RATIO-PROPORTION-VARIATION

1. The weights of Bimal and Basu are in the ratio 2 : 3 and the weights of Basu and Bali are in the ratio 4 : 3. What is
Basu’s weight (in kg) if the sum of the weights of Bimal, Basu and Bali is 203 kg?

2. Rohan and Sohan had certain amounts of money with them. The ratio of the amounts with them is 8 : 5. Each day
Rohan spends a certain amount and Sohan earns one – sixth of the amount that Rohan spends. After 9 days, the ratio of
the amounts with them is 10 : 11. After how many more days, will the ratio of the amounts with them be 18 : 35?

3. Three different types of balls priced at ₹5, ₹8 and ₹13 per piece are displayed in three different boxes by a trader. Mr.
Paul bought from this shop all three types of balls spending a total sum of ₹768. The numbers of the balls he bought,
taken in the order in which the prices are mentioned above, are in the ratio 5 : 4 : 3. How many balls of the costliest
variety did he buy?
(A) 104 (B) 64 (C) 48 (D) 24
4. A certain amount of money is divided among nine brothers. The second brother gets ₹2 more than twice the amount
given to the first brother. The third brother gets ₹3 more than thrice the amount given to the first brother, and so on till
the ninth brother. If the ratio of the amount with the ninth brother to the amount with the first brother is 10 : 1, how
much did the fifth brother get (in ₹)?
(A) 100 (B) 80 (C) 90 (D) 50
5. Alok distributed a certain number of toffees among his brothers Bala, Chetan and David in the ratio 4 : 4 : 9. David
distributed the toffees that he received among his sisters Amitha, Bama and Chandra in the ratio 1 : 7 : 8. If Amitha
received 18 toffees, the number of toffees distributed by Alok is

6. A number of coins can be divided in the ratio 13 : 14 : 15. They can also be divided in the ratio 9 : 10 : 11 : 12. If the
difference between the greatest parts in the two cases is 6, the number of coins is .

7. A certain sum of money is sufficient to pay the wages of worker A for 55 days. It is also sufficient to pay the wages of
worker B for 66 days. The number of days that the sum of money is sufficient to pay the wages of both workers is

8. A writer gets a fixed amount for his book apart from opthe royalty he gets per book sold. He gets ₹46000 and ₹66000
for 2000 and 3000 books sold respectively. Find his income per book when 6000 books are sold (in ₹).

9. If a + b − c : b + c − a : a + c − b = 5 : 6 : 7, then find a : b : c.
(A) 12 : 13 : 11 (B) 12 : 11 : 13 (C) 13 : 12 : 11 (D) 13 : 11 : 12
10. Ajay and Vijay wrote a test. The sum of Ajay’s score and twice Vijay’s score is 310. The sum of Vijay’s score and twice
Ajay’s score is 290. Find the ratio of the scores of Ajay and Vijay.
(A) 9 : 11 (B) 13 : 17 (C) 11 : 19 (D) 7 : 13
11. Divide 66 into three parts such that the sum of the first two parts equals the third part and the second part is three
less than twice the first part. What is the ratio of the parts as arranged in the ascending order?
(A) 14 : 17 : 19 (B) 5 : 9 : 11 (C) 11 : 7 : 4 (D) 4 : 7 : 11
12. Amar, Bhavan and Chetan have some coins with them. The total number of coins with Bhavan and Chetan and those
with Amar and Chetan are in the ratio 4 : 5. The total number of coins with Bhavan and Chetan and those with Amar and
Bhavan are in the ratio 4 : 3. Which of the following is the ratio of the number of coins with Bhavan and Chetan?
(A) 7 : 4 (B) 3 : 2 (C) 7 : 5 (D) 1 : 3
13. The monthly incomes of Ashok and Bala be 3 : 4. The ratio of the expenditures of Ashok and Bala is 4 : 5. Which of
the followinjg cannot be the ratio of the savings of Ashok and Bala?
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 4 : 5 (C) 8 : 11 (D) 5 : 7
14. In a three digit number, the units digit is the sum of the other two digits and it exceeds the tens digit by as much as
the latter exceeds the hundreds digit. How many such three digit numbers exist?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
𝑎 2 +𝑐 2 𝑏2 +𝑐 2
15. If 𝑎+𝑐 = and a ≠ b, which of the following is equal to k?
=k
𝑏+𝑐
(A) a + c (B) b + c (C) a + b (D) a − c

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16. The ratio of Ahmed’s age to Mohammed’s age is the same as the ratio of the ages of their respective elder brothers.
The ratio of the difference of the ages of Ahmed and Mohammed to that of the difference of the ages of their respective
brothers is 1 : 2. What is the ratio of the sum of the ages of their respective brothers to the sum of the ages of Ahmed
and Mohammed?
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 4 : 1 (C) 3 : 1 (D) √2 : 1
17. A quantity Q is obtained by adding three quantities. The first is a constant, the second varies directly with the square
root of y and the third varies directly with the cube root of y. When y = 1, Q = 60. When y = 64, Q = 230 and when y =
729, Q = 660 Find the constant.

18. The pressure of a gas varies directly with the temperature when the volume is constant and varies inversely with the
volume when temperature is constant. If the present temperature is 100 K what will be the increase in temperature if
the pressure triples and the volume doubles? (in K)

PERCENTAGES – PROFIT & LOSS – PARTNERSHIPS

1. A student secures 38% of the total marks in an exam and gets 18 marks more than the pass mark. A second student
secures 27% of the total marks in the same exam and fails by 37 marks. What is the pass mark as a percentage of the
total marks?

2. In 2001, the transportation cost of an item was 30% of its manufacturing cost. From 2001 to 2002, its manufacturing
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cost went up by 20%. Its transportation cost in 2002 was 333 % of its manufacturing cost in that year. By what percent
should the total cost in 2002 be reduced to bring it back to that in 2001?
%
(Total cost = Manufacturing cost + Transportation cost).
3. In a town, the population of males decreased by 25% from 2001 to 2002. The population of females increased by 20%
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in this period. If females formed 44 % of the population in 2002, what percentage of the population in 2001 were
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males?
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(A) 50% (B) 663 % (C) 80% (D) 75%
4. A school has 2000 students, out of which 40% of the students are in higher secondary. Out of the students in the
higher secondary, 28% are girls and 50% of them passed. The overall pass percentage in the higher secondary is 40%.
How many boys passed?
(A) 208 (B) 320 (C) 200 (D) 96
5. In an election among three contestants P, Q and R, P gets 120% more votes than Q. P beats R by 3,50,000 votes. Q
beats R by 5% of the total votes. Find the total number of votes polled (in lakhs).
(A) 12 (B) 10 (C) 9 (D) 11
6. The success rate at one stage, of the Indian cricket team in Australia was 25% from 60 matches. If India lost the next
12 matches, what was the minimum number of total matches that were played if the overall success rate of India was
50%?
(A) 42 (B) 104 (C) 118 (D) 114
7. At the beginning of a year, the owner of a jewel shop raised the prices of all the jewels in his shop by x% and the
lowered then by x%. The price of one jewel after this up and down cycle reduced by ₹100. The owner carried out the
same procedure after a month. After this second up-down cycle, the price of that jewel was ₹2304. Find the original
price of that jewel (in ₹).
(A) 2600 (B) 2550 (C) 2650 (D) 2500
8. A bicycle was sold at a loss of 18%. Had it been sold for ₹990 more, there would have been a profit of 15%. At what
price (in ₹) should the bicycle be sold to make a profit of 10%?

9. A person sold two shirts each for ₹880. On one he gained 10% and on the other he lost 20%. What is the overall profit
or loss percentage?
(A) 55% profit (B) 5.5% loss (C) 7.36% profit (D) 7.36% loss

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10. A shopkeeper always weighs 20% less than the correct weight. One day, he weighed 20% more than the quantity
usually weighed by him. If the profit on the correct weight is 20%, what is the effective percentage of profit in this
transaction?
(A) 10% (B) 25% (C) 20% (D) 15%
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11. Anwar bought an article listed at ₹18000 at 30% discount. He sold it to Balu at 333 % profit. Balu marked up the price
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of the article by 25% and then gave 163 % discount. Find the profit percentage made by Balu.
/6%
12. A man invests ₹1395 in a 3% stock at ₹93. After holding the stock for a month, he sells ₹1000 worth of stock at ₹95
and the remaining at ₹80. What is the overall profit or loss in the above purchase and sale transaction?(in ₹)
(A) 75 loss (B) 15 loss (C) 22 profit (D) 45 loss
13. Rahul got 150 marks in a test. He scored 25% more marks than the pass mark in it. Rajesh got 165 marks in it. By
what percent did his mark exceed the pass mark? %
%
14. One month Mrs. and Mr. Rai take home ₹20000 each. These amount respectively represent an increase of 25% over
Mrs. Rai’s take home in the previous month and a decrease of 33.33% over Mr. Rai’s take home in the previous month.
What was their total income in the previous month?
(A) ₹40000 (B) ₹50000 (C) ₹46000 (D) ₹41666
15. In December 2014, Bala spent 75% of his income on food, shopping and utility bills. The amounts that he spent on
food, shopping and utility bills is 7 : 6 : 2. In February 2015, Bala spent 72% of his income on food, shopping and utility
bills. The amount that he spent on food, shopping and utility bills is 22 : 19 : 7. The amount he spent on utility bills in
February 2015 was % 3 2 16 more than that in December 2014. The percentage by which his income in December 2014
was less than that in February 2015 is .
%
Directions for questions 16 and 17: These questions are based on the data given below. A family has 4 earning members
A, B, C, D. In 2001 their respective shares in the total family income are 25%, 35%, 10% and 30%. They spend 30% of the
total income and save the remaining. In 2002, A’s salary went up by 20%, B’s salary increased by 20%, C’s salary
decreased by 10% and D’s salary decreased by 20%.
16. In 2002, what percent of the total income should they spend to save the same amount as in 2001?
(A) 35% (B) 30% (C) 33.33% (D) 22.22%
17. The total income increases further by 20% in 2003 solely due to an increase in A’s salary. What should be the
percentage increase in A’s salary from 2002 to 2003?
(A) 20% (B) 30% (C) 70% (D) 60%
18. In a certain year, the wholesale price index fluctuated as given below:
Period Percentage of increase or decrease over the preceding period.
(a) 1st April to 30th April Increased by x%
(b) 1st May to 31st May Decreased by x%
(c) 1st June to 30th June Increased by x%
(d) 1st July to 31st July Decreased by x%
If the decrease for the period 1st April to 31st May was 160 points and that for the period from 1st June to 31st July was
134.4 points, what was the price index on 1st April? (in points)
(A) 800 (B) 900 (C) 1000 (D)
19. Ravi manufactures watches. Each day he manufactures as many watches as the cost price per watch (in ₹). Each day
he sells all his watches at a profit of ₹60 per watch and at the end of the day his profit percentage is 10%. Find his daily
profit (in ₹).

20. Rakesh bought some chocolates at 10 for ₹1.50 and an equal number at 20 paise each. He sold them at a rate of 20
for ₹4 and made a profit of ₹10. How many chocolates did he purchase?
(A) 100 (B) 200 (C) 300 (D) 400
21. Ajay sold an article at 20% profit to Balu. Balu sold it at 30% profit to Chetan. Dinesh sold a similar article at 20% loss
to David. David sold it at 30% loss to Edward. The sum of the price that Chetan and Edward paid for their respective
articles is ₹28000 more than what Ajay paid. If Ajay and Dinesh bought the article for the same price, Find the sum of the
prices paid by Ajay and Dinesh (in rupees) for their respective articles.

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(A) 50000 (B) 40000 (C) 45000 (D) 52000
22. Mr. Londa imported 10000 hard disks from Korea at a discount of 10% on the marked price. Out of these, 20% of the
hard disks were damaged in transit. If the selling price of an undamaged disk is 20% more than its cost price, what is the
profit/loss percentage on total sales?
(A) 6.66% profit (B) 10% profit (C) 6.66% loss (D) 4% loss
23. Girish marked an article at 60% above his cost price. What is the maximum number of successive discounts, each
being 10%, he can give such that he does not make a loss?

24. A, B, C and D started a business with investments in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 : 6. As B and C were working partners they
were paid equal salaries. The ratio of B’s and C’s total annual income is 9 : 10. If the total annual profit is ₹84000, find B’s
salary (in ₹).

25. In an election between two candidates P and Q, only 90% of the registered voters cast their vote. Only 90% of the
polled votes were valid. P got 65% of the valid votes and won by a margin of 9720 votes. How many registered voters
were there?

SIMPLE INTEREST AND COMPOUND INTEREST

1. Prashanth borrows a sum at compound interest and it amounts to ₹1,38,240 at the end of three years and to
₹1,99,065.60 at the end of five years. What is the sum borrowed?
(A) ₹76,000 (B) ₹80,000 (C) ₹90,000 (D) ₹96,000
2. The compound interest on a certain sum for the third and the fourth years is ₹1815 and ₹1996.50 respectively. What
is the annual rate of interest?
(A) 5% (B) 8% (C) 10% (D) 12%
3. Krishna takes a loan of ₹8000 at simple interest. After four years he takes an additional loan of ₹14440. From that
point, compound interest at 10% per annum is calculated on the total amount repayable on the first loan as well as the
second loan. He repays a total of ₹30250 after two more years to clear the entire loan amount. What is the annual rate
of simple interest?
%
4. Prasad invests ₹34000, part of it in scheme A at 20% p.a. and the rest of it in scheme B at 60% p.a., both at compound
interest. If, after two years, the amount in scheme A is nine times that in scheme B, how much was invested in scheme
B? (in ₹)

5. A sum was lent for a year, another sum was lent for 2 years and another sum was lent for 3 years. Each sum was lent
at 5% p.a compound interest. If each sum amounted to the same value, the ratio of the first, second and third sums is
_____.
(A) 400 : 420 : 441 (B) 20 : 21 : 22 (C) 22 : 21 : 20 (D) 441 : 420 : 400
6. Puneet borrows ₹32000 from Jalpesh at 10% simple interest. He lends it to Govinda at 20% compound interest. How
much more would Puneet have gained, if Govinda had returned the amount in three years instead of two years?
(A) ₹5016 (B) ₹7016 (C) ₹6016 (D) ₹4016
7. Sourabh borrows ₹2500000 at 12% compound interest from a bank and invests in shares. The investment gives him a
return of 20% per annum and he repays ₹500000 at the end of first year. How much does he make for himself after
paying all the outstanding amount at the end of the second year?
(A) ₹424000 (B) ₹356241.50 (C) ₹525000 (D) ₹484241.80
8. What is the present worth of ₹20000 due after three years at 10% p.a. compound interest? (Given (1/1.1) = 0.90)
(A) ₹13970 (B) ₹14120 (C) ₹14580 (D) ₹15730

9. If a sum invested at simple interest doubles itself in ten years, how long will it take to become five times itself?
(A) 20 (B) 40 (C) 25 (D) 30

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10. Rohan lent a total of ₹1,00,000 to two people. He lent a certain amount to P at 10% p.a. simple interest and lent the
remaining amount to Q at 20% p.a. simple interest. He lent each amount for two years and received ₹32000 as the total
interest. Find the sum he lent to P (in ₹).

11. A sum was split into four parts (P1, P2, P3, P4) where P1 : P2 : P3 : P4 = 1 : 4 : 5 : 2. Each part was lent at simple
interest. P1 was lent at 10% p.a. for a year. P2 was lent at 20% p.a. for 5 years. P3 was lent at 2% p.a. for 4 years. P4 was
lent at 6% p.a. for 10 years. The greatest of the interests on the parts exceeds the least of the interests on the parts by
₹7800. Find the total interest fetched by the parts (in ₹).

12. The interest on a sum under compound interest when interest is compounded annually for the sixth year and the
seventh year are ₹1,256 and ₹1,413 respectively. Find the rate of interest.
(A) 10% p.a (B) 15% p.a (C) 71 /2% p.a (D) 121 /2% p.a
13. Akshay deposits a sum P in a bank at r% compound interest. The amount becomes 27P after three years by
compounding annually. Instead, if the bank had compounded half yearly, what is the additional amount Akshay would
have received in terms of P?
(A) 54P (B) 37P (C) 18P (D) 5P
14. Sunil takes a loan from a financier at 100% p.a. interest. When he was repaying it after three years, he had to pay
₹952000 more because the loan was compounded every moment, instead of annually. What was the loan taken? [Take
e = 2.71 and (2.71)3 = 19.9]
(A) ₹70000 (B) ₹75000 (C) ₹80000 (D) ₹85000
15. A sum takes T1 years to double at R1% p.a. simple interest. If it is lent at R2% p.a. compound interest, interest being
compounded annually, it would take the same time to double. Which of the following is always true if T1 > 1?
(A) R1 > R2 (B) 0.5R2 < R1 < R2 (C) R1 = R2 (D) R2 3 < R1 < R2
16. A sum takes two years to become 40% more under simple interest at a certain rate of interest. If it was lent at the
same interest rate for the same time under compound interest, interest being compounded annually, it would amount
to x% more than itself. Find x.
(A) 36 (B) 48 (C) 40 (D) 44
17. A sum of money when kept at simple interest doubled in eight years four months. If the rate of interest is doubled, in
which year the same sum becomes twice of itself under compound interest?
(A) 4th year (B) 5th year (C) 3rd year (D) 6th year

TIME AND WORK

1. Anwar would have to incur ₹600, ₹900 and ₹1200 as the expenses if he got a job done by A, B and C respectively. The
daily wages of A, B and C are ₹100, ₹60 and ₹40 respectively. Find the cost to Anwar of getting the job done by all three
of them (in ₹).
(A) 600 (B) 800 (C) 750 (D) 900
2. A group of 50 salesmen plan to achieve their target for the next 30 days by working 12 hours a day. Due to various
reasons they put in only 10 hours a day for the first 15 days. Now, if 10 men leave and the rest continue working for only
10 hours a day, how many days more than the initially estimated time will they require to meet their target?
(A) 11¼ (B) 12¾ (C) 13¼ (D) 13¾
3. P can complete a job in 27 days. He starts it and after three days Q joins him. They work together for six days. P then
leaves and R takes his place. Q and R complete the job in 12 more days. If Q takes at most 54 days to complete the job,
then which of the following cannot be a possible value of the number of days taken by R to complete it?
(A) 36 (B) 34 (C) 40 (D) 38
4. The efficiency of a man is reduced by half every two hours. At maximum efficiency, he could have completed the job
in 150 hours. How many hours does it take him to complete the job, if his efficiency becomes maximum after every 8
hours, and then reduces as mentioned above?

5. Beginning with the second day, the amount of work Ram can do per day keeps doubling everyday he works. Saleem
can always do the work done by Ram in 40% less time. Owing to this increasing ability, Saleem and Ram complete the
job together in 2 days. How many days would it have taken if their efficiencies had remained constant?

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(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 3
6. Vivek, Rameshwar and Bhuvan divide a work amongst themselves in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 5. Their rates of work are in the
ratio 1 : 2 : 3. It takes Vivek 12 days to complete his part. What is the amount of work completed by them in 8 days from
the start?
(A) 29/40 (B) 11/45 (C) 4/5 (D) 31/45
7. Pipe A can fill a cistern in 18 minutes. Pipe B can fill the cistern in 24 minutes. Pipe C can empty the cistern in 36
minutes. At 10 a.m., pipe A is opened. At 10 : 10 a.m, pipe C is opened. At 10 : 15 a.m, pipe B is opened. The time at
which the cistern would be full is approximately
(A) 10 : 40 (B) 10 : 36 a.m. (C) 10 : 27 a.m. (D) 10 : 20 a.m.
8. A number of crabs are kept in a jar of height 40 cm. One crab climbs up by 3 cm in a minute and in the subsequent
minute it is pulled down by the other crabs by 1 cm. If this cycle of alternate up and down movements of the crab
repeats until it reaches the top, then in how many minutes will the crab reach the top of the jar? (Assume once it
reaches the top it is not pulled down)?
(A) 40 mins (B) 39 mins (C) 382 /3 mins (D) 371 /3 mins
9. P, Q and R together can complete a job in 5 days. The wages paid to P, Q and R for completing the job were ₹4050,
₹5400 and ₹6750 respectively. In how many days can P working alone, complete the job?
(A) 20 (B) 24 (C) 30 (D) 36
10. A contractor was assigned a task to be completed in 120 days. He initially hired 48 men to complete the task. But
after 60 days, only two–fifths of the task was completed. How many more men should he hire after 60 days in order to
complete the task on time?

11. P and Q are filling pipes which can fill a tank in 15 and 20 minutes respectively. R is an emptying pipe which can
empty the full tank in 30 minutes. The three pipes are operated continuously one after the other in the order of P, Q and
R, each being kept opened for 2 minutes until the tank is filled. After how much time will the tank be full?
(A) 30 minutes (B) 322 /3 minutes (C) 36 minutes (D) 34 minutes
12. Two taps can normally fill a cylindrical tank in 16 hours and 48 hours. But a leak which can empty the tank in 24
hours is present at (3/4)th of the tank’s height from the base. Find the time taken to fill the tank if the taps are opened
simultaneously (in hours).

13. X and Y are filling pipes. If the bottom 2/3 rds of a tank is filled by X and the rest is filled by Y, the tank will be filled in
14 minutes. If the bottom 2/3 rds of the tank is filled by Y and the rest is filled by X, the tank will be filled in 16 minutes.
Find the time taken by the two pipes to fill the tank together (in minutes).

14. Raman and Rajan together complete half the work in 18 days. Rajan and Rajiv complete the remaining half in 12
days. If Rajiv alone can complete the work in 36 days, then how many days will it take for Raman alone to complete the
work?
15. P can complete a job in 24 days and Q can do it in 72 days. P, Q and R start the job. After six days, P leaves. In 12
more days, Q and R complete the job. Find the time (in days) in which R can complete another job, which is six times as
big.
(A) 108 (B) 144 (C) 216 (D) 72
16. The work done by Ananath in 12 hours is equal to the work done by Anand in 15 hours, which in turn is equal to the
work done by Arjun in 20 hours. If working together they complete the work in 10 hours, in how many hours can each of
them, working alone, complete the work?
(A) 20, 30, 40 (B) 30, 40, 20 (C) 30, 24, 40 (D) 24, 30, 40
17. Pradeep can work 2/3 times as fast as Abishek and Antony together. Pradeep and Antony together can work twice as
fast as Abishek. If Antony alone takes 45 days to complete a job, how long (in days) would Pradeep and Abishek
individually take to complete the job?
(A) 30, 36 (B) 36, 30 (C) 45, 60 (D) 60, 45
18. The work done by a man in 3 days is equal to the work done by four boys in 2 days. How many men are needed to do
a piece of work in 48 days which 72 boys can do in 16 days?

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19. Jadeja, Bhangar, Balaji and Dravid can do a piece of work in 8, 16, 32 and 64 days respectively. Dravid starts the work
and Balaji joins him after 1/4th of the work is done, Bhangar joins them after half the work is done and Jadeja joins them
after 3/4th work is done. How many days does it take to complete the work?
(A) 30 (B) 32 (C) 252 /35 (D) 2424/35
20. Machines P, Q and R can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. Machines P, Q and R start the work
together. Machine P goes out of order after 5 days. After 3 more days machines Q and R also go out of order. Machine P
got repaired by then and it completes the remaining work. What portion of the total work did machine P do?
(A) 3/4 (B) 11/20 (C) 7/20 (D) 3/5
21. A man can begin a work at his maximum rate; but afterwards the rate at which he works follows a cyclic pattern.
Every two hours, it reduces by half but after 8 hours, it comes back to its maximum level. He can complete a job in 151
hours at his maximum rate. How many hours would he take to complete the job if his rate follows the cyclic pattern?
(A) 301 (B) 601 (C) 641 (D) 321
22. Prakash, Pranay and Pramod working alone can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. All three of
them start the work together, but after x days Prakash leaves and then after y more days Pranay leaves and Pramod
completes the remaining work. If Pranay had not left, Pramod and Pranay would have completed the remaining work in
(y + 6) days after Prakash had left. If both Prakash and Pranay had stayed, the work would have been completed in (x +
6) days. What is the total number of days taken to complete the work?

23. The cost of grass for 20 cows and 30 sheep for 30 days is ₹720. If the 30 sheep eat double the grass eaten by the 20
cows, then what is the cost of grass eaten by 20 sheep in 15 days?(in ₹)

24. A piece of work when done by a man, a woman and a child costs respectively ₹720, ₹810 and ₹1,080. Their
respective daily wages are ₹60, ₹45 and ₹30. If a family consisting of a husband, wife and their child is engaged to
complete this work, how much would it cost? (in ₹)

25. Two taps, which can fill a tank in 12 hours and 36 hours, are opened simultaneously. When the tank was supposed to
be full, it was found that only (5/6)th of it was full due to a leak at the bottom. Find the time in which the remaining part
of the tank would be filled (in hours).

AVERAGES, MIXTURES & ALLIGATIONS

1. Find the average of the first 20 multiples of 50.
(A) 500 (B) 512.5 (C) 525 (D) 537.5
2. The average of n numbers is a. If one of the numbers, y, is replaced by x, the average becomes b. Find the relation
between n, a, x, y and b.
1 𝑋−𝑌 1 𝑎−𝑏 1 𝑋+𝑌 1 𝑎+𝑏
(A) 𝑛 = 𝑎−𝑏 (B) 𝑛 = 𝑋−𝑌 (C) 𝑛 = 𝑎+𝑏 (D) 𝑛 = 𝑋+𝑌
3. The average weight of N boys in a group is 36 kg. If 20 other boys whose average weight is 30 kg join the group, the
average weight of the group would be the same as what it would be if 5 boys whose average weight is 40 kg leave the
group. Find N.
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 20 (D) 25
4. The students of three classes, A, B and C take a test. The average per student marks of the classes A and B put
together is 71. The average marks per student of the classes B and C put together is 76. The average per student marks
of the class A and C put together is 79. Find the range of the average marks (p) of all the three classes put together.
(A) 72 < p < 76 (B) 73 < p < 75 (C) 71 < p < 77 (D) 73.5 < p < 77.5
5. Two alloys A and B contain copper and zinc in the ratio 4 : 9 and 5 : 6 respectively. If equal weights of the two are
melted together to form a third alloy, find the ratio of the weights of copper and zinc in the third alloy named C.
(A) 109 : 167 (B) 113 : 164 (C) 109 : 177 (D) 107 : 158
6. A man buys milk at `4 per litre, mixes it with water and sells the mixture at the same price. If his profit is 25%, find the
amount of water mixed with each litre of milk.
(A) 0.25 litres (B) 0.5 litres (C) 0.75 litres (D) 0.6 litres

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7. A vessel has 10 ml of a solution of milk and water containing 20% milk. x ml of milk was added to the vessel to reverse
this ratio. y ml of water was then added to the vessel to reverse the ratio once again. Find x + y.
8. Raju bought 40 kg of a certain variety of coffee powder costing rs.240/kg and 60 kg of another variety of coffee
powder costing `360/kg. He mixed the two varieties of coffee powder and sold 4th/5 of the mixture at rs.360/kg and the
rest at rs.270/kg. The overall profit percentage made by Raju is
8 4 5 2
(A) 9 13 % (B) 11 7 % (C) 5 11 % (D) 17 9 %
9. The ratio of alcohol and water in three mixtures of alcohol and water is 3 : 2, 4 : 1 and 7 : 3. If equal quantities of the
mixtures are drawn and mixed, the concentration of alcohol in the resulting mixture will be_____.
(A) 65% (B) 70% (C) 75% (D) 80%
10. From a vessel containing only alcohol, six litres are drawn and replaced with water. six litres of the mixture is now
taken out and replaced with water. The ratio of alcohol to water now is 9 : 16. How many litres of alcohol was there
initially?

11. Two vessels P and Q were partially filled with milk. 80% of the contents of P were transferred to Q. 60% of the
contents of Q were then transferred back to P. At this stage, the ratio of the quantities of milk in P and Q is 23 : 12. Find
the ratio of the initial volumes of milk is P and Q.
(A) 5 : 3 (B) 10 : 6 (C) 15 : 11 (D) 5 : 2
12. The average weight of 18 students of a class is 15 kg. If a student leaves the class, the average weight of the class
drops by 0.8 kg. Find the weight of the student (in kg) who left the class.
13. There are nine two-digit numbers with distinct tens digits. The units digit of each number is one less than its tens
digit. Find the average of the units digits.

14. Of five numbers, the first number is thrice the third, the fourth number is two less than the first, the fifth number is
one-seventh of the second and the second number is three less than thrice the first. Find the fifth number, if the average
of the numbers is 16.2.
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
15. There are 60 persons. The age of each person (in years) is a two digit number. The average age of the persons is A
years. One of the persons whose age is ‘ab’ is replaced by a new person whose age is ‘ba’. If the average age of the new
group is 0.8A years. Find the maximum value of A.
(A) 12 (B) 10.8 (C) 11.4 (D) Data inconsistent
16. Arjun ate a number of chocolates on each of the 5 week days of a certain week. On Tuesday, he ate 2 more than on
Monday and 8 less than on Wednesday. On Friday, he ate 4 more than on Thursday and 6 less than on Wednesday. The
average number of chocolates he ate on the first three days and the last two days are in the ratio 4 : 3. Find the number
of chocolates he ate on Thursday.
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
17. The average of the ages of a man and his only son exceeds the average of the ages of his wife and his son by 25%.
The age of his son is 30 years less than the age of his wife whose age is 10 years less than his age. Find the age of his son
(in years).

18. There are two classes A and B. The average weight of the students in class A is 40 kg. The average weight of the
students in class B is 60 kg. A student, whose weight is x kg left A and joined B. As a result, the average weight of A, as
well as that of B decreased. Which of the following must be true?
(A) 35 < x ≤ 40 (B) 40 < x < 60 (C) 60 ≤ x < 65 (D) 30 < x ≤ 35
19. The average cost per fruit of 5 apples and 4 mangoes is rs.48 and the average cost per fruit of 7 apples and 8
mangoes is rs.60. Find the total cost of 24 apples and 24 mangoes.
(A) rs.1332 (B) rs.2424 (C) rs.2664 (D) rs.3996
20. Four classes P, Q, R and S take up a test. The ratio of the number of students in P, Q, R and S is 2 : 3 : 6 : 4. The ratio
of the average marks of P, Q, R and S is 5 : 4 : 3 : 2.If the average marks of all combinations of three sections are
considered, the greatest is 52. Find the least.
21. A person travels 250 km in 5 hours in two parts. He travels the first part of the journey by scooter at an average
speed of 45 kmph, and the second part by car at an average speed of 70 kmph. Find the distance he travelled by scooter.
(A) 160 km (B) 180 km (C) 150 km (D) 200 km

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22. A 350 ml solution contains 10% of milk. How much water should be added to it in order to bring down the
percentage of milk to 7% in the solution?
(A) 15 ml (B) 80 ml (C) 125 ml (D) 150 ml
23. Two vessels contain alcohol and water in the ratio 3 : 4 and 65 : 79. In what ratio should the solution in the first
vessel be mixed with the solution in the second, so as to get a solution with alcohol and water in the ratio 4 : 5?
(A) 7 : 16 (B) 16 : 7 (C) 36 : 85 (D) 85 : 36
24. A grocer had two varieties of rice, A and B. A and B were priced at rs.20 per kg and rs.30 per kg respectively. He
mixed them in the same ratio as their prices and sold the mixture at rs.39 per kg.
(i) Find the cost of the mixture which he would have obtained if he had interchanged the quantities of A and B (in rs.per
kg).
(A) 20 (B) 22 (C) 24 (D) 26
(ii) Find the percentage of profit that he currently makes.
(A) 40% (B) 45% (C) 50% (D) 62.5%
25. A local grocer mixed three qualities of coffee T1, T2 and T3 at rs.56 per kg, rs.64 per kg and rs.80 per kg in the ratio 1
: 2 : 4. To 4 kg of this mixture, he added p kg of T1 and 4p kg of T3. The final mixture so formed is sold for rs.87.60 per kg
at 20% profit. Find p.
(A) 1/3 (B) 5/9 (C) 2/3 (D) 4/11
26. A vessel is full of a mixture of milk and water, with 9% milk. Nine litres are withdrawn and then replaced with pure
water. If the milk is now 6%, how much does the vessel hold?
(A) 27 litres (B) 18 litres (C) 36 litres (D) 40 litres

TIME & DISTANCE

1. Walking from home at 3/4ths of his usual speed, a man reaches his office 20 minutes late. Had the person walked at
4/3rds of his usual speed, find the time taken by the man to reach his office. (in minutes)

2. A train crosses two bridges 430 m and 550 m long in 30 seconds and 36 seconds respectively. Find the speed of the
train.
(A) 36 kmph (B) 72 kmph (C) 27 kmph (D) 45 kmph
3. P, Q and R start from the same place X at a kmph, (a + b) kmph and (a + 2b) kmph respectively. If Q starts p hours after
P, how many hours after Q should R start, so that both Q and R overtake P at the same time? (a > 0, b > 0)
𝑝𝑎 𝑎 𝑝(𝑎+𝑏) 𝑝𝑎
(A) 𝑎+𝑏 (B) 𝑝(𝑎+𝑏) (C) 𝑎+2𝑏
(D) 𝑎+2𝑏
4. A thief was running along to a median on a road at 6 kmph. He crossed a police jeep moving at 9 kmph in the opposite
direction. The jeep had to continue for 10 more minutes before it could find a gap in the median and start chasing the
thief. Find the total time taken by the jeep to catch the thief from the time it crossed him (in minutes).
(A) 45 (B) 50 (C) 55 (D) 60
5. Anand and Bala started from towns P and Q simultaneously towards Q and P respectively. After 6 hours, they crossed
each other at town R. After that, Anand took 5 hours more to reach Q than Bala took to reach P. Find the sum of the
times taken by them to reach their destinations from R (in hours).
(A) 15 (B) 11 (C) 13 (D) 17
6. A man left X for Y. Another man left Y for X at the same time. After reaching their destinations, they turned back
without stopping. They crossed each other at a point 30 km from X on their onward trip and 20 km from Y on their
return trip. Find XY. (in km)

7. Peter and Paul are running in opposite directions along a circular track of 600 m with initial speeds of 3 m/s and 6 m/s.
They start at the same point and at the same time. Whenever they meet, they exchange their speeds and carry on in
their respective directions. Find the distance between Peter and Paul (when measured along the track) when Peter
completes 41 /4 rounds. (in m)

8. Prakash and Pramod are running along a circular track having started at the same time from the same point, in the
same direction. How much more distance would Prakash have travelled compared to Pramod by the time they meet for

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the 11th time given that the radius of the track is 7 m, Prakash and Pramod run at 22 m/s and 11 m/s respectively? (in
m)

9. P and Q started moving simultaneously from points X and Y respectively on a circular track in the same direction. XY =
2 km and the length of the track is 6 km. The initial position of P was behind that of Q. P caught up with Q for the second
time in 40 minutes. Had P started in the opposite direction, they would have met for the first time in 12 minutes. Find
the speed of P (in km/hr).
(A) 16 (B) 14 (C) 6 (D) 4
10. If the hands of a clock coincide every 80 minutes. and the hands of another clock coincide every 65 minutes, what is
approximate time difference between the two clocks in exactly 24 hours time interval as shown by a correct clock?
(A) 272 min (B) 145 min (C) 220 min (D) 200 min
11. Anwar leaves home everyday at 4 p.m. to pick his wife from office and returns home at 6 p.m. One day, the office
was over at 4 p.m. and his wife started walking home from office. Anwar, unaware of this, starts from home as usual and
meets his wife on the way and returns home with wife 15 minutes early. If the speed of Anwar’s car is 30 kmph, find the
walking speed of his wife.
(A) 30/7 kmph (B) 3.6 kmph (C) 34/5 kmph (D) 5.4 kmph
12. In a race of 500 m, L beats M by 40 seconds and beats N by 125 m. If M and N run a 500 m race, M beats N by 40
seconds. Find the time taken (in seconds) by M to run the race.
(A) 160 (B) 240 (C) 280 (D) 320
13. Rahim and Saleem are competing in a 1000 m race. Rahim gives Saleem a head start of 200 m, but his speed is twice
that of Saleem. When Rahim reaches the 600 m mark, Rahim reduces his speed by half but still beats Saleem by 20 s.
What is Saleem’s speed?
(A) 14 m/s (B) 5 m/s (C) 3.5 m/s (D) 7 m/s
14. A boat travels from point P to point Q upstream and returns from point Q to point P downstream PQ = 96 km. If the
round trip takes 9 hours and the speed of the boat in still water is 8 kmph more than the speed of the stream, find the
time taken for the downstream journey.
(A) 3 hours (B) 4 hours (C) 8 hours (D) 6 hours
15. A car travels a total distance of 300 km. After travelling a part of the distance without any trouble, the car develops
an engine problem and proceeds at 3/4th of its former speed and arrives at the destination 80 minutes late. Had the
problem developed 50 km further on, the car would have arrived 20 minutes sooner. Find the original distance it
travelled without any problem, and the speed over that part of the journey.
(A) 100 km, 50 kmph (B) 50 km, 75 kmph (C) 150 km, 50 kmph (D) 50 km, 100 kmph
16. Mr. Ashok takes 16 hours to go by train to a certain town and return by car. He would save 4 hours if he travelled
both ways by car. Find the time he would lose, if he travelled both ways by train (in hours).

17. A person covered 50% of a certain distance at 15 kmph, 60% of the remaining distance at 18 kmph and the rest at 45
kmph. The total travel time of the person is 9.8 hours. Find the total distance covered. (in km)

18. A cat on seeing a dog 100 m away turns around and starts running away at 24 kmph. The dog spots him one minute
later and starts chasing the cat at a speed of 33 kmph. After how much time, from the start of the cat’s run, will the
chase end?
(A) 160 s (B) 220 s (C) 260 s (D) 280 s
19. Towns P and Q are 265 km apart. Car A started from P at 60 km/hr at 8:00 a.m towards Q. Car B started from Q at 40
km/hr at 10:00 a.m, towards P. At 11:00 a.m, B stopped for half an hour. A stopped for 28 minutes at town S, which is at
a distance of 210 km from P. Find the time at which B crossed A.
(A) 11:35 a.m. (B) 11:54:30 a.m. (C) 11: 52:30 a.m. (D) 11:48 a.m.
20. M and N are two points that are 8 m apart. Anand and Ajay started simultaneously from M and N respectively.
Anand moved towards N at 3 m/sec. Ajay moved towards M at 5 m/sec. After reaching their destinations, both turned
back at their original speeds towards their starting points. Find the total distance (in m) that Ajay would have travelled
before crossing Anand for the second time.
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 14
21. Rajesh started in his car from town P towards town Q at 51 km/hr. After every minute, the speed of his car increased
by 1 km/hr. The distance between P and Q is 3775/60 km. Find the time he would take to reach Q (in minutes).

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(A) 40 (B) 45 (C) 55 (D) 50
22. Everyday, Ashwin starts at 3.00 pm from his home to pick up his son from school. They reach their house at 5.00 p.m.
One day, school was over at 3.00 p.m. Ashwin, not aware of this, started from home as usual. He met his son on the way
and they reached home 20 minutes earlier than usual. If the speed of his car is 55 kmph, find his son‘s speed (in kmph).

23. (i) In a race of length d m, Amar beats Bhavan by x m and Charan by y m. By what distance does Bhavan beat Charan
in the same race?
(𝑦−𝑥)𝑑 (𝑦−𝑥)𝑑 𝑑(𝑑−𝑦)
(A)
𝑑−𝑦
m (B) 𝑚 (C) m (D) (y − x)m
𝑑−𝑥 𝑑−𝑥
(ii) In a race of length d m, Amar beats Bhavan by x m. Bhavan beats Charan by y m. By what distance does Amar beat
Charan (in m)?
𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑦
(A) x – y+ 𝑑 (B) y − x + 𝑑 (C) x + y (D) x + y – 𝑑
24. In a kilometre race, Ram beats Shyam by one minute and Shyam beats Tarun by 30 seconds. If Ram beats Tarun by
250 m in the same race, find the time taken by Ram to run the race (in seconds).
(A) 180 (B) 270 (C) 360 (D) 330
Directions for questions 25 and 26: These questions are based on the following data given below. Two people Allen and
Donald start off to complete a race of distance d km, with speeds of a kmph and b kmph respectively (where b > a). After
reaching the halfway mark, Allen picks up speed and both of them reach the finishing post together.
25. What is Allen’s speed (in kmph) after the halfway mark?
(A) 2a – b/ab (B) d/b-a (C) b +a/2 (D) ab/2a –b
26. What is Allen’s average speed over the entire journey?
(A) a + b/2 kmph (B) a2 kmph (C) a kmph (D) b kmph
27. A train 360 m in length, travelling at a uniform speed overtook a car, travelling parallel to the tracks at 72 kmph and
passed it in 12 sec. Fortyeight minutes later, the train starts overtaking a cyclist and passed him in 9 sec. How much time
after the train overtook the cyclist would the car over take him?
(A) 2 hrs 24 min 36 sec (B) 3 hrs 49 min 49 sec (C) 3 hrs 12 min 9 sec (D) 2 hrs 24 min 27 sec
28. Tony and Harry begin to run in opposite directions on a circular path of radius 35 m at 20 m/sec and 11 m/sec
respectively from the same point. What is the time taken by them to meet for the third time at the starting point?
(A) 11 min (B) 220 sec (C) 8 min 40sec (D) 325 sec
29. Amar, Akbar and Anthony start running in the same direction and from the same point, around a circular track with
speeds 7 m/sec, 11 m/sec and 22 m/sec respectively. If Akbar can complete 5 revolutions around the track in 40 sec,
when will they meet for the first time after they start? (in sec)

30. P and Q are two points on a 1 km long circular track. The distance PQ, along the track is 200 m. Rohan started
running from P. Sohan started running simultaneously in the same direction from Q. Both reached P for the first time
1
simultaneously. If both started simultaneously from P in opposite directions, they would take 1119 seconds to meet for
the first time. Find the time taken by them to meet for the first time (in seconds), if they started simultaneously from Q
in the same direction.

31. A watch set correctly at 10:00 a.m. on a Sunday shows 20 min more than the correct time at 6:00 p.m. on that day.
When the clock shows 10:30 p.m. on the same day, what is the correct time?
(A) 7:00 p.m. (B) 10:00 p.m. (C) 10:10 p.m. (D) 10:20 p.m.
32. Dinesh started answering a test at a time between 3:00 p.m and 4:00 pm. He noted the position of the hands of his
watch. He ended the test at a time between 4:00 p.m and 5:00 p.m The positions of the hands were interchanged. For
how many hours did the test last?
(A) 13/14 (B) 12/13 (C) 9/10 (D) 10/11

ANSWER KEY
RATIO-PROPORTION-VARIATION
EXERCISE-A

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1.84 2.6 3.D 4.D 5.544 6.84 7.30 8.21 9.B
10.A 11.D 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.C 16.A 17.30 18.500

PERCENTAGES – PROFIT & LOSS – PARTNERSHIPS

1.34.4 2.18.75 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.D 7.D 8.3300 9.D

10.B 11.25 12.D 13.37.5 14.C 15.10 16.C 17.C 18.C
19.360 20.D 21.A 22.D 23.4 24.15000 25.40000

SIMPLE INTEREST AND COMPOUND INTEREST

1.B 2.C 3.8 4.2000 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.B

10.40000 11.11400 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.A 16.D 17.A

TIME AND WORK

1.C 2.A 3.B 4.320 5.D 6.C 7.D 8.C 9.A

10.24 11.B 12.15 13.7.2 14.72 15.C 16.D 17.A 18.9
19.D 20.D 21.D 22.28 23.160 24.810 25.1.8 26.A

AVERAGES, MIXTURES & ALLIGATIONS

1.C 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.C 6.A 7.150 8.A 9.B

10.15 11.D 12.28.6 13.4 14.D 15.D 16.B 17.5 18.B
19.C 20.41.8 21.B 22.D 23.A 24.(i)C(ii)C 25.d 26.a

TIME & DISTANCE

1.45 2.B 3.D 4.D 5.C 6.70 7.150 8.484 9.A

10.A 11.A 12.C 13.B 14.A 15.A 16.4 17.180 18.C
19.C 20.C 21.D 22.11 23.(i)B(ii)D 24.B 25.D 26.D 27.D
28.A 29.88 30.1000 31.B 32.B

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