, it covers the same distance with an average speed of 60 kilometre/hour. How
many minutes/ hour the train stops?
(a) 15 minutes/hour (b) 5 minutes/hour (c) 10 minutes/hour (d) 20 minutes/hour

23. A man walks a certain distance and rides back in 6(1/4). He can walk both ways in 7(3/4) h. How
long it would take to ride both ways?
(a) 5 hours (b) 4(1/2) hours (c) 4(3/4) hours (d) 6 hours

24. The ratio between the rates of A and B is 4:5. If A takes 20 minutes more than B to cover a
distance, find the actual time taken by A.
(a) 60 minutes (b) 65 minutes (c) 80 minutes (d) 100 minutes

25. A 60 m long train travelling at 42 km/hr crossing a tram 84 m long travelling at 30km/hr in the
same direction. How long will it take to fully cross it?
(a) 42 sec (b) 43.2 sec (c) 44.2 sec (d) 45.2 sec

26. Two trains A and B start simultaneously in the opposite direction from two points A and B and
arrive at their destinations 9 and 4 hours respectively after meeting each other. At what rate does
the second train B travel if the first train travels at 80 km per hour.
(a) 60 km/h (b) 100 km/h (c)1 20 km/h (d) None of these

27. Vinay fires two bullets from the same place at an interval of 12 minutes but Raju sitting in a train
approaching the place hears the second report 11 minutes 30 seconds after the first. What is the
approximate speed of train (if sound travels at the speed of 330 metre per second)?
(a) 660/23 m/s (b) 220/7 m/s (c) 330/23 m/s (d) 110/23 m/s

28. A car driver, driving in a fog, passes a pedestrian who was walking at the rate of 2 km/h in the
same direction. The pedestrian could see the car for 6 minutes and it was visible to him up to a
distance of 0.6 km. What was the speed of the car?
(a) 30 km/h (b) 15 km/h (c) 20 km/h (d) 8 km/h

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29. Harsh and Vijay move towards Hosur starting from IIM, Bangalore, at a speed of 40 km/h and 60
km/h respectively. If Vijay reaches Hosur 200 minutes earlier then Harsh, what is the distance
between IIM, Bangalore, and Hosur?
(a) 600 km (b) 400 km (c) 900 km (d) 200 km

30. A journey of 192 km takes 2 hours less by a fast train than by a slow train. If the average speed
of the slow train be 16 kmph less than that of fast train, what is the average speed of the faster
train.
(a) 32 kmph (b) 16 kmph (c) 20 kmph (d) 48 kmph

31. A train 400 m long travels at a speed of 36 kmph. Find the time it would take to cross a platform
600 m long.
(a) 100 seconds (b) 200 seconds (c) 150 seconds (d) 250 seconds

32. Ashok leaves A and reaches B in 4 hours at an average speed of 40 kmph. Find the distance
between A and B.
(a) 120 km (b) 160 km (c) 200 km (d) 180 km

33. Ashok travelled a certain distance at 30 kmph and returned back at 60 kmph using the same
route. Find the average speed of Ashok.
(a) 30 kmph (b) 40 kmph (c) 45 kmph (d) 54 kmph

34. A train 400 m long takes 20 seconds to completely cross a pole. Find its speed.
(a) 54 kmph (b) 36 kmph (c) 72 kmph (d) 108 kmph

35. Find the angle between the hands of a clock at 2.30 pm

(a) 120° (b) 105° (c) 150° (d) 90°

36. X and Y are 400 km apart. At 7.00 am, buses A and B left X and Y simultaneously for Y and X
respectively. If the speeds of A and B are 30 kmph and 70 kmph respectively, at what time will
they meet?
(a) 11.30 am (b) 10.30 am (c) 12 noon (d) 11.00 am

37. Car A left P for Q at 8.00 am Car B left Q for P at 9.00 am If the speeds of A and B are 60 kmph
and 40 kmph respectively and the distance between P and Q is 360 km, at what time will they
meet?
(a) 11.00 am (b) 12 noon (c) 1.00 pm (d) 12.30 pm

38. A started running towards South at 7.00 am B started running towards South at 11.00 am At what
time will they meet if the speeds of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 7 and they started from the same
point?
(a) 1 pm (b) 2 pm (c) 12.30 pm (d) 1.30 pm

39. Anand can row his boat in still water at a speed of 6 kmph. If the speed of the stream is 4 kmph,
how long will be taken to row a distance of 30 km downstream?
(a) 2 hours (b) 3 hours (c) 4 hours (d) 5 hours

40. Bala travelled for 2 hours at 40 kmph and then for 3 hours at 60 kmph. Find his average speed.
(a) 44 kmph (b) 52 kmph (c) 62 kmph (d) 64 kmph

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41. Ganesh and Girish are running along a circular track 600 m long starting from the same point
simultaneously. If their speeds are 8 m/s and 4 m/s respectively, how many more rounds than
Girish will Ganesh complete in an hour?
(a) 24 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 72

42. Gopal travelled first half of his journey time at an average speed of 40 kmph and the remaining
half at an average speed of 50 kmph. Find his average speed for the journey
(a) 42 kmph (b) 45 kmph (c) 48 kmph (d) Cannot be determined

43. A car left A for B at an average speed of 60 kmph and reached B one hour late. If it had left at an
average speed of 80 kmph, it would have reached B one hour early. Find the average speed of
the car at which it must travel to arrive at B on time.
500 480 440
(a) 70 kmph (b) 7
kmph (c) 7
kmph (d) 7
kmph

44. In a 100m race, A beats B by 10m & B beats C by 10m. By what distance does A beat C (in m)?
(a) 20 (b) 18 (c) 19 (d) Cannot be determined

45. P beats Q by 125 m in a kilometer race. Find Q's speed if P's speed is 16 m/s.
(a) 21 m/s (b) 7 m/s (c) 14 m/s (d) 18 m/s

46. Ajay left X for Y at 9.00 am. At the same time, Bala left Y for X. After their meeting at a point on
the way, Ajay took 16 minutes to reach Y and Bala took 9 minutes to reach X. Find their meeting
time.
(a) 9.06 am (b) 9.09 am (c) 9.12 am (d) Cannot be determined.

47. Two trains have lengths of 500 m and 600 m. They are running on parallel tracks towards each
other. Find the total distance travelled by the trains from the time they start to cross each other to
the time they completely cross each other (in m).
(a) 100 (b) 1100 (c) 2200 (d) Cannot be determined

48. In the above question, if the trains are moving in the same direction, find the distance that the
faster train should travel to cross the slower train completely, (in m).
(a) 100 (b) 1100 (c) 2200 (d) Cannot be determined

49. In the question number, 17, if the two trains are moving in the same direction, from the moment
the faster train started to overtake the slower train, what is the distance it has to gain over the
slower train to overtake completely?
(a) 100 m (b) 1100 m (c) 2200 m (d) Cannot be determined

50. In a 800 m race, A gives B a start of 100 m. Find the ratio of the speeds of A and B if they finish
simultaneously.
(a) 8 : 7 (b) 9 : 8 (c) 1 : 1 (d) 3 : 2

51. In a 200 m race, A gives B a start of 10 m and beats him by 10 m. Find the ratio of the speeds of
A and B.
(a) 3 : 5 (b) 5 : 3 (c) 10 : 9 (d) 9 : 10

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52. On a certain day, while travelling from office to home, Alok's car gave him a trouble so he took 25%
more than the usual time to reach home. His speed on that day is what part of the usual speed?
5 4 3
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 5 (d) Cannot be determined

53. If a man travelled at 3/4th of his usual speed, then the time taken in this case is how many times
the usual time?
3 4 3
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) Cannot be determined

54. The ratio of the speeds of P, Q and R is 3 : 4 : 6. Find the ratio of the times that P, Q and R would
take to run a certain distance.
(a) 4 : 3 : 1 (b) 2 : 3 : 4 (c) 3 : 2 : 4 (d) 4 : 3 : 2

55. Cars X and Y started from A with speeds in the ratio 4 : 5 at 9.00 am and 10.00 am respectively.
If both the cars travelled in the same direction, find the ratio of the distances that X and Y would
have covered before meeting.
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 (d) 3 : 2

56. Find the time interval (in minutes) between any two successive coincidences of the two hands in
a clock.
5 6
(a) 66 (b) 65 11 (c) 64 11 (d) 65

57. The minute hand and the hour hand of a clock coincide after every 66 minutes. Is the clock losing
time?
(a) Yes (b) No (c) Can't say (d) None of these

58. Find the time interval (in minutes) between the consecutive times that the hands of a clock are at
right angles to other.
7 6 8 8
(a) 33 (b) 34 (c) 32 (d) 35
11 11 11 11

59. Find the number of times that the hands of a clock coincide in a day.
(a) 22 (b) 11 (c) 24 (d) 44

60. Three cyclists start cycling simultaneously from the same point on a circular track 900 m long in
the same directions with speeds of 10 m/s, 20 m/s and 15 m/s respectively. How long will they
take (in seconds) to meet for the first time?
(a) 90 (b) 180 (c) 360 (d) 45

61. In question 30, how long will the cyclists take (in seconds) to meet at the starting point for the first
time?
(a) 45 (b) 90 (c) 180 (d) 360

62. Ajay and Vijay start running simultaneously from a point on a circular track 1000 m long with
speeds of 5 m/s and 3 m/s respectively. Find the time (in seconds) taken by them to meet for the
first time, if they are running in
(i) the same direction.
(a) 125 (b) 500 (c) 1000 (d) 2000
(ii) opposite directions.
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63. Two cyclists P and Q start cycling around a 600 m long circular track with speeds of 20 m/s and
10 m/s respectively from the same point simultaneously. Find the time taken by them to meet for
the first time at the starting point.
(a) 45 seconds (b) 30 seconds (c) 60 seconds (d) 40 seconds

64. Find the number of times that the Hands of a clock are 180° apart in a day.
(a) 11 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 44

65. In a race, P beats Q by 20 seconds and Q beats R by 30 seconds. By how many seconds did P
beat R?
(a) 10 (b) 50 (c) 24 (d) 48

66. A gives B a start of 10 m or 2 seconds in a 100 m race. Find A's speed if both finish simultaneously.
1 5 5 1
(a) 3 m/s (b) 5 m/s (c) 6 m/s (d) 4 m/s
3 9 9 9

67. A beats B by 10 m or 2 seconds in a 100 m race. Find A's speed.

1 5 5 1
(a) 3 3 m/s (b) 6 9 m/s (c) 5 9 m/s (d) 4 9 m/s

68. Rajesh takes 4 hours to row his boat 30 km in a river downstream and 8 hours to return. Find the
ratio of the speed of his boat in still water and the speed of the stream.
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 3 : 1 (c) 4 : 1 (d) 5 : 1

69. A boat takes 4 hours to cover 8 km upstream and 2 hours to cover 20 km downstream. Find the
speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the stream.
(a) 4 km/h, 6 km/h (b) 6 km/h, 4 km/h (c) 8 km/h, 6 km/h (d) 6 km/h, 8 km/h

70. P and Q started running from a point on a circular track 800 m long with speeds of 6 m/s and 2
m/sec simultaneously in opposite directions. After meeting for the first time they exchange their
speeds. After how many seconds will they meet again?
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EXERCISE - 2

1. A 120 metres long train speeds pass a pole in 10 seconds. What is the speed in km/h?
(a) 75 km/h (b) 50 km/h (c) 60 km/h (d) None of these

2. A car takes 3 hours to cover a distance of 180 km. If the distance is to be covered in 2.5 hours.
What should be the speed of the car?
(a) 90 (b) 60 (c) 36 (d) 72

3. A car driver completes a 180 km trip in 4 hours. If he averages 50 km/h during the first 3 hours of
trip, what was his speed in the final hour?
(a) 44 km/h (b) 45 km/h (c) 35 km/h (d) 30 km/h

4. What is the speed (in kmph) of a train which overtakes a man walking at a speed of 5 kmph in 30
seconds, if the train is 274 metres long?
(a) 32.28 (b) 27.88 (c) 37.88 (d) 21.67

5. Amit steals a car from the parking lot at 1.30 pm and drives it at 60 kmph. He is discovered at 2
pm and the owner sets off in another car at 70 kmph. When will he catch up with the thief?
(a) 4 pm (b) 4:30 pm (c) 3:30 pm (d) 5 pm

6. The J & K express from Delhi to Srinagar was delayed by snowfall for 16 minutes and made up
for the delay on a section of 80 km travelling with a speed 10 km per hour higher than its normal
speed. Find the original speed of the J & K express (according to the schedule)
(a) 60 km/h (b) 66.66 km/h (c) 50 km/h (d) 40 km/h

7. Ayrton Senna had to cover a distance of 60 km. However, he started 6 minutes later than his
scheduled time and raced at a speed 1 km/h higher than his originally planned speed and reached
the finish at the time he would reach it if he began to race strictly at the appointed time and raced
with the assumed speed.
Find the speed at which he travelled during the journey described.
(a) 25 km/h (b) 15 km/h (c) 10 km/h (d) 6 km/h

8. Amitabh covered a distance of 96 km two hours faster than he had planned to. This he achieved
by traveling 1 km more every hour than he intended to cover every 1 hour 15 minutes. What was
the speed at which Amitabh travelled during the journey?
(a) 16 km/h (b) 26 km/h (c) 36 km/h (d) 30 km/h

9. An urgent message had to be delivered from the house of the Peshwas in Pune to Shivaji who
was camping in Bangalore. A horse rider travels on horse back from Pune to Bangalore at a
constant speed. If the horse increased its speed by 6 km/h, it would take the rider 4 hours less to
cover that distance. And travelling with a speed 6 km/h lower than the initial speed, it would take
him 10 hours more than the time he would have taken had he travelled at a speed 6 kmph higher
than the initial speed. Find the distance between Pune and Bangalore.
(a) 120km (b) 600km (c) 720km (d) 750km

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10. A pedestrian and a cyclist start simultaneously towards each other from Aurangabad and Paithan
which are 40 km apart and met 2 hours after the start. Then they resumed their trips and the
cyclist arrives at Aurangabad 7 hours 30 minutes earlier than the pedestrian arrives at Paithan.
Which of these could be the speed of the pedestrian?
(a) 4km/h (b) 5 km/h (c) 3 km/h (d) Cannot be determined

11. The Sinhagad Express left Pune at noon sharp. Two hours later, the Deccan Queen started from
Pune in the same direction. The Deccan Queen overtook the Sinhagad express at 8 p.m. Find the
average speed of the two trains over this journey if the sum of their average speeds in 70 km/h.
(a) 34.28 km/h (b) 35 km/h (c) 50 km/h (d) 12 km/h

12. Walking at 3/4 of his normal speed, Abhishek is 16 minutes late in reaching his office. The usual
time taken by him to cover the distance between his home and his office is
(a) 48 minutes (b) 60 minutes (c) 42 minutes (d) 62 minutes

13. Ram and Bharat travel the same distance at the rate of 6 km per hour and 10km per hour
respectively. If Ram takes 30 minutes longer than Bharat, the distance travelled by each is
(a) 6 km (b) 10 km (c) 7.5 km (d) 20 km

14. Two trains leave Delhi for Bombay at 6 a.m. and 6:45 am and travel at 100 kmph and 136 kmph
respectively. How many kilometres from Delhi will the two trains be together.
(a) 262.4 km (b) 260 km (c) 283.33 km (d) None of these

15. Two trains, Calcutta Mail and Bombay Mail, start at the same time from stations Calcuatta and
Bombay respectively towards each other. After passing each other, they take 12 hours and 3
hours to reach Bombay and Calcutta respectively. If the Calcutta Mail is moving at the speed of
48 km/h, the speed of the Bombay Mail is
(a) 24 km/h (b) 22 km/h (c) 21 km/h (d) 96 km/h

16. A car takes 5 hours to travel a certain distance. If it had increased its speed by 8 kilometre/hour,
then it would have taken 3 hours to travel it. The distance is
(a) 200 kilometre (b) 120 kilometre (c) 60 kilometre (d) 40 kilometre

17. A and B travel the same distance at 9 kmph and 10 kmph respectively. If A takes 36 min longer
than B, the distance travelled by each is
(a) 48 (b) 54 (c) 60 (d) 125

18. Joy walked Ikm/h slower than usual and he could return home in 9/8 of his usual time. His normal
walking rate is
(a) 8 km/h (b) 9 km/h (c) 10 km/h (d) 11 km/h

19. Walking at 10 kmph, Karishma reaches her college 2 hrs early. If she walks at 15 kmph she is
2 hrs and 40 min early. Find the distance between her college and residence?
(a) 27.8 km (b) 25.3 km (c) 20 km (d) None of these

20. 2 men starting from the same place walk at the rate of 4 km/hr and 6 km/hr. How many kms will
they be apart at the end of 3(1/b) hrs if they walk in opposite directions initially for 1st half an hr
and they reverses their direction after every one hour.
(a) 10 km (b) 5 km (c) 9 km (d) 6 km

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21. A car covers 420 kilometres with the constant speed. If its speed were 10 km/hr more it would
have taken 1 hour less to cover the distance. Find the speed of the car.
(a) 50 kilometre/hour (b) 60 kilometre/hour (c) 40 kilometre/hour (d) 70 kilometre/hour

22. In a race, the speed of A and B are in the ratio of 3:4. a takes 30 minutes more than B to reach
the desired destination. The time taken by A to reach the destination is
(a) 1 hr (b) 90 minutes (c) 2 hr (d) 2.5 hr

23. A train does a journey without stoppage in 8 hours, if it had travelled 5 km/h faster, it done the
journey in 6 hours 40 minutes. Find its original speed.
(a) 25 km/h (b) 40 km/h (c) 45 km/ (d) 36.5 km/h

24. A monkey ascends a greased pole 12 meters high. He ascends 2 metres in first minute and slips
down 1 metre in the alternate minute. In which minute, he reaches the top?
(a) 10 th (b) 20 th (c) 12 th (d) 21 th

25. A grey hound pursues a hare and takes 5 leaps for every 6 leaps of the hare; but 4 leaps of the
hound are equal to 5 of the hare; compare the rate of hound and hare
(a) 25 : 24 (b) 24 : 25 (c) 27 : 25 (d) 25 : 30

26. Two motorists met at 10 a.m. at the Dadar railway station. After their meeting, one of them
proceeded in the East direction while the other proceeded in the North direction. Exactly at noon,
they were 60 km apart. Find the speed of the slower motorist if the difference of their speeds is 6
km/h.
(a) 28 km/h (b) 18 km/h (c) 9 km/h (d) 19 km/h

27. Two cyclists start simultaneously towards each other from Aurangabad and Ellora, which are 28
km apart. An hour later they meet and keep pedalling with the same speed without stopping. The
second cyclist arrives at llora 35 minutes later than the first arrives at Aurangabad. Find the speed
of the cyclist who started from Ellora.
(a) 12 km/h (b) 16km/h (c) 15 km/h (d) None of these

28. Two ants start simultaneously from two ant holes to wards each other. The first ant coveres 8%
of the distance between the two ant holes in 3 hours, the second ant covered 7/120 of the distance
in 2 hours 30 minutes. Find the speed (feet/h) of the second ant if the first ant travelled 800 feet
to the meeting point.
(a) 15 feet/h (b) 25 feet/h (c) 45 feet/h (d) 35 feet/h

29. A bus left point X for point Y. two hours later a car left point X for Y and arrived at Y at the same
time as the bus. If the car and the bus left simultaneously from the opposite ends X and Y towards
each other, they would meet 1.33 hours after the start. How much time did it take the bus to travel
from X to Y?
(a) 2 h (b) 4 h (c) 6 h (d) 8 h

30. A racetrack is in the form of a right triangle. The longer of the legs of the track is 2 km more than
the shorter of the legs (both these legs being on a highway). The start and end points are also
connected to each other through a side road. The escort vehicle for the race took the side road
and rode with a speed of 30 km/h and then covered the two intervals along the highway during
the same time with a speed of 42 km/h- Find the length of the racetrack.
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31. I had to catch a bus which was 225 m ahead of me. The bus also started at the same time. If the
speed of the bus was 2.5 m/s and my speed was 36 km/h, in how much time can I catch the bus?
(a) 20 seconds (b) 25 seconds (c) 30 seconds (d) 40 seconds

32. A bus covered a distance of 160 km in 4 hours, covering a part of it at 30 km/h and the remaining
at 70 km/h. For how much time did the bus travel at 70 km/h?
(a) ½ hour (b) 1 hour (c) 1½ hours (d) 2 hours

33. The average speed for an entire journey is 60 km/h without considering the stoppages. When the
stoppages are considered the average speed becomes 48 km/h. How many minutes per hour on
an average were the stoppages?
(a) 10 minutes (b) 12 minutes (c) 16 minutes (d) 18 minutes

34 The distance from my house to my friends house is 12 km. I walked at a speed of 4 km/h and
after every kilometer took rest for 10 minutes. How much time did it take for me to reach my
friend's house?
(a) 3 hours (b) 4 hours and 50 minutes (c) 5 hours (d) None of these

35. A person covered the first 40 km of his journey at 50 km/h, the next 70 km at 35 km/h and the
remaining distance in 12 minutes. If the average speed for the entire journey is 52 km/h, then find
the distance covered in the last stretch of the journey.
(a) 22 km (b) 34 km (c) 40 km (d) 46 km

36. A train takes 10 seconds to cross a man standing on a platform and 44 seconds to cross the
platform. What is the length of the platform if the speed of the train is 72 km/h?
(a) 440 m (b) 570 m (c) 680 m (d) None of these

37. A train travelling at 36 km/h takes 48 seconds to cross a bridge. It then crosses a man cycling at
the rate of 9 km/h in the same direction in 20 seconds. Find the length of the bridge.
(a) 150 m (b) 220 m (c) 280 m d) 330 m

38. A man can row a distance of 30 km downstream and return in a total of 8 hours. If the speed of
the boat in still water is four times the speed of the current, find the speed of the current.
(a) 1kmph (b) 2kmph (c) 4kmph (d) 8 kmph

39. A man started 15 minutes late and by travelling at a speed which is 5⁄4th of his usual speed
reached his office 20 minutes early. What is the usual time of his journey?
(a) 85 minutes (b) 100 minutes (c) 135 minutes (d) 175 minutes

40. In a running race Sunita gives Asha a headstart of 350 m and still beats her by 50 m. If Sunita's
speed is 11⁄4 times Asha's speed, what is the length of the race?
(a) 1 km (b) 2 km (c) 4 km (d) 1.5 km

41. A bus B, left a town T1 for T2 at 6.00 am at a speed of 36 kmph while another bus B2 left T2 for T1
at 7.30 am at speed of 24 kmph. At what time can they be 12 km apart if the distance between T1
and T2 is 72 km?
(a) 7.32 am (b) 7.36 am (c) 7.40 am (d) 7.48 am

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42. Akash, Anurag & Rishab are running around a circular track of length 900 m with respective speeds
of 15m/s, 20 m/s and 30 m/s. Akash and Anurag are running in the same direction while Rishab is
running in the opposite direction. After how much time will all three of them meet for the first time?
(a) 20 seconds (b) 60 seconds (c) 120 seconds (d) 180 seconds

43. In a country R, the clocks are manufactured in a special Way. The total area covered by the hour
hand in 2 days is 2/3rd of the total area covered by the minute hand in one day. What is the ratio
of the length of the minute hand to the length of the hour hand?
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 4 : 1 (d) 1 : 4

44. A beats B by 50 metres in a race of 500 metres. B beats C by 50 metres in a race of 1000 metres.
If A beats C by 29 seconds, in a 500 metres race, how long did B takeite run a distance of 2.7
km?
(a) 16.2 minutes (b) 17.1 minutes (c) 18.0 minutes (d) 18.9 minutes

45. Rajat had covered one-third of the total distance of his trip when his scooter failed. He then parked
it and covered the remaining distance on foot, walking twenty times as much time as riding. What
is the ratio of his riding speed to his walking speed?
(a) 20 (b) 19 (c) 10 (d) 9

46. At what time between 1O' clock and 2 O'clock are the two hands coincident?
(a) 1 : 125⁄11 (b) 1 : 075⁄11 (c) 1 : 055⁄11 (d) 1 : 085⁄11

47. Three runners X, Y and Z run a race at uniform speeds. X beats Y by 12 m and beats Z by 24 m.
Y beats Z by 15 m. Find the length of the race (in m).
(a) 72 (b) 96 (c) 60 (d) 120

48. A father starts from home at 3.00 pm to pick his son from school at 4.00 pm One day the school
got over early at 3.00 pm The son started walking home. He met his father on the way and both
returned 15 minutes earlier than the usual time. If the speed of the father is 35 km/h, find the
speed of the son (in km/hr).
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7

49. Two trains of length 200 m and 100 m simultaneously enter a tunnel of length 300 m from opposite
ends at the same time on parallel tracks. The respective speeds of the two trains are 36 kmph
and 18 kmph. After how much time from the instant the two trains entered the tunnel will the tunnel
be free of traffic again?
(a) 40 seconds (b) 30 seconds (c) 120 seconds (d) 80 seconds

50. A train crosses two bridges 370 m and 480 m long in 51 and 62 seconds respectively. Find the
speed of the train
(a) 24 km/h (b) 36 km/h (c) 45 km/h (d) 64 km/h

51. In a 1000 m race A reaches the finishing line 5 seconds earlier than B and beats B by 50 m. What
is A's speed?
(a) 10 m/s (b) 1010⁄19 m/s (c) 99⁄19 m/s (d) 119⁄19 m/s

52. A train covered a distance of 250 km, partly at 40 km/h and the remaining at 60 km/h. Find the
distance covered at 40 km/h if it took 5 hours for the train to cover the distance.
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53. A car takes 2 hours more to cover a-distance of 480 km when its speed is reduced by 8 km/h.
Find its usual speed.
(a) 48 km/h (b) 55 km/h (c) 60 km/h (d) 64 km/h

54. There are two clocks, which are set to correct time on Sunday at 12.00 noon. The first clock gains
2½ minutes every hour while the second clock loses 1 '/2 minutes every hour. When will they be
2 hours apart?
(a) Monday 9.00 pm (b) Tuesday 12.00 mid-night
(c) Monday 6.00 pm (d) Tuesday 6.00 am

55. A train T1 starts from Ahmedabad to Mumbai at 7.00 am and reaches at 12.00 noon. A second
train T2 starts at 7.00 am from Mumbai to Ahmedabad and reaches at 1.00 pm When did the two
trams meet each other (approximately)?
(a) 9.44 am (b) 9.28 am (c) 10.12 am (d) 10.24 am

56. Amir takes 10 minutes to travel from A to B whereas Simran takes 15 minutes to travel the same
distance. Amir and Simran start from A to B and B to A respectively at 8.00 am At what time will
they meet?
(a) 8.03 am (b) 8.06 am (c) 8.09 am (d) 8.12 am

57. The seed of a boat in still water is 6 kmph. What is the speed of the stream if the boat can cover
32 km downstream or 16 km upstream in the same time?
(a) 3 kmph (b) 2 kmph (c) 4 kmph (d) 6 kmph

58. Ashish and Bali run towards each other from P and Q respectively with respective speeds of
36 kmph and 45 kmph. After meeting each other if Ashish reaches Q in 5 hours, in how many
hours does Bali reach P?
(a) 3 hours (b) 31/5 hours (c) 4 hours (d) 8 hours

Direction for questions 59 and 60: These questions are based on the information given below.
Train P has a length of 300 m and a speed of 72 kmph. Train Q has a length of 600 m and a speed of 90
kmph. Both enter a tunnel in opposite directions simultaneously. The length of the tunnel is 600 m.

59. Which train exits the tunnel first? What length of the other train is still in the tunnel at that time (in
m)?
(a) P, 75 (b) Q, 75 (c) P, 90 (d) Q, 90

60. Find the distance between the point where the rear ends of the trains cross each other and the
point of entry of the slower train (in m).
1 2 2 1
(a) 398 3 (b) 366 3 (c) 216 3 (d) 233 3

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