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1) If x= y and y= z, then x : y : z, is equal to 7) A jar contained a mixture of two liquids A
3 2
A) 3 : 2 : 1 and B in the ratio 4 : 1. When 10 litres of the
mixture was taken out and 10 litres of liquid
B) 1 : 2 : 6
C) 1 : 3 : 6 B was poured into the jar, this ratio became
2 : 3. The quantity of liquid A contained in
D) 2 : 4 : 6
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A) 4 litres
2) Rs. 180 contained in a box consists of one
B) 8 litres
rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the
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ratio 2 : 3 : 4. What is the number of 50 paise
coins ? D) 40 litres
A) 60
8) A mixture conatins wine and water in the
B) 120
ratio 3 : 2 and another mixture contains
C) 150
them in the ratio 4 : 5. How many litres of the
D) 180
later must be mixed with 3 litres of the
former so that the resulting mixture may
3) By mistake instead of dividing Rs. 117
conatin equal quantites of wine and water?

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among A, B and C in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4 it was 2
A) 55 litres
divided in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4, who gains the 2
most and by how much? B) 53 litres
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A) A, Rs. 28 C) 42 litres
B) B, Rs. 3 3
D) 34 litres
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C) C, Rs. 20
D) C, Rs. 25
9) A container contains two liquids A and B in
4) If a : b = c : d = e : f = 1 : 2, then (pa+qc+re) the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 llitres of mixture are
: (pb+qd+rf) is drawn off and the container is filled with B,
A) p : (q+r) the ratio of A and B becomes 1 : 1. How many
B) (p+q) : r litres of liquid A was in the container
C) 2 : 3 initially?
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D) 1 : 2 A) 6
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B) 162
5) A barrel contains a mixture of wine and 3
C) 364
water in the ratio 3 : 1. How much fraction of 3
the mixture must be drawn off and D) 264
substituted by water so that the ratio of wine
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and water in the resultant mixture becomes 10) From each of the two given unequal
1:1? numbers, half the smaller number is
A) 1/4 subtracted. Then, of the resulting numbers
B) 1/3 the larger one is five times then the smaller
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C) 3/4 one. Then the ratio of the larger to smaller

D) 2/3 one is
A) 2 : 1
6) If p : q : r = 1 : 2 : 4, then √5𝑝2 + 𝑞 2 + 𝑟 2 is B) 3 : 2
equal to C) 3 : 1
A) 5 D) 1 : 4
B) 2q
C) 5p
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11) Two vessels A and B contain milk and water 16) A box contains Rs. 56 in the form of coins of
mixed in the ratio 8 : 5 and 5 : 2 respectively. one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise. The
The ratio in which these two mixtures be number of 50 paise coins is double the
mixed to get a new mixture containing number of 25 paise coins and four times the
3
69 % milk is : number of one rupee coins. How many 50
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A) 3 : 5
A) 52
B) 5 : 2
B) 64
C) 5 : 7
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D) 2 : 7
D) 16
12) The ratio of the income of A and B as well as
17) Rs. 3000 is divided between A, B and C so
of B and C is 3 : 2. If one third of A’s income 1
exceeds one fourth of C’s income by Rs. that A receives 3 as much as B and C together
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1000, what is B’s income in Rs. ? receive and B receives 3 as much as A and C
A) 3000
together receive. Then the share of C is
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C) 3500 B) Rs. 525
D) 4000
C) Rs.1625
D) Rs. 1050
13) If (a+b) : (b+c) : (c+a) = 6 : 7 : 8 and
(a+b+c)=14, then the value of c is
18) A and B have their monthly incomes in the
A) 6
by
ratio 8 : 5 while their monthly expenditures
B) 7
are in the ratio 5 :3. If they have saved Rs.
C) 8
12,000 and Rs. 10,000 monthly respectively,
D) 14 then the difference in their monthly incomes
is
14) A man ordered 4 pairs of black
A) Rs. 42,000
socks and some pairs of brown socks. The B) Rs. 52,000
price of a black sock is double that of a C) Rs. 46,000
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brown pair. While preparing the bill the D) Rs. 44,000

clerk interchanged the number of black and
brown pairs by mistake which increased the 19) In a factory the salary of each worker is
bill by 50%. The ratio of the number of black increased in the ratio 22 : 25 but the number
2
and brown pairs of socks in the original of worker is decreased by 263%. The net
order was :
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A) 2:1 2
A) 163% decrease
B) 1:4 1
C) 1:2 B) 11 % increase
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15) A box contains 420 coins of 1 rupee, 50 paise 20) The cost of diamond varies directly as the
and 20 paise coins. The ratio of their values square of its weight. Once, this diamond
is 13 : 11 : 7. The number of 50 paise coins is broke into four pieces with weights in the
A) 42 ratio 1 : 2 : 3 : 4. When the pieces were sold,
B) 78 the merchant got Rs. 70,000 less. Find the
C) 66 original price of the diamond.
D) 132 A) Rs. 1.4 lakh

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B) Rs. 2 lakh 24) 4 years ago, the respective ratio between of
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C) Rs. 1 lakh
A’s age at that time and four times of B’s age
D) Rs. 2.1 lakh 1
at that time was 5 : 12. Eight year hence 2 of
21) The ratio of number of male and female A’s age at that time will be less than B’s age
journalists in a newspaper office is 5:4. The at that time by 2 years. What is B’s Present

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newspaper has two sections, political and age?
sports. If 30 percent of the male journalists A) 8 years
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B) 10 years
covering political news, what percentage of C) 12 years
the journalists (approx.) in the newspaper is D) 14 years
currently involved in sports reporting?
A) 65%
B) 60% 25) A, B and C started a business with
C) 70% investments of 1,600/-, 2,100/- and 1,500/-
D) None of the above respectively. After 8 months from the start

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of the business, B and C invested additional
amounts in the ratio of 3: 5 respectively. If
22) A starts a small business with Rs. 3600. At the respective ratio between total annual
the end of few months from the start of profit and C's share in the annual profit was
business, B joined the business with Rs. 3 : 1, what was the additional amount
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4000. If the annual profit between A and B invested by B after 8 months?
was divided between them in the respective A) 1,200/-
ratio of 6 : 5, then B joined the business after B) 600/-
how many months from the start of the C) 900/-
business? D) 300/-
A) 4 months
B) 2 months
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C) 6 months 26) Three years ago, Manini's age at that time

D) 3 months was thrice of Rinu's age at that time. The
respective ratio between Rinu's age six
years hence and Manini's age eight years
23) A, B and C started a business by investing Rs. hence, will be 3:7. What will be Rinu's age
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20,000 Rs. 28,000 and Rs. 36,000 two years hence? (in years)
respectively. After 6 months, A and B A) 20
withdrew an amount of Rs, 8,000 each and C B) 26
invested an additional amount of Rs. 8,000. C) 29
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If at the end of the year, C got Rs. 12,550 as
his share of profit, what was the total profit
earned ? 27) A, B and C started a business with
A) Rs. 25,100 investments of Rs.1,500/, Rs.550/and
B) Rs. 26,600 Rs.2,400/respectively. After 8 months from
C) Rs. 24,300 the start of the business, A and C left and B
D) Rs. 22,960 invested an additional amount of Rs.450/. If

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difference between the share in annual D) 25
profit received by B and the total annual
profit was Rs.13,000/, what was the total
annual profit received? 31) A, B and C started a business with their
A) Rs. 16,500 investments in the ratio 1:2:4. After 6

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B) Rs. 18,150 months, A invested the half amount more as
C) Rs. 13,200 before and B invested same the amount as
D) Rs. 19,800 before while C withdrew 1/4th of his

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investment. Find the ratio of their profits at
the end of the year.
28) A, B and C started a business with their A) 5:12:13
investment in the ratio 1:3:5. After 4 B) 5:11:14
months, A invested the same amount as C) 5:12:14
before and B as well as C withdrew half of D) 5:12:10
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the end of the year is:
A) 1:2:3 32) A certain sum is divided among A, B and C in
B) 3:4:15 such a way that A gets Rs. 40 more than the
C) 3:5:10 1/2 of the sum. B gets Rs. 120 less than 3/8th
D) 5:6:10 of the sum and C gets Rs. 200. What is the
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total sum?
A) Rs. 1100
29) The respective ratio between the monthly B) Rs. 850
salary of Om and that of Pihu is 7 : 9. Om and C) Rs. 960
Pihu, both save 20% and 40% of their D) Rs. 1200
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monthly salary respectively. Om invest 2 of
7th
his savings in PPF and Pihu invests of his
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savings in PPF. If Om and Pihu’s together years younger than 'C'. 3 years hence, the
saved Rs.17,500 in PPF, what is Pihu's respective ratio between the ages of A and C
monthly salary? will be 4 : 5. What is the sum of the present
A) Rs. 72,000 ages of A. B and C?
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D) Rs. 22,000 C) 63 years
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30) Five years ago, Amit's age at that time was

one-third of Somi's age at that time. The 34) A started y business. After 4 months from
ratio of Amit's age six years hence and the start of the business, B and C joined. The
Somi's age ten years hence, will be 1:2. What respective ratio between the investments of
was Somi's age three years ago? (in years) A, B and C was 4:6 5. If A's share in annual
A) 13 profit was Rs. 250 more than C's share, what
B) 23 was the total annual profit earned?
C) 7 A) Rs. 3740

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B) Rs. 3910 them with certain investment. Total profit at
C) Rs. 4250 the end of the year was Rs. 19950. C's share
D) Rs. 4350 in profit was Rs. 7600. What was the C's
investment in the business?
A) Rs. 48000

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35) Two persons A and B start a business with B) Rs. 45000
investments of Rs. 24000 and Rs.28000 C) Rs. 50000
respectively. After 4 months C also joined D) Rs. 40000

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1 C 11 D 21 A 31 C
2 B 12 A 22 D 32 C
3 D 13 A 23 A 33 D
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4 D 14 D 24 B 34 C
5 B 15 D 25 C 35 A
6 C 16 B 26 A
7 C 17 D 27 A
8 B 18 A 28 D
9 C 19 A 29 C
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