1. The sum of the three numbers is 98.

8. If the ratio of first to second is 2:3 and that of the second to the
third is 5:8 then the second number is : Capgemini2019

A 1:1 B1:9 C3:4 D 2:6

2. In a bowl, there is a blend of rum and vodka blended in the ratio of 4: 5. If extra 6 liters of rum are
added to the bowl, it would be full and the ratio of rum and vodka would become 6: 5. Evaluate the
capacity of the bowl?

A 39 B 54 C 61 D 28

3. Find the proportion in which water should be blended with pure milk to get a profit of  16 2/3% by
marketing the mix at its original price it was purchased for?

A 6/9 B 6/7 C 6/8 D 5/7

4. In what ratio should the water and juice should be mixed for gaining 30% by marketing the blend at
its original price.

A 10/13 B 1/13 C 10/3 D 10/1

5. A grocery store owner sells pepper at some cost price. As pepper is very expensive, so to gain profit
on the cost price with which he purchased but he mixes it with papaya seeds and gains a profit of
35%. Find the percentage of papaya seeds mixed with pepper?

A 25.92% B 25.2%

C 26.92% D 2.92%

6. At a restaurant a waiter served a tower of beer containing 50% alcohol to a customer. After few
minutes, the customer asked the waiter to replace her drink with some other beverage that contains
19% alcohol and now the ratio of alcohol in the beverage was found to be 25%. Find out the
amount of alcohol in the beverage replaced? The sum of the three numbers is 98. If the ratio of
first to second is 2:3 and that of the second to the third is 5:8 then the second number is :
Adobe2019

A 25/61 B 25/3

C 25/31 D 25/36

7. There is one liquid A which contains 25% of water, the liquid B contains 30% of water. A vessel
is filled with 6 parts of the liquid A and 4 parts of the liquid B. Find out the percentage of water in
the mixture? Capgemini2018

A 33% B 32% C 27% D 3%

8. Calculate the ratio in which two types of cement, one at Rs. 20 per kg and Rs. 60 per kg should be
mixed to get a blend that can be traded at Rs. 35 per kg.

A 5:2 B 5:3 C 4:3 D 5:9

9. Find the ratio in which water must be mixed with milk which costs Rs. 40 per liter to get a mixed
liquid worth Rs. 24 per liter.
 A 2:3 B 5:6

C 5:9 D 8:7

10. Find the ratio in which sugary biscuits batter at Rs. 20/kg mixed with cinnamon at the rate of Rs.
52/kg to make a mixture that can be sold at Rs. 35.50.

A 33:31 B 35:31

C 3:31 D 33:3

11. A mixture of 40 liters of salt and water contains 70% of salts. How much water must be added to
decrease the salt percentage to 40%?

A 30 B 25

C 40 D 45

12. Rs 5000 was divided among 5 men, 6 women, and 5 boys, such that the ratio of the shares of men,
women, and boys is 5:3:2 what is the share of the boy? Capgemini2020

A 250 B 100

C 150 D 200

13. What is the ratio of the surface area formed by placing 3 cubes adjacently to the sum of the
individual surface area of these 3 cubes?

A 7:9 B 27:23

C 49:81 D 8:9

14. The salary of Ramu is 3 times the salary of Raju. Raju's salary increases by 20% every month &
Ramu's salary decrease by 10% every month, what is the ratio of the salary of Raju to Ramu after
2 months?

A 5:4 B 7:8

C 4:9 D 4:3

15. A sum of RS. 5000 was divided among P, Q, and R in the ratio 2:3:5. If the amount of RS.500
was added to each, what will be their new ratio?

A 3:4:5 B 3:4:6

C 2:3:4 D 3:4:5

16. Two vessels are filled with the milk of two quality worth RS.10 per litre and RS. 11 per liter. In
what approximate ratio these two be mixed to get a new quality of milk worth RS.10.6 liter?

A 1:3 B 1:2

C 2:3 D 3:2
17. The sum of the three numbers is 98. If the ratio of first to second is 2:3 and that of the second to
the third is 5:8 then the second number is :

A 30 B 25

C 40 D 45

16. A bottte is full of dettol. One-third of it is taken out and then an equal amount of water is
poured into the bottle to fill it, This operation is done four times. Find the final ratio of dettol and
water in the bottle.

A. 13:55 B 20:74

C. 16:65 D. 10:48

19.. There are 2 bottles containing a mixture of wine, water and alcohol. The first bottle contains
wine, water and alcohol in the ratio 3 : 5 : 2. The second bottle contains water and wine in the ratio
5 : 4. 1 litre of the first and 2 litres of the second are mixed together. What fraction of the mixture
is alcohol? Adobe2017

A. 1/15 B. 6/13

C. 2/15 D. 6/19

20. One type of liquid contains 25% of milk, the other contains 30% of milk. A container is filled
with 6 parts of the first liquid and 4 parts of the second liquid. The percentage of milk in the
mixture is:

A. 27% B. 31%

C. 29% D. 33%

21. A trader has 50 kg of rice, a part of which he sells at 10 percent profit and the rest at 5 percent
loss. He gains 7 percent on the whole. What is the quantity sold at 10 percent gain and 5 percent
loss? Capgemini2018

A. 30 kg, 10 kg B. 40 kg, 15 kg

C. 35 kg, 40 kg D. 40 kg, 10 kg

22. The wheat sold by a grocer contained 10% low quality wheat. What quantity of good quantity
wheat should be added to 150 kg of wheat so that the percentage of low quality wheat becomes
5%?

A. 85 kg B. 50 kg

C. 135 kg D. 150 kg

23. An alloy of gold and silver weighs 50 g. It contains 80% gold. How much gold should be added
to the alloy so that percentage of gold is increased to 90?

A. 50 g B. 60 g
 C. 30 g D. 40 g

24. There are two alloys made up of copper and aluminium. In the first alloy copper is half as much
as aluminium and in the second alloy, copper is thrice as much as aluminium. How many times
the second alloy must be mixed with the first alloy to get the new alloy in which copper is twice
as much as aluminium? Capgemini2019

A. 2 B. 3

C. 4 D. 5

25. X and Y are two alloys which are prepared by mixing zinc and aluminium in the ratio of 1 : 4
and 11 : 8 respectively. If equal quantities of alloys are melted to form a third alloy Z then what
is the ratio of zinc and aluminium in alloy Z? Adobe2019

A.32:47 B. 37:58

C. 37:95 D. 74:95

26. An 80 litre mixture of water and acid contains 20% acid. How much acid should be added to
make the acid 60% in the new mixture?

A. 60 B. 80

C. 70 D. 90

27. The ratio of sand to gravel in a mixture is 7 : 8 while that between gravel and cement is

6 : 7. What is the ratio of sand to cement in the mixture?

A. 49 : 48 B. 7 : 7

C. 8 : 6 D. 3 : 4

28. In a container, two types of liquids P and Q are in the ratio of 3 : 7. If 10 litres mixture is drawn
off from the container and filled with 6 litres of liquid Q,then the ratio of P and Q becomes 1 : 3.
What was the original quantity (in litres) of mixture?

A. 34 B. 36

C. 30 D. 40

29. A jar contains a blend of a fruit juice and water in the ratio 5 : x. When 1 litre of water is added to
4 litres of the blend the ratio of fruit juice to water becomes 1 : 1. What is the value of x?

A. 3 B. 1

C. 2 D. 4

30. In a mixture, unbroken and broken rice grains are in the ratio 3 : 2. How much fraction of the
mixture must be drawn off and substituted with broken grains, so that the ratio of unbroken and
broken grains becomes 1 : 1?

A. 1/3 B. 1/6
C.1/4 D. 2/5