Arithmetic

Problems for Practice:

2. P, Q and R are three cities. The ratio of average temperature between P and Q is 11 : 12 and that between P and R is 9
: 8. The ratio between the average temperature of Q and R is
a. 22 : 27 b. 27 : 22 c. 32 : 33 d. None of these

3. The sum of the ages of the 4 members of Jain family is 143 years. 6 years ago the ages of the 4 members Amit, Aman,
Mrs. Jain, Mr. Jain were in the ratio of 2:3:5:7. After how many years would Aman be as old as the present age of his
father?
a. 10 yrs b. 17 yrs c. 30 yrs d. 28 yrs

4. Ratio of boys to the girls in a class is 6:7. Which of the following cannot be the number of students in the class?
a. 26 b. 52 c. 104 d. 67

5. A, B and C hired a car for Rs. 520 and used it for 7, 8 and 11 hours respectively. Hire charges paid by B were
a. Rs. 140 b. Rs. 160 c. Rs. 180 d. Rs. 220

6. A, B and C enter into a partnership investing Rs. 35000, Rs. 45000 and Rs. 55000 respectively. The respective shares of
A, B and C in an annual profit of Rs. 40500 are
a. Rs. 10500, Rs. 13500, Rs. 16500 b. Rs. 11500, Rs. 13000, Rs. 16000
c. Rs. 11000, Rs. 14000, Rs. 15500 d. Rs. 11500, Rs. 12500, Rs. 16500

7. A and B enter into partnership, investing Rs. 12000 and Rs. 16000 respectively. After 8 months, C joins them with a
capital of Rs. 15000. The share of C in a profit of Rs. 45600 after 2 yr will be
a. Rs. 21200 b. Rs. 19200 c. Rs. 14400 d. Rs. 12000

A B C
8. If 3 = 4 = 5 , then A : B : C is
a. 4 : 3 : 5 b. 5 : 4 : 3 c. 3 : 4 : 5 d. 20 : 15 : 12

9. The ratio of the ages of A and B is 5:7. If the difference between the present age of B and that of A, 6 yr hence is 2,
then what is the total of present ages of A and B?
a. 49 yr b. 52 yr c. 56 yr d. None of these

10. Ten years ago, Arpita was half of Bhavya in age. If the ratio of their present age is 3 : 4, what will be the total of their
present ages?
a. 35 yr b. 40 yr c. 45 yr d. 50 yr

11. In a school the ratio of boys and girls is 3:2 respectively. When 6 more girls join this ratio becomes 6:5. How many
boys are there in the school?
a. 24 b. 30 c. 42 d. Cannot be determined e. None of these

12. The cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 18 articles. Find the profit percent.
a. 5 (1/9)% b. 9 (1/9)% c. 11 (1/9)% d. None of these

13. The selling price and cost price of an article differ by Rs. 360. If the profit percentage is 20, what is the selling price?
a. Rs. 1840 b. Rs. 2000 c. Rs. 1800 d. Rs. 2160
14. A person sells an article for Rs. 480 at a loss of 20%. Find at what price should he sell the same article to gain 40%.
a. Rs. 600 b. Rs. 750 c. Rs. 840 d. Rs. 960

15. A horse and a cow were sold for Rs. 12000 each. The horse was sold at a loss of 20% and the cow at a gain 20%. The
entire transaction has resulted in
a. loss of Rs. 1000 b. gain of Rs. 2000 c. loss of Rs. 500 d. no loss no gain

16. A dealer sold two third of his items at a gain of 20% and the remaining at cost price. Find the gain earned by him in
the whole transaction.
a. 12 (1/3)% b. 13 (1/3)% c. 15 (2/3)% d. 20 (3/4)%

17. What price should a shopkeeper mark on an item, costing him Rs. 174, to gain 25% after allowing a discount of 25%?
a. Rs. 324 b. Rs. 290 c. Rs. 184 d. Rs. 192

18. Mandeep bought a laptop with 10% discount on the marked price. Had he bought it with 20% discount, he would
have saved Rs. 2500. At what price did he buy the laptop?
a. Rs. 35000 b. Rs. 30000 c. Rs. 25000 d. Rs. 22500

19. Arun sold a book at a profit of 24%. Had he sold it for Rs. 42 more, 30% would have been gained. Find the cost price.
a. Rs. 480 b. Rs. 600 c. Rs. 700 d. Rs. 750

20. In how many years, Rs. 150 will produce the same interest at 8% as Rs. 800 produce in 3 years at 4.5%?
a. 6 b. 8 c. 9 d. 12

21. The simple interest on a certain sum of money at the rate of 5% p.a. for 8 years is Rs. 840. At what rate of interest the
same amount of interest can be received on the same sum after 5 years?
a. 6% b. 8% c. 9% d. 10%

22. What will be the ratio of simple interest earned by certain amount at the same rate of interest for 6 years and that for
9 years?
a. 1 : 3 b. 1 : 4 c. 2 : 3 d. Data inadequate e. None of these

23. At what rate percent compounded yearly will Rs. 48400 amount to Rs. 52900 in 2 years?
a. 2% b. 3 (1/2)% c. 7 (1/4)% d. 4 (6/11)%

24. At what rate percent will be compound interest, does a sum of money become 16 times in 2 year?
a. 100% b. 150% c. 300% d. 200%

25. If a sum of money at simple interest doubles in 6 years, it will become 4 times in
a. 12 years b. 14 years c. 16 years d. 18 years

26. If a sum on compound interest becomes three times in 4 years, then with the same interest rate, the sum will become
27 times in
a. 8 years b. 12 years c. 24 years d. 36 years

27. In an examination, 35% of the students passed and 455 failed. How many students appeared for the examination?
a. 490 b. 700 c. 845 d. 1300

28. In an election between two candidates, a candidate who got 40% of total votes is defeated by 15000 votes. The
number of votes received by the winning candidate is
a. 6000 b. 10000 c. 22500 d. 45000

29. Raman’s salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. He has a loss of
a. 0% b. 20% c. 30% d. 25%
30. In a village, 18% of the population are children and 10% of children are female. If the number of female children is 90,
what is the population?
a. 500 b. 5000 c. 600 d. 6000

31. Due to increase of 30% in the price of a colour TV, the sale is reduced by 40%. What will be the percent change in
income?
a. 10% increase b. 10% decrease c. 35% decrease d. 22% decrease

32. The price of a commodity first increased by 20% then decreased by 10% then what is the net change in price of
commodity,
a.8% b.10% c.12% d. 16%

33. The average of 20 results is 30 out of which the first 10 results are having an average of 10. The average of the rest 10
results is
a. 50 b. 40 c. 20 d. 25

34. The average of 27 results is 16. The average of first 13 of them is 15 and that of last 13 is 14. Find the fourteenth
result.
a. 50 b. 52 c. 55 d. 57

35. A trader has 50 kg of pulses, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole.
What is the quantity sold at 18% profit?
a. 30 kg b. 35 kg c. 40 kg d. None of these

36. Rajni bought x kg of coffee that cost INR 3000 per kg and 18 kg of coffee at INR 2500 per kg for the company picnic.
Find the total number of kilogram of coffee purchased, if the average cost per kg of both types together is INR 2850.
a. 42 kg b. 18 kg c. 63 kg d. 60 kg

37. There are 65 students in a class, 39 rupees are distributed among them so that each boy gets 80P and each girl gets
30P. Find the number of girls and boys in the class.
a. 41, 24 b. 39, 26 c. 40, 25 d. None of these
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