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INDEX
MODULE – I
1 SIMPLE EQUATIONS
2 AVERAGES
3 RATIO PROPORTION – I
4 RATIO PROPORTION – II
5 PARTNERSHIP
6 VARIATION
7 PROBLEMS ON AGES
MODULE – II
1 NUMBER SYSTEM – I
2 NUMBER SYSTEM – II
3 LCM, HCF – I
4 LCM, HCF – II
5 SQUAREROOTS AND CUBEROOTS
MODULE – III
1 PERCENTAGES – I
2 PERCENTAGES – II
3 PROFIT LOSS AND DISCOUNT
4 SIMPLE INTEREST
5 COMPOUND INTEREST
6 INSTALMENTS
7 TRUE DISCOUNT
8 VENN DIAGRAMS
9 ALLIGATION AND MIXTURES
10 STOCKS AND SHARES
11 DATA INTERPRETATION
MODULE – IV
1 TIME AND WORK
2 PIPES AND CISTERNS
3 CHAIN RULE
4 TIME AND DISTANCE
5 AVERAGE SPEED AND RELATIVE SPEED
6 TRAINS
7 BOATS AND STREAMS
8 RACES AND CIRCULAR TRACKS
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MODULE – I
INDEX
1 SIMPLE EQUATIONS
2 AVERAGES
3 RATIO PROPORTION – I
4 RATIO PROPORTION – II
5 PARTNERSHIP
6 VARIATION
7 PROBLEMS ON AGES
SIMPLE EQUATIONS [ARCT1001] THE LEADERS
1. The total cost of five apples and six bananas wrote this test attempted all the questions. He
is Rs.52. If the cost of an apple is Rs.6 more scored 41 marks. Find the number of
than that of a banana, what is the cost of six questions he correctly answered.
apples and five bananas? a) 46 b) 42 c) 48 d) 44
a) Rs.48 b) Rs.46 c) Rs.54 d) Rs.58 10. A labourer was appointed by a contractor on
2. The cost of three chairs and two tables is the condition that he would be paid Rs.75 for
Rs.2000. If one chair less and one more table each day of his work but would be fined at
are purchased it would cost Rs.500 more. the rate of Rs.15 per day for his absence, apart
What is the cost of a chair and a table? from losing wages. After 20 days, the
a) Rs.500 b) Rs.1200 c) Rs.900 d) Rs.800 contractor paid the labourer Rs.1140. The
3. In a zoo, there are some peacocks and some number of days the labourer abstained from
rabbits. The total number of legs is 110 and the work is
the total number of their heads is 35. What is a) 3 b) 5 c) 4 d) 2
the number of peacocks? 11. Pinky has an amount of Rs.190 in
a) 12 b) 15 c) 18 d) 20 denominations of Rs.2 and Rs.5 coins. She
4. In a farm, there are some hens and some has 10 more Rs.5 coins than Rs.2 coins. Find
cows. The total number of eyes of these the number of Rs.2 coins she has.
animals is 80. The total number of legs of a) 15 b) 20 c) 25 d) 30
these animals is 140. Find the number of 12. A question paper consists of 50 questions.
cows. Each correct answer fetches thrice as many
a) 15 b) 10 c) 20 d) 30 marks as that deducted for each wrong
5. A person has only Rs.1 and Rs.2 coins with answer. If equal number of questions were
her. If the total number of coins that she has correct and wrong for a candidate, who
is 50 and the amount of money with her is attempted all the questions, he would score 50
Rs.75, then the number of Rs.1 and Rs.2 marks. Find the marks deducted for every
coins are, respectively wrongly answered question.
a) 15 and 35 b) 35 and 15 1 1
c) 30 and 20 d) 25 and 25 a) b) 2 c) 1 d)
3 2
6. Raju has 14 currency notes in his pocket 13. At present the age of two brothers is 41 years
consisting of only Rs.20 notes and Rs.10 and 37 years respectively. How many years
notes. The total money value of the notes is ago was the elder brother’s age twice that of
Rs.230. The number of Rs.10 notes that Raju younger brother?
has is a) 19 b) 31 c) 33 d) 23
a) 5 b) 6 c) 9 d) 10 14. Presently Ramu is 6 years older than Gopi. Six
7. 380 mangoes are distributed among some years ago Ramu’s age was twice that of
boys and girls who are 85 in number. Each Gopi’s. What is Ramu’s present age in years?
boy gets four mangoes and each girl gets five. a) 24 b) 12 c) 6 d) 18
The number of boys is 15. Alok’s age is twice that of his son. His wife is
a) 15 b) 38 c) 40 d) 45 30 years older than his son. When his son was
8. In an examination, a student scores 4 marks born, he was 35 years old. Find his wife’s
for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for present age (in years).
every wrong answer. A student attempted all a) 55 b) 65 c) 70 d) 60
the 200 questions and scored in all 320 marks. 16. Ten years ago, the age of a father was 35 years
The number of questions, he answered more than twice his son’s age. After how
correctly was many years from now will he be twice his
a) 96 b) 104 c) 64 d) 120 son’s age?
9. A test consists of 50 questions. Each correct a) 15 b) 25 c) 20 d) 35
answer fetches 1 mark. For each wrong 17. Twenty five years later, a man’s age will be
1 thrice his age twenty five years ago. What is
answer mark is deducted. A candidate who
2 the present age of the man, in years?
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SIMPLE EQUATIONS [ARCT1001] THE LEADERS
a) 25 b) 35 c) 40 d) 50 25. A two digit number T is added to the number

18. In a certain party there was a bowl of rice for formed by reversing its digits. The sum
every two guests, a bowl of soup for every obtained is 99. The tens digit of T was twice
three of them and a bowl of meat for every its units digits. Find tens digit.
four of them. If in all there were 65 bowls of a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 2
food find the number of guests in the party? 26. A three-digit number is 9 more than ten times
a) 60 b) 65 the sum of its digits, if the hundred’s digit is 1,
c) 48 d) 58 find the unit’s digit.
2 a) 8 b) 7 c) 9 d) 6
19. A man spends of his income on food and 27. The ten’s digit of a three-digit number is twice
5
4 the unit’s digit. The hundred’s digit of the
of the remaining income on clothing. If he number is twice the ten’s digit. The number
5 formed by reversing the digits of the number
still saves Rs.600, what is his total income? is 594 less than it. Find the number.
a) Rs.480 b) Rs.1920 a) 321 b) 421 c) 632 d) 842
c) Rs.5000 d) Rs.500 28. A three digit number has its tens digit as twice
20. Rakesh wanted to buy a book costing Rs.270. its hundreds digit which in turn is one-third
He had notes of Rs.10, Rs.20 and Rs.100 only. its units digit. The sum of its extreme digits is
In how many ways can he pay for the book 8. Find its middle digit.
such that he uses at least one note of each a) 2 b) 6 c) 4 d) 8
denomination? 29. If both the numerator as well as the
a) 9 b) 10 denominator of a fraction is increased by 1, it
c) 11 d) 12
5
21. “I am seven times as old as you were when I becomes . If both are decreased by 3, it
was as old as you are”, said a man to his son. 7
Find their present ages (in years) if the sum of 2
becomes . Find the fraction.
their ages is 110 years. 3
a) 70, 40 b) 80, 30 9 19 24 34
c) 75, 45 d) 65, 45 a) b) c) d)
13 27 41 55
22. The cost of three apples, five bananas and six 30. When the numerator of a fraction is increased
custard apples is Rs.50. The cost of five by 7 and its denominator is increased by 13,
apples, nine bananas and eleven custard the resulting number is equivalent to that
apples is Rs.90. What is the cost of an apple, a obtained when the numerator is decreased by
banana and a custard apple? 2 and the denominator is decreased by 11.
a) Rs.8 b) Rs.10 The sum of the numerator and denominator
c) Rs.6 d) Rs.5 is 24. Find the fraction.
23. A two digit number has its digits differing by 1 7 11 5
2. The sum of its digits is 10. Find the a) b) c) d)
number. 23 17 13 19
a) 46 b) 64
c) Either (a) or (b) d) Neither (a) nor (b)
24. A two digit number has the product of its
digits as 18. If 27 is added to it, then we get a
number with the digits in the reverse order.
Find the number.
a) 63 b) 92 c) 29 d) 36
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AVERAGES [ARCT1002] THE LEADERS
1. Total weekly emoluments of the workers of a 10. The average daily wages of some workers of a
factory are ₹1,534. Average weekly emoluments factory is ₹92. There are 300 male and 200
of a worker is ₹118. The number of workers in female workers working in the factory. Each
the factory is female worker receives ₹20 less than a male
a) 16 b) 14 c) 13 d) 12 worker. The daily wages of a male worker is
2. A student was asked to find the arithmetic a) ₹80 b) ₹96 c) ₹100 d) ₹120
mean of the following 12 numbers 11. There are 100 students in a class. Number of
3, 11, 7, 9, 15, 13, 8, 19, 17, 21, 14 and x boys is 10 more than the number of girls. The
average weight of boys is 50 kg and average
He found the mean to be 12. The value of x
will be weight of the whole class is 45.5 kg. The
average weight of girls is (in kg)
a) 3 b) 7 c) 17 d) 31
a) 40 b) 45 c) 50 d) 52
3. The arithmetic mean of the following numbers 12. The average of x numbers is y and average of y
1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, numbers is x. Then the average of all the
6 and 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 is numbers taken together is
a) 4 b) 5 c) 14 d) 20 2xy xy 2x 2y
4. The average of 11 results is 50. If the average a) b) c) d)
x+y x+y x+y x+y
of the first 6 results is 49 and that of the last 6 2
is 52, find the sixth result 13. The average of x numbers is y and average of y
a) 50 b) 52 c) 56 d) 60 numbers is x2. Then the average of all the
5. The average age of 15 students is 15 years. Out numbers taken together is
of these the average of 5 students is 14 years x+y x 2 +y 2
a) xy b) 2xy c) d)
and that of the other 9 students is 16 years. The 2 2
age of the 15th student is 14. The average expenditure of a man for the first
a) 11 yrs b) 15 yrs c) 16 yrs d) 14 yrs five months of a year is ₹5,000 and for the next
6. A library has an average of 510 visitors on seven months it is ₹5,400. He saves ₹2,300
Sundays and 240 on other days. The average during the year. His average monthly income is
number of visitors per day in a month of 30 a) ₹5,425 b) ₹5,500
days starting with Sunday is c) ₹5,446 d) ₹5,600
a) 285 b) 295 c) 300 d) 290 15. Of the three numbers, first is twice the second
7. The average marks of three batches of 55, 60 and second is twice the third. The average of
and 45 students respectively is 50, 55 and 60, three numbers is 21. The smallest of the three
then the average marks of all the students is numbers is
a) 54.68 b) 53.33 c) 55 d) None of these a) 9 b) 6 c) 12 d) 18
8. The average of the marks obtained in an 16. Of the three numbers, the first is 3 times the
examination by 8 students was 51 and by 9 second and the third is 5 times the first. If the
other students were 68. The average marks of average of the three numbers is 57, the
the 17 students was difference between the largest and the smallest
a) 59 b) 59.5 c) 60 d) 60.5 number is
9. The average mark of 30 students in a class is a) 9 b) 18 c) 126 d) 135
48. When 15 new students join the class, the 17. Of the three numbers, the first is twice the
average mark of the class becomes 40. What is second and is half of the third. If the average of
the average mark of the 15 new students?
a) 24 b) 28 c) 32 d) 42
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the three numbers is 56, then difference of the 25. A cricketer, whose bowling average is 24.85
first and third number is runs per wicket, takes 5 wickets for 52 runs and
a) 12 b) 20 c) 24 d) 48 there by improves his average by 0.85. The
18. Of the three numbers, second is twice the first number of wickets taken by him till the last
and also thrice the third. If the average of the match was
three numbers is 44, the largest number is a) 64 b) 72 c) 80 d) 96
a) 24 b) 72 c) 36 d) 108 26. The average of the seven consecutive natural
19. Out of four numbers, whose average is 60, the numbers is 22. What is the product of the
first one is one-fourth of the sum of the last smallest and the second largest numbers?
three. The first number is a) 475 b) 380 c) 154 d) 456
a) 15 b) 45 c) 48 d) 60 27. If a,b,c,d,e are five consecutive odd numbers,
20. Out of nine persons, eight persons spent ₹30 their average is
each for their meals. The ninth one spent ₹20 abcde
more than the average expenditure of all the a) 5(a+4) b)
nine. The total money spent by all of them was 5
c) 5(a+b+c+d+e) d) (a+4)
a) ₹260 b) ₹290 c) ₹400 d) ₹292.50
21. Ram aims to score an average of 80 marks in 28. A sum of ₹700 has to be used to give seven
quarterly and half yearly exams. But his average cash prizes to the students of a school for their
in quarterly is 3 marks less than his target and overall academic performance. If each prize is
that in half yearly is 2 marks more than his aim. ₹20 less than its preceding prize, what is the
The difference between the total marks scored least value of the prize?
in both the exams is 25. Total marks aimed by a) ₹30 b) ₹40 c) ₹60 d) ₹80
Ram is 29. What is the average of all multiples of 10 from
a) 400 b) 410 c) 420 d) 380 2 to 198?
22. The average pocket money of 3 friends A, B a) 90 b) 100 c) 110 d) 120
and C is ₹80 in a particular month. If B spends 30. The average of eight consecutive odd numbers
double and C spends triple of what A spends is 34. What is the second smallest of these
during that month and the average of their numbers?
unspent pocket money is ₹60, then A spends a) 31 b) 27 c) 29 d) 39
31. If the average of 6 consecutive even numbers is
a) ₹10 b) ₹20 c) ₹30 d) ₹40
25, the difference between the largest and the
23. There were 45 students in a hostel. If the
smallest number is
number of students increases by 9, the
a) 8 b) 10 c) 12 d) 14
expenses of the mess increase by ₹25 per day
32. The average of the first 100 positive integers is?
while the average expenditure per head
a) 100 b) 51 c) 50.5 d) 49.5
diminishes by ₹1. Find the original expenditure 33. The average of odd numbers upto 100 is?
of the mess. a) 50.5 b) 50 c) 49.5 d) 49
a) ₹390 b) ₹295 c) ₹395 d) ₹400 34. A contract on construction job specifies a
24. 5 members of a team are weighed consecutively penalty for delay in completion of the work
and their average weight calculated after each beyond a certain date is as follows: ₹200 for the
member is weighed. If the average weight
first day, ₹250 for the second day, ₹300 for the
increases by one kg each time, how much
third day etc., the penalty for each succeeding
heavier is the last player than the first one?
day being ₹ 50 more than that of the preceding
a) 4 kg b) 20 kg c) 8 kg d) 5 kg
day. How much penalty should the contractor was the average age of the family just before
pay if he delays the work by 10 days? the birth of this boy?
a) ₹4,950 b) ₹ 4,250 a) 34 yrs b) 28 yrs c) 24 yrs d) 29 yrs
c) ₹ 3,600 d) ₹ 650 43. The average of x numbers is 3x, if x-1 is
35. The average of twelve successive numbers is subtracted from each given number, what will
6.5. The average of the smallest and the greatest be the new average?
numbers among them will be a) 2x+1 b) 3(x-1) c) 2x-1 d) 3x+1
44. The average of 24 numbers is 32. If each
a) 4 b) 6.5 c) 7.5 d) 9 number is tripled, then what would be the
36. The sum of eight consecutive odd numbers is resultant average?
656. The average of four consecutive even a) 72 b) 96 c) 27 d) 35
numbers is 87. What is the sum of the smallest 45. The average weight of 35 students in a class is
odd number and second largest even number 38 kg. If the teacher is also included the average
increases to 39 kg. the weight of the teacher is
a) 161 b) 163 c) 165 d) 159
a) 39 kg b) 74 kg c) 73 kg d) 75 kg
37. The average of 5 consecutive natural numbers 46. The average of runs of a cricket player for 10
is m. If the next three natural numbers are also innings was 32. How many runs must he score
included, how much more than m will the in his next inning so as to increase his average
average of these 8 numbers be? of runs by 4?
a) 2 b) 1 c) 1.4 d) 1.5 a) 76 b) 70 c) 74 d) 72
th
38. The average of 5 consecutive integers starting 47. A batsman in his 16 innings makes a score of
with m is n. What is the average of 6 92 and there by increases his average by 4.
consecutive integers starting with (m+2)? What is his average after 16 innings?
2n + 5 a) 32 b) 30 c) 34 d) 28
a) b) (n+2) 48. The average marks of a student in 4 subjects
2 are 75. If the student obtained 80 marks in the
2n + 9 5th subject then the new average is
c) (n+3) d)
2 a) 80 b) 76 c) 92 d) 95
39. The average of first nine prime numbers is 49. A student on her first 3 tests received an
2 1 average score of N points. If she exceeds her
a) 9 b) 11 c) 11 d) 11
9 9 previous average score by 20 points on her 4th
40. The average marks obtained by a group of 178 test, then what is the average score for the first
students are 69. If each student is now awarded 4 tests?
4 grace marks then what would be the resultant a) N+20 b) N+10 c) N+ 4 d) N+5
average? 50. The average height of a group of 8 boys is 159
a) 73 b) 182 c) 65 d) 174 cm. If one of them is excluded from the group
41. The average age of a couple 7 years ago was 24 the average height of the group increases by 2
years. During this period a child is born and the cm. Find the height of the boy excluded.
average age of the couple including child at a) 147cm b) 173 cm c) 145 cm d) 175 cm
present is 22 years. Then find the present age of 51. The average age of Mr and Mrs. Rao and their
the child (in years). 4 children is 20 years. If his age is excluded, the
a) 2 b) 6 c) 4 d) 3 average age of remaining members in the family
42. The average age of a family of 7 members is 29 would be 17 years. How old is Mr. Rao?
years, and the youngest boy is 5 years old. What a) 26 yrs b) 29 yrs c) 30 yrs d) 35 yrs
52. There are 50 students in a class, whose average 59. The average cost per article of 14 items is ₹57.
weight is 45 kg. When one student leaves the If 3 more articles with average price of ₹63 per
class the average weight reduces by 100g. What unit are purchased and two articles costing ₹66
is the weight of the student who left the class? and ₹51 are returned, what will be the new
a) 45 kg b) 47.9 kg c) 49.9 kg d) 50.1 kg average cost?
53. The batting average for 40 innings of a cricket a) ₹56 b) ₹58 c) ₹59 d) ₹60
player is 50 runs. His highest score exceeds his 60. The average of 9 numbers is 39. While
lowest score by 172 runs. If these two innings calculating the average, one number is taken as
are excluded, the average of the remaining 38 25 instead of 52. What is the correct average?
innings is 48 runs. The highest score of the a) 42 b) 37 c) 11 d) 7
player is 61. The average marks of 14 students is calculated
a) 165 b) 170 c) 172 d) 174 as 71.But it was later found that the marks of
54. The average weight of 20 students in a class is one student had been wrongly entered as 42
increased by 0.75 kg when one of the students instead of 56 and another as 74 instead of
weighing 30 kg is replaced by a new student. 32.The correct average is:
Weight of the new student (in kg.) is a) 67 b) 73 c) 69 d) 71
a) 35 b) 40 c) 45 d) 50 62. In an exam, the average mark of the students of
55. The average age of 8 men is increased by 2 yrs a class was 20. But as the marks of two students
when two of them whose ages are 21 and 23 yrs were wrongly recorded as 70 and 85 instead of
are replaced by two new men. The average age 60 and 77, the actual average would be 2 marks
of the two new men is less. Find the number of students who wrote
a) 22 yrs b) 24 yrs c) 28 yrs d) 30 yrs the exam.
56. The average age of 24 boys in a class is 16 a) 9 b) 12 c) 11 d) 10
years. If the teacher is included and one boy is 63. In an exam, the average mark was found to be
excluded from the group, the average increases 45. The average was 5 marks less due to
by one year. The age of the teacher is: computational error in recording two students’
a) 41yrs b) 40 yrs marks of 720 and 300 as 670 and 200
c) 42 yrs d) Data Insufficient respectively. What is the strength of the class?
57. The average temperature of a town in the first a) 25 b) 30 c) 35 d) 40
four days of a month was 36o. The average for 64. In an examination, the average of marks was
the second, third, fourth and fifth day was found to be 50. For deducting marks for
38o.If the temperatures of the first and fifth day computational errors, the average marks of 100
were in the ratio 4:5. What is the temperature candidates had to be changed from 90 to 60
on the fifth day? each and so the average of marks came down
a) 32 o b) 35 o c) 38 o d) 40 o to 45. The total number of candidates, who
58. The average weight of A, B and C is 84 kg. If D appeared for the examination, was
joins the group, the average weight of the a) 600 b) 300 c) 200 d) 150
group becomes 80 kg. If another man E who 65. The average of six numbers is 32. If each of the
weighs 3 kg more than D, replaces A, then the first three numbers is increased by 2 and each
average of B, C, D and E becomes 79 kg. What of the remaining three numbers is decreased by
is the weight of A? 4 each, then the new average is
a) 64 kg b) 72 kg c) 75 kg d) 80 kg a) 35 b) 34 c) 31 d) 30
RATIO PROPORTION [ARCT1003] THE LEADERS
1. Which of the following is the ratio between a 11. If three numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 such
number and the number obtained by adding that the sum of their cubes is 1728, then the
one-fifth of that number to it? cube of the middle number is
a) 6:5 b) 5:6 c) 5:4 d) 4:5 a) 216 b) 512 c) 256 d) 128
2. If the ratio of boys and girls in a club is 12. In a class of 70 students, the ratio of the
3:2.Which of the following could be the actual number of boys and girls is 4:3. Among the
number of members? girls, the ratio of the number of rich and poor
a) 16 b) 18 c) 24 d) 30 is 1:4.If the ratio of the number of rich and
3. If a carton containing a dozen mirrors is poor students is 8:27, find the ratio of number
dropped, which of the following cannot be the rich and poor boys in the class
ratio of broken mirrors to unbroken mirrors? a) 1:2 b) 1:3 c) 1:4 d) 2:3
a) 2:1 b) 3:1 c) 3:2 d) 7:5 13. ₹1,180 is divided among A, B and C such that
4. The ratio of the ages of Naren, Kiran and 5 times of A’s, 6 times of B’s and 8 times of
Jeevan is 5:4:3. If Kiran’s age is 28 years, then C’s shares are equal. What is the share of A?
the sum of the ages of the three (in years) a) ₹480 b) ₹400 c) ₹300 d) ₹280
a) 72 b) 84 c) 60 d) 105 1 1
5. The respective ratio of the length and breadth 14. If x = y and y = z, then x:y:z, is equal to
3 2
of a rectangular plot is 3:2. If the length of the
a) 3:2:1 b) 1:2:6 c) 1:3:6 d) 2:4:6
plot is 40 metres more than its breadth. What
is the perimeter of the rectangular plot?
1 3 1 5 5 3
15. If A:B = : , B:C = : and C:D= : ,
a) 200 metres b) 400 metres 2 8 3 9 6 4
c) 500 metres d) Cannot be determined then the ratio A:B:C:D is
6. A sum is divided among P, Q and R in such a a) 6:4:8:10 b) 6:8:9:10
way that for each rupee P gets, Q gets 45 paise c) 8:6:10:9 d) 4:6:8:10
and R gets 30 paise. If the share of Q is ₹27. 16. ₹33,630 is divided among A, B and C in such a
What is the total amount? manner that the ratio of the amount of A to
a) ₹90 b) ₹105 c) ₹96 d) ₹120 that of B is 3:7 and the ratio of the amount of
7. It was intended that ₹117 be divided among B to that of C is 6:5. The amount of money
Chinky, Pinky and Rinky in the ratio 4:3:2, but received by B is
by mistake the distribution was made in the a) ₹14,868 b) ₹16,257
1 1 1 c) ₹13,290 d) ₹12,390
proportion of : : . How much does Rinky 17. A bag contains rupee, fifty paise and twenty
4 3 2
five paise coins whose values are in the
gain by the error?
proportion of 2:3:4. If the total number of
a) ₹54 b) ₹26 c) ₹28 d) ₹52 coins are 480, find the total amount in rupees.
8. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio of
a) ₹180 b) ₹240 c) ₹360 d) ₹120
1 1 1
: : .If the perimeter of the triangle is 142 18. ₹160 contained in a box consists of one rupee,
3 5 7 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio of 4:5:6.
cm, find the shortest side of the triangle What is the number of 25 paise coins?
a) 30 cm b) 42 cm c) 28 cm d) 70 cm a) 100 b) 115 c) 120 d) 110
9. 94 is divided into two parts in such a way that 19. If there is a reduction in the number of
the fifth part of the first and the eighth part of workers in a factory in the ratio 15:11 and an
the second are in the ratio 3 : 4. The first part increment in their wages in the ratio 22:25,
is: then the ratio by which the total wages of the
a) 30 b) 36 c) 40 d) 28 workers should be decreased is
10. The speeds of three cars are in the ratio of a) 6:5 b) 5:6 c) 3:7 d) 3:5
4:3:2. The ratio between the time taken by the 20. The ratio of the first and second class train
cars to cover the same distance will be fares between two stations is 3:1 and that of
a) 2:3:4 b) 6:8:12 c) 3:4:6 d) 6:4:3
the number of passengers travelling between milk and water in the ratio 4 : 1, 3 : 1 and 5 : 2
the two stations by first and second classes is respectively. The contents of these three
1:50. If on a particular day, ₹1,325 are collected mixtures are poured into a fourth container.
from passengers travelling between the two The ratio of milk and water in the fourth
stations, then the amount collected from the container is
second class passengers is a) 4:1 b) 151:48 c) 157:53 d) 5:3
a) ₹1,250 b) ₹1,000 c) ₹850 d) ₹750 28. If a:b:c = 3:4:7, then the ratio (a+b+c):c is
21. ₹180 is to be divided among 66 persons (men equal to
and women). The ratio of the total amount of a) 2:1 b) 14:3 c) 7:2 d) 1:2
money received by men and women is 5:4. But 29. If m:n = 3:2, then (4m+5n):(4m–5n) is equal to
the ratio of the money received by each man a) 4:9 b) 9:4 c) 11:1 d) 9:1
and woman is 3:2. The number of men is 30. If x:y = 3:1, then (x3–y3): (x3 + y3)?
a) 20 b) 24 c) 30 d) 36 a) 13:14 b) 14:3 c) 10:11 d) 11:10
22. A man spends a part of his monthly income 31. If p:q = r:s = t:u = 2:3, then (mp+nr+ot) :
and saves a part of it. The ratio of his (mq+ns+ou) is equal to
expenditure to his savings is 26:3. If his a) 1:3 b) 1:2 c) 2:3 d) 3:2
monthly income is ₹7,250, what is the amount ma  nc
32. If a:b = c:d, then is not equal to
of his monthly savings? mb  nd
a) ₹350 b) ₹290 c) ₹750 d) ₹780 a c (a  c) (c  a )
23. The incomes of A,B and C are in the ratio a) b) c) d)
b d (b  d ) (b  d )
3:7:4 and their expenses in the ratio 4:3:5. If A
33. If 18, x and 50 are in continued proportion,
saves ₹300 out of an income of ₹2,400, The then the value of x is
savings of B and C are a) 30 b) 3 c) 5 d) 32
a) ₹4,025 and ₹575 b) ₹1,575 and ₹2,625
34. The mean proportional between (3  2 ) and
c) ₹2,750 and ₹1,525 d) ₹3,725 and ₹1,525
24. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper 12  
32 is
prepared by mixing metals in ratios 7:2 and 15  3 2
7:11 respectively. If equal quantities of the a) 7 b) 2 7 c) 6 d)
alloys are melted to form a third alloy C, the 2
ratio of gold and copper in C will be: 35. If b is the mean proportional of a and c, then
a) 7:5 b) 5:9 c) 9:5 d) 5:7 (a-b)3:(b-c)3 equals
25. The proportion of acid and water in three a) a3:c3 b) b2:c2 c) a2:c2 d) a3:b3
samples is 2:1, 3:2 and 5:3. A mixture 36. Find two mean proportions between 2 and 54.
containing equal quantities of all three samples a) 6 and 18 b) 6 and 12
is made. The ratio of water and acid in the c) 12 and 18 d) 6 and 9
mixture is: 37. The third proportional to 0.8 and 0.2 is:
a) 120:133 b) 227:133 a) 0.05 b) 0.8 c) 0.4 d) 0.032
c) 227:120 d) 133:227 38. The fourth proportional to 0.12, 0.21, 8 is:
26. The contents of two vessels containing water a) 8.9 b) 56 c) 14 d) 17
and milk in the ratio 1:2 and 2:5 are mixed in 39. If a:b= b:c, then a4:b4 is equal to
the ratio 1:4. The resulting mixture will have a) ac:b2 b) a2:c2 c) c2:a2 d) b2:ac
water and milk in the ratio 40. If a:(b+c) = 1:3 and c:(a+b)= 5:7, then b:(a+c)
a) 31:74 b) 32:7 c) 74:31 d) 73:32 is equal to
27. Three containers have their volumes in the a) 1:2 b) 2:3 c) 1:3 d) 2:1
ratio 3 : 4 : 5. The containers are filled with the
mixture of milk and water. The containers have
1. Two numbers are in the ratio of 31:32. If 27 is 11. The ratio of present ages of two brothers is 1:2
added to both the numbers the ratio becomes and 5 years back the ratio was 1:3. What will be
34:35. Then find the larger number?
a) 288 b) 315 c) 279 d) 306 the ratio of their ages after 5 years?
2. The present ages of Rahul and Rashmi is 3:2. a) 1:4 b) 2:3 c) 3:5 d) 5:6
The ratio of their ages after 30 years will be 8:7. 12. What number should be added to or
What is the present age of Rahul (in years)? subtracted from each term of the ratio 17:24,
a) 42 b) 18 c) 12 d) 48
so that it becomes equal to 1:2?
3. The students in three classes are in the ratio
2:3:5. If 40 students are increased in each class, a) 5 is subtracted b) 10 is added
the ratio changes to 4:5:7. Originally the total c) 7 is added d) 10 is subtracted
number of students was 13. The annual incomes of two persons are in the
a) 100 b) 180 c) 200 d) 400 ratio 9:7 and their expenses are in the ratio
4. The ratio of ages of two boys is 5:6. After two
years, the ratio will be 7:8. The ratio of their 4:3.If each of them saves Rs.2000 per year,
ages after 10 years will be then their annual incomes are
a) 15:16 b) 17:18 c) 11:12 d) 22:24 a) Rs.18000, Rs.14000 b) Rs.27000, Rs.21000
5. The ratio of the ages of father and son 10 years c) Rs.36000, Rs.28000 d) Rs.45000, Rs.35000
hence will be 5:3, while 10 years ago it was 3:1.
14. In a mixture of 63 litres, the milk and water are
The ratio of the age of the son to that of the
father today is in the ratio 7:2. If 21 litres of water is added to
a) 1:2 b) 1:3 c) 2:3 d) 2:5 the mixture, find the ratio of milk to water in
6. The ratio of two natural numbers is 8:11.If a the resulting mixture.
number is added to both the numbers, the a) 3:1 b) 7:3 c) 7:23 d) 7:5
ratio becomes 13:16.If the larger number
exceeds the smaller number by 42, find the 15. In a school having roll strength 286, the ratio
number added. of boys and girls is 8:5. If 22 more girls get
a) 42 b) 70 c) 28 d) 14 admitted into the school, the ratio of boys and
7. Monthly incomes of A and B are as 6:5 and girls becomes
their expenses are as 4:3.If each saves Rs.1800
a) 12:7 b) 10:7 c) 8:7 d) 4:3
per month, the monthly income of A (in Rs.) is
a) 10800 b) 4500 c) 5400 d) 9000 16. The ratio of the volume of water and glycerin
8. Two numbers are in the ratio 5:11. If 8 is in 240 cc of a mixture is 1:3. The quantity of
added to the numbers, they will be in the ratio water (in cc) that should be added to the
1:2. What is the sum of the two numbers? mixture so that the new ratio of the volumes of
a) 64 b) 128 c) 96 d) 108
9. Four years ago, the ratio of the ages of A and water and glycerin becomes 2:3 is
B was 13:9 and eight years hence it would be a) 55 cc b) 60 cc c) 62.5 cc d) 64 cc
4:3. The difference of their present ages is 17. In 30 litres mixture of acid, the ratio of acid
a) 56 yrs b) 40 yrs c) 16 yrs d) 24 yrs and water is 2:3. What amount of water (in
10. Pinky’s mother was four times her age 10 years litres) should be added to the mixture so that
ago. She will be twice as old as Pinky 10 years the ratio of acid and water becomes 2:5?
from now. What is the present age of Pinky’s a) 10 b) 15 c) 18 d) 12
mother? 18. 200 liters of a mixture contains milk and water
a) 40 yrs b) 45 yrs c) 60 yrs d) 50 yrs in the ratio 17:3. After the addition of some
more milk to it, the ratio of milk to water in 25. The number of men and women in a
the resulting mixture becomes 7:1. The conference hall are in the ratio 5:4. If 3 men
quantity of milk (in litres) added to it was and 6 women are joined in the conference hall
a) 20 b) 40 c) 60 d) 80 then the number of men and women in the
19. Incomes of two companies A and B are in the conference hall will be in the ratio 7:6. Find the
ratio of 5:8. Had the income of company A original number of men present in the
been more by Rs.30 lakhs, the ratio of their conference hall.
incomes would have been 5:4 respectively. a) 48 b) 60 c) 30 d) 40
What is the income of company B (in lakhs)? 26. The ratio of number of girls to boys at a party
a) 24 b) 30 c) 48 d) 60 was 1:3.When four girls and two boys left, the
20. In a rare coin collection, there is one gold coin ratio became 1:5. Find the number of people
for every three non-gold coins. 10 more gold originally present in the party.
coins are added to the collection and the ratio a) 9 b) 27 c) 36 d) 48
of gold coins to non-gold coins would be 1:2. 27. A and B have monthly incomes in the ratio 5:6
Based on the information, the total number of and monthly expenditures in the ratio 3:4. If
coins in the collection now becomes they save Rs.1800 and Rs.1600 respectively,
a) 90 b) 80 c) 60 d) 50 find the monthly income of B.
21. Zinc and copper are in the ratio of 5:3 in 200 a) Rs.3400 b) Rs.2700 c) Rs.1720 d) Rs.7200
gm of an alloy. How many grams of copper 28. Two numbers are in the ratio 2:3. If 2 is
must be added to make the ratio as 3:5? subtracted from the first and 2 is added to the
a) 133.33 b) 400 c) 72 d) 50 second, the ratio becomes 1:2. The sum of the
22. A mixture of 30 litres contains milk and water numbers is
in the ratio of 7:3. How much water should be a) 30 b) 28 c) 24 d) 10
added to it so that the ratio of milk and water 29. A and B have money in the ratio 2:1. If A gives
becomes 3:7? Rs.2 to B, the money will be in the ratio of 1:1.
a) 40 ltrs b) 49 ltrs c) 56 ltrs d) 63 ltrs What were the initial amounts they had?
23. The ratio of the number of ladies to that of a) Rs.12 and Rs.6 b) Rs.16 and Rs.8
gents in a party was 3:2. When 20 more gents c) Rs.8 and Rs.4 d) Rs.6 and Rs.3
joined the party, the ratio was reversed. The 30. A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and
number of ladies present at the party was B in the ratio 7:5. When 9 litres of mixture are
a) 36 b) 32 c) 24 d) 16 drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio
24. In an alloy, the ratio of copper and zinc is 5:2. of A and B becomes 7:9. Quantity of liquid A
If 1.250 kg of zinc is mixed in 17kg 500g of an contained by the can initially was
alloy, then the ratio of copper and zinc will be a) 10 litres b) 20 litres
a) 2:1 b) 2:3 c) 3:2 d) 1:2 c) 21 litres d) 25 litres
PARTNERSHIP [ARCT1005] THE LEADERS
1. A and B enter into partnership. A contributed profit after 1 year may be divided in the ratio of
Rs.6,000 for 4 months and B contributed 2:3?
Rs.5,000 for 8 months. By how much is the a) Rs.2,000 b) Rs.1,800
share of profit of A less than the share of profit c) Rs.3,600 d) Rs.4,500
of B, if the total profit is Rs.6000? 8. A starts business with Rs.3,500 and after 5
a) Rs.950 b) Rs.1,250 months, B joins with A as his partner. After a
c) Rs.1,500 d) Rs.2,250 year, the profit is divided in the ratio 2:3. What
2. A, B and C enter into a partnership. is B’s contribution in the capital?
A contributes Rs.3,20,000 for 4 months, a) Rs.8,000 b) Rs.8,500
B contributes Rs.5,10,000 for 3 months, c) Rs.9,000 d) Rs.7,500
C contributes Rs.2,70,000 for 5 months. 9. Manoj and Ramesh started a business in
If the total profit be Rs.1,24,800, then A’s share partnership. Manoj invested Rs.20,000 for 6
in the profit is months. If Manoj received Rs.6,000 as his share
a) Rs.38,400 b) Rs.45,900 out of the total profit of Rs.9,000, what was the
c) Rs.40,500 d) Rs.41,500 amount invested by Ramesh for the whole year?
3. A started a business with a capital of a) Rs.6,000 b) Rs.10,000
Rs.1,00,000. One year later, B joined him with a c) Rs.5,000 d) Rs.4,000
capital of Rs.2,00,000. At the end of 3 years 10. A and B started a business jointly. A’s
from the start of the business, the profit earned investment was thrice the investment of B and
was Rs.84,000. The share of B in the profit his period of investment was twice that of B. If
exceeded the share of A by B received Rs.4,000 as profit, then their total
a) Rs.10,000 b) Rs.12,000 profit is?
c) Rs.14,000 c) Rs.15,000 a) Rs.16000 b) Rs.24000
4. Raghu and Naren invest Rs.3,000 and Rs.4,000 c) Rs.20000 d) Rs.28000
respectively in a business, then in what 11. Ravi and Kiran started a business. Kiran’s
proportion should Raghu and Naren divide that investment is four times that of Ravi and
year’s profit? Kiran’s period of investment is one-third that of
a) 3:4 b) 4:3 Ravi. If Ravi’s share in the total profit is
c) 16:9 d) 9:8 Rs.42,000, then Kiran’s share in the total profit
5. Naren started a business, investing Rs.45,000. is?
After three months, Ramya joined him with a a) Rs.56,000 b) Rs.39,000
capital of Rs.60,000. After another 6 months, c) Rs.24,000 d) Rs.42,000
Nidhi joined them with a capital of Rs.90,000. 12. P, Q and R start a business. P invests 3 times as
At the end of the year they made a profit of 2
Rs.20,000. What is Nidhi’s share of profit? much as Q invests and Q invests rd of what
3
a) Rs.4000 b) Rs.4500 R invests. If the total profit is Rs.1,320, find P’s
c) Rs.6000 d) Rs.8000 share?
6. Pinky and Minky entered into a partnership a) Rs.720 b) Rs.760
investing Rs.16,000 and Rs.12,000 respectively. c) Rs.620 d) Rs.660
After two months, Naresh joined them with an 13. A and B are partners in a business. A
investment of Rs.20,000. Find the share of 1
Naresh in an half yearly profit of Rs.15500? contributes th of the capital for 15 months
a) Rs.3,800 b) Rs.5,000 4
c) Rs.6,000 d) Rs.6,500 2
and B received rd of the profit. Find for how
7. A invests Rs.3,000 for one year in a business. 3
How much B should invest in order that the long B’s money was used?
a) 1 year b) 9 months
PARTNERSHIP [ARCT1005] THE LEADERS
c) 6 months d) 10 months a) 39:40 b) 3:4

14. A began business with Rs.45,000 and was joined c) 3:7 d) 40:79
afterwards by B with Rs.54,000. After how 21. A and B started business with Rs.3,000 and
many months did B join if the profits at the end Rs.4000 respectively. After 8 months A
of the year were divided in the ratio 2:1 withdraws Rs.1,000 and B advances Rs.1,000
a) 4 b) 5 more. At the end of the year, their profits
c) 6 d) 7 amounted to Rs.630.Then the share of A is:
15. In a business X, Y and Z invested a total of a) Rs.180 b) Rs.360
Rs.30 lacs. Y invested Rs.5 lacs more than Z c) Rs.200 d) Rs.240
and X invested Rs.5 lacs more than Y. At the 22. A and B started a business investing Rs.9,000
end of the year, Y’s share in the total profit is and Rs.12,000 respectively. After 6 months, B
Rs.3 lacs. Find the share of X in the total profit? withdrew half of his investment. If after a year,
a) Rs.1.5 lacs b) Rs.3 lacs the total profit was Rs.4,600, what was B’s share
c) Rs.4.5 lacs d) Rs.9 lacs in it?
16. In a partnership of A, B and C, A’s capital is a) Rs.2,800 b) Rs.2,600
Rs.4,000. If in a profit of Rs.800, A’s share is c) Rs.2,000 d) Rs.2,300
Rs.200 and C’s share is Rs.100, then B’s capital 23. A and B started the business with investments
is of Rs.300 and Rs.3,600 respectively. At the end
a) Rs.8,000 b) Rs.2,000 of every month A advances Rs.300 into the
c) Rs.10,000 d) Rs.5,000 business where as B withdraws Rs.300. In an
17. The ratio of the investments of A, B and C is annual profit of Rs.2,600 what is the share of
3:5:7 and the ratio in which they share the profit profit of A?
is 4:3:14. What is the ratio of the period of their a) Rs.1,200 b) Rs.1,800
investment? c) Rs.1,300 d) Rs.2,000
a) 10:9:30 b) 9:5:30 24. A, B and C started a business in partnership
c) 20:9:30 d) 12:15:98 1 1 1
18. A, B and C rent a pasture. A puts in 10 oxen for with the investments in the ratio : : . At
2 3 4
7 months, B 12 oxen for 5 months and C 15 the end of 2 months A withdrew half of his
oxen for 3 months for grazing. If the rent of the investment. If the profit at the end of the year
pasture is Rs.175, how much must C pay as his ₹378, Find B's share.
share of rent? a) ₹129 b) ₹144 c) ₹156 d) ₹168
a) Rs.45 b) Rs.50 25. A and B started a business with Rs.20,000 and
c) Rs.55 d) Rs.60 Rs.35,000 respectively. They agreed to share the
19. Mahesh and Ramesh enter into a partnership profit in the ratio of their capital. C joins the
with respective capitals of Rs.20,000 and partnership with the condition that A,B and C
Rs.40,000. At the end of the year, the total will share profit equally and pays Rs.2,20,000 as
profit is Rs.15,000. Mahesh receives some premium for this, to be shared between A and
amount as his salary in addition to his share of B. This is to be divided between A and B in the
profit. If he received Rs.7,000 as both his salary ratio of
and profit what is his salary? a) 9:10 b) 10:9
a) Rs.2,000 b) Rs.4,000 c) 10:1 d) 1:10
c) Rs.3,500 d) Rs.3,000
20. A and B put in Rs.3,000 and Rs.4,000
respectively into a business. A invests into the
business his share of the first year’s profit of
Rs.2,100 whereas B does not invest. In what
ratio should they share the second year’s profit?
VARIATION [ARCT1006] THE LEADERS
1. If x varies as y, and x = 8 when y = 15, find original diamond is Rs.20,000, what is the
x when y = 10. loss in value due to the breakage?
1 1 1 1 a) Rs.7,600 b) Rs.12,400
a) 5 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9 c) Rs.8,400 d) Rs.11,600
3 3 3 3
2. There are two variables x and y, where x 9. The value of diamond varies with the square
varies directly as the cube root of y. When y of its weight. A Rs.14,40,000 worth diamond
= 8, x=24. Find x when y= 216. breaks into three pieces whose weights are in
a) 72 b) 36 c) 108 d) 144 the ratio 3:4:5. Find the loss in its value due
3. The current flowing through a resistor varies to breakage
directly with the voltage across it. When the a) Rs.8.40 Lakh b) Rs.9.40 Lakh
voltage across it was 60V, the current c) Rs.6.40 Lakh d) Rs.7.40 Lakh
flowing through it was 15A. Find the current 10. A diamond falls down and breaks into three
flowing through it when the voltage across it pieces whose weights in the ratio 2:3:5. The
was 80V. value of the diamond is directly proportional
a) 25A b) 40A c) 20A d) 24A to the cube of its weight. If the original
4. Area of a circle varies as the square of its diamond is worth Rs.3,43,000, what is the
radius. Given that the area of the circle is 154 loss in the value due to breakage?
sq.units, when the radius is 7 units. Find the a) Rs.2,12,660 b) Rs.3,09,043
area of the circle, when the radius is 3.5 units. c) Rs.2,75,429 d) Rs.2,88,120
a) 77 sq.units b) 38.5 sq.units 11. The price of gold is directly proportional to
c) 308 sq.units d) 616 sq.units square of its weight. A person broke down
5. The volume of a sphere varies with the cube the gold in the ratio of 3:2:1 and faces a loss
of its radius. The volume of a sphere of of Rs. 4,620. Find the initial price of gold.
radius 2 units is 80 cubic units. What is the a) Rs.7,520 b) Rs.7,530
radius of a sphere of volume 3430 cubic c) Rs.7,540 d) Rs.7,560
units? 12. Quantities x and y are inversely proportional.
a) 21 units b) 28 units When x=9, then y=30.Find the value of y
c) 14 units d) 7 units when x=6.
6. A stone is dropped from a height of one km. a) 45 b) 20 c) 27 d) 33
The distance it falls through varies directly 13. A is inversely proportional to the cube of B.
with the square of the time taken to fall 8
If A=3 then B=2. If A= , then find the
through that distance. If it travels 64 m in 4 9
seconds, find the distance it covers in the 5th value of B.
second. a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
a) 36 m b) 24 m c) 28 m d) 44 m 14. X varies inversely as the square root of Y. for
7. An article worth Rs.6,400 is broken into two Y = 25, X = 20, find the value of Y, for
pieces whose weights are in the ratio 3:5. If X=10.
the value of the article is proportional to the a) 36 b) 81 c) 50 d) 100
square of its weight, find the loss incurred 15. If x varies inversely as (y2-1) and is equal to
because of the breakage 24 when y=10, the value of x when y=5 will
a) Rs.2,600 b) Rs.3,800 be
c) Rs.3,000 d) Rs.3,400 a) 100 b) 101 c) 99 d) 48
8. A diamond falls down and breaks into three 16. x varies directly with y when z is constant
pieces whose weights are in the ratio 2:3:5. and varies inversely with z when y is
The value of diamond is proportionate to the constant. When y=30 and z=15, x=4. Find z
square of its weight. If the value of the when x=15 and y=45.
VARIATION [ARCT1006] THE LEADERS
a) 6 b) 4 c) 8 d) 2 guests and Rs.970 for 11 guests. Find the

17. E varies directly with F2, when G is constant expenditure for 18 guests.
and inversely with G , when F is Constant. a) Rs.1,700 b) Rs.1,530
When F=3 and G=9, E=12. Find E when c) Rs.1,800 d) Rs.2,000
F=2 and G=4. 20. The electricity bill of a certain establishment
a) 8 b) 4 c) 16 d) 2 is partly fixed and partly varies with the
18. The total cost of producing a certain number number of units of electricity consumed. In a
of units of an article is partly fixed and partly certain month when 540 units are consumed,
varies directly with the number of units of the bill is ₹1,800. In another month the
that article produced. The total cost of consumed units are 620 and the bill is
producing 15,000 units of the articles is ₹2,040. If 500 units of electricity is
Rs.35,000 while the total cost of producing consumed in a month, the bill for that
25,000 units of that article is Rs.55,000. Find month is
the variable cost of each unit of the article a) ₹1,560 b) ₹1,600
produced. c) ₹1,620 d) ₹1,680
a) Rs. 1.00 b) Rs. 1.50
c) Rs. 2.00 d) Rs. 2.50
19. The total expenditure for a party consists of
two parts. One part remains constant and the
second part depends on the number of
guests. The expenditure is Rs.650 for 7
AGES [ARCT1007] THE LEADERS
1. The average age of thirty students is 9 years. c) 45 years d) 40 years

If the age of the teacher is included, the 10. Rita got married 6 years back. Her present age
average age becomes 10 years. What is the age 1
of teacher? is 1 times of her age when she got married.
4
a) 27 years b) 31 years 1
c) 30 years d) 40 years Her son’s age is times of her age. What is
2. The average age of a person and his son is 30 10
the age of her son?
years. The ratio of their ages is 4:1
a) 10 years b) 3 years
respectively. Find the age of son.
c) 8 years d) 4 years
11. In a school, a teacher among a group of 10
teachers retires and a new teacher of 25 years
3. Present age of Meena is 8 times of her
is appointed at his place. Now the average age
daughter age. 8 years hence, the ratio of the
of the teachers decreases by 3 years. What is
ages of Meena and her daughter will be 10:3.
the present age of the retired teacher?
Find the present age of Meena.
c) 36 years d) None of these
12. Three years back, the average age of 5
4. The present ratio of ages of A and B is 4:5.
members family is 17 years. Afterwards a
18yrs ago, this ratio of 11:16. Find the sum of
child is born and now the average age of the
the present ages of A and B
family remains same. What is the present age
of the child?
5. The ratio between the present ages of Punit
and Suresh is 4:5 respectively. After 7 years 1
c) 1 years d) 1 year
Punit’s age will be 31 years. What was the 2
Suresh’s age 4 years ago? 13. The present ages of A and B are in the ratio
a) 24 years b) 28 years of 5:6. 12 years hence their ages would be in
c) 14 years d) None of these the ratio of 8:9. Find the present age of A.
6. Average age of 9 members of a club is 29 a) 17 years b) 15 years
years, if 2 more persons with the average age c) 18 years d) 20 years
of 40 years become the members of the club, 14. In a family, the average age of 6 sons is 8
find average age of all the 11 members. years. The average age of the family including
a) 30 years b) 31 years sons, mother and father is 22 years. If the
c) 32 years d) 35 years father is 8 years older than the mother then
7. Average age of 15 men is increased by 1 year what is the present age of the mother?
when one man in the group is replaced with a) 44 years b) 52 years
other man whose age is 49 years. Find the age c) 60 years d) 68 years
of the man replaced. 15. A person was asked to state his age. His reply
a) 34 years b) 48 years was “Take my age 3 years hence, multiply it
c) 50 years d) 64 years by 3, subtract the triple of my age 3 year ago
8. At the time of his son’s birth, the age of a and you will know how old I am”. What is the
father was 35 years. After how many years the present age of the person?
father will be 6 times as old as his son? a) 24 years b) 20 years
a) 5 years b) 6 years c) 32 years d) 18 years
c) 7 years d) 8 years 16. A father said to his son- “At the time of your
9. The present age of the father is 3 years more birth my age was 5 years more than your
than thrice the age of his son. Three years present age”. If the father is 39 years old then
later father’s age will 10 years more than twice what is the age of the son 5 year back?
the age of his son. What is the present age of a) 12 years b) 17 years
father? c) 22 years d) 20 years
AGES [ARCT1007] THE LEADERS
17. When 6 is subtracted from the present age of a)11:4 b) 2:3 c) 3:5 d) 5:9
A and the resultant is divided by 18 then the 23. The age of Harsh is 40 years and that of Rith
age of B is found. C is 5 year old and B is 2 is 60 years. How many years ago the ratio of
years younger than C. What is the present age their age was 3:5?
of A? a) 10 years b) 20 years
c) 84 years d) 64 years 24. The sum of present age of A and B is 7 times
18. The present age of Mr.X is double of his the difference of their ages. 5 years hence,
daughter. If the present age of her daughter is their total ages will be 9 times the difference
20 years then how many year ago his age was of their ages. What is the present age of elder
three times that of his daughter? one ?
a) 5 years b) 8 years a) 25 years b) 20 years
c) 10 years d) 12 years c) 15 years d) 18 years
19. The sum of present ages of son and father is 25. 5 years ago, the age of father was 7 times of
60 years. 6 years ago father’s age was 5 times his son, but 5 years later father’s age will three
of his son. What will be the age of the son times of his son’s age. What is the present
after 6 years? total age of the son and father?
a) 12 years b) 14 years a) 40 years b) 50 years
c) 18 years d) 20 years c) 35 years d) 48 years
20. At present A is 15 years older than B. 5 years
later B will be 10 years old. What is the
present age of A?
21. The ratio of the age of a father and his son is
7:3, if their total age is 60 years then what is
the difference between their ages?
22. The ratio between father and son’s age is 4:1.
The product of their ages is 196. What will be
the ratio of their ages after 5 years?
SIMPLE EQUATIONS [ARPT1001] THE LEADERS
1. When the number formed by reversing the 1

digits of a two-digit number is subtracted from 10. A man spends th of his income on food and
5
itself, the result is 54. If the sum of the digits 3
of the number is ten, what is the number? th on clothing. If he still saves ₹ 100, what is
a) 73 b) 91 c) 82 d) 64 5
2. 9 times the ten’s digit of a two-digit number his total income?
when added to 8 times the unit’s digit equals to a) ₹ 200 b) ₹ 500 c) ₹ 400 d) ₹ 800
the two-digit number. Find the number. 11. A boy has a total of ₹14 in denominations of
a) 71 b) 92 c) 83 d) 91 25 paise and 20 paise coins. If the number of
3. The price of 10 chairs is equal to that of 4 coins of each denomination were swapped,
tables. The price of 15 chairs and 2 tables total value of the coins would be ₹ 1 less. Find
together is ₹4,000. The total price of 12 chairs the total number of coins.
and 3 tables is a) 45 b) 50 c) 55 d) 60
th
a) ₹ 3,900 b) ₹ 3,840 5
12. A student was asked to find of a number.
c) ₹ 3,500 d) ₹ 3,750 8
4. The ten’s digit of a three-digit number is twice 8 th
the unit’s digit. The hundred’s digit of the But he finds of the number. As a result he
5
number is twice the ten’s digit. The number
got an answer which was 780 more than the
formed by reversing the digits of the number is
correct answer. What is the number?
297 less than it. Find the number.
a) 400 b) 600 c) 700 d) 800
a) 321 b) 421 c) 632 d) 842
13. In a fraction, if the numerator and the
5. In a garden, there are some peacocks and some
denominator are decreased by one, the fraction
rabbits. The total number of legs is 210 and the
3
total number of their heads is 65. What is the becomes . If the denominator exceeds the
number of peacocks? 4
a) 25 b) 40 c) 15 d) 20 numerator by four, what is the fraction?
6. The total cost of six apples and five bananas is 7 14 13 11
a) b) c) d)
₹ 52. If the cost of an apple is ₹ 9 more than 9 9 17 15
that of a banana, what is the cost of five apples 14. Both Pinky and Raveena have some marbles
and six bananas? with them. If Pinky gives 5 marbles to
a) ₹43 b) ₹61 c) ₹44 d) ₹62 Raveena, they will have equal number of
7. The cost of 3 pens, 4 erasers and 10 sharpeners marbles. If Raveena gives one marble to Pinky,
is ₹75. The cost of 6 pens, 7 erasers and 20 the number of marbles with Raveena will be
sharpeners is ₹146. Find the cost of each half with Pinky. What is the total number of
eraser. marbles with them?
a) ₹3 b) ₹4 c) ₹5 d) ₹6 a) 25 b) 29 c) 24 d) 36
8. The ratio of a two digit number to the sum of 15. Mr.Naren distributed a total of 225 chocolates
its digits is 7:1. If the digit in the ten’s place is 1 among his sons A,B,C and D The number of
more than the digit in the one’s place, then the chocolates he gave to A and D together is
number is twice the number of chocolates he gave to B
a) 65 b) 43 c) 32 d) 21 and C together. If B received 15 more
9. In a fraction the sum of the numerator and the chocolates than C, find the number of
denominator is 11. If the numerator is one less chocolates C received
than half the denominator, what is the a) 10 b) 15 c) 30 d) 25
numerator?
a) 5 b) 4 c) 3 d) 2
SIMPLE EQUATIONS [ARPT1001] THE LEADERS
1 3 1 25
16. of of a number is 2 of 10. What is the 24. Two-third of a positive number and of its
2 4 2 216
number? reciprocal are equal. The number is
2 25 5 144 12
a) 50 b) 60 c) 66 d) 56 a) b) c) d)
3 144 12 25 5
17. Ashok has ₹570 and Bipin has ₹350. How 25. If 1 is added to the denominator of a fraction it
much money should Ashok give to Bipin so 1
becomes . If 1 is added to the numerator it
that Bipin has ₹120 less than three times what 2
is left with Ashok. becomes 1. The product of the numerator and
a) ₹310 b) ₹340 c) ₹370 d) ₹360 the denominator of the fraction is
4 a) 6 b) 10 c) 12 d) 14
18. If of an estate be worth ₹ 16,800, then the
5 26. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15,
3 then three-tenth of the number is
value of of it is a) 35 b) 36 c) 45 d) 54
7
1
a) ₹ 90,000 b) ₹ 9,000 27. A tree increases annually by th of its height.
c) ₹ 72,000 d) ₹ 21,000 8
19. A man employed in an office on the condition By how much will it increase after 2 years, if it
that he will get ₹ 20 for each day he attends the stands today at 64 cm high?
a) 72 cm b) 74 cm c) 75 cm d) 81 cm
office and ₹ 10 will be deducted from his salary
28. A man engaged a servant on the condition that
for each day he absents. If in a month of 30
he would pay him ₹ 3,000 and one uniform
working days, he earned ₹ 450, find the
after one year of service. He served only for 9
number of days he attended the office?
a) 12 days b) 25 days c) 15 days d) 20 days months and got ₹ 2,200 and a uniform. What is
20. An 85 cm long rod is divided into two parts. If the price of uniform?
2 a) ₹ 100 b) ₹ 400 c) ₹ 250 d) ₹ 200
one part is of the other part, then the longer 2
3 29. A man read th of a book on the first day.
part (in metres) is 5
2 1
a) 34 b) 58 c) 51 d) 56 He read rd more on second day than he
3 3
21. Ram told Shyam, “I was 10 years older than read on the first day. 15 pages were left for the
you are now, when you were born. My present third day. The number of pages in the book is
age is 50 years”. Find Shyam’s age (in years). a) 100 b) 105 c) 225 d) 250
a) 25 b) 20 c) 30 d) 15 3
30. If 3 times a number exceeds its th by 60,
22. A worker earns ₹ 25 on the first day and 5
spends ₹ 20 on the second day, earns ₹ 25 on then what is the number?
the third day and spends ₹ 20 on the fourth a) 25 b) 35 c) 45 d) 60
day and so on. On which day would he have
₹100
a) 20th b) 30th c) 40th d) 31st
23. If one-ninth of a certain number exceeds its
one-tenth by 4, the number is
a) 320 b) 360 c) 400 d) 440
AVERAGES [ARPT1002] THE LEADERS
1. A company produces an average of 4,000 items 1,750 tonnes. In the next four months the
per month for the first 3 months. How many average monthly production was 2,000 tonnes.
items it must produce on an average per month If the average production per month for that
over the next 9 months to average 4,375 items year was 1,875 tonnes, find the average
per month over the whole year? monthly production (in tones) in the last two
a) 4,500 b) 4,600 c) 4,680 d) 4,710 months of the year.
2. The average of certain first consecutive even a) 2,000 b) 1,500 c) 2,500 d) 3,000
number is 101. Find their sum. 9. The average of certain first consecutive odd
a) 25,000 b) 33,600 c) 10,100 d) 24,960 numbers is 60. Find their sum?
3. 3 years ago, the average age of a family of 5 a) 2,551 b) 3,600 c) 3,460 d) 2,496
members was 17 years. A baby having been 10. A cricketer gives 12.4 runs per wicket. He gives
born, the average age of the family is the same 26 runs and takes 5 wickets in a match after
today. The present age of the baby is which his average becomes 12 runs per wicket.
1 How many wickets had been taken till the last
a) 3 years b) 2 years c) 1 years d) 1 year
3 match?
4. There are N boys in a group whose average a) 85 b) 90 c) 65 d) 72
weight is 20 kg. If 5 boys, each of them 11. A batsman has an average of 30 runs in his 42
weighing 12 kg, join the group or if 10 boys, innings. The difference between his maximum
each of them weighing 21 kg, leave the group, and minimum score is 100. If these two innings
the average weight of the resulting group would are removed his average for 40 innings comes
be the same. Find N. down to 28. What is his maximum score?
a) 10 b) 12 c) 15 d) 20 a) 125 b) 130 c) 175 d) 120
5. A man purchases milk for three consecutive 12. Five years ago the average age of a husband and
years. In the first year, he purchases milk at the wife was 23 years. Today the average age of the
rate of ₹7.50 per litre, in the second year, at the husband, wife and child is 20 years. How old is
rate of ₹8.00 per litre and in the third year, at the child?
₹8.50 per litre. If he purchases milk worth a) 3 years b) 4 years c) 12 years d) 2 years
₹4,080 each year, the average price of milk per 13. There were 35 students in a hostel. If the
litre for the three years is number of students increases by 7, the
a) ₹7.68 b) ₹7.98 c) ₹7.54 d) ₹7.83 expenses of the mess increase by ₹ 42 per day
6. Ajay spent ₹3,000 on an average in the first 5 while the average expenditure per head
months of an year. His average spending for decreases by ₹1. Find the original expenditure
the next 4 months and the last 3 months of that of the mess.
year were ₹ 3,600 and ₹4,000 respectively. If he
a) ₹ 420 b) ₹ 520 c) ₹ 450 d) ₹ 550
saves a total of ₹15,000 that year, find the
average monthly income that year 14. The average of certain first consecutive natural
a) ₹ 2,000 b) ₹ 2,150 c) ₹ 3,300 d) ₹ 4,700 numbers is 20.5. Find their sum.
7. The average of 11 consecutive natural numbers a) 282 b) 450 c) 518 d) 820
15. The average per day rainfall for a 15-day period
is x. If the sixth number is 12, find x.
at a hill station is 125 mm per day. If every day
a) 9 b) 10 c) 18 d) 12
8. The average monthly production of tea of a from the second day, there is an increase of 5
company in the first six months of a year is
AVERAGES [ARPT1002] THE LEADERS
mm in the rainfall over the previous day, what 21. Find the average of the numbers from 21 to 30
is the rainfall on the first day of this period? a) 25 b) 19 c) 25.5 d) 21.5
a) 95 mm b) 110 mm c) 90 mm d) 105 mm 22. The average ages of the students of three
16. The average age of a husband and wife, who colleges A, B and C are 30, 25, and 15 years
were married 7 years ago was 25 years at the respectively. Find the weighted average age of
time of their marriage. The average age of the the students if the ratio fo the strengths of A, B
husband, wife and a child at present is 22 years. and C is 1: 2: 4.
What is the present age of the child? a) 40 years b) 70 years
c) 2 years d) 6 years 23. The average number of tourists visiting Taj
17. The average age of a group of students is 16 Mahal per day in a twenty day period was found
years. If 66 years old teacher joins the group, to be 4,080. Owing to a clerical error, the
the average increases by one year. What is the number of tourists on two days were recorded
number of students in the group? as 6,280 and 4,730 instead of 2,480 and 1,370.
a) 50 b) 49 c) 51 d) 48 What was the actual average number of tourists
18. Find x, if the average of 17, 26 and x is 22 visiting Taj Mahal per day during the given
a) 18 b) 22 c) 1 d) 23 period?
19. The average marks of a class of 20 students in a a) 3,965 b) 4,058 c) 3,722 d) 4,438
subject x is 30. The average marks of the 24. Find the average of first 20 multiplies of 3?
students of top nine ranks is 40. The average a) 30.2 b) 31.5 c) 40.3 d) 20.2
marks of the students of last ten ranks is 21 25. Ten salesmen each have an average sale of
marks. How many marks does the student seven articles in a week. An eleventh salesman
getting 10th rank from the top get? sold ten more articles than the average of all the
a) 20 b) 30 c) 35 d) 25 eleven in that week. How many articles did
20. The present average age of a group of friends is eleventh salesman sell?
65 years. What is their average age thirty years a) 11 b) 10 c) 7 d) 18
ago, given that all the friends are at least 35
years old now?
RATIO PROPORTION [ARPT1003] THE LEADERS
1. A sum of ₹ 500 is divided among A, B and C a) ₹ 72,000 b) ₹ 62,000

in the ratio 3:2:5. Then how much money will c) ₹ 82,000 d) ₹ 52,000
C get? 12. The ratio of income of A and B one year ago
a) ₹ 200 b) ₹ 250 c) ₹ 300 d) ₹ 350 was 3:2. The ratio of increased income to
2. If a:b is 3:4, b:c is 2:5, find a:b:c. original income of A is 2:3 and that of B is
a) 3:4:10 b) 3:5:2 c) 3:4:5 d) 3:2:2 3:4.The total present income of A and B
3. The ratio of total amount distributed in all together is ₹ 21,500. Find the present income
the males and females as salary is 6:5. The of B.
ratio of salary of each male and female is 2:3. a) ₹ 6,000 b) ₹ 7,000
Find the ratio of the no.of male and female. c) ₹ 8,000 d) ₹ 9,000
a) 5:9 b) 5:7 c) 7:5 d) 9:5 13. A bag contains ₹ 410 in the form of ₹ 5, ₹
4. The sum of two quantities is equal to three 2 and ₹ 1 coins. If the number of coins is in
times their difference, then the ratio of the ratio 4:6:9 respectively then find the number
two quantities is of ₹ 2 coins.
a) 1:3 b) 3:1 c) 2:1 d) 2:3 a) 40 b) 50 c) 60 d) 70
5. The mean proportional between 45 and a 14. If 18, x and 50 are in continued proportion,
certain number is three times the mean then the value of x is
proportional between 5 and 22. The number a) 30 b) 3 c) 5 d) 32
is 15. The ratio of income of A and B is 3:2 and the
a) 24 b) 49 c) 22 d) 9 ratio of their expenditure is 4:3 and their
6. A person covers certain distance by train, bus savings are respectively ₹ 2,000 and ₹ 1,000.
and car in ratio 4:3:2. The ratio of fare per Find the income of A and B respectively.
km for train, bus and car are in the ratio a) ₹ 3,000, ₹ 4,000 b) ₹ 4,000, ₹ 6,000
1:2:4. The total expenditure for fares is c) ₹ 5,000, ₹ 6,000 d) ₹ 6,000, ₹ 4,000
₹ 720. Then, total expenditure as fare on train 16. ₹ 7,800 is distributed among A, B and C such
is? 3
a) ₹ 140 b) ₹ 150 c) ₹ 160 d) ₹ 170 that the share of A is times share of B and
4
7. Three numbers are in the ratio 3:4:5. The 2
sum of the largest and the smallest equals the share of B is times of share of C. Then
sum of the second and 52. The smallest 3
number is. find the difference between shares of B & C.
a) 20 b) 27 c) 39 d) 52 a) ₹ 1,000 b) ₹ 1,100
8. A bag contains ₹ 55 in the denominations of c) ₹ 900 d) ₹ 1,200
₹ 1, 50 paisa and 25 paisa coins, which are in 17. ₹ 5,600 is to be divided among A,B,C,D in
the ratio 1:2:3 respectively. Find the number such a way that the ratio of share of A:B is
of 50 paisa coins. 1:2, B:C is 3:1, and C:D is 2:3. Find the sum
a) 41 b) 42 c) 40 d) 38 of shares of A & C and B & C.
9. Ratio of land and water on earth is 1:2. In a) ₹ 2,400, ₹ 3,000 b) ₹ 2,000, ₹ 3,000
northern hemisphere, the ratio is 2:3. What is c) ₹ 2,000, ₹ 3,200 d) ₹ 2,400, ₹ 3,200
the ratio in the southern hemisphere? 18. If x:y=3:2, then the ratio
a) 2:11 b) 4:11 c) 3:11 d) 5:11 2 2 2 2
(2x + 3y ): (3x + 2y ) is equal to
10. If A:B is 1:2, B:C is 3:2, C:D is 1:3 then find a) 6:7 b) 6:5 c) 30:19 d) 5:3
A:B:C:D. 19. Three numbers are in the ratio of 3:2:5 and
a) 3:6:9:12 b) 3:4:8:10 the sum of their squares is 1862. The smallest
c) 2:6:8:10 d) 3:6:4:12 of these numbers is
11. The number of employees is reduced in the a) 24 b) 21 c) 14 d) 35
ratio 3:2 and the salary of each employee is 20. There are three containers of equal capacity.
increased in the ratio 4:5. By doing so, The ratio of acid to water in the first
company saves ₹ 12,000. Find the initial container is 3:2, that in the second container
expenditure on salary. is 7:3 and in the third container it is 11:4. If
all the liquids are mixed together, then the 31. If (ab+cd) is the mean proportion between
ratio of acid to water in the mixture will be a
a) 61:29 b) 61:28 c) 60:29 d) 59:29 (a2+c2) and (b2+d2), then is equal to
c
21. A sum of money is divided among 160 males d b bd
and some females in the ratio16:21, a) b) bd c) d)
b d bd
individually each male gets ₹ 4 and each
32. If 8:27 is the triplicate ratio of a:b, then find
female ₹ 3.The number of females is: a:b.
a) 280 b) 198 c) 284 d) 270 a) 4:9 b) 9:4 c) 2:3 d) 3:2
22. If a:b=2:1, b:c=1:3, c:d=2:3, d:e=1:2, Find 33. If a:b = 7:4, then find (a+b) : (a-b).
a:b:c:d:e. a) 11:3 b) 3:11 c) 4:7 d) 7:4
a) 4:2:6:9:18 b) 4:3:6:9:18 34. The mean proportional of two numbers is 36
c) 2:4:8:10:12 d) 5:4:8:12:18 and their third proportional is 7776. Find the
23. Out of 120 applications for a post, 70 are smaller number.
male and 80 have driver’s license. What is the a) 24 b) 36 c) 12 d) 6
ratio between the minimum to maximum 35. Find a fourth proportional to the numbers
number of males having driver’s license. 60, 48, 30.
a) 1 to 2 b) 2 to 3 c) 3 to 7 d) 5 to 7 a) 36 b) 24 c) 48 d) 60
24. Between two consecutive years my incomes 36. The earnings of A and B are in the ratio 3:7
are in the ratio of 2:3 and expenses in the and that of B and C is 4:9 and that of D and
ratio 5:9. If my income in the second year is C is 7: 6. If the sum of the earnings of A,B,C
₹45,000 and my expenses in the first year is and D together is ₹ 52,950, then what are the
₹25,000, then my total savings for the two earnings of D?
years is a) ₹ 21,050 b) ₹ 22,050
a) Nil b) ₹ 15,000 c) ₹ 23,050 d) ₹ 24,050
c) ₹ 10,000 d) ₹ 5,000 37. If (2x+1) : (3x+13) is the sub duplicate ratio
25. If a:b:c is 1:3:2 and c:d:e is 1:2:3, Find of 9:25, find x.
a:b:c:d:e. a) 34 b) 39 c) 26 d) 29
a) 1:2:3:4:5 b) 1:3:2:4:6 38. The ratio of present ages of a man and his
c) 1:4:3:2:6 d) 1:6:3:2:4 son is 3:1. The sum of their ages after 5 years
26. Marks obtained in Mathematics by Saurabh will be 58 years. Find the ratio of their ages 3
are three times the marks obtained in English years ago.
by him and the ratio of marks obtained in a) 7:2 b) 11:3 c) 3:1 d) 4:1
Mathematics and History is 4:3. If sum of 39. What must be added to each of the numbers
marks obtained in all the three subjects is 7,11 and 19, so that the resulting numbers
250, then marks obtained in English is may be in continued proportion?
a) 120 b) 90 c) 80 d) 40 a) 3 b) 5 c) 4 d) -3
27. If (a+b) : (a-b) = 5:3, then (a2+b2) : (a2-b2) = 40. Between two stations, the first, second and
a) 17:15 b) 25:9 c) 4:1 d) 16:1 third class fares are in the ratio 9:7:2. The
28. If xy = 36, which of the following is correct? number of passengers travelling in a day is in
a) x:9 = 4:y b) 9:x = 4:y the ratio 5:3:2 respectively in the above
c) x:17 = y:7 d) x:6 = y:6 classes. If the sale of tickets generated
29. The mean proportional of two numbers P revenue of ₹ 98,000 that day and if 200
and Q is 48. Their third proportional is 162. passengers travelled by third class, what was
Find Q. the fare for a first class.
a) 84 b) 64 c) 72 d) 96
a) ₹ 84 b) ₹ 92 c) ₹ 106 d) ₹ 126
30. If the mean proportional between X and Y is
n times the third proportional, then the ratio
X:Y will be
a) n2:1 b) 1:n2 c) n2/3:1 d) 1:n2/3
1. A sum of Rs.4800 was divided among A, B 10. In 30 litres of mixture of acid, the ratio of acid
and C in the ratio 9:8:7. If an amount of and water is 2:3. What amount of water should
Rs.200 is added to the share of each, what will be added to the mixture so that the ratio of
be their new ratio? acid and water becomes 2:5?
a) 7:8:9 b) 1:1:1 c) 10:9:8 d) 9:8:7 a) 10 litres b) 15 liitres
2. What number should be subtracted from both c) 18 litres d) 12 litres
terms of the ratio 15:19 in order to make it 11. Two numbers are in the ratio 3:5. If 9 is
3:4? subtracted from each number, then they are in
a) 9 b) 2 c) 5 d) 3 the ratio of 12:23. What is the second number?
3. The ratio of males and females in a group is a) 44 b) 55 c) 66 d) 77
3:2. How many females must join the group so 12. What must be added to each term of the ratio
that the ratio becomes 1:1, if there were 195 7:11 so as to make it equal to 3:4?
members initially? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 5
a) 19 b) 39 c) 190 d) 200 13. The ages of Amit and Puneet are in the ratio
4. A father’s age was 5 times his son’s age 5 years 2:3. After 12 years, their ages will be in the
ago and will be 3 times son’s age after 2 years, ratio 11:15. The age of Puneet is
the ratio of their present ages is a) 32 years b) 42 years
a) 5:2 b) 5:3 c) 48 years d) 56 years
c) 10:3 d) 11:5 14. The respective ratio of the number of boys to
1 2 the number of girls studying in a school is
5. Two numbers are in the ratio 1 : 2 . When 25:29. The total number of students studying
2 3
each of these is increased by 15, they become in the school is 270. If 15 boys and 15 girls
2 1 take admission in the school, what will be the
in the ratio 1 : 2 . The greater of the new respective ratio of the boys and girls
3 2 studying in the school?
numbers is a) 6:7 b) 8:9 c) 7:8 d) 7:9
a) 27 b) 36 c) 48 d) 64 15. The ratio of the sides of two squares is 3:4.
6. The number of students in three classes are in Find the ratio of their areas
the ratio 2:3:4. If 12 students are increased in a) 16:9 b) 9 :16 c) 4:3 d) 12:16
each class, this ratio changes to 8:11:14. The 16. Two numbers are in the ratio 5:7. Diminishing
total number of students in three classes in the each of them by 40, they became in the ratio
beginning was 17:27. The difference of the numbers is
a) 162 b) 108 c) 96 d) 54 a) 18 b) 52 c) 137 d) 50
7. The ratio of number of boys and girls of a 17. In a class, the number of boys and girls are in
school with 504 students is 13:11. What will be the ratio 4:5. If 10 more boys join the class,
the new ratio if 12 more girls are admitted? the ratio of number of boys and girls becomes
a) 91:81 b) 81:91 c) 9:10 d) 10:9 6:5. How many girls are there in the class?
8. The ratio of monthly incomes of A,B is 6:5 a) 20 b) 30 c) 25 d) 50
and their monthly expenditures are in the ratio 18. In a school, the ratio of boys and girls is 4:5.
4:3. If each of them saves Rs.400 per month, When 100 girls leave the school, the ratio
find the sum of their monthly incomes. becomes 6:7. How many boys are there in the
a) Rs.2300 b) Rs.2400 school?
c) Rs.2200 d) Rs.2500 a) 1800 b) 1200 c) 1000 d) 1500
9. The ratio of the quantities of an acid and water 19. Two numbers are in the ratio 4:5 respectively.
in a mixture is 1:3. If 5 litres of acid is further If each number is reduced by 25, then the ratio
added to the mixture, the new ratio becomes becomes 3:4. Find the 2nd number.
1:2. The quantity of new mixture in litres is a) 120 b) 125 c) 130 d) 135
a) 32 b) 40 c) 42 d) 45
20. The ratio of copper and zinc in a 63 kg alloy is 26. The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 2:3.
4:3. Some amount of copper is extracted from The expenditures of A and B are in the ratio
the alloy and the ratio becomes 10:9. How 3:4. What is the ratio of the savings of A and
much copper is extracted? B?
a) 6 kg b) 8 kg c) 12 kg d) 10 kg a) 3:5 b) 1:1
21. What number must be added to the terms in c) 1:2 d) Can’t be determined
the ratio 2:5 such that the ratio of the terms 27. The ratio of earnings to expenditure of A is
would become 1:2 and the sum of the terms 5:3 and that of B is 7:6. If the savings of A is
would become 36? double the that of B, then what could be the
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5 ratio of total earnings of A and B together to
22. The ratio of incomes of A and B is 3:4. The the total expenditure of A and B together?
ratio of expenditures of A and B respectively is a) 4:3 b) 3:5 c) 5:3 d) 2:1
2:3 and each saves ₹ 200, find the incomes of 28. In a class of 63 students, the ratio of the
A and B respectively. number of boys to that of girls is 3:4. A
a) ₹ 500, ₹ 600 b) ₹ 600, ₹ 800 teacher wanted to distribute 180 chocolates
c) ₹ 600, ₹ 900 d) ₹ 800, ₹ 1,000 among the students such that each boy gets m
23. A party is attended by a total of 60 persons. If chocolates and each girl gets n chocolates.
the ratio of men and women is 3:2, how many How many chocolates should each girl
more men must join the party such that the get?(Given that m and n are natural number)
ratio becomes 7:3? a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
a) 10 b) 15 c) 20 d) 25 29. If a,b,c,d and e are in continued proportion,
24. Namrata’s father is now four times her age. In a
then is equal to
five years, he will be three times her age. In e
how many years, will he be twice her age? a 3
a4 b3 b4
a) 5 years b) 20 years a) 3 b) 4 c) 3 d) 4
c) 25 years d) 15 years b b a a
30. The ratio of the ages of a man and his wife is
25. There are total 30 employees in a company.
4:3. After 4 years, this ratio will be 9:7. If at
The ratio of male employees to the female
the time of the marriage, the ratio was 5:3.
employees is 8:7. How many female employees
Then how many years ago were they married?
have to be recruited so that the ratio becomes
1:1?
a) 5 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
PARTNERSHIP [ARPT1005] THE LEADERS
1. A, B and C started a business by investing ₹ before deducting his salary is ₹ 5,13,200, what
10,000, ₹ 15,000 and ₹ 20,000 respectively, at is the annual income of Nagnad?
the end of the year they got a profit of ₹ a) ₹ 2,30,000 b) ₹ 2,55,000
18,468. What is the share of B? c) ₹ 2,75,000 d) ₹ 2,90,000
a) ₹ 6,156 b) ₹ 6,166 8. Sainath and Shekar start a business with
c) ₹ 6,266 d) ₹ 6,256 ₹1,00,000 and ₹70,000 respectively. Sainath
2. Rajath and Manoj started a business. Rajath withdraws ₹5,000 at the end of every month
invested ₹ 10,000 for eight months and and Shekar additionally invests ₹ 5,000 at the
Manoj invested ₹ 6,000 for the entire year. If beginning of every month starting from first
the profit at the end of the year was ₹ 5,700, month. At the end of the first year they
what was the share of Manoj ? earned a profit of ₹ 1,40,000. What is
a) ₹ 2,850 b) ₹ 2,700 Sainath’s share of profit?
c) ₹ 1,710 d) ₹ 1,620 a) ₹ 32,500 b) ₹ 48,500
3. X,Y Z invest, in a partnership. The amount c) ₹ 61,250 d) ₹ 58,000
that each of them invest is in the ratio of x:y:z 9. A, B, and C have started a business by
and their profits are in the ratio of z:y:x. The investing money in the ratio of 5:6:8. The
ratio of their periods of investment is time periods for which they invested the
a) x2:y2:z2 b) xy:yz:zx company are in the ratio 4:5:6. If C’s share of
c) z2:zx:x2 d) x2:xz:z2 profit is ₹ 8,880 B’s share of profit exceeds
4. Anand and Bhargava start a business with A’s share by
₹7,700 and ₹11,000 respectively. Anand a) ₹ 2,200 b) ₹ 1,500
stayed for the entire year. At the end of the c) ₹ 2,100 d) ₹ 1,850
year they shared their profits in the ratio of 10. Anil and Nikhil invested ₹ 10,000 each to
14:15. For how many months was Bhargava’s start a business. Anil invested his money for
capital there in the business? eight months and Nikhil invested his money
a) 3 b) 6 c) 9 d) 8 for the whole year. At the end of the year, if
5. A and B started the business with the profit was ₹ 1,000, then what was Anil’s
investments of ₹2,400 and ₹200 respectively. share?
At the end of every month A withdraws ₹200 a) ₹ 450 b) ₹ 400 c) ₹ 500 d) ₹ 300
from the business where as B advances ₹200. 11. In a business, the earning of Ram and Shyam
If the share of profit of A at the end of the are in the ratio 5:4. The annual profit is
year is ₹1,500, what is the total annual profit? ₹81,000. If Shyam’s salary is excluded, the
a) ₹ 1,625 b) ₹ 2,000 ratio of their shares would be 5:3. Find the
c) ₹ 2,500 d) ₹ 3,000 salary of Shyam(Assume that Ram is a non-
6. A, B and C start a partnership. The capitals of working partner).
A, B and C are in the ratio of 10:9:6 and the a) ₹ 6,000 b) ₹ 7,500
time periods of A and B are in the ratio 2:3. B c) ₹ 9,000 d) ₹ 12,000
gets ₹ 10,800 as his share out of a total profit 12. Sushma and Harika started a business with
of ₹ 26,000. If A’s capital was there in the investments of ₹4,500 and ₹5,500
business for 8 months, for how many months respectively. After 6 months, Sai joined them
was C’s capital there? with an investment of ₹ 7,000. Find the total
a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 12 share of Sushma and Harika if the annual
7. Mukund started a business with an profit is ₹ 27,000.
investment of ₹ 3,57,300. Three months later a) ₹ 11,000 b) ₹ 15,000
Nagnadh Rao joined him with an investment c) ₹ 20,000 d) ₹ 16,000
of ₹ 4,60,000. Nagnad Rao gets a salary of 13. Subhash and Harsha invested ₹ x and ₹ y in a
₹ 5,000 per month for running the business. business for a period 9 months and 12
If the total annual profit in the business, months respectively. If the profits earned by
Subhash and Harsha at the end of the year 20. A starts a business with ₹ 3,500 and after 5
are equal, then x : y is months B joins A as his partner. After a year
a) 3:4 b) 2:3 c) 4:3 d) 11:12 the profits are divided in the ratio of 2:3.
14. X and Y started a business with investments How much did B contribute?
of ₹ 5,000 and ₹ 8,000 respectively. After 6 a) ₹ 7,000 b) ₹ 11,000
Months,Y withdrew an amount of ₹ 2,000 c) ₹ 9,000 d) ₹ 12,000
from his investment and Z joined the 21. A and B enter into a partnership with their
business with an investment of ₹ 6,000. If the capitals in the ratio 5:6. At the end of 8
profit at the end of the year is ₹ 9,615, then months, A withdraws his capital. If they
what is the share of Y? receive the profit in the ratio of 5:9, find how
a) ₹ 3,205 b) ₹ 4,847 long B’s capital was used?
c) ₹ 4,487 d) ₹ 1,923 a) 8 months b) 12 months
15. Anu, Manu and Tanu invested capitals in the c) 14 months d) 10 months
ratio 4:6:9. At the end of the business term, 22. A began a business with ₹ 550 and was joined
they received the profits in the ratio 2:3:5. afterwards by B with ₹ 330. When did B join ,
Find the ratio of the time for which they if the profits at the end of the year were
invested their capitals divided in the ratio 10:3?
a) 9:9:10 b) 8:18:45 a) After 4 months b) After 6 months
c) 9:10:9 d) 45:18:8 c) After 4.5 months d) After 8 months
16. Nikita and Nishita enter a partnership 23. A started business with ₹ 3,750 and was
investing ₹ 50,000 and ₹ 40,000 respectively. joined afterwards by B with ₹ 5,000. When
They agree to share profits in the ratio of did B join if the profits at the end of the year
their capitals. Find the share of Nikita in a were divided equally?
profit of ₹ 22,500 after one year. a) After 5 months b) After 3 months
a) ₹ 12,500 b) ₹ 9,500 c) After 7 months d) After 9 months
c) ₹ 10,500 d) ₹ 10,000 24. A and B enter into a partnership with their
17. Niki, Nisha and Anu formed a partnership capitals in the ratio 5:9. At the end of 8
with investments of ₹75,000, ₹60,000 and months, A withdraws her capital. If they
₹40,000 respectively. After 3 years of receive the profits in the ratio 4:9, find how
operation, the partnership had a net profit of long B’s capital was used?
₹26,250. What was the share of Anu in the a) 8 months b) 10 months
profit? c) 6 months d) 9 months
25. Three shepherds A, B and C rented a pasture
a) ₹ 6,000 b) ₹ 5,000
for a year. A grazed 22 sheep for 4 months, B
c) ₹ 8,000 d) ₹ 7,500
grazed 16 sheep for 8 months and C grazed
18. Mahesh, Suresh and Ganesh entered into a
32 sheep for 6 months. If C’s share of rent is
partnership. Mahesh invested ₹16,000 for 9
₹ 600, the total rent for the year was
months. Suresh invested ₹12,000 for 6
a) ₹ 3,550 b) ₹ 2,000
months and Ganesh invested ₹8,000 for one
c) ₹ 1,275 d) ₹ 675
year. At the end of a year there was a profit
of ₹26,000. Find the share of Suresh in the
profit.
a) ₹ 8,000 b) ₹ 7,500
c) ₹ 6,000 d) ₹ 10,000
19. A,B and C start a business in partnership. If
the ratio of their periods of investments is
1:2:5 and their profits are in the ratio of 3:4:5,
find the ratio of the capitals
a) 3:2:1 b) 1:2:3
c) 2:1:3 d) 3:1:2
1. A, B and C started a business by investing ₹ before deducting his salary is ₹ 5,13,200, what
10,000, ₹ 15,000 and ₹ 20,000 respectively, at is the annual income of Nagnad?
the end of the year they got a profit of ₹ a) ₹ 2,30,000 b) ₹ 2,55,000
18,468. What is the share of B? c) ₹ 2,75,000 d) ₹ 2,90,000
a) ₹ 6,156 b) ₹ 6,166 8. Sainath and Shekar start a business with
c) ₹ 6,266 d) ₹ 6,256 ₹1,00,000 and ₹70,000 respectively. Sainath
2. Rajath and Manoj started a business. Rajath withdraws ₹5,000 at the end of every month
invested ₹ 10,000 for eight months and and Shekar additionally invests ₹ 5,000 at the
Manoj invested ₹ 6,000 for the entire year. If beginning of every month starting from first
the profit at the end of the year was ₹ 5,700, month. At the end of the first year they
what was the share of Manoj ? earned a profit of ₹ 1,40,000. What is
a) ₹ 2,850 b) ₹ 2,700 Sainath’s share of profit?
c) ₹ 1,710 d) ₹ 1,620 a) ₹ 32,500 b) ₹ 48,500
3. X,Y Z invest, in a partnership. The amount c) ₹ 61,250 d) ₹ 58,000
that each of them invest is in the ratio of x:y:z 9. A, B, and C have started a business by
and their profits are in the ratio of z:y:x. The investing money in the ratio of 5:6:8. The
ratio of their periods of investment is time periods for which they invested the
a) x2:y2:z2 b) xy:yz:zx company are in the ratio 4:5:6. If C’s share of
c) z2:zx:x2 d) x2:xz:z2 profit is ₹ 8,880 B’s share of profit exceeds
4. Anand and Bhargava start a business with A’s share by
₹7,700 and ₹11,000 respectively. Anand a) ₹ 2,200 b) ₹ 1,500
stayed for the entire year. At the end of the c) ₹ 2,100 d) ₹ 1,850
year they shared their profits in the ratio of 10. Anil and Nikhil invested ₹ 10,000 each to
14:15. For how many months was Bhargava’s start a business. Anil invested his money for
capital there in the business? eight months and Nikhil invested his money
a) 3 b) 6 c) 9 d) 8 for the whole year. At the end of the year, if
5. A and B started the business with the profit was ₹ 1,000, then what was Anil’s
investments of ₹2,400 and ₹200 respectively. share?
At the end of every month A withdraws ₹200 a) ₹ 450 b) ₹ 400 c) ₹ 500 d) ₹ 300
from the business where as B advances ₹200. 11. In a business, the earning of Ram and Shyam
If the share of profit of A at the end of the are in the ratio 5:4. The annual profit is
year is ₹1,500, what is the total annual profit? ₹81,000. If Shyam’s salary is excluded, the
a) ₹ 1,625 b) ₹ 2,000 ratio of their shares would be 5:3. Find the
c) ₹ 2,500 d) ₹ 3,000 salary of Shyam(Assume that Ram is a non-
6. A, B and C start a partnership. The capitals of working partner).
A, B and C are in the ratio of 10:9:6 and the a) ₹ 6,000 b) ₹ 7,500
time periods of A and B are in the ratio 2:3. B c) ₹ 9,000 d) ₹ 12,000
gets ₹ 10,800 as his share out of a total profit 12. Sushma and Harika started a business with
of ₹ 26,000. If A’s capital was there in the investments of ₹4,500 and ₹5,500
business for 8 months, for how many months respectively. After 6 months, Sai joined them
was C’s capital there? with an investment of ₹ 7,000. Find the total
a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 12 share of Sushma and Harika if the annual
7. Mukund started a business with an profit is ₹ 27,000.
investment of ₹ 3,57,300. Three months later a) ₹ 11,000 b) ₹ 15,000
Nagnadh Rao joined him with an investment c) ₹ 20,000 d) ₹ 16,000
of ₹ 4,60,000. Nagnad Rao gets a salary of 13. Subhash and Harsha invested ₹ x and ₹ y in a
₹ 5,000 per month for running the business. business for a period 9 months and 12
If the total annual profit in the business, months respectively. If the profits earned by
Subhash and Harsha at the end of the year 20. A starts a business with ₹ 3,500 and after 5
are equal, then x : y is months B joins A as his partner. After a year
a) 3:4 b) 2:3 c) 4:3 d) 11:12 the profits are divided in the ratio of 2:3.
14. X and Y started a business with investments How much did B contribute?
of ₹ 5,000 and ₹ 8,000 respectively. After 6 a) ₹ 7,000 b) ₹ 11,000
Months,Y withdrew an amount of ₹ 2,000 c) ₹ 9,000 d) ₹ 12,000
from his investment and Z joined the 21. A and B enter into a partnership with their
business with an investment of ₹ 6,000. If the capitals in the ratio 5:6. At the end of 8
profit at the end of the year is ₹ 9,615, then months, A withdraws his capital. If they
what is the share of Y? receive the profit in the ratio of 5:9, find how
a) ₹ 3,205 b) ₹ 4,847 long B’s capital was used?
c) ₹ 4,487 d) ₹ 1,923 a) 8 months b) 12 months
15. Anu, Manu and Tanu invested capitals in the c) 14 months d) 10 months
ratio 4:6:9. At the end of the business term, 22. A began a business with ₹ 550 and was joined
they received the profits in the ratio 2:3:5. afterwards by B with ₹ 330. When did B join ,
Find the ratio of the time for which they if the profits at the end of the year were
invested their capitals divided in the ratio 10:3?
a) 9:9:10 b) 8:18:45 a) After 4 months b) After 6 months
c) 9:10:9 d) 45:18:8 c) After 4.5 months d) After 8 months
16. Nikita and Nishita enter a partnership 23. A started business with ₹ 3,750 and was
investing ₹ 50,000 and ₹ 40,000 respectively. joined afterwards by B with ₹ 5,000. When
They agree to share profits in the ratio of did B join if the profits at the end of the year
their capitals. Find the share of Nikita in a were divided equally?
profit of ₹ 22,500 after one year. a) After 5 months b) After 3 months
a) ₹ 12,500 b) ₹ 9,500 c) After 7 months d) After 9 months
c) ₹ 10,500 d) ₹ 10,000 24. A and B enter into a partnership with their
17. Niki, Nisha and Anu formed a partnership capitals in the ratio 5:9. At the end of 8
with investments of ₹75,000, ₹60,000 and months, A withdraws her capital. If they
₹40,000 respectively. After 3 years of receive the profits in the ratio 4:9, find how
operation, the partnership had a net profit of long B’s capital was used?
₹26,250. What was the share of Anu in the a) 8 months b) 10 months
profit? c) 6 months d) 9 months
25. Three shepherds A, B and C rented a pasture
a) ₹ 6,000 b) ₹ 5,000
for a year. A grazed 22 sheep for 4 months, B
c) ₹ 8,000 d) ₹ 7,500
grazed 16 sheep for 8 months and C grazed
18. Mahesh, Suresh and Ganesh entered into a
32 sheep for 6 months. If C’s share of rent is
partnership. Mahesh invested ₹16,000 for 9
₹ 600, the total rent for the year was
months. Suresh invested ₹12,000 for 6
a) ₹ 3,550 b) ₹ 2,000
months and Ganesh invested ₹8,000 for one
c) ₹ 1,275 d) ₹ 675
year. At the end of a year there was a profit
of ₹26,000. Find the share of Suresh in the
profit.
a) ₹ 8,000 b) ₹ 7,500
c) ₹ 6,000 d) ₹ 10,000
19. A,B and C start a business in partnership. If
the ratio of their periods of investments is
1:2:5 and their profits are in the ratio of 3:4:5,
find the ratio of the capitals
a) 3:2:1 b) 1:2:3
c) 2:1:3 d) 3:1:2
VARIATION [ARPT1006] THE LEADERS
1. The value of a diamond varies directly with the The cost before breaking was Rs.18,00,000.
square of its weight. A diamond broke into What is the loss due to breakage?
three pieces whose weights were in the ratio a) Rs.11,00,000 b) Rs.12,00,000
32:24:9. The loss caused due to the breakage c) Rs.10,000 d) Rs.50,000
was Rs.25.44 lacs. Find the initial value of the 8. The volume of a cone varies directly with the
diamond (in Lacs of rupees) cube of its radius. The volume of a cone is 50
a) Rs.33.62 lac b) Rs.16.81 lac cu cm for a radius of 2 cm, find the volume for
c) Rs.42.25 lac d) Rs.8.405 lac a radius of 3 cm.
2. The value of a diamond varies directly with the a) 125 cu.cm b) 100 cu.cm
cube of its weight. A diamond broke into two c) 135 cu.cm d) None of these
pieces whose weights were in the ratio 3:2. If 9. The area of a square varies with the square of
the original value of the diamond is Rs.8.75 lac, its diagonal. The area of a square whose
then find the loss in value due to the breakage diagonal measures eight units is 32 sq.units.
a) Rs.6.0 lac b) Rs.7.0 lac Find the diagonal of a square of area 72
c) Rs.6.3 lac d) Rs.6.9 lac sq.units(in units)
3. The monthly income of an author is partly a) 16 b) 6 c) 12 d) 18
fixed and partly varies directly with the number 10. The mass of a liquid varies directly with its
of books sold in that month. His monthly volume (when all other parameters are
income in a month in which 2000 books were constant). The mass of a liquid is 12 gm when
sold wasRs.70,000. His monthly income in a its volume is 15 cm3. Find the mass of the
month in which 3000 books and sold was liquid if its volume is 25 cm3.
Rs.90,000. Find his monthly income (in Rs. a) 24 gm b) 30 gm c) 20 gm d) 18 gm
Lacs) in a month in which 5000 books were 11. Salary of A varies directly with the number of
sold. working days in the month. A gets salary of
a) 1.1 b) 1.3 c) 1.25 d) 1.15 Rs.10,000, if the number of working days in the
4. A precious stone wroth Rs.6,800 is accidently month is 25. What salary will he get when the
dropped and breaks into three pieces . The number of working days in the month is 26?
weight of 3 pieces in the ratio 5:7:8. The value a) Rs.10,100 b) Rs.10,200
of the stone is proportional to the square of its c) Rs.10,300 d) Rs.10,400
weight. Find the loss. 12. P varies directly with Q . P=8 when Q=4.
a) Rs.4,260 b) Rs.4,273
Find P when Q=9.
c) Rs.4,454 d) Rs.3,250
a) 8 b) 16 c) 12 d) 24
5. The value of a precious stone varies directly
13. x varies directly with y2. When y =2, x= 12.
with the square of its weight. It had a value of
Find x when y=6.
Rs.25000. it broke into two pieces whose
a) 54 b) 72 c) 108 d) 120
weights are in the ratio 2:3. Find the loss due to
14. x2 varies directly as y3 and when x=6, y=3.
the breakage
Which of the following equations correctly
a) Rs.12,000 b) Rs.15,000
represents the relationship between x and y?
c) Rs.9,000 d) Rs.18,000
a) 6x2 = 3y3 b) 3y2= 6x3
6. The value of a diamond varies directly with the 2 3
c) 3x =2y d) 3x2= 4y3
cube of its weight. It broke into two pieces
15. If x varies directly as 3y +1 and x=9 when y=1,
whose weights are in the ratio 3:4. The loss due
then what is the value of x when y=5?
to breakage is Rs.504000. Find its initial value
a) 11 b) 10 c) 20 d) 36
a) Rs.10,29,000 b) Rs.6,86,000
16. If P varies inversely as Q, and P = 7 when Q =
c) Rs.13,72,000 d) Rs.17,15,000
1
7. The cost of a diamond varies directly as the 3, find P when Q = 2
square of its weight. A big diamond broke into 3
three parts whose weights are in the ratio 1:2:3. a) 8 b) 9 c) 12 d) 21
VARIATION [ARPT1006] THE LEADERS
17. x and y vary inversely with each other. When x 21. The volume of any cylinder varies directly with
is 12, y is 9. The pair which is not a possible the square of its radius when its height is
pair of corresponding values of x and y is constant. It varies directly with its height when
a) 9 and 12 b) 18 and 6 its radius is constant. A cylinder whose radius is
c) 24 and 18 d) 36 and 3 7 cm and height is 1 cm has volume of 154
18. The intensity of illumination on a surface from cubic cm. What would be the volume of a
a source of light varies inversely as the square cylinder whose radius is 14 cm and height is 3
of the distance of the surface from the source. cm (in cubic cm)?
The effect of moving a piece of paper 3 times a) 1232 b) 1848 c) 1386 d) 1704
as far from the source is to 22. If P varies as QR and the three correspond-
a) Divided the intensity by 3 ding values of P,Q,R be 6,9,10 respectively,
b) Multiply the intensity by 3 then the value of P when Q=5 and R=3 is
c) Divide the intensity by 9 a) 2 b) 3 c) 1 d) 4
d) Multiply the intensity by 9 23. A varies directly with B when C is constant and
19. Pressure varies inversely with volume while inversely with C when B is constant. When
temperature varies directly with volume. At a A=26, B=65 and C=30. Find A when B=84
time , Volume = 50 m3, Temperature = 25oK and C=42.
and pressure = 1 atmosphere. If the volume is a) 24 b) 36 c) 14 d) 32
increased at 200 m3, then the temperature will 24. When a body falls from rest its distance from
be the starting point varies as the square of the
a) 100o K b) 50o K time it has been falling. If a body falls through
1 122.6 m in 5 seconds, how far does it fall in 10
c) 12  K d) 0o K seconds?
2
20. The volume of any cone varies directly with the a) 490.4 b) 386.2 c) 245.2 d) 500.6
square of its radius when its height is constant. 25. Same quantity of rice is required for each
It varies directly with its height when the radius member of a family of 15 members. On a
is constant. A cone whose radius is 14 cm and particular day due to the absence of some
height is 3 cm has a volume of 616 cubic cm. members of the family, the consumption of rice
What would be the volume of a cone whose was reduced in the ratio 5:3. The number of
1 members absent on that day was:
radius is 42 cm and height is cm? a) 3 b) 6 c) 8 d) 9
2
a) 924 b) 1232 c) 1386 d) 1078
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1. After 10 years, the age of A will be twice of 9. The ratio of the present ages of two brothers
the age of B, what he was 10 years ago. If A is is 1:2 and 10 years ago the ratio was 1:3. What
9 years younger than B now, than what is the will be the ratio of their ages after 5 years?
present age of B(in years) a) 11:4 b) 4:11
a) 15 b) 21 c) 5:12 d) 5:9
c) 18 d) 24 10. A person’s age after 15 years will be four
2. The ratio of the present ages of a boy and a times his age 15 years back. What is his
girl is 4:5. Four years back the boy was 24 present age(in years)?
years old. What will be the age of the girl after a) 20 b) 25
5 years? c) 30 d) 35
a) 39 years b) 40 years 11. Hari’s age is double that of Jonny who is three
c) 32 years d) 35 years years older than Rahul. If the age of Hari is 5
3. The ratio of Mukesh’s and Suresh’s age is 2:3. times the age of Rahul then what is the age of
After 12 years the ratio of their ages becomes Jonny?
11:15. What is the age of Suresh (in years)? a) 2 years b) 4 years
a) 16 b) 32 c) 5 years d) 8 years
c) 48 d) 42 12. The age of a father is seven times his son’s
4. The ratio of the present ages of the son, age. After 4 years sum of their ages is 56
mother, father and the grandfather is 2:7:8:12 years. What is the present age of the son (in
respectively. The average of the son and the years)?
mother is 27 years. What will be the age of the a) 8 b) 6
mother 7 years later? c) 5 d) 10
a) 40 years b) 41 years 13. The average age of a husband-wife and their
c) 48 years d) 49 years son was 42 years. The son got married and
5. Ram’spresent age is thrice his son’s present exactly after 1 year a child was born to them.
2 When the child became 5 years old, the
age and th of the present age of his father. average age of the family became 36 years.
5
The average present age of all of them is 46 What was the age of bride at the time of
years. What is difference between the ages of marriage?
Ram’s father and Ram’s son at present? a) 26 years b) 25 years
c) 58 years d) 78 years 14. The age of a man is twice his son’s age. 20
6. The ratio of Ramesh’s and Suresh’s age at years ago, the man was twelve times as old as
present is 9:11. After 2 years the ratio his son. What is the present age of father (in
becomes 5:6, then what is the age of Ramesh years)?
(in years) at present? a) 24 b) 22
a) 18 b) 8 c) 44 d) 148
c) 25 d) 15 15. 10 years ago Charu’s mother was 4 times as
7. 6 years back the ratio of Kamal’s and Suresh’s old as her daughter. Ten years hence the
age was 6:5. If 4 years later the ratio of their mother will be twice as old as her daughter.
ages is 11:10, then what is the age of Suresh What is the present age of Charu?
(in years) at present? a) 16 b) 18
a) 16 b) 10 c) 20 d) 22
c) 18 d) 12 16. After 5 years, the age of father will be thrice
8. The ratio of ages of two student is 3:2. One of that of his son. Five years ago father’s age was
them is 5 years elder than other. What is the 7 times as old as his son. What is the present
age of younger student(in years)? age of the father?(in years)
a) 2 b) 10 a) 35 b) 36
1 c) 40 d) 44
c) 2 d) 15 17. Ten years ago Ramesh’s father was 4 times
2 older than Ramesh. Ten years hence his age
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will be twice his son’s age. What is the age of a) 25 b) 15

Ramesh(in years)? c) 30 d) 50
a) 12 b) 15 22. A father is three times as old as his son. 12
c) 16 d) 20 years later the father becomes twice older
18. 6 years ago, Deepak’s age was 3 times of the than his son’s age. What is the present age of
age of Ashok and 6 years hence Deepak will the father?
9 a) 36 b) 48
be times as old as Ashok. What is Deepak’s c) 54 d) 42
7
age (in years) now? 23. Age of the father is 5 times of his son’s age.
a) 6 b) 8 10 years later the age of the father is 3 times
c) 10 d) 12 of his son. What is the present age of the
19. 16 years ago, my grandfather was 8 times father?
older than me. After 8 years from today, my a) 50 b) 40
grandfather will be thrice as old as I will be at c) 45 d) 35
that time. Eight years ago, what was the ratio 24. Present age of the father is twice the age of
of my age and my grandfather’s age? his son. 8 years later the ratio of their ages will
a) 3:8 b) 1:5 7:4. What is the present age of the father (in
c) 1:2 d) None of these years)
20. My present age is 3 times of my son’s present a) 48 b) 24
age. 5 years hence my age will be two and half c) 56 d) 44
times of my son’s age. What is my present age 25. The age of a man is 4 times the total age of
(in years)? his 3 sons. 8 years later his age will be twice
a) 40 b) 45 the total age of his 3 sons. If the present total
c) 55 d) 37 age of three sons is x years then what is the
21. Ram is the half the age of his father. 20 years age of the man (in years)?
ago, Ram’s father was 6 times of his son’s age. a) 20 b) 80
What is the difference between ages of Ram c) 60 d) 72
and his father at present?
SIMPLE EQUATIONS [ARTT1001] THE LEADERS
1. The sum of a positive integer and its square is obtained are 247 and 114. The sum of the
2450. The positive integer is numbers is
a) 45 b) 48 c) 49 d) 50 a) 19 b) 20 c) 21 d) 23
2. Ram got 12 marks more than Rashmi and 11. The sum of two numbers is 10. Their product
Rashmi got 9 marks less than Dinesh. If is 20. Find the sum of the reciprocals of two
Dinesh got 104 marks, how many marks did numbers.
Ram get? 3 1 11
a) 107 b) 112 c) 116 d) 101 a) 1 b) c) d)
5 2 6
3. A man sold 15 units of wood and the cost of 12. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is
each unit of wood was ₹ 32. Then, he bought 10. The number formed by reversing the
2 kg of rice with his earnings at the rate of ₹ digits is 18 more than the original number.
28 per kg. How much money was the man left Find the original number.
with after buying the rice? a) 81 b) 46 c) 64 d) 60
a) ₹ 442 b) ₹ 434 c) ₹ 424 d) ₹ 414 13. Kirti’s monthly income is two-third of Sneha’s
4. Ten chairs and six tables together cost monthly income. Sneha’s annual income is
₹ 6,200, thee chairs and two tables together ₹ 4,32,000. What is Kirti’s annual income?
cost ₹ 1,900. The cost of 4 chairs and 5 tables a) ₹ 29,200 b) ₹ 2,63,500
is c) ₹ 2,48,200 d) ₹ 2,88,000
a) ₹ 3,000 b) ₹ 3,300 14. For a charity show, the total tickets sold were
c) ₹ 3,500 d) ₹ 3,800 420. Half of these tickets were sold at the rate
5. If a number is multiplied by three-fourth of of ₹ 5 each, one-third at the rate of ₹ 3 each
itself, the value so obtained is 1728. What is and the rest for ₹ 2 each. What was the total
the number? amount received?
a) 58 b) 46 c) 48 d) 38 a) ₹ 900 b) ₹ 1,540
6. The number obtained by interchanging the c) ₹ 1,610 d) ₹ 2,000
digits of a two-digit number is less than the 15. Six tables and twelve chairs were bought for
original number by 54. If the sum of the two ₹7,800. If the average price of a table is ₹ 750,
digits of the number is 12, then what is the then the average price of a chair would be?
original number? a) ₹ 150 b) ₹ 175
a) 28 b) 39 c) 82 d) 93
c) ₹ 250 d) ₹ 275
7. How many bags are required for filling 1026
16. The cost of 2 sarees and 4 shirts is ₹ 16,000,
kg of rice, if each bag is filled with 114 kg of
while 1 saree and 6 shirts cost the same. The
rice?
cost of 12 shirts is
a) 19 b) 15 c) 7 d) 9
8. The sum of twice a number and three times of a) ₹ 12,000 b) ₹ 24,000
42 is 238. What is the sum of thrice the c) ₹ 48,000 d) ₹ 32,000
number and two times of 42? 17. The sum of two digits is 15 and the difference
a) 245 b) 250 c) 264 d) 252 between them is 3. What is the product of the
9. 30 pens and 75 pencils altogether were digits?
purchased for ₹ 510. If the average price of a a) 56 b) 63
c) 42 d) 54
pencil was ₹ 2, what was the average price of
pen? 18. If 3 shirts and 4 pants cost ₹ 1,200. Find the
values of 12 shirts and 16 pants
a) ₹ 9 b) ₹ 10 c) ₹ 11 d) ₹ 12
10. The sum of two numbers be multiplied by a) ₹ 2,400 b) ₹ 4,800
each number separately, the products so c) ₹ 3,600 d) Data inadequate
19. Deepak has some hens and some goats. If the
total number of animal heads is 90 and the
SIMPLE EQUATIONS [ARTT1001] THE LEADERS
total number of animal feet is 248, the total amounts with P and Q and ₹ 10 less than the
number of goats Deepak has is? amount of with S. Find the amount with S
a) 32 b) 36 c) 34 d) 56 a) ₹ 60 b) ₹ 70 c) ₹ 75 d) ₹ 65
20. After 3 years Arun will be thrice of his age 3 26. In an office, there are 108 tables and 132
years ago. The present age of Arun is 1 1
a) 7 years b) 6 years chairs. If of the tables and of the chairs
6 4
c) 15 years d) 18 years are broken. How many people can work in
21. Five times of a positive integer is equal to 3 the office if each person requires one table
less than twice the square of that number. and one chair?
Find the number. a) 86 b) 90 c) 92 d) 99
a) 3 b) 13 c) 23 d) 33
1
22. If the three-fourth of a number is subtracted 27. Ram left rd of his property to his widow
from the number, the value so obtained is 3
163. What is that number? 3
and th of the remainder to his daughter. He
a) 625 b) 562 c) 632 d) 652 5
1 gave the rest to his son ,who received ₹ 6,400.
23. A man spends th of his income on food,
4 How much was his original property worth?
2 a) ₹ 16,000 b) ₹ 32,000
rd on house rent and the remaining income c) ₹ 24,000 d) ₹ 10,600
3
which is ₹ 630 on other commodities. Find 28. ₹ 561 is divided among A, B and C such that
his house rent. A’s share is ₹ 120 more than B’s share and ₹
a) ₹ 5,040 b) ₹ 3,520 120 less than C’s. B’s share will be
c) ₹ 4,890 d) ₹ 1,260 a) ₹ 73 b) ₹ 80 c) ₹ 67 d) ₹ 307
29. The sum of two numbers is 80. If three times
1
24. A fraction becomes when 1 is subtracted of one number is equal to five times of the
3 other number, find the numbers.
from both the numerator and the a) 20, 60 b) 50, 30 c) 10, 70 d) 25, 55
1 30. The difference between two numbers is 18. If
denominator. The same fraction becomes
2 four times the second number is less than
when 1 is added to both the numerator and three times the first number by 18, what is the
denominator. The sum of numerator and sum of these two numbers?
denominator of the fraction is a) 100 b) 80 c) 86 d) 90
a) 10 b) 18 c) 7 d) 16
25. P, Q, R and S have a total of ₹ 160. The
amount with R is equal to the sum of the
AVERAGES [ARTT1002] THE LEADERS
1. A salt manufacturing company produced a 9. Five numbers are arranged in ascending

total of 5,000 tonnes of salt in January of a order. If the average of first two numbers is 8
particular year. Starting from February its less than the average of last two numbers and
production increased by 100 tonnes every sum of last two numbers is 56, what is the
month over the previous month until the end sum of the first two numbers?
of that year. Find its average monthly a) 40 b) 28 c) 20 d) 10
production for the year. (in tonnes) 10. The average of all prime numbers from 20 to
a) 6,060 b) 7,070 c) 5,550 d) 4,440 40 is
2. Find the average of all odd numbers upto a) 28 b) 30 c) 32 d) 26
100? 11. The average height of the students in a class
a) 51 b) 50 c) 46 d) 49 is 155 cm. If each student’s height is 1cm
3. The average weight of a group of boys is more, the average height of the students
30 kg. After a boy of weight 35 kg joins the becomes
group, the average weight of the group goes a) 154 cm b) 152 cm c) 156 cm d) 158 cm
up by 1 kg. Find the number of boys in the 12. In a shooting tournament, 70 archers
group originally. participated. Their average number of points
a) 4 b) 5 c) 28 d) 30 is 36. If 20 archers whose average number of
4. Find the average of the first ten two-digit points is 40 are excluded and 30 other archers
natural numbers. whose average number of points is 30 is
a) 14 b) 14.5 c) 15 d) 15.5 included, find the average points of the new
5. Ajay wrote an examination in which there are group.
6 different subjects, three of them being a) 22.4 b) 25 c) 28 d) 32.75
electives. He scored an average of 65% in his 13. In a certain season, the Indian player Anil
electives. He scored 97% and 98% in two of Kumble played a total of 30 matches. In the
the compulsory subjects. Find his score in the first 29 matches, his average was 36 runs. If
third compulsory subject if his aggregate is he scores 30 runs in last match, find his
80% average score at the end of that season (in
a) 70% b) 75% c) 85% d) 90% runs/match)
6. The average runs scored by a batsman in 20 a) 33.4 b) 37.4 c) 35.8 d) 43.5
matches are 40. In the next 10 matches, the 14. Rahul was employed by a company for a 6
batsman scored an average of 13 runs. Find months contract. In the first, second and
his average in all the 30 matches. third months of the contract his salary was
a) 31 b) 29 c) 28 d) 30 ₹4,000, ₹7,000 and ₹4,000 respectively. In the
7. There are 16 students who are made to stand fourth month and fifth month his salary was
in the increasing order of their height. The ₹1,000 and ₹2,500 more than his average for
average height of the first four students is 3½ the first three months. In the sixth month his
feet. The average height of the last 11 salary was ₹3,000 less than the average salary
students is 6 feet. If the average height of all for the first five months. Find his average
1 monthly salary for the 6 months period.
the 16 students is 5 feet, what is the height a) ₹3,080 b) ₹3,160 c) ₹3,240 d) ₹5,200
4
of the fifth student? 15. There are some soldiers in a fort. The
1 1 soldiers consumed the provisions available in
a) 3 ft b) 4 ft c) 4 ft d) 5 ft the following manner. In the first two days of
2 2 a week, the soldiers consumed 150 kg per
8. The average marks of the students of a class day. In the next four days, the soldiers
in a particular exam is 80. If 5 students whose consumed at an average of 200 kg per day. If
average marks in that exam is 40 are the average daily consumption of the soldiers
excluded, the average marks of the remaining for that week was 200 kg, find the
are 90. Find the number of students who consumption of the soldiers on the last day
wrote the exam. of the week.
a) 20 b) 25 c) 30 d) 35 a) 300 kg b) 250 kg c) 350 kg d) 400kg
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16. Ajay has written a total of seven examinations 25. The average income of Mr. Ram during the
in a sequence. He scored 90 marks in one first four months of a year was ₹1,000 less
exam and a total of 330 marks in the other than that during the next eight months of the
six exams. If his average score in the first six year. If his total income in the first four
exams is 60, find his score in the last exam. months was ₹28,000 less than his total
a) 35 b) 60 c) 30 d) 45 income in the next eight months, find his
17. The average score of a batsman in x innings average income in the first four months of
is 36. After another innings of 80, his average that year
increases by 4. Find (x+1). a) ₹4,000 b) ₹5,000 c) ₹6,000 d) ₹7,000
a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 11 26. Find the average of all even numbers upto
18. Find the average of first 50 even numbers? 100?
a) 51 b) 72 c) 46 d) 49 a) 51 b) 38.6 c) 50.8 d) 45.6
19. In the first 6 months of a year, a trader made 27. A cricket batsman had a certain average of
a profit of ₹5,000 per month. In the next rums for 11 innings. In the 12th innings, he
four months he made a loss of ₹6,000 per
made a score of 90 runs and thereby his
month. Find the loss he must have got per
month in the last two months for the entire average of runs was decreased by 5. His
year he gets neither profit nor loss. average of runs after 12th innings is
a) ₹3,000 b) ₹3,500 c) ₹2,000 d) ₹2,500 a) 155 b) 150 c) 145 d) 140
20. The average of all the even natural numbers 28. The present average age of a family of four
less than 50 is members is 36 years. If the present age of the
a) 23 b) 22 c) 25 d) 26 youngest member of the family be 6 years,
21. A student scored an average of 80 marks in 3 the average age of the family at the birth of
subjects:Physics, Chemistry and mathematics.
the youngest member was
If the average marks of Physics and
Mathematics is 90 and that of Physics and a) 40 b) 28 c) 20 d) 24
Chemistry is 70, what his the marks in 29. The average runs scored by Sehwag in the
Physics? test matches he played till now is 84. If eight
a) 60 b) 64 c) 72 d) 80 matches where the average runs was 18 are
22. 20 numbers written in ascending order have not considered then his average runs scored
an average of 40. The average of the last 19 increased by 24. How many test matches did
numbers is 42. Find the first number. he play till now?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6
a) 24 b) 30 c) 20 d) 32
23. The average age of a class of 20 students is
30. There are 7 men and 5 women in a group.
20 years. If the age of their class teacher is
included, the average age of the class Their average salary is ₹4,025. If one man
becomes 21 years. Find the age of the class and one woman with salaries of ₹3,900 and
teacher. ₹4,200 respectively leave the group. Find the
a) 40 years b) 41 years new average salary of the group.
c) 49 years d) 50 years a) ₹3,960 b) ₹3,990 c) ₹4,020 d) ₹4,100
24. A group consists of 11 men. If two men
whose ages are 29 and 31 are replaced by two
new men then the average age of the group
drops by 1 year. Find the average age of the
two new men
a) 22.5 years b) 23.5 years
c) 24.5 years d) 25.5 years
RATIO PROPORTION [ARTT1003] THE LEADERS
1. If x:y = 3:4 and y:z = 3:4, then (x+y+z)/3z is 1 1 1

equal to a) 9 b) 13 c) 17 d) 18
3 3 3
13 1 73 37 13. In an examination, the number of those who
a) b) c) d)
27 2 84 48 passed and the number of those who failed
2. If A:B = 3:2 and B:C = 3:4, then A:C is equal were in the ratio 25:4. If five more had
to appeared and the number of failures was 2 less
a) 1:2 b) 2:1 c) 9:8 d) 8:9 than earlier, the ratio of passers to failures
3. The third proportional of 12 and 18 is would have been 22:3. The total number who
a) 3 b) 6 c) 27 d) 144 appeared at the examination is
4. If a:b = 5:7 and c:d = 2a:3b, then ac:bd is: a) 145 b) 150 c) 155 d) 180
a) 20:36 b) 50:147 a b c
c) 10:21 d) 50:151 14. If a:b:c= 2:3:4, then ratio : : is
b c a
5. If A:B = 3:4, B:C = 5:7 and C:D = 8:9 then a) 8:9:16 b) 8:9:12 c) 8:9:24 d) 4:9:16
A:D is equal to 15. A got twice as many marks in English as in
a) 3:7 b) 7:3 c) 21:10 d) 10:21 Science. His total marks in English, Science
6. An employer reduces the number of his and Mathematics is 180. If the ratio of marks
employees in the ratio 9:8 and increases their in English and Mathematics is 2:3, what are his
wages in the ratio 14:15. If the original wage marks in Science?
bill was Rs.18,900 the ratio in which the wage a) 20 b) 60 c) 30 d) 40
bill is decreased is 16. 6x+y : 7x+3y equals the duplicate ratio of 2:3.
a) 20:21 b) 21:20 c) 20:19 d) 19:21 Find x:y.
2 1 2 5 7 3 a) 8:19 b) 3:26 c) 4:13 d) 6:17
7. If a:b= : , b:c = : and d:c = :
9 3 7 14 10 5 17. What must be deducted from each of the
then a : b : c : d is numbers 7,10,12 and 18 so that the resultant
a) 4:6:7:9 b) 16:24:30:35 numbers are in proportion
c) 8:12:15:7 d) 30:35:24:16 a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
8. The ratio of the money with Rita and Sita is 18. If a:b = c:d = e:f = 1:2, then (3a+5c+7e) :
7:15 and that with Sita and Kavita is 7:16. If (3b+5d+7f) is equal to
Rita has Rs.490, how much money does Kavita a) 8:7 b) 2:1 c) 1:4 d) 1:2
have? 19. Divide Rs.1,570 between A and B so that Rs.25
a) Rs.240 b) Rs.2,400 being deducted from A’s share and Rs.45 from
c) Rs.490 d) Rs.1,050 B’s share, their share becomes 2:3. Find the
9. A fruit seller sold big, medium and small sized amount received by A.
apples for Rs.15, Rs.10 and Rs.5 respectively. a) Rs.625 b) Rs.628 c) Rs.942 d) Rs.945
The total number of apples sold was in the 20. From each of two given numbers, half the
ratio 3:2:5. Find the average cost of an apple. smaller number is subtracted. After such
a) Rs.8 b) Rs.10 c) Rs.9 d) Rs.7 subtraction, the larger number is 4 times as
10. If 4:9 is the duplicate ratio of (4+k):(9+k), then large as the smaller number. What is the ratio
find k. of the numbers?
a) 36 b) -6 c) 13 d) 6 or -6 a) 4:1 b) 4:5 c) 5:2 d) 1:4
11. If two times of A is equal to three times of B 21. Rs.4200 is distributed among A,B and C in
and also equal to four times of C, then A:B:C is 5
a) 2:3:4 b) 3:4:2 c) 4:6:3 d) 6:4:3 such a way that part of shares of A and B is
9
12. If 78 is divided into three parts which are in equal to the share of C, then the share of C is
1 1 a) Rs.2750 b) Rs.1500
the ratio 1: : , the middle part is
3 6 c) Rs.1200 d) Rs.1000
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22. The cost of 3 horses is same as the cost of 5 c) 100, 200, 180 d) 50, 30, 400
cows. If total cost of 4 horses and 6 cows is 31. If a:b:c = (y-z):(z-x):(x-y)then the value of
Rs.1900. Find the cost of one horse. ax+by+cz is
a) Rs.50 b) Rs.150 c) Rs.200 d) R.250 a) 1 b) 3 c) 0 d) -1
23. A person bought some rice and wheat for 32. Find a third proportional to the numbers 4 and
Rs.380. The ratio of weight of rice and wheat is 42.
4:3 and the price of equal amount of rice and a) 441 b) 541 c) 641 d) 484
wheat is in the ratio 5:6. The rice was bought 33. The mean proportional between two numbers
of worth is 12. The third proportional of the same
a) Rs.200 b) Rs.218 c) Rs.380 d) Rs.300 numbers is 96. Find the greater of the two
24. The students in three classes are in the ratio numbers.
2:3:5. If 20 students are increased in each class, a) 18 b) 24 c) 12 d) 36
the ratio changes to 4:5:7. Originally the total 34. If x : y = 3:7 and y : z = 7:4 find x : z.
number of students was a) 4:3 b) 3:2 c) 2:3 d) 3:4
a) 100 b) 150 c) 200 d) 250 35. p : q = 4:1. If p = a+b and q = a-b, then find
25. A man travelled a total distance of 1800 km. a:b
He travelled one-third of the whole trip by a) 3:1 b) 2:1 c) 5:3 d)7:5
plane and the distance travelled by the train is 36. If 2:3 is the sub-duplicate ratio of a:b, then find
three-fifth of the distance travelled by bus. If the duplicate ratio of a:b.
he travelled only by plane, train and bus, then a) 81:16 b) 4:9 c) 9:4 d) 16:81
find the distance travelled by bus. 37. Find a : b: c, given 3a+2b = 7c and b = a+c
a) 450 km b) 850 km a) 3 : 8 : 5 b) 1 : 6 : 5
c) 1200 km d) 750 km c) 1 : 2 : 1 d) 3 : 10 : 7
26. If a:b = 2:7 then find 2a:3b 38. If in an examination the scores of Shruthi and
a) 4:21 b) 21:4 c) 3:7 d) 7:3 Tanuja are in the ratio 7:11, then the ratio of
27. The ratio of the coins of Rs.1, 50 paise and 25 sum of Tanuja’s score and 2 times Shruthi’s
paise is 4:5:6. If total value of all coins is Rs.64, score to the sum of Shruthi’s score and 3 times
then the number of coins of 25 paise is Tanuja’s score is
a) 48 b) 40 c) 12 d) 42 a) 29:32 b) 32:29 c) 5:8 d) 14:33
28. The ratio of number of boys and girls in a 39. If p=9, q=18 and r=36, then which of the
school is 16:5. If total number of girls is 320 in following is true?
that school, then total number of students is a) p:r = p2:q2
a) 1200 b) 1344 c) 1544 d) 2000 b) p : q  ( p 2  q 2 ) : (r 2  q 2 )
29. If the length of a rectangle is increased in the c) p:r = q2:r2
ratio 6:7 and its breadth is diminished in the d) All the above
ratio 5:4, then its area will be diminished in the 40. What should be added to each of the numbers
ratio 13,21,29 and 45 so that the resulting numbers
a) 17:16 b) 15:14 c) 9:8 d) 8:7 form a proportion?
30. There are 480 coins in half rupee, quarter a) 3 b) 5 c) 7 d) 9
rupee and 10 paise coins and their values are
proportional to 5:3:1. The number of coins in
each case are
a) 150, 180, 150 b) 300, 90, 90
PARTNERSHIP [ARTT1005] THE LEADERS
1. A,B and C invested capitals in the ratio 3:5:9; 8. A starts business with a capital of ₹ 1,200. B
the periods of their investments being in the and C join with some investment after 3 and
ratio 2:3:1. In what ratio would their profits 6 months respectively. If at the end of a year,
be distributed? the profit is divided in the ratio 2:3:5
a) 2:5:3 b) 3:2:5 respectively. What is B’s investment in the
c) 7:5:3 d) 2:5:2 business?
2. Sumit, Punit and Ramit started a business by a) ₹ 2,400 b) ₹ 1,800
investing their capitals in the ratio 1:2:3. At c) ₹ 3,600 d) ₹ 6,000
the end of the business term, they received 9. A,B and C started a business. A invested
the profits in the ratio 1:2:3. Find the ratio of 1 2
the time for which they invested their rd of the total capital, B invested th of
3 5
capitals.
the total capital and C invested the balance.
a) 1:1:1 b) 2:3:4
The period of investment of A is 2 times that
c) 2:4:3 d) 1:4:9
3
3. A,B and C start a business in partnership. If of B and times that of C. Out of an annual
the ratio of their periods of investments are 2
2:3:6 and their profits are in the ratio of 4:5:6, profit of ₹ 5,632, what is B’s share?
then the ratio of capitals of A,B and C is a) ₹ 1,652 b) ₹ 1,548
a) 6:8:10 b) 12:10:6 c) ₹ 1,562 d) ₹ 1,584
c) 10:12:6 d) 8:15:36 10. A and B started a business by investing
4. A, B and C rented a pasture. A puts in 12 ₹27,000 and ₹72,000 and C joined after some
oxen for 6 months, B 8 oxen for 7 months months with ₹81,000. If C’s share of profit
and C 6 oxen for 8 months, if the rent of the was ₹36,000, and the total profit was
field is ₹ 396, what rent is paid by A? ₹1,02,000, then after how many months did
a) ₹ 126 b) ₹ 108 C join the business?
c) ₹ 162 d) ₹ 168 a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 8
5. A,B,C and D enter into a partnership. A 11. ₹ 300 is divided among A, B and C. The ratio
1 1 of A’s share to the sum of B and C’s share
subscribes rd of the capital, B th , C
3 4 equals ratio of B’s share to the sum of A and
1 C’s share and also equals the ratio of C’s
th and D the rest. What is the share of D share to the sum of A and B’s share. Then
5
A,B and C’s share respectively is
out of a profit of ₹ 6,000?
a) ₹ 150, ₹ 100, ₹ 150
a) ₹ 2,000 b) ₹ 1,600
b) ₹ 100, ₹ 150, ₹ 50
c) ₹ 1,200 d) ₹ 1,300
c) ₹ 100, ₹ 100, ₹ 100
6. A and B enter into partnership for a year. A
d) ₹ 150, ₹ 50, ₹ 100
contributes ₹ 1,500 and B ₹ 2,000. After 4
12. A started a business with a capital of ₹ 2,100.
months, they admit C who contributes ₹
After 4 months he admitted another partner
2,250. If B withdraws his contribution after 9
B. What amount should B put in so that the
months, at the end of the year they share
profit may be divided equally at the end of
profit in the ratio
the year?
a) 2:1:3 b) 1:3:2
c) 1:1:2 d) 1:1:1 a) ₹ 3,000 b) ₹ 4,120
7. A and B started a business with initial c) ₹ 3,150 d) ₹ 3,600
investments in the ratio 5:7. If after one year 13. A and B invest ₹ 60,000 and ₹ 80,000 in a
their profits were in the ratio 1:2 and the business. A receives ₹ 100 per month out of
period for A’s investment was 7 months, For profit for running the business and the rest of
how many months did B invest the money? the profit is divided in the ratio of
1 investments. If A receives ₹ 3,900 annually, B
a) 6 b) 2 c) 10 d) 4 receives.
2
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a) ₹ 3,200 b) ₹ 2,700 them after x months contributing ₹70,000

c) ₹ 3,600 d) ₹ 2,925 and B leaves x months before the end of the
14. A,B and C invested their capital in the ratio year. If they share the profit in the ratio of
5:6:8. At the end of the business they 20:18:21, then find the value of x.
received the profits in the ratio 5:3:1. Find a) 9 b) 3 c) 6 d) 8
the ratio of time for which they contributed 22. ₹ 120 are divided among X,Y and Z so that
their capital. X’s share is ₹ 20 more than Y’s share and ₹
a) 12:9:7 b) 25:18:8 c) 5:6:8 d) 8:4:1 20 less than Z’s share. What is Y’s share?
15. A and B enter into partnership, investing a) ₹ 40 b) ₹ 30 c) ₹ 25 d) ₹ 20
₹12,000 and ₹16,000 respectively. After 8 23. X and Y start a business. X invests ₹ 3,000
months, C joins them with a capital of for 4 months and Y invests ₹ 2,000 for 6
₹15,000. The share of C in a profit of months. How much should X be paid out of
₹45,600 after 2 years will be. a total profit of ₹ 500?
a) ₹ 21,200 b) ₹ 19,200 a) ₹ 200 b) ₹ 300 c) ₹ 250 d) ₹ 350
c) ₹ 14,400 d) ₹ 12,000 24. Atul and Babita enter into a business
16. A, B and C enter into a partnership by partnership in which Atul contributes ₹ 2,000
making investments in the ratio 3:5:7. After a for 9 months and Babita contributes ₹ 5,000
year, C invests another ₹3,37,600 while A for 7 months. A profit of ₹ 1,100 will be
withdraws ₹ 45,600. The ratio of investments divided between Atul and Babita in the ratio
then changes to 24:59:167. How much did A of
invest initially? a) 6:11 b) 2:5 c) 7:9 d) 18:35
a) ₹ 45,600 b) ₹ 96,000 25. P, Q and R enter into a partnership with
c) ₹ 1,41,600 d) ₹ 84,000 investment of ₹ 3,500, ₹ 4,500 and ₹ 5,500.
17. Eight people enter into a partnership; 6 of In the first six months, profit is ₹ 405.what is
them bring in ₹ 30 each. The seventh person the P’s share in the profit?
brings in Rs 10 more than the average of a) ₹ 200 b) ₹ 105 c) ₹ 250 d) ₹ 151
eight persons, and the eighth person brings in
₹ 55. What is total sum brought in?
a) ₹ 40 b) ₹ 240 c) ₹ 280 d) ₹ 250
18. Three bachelors Amar, Akbar and Anthony
rented a house for a year. Amar left after 4
months, Akbar stayed for 8 months and only
Anthony stayed for entire year. If the annual
rent was ₹ 6,000, find the share of Akbar.
a) ₹ 4,000 b) ₹ 2,000
c) ₹ 3,000 d) ₹ 2,500
19. A, B ,C start a business. A invests 3 times as
much as B invests and B invests two-third of
what C invests. Then, the ratio of capitals of
A,B and C is
a) 3:9:2 b) 6:10:15 c) 5:3:2 d) 6:2:3
20. A, B,C subscribe ₹50,000 for business. A
subscribes ₹4,000 more than B and B ₹ 5,000
more than C. Out of the total profit of
₹35,000 A receives
a) ₹ 11,900 b) ₹ 8,400
c) ₹ 14,700 d) ₹ 13,600
21. A and B enter into a partnership with
₹50,000 and ₹60,000 respectively. C joins
VARIATION [ARTT1006] THE LEADERS
1. x varies inversely as y2. Given that y = 2 for two cylinders of the same weights whose
x = 1, the value of x for y = 6 will be equal heights are in the ratio 9 : 25
to a) 27 : 125 b) 3 : 5
c) 6 : 25 d) 5 : 3
a) 3 b) 9
8. X varies directly as the square of Y and
1 1
c) d) inversely with Z. Given X is 12 when Y is 2
3 9
and Z is 3, find the value of X given Y is 4
2. The cost of a bar of a precious metal varies
directly as the square of the weight of the and Z is 6.
bar. Metal bars of weights in the ratio 4:5:6 a) 24 b) 36
were bought from three different places and c) 48 d) 12
melted together to form a big bar. The big 9. A diamond falls down and breaks into three
bar costed ₹ 4,440 more than the total cost pieces whose weights are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5.
of the metal bars. What was the cost of the The value of diamond is proportionate to the
lightest bar? square of its weight. If the value of the
a) ₹ 750 b) ₹ 1080 original diamond is Rs.20,000, what is the
c) ₹ 480 d) ₹ 600 loss in value due to the breakage?
3. The total expenditure for a party consists of
two parts. One part remains constant and a) Rs. 76,00 b) Rs. 12,400
second part depends on the number of c) Rs. 8,400 d) Rs. 6,600
10. Force of attraction between two bodies is
guests. The expenditure is ₹ 750 for 6 guests
and ₹ 1,110 for 10 guests. Find the inversely proportional to the square of the
expenditure. Find the expenditure for 18 distance between them. For a distance of 2
guests. feet, the force of attraction is 25 Newtones.
a) ₹ 1,700 b) ₹ 1,830 Find the force of attraction for a distance
c) ₹ 1,800 d) ₹ 2,000 a) 5 Newtons b) 4 Newtons
4. E varies directly with F2, when G is constant c) 25 Newtons d) 15 Newtons
and inversely with G , when F is constant. 11. X varies directly as the square of Y and
When F=3 and G = 9, E = 12. Find E when inversely with Z. For Y = 2 and Z = 3, X =
F = 2 and G = 4. 8, find X when Y = 4 and Z = 6.
a) 8 b) 4 a) 6 b) 9
c) 16 d) 2 c) 15 d) 16
5. x varies directly as y2. When y = 12, x = 4, 12. The height of a cone varies directly as its
find x when y = 18. volume and inversely as the square of its
a) 12 b) 9
radius. Find the ratio of the heights of two
c) 18 d) 6
6. The area of a circle varies as the square of its cones, the second cone having twice the
radius. Given that the area of circle is 180 volume and thrice the radius of the first
sq.ft when radius is 6 ft, find the radius of cone.
circle with area of 245 sq. ft. a) 5 : 3 b) 3: 2
c) 9 : 2 d) 2 : 9
a) 5 ft b) 7 ft
13. Area of a sphere varies with the square of
c) 15 ft d) 14 ft
7. The weight of a cylinder varies directly with radius. Given that the area of sphere is 216
the square of the radius when the height is sq. units, when the radius is 6 units, find the
constant and with the height when the radius area of sphere when the radius is 5 units
is constant. What is the ratio of the radii of a) 180 sq. units b) 240 sq. units
VARIATION [ARTT1006] THE LEADERS
c) 210 sq. units d) 150 sq. units 15. A stone worth Rs. 15,000 is broken into two
14. X varies directly with Y but inversely with pieces whose weights are in the ratio 2:3. If
square of Z. Given X is 60 when Y is 4 and the value of stone is proportional to the
Z is 3, find the value of X if Y is 8 and Z is square of its weight, find the loss incurred
6. because of the breakage.
a) 6 b) 15 a) Rs. 7,200 b) Rs. 7,800
c) 30 d) 36 c) Rs. 2,400 d) Rs. 1,800
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MODULE – II
INDEX
1 NUMBER SYSTEM – I
2 NUMBER SYSTEM – II
3 LCM, HCF – I
4 LCM, HCF – II
5 SQUAREROOTS AND CUBEROOTS
NUMBER SYSTEM – I [ARCT1008] THE LEADERS
1. If 5432*7 is divisible by 9, then the digit in 16. If a and b are two odd positive integers, by
place of * is: which of the following integers is (𝑎4 − 𝑏 4 )
a) 0 b) 1 c) 6 d) 9 always divisible?
2. If * is a digit such that 582*4 is divisible by 11, a) 3 b) 6 c) 8 d) 12
then * equals:
a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 6
 62

17. 4  4  4 is divisible by
61 63
3. If 78*3845 is divisible by 11, where * is a digit, a) 3 b) 11 c) 13 d) 17

then * is equal to 18. Which one of the following will completely
a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 6 divide 571 + 572 + 573 ?
4. If the number 48327*8 is divisible by 11, then a) 150 b) 160 c) 155 d) 30
71 72 73 74
the missing digit * is 19. (2 + 2 + 2 + 2 ) is divisible by
a) 5 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1 a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 13
5. Which one of the number is divisible by 25? 25 26 27 28
20. (3 + 3 + 3 + 3 ) is divisible by
a) 303310 b) 373355 a) 11 b) 16 c) 25 d) 30
c) 303375 d) 22040 16
21. 2 – 1 is divisible by
6. Which of the following numbers is NOT a) 11 b) 13 c) 17 d) 19
divisible by 18? 22. (49)15 – 1 is exactly divisible by:
a) 54036 b) 50436 a) 50 b) 51 c) 29 d) 8
c) 34056 d) 65043 23. The expression 2  4 , where n is a natural
6n 2n
7. The least number, which must be added to number is always divisible by

6709 to make it exactly divisible by 9, is a) 15 b) 18 c) 36 d) 48
a) 5 b) 4 c) 7 d) 2 24. If the sum of the digits of any integer lying
8. The smallest number to be added to 1000, so between 100 and 1000 is subtracted from the
that 45 divides the sum exactly, is : number, the result always is
a) 35 b) 80 c) 20 d) 10 a) Divisible by 6 b) Divisible by 2
9. The smallest number that must be added to c) Divisible by 9 d) Divisible by 5
803642 in order to obtain a multiple of 11 is 25. A number consists of two digits. If the
a) 1 b) 4 c) 7 d) 9 number formed by inter-changing the digits is
10. The least number of five digits which has 123 added to the original number ,the resulting
as a factor is number (i.e. the sum) must be divisible by
a) 10037 b) 10086 a) 11 b) 9 c) 5 d) 3
c) 10081 d) 10063 26. A six digit number is formed by repeating a
11. Find the greatest four digit number which is three digit number for example. 256256 or
exactly divisible by 5,6,8 and 9 678678 etc... Any number of this form is
a) 8640 b) 9999 always exactly divisible by:
c) 9800 d) 9720 a) 7 only b) 11 only
12. The sum of first sixty numbers from one to c) 13 only d) 1001
sixty is divisible by 27. Both the end digits of a 99 digit number N are
a) 13 b) 59 c) 60 d) 61 2. N is divisible by 11, then all the middle
13. If ‘n’ be any natural number, then by which digits are:
largest number (𝑛3 - n) is always divisible? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
a) 3 b) 6 c) 12 d) 18 28. When 335 is added to 5A7, the result 8B2 is
14. If n is a whole number greater than 1, then divisible by 3. What is the largest possible
𝑛2 (𝑛2 -1) is always divisible by : value of A?
a) 16 b) 12 c) 10 d) 8 a) 8 b) 2 c) 1 d) 4
15. Find the largest number, which exactly divides 29. How many natural numbers divisible by 7 are
every number of the form (𝑛3 - n) (n - 2) there between 3 and 200?
where n is a natural number greater than 2. a) 27 b) 28 c) 29 d) 36
a) 6 b) 12 c) 24 d) 48 30. The number of integers in between 100 and
600, which are divisible by 4 and 6 both, is
NUMBER SYSTEM – I [ARCT1008] THE LEADERS
a) 40 b) 42 c) 41 d) 50 a) 5 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1
31. How many numbers between 400 and 800 are 42. 9  11 when divided by 8 would leave a
6
divisible by 4, 5 and 6? remainder of :

a) 7 b) 8 c) 9 d) 10 a) 6 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
32. A number when divided by 899 gives a 43. When 2 is divided by 5 the remainder is
31
remainder 63. If the same number is divided a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1
by 29, the remainder will be :
44. The remainder when 3 is divided by 5 is
21
a) 10 b) 5 c) 4 d) 2
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
33. A number x when divided by 289 leaves 18 as
45. In a division sum, the divisor is 10 times the
the remainder. The same number when
quotient and 5 times the remainder. If the
divided by 17 leaves y as a remainder. The
remainder is 46, then the divided is :
value of y is
a) 4236 b) 4306 c) 4336 d) 5336
a) 5 b) 2 c) 3 d) 1
46. In a division problem, the divisor is 4 times
34. When n is divided by 6, the remainder is 4.
the quotient and 3 times the remainder. If the
When 2n is divided by 6, the remainder is
remainder is 4 the dividend is
a) 2 b) 0 c) 4 d) 1
a) 36 b) 40 c) 12 d) 30
35. A number when divided by 6 leaves remainder
47. A number divided by 68 gives the quotient
3. When the square of the same number is
269 and remainder zero. If the same number is
divided by 6. The remainder is :
divided by 67, the remainder is:
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
36. Two numbers, when divided by 17, leave
48. 47 is added to the product of 71 and an
remainders 13 and 11 respectively. If the sum
unknown number. The new number is
of those two numbers is divided by 17, the
divisible by 7 giving the quotient 98. The
remainder will be
unknown number is a multiple of
a) 13 b) 11 c) 7 d) 4
a) 2 b) 5 c) 7 d) 3
37. If two numbers are each divided by the same
49. A number when divided by 13 leaves a
divisor, the remainders are respectively 3 and
remainder 1 and if the quotient, thus obtained,
4. If the sum of the two numbers be divided
is divided by 5, we get a remainder of 3. What
by the same divisor, the remainder is 2. The
will be the remainder if the number is divided
divisor is
by 65?
a) 9 b) 7 c) 5 d) 3
a) 28 b) 16 c) 18 d) 40
38. When an integer K is divided by 3, the
50. A number when divided successively by 4 and
remainder is 1, and when K + 1 is divided by
5 leaves remainders 1 and 4 respectively.
5, the remainder is 0. In the following, the
When it is successively divided by 5 and 4 the
possible value of K is
respective remainders will be
a) 62 b) 63 c) 64 d) 65
a) 4, 1 b) 3, 2 c) 2, 3 d) 1, 2
39. The value of  for which the expression 𝑥 3 +
𝑥 2 - 5 x +  will be divisible by (x-2) is:
a) 2 b) -2 c) -3 d) 4
40. If 17 is divided by 18, the remainder is
200
a) 17 b) 16 c) 1 d) 2
41. (719 + 2) is divided by 6, the remainder is:
NUMBER SYSTEM – II [ARCT1009] THE LEADERS
1. The units digit in 3×38×537×1256 is : a) 41300 b) 42400 c) 42300 d) 78000

a) 4 b) 2 c) 6 d) 8 16. There are 50 boxes and 50 persons. Person 1
The units digit in the product 122  is keeps 1 marble in every box, person 2 keeps 2
172
2.
marbles in every second box, person 3 keeps 3
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
marbles in every third box. This process goes
The units digit in the expression of  2137 
754
3.
on till person 50 keeps 50 marbles in the 50th
is box. Find the total number of marbles kept in
a) 1 b) 3 c) 7 d) 9 the 50th box.
4. The units digit in the product 7  663  365 is
71
a) 43 b) 78 c) 6 d) 93
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 14
5. The units digit in (124)372 + (124) 373 is 17. The product of two fractions is and their
15
a) 5 b) 4 c) 2 d) 0
35
6. The unit’s digit in the expression quotient is . The greater fraction is
24
256251  36528  7354 is :
7 7 7 4
a) 6 b) 5 c) 4 d) 0 a) b) c) d)
7. The digit in the unit’s place of 4 6 3 5
6
 25198   2129  106 100   705 35  164  259  is 18. A boy on being asked what of a certain
  7
a) 1 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6 fraction was, made the mistake of dividing the
8. The numbers 1,2,3,4,………1000 are 6
fraction by and so got an answer which
multiplied together. The number of zeros at 7
the end (on the right) of the product must be : 13
a) 30 b) 200 c) 211 d) 249 exceeded the correct answer by . Find the
70
9. The numbers 2, 4, 6, 8…..98, 100 are fraction
multiplied together. The number of zeros at
2 3 4 7
the end of the product must be : a) b) c) d)
3 5 5 9
a) 13 b) 12 c) 11 d) 10
10. Numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ….. 196, 198, 200 are
multiplied together. The number of zeros at 19. How many different integral values are
the end of the product on the right will be possible for the breadth of a rectangle whose
equal to area is 120 cm2?
a) 21 b) 22 c) 24 d) 25 a) 6 b) 12 c) 10 d) 8
11. The numbers 1, 3, 5, 7…., 99 and 128 are 20. Find the number of times the keys of a type
multiplied together. The number of zeros the writer must be pressed to type the first 200
end of the product must be : natural numbers.
a) 19 b) 22 c) 7 d) Nil a) 412 b) 452 c) 492 d) 512
12. The number of prime factors of the 21. Raju was given a problem of adding a certain
expression 610  717 1127 is number of consecutive natural numbers
a) 54 b) 64 c) 71 d) 81 starting from 1. By mistake, he added a natural
13. What is the number of factors of 3 × 63? 6 number twice. He obtained the sum as 825.
a) 28 b) 40 c) 36 d) 30 Find the number that was added twice.
14. Which of the following number has maximum a) 5 b) 15 c) 10 d) 25
number of divisors? 22. Some sweets were to be distributed equally
a) 99 b) 101 c) 176 d) 182 among 540 students of a school. But due to
15. Find the sum of all the factors of 24696. absence of 120 students, each child got 4 more
NUMBER SYSTEM – II [ARCT1009] THE LEADERS
sweets. How many sweets were to be a) Rs.25 b) Rs.18.75

distributed to each student originally? c) Rs.10 d) Rs.2.50
a) 12 b) 14 c) 16 d) 18 p
30. The number 0.121212… in the form is
23. In a two digit number, the digit at the units q
place is 1 less than twice the digit at the ten’s equal to
place. If the digits at unit’s and ten’s place are 4 2 4 2
interchanged, the difference between the new a) b) c) d)
11 11 33 33
number and the original number is less than
1
the original number by 20. The original 31. is equal to
11
number is
a) 59 b) 23 c) 35 d) 47 a) 0.009 b) 0.09 c) 0.09 d) 0.009
24. A two digit number is five times the sum of its 32. When 0.47 is converted as a fraction, the
digits. If 9 is added to the number, the digits result is
interchange their positions. The sum of digits 47 46 46 47
a) b) c) d)
of the number is 90 90 99 99
a) 11 b) 9 c) 7 d) 6 33. 0.423 is equivalent to the fraction
25. A number consists of two digits and the digit 491 419 49 94
in the ten’s place exceeds that in the unit’s a) b) c) d)
990 990 99 99
place by 5. If 5 times the sum of the digits be p
subtracted from the number, the digits of the 34. 1.27 in the form is equal to
q
number are reversed. Then the sum of the
digits of the number is 127 73 14 11
a) b) c) d)
a) 11 b) 7 c) 9 d) 13 100 100 11 14
26. If the places of last two digits of a three digit 35. The number 2.52 , when written as a fraction
number are interchanged, a new number and reduced to lowest terms, the sum of the
greater than the original number by 54 is numerator and the denominator is
obtained. What is the difference between the a) 7 b) 29 c) 141 d) 349
last two digits of that number? 36. The decimal fraction 2.349 is equal to
a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9 2326 2326 2347 2347
a) b) c) d)
27. The sum of the squares of two positive 999 990 999 990
numbers is 100 and difference of their squares 37. The value of ( 0.63  0.37 ) is
is 28. Find the sum of the numbers
100 99 100
a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 d) 15 a) 1 b) c) d)
99 100 33
28. The product of two numbers is 120. The sum
of their squares is 289. The difference of these 38. 8.31  0.6  0.002 is equal to
two number is a) 8.912 b) 8.912 c) 8.979 d) 8.979
a) 9 b) 7 c) 8 d) 6 39. The difference of 5.76 and 2.3 is
29. A man engaged a servant on the condition a) 2.54 b) 3.73 c) 3.46 d) 3.43
that he would pay him Rs.90 and a turban
40. 1.2  0.03 =
after service of one year. He served only for
a) 0.04 b) 0.036 c) 1.13 d) 0.037
nine months and received the turban and an
amount of Rs.65. The price of turban is
LCM AND HCF – I [ARCT1010] THE LEADERS
1. If P  23.310.5 ; Q  25.3.7 then HCF of P 11. If the ratio of two numbers is 2 : 3 and their
and Q is L.C.M. is 54, then the sum of the two
numbers is
a) 2.3.5.7 b) 3.23
a) 5 b) 15 c) 45 d) 270
c) 22.37 d) 25.310.5.7
12. If x:y be the ratio of two whole numbers
2. LCM of two numbers is 2079 and their
and z be their HCF, then the LCM of those
HCF is 27. If one of the numbers is 189, the
numbers is
other number is
xz xy
a) 297 b) 584 c) 189 d) 216 a) yz b) c) d) xyz
y z
3. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 44
and 264 respectively. If the first number is 13. The ratio of two numbers is 3 : 4 and their
divided by 2, the quotient is 44. The other HCF is 4; then their L.C.M. is
number is a) 28 b) 32 c) 48 d) 64
a) 147 b) 528 c) 132 d) 264 14. Two numbers are in the ratio 3:4. The
4. The HCF of two numbers 12906 and 14818 product of their H.C.F. and L.C.M. is 2028.
is 478. Their LCM is The sum of the numbers is
a) 400086 b) 200043 a) 68 b) 72 c) 86 d) 91
c) 600129 d) 800172 15. The HCF of two numbers is 23 and the
5. The product of two numbers is 1280 and other two factors of their LCM are 13 and
their H.C.F. is 8. The L.C.M. of the 14. The larger of the two numbers is
numbers will be a) 276 b) 299 c) 345 d) 322
a) 160 b) 150 c) 120 d) 140 16. Three numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4 and
6. The LCM of two numbers is 495 and their their H.C.F. is 12. The L.C.M. of the
HCF is 5. If the sum of the numbers is 100, numbers is
then their difference is a) 144 b) 192 c) 96 d) 72
a) 10 b) 46 c) 70 d) 90 2 4 5
17. L.C.M. , , is
7. The product of the LCM and the HCF of 3 9 6
two numbers is 24. If the difference of the 8 20 10 20
a) b) c) d)
numbers is 2, then the greater number is 27 3 3 27
a) 3 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8 2 4 6
8. The H.C.F of two numbers is 8. Which one 18. H.C.F of , and is
3 5 7
of the following can never be their L.C.M? 48 2 1 24
a) 24 b) 48 c) 56 d) 60 a) b) c) d)
105 105 105 105
9. The L.C.M. of three different numbers is
120. Which of the following cannot be their
and 385 respectively. The numbers are
H.C.F?
a) 11 and 385 or 55 and 77 b) 55 and 77
a) 8 b) 12 c) 24 d) 35
c) 11 and 385 d) 22 and 770
10. The LCM and the HCF of the numbers 28
and 42 are in the ratio
and 455 respectively. If one of the numbers
a) 6:1 b) 2:3 c) 3:2 d) 7:2
LCM AND HCF – I [ARCT1010] THE LEADERS
lies between 75 and 125 then, that number 26. If the HCF and LCM of two consecutive
is : (positive) even numbers be 2 and 84
a) 78 b) 91 c) 104 d) 117 respectively, then the sum of the numbers is
21. HCF and LCM of two numbers are 7 and a) 30 b) 26 c) 14 d) 34
140 respectively. If the numbers are 27. The ratio of the sum to the LCM of two
between 20 and 45, the sum of the numbers, natural numbers is 7:12. If their HCF is 4,
is : then the smaller number is
a) 70 b) 77 c) 63 d) 56 a) 20 b) 16 c) 12 d) 8
22. Two numbers, both greater than 29, have 28. The LCM of two positive integers is twice
HCF 29 and LCM 4147. The sum of the the larger number. The difference of the
numbers is smaller number and the GCD of the two
a) 966 b) 696 c) 669 d) 666 numbers is 4. The smaller number is :
23. The product of two numbers is 2160 and a) 12 b) 6 c) 8 d) 10
their HCF is 12. Number of such possible 29. The HCF of a,b is 12. a and b are positive
pairs is integers such that a>b>12. The smallest
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 values of (a,b) are respectively
24. The sum of a pair of positive integers is 336 a) 12,24 b) 24,12 c) 24,36 d) 36,24
and their H.C.F. is 21. The number of such 30. Three numbers which are co-prime to one
possible pairs is another are such that the product of the
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5 first two is 551 and that of the last two is
25. The LCM of two numbers is 44 times of 1073. The sum of the three numbers is?
their HCF. The sum of the LCM and HCF a) 75 b) 81 c) 85 d) 89
is 1125. If one number is 25, then the other
number is
a) 1100 b) 975 c) 900 d) 800
LCM AND HCF – II [ARCT1011] THE LEADERS
1. Three sets of English, Mathematics and Science what time will they meet again at the starting
books containing 336, 240, 96 books point?
respectively have to be stacked in such a way a) 26 minutes 18 seconds
that all the books are stored subject-wise and b) 42 minutes 36 seconds
the height of each stack is the same. The c) 45 minutes
minimum number of stacks will be d) 46 minutes 12 seconds
a) 14 b) 21 c) 22 d) 48 7. From a point on a circular track 5 km long A, B
2. A farmer has 945 cows and 2475 sheep. He and C started running in the same direction at
forms them into flocks, keeping cows and sheep the same time with speeds of 2.5 km per hour, 3
separate and having the same number of km per hour and 2 km per hour respectively.
animals in each flock. If these flocks are as large Then on the starting point all three will meet
as possible, then the maximum number of again after.
animals in each flock and total number of flocks a) 30 hours b) 6 hours
required for the purpose are respectively. c) 10 hours d) 15 hours
a) 15 and 228 b) 9 and 380 8. Three persons start walking together and their
c) 45 and 76 d) 46 and 75 steps measure 40 cm, 42 cm and 45 cm
3. A milk man has 75 litres milk in one can and 45 respectively. What is the minimum distance
litres in another. The maximum capacity of each should walk so that each can cover the
container which can measure milk of either
container exact number of times is same distance in complete steps?
a) 1 litre b) 5 litres a) 25 m 20 cm b) 50 m 40 cm
c) 15 litres d) 25 litres c) 75 m 60 cm d) 100 m 80 cm
4. A bell rings every 18 minutes. A second bell 9. There are five hobby clubs in a college viz..,
rings every 24 minutes. A third bell rings every photography, yachting, chess, electronics and
32 minutes. If all the three bells ring at the same gardening. The gardening group meets every
time at 8 o'clock in the morning, at what other
second day, the electronics group meets every
time will they all ring together?
a) 12 : 40 hrs b) 12 : 48 hrs third day, the chess group meets every fourth
c) 12 : 56 hrs d) 13 : 04 hrs day, yachting group meets every fifth day and
5. The traffic lights at three different road the photography group meets every sixth day.
crossings change after 24 seconds, 36 seconds How many times do all the five groups meet on
and 54 seconds respectively. If they all change the same day in 180 days?
simultaneously at 10 : 15 : 00 AM, then at what a) 3 b) 5 c) 10 d) 18
time will they again change simultaneously ? 10. Five persons fire bullets at a target at an interval
a) 10 : 16 : 54 AM b) 10 : 18 : 36 AM of 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 seconds respectively. The
c) 10 : 17 : 02 AM d) 10 : 22 : 12 AM number of times they would fire the bullets
together at the target in an hour is
6. A,B,C start running at the same time and at the
a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9
same point in the same direction in a circular 11. The greatest number, which will divide 989 and
stadium. A completes a round in 252 seconds, B 1327 leaving the remainders 5 and 7
in 308 seconds and C in 198 seconds. After respectively, is
a) 8 b) 16 c) 24 d) 32
LCM AND HCF – II [ARCT1011] THE LEADERS
12. What is the greatest number which will divide 20. What least number must be subtracted from
110 and 128 leaving a remainder 2 in each case? 1936 so that the resulting number when divided
a) 8 b) 18 c) 28 d) 38 by 9, 10 and 15 will leave in each case the same
13. The greatest number that divides 411, 684, and remainder 7?
821 and leaves 3, 4 and 5 as remainders, a) 37 b) 36 c) 39 d) 30
respectively, is 21. The smallest number, which when divided by
a) 254 b) 146 c) 136 d) 204 12 and 16 leaves remainder 5 and 9 respectively,
14. Let N be the greatest number that will divide is :
1305, 4665 and 6905 leaving the same a) 55 b) 41 c) 39 d) 29
remainder in each case. Then, sum of the digits 22. Find the largest number of four digits such that
in N is : on dividing by 15, 18, 21 and 24 the remainders
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 8 are 11, 14, 17 and 20 respectively.
15. If the students of a class can be grouped exactly a) 6557 b) 7556 c) 5675 d) 7664
into 6 or 8 or 10, then the minimum number of 23. The smallest number, which when divided by 5,
students in the class must be 10, 12 and 15, leaves reminder 2 in each case;
a) 60 b) 120 c) 180 d) 240 but when divided by 7 leaves no remainder is
16. Which is the least number which when doubled a) 189 b) 182 c) 175 d) 91
will be exactly divisible by 12, 18, 21 and 30? 24. The least multiple of 13, which on dividing by 4,
a) 2520 b) 1260 c) 630 d) 196 5, 6, 7 and 8 leaves remainder 2 in each case, is
17. The smallest number, which when divided by a) 2520 b) 842 c) 2522 d) 840
12 or 10 or 8 leaves a remainder of 6 in each 25. The least number which when divided by 4, 6, 8
case is and 9 leave zero remainder in each case and
a) 246 b) 186 c) 126 d) 66 when divided by 13 leaves a remainder of 7 is
18. The largest number of five digits which, when a) 144 b) 72 c) 36 d) 85
divided by 16, 24, 30 or 36 leaves the same
remainder 10 in each case, is
a) 99279 b) 99370 c) 33269 d) 99350
19. Let the least number of six digits which when
divided by 4, 6, 10, 15 leaves in each case same
remainder 2 be N. The sum of digits in N is :
a) 3 b) 5 c) 4 d) 6
SQUARE ROOTS AND CUBE ROOTS [ARCT1012] THE LEADERS
1. The digit in the unit’s place in the square- 48.4

root of 15876 is: 12. The value of is equal to
0.289
a) 8 b) 6 c) 4 d) 2
2. A tourist spends daily as many rupees as 5 16 1 7
the number of days of his total tour. If his a) 1 b) 12 c) 12 d) 129
total expenses for Rs.361, then how many 17 17 17 17
days did the tour last. 0.00001225
13. is equal to:
a) 17 b) 19 c) 21 c) 31 0.00005329
3. A man plants 5184 orange trees in his
garden and arranges them so that there are 25 35 35 25
as many rows as there are orange trees in a a) b) c) d)
77 73 77 73
row. How many rows are there in the 0.342 x 0.684
garden? 14. The value of is
0.000342 x 0.000171
a) 70 b) 72 c) 75 d) 81
4. A teacher wants to arrange his students in a) 250 b) 2500 c) 2000 d) 4000
an equal number of rows and columns. If 15. If (102)2 = 10404 then the value of
there are 1369 students, the number of 104.04  1.0404  0.010404 is equal
students in the last row are to
a) 37 b) 33 c) 63 d) 47 a) 0.306 b) 0.0306 c) 11.122 d) 11.322
5. Each member of a picnic party contributed 16. If (10.15)2 = 103.0225, then the value of
twice as many rupees as the total number 1.030225  10302.25 is
of members and the total collection was a) 1025.15 b) 103.515
Rs.3042. The number of members present c) 102.515 d) 102.0515
in the party was
a) 2 b) 32 c) 40 d) 39 17. Given that 13  3.6, 130  11.4 then
6. The number of tress in each row of a 1.3  1300  0.013 is
the value of
garden is equal to the total number of rows
equal to
in the garden. After 111 trees have been
a) 36.164 b) 37.254 c) 36.254 d) 37.154
uprooted in a storm, there remain 10914
18. The sum of the cubes of the numbers
trees in the garden. The number of rows of
22, - 15 and - 7 is equal to
trees in the garden is:
a) 6930 b) 9630 c) 3 d) 0
a) 100 b) 105 c) 115 d) 125
12
7. The value of 248 + 52 + 144 is 19. 3 4 is equal to
125
a) 14 b) 16 c) 16.6 d) 18.8 a) 1.4 b) 1.6 c) 1.8 d) 2.4
8. The simplified value of
3 1-
127
20. is equal to
is 343
5  11  19  29  49
5 1 4 2
a) 3 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6 a) b) 1- c) d) 1-
9 7 7 7
9. The value of 0.000441 is equal to: 3
21. 0.000125 is equal to
a) 0.21 b) 0.0021
a) 0.5 b) 0.15 c) 0.05 d) 0.005
c) 0.021 d) 0.00021
10. 0.00060516 is equal to 22. ( 1000 + 0.008 - 0.125 ) is equal to
3 3 3
a) 0.0246 b) 0.00246 a) 9.7 b) 9.97 c) 9.997 d) 9.9997

c) 0.246 d) 0.000246 72.9
11. Three-fifth of the square of a certain 23. 3 is equal to:
0.4096
number is 126.15, what is the number.
a) 210.25 b) 75.69 c) 14.5 d) 145 a) 0.5625 b) 5.625 c) 182 d) 13.6
SQUARE ROOTS AND CUBE ROOTS [ARCT1012] THE LEADERS
24. If 3 175616  56 , then the value of 39. The smallest number to be added to
680621 to make the sum a perfect square is
3
175.616  3 0.175616  3 0.000175616 is a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 8
a) 0.168 b) 62.16 c) 6.216 d) 6.116 40. The largest number of five digits which is a
25. If 3 3n = 27 then the value of n is perfect square is
a) 9 b) 6 c) 1 d) 3 a) 99999 b) 99976 c) 99856 d) 99764
41. The square of a natural number subtracted
26. 3
0.000064 is equal to from its cube is 48. The number is:
a) 0.0002 b) 0.002 c) 0.02 d) 0.2 a) 8 b) 6 c) 5 d) 4
42. The sum of the squares of two numbers is
27. 3
15612  154  225 is equal to
146, the square root of one of them is 5 ,
a) 15 b) 25 c) 75 d) 125
3 the cube of the other number is
28. The value of ( 4 3 + 152 ) is: a) 1111 b) 1221 c) 1331 d) 1441
43. The sum of the squares of two numbers is
a) 4913 b) 4313 c) 4193 d) 3943 386. If one of the number is 5, the other
29. The smallest positive integer, when will be
multiplied by 392, the product is a perfect a) 18 b) 19 c) 15 d) 20
square is 44. The number, whose square is equal to the
a) 6 b) 5 c) 3 d) 2 difference between the squares of 68 and
30. The smallest number to be added to 953 to 32 is
make the sum a perfect square is a) 36 b) 48 c) 60 d) 64
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 8 45. The number, whose square is equal to the
31. The least number by which 1944 must be difference between the squares of 975 and
multiplied so as to make the result a 585 is
perfect cube is a) 780 b) 390 c) 1560 d) 130
a) 2 b) 3 c) 6 d) 13 46. The number, whose square is equal to the
32. By which smallest number 1323 must be difference of the squares of 75.15 and
multiplied, so that it becomes a perfect 60.12, is
cube? a) 46.09 b) 48.09 c) 45.09 d) 47.09
a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7 47. If the sum and difference of two numbers
33. The least possible value of A for which are 20 and 8 respectively, then the
90  A is a perfect cube is difference of their squares is
a) 200 b) 300 c) 500 d) 600 a) 12 b) 28 c) 80 d) 160
34. Sum of digits of the smallest number by 48. If x is a perfect square integer such that
which 1440 be multiplied so that it
7 < (2x - 3)< 17, then the value of x is
becomes a perfect cube, is
a) 4 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8 a) 25 b) 16 c) 9 d) 4
35. What is the smallest number by which 5400 49. The perfect square numbers between 50
must be divided to make it a perfect cube? and 1000 is
a) 5 b) 75 c) 25 d) 200 a) 21 b) 22 c) 23 d) 24
36. What is the smallest number by which 625 50. How many positive integers less than
must be divided so that the quotient is a thousand are multiples of 11, whose square
perfect cube? roots are whole numbers?
a) 25 b) 5 c) 2 d) 3 a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) 11
37. Which smallest number must be added to
710 so that the sum is a perfect cube?
a) 29 b) 19 c) 11 d) 21
38. The smallest number which should be
added to the number 8958, so that the
result is a perfect square is
a) 69 b) 67 c) 77 d) 79
NUMBER SYSTEM - I [ARPT1008] THE LEADERS
1. Which among the following is the largest four 15. A number being successively divided by 3, 5
digit number that is divisible by 88? and 7 leaves remainders 1,2 and 3
a) 9988 b) 9966 c) 9944 d) 8888 respectively. What is the number?
2. What is the least number of five digits which a) 111 b) 146 c) 157 d) 183
is exactly divisible by 41? 16. When a number is divided by 36, the
a) 10046 b) 10004 c) 10005 d) 10036 remainder is 19. What will be the remainder
3. A three digit number 4A3 is added to another when the number is divided by 12?
three-digit number 984 to give the four digit a) 7 b) 5 c) 3 d) 0
number 13B7, which is divisible by 11. Then 17. Find the largest four digit number exactly
the value of (A+B) is divisible by each of 12, 15, 18 and 27?
a) 11 b) 12 c) 10 d) 9 a) 9820 b) 9430 c) 9520 d) 9720
4. What must be added to 583171 to make it 18. When two numbers are separately divided by
exactly divisible by 11 33, the remainders are 21 and 28 respectively.
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8 If the sum of the two numbers is divided by
5. A number being successively divided by 2,3 33, the remainder will be
and 5 leaves remainders 1,2 and 3 a) 10 b) 12 c) 14 d) 16
respectively. What is the remainder when the 19. The difference of quotient and remainder
same number is divided by 30? obtained by dividing a number by 19, is 9.
a) 3 b) 5 c) 6 d) 23 Then, the number is
6. The largest value of x for which 5x793x4 is a) 370 b) 352 c) 361 d) 371
divisible by 3 is D D
20. C = 41 + 7 , where D is an odd natural
a) 9 b) 7 c) 4 d) 3 number. Which of the following need not be
7. What should be subtracted from 331683 to a factor of C?
make it divisible by 36? a) 24 b) 12 c) 16 d) 36
a) 6 b) 11 c) 15 d) 24 21. Which of the following numbers is exactly
8. Find the remainder when 97 + 4331 is 31
divisible by 99?
divided by 35. a) 114543 b) 1592307
a) 0 b) 27 c) 8 d) 19 c) 111437 d) 931741
9. The product of two positive numbers is 22. If the sum of two numbers is 120 and their
9 quotient is 5, then the difference of the two
11520 and their quotient is . Find the numbers is
5
difference of two numbers. a) 115 b) 100 c) 80 d) 72
a) 60 b) 64 c) 74 d) 70 23. If the number formed by the last two digits of
10. What is the least number that should be a three digit number is an integral multiple of
added to 320526 to make it a multiple of 9? 6, the original integer itself will always be
a) 2 b) 3 c) 0 d) 5 divisible by
11. By which least number 325 must be a) 6 b) 3 c) 2 d) 12
multiplied to get a multiple of 35? 24. If the number 123x56y8 is divisible by 36,
a) 3 b) 5 c) 7 d) 11 find the minimum value of (x-y).
12. In a question on division, if four times of the a) -5 b) 2 c) 3 d) 7
divisor is added to the dividend, then the new 25. Two numbers 11284 and 7655, when divided
remainder, in comparison with the original by a certain number of three digits, leaves the
remainder will same remainder. The sum of digits of such a
a) be increased by 4 three digit number is
b) be decreased by 4 a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 11
c) remain unchanged 26. How many three digit numbers in all are
d) be 4 times divisible by 6?
a) 140 b) 150 c) 160 d) 170
13. Find the remainder on dividing 2616 by 25
27. What least number of 5 digits is divisible by
a) 1 b) 0 c) 15 d) 24
41?
14. Between 100 and 300, how many numbers are
a) 10045 b) 10004 c) 10041 d) 41000
divisible by 7?
a) 14 b) 28 c) 21 d) 35
NUMBER SYSTEM - I [ARPT1008] THE LEADERS
28. A 4-digit number is formed by repeating a 2- 40. Find the largest number of 4 digits which is
digit number such that 2525, 3232 etc.. Any exactly divisible by 87?
number of this form is always exactly divisible a) 9918 b) 9916 c) 9922 d) 9944
by 63
41. What is the remainder when 2 is divided by
a) 7 b) 11 7?
c) 13 d) smallest 3-digit prime number a) 2 b) 4 c) 1 d) 5
29. The greatest whole number by which 2
42. Find the value of ‘a’ if 3x + ax - 7 is
n4  6n3  11n2  6n  24 is divisible for divisible be (x-1).
every natural number n , is a) -4 b) 4 c) 10 d) -10
a) 6 b) 24 c) 12 d) 48 43. A number when divided by a certain divisor
30. For any integral value of n, 3  9n  5 when
2n
leaves a remainder 12. What is the divisor if a
divided by 3 will leave the remainder remainder of 9 is left when thrice the same
a) 1 b) 2 c) 0 d) 5 number is divided by the same divisor?
31. If a and b are odd numbers, then which of a) 18 b) 24 c) 27 d) 30
the following is even? 3N 3N
44. 49 - 16 is divisible by
a) a+b+ab b) a+b-1 a) 33 b) 279
c) a+b+1 d) a+b+2ab c) 407 d) All of them
32. Which of the following numbers is divisible 45. What is the least whole number that should
by 40 and 72? be added to 243741 to make it a multiple of
a) 7560 b) 3840 c) 5670 d) 3780 11?
33. If two numbers x and y are divided by a a) 8 b) 3 c) 0 d) 5
number d, remainders obtained are 4375 and 46. A number on being divided by 8 and 9
2986 respectively. If the sum of the numbers successively leaves the remainders 5 and 7
i.e. (x+y) is divided by the same number d
respectively. Find the remainder when the
remainder obtained is 2361. The value of
number d is same number is divided by 72.
a) 7361 b) 5000 c) 4000 d) 2542 a) 61 b) 8 c) 71 d) 9
34. What least number must be added to 1057 to 47. Two different numbers when divided by the
get a number exactly divisible by 23? same divisor, left remainders 5 and 7
a) 1 b) 3 c) 2 d) 4 respectively, and when their sum was divided
35. It is given that ( 2  1 ) is exactly divisible by
32
by the same divisor, remainder was 2. What is
a certain number. Which of the following is the divisor?
also definitely divisible by the same number?
a) 11 b) 12 c) 10 d) 9
a) 216  1 b) 216  1 c) 7  213 d) 296  1 23 23
48. The remainder, when (15 +23 ) is divided by
36. The number ( 6 x2  6 x ) for natural number x 19 is
is always divisible by
a) 6 and 12 b) 12 only a) 4 b) 15 c) 0 d) 18
c) 6 only d) 3 only 49. When a number is divided by 17 the
37. How many natural numbers between 19 and remainder is 11. If the square of the number
80 are divisible by 6? is divided by 17 the reminder is?
a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 12 a) 1 2) 13 c) 2 d) 9
38. Which of the following numbers is divisible 50. A hundred digit number is formed by writing
by 24?
first 54 natural numbers side by side as
a) 6666 b) 3384 c) 2732 d) 8072
39. The maximum integral value of n for which 12345678910111213….. Find the remainder
when this number is divided by 8?
n2  n  6
is an integer, is a) 1 b) 7 c) 2 d) 0
n
a) 3 b) 2 c) 6 d) 8
NUMBER SYSTEM – II [ARPT1009] THE LEADERS
1. The unit’s digit in the product 328 1142  735 13. Find the number of divisors of 1080 excluding
is 1 and itself
a) 1 b) 5 c) 3 d) 7 a) 32 b) 31 c) 30 d) 34
2. Find the number of divisors of 9000? 14. A number consists of two digits such that the
a) 36 b) 48 c) 54 d) 18 digit in the ten’s place is less by 2 than the
3. (0.11  0.22)  3 is equal to digit in the unit’s place. Three times the
a) 3 b) 1.9 c) 1 d) 0.3 6
number added to times the number
4. The product of two numbers is 198 and the 7
difference of these two numbers is 7. Find the obtained by reversing the digits equals 108.
greater number. The sum of digits in the number is
a) 18 b) 15 c) 13 d) 11 a) 8 b) 9 c) 6 d) 7
5. The unit’s digit in 2464  615 131491 is
1793 317 15. 0.001 is equal to
a) 0 b) 2 c) 3 d) 5 1 1 1 1
a) b) c) d)
6. The sum of two numbers is 160 and their 1000 999 99 9
difference is 39. The difference of their 16. The sum and product of two numbers are 12
squares is and 35 respectively. What will be the sum of
a) 6420 b) 4620 c) 8420 d) 6240 their reciprocals?
7. A two digit number is 3 times the sum of its 1 1 12 35
a) b) c) d)
digits. If 45 is added to the number, the digits 3 5 35 12
interchange their positions. The sum of digits 17. 0.393939… is equal to
of the number is 39 13 93 39
a) 11 b) 9 c) 7 d) 6 a) b) c) d)
100 33 100 990
8. How many natural numbers between 50 and 18. The product of two numbers is 168 and the
500 have odd number of factors? sum of these two numbers is 26. Find the
a) 13 b) 14 c) 15 d) 16 smaller number.
9. In a three-digit number, the digit at the a) 12 b) 16 c) 15 d) 13
hundred’s place is two times the digit at the 19. Find the number of divisors of 17640, besides
unit’s place and the sum of the digits is 18. If unity and itself?
the digits are reversed, the number is reduced a) 12 b) 60 c) 72 d) 70
by 396. The difference of hundred’s and ten’s
20. The value of 0.2  0.3  0.32 is
digit of the number is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 5 a) 0.87 b) 0.77 c) 0.82 d) 0.86
10. If the operation * is defined by 21. The difference between the squares of two
a * b  a  b  ab then 5*7 equals consecutive numbers is 59. Find the smaller
a) 12 b) -47 c) -23 d) 35 number.
11. In a two digit number, if it is known that its a) 27 b) 28 c) 29 d) 30
unit’s digit exceeds its tens digit by 2 and that 22. If the digits in the unit and the tens place of a
the product of the given number and the sum three digit number are interchanged, a new
of its digits is equal to 144, then the number is number is formed, which is greater than the
a) 46 b) 42 c) 26 d) 24 original number by 63. Suppose the digit in
the unit place of the original number be x.
12. 0.142857  0.285714 is equal to
Then all possible values of x are
1 1
a) 10 b) 2 c) d) a) 7, 8, 9 b) 2, 7, 9
2 3 c) 0, 1, 2 d) 1, 2, 8
NUMBER SYSTEM – II [ARPT1009] THE LEADERS
23. Find the sum of the divisors of a number 180. a) 24 b) 20 c) 18 d) 14

a) 465 b) 546 c) 564 d) 654 32. Find the units digit of the following
24. How many natural numbers less than 1000, 829 ´ 677 + 342´ 873´ 256
have exactly 3 factors? a) 4 b) 0 c) 2 d) 8
a) 11 b) 12 c) 31 d) 16 33. Find the number of divisors of 3600 excluding
25. Find the number of zeroes at the end of the one and itself.
product 50 16 18  25  35  24  20 a) 44 b) 45 c) 47 d) 43
a) 10 b) 8 c) 5 d) 6 34. Find the highest power of 48 that divides 200!
26. How many distinct prime factors does exactly?
(222 )(333 )(555 )(777 ) have? a) 50 b) 48 c) 97 d) 49
a) 4 b) 187 c) 183 d) 17 35. What is the number of factors of 72?
27. N = (31)(32)(33)….(39). Find the units digit a) 12 b) 10 c) 18 d) 24
of N. 36. Two consecutive numbers are 15 and 16. Find
a) 0 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6 the difference of their squares
28. The product of two numbers is 154 and the a) 30 b) 31 c) 32 d) 21
sum of these two numbers is 25. Find the
difference between the numbers.
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 8
29. Find the number of divisors of 25200,
excluding unity.
a) 90 b) 89 c) 88 d) 86
30. Find the units digit of 1234 - 987554
567
a) 3 b) 5 c) 9 d) 1
31. How many zeroes does 100! end with?
LCM AND HCF – I [ARPT1010] THE LEADERS
1. Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4. If their a) 3 b) 9 c) 13 d) 1

L.C.M. is 240, the smaller of the two numbers 12. If the two numbers are in the ratio 2:3 and the
is product of their HCF and LCM is 33750,
a) 100 b) 80 c) 60 d) 50 what will be the sum of the numbers?
2. The LCM of two numbers is 48. The numbers a) 375 b) 475 c) 275 d) 575
are in the ratio 2:3. The sum of the numbers is 13. The sum of HCF and LCM of two numbers is
a) 28 b) 32 c) 40 d) 64 403 and their LCM is 12 times their HCF, if
3. The ratio of two numbers is 4:5 and their one number is 93, find the other number.
HCF is 8. Then their LCM is a) 115 b) 122 c) 124 d) 138
a) 130 b) 140 c) 150 d) 160 14. The difference of two numbers is 1/9 of their
4. The sum of two numbers is 36 and their HCF sum. Their sum is 45. Find the LCM.
is 4. How many pairs of such numbers are a) 225 b) 100 c) 150 d) 200
possible? 15. The product of two whole numbers is 1500
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 and their HCF is 10. Find the LCM.
5. The LCM of two numbers is 20 times their a) 15000 b) 150 c) 1500 d) 15
HCF. The sum of HCF and LCM is 2520. If 16. Three numbers are in the ratio 3:4:5 and their
one of the number is 480, the other number is LCM is 1200. Find the HCF of the numbers.
a) 400 b) 480 c) 520 d) 600 a) 40 b) 30 c) 80 d) 20
6. The product of two numbers is 2028 and their 17. The HCF and LCM of two numbers m and n
HCF is 13. The number of such pairs is are respectively 6 and 210. If m+n = 72 then
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 1 1
+ =?
7. Find the LCM of (23  3  52  7) , m n
(24  3  52  7 2  11) and (2  33  54 ) 1 3 5 2
a) b) c) d)
35 35 37 35
a) (24  33  54 ) b) (2  3  7  5 11)
18. The LCM of two numbers is 156. The
d) (24  34  54  7) d) (24  33  54  72 11) numbers are in the ratio 3:4. Find the sum of
8. The HCF of two numbers is 11, and their the numbers.
LCM is 616. If one of the numbers is 88, find a) 35 b) 48 c) 91 d) 64
the other. 19. HCF of 3240, 3600 and a third number is 36
a) 77 b) 87 c) 97 d) 67 and their LCM is 24  35  52  72 . The third
9. What will be the HCF of (2  3  7  9) , number is
(2  3  9 11) and (2  3  4  5) a) 24  53  72 b) 22  35  72
a) (2  3  7) b) (2  3  9) c) 23  35  72 d) 25  52  72
c) (2  3) d) (2  7  9 11) 20. The product of two co-primes is 21, find their
1 2 5 4 LCM
10. Find the LCM of , , and
3 9 6 27 a) 1 b) 21 c) 42 d) 15
1 10 20 3 21. The sum of two numbers is 1056 and their
a) b) c) d) HCF is 66, find the number of such pairs
54 27 3 20
11. Product of two relatively prime numbers is a) 6 b) 2 c) 4 d) 8
143. Find their HCF.
LCM AND HCF – I [ARPT1010] THE LEADERS
22. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 33 29. If the least positive integer divisible by 22. 3.5,
and 198 respectively. When the first number 3.52.7 and 5.7.112 has x distinct prime factors,
is divided by 2, the quotient is 33. The other then find x.
number is a) 3 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7
a) 66 b) 99 c) 198 d) 132 30. Two numbers have a LCM of 2520 and HCF
23. Find the HCF of (3125  1) and (335  1) of 90. One of them is 360. Find the other
number
a) (35  1) b) (335  1)
a) 450 b) 540 c) 630 d) 720
c) (325  1) d) (315  1) 31. The LCM and HCF of two numbers are 432
24. The LCM and HCF of two numbers are 84 and 18 respectively. If one of the numbers is
and 21 respectively. If the ratio of two 54, then find the other number.
numbers is 1:4, then the larger of the two a) 108 b) 144 c) 72 d) 126
numbers is 32. Three natural numbers are in the ratio 3:4:5.
a) 12 b) 48 c) 84 d) 108 Their LCM is 480. Find the least of them.
25. The LCM of two numbers is 1890 and their a) 18 b) 24 c) 36 d) 27
HCF is 30. If one of them is 270, the other 33. The LCM of 2 × 3 × 5 and 3 × 52 × 23 is
3 2 3
will be a) 22 × 32 × 5 b) 23 × 33 × 52
a) 210 b) 220 c) 310 d) 320 c) 23 × 5 × 32 d) 23× 32 × 5
26. If three numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5, and 34. The HCF of three different numbers is 12.
their LCM is 480, then find the sum of the Which of the following cannot be their LCM?
three numbers. a) 288 b) 312 c) 162 d) 516
a) 96 b) 72 c) 84 d) 108
3 8 4
27. The LCM and the product of two numbers 35. Find the LCM of the fractions , and .
5 7 15
are 3456 and 13824 respectively. Find their
4 24 5
HCF. a) b) c) d) 24
5 5 24
a) 4 b) 2 c) 8 d) 6
30 20 15
28. Find the HCF of , .
9 16, 25
1 1 1 5
a) b) c) d)
720 60 3600 144
LCM AND HCF – II [ARPT1011] THE LEADERS
1. The least number which when divided by 12, market so that he could buy either of the
15, 20 or 54 leaves a remainder of 4 in each items in whole numbers and also saves Rs.20?
case, is a) Rs.2540 b) Rs.2680
a) 450 b) 454 c) 540 d) 544 c) Rs.2860 d) Rs.2900
2. When in each box 5 or 6 dozens of apples 9. What is the smallest length that can be exactly
were packed, three dozens were left. measured by the scales of lengths 3 cm, 5 cm
Therefore, bigger boxes were taken to pack 8 and 10 cm
or 9 dozens of apples. However, still three a) 15 cm b) 30 cm c) 28 cm d) 40 cm
dozens of apples remained. What was the 10. What is the least number which when
least number of dozens of apples to be diminished by 7, is divisible by each one of 21,
packed? 28, 36 and 45?
a) 363 dozens b) 315 dozens a) 1255 b) 1177 c) 1265 d) 1267
c) 345 dozens d) 335 dozens 11. The least number which should be added to
3. Find the greatest number of 3 digits which 2497 so that the sum is exactly divisible by 5,
when divided by 6,9 and 12 leave 3 as 6, 4 and 3 is
remainder in each case a) 3 b) 13 c) 23 d) 33
a) 975 b) 996 c) 903 d) 939 12. Find the least number which when divided by
4. What is the greatest four digit number which 16, 18 and 20 leaves a remainder 4 in each
when divided by 10, 15, 21 and 28 leaves case, but is completely divisible by 7
remainders 4, 9, 15 and 22 respectively? a) 2884 b) 2256 c) 865 d) 3332
a) 9654 b) 9666 c) 9664 d) 9864 13. Find the greatest number that divides 1356,
5. Find the least number that is exactly divisible 1868 and 2764 leaving 12 as remainder in each
by 8, 12 and 36 case.
a) 72 b) 36 c) 18 d) 44 a) 64 b) 156 c) 124 d) 260
6. A General can draw up his soldiers in the 14. Find the largest number which divides 1305,
rows of 10, 15 or 18 soldiers and he can also 4665 and 6905 leaving same remainder in each
draw them up in the form of a solid square. case. Also find the common remainder.
Find the least number of soldiers with the a) 1210, 158 b) 1120, 158
General. c) 1120, 185 d) 1210, 185
a) 100 b) 3600 c) 900 d) 90 15. An officer was appointed on maximum daily
7. A florist has 400 roses and 360 jasmines with wages on contract money of Rs.4956. But on
him. He was asked to make garlands of being absent for some days, he was paid
flowers with only roses or only jasmines, each Rs.3894. For how many days was he absent?
containing the same number of flowers. What a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
will be the largest number of flowers he can 16. Three men step off together from the same
join together without leaving a single flower? spot. Their steps measure 63 cm, 70 cm and
a) 40 b) 20 c) 30 d) 50 77 cm respectively. The minimum distance
8. The price of pen, book and shirt is Rs.56, each should cover so that all can cover the
Rs.72 and Rs.120 respectively. How much distance in complete steps is
minimum amount should a person take to a) 9630 cm b) 9360 cm
c) 6930 cm d) 6950 cm
LCM AND HCF – II [ARPT1011] THE LEADERS
17. Find the side of the largest possible square 22. Find the maximum number of students
slabs which can be paved on the floor of a among whom 2002 pens and 1820 pencils can
room 2 m 50 cm long and 1 m 50 cm broad. be distributed in such a way that each student
Also find the number of such slabs to pave gets the same number of pens and same
the floor. number of pencils.
a) 25, 20 b) 30, 15 c) 50, 15 d) 55, 10 a) 180 b) 91 c) 273 d) 182
18. A milk vendor has 21 litres of cow milk, 42 23. Four runners started running simultaneously
litres of toned milk and 63 litres of double from a point on a circular tract. They took
toned milk. If he wants to pack them in cans 200 seconds, 300 seconds, 360 seconds and
so that each can contains same litres of milk 450 seconds to complete one round. After
and does not want mix any two kinds of milk how much time do they meet at the starting
in a can, then the least number of cans point for the first time?
required is a) 1800 secs b) 3600 secs
a) 3 b) 6 c) 9 d) 12 c) 2400 secs d) 4800 secs
19. An electronic device makes a beep after every 24. A red light flashes 3 times per minute and a
30 sec. Another device makes a beep after green light flashes 5 times in two minutes at
every 31 sec. They beeped together at 10 p.m. regular intervals. If both lights start flashing at
What is the next time when they would beep the same time, how many times do they flash
together at the earliest? together each hour?
a) 15 min and 30 sec after 10 p.m. a) 30 b) 24 c) 20 d) 60
b) 10 min and 10 sec after 10 p.m. 25. Three bells ring simultaneously at 11 a.m.
c) 5 min and 10 sec after 10 p.m. They ring at regular intervals of 20 minutes,
d) 15 min and 10 sec after 10 p.m. 30 minutes, 40 minutes respectively. The time
20. 84 Maths books, 90 Physics books and 120 when all the three ring together next is
Chemistry books have to be stacked topic a) 2 p.m. b) 1 p.m.
wise. How many books will be there in each c) 1.15 p.m. d) 1.30 p.m.
stack so that each stack will have the same
height too?
a) 12 b) 18 c) 6 d) 21
21. Three pieces of timber 84 m, 98 m and 126 m
long have to be divided into planks of the
same length. What is the greatest possible
length of each plank?
a) 14 m b) 28 m c) 7 m d) 21 m
SQUARE ROOTS AND CUBE ROOTS [ARPT1012] THE LEADERS
1. What least number should be subtracted 12. With which smallest number should 216 be
from 6860 so that 19 be cube root of the divided so that quotient is a perfect square?
result from this subtraction? a) 3 b) 4 c) 6 d) 9
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 13. The cube of a number is eight times the
2. The least number which is a perfect square cube of another number. If the sum of the
and has 7936 as one of its factors is equal to cubes is 243, then the difference of those
a) 12008 b) 246016 numbers will be
c) 61504 d) 240616 a) 3 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
3. With which smallest number should 21600 14. With which smallest number should 3600 be
be multiplied so that the product is a whole divided so that the quotient is a perfect
cube? cube?
a) 6 b) 30 c) 60 d) 10 a) 9 b) 50 c) 300 d) 450
4. Each student of a class contributed some 15. The sum of the digits of the smallest number
money for a picnic. The money contributed which, when multiplied by 1800, gives a
by each student was equal to the square of perfect cube is
the total number of students. If the total a) 2 b) 3 c) 6 d) 8
collected amount was Rs.29791, find the 16. There are some boys and girls in a room.
total number of students The square of the number of girls is less
a) 15 b) 27 c) 31 d) 34 than the square of the number of boys by
5. Naren plants 15376 orange trees in his 28. If there were two more girls, the number
garden and arranges them so that there are of boys would have been the same as that of
as many rows as there are orange trees in the girls. The total number of the boys and
each row. Find the number of rows girls in the room are
a) 125 b) 124 c) 128 d) 135 a) 56 b) 14 c) 10 d) 7
6. The least perfect square which is divisible by 17. The smallest number that must be
each of 21, 36 and 66 is equal to subtracted from 1000 to make the resulting
a) 213444 b) 223444 number a perfect square is
c) 213442 d) 223445 a) 37 b) 38 c) 39 d) 40
7. Find the difference in 777 and its nearest 18. If the square root of x is the cube root of y,
perfect square number then the relation between x and y is
a) 4 b) 7 c) 27 d) 28 a) x 3 = y 2 b) x 2 = y 3
8. What is the smallest number by which 625
c) x = y d) x 6 = y 5
must be divided so that the quotient is a
perfect cube? 19. A certain number of sports men attended a
a) 25 b) 5 c) 2 d) 3 sports camp. Each man spent for travelling
9. The sum of two numbers, when multiplied as many rupees as eight times the number of
with each of the numbers separately, then men. If the total amount spent was
the results of these multiplications are 2418 Rs.22472, then how many men attended the
and 3666 respectively. Find the difference camp?
between the numbers a) 43 b) 47 c) 51` d) 53
a) 16 b) 21 c) 19 d) 23 20. In a company, there are as many employees
10. Find the least whole number to be in each section as there is half the number of
subtracted from 1489 so that the difference sections. The total number of employees is
is a perfect cube? 3200. If they donate Rs.1.50 per month on
a) 118 b) 128 c) 158 d) 148 an average, then find the total amount
11. An army officer wants to make his 36562 collected from each section.
soldiers stand in a solid square. After making a) Rs.20 b) Rs.60 c) Rs.30 d) Rs.40
the square, some soldiers were left. Find the 21. If the units digit of the square root of a
number of these soldiers. perfect square number is 1, then the units
a) 36 b) 65 c) 81 d) 97 digit of the number is____.
a) 1 b) 9 c) 3 d) 2
SQUARE ROOTS AND CUBE ROOTS [ARPT1012] THE LEADERS
22. Find the least whole number that should be 19.36 + 0.1936 + 0.001936 + 0.00001936
added to 6539 so that the sum obtained is a is
perfect square. a) 4.8484 b) 4.8694
a) 20 b) 21 c) 22 d) 23 c) 4.8884 d) 4.8234
23. Find the smallest positive integer that should 37. What is the smallest five digit number which
be added to 3370 so that the sum is a perfect is a perfect cube?
cube. a) 12167 b) 10864
a) 5 b) 4 c) 1 d) 9 c) 10684 d) 10648
24. Which of the following is not a perfect
square?
a) 45369 b) 13456
c) 12321 d) 82632
25. What is the smallest positive integer with
which 260 should be multiplied, so that the
product is a perfect square?
a) 13 b) 65 c) 30 d) 80
26. A positive even number when multiplied by
itself gives 7396. Find the number.
a) 76 b) 86 c) 84 d) 73
27. Find the smallest number by which 243
should be multiplied so as to get a perfect
square.
a) 3 b) 9 c) 12 d) 24
28. Find the least whole number to be
subtracted from 1489 so that the difference
is perfect cube.
a) 118 b) 128 c) 158 d) 148
29. 0.125 + 0.729 = ___
3 3
a) 1.5 b) 1.6 c) 1.8 d) 1.4

3.43
30. 3 = ___
10
a) 0.7 b) 0.007 c) 0.0007 d) 0.07
31. Find the value of 3 2700× 3 980× 3 3500 .
a) 210 b) 7000 c) 2100 d) 4200
32. Find the smallest perfect square number
which is divisible by each of the numbers 6,
8 and 10.
a) 1600 b) 2500 c) 900 d) 3600
33. What is the digit in the units place in the
square root of 15129?
a) 9 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7
34. For how many two digit numbers the units
digit of the square of the two-digit number is
2?
a) 7 b) 8 c) 9 d) 0
35. What is the smallest 4 digit number which is
perfect square?
a) 1016 b) 1008 c) 1089 d) 1024
36. The value of
NUMBER SYSTEM - I [ARTT1008] THE LEADERS
1. The greatest number less than 1500, which is 13. Which of the following numbers always
divisible by both 16 and 18 is divides the difference between the squares of
a) 1440 b) 1404 c) 1386 d) 1368 two consecutive odd integers?
2. If m and n are positive integers and (m-n) is a) 7 b) 3 c) 8 d) 6
an even number, then (m2  n2 ) will always 14. In a question on division with zero remainder,
be divisible by a candidate took 12 as divisor instead of 21,
a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 12 the quotient obtained by him was 35. Find the
68 correct quotient.
3. What is the remainder when 5 is divided by
a) 10 b) 12 c) 20 d) 15
8?
a)1 b) 4 c) 5 d) 3 15. A common factor of (41  4343 ) and
43
4. A certain number when successively divided (4141  4341 ) is

by 3, 5, and 8 leaves remainder 1, 2, 3 a) (43  41) b) (4141  4341 )
respectively. Find the remainders when the
same number is divided by reversing the c) (4143  4343 ) d) (41  43)
divisors? 16. If (67  67) is divided 68, the remainder is
67
a) 3, 2, 1 b) 4, 1, 1 a) 1 b) 67 c) 63 d) 66
c) 4, 2, 2 d) 1, 4, 1 17. The remainder on dividing given integers a
5. A number when divided by 221 leaves a and b by 7 are respectively 5 and 4. What is
remainder 64. What is the remainder if the the remainder when ab is divided by 7?
same number is divided by 13? a) 3 b) 4 c) 2 d) 6
a) 1 b) 12 c) 0 d) 11 18. When 2 is divided by 10, the remainder will
23
6. The divisor is 25 times the quotient and 5 be
times the remainder. If the quotient is 16, the a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 8
dividend is 19. What should be added to 15762 to make it
a) 6400 b) 6480 c) 400 d) 480 divisible by 18?
7. How many numbers between 1000 and 5000 a) 4 b) 6 c) 9 d) 12
are divisible by 225? 20. The greatest four digit number exactly
a) 16 b) 18 c) 19 d) 12 divisible by 10, 15, 20 is
8. A number when divided by 3 leaves a a) 9990 b) 9960 c) 9980 d) 9995
remainder 1, when the quotient is divided by 21. The numbers 1 to 19 are written side by side
2, it leaves a remainder 1. What will be the as follows: 123456789…19. Find the
remainder when the number is divided by 6? remainder on dividing such number by 9?
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 2 a) 0 b) 1 c) 3 d) 5
9. In a question on division sum, the divisor is 7 22. Two numbers when separately divided by a
times the quotient and 3 times the remainder. certain divisor, leave remainders 53 and 46
If the remainder is 28, then the dividend is respectively. When the sum of the numbers is
a) 588 b) 784 c) 823 d) 1036 divided by the same divisor, the remainder is
10. When two numbers are separately divided by 34. Find the divisor.
33, the remainders are 21 and 28 respectively. a) 35 b) 42 c) 65 d) 68
If the sum of the two numbers is divided by 23. When a number is divided by 357 the
33, the remainder will be remainder is 39. If that number is divided by
a) 10 b) 12 c) 14 d) 16 17, the remainder will be
11. Product of two co-prime numbers is 117. a) 0 b) 3 c) 5 d) 11
Then their L.C.M. is 24. A student was asked to divide a number by 6
a) 117 b) 9 c) 13 d) 39 and add 12 to the quotient. He, however, first
12. The numbers 2272 and 875 are divided by a added 12 to the number and then divided it
three digit number N, giving the same by 6, getting 112 as the answer. The correct
remainder. The sum of the digits of N is answer would have been?
a) 13 b) 10 c) 14 d) 11 a) 124 b) 122 c) 118 d) 114
NUMBER SYSTEM - I [ARTT1008] THE LEADERS
25. A number when divided by 161 leaves a 32. Find the least five digit number divisible by
remainder of 57. Find the remainder if the 372.
same number is divided by 7. a) 10416 b) 10008 c) 10056 d) 10044
a) 5 b) 4 c) 2 d) 1 33. What is the remainder when 321684 is divided
26. The least number, which is to be added to the by 5?
greatest number of four digits so that the sum a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
may be divisible by 345 is 34. 25 is divided by 26, the reminder is
25
a) 50 b) 6 c) 60 d) 5 a) 1 b) 2 c) 24 d) 25
27. The product of all the prime numbers 35. Find the difference between the greatest and
between 80 and 90 is? the smallest 5-digit number, which can be
a) 83 b) 89 c) 7387 d) 598347 formed using each of the digits 2,0,5,6 and 8
28. If a number is divisible by both 11 and 13, exactly once?
then it must be necessarily a) 65592 b) 65992 c) 65952 d) 69552
a) divisible by (11  13) 36. When 2256 is divided by 17, the remainder
b) divisible by (13  11) would be
c) divisible by (1113) a) 16 b) 1 c) 2 d) 4
d) 429 197
37. Find the remainder when 43 is divided by 7.
29. If x45 + kx46 + x29 + 4x7 - 5 is divisible by a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6
(x+1), find k. 28
38. Find the remainder when 59 is divided by 7.
a) 9 b) -11 c) 11 d) 7
30. What is the least number that should be a) 2 b) 4 c) 1 d) 6
added to 24312 to make it a multiple of 9? 39. Find the remainder when 51203 is divided by 7.
a) 2 b) 3 c) 0 d) 6 a) 4 b) 2 c) 1 d) 6
31. A certain number on being divided 40. What is the remainder when 263251 is divided
successively by 9, 11 and 13 leaves remainder by 9?
8, 9 and 8 respectively. What are the a) 8 b) 3 c) 6 d) 1
remainders when the same number is divided
by reversing the order of divisor?
a) 10, 1, 6 b) 10, 6, 2
c) 10, 3, 3 d) 9, 3, 2
NUMBER SYSTEM – II [ARTT1009] THE LEADERS
1. Find the maximum value of n such that 157! and the number obtained by reversing the
is divisible by 10n order of the digits, is a perfect square?
a) 37 b) 38 c) 16 d) 15 a) 6 b) 4 c) 10 d) 8
2. Find the number of consecutive zeroes at 15. d(n) denotes the number of positive
the end of 77!  42! divisors of n (including 1 and itself), where
a) 24 b) 9 c) 27 d) 18 n is a positive integer less than 10. If d(n2) =
3. Find the number of consecutive zeroes at 3 then how many values of n are possible?
the end of 100! + 200! a) 9 b) 8 c) 5 d) 4
a) 73 b) 24 c) 11 d) 22 16. 84
The remainder when 7 is divided by 342 is
4. Find the maximum value of n such that 157! a) 0 b) 1 c) 49 d) 341
is divisible by 12n 17. The integers 34041 and 32506, when
a) 77 b) 76 c) 75 d) 78 divided by a three-digit number n, leave the
5. A two digit number is 4 times the sum and same remainder. What is the value of n?
also 3 times the product of its digits. The a) 289 b) 367 c) 453 d) 307
number is 18. A two digit number is such that the product
a) 48 c) 42 c) 24 d) 84 of the digits is 8. When 18 is added to the
6. Find the number of consecutive zeroes in number, then the digits are reversed. The
11  22  33  44  55  66  77  88  99 1010 number is
a) 25 b) 15 c) 10 d) 20 a) 18 b) 24 c) 81 d) 42
7. Find the unit’s digit in 19. How many factors does the number 57200
432×532+532×974+537×531+947×997 have?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 9 d) 8 a) 40 b) 50 c) 60 d) 80
8. What exact power of 5 divides 87! 20. If a  12 , b  23 , c  34 ,....z  2627 , In the
a) 17 b) 20 c) 21 d) 2 product of all the alphabets, how many
9. The units digit of the expression zeroes exist in the end?
55820  32185  434504 a) 100 b) 104 c) 80 d) 106
a) 8 b) 7 c) 6 d) 5 21. Number S is obtained by squaring the sum
10. Find the remainder when 5 times the units of digits of a two digit number D. If the
digit of 37735 is divided by 4 difference between S and D is 27, then the
a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d) 2 two digit number D is
11. The sum of two numbers is 75 and their a) 24 b) 54 c) 34 d) 45
difference is 20. Find the difference of their 22. In a 4-digit number, the sum of the first two
squares digits is equal to that of the last two digits.
a) 1500 b) 1300 c) 1100 d) 1600 The sum of the first and last digits is equal
12. A two digit number is such that if the digits to the third digit. Finally, the sum of the
are interchanged, the new number is equal second and fourth digits is twice the sum of
to the square of half of the original number. the other two digits. What is the third digit
What is the original number? of the number?
a) 26 b) 12 c) 27 d) 18 a) 5 b) 8 c) 1 d) 4
13. Find the unit’s digit in 23. P and Q are two positive integers such that
37123  43144  57226  32127  5251 PQ=64. Which of the following cannot be
a) 6 b) 8 c) 2 d) 4 the value of P+Q?
14. How many two digit positive integers have a) 20 b) 65 c) 16 d) 35
the property that the sum of the number
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24. A boy was asked to write 25  92 but he between the two is

wrote 2592. The numerical difference a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
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4 10 20 a) 30, 40 b) 40, 32 c) 24, 30 d) 36, 20

1. What is the HCF of , and
9 21 63 12. The ratio of two numbers is 3:4 and their
4 6 2 20 HCF is 5. Then their LCM is
a) b) c) d) a) 10 b) 12 c) 15 d) 60
189 63 63 3
2. What is the LCM of 25, 30, 35 and 40? 13. Three numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3 and their
a) 3800 b) 4200 c) 4400 d) 2520 HCF is 12. The numbers are
2 3 6 a) 12, 24, 36 b) 5, 10, 15
3. Determine the LCM of , and c) 4, 8, 12 d) 10, 20, 30
5 10 25
14. If the HCF of three numbers 144, x and 192
6 11 9 1
a) b) c) d) is 12, then the number x cannot be
5 5 5 50
a) 180 b) 84 c) 60 d) 48
4. The HCF of two numbers is 11, and their
15. The sum of two numbers is 84 and their HCF
LCM is 693. If one of the numbers is 77, find
is 12. How many pairs of such numbers are
the other.
possible?
a) 909 b) 119 c) 66 d) 99
a) 5 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
5. If the highest common factor of two positive
16. The sum of a pair of positive integers is 336
integers is 24, then their least common
and their HCF is 21. The number of such
multiple cannot be
possible pairs is
a) 2352 b) 3840 c) 3728 d) 3744
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
6. The LCM of two numbers is 4800 and their
17. HCF and LCM of 77, 99 and x are 11 and
HCF is 160. If one of the numbers is 480,
3465 respectively. The least value of x is
then the other number is
a) 11 b) 35 c) 45 d) 55
a) 16000 b) 160 c) 1600 d) 16
18. The HCF of two numbers each having three
7. The LCM of two numbers is 280 and their
digits is 17 and their LCM in 714. The sum of
ratio is 7:8. The two numbers are
the numbers will be
a) 70, 80 b) 42, 48 c) 35, 40 d) 28, 32
a) 289 b) 391 c) 221 d) 731
19. The LCM of two numbers is 12 times their
and 924 respectively. Then the number of
HCF. The sum of HCF and LCM is 403. If
such pairs is
one of the number is 93, then the other
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
number is
9. The HCF and product of two numbers are 15
a) 128 b) 124 c) 134 d) 138
and 6300 respectively. The number of
20. Sum of two numbers is 384. HCF of the
possible pairs of the numbers is
numbers is 48. The difference of the numbers
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1
is
10. The LCM of two numbers is 4 times their
a) 100 b) 192 c) 288 d) 336
HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is 125. If
21. The sum of two numbers is 36 and their HCF
one of the number is 100, then the other
and LCM are 3 and 105 respectively. The sum
number is
of the reciprocals of the two numbers is
a) 5 b) 25 c) 100 d) 125
2 3 4 2
11. The ratio of two numbers is 4:5 and their a) b) c) d)
LCM is 120. The numbers are 35 25 35 25
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22. LCM of two numbers is 120 and their HCF is 30. Three numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 and
10. Which of the following can be the sum of their LCM is 420. Find the numbers.
those two numbers? a) 27, 36, 45 b) 12, 16, 20
a) 140 b) 80 c) 60 d) 70 c) 15, 20, 25 d) 21, 28, 35
23. Let A and B are the HCF and LCM 31. The HCF of two numbers id 8. The product
respectively of two algebraic expressions x of the two numbers is 1536. How many pairs
and y, and A+B = x+y, then the value of of such numbers satisfy the above conditions?
A3+B3 is a) One b) Two c) Four d) Three
a) x3-y3 b) x3 c) y3 d) x3+y3 32. If the LCM and HCF of the numbers 72, 120
24. HCF of two different numbers is 24, which and y are 3960 and 24 respectively, then find
one of the following can be their LCM? the least value of y.
a) 12 b) 18 c)36 d) 48 a) 168 b) 216 c) 264 d) 192
25. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 2 4 6
33. Find the HCF of , , .
respectively 12 and 2448. If the difference of 3 13 11
the numbers is 60, their sum is 1 2 4 10
a) 348 b) 284 c) 248 d) 204 a) b) c) d)
429 249 429 429
26. The sum of two numbers is 672 and their 34. If the LCM of two numbers is 750 and their
HCF is 48. Find the number of such pairs of product is 18750, find the HCF of the
numbers satisfying the above condition. numbers.
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 a) 50 b) 30 c) 125 d) 25
27. The sum of two numbers is 270 and their 35. About the number of pairs which have 4 as
HCF is 18. The numbers are 3 their HCF and 738 as their LCM, we can
a) 144,126 b) 78, 192 definitely say that
c) 72, 198 d) Either a or c a) Only one such pair exists
28. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 20 b) Only two such pairs exists
and 700 respectively. If the ratio of the two c) Only three such pairs exist
numbers is 5 : 7 then find the smaller of the d) No such pair exists
two numbers.
a) 40 b) 100 c) 140 d) 120
29. Product of two relatively prime numbers is
273. Their LCM should be
a) 91 b) 21 c) 150 d) 273
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1. What will be the least number which when 9. A certain type of board is sold in lengths of
divided by 12, 21 and 35 leaves 6 as remainder multiples of 2 ft. The shortest board sold is 6
in each case? ft and the longest is 24 ft. A builder needs a
a) 426 b) 326 c) 536 d) 436 1
large quantity of these types of board in 5
2. Four bells ring at the intervals of 5, 6, 8 and 9 2
seconds. All the bells ring simultaneously at ft lengths. Find the length to be ordered for
some time. They will again ring which waste is minimum.
simultaneously after a) 24 ft b) 26 ft c) 22 ft d) 52 ft
a) 6 min b) 12 min c) 18 min d) 24 min 10. Find the least number which when decreased
3. Number of students who opted for the by 11 is divisible by 14, 15, 21, 32 and 60.
subjects A, B and C are 60, 54 and 108 a) 4371 b) 3271 c) 3371 d) 3360
respectively. The examination is to be 11. Find the greatest possible length which can be
conducted for these subjects such that only used to measure exactly the lengths 7 m, 3 m
the students of the same subject are allowed 85 cm and 12 m 95 cm
in one room. Also, number of students in a) 15 cm b) 25 cm c) 35 cm d) 42 cm
each room must be same. What is the 12. There are 408 boys and 312 girls in a school
minimum number of rooms that should be which are to be divided into equal sections of
arranged to meet all these conditions? either boys or girls alone. Find the total
a) 28 b) 60 c) 12 d) 37 number of sections thus formed.
4. When a number is divided by 15, 20 or 35 a) 31 b) 32 c) 35 d) 30
each time the remainder is 8. Then the 13. Monica, Veronica and Rachat begin to jog
smallest number is around a circular stadium. They complete
a) 428 b) 427 c) 328 d) 338 their revolutions in 42 sec, 56 sec and 63 sec
5. The greatest number of four digits which respectively. After how many seconds will
when divided by 12, 16, 24 leave remainders they be together at the starting point?
2, 6 and 14 respectively is a) 366 b) 252 c) 504 d) 126
a) 9974 b) 9970 c) 9807 d) 9998 14. Find the greatest number which will divide 25,
6. In a store there are 345 L mustard oil, 120 L 73 and 97 so as to leave the same remainder
sunflower oil and 225 L soyabean oil. What in each case
will be the capacity of the largest container a) 12 b) 18 c) 24 d) 32
that can measure these three types of oil? 15. Four bells ring at intervals of 4, 6, 8 and 14
a) 8 L b) 20 L c) 23 L d) 15 L seconds. They start ringing simultaneously at
7. In a school, all the students can stand in a row 12:00 O’ clock. At what time they will again
so that each row has 5, 9 or 10 students. Find ring simultaneously?
the least number of students in the school. a) 12 hrs. 2 min. 48 sec.
a) 90 b) 95 c) 85 d) 100 b) 12 hrs. 3 min.
8. What is the smallest number which when c) 12 hrs.3 min. 20 sec.
increased by 5 is completely divisible by 8, 11 d) 12 hrs. 3 min. 44 sec.
and 24? 16. 4 bells ring at intervals of 30 minutes, 1 hour,
a) 264 b) 259 c) 269 d) 254 1
1 hour and 1 hour 45 minutes respectively.
2
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All the bells ring simultaneously at 12 noon. 21. What is the greatest number which divides
They will again ring simultaneously at: 852, 1065 and 1491 exactly?
a) 12 mid night b) 3 a.m. a) 193 b) 183 c) 223 d) 213
c) 6 a.m. d) 9 a.m. 22. A stamp collector likes to arrange and
1 3 rearrange his collection in a symmetrical
17. Three pieces of cakes of weights 4 lb, 6
2 4 order. Sometimes he lines up in pairs,
1 sometimes in threes, sometimes in fours,
lb and 7 lb respectively are to be divided occasionally in fives, and once in a while in
5
into parts of equal weights. Further, each part groups of six. After arranging them in any of
must be as heavy as possible. If one such part these groups, he invariably has one stamp left
is served to each guest, then what is the over. When he arranges his stamps in groups
maximum number of guests that could be of seven, he finds that there is not a single
entertained? stamp to spare. How many stamps will be left
a) 54 b) 72 over if he arranges them in groups of 8?
c) 20 d) None of these a) 5 b) 7 c) 1 d) 0
18. Three men start together to travel the same 23. Find the least number of six digits which is
way around a circular track of 11 kilometres in exactly divisible by 15, 21 and 28.
1 a) 100480 b) 100270
circumference. Their speeds are 4 kmph, 5 c) 100380 d) 100340
2
kmph and 8 kmph respectively. When will 24. The least number of square tiles required to
pave the ceiling of a room 15 m 17 cm long
they meet at the starting point.
a) 11 hrs b) 12 hrs and 9 m 2 cm broad is
a) 656 b) 738 c) 814 d) 902
c) 23 hrs d) 22 hrs
19. Find the least number of five digits which 25. Amitabh has a certain number of toffees, such
when divided by 8, 12, 16 and 20 leaves that if he distributes them amongst ten
children he has nine left, if he distributes
remainders 1, 5, 9 and 13 respectively.
a) 10003 b) 10093 c) 10073 d) 10013 amongst 9 children he would have 8 left, if he
20. Five bells begin to toll together and toll distributes amongst 8 children he would have
7 left… and so on until if he distributes
respectively at intervals of 6,7,8,9 and 12
seconds. After how many seconds will they amongst 5 children he should have 4 left.
What is the second lowest number of toffees
toll together again?
a) 72 sec. b) 612 sec c) 504 sec d) 318 sec he could have with him?
a) 2519 b) 7559 c) 8249 d) 5039
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MODULE – III
INDEX
1 PERCENTAGES – I
2 PERCENTAGES – II
3 PROFIT LOSS AND DISCOUNT
4 SIMPLE INTEREST
5 COMPOUND INTEREST
6 INSTALMENTS
7 TRUE DISCOUNT
8 STOCKS AND SHARES
9 VENN DIAGRAMS
10 ALLIGATION AND MIXTURES
11 DATA INTERPRETATION
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1. 80% of a number when added to 140, the result 12. A box has 100 blue balls, 50 red balls, 50 black
is the number again. The number is balls. 25% of blue balls and 50% of red balls are
a) 220 b) 600 c) 750 d) 700 taken away. Percentage of black balls at present
2. 31% of employees pay tax in the year 2013. is
Non-tax paying employees are 20,700. The total a) 50% b) 25% c) 40% d) 33.33%
number of employees is: 13. In an examination it is required to get 441 of
a) 31,160 b) 64,750 c) 30,000 d) 66,775 the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 392
3. The difference between 73% of a number and marks and is declared failed by 5% marks. What
58% of the same number is 960, 22% of that are the maximum aggregate marks a student can
number is? get?
a) 1,408 b) 1,232 c) 1,324 d) 1,536 a) 890 b) 980 c) 1140 d) 780
4. As per agreement with a bank, a businessman 14. A candidate needs 35% marks to pass. If he gets
had to refund a loan in some equal installments 96 marks and fails by 16 marks, then the
without interest. After paying 18 installments he maximum marks are
found that 60 percent of his loan was refunded. a) 250 b) 320 c) 300 d) 425
How many installments were there in the 15. In an examination Suresh scored 22% of the
agreement? maximum marks and failed the exam by 52
a) 22 b) 24 c) 30 d) 33 marks, where as Ramesh scored 45% of the
5. If 60% of 75% of a number is 270, it’s 40% is maximum marks and got 40 marks more than
a) 180 b) 210 c) 230 d) 240 the pass mark. Then find the maximum marks
2 of the exam?
6. A person who spends 66 % of his income is a) 300 b) 200 c) 400 d) 500
3
able to save ₹1,200 per month. His monthly 16. A student who secures 20% marks in an
expenses (in ₹) is : examination fails by 30 marks. Another student
a) 1,200 b) 2,400 c) 3,000 d) 3,200 who secures 32% marks gets 42 marks more
7. 18% of which number is equal to 12% of 75? than pass mark. Percent of marks required to
a) 50 b) 100 c) 2 d) 60 pass is
8. If 8% of x is the same as 4% of y, then 20% of a) 20% b) 25% c) 28% d) 30%
x is the same as: 17. A number when increased by 22.5% gives 98.
a) 10% of y b) 16% of y The number is
c) 80% of y d) 50% of y a) 45 b) 18 c) 80 d) 81
9. In a class of 52 students, 25% are rich and 2
others are poor. There are 20 females in the 18. A number when increased by 16 % becomes
3
class, of whom 55% are poor. How many rich 910. Find the number.
males are there in the class? 1
a) 13 b) 4 c) 39 d) 2 a) 780 b) 750 c) 893 d) 720
10. In Mathematics exam, a student scored 30% in 3
the first paper of 180 marks. How much % 3
19. A number when decreased by 71 % becomes
marks should he score in the second paper of 7
150 marks if he is to get an overall percentage 340. Find the number.
of at least 50%? 3
a) 411 b) 1,190 c) 1,120 d) 1,020
a) 20% b) 74% c) 30% d) 65% 7
11. In an examination there were 640 boys and 360 20. What percent decrease in salaries would exactly
girls. 60% of boys and 80% of girls were cancel out the 20 percent increase?
successful. The percentage of failure was: 2 1
a) 20% b) 60% c) 30.5% d) 32.8% a) 20% b) 16 % c) 33 % d) 18%
3 3
21. The price of an article is first decreased by 20% 1

and then increased by 30%. If the resulting 30. A man spends 12 % of his salary on items of
2
price is ₹ 416, the original price of the article is : daily use and 30% of the remainder on house
a) ₹350 b) ₹405 c) ₹400 d) ₹450 rent. After that he is left with ₹2,940. How
22. The difference between the value of the number much is his salary?
increased by 20% and the value of the number a) ₹4,800 b) ₹5,200
decreased by 25% is 36. Find the number. c) ₹4,500 d) ₹4,000
a) 72 b) 8 c) 720 d) 80 1
23. The value of an equipment depreciates by 20% 31. A spider climbed 62 % of the height of the
each year. How much less will the value of the 2
equipment be after 3 years? pole in one hour and in the next hour it covered
a) 48.8 % b) 51.2% c) 54% d) 60% 1
12 % of the remaining height. If pole’s height
24. The population of a new city is 5 million and is 2
growing at 20% annually. How many years is 192 m, then the distance climbed in second
would it take to double at this growth rate? hour is
a) 3-4 years b) 4-5 years a) 3 m b) 5 m c) 7 m d) 9 m
c) 5-6 years d) 6-7 years 32. Samar spends 52% of his monthly salary on
25. A district has 64,000 inhabitants. If the household expenditure and 23% on
1 miscellaneous expenditure. If he is left with
population increases at the rate of 2 % per ₹4,500, what is his monthly salary?
2
annum, the number of inhabitants at the end of a) ₹17,000 b) ₹17,500
3 years will be c) ₹18,000 d) ₹18,500
a) 68,800 b) 69,200 c) 68,921 d) 68,911 33. Mr.X spends 20% of his monthly income on
26. During one year the population of a town household expenditure, out of the remaining
increased by 10% and in the next year it 25% he spends on children’s education, 15% on
decreased by 10%. If the population at the end transport, 15% on medicine and 10% on
of the second year was 20,295, what was it at entertainment. He is left with ₹9,800 after
the beginning of 1st year? incurring all these expenditures. What is his
a) 19,800 b) 20,295 monthly income (in rupees)?
c) 20,500 d) 21,500 a) 35,000 b) 28,000 c) 30,000 d) 48,000
27. An electrical contractor purchased a certain 34. In a factory 60% of the workers are above 30
amount of wire, 10% of which was stolen. After years, and of these 75% are males and the rest
using 80% of the remainder he had 36 meters of are females. If there are 1,350 male workers
wire left. How much wire did he purchase? above 30 years, the total number of workers in
a) 100 m b) 300 m c) 200 m d) 150 m the factory is
28. Ram spends 20% of his monthly income on his a) 3,000 b) 2,000 c) 1,800 d) 1,500
household expenditure, 15% of the rest on 35. In an office 40% of the staff is female, 40% of
books, and 30% of the rest on clothes and saves the females and 60% of the males voted for me.
the remaining ₹9,520. Find his monthly income. The percentage of votes I got was
a) ₹10,000 b) ₹15,000 a) 24% b) 42% c) 50% d) 52%
c) ₹20,000 d) ₹12,500 36. In an election between two candidates the
29. In a college, 40% of the students were allotted person who got 56% of the total votes polled
group A, 75% of the remaining were given won the election by a majority of 1080 votes.
group B and the remaining 12 students were Then find the total number of votes polled?
given group C. Then the number of students a) 1,800 b) 7,000 c) 9,000 d) 1,500
who applied for the groups is 37. 8% of the voters in an election did not cast their
a) 100 b) 60 c) 80 d) 92 votes. In this election, there were only two
candidates. The winner by obtaining 48% of the 2

total votes defeated his contestant by 1,100 a) 424 kg b) 575 kg c) 828 kg d) 1736 kg
3
votes. The total number of voters in the
election was: 46. A’s salary is 25% higher than that of B’s. By
a) 21,000 b) 23,500 c) 22,000 d) 27,500 how much percent is B’s salary lower than that
38. In an election between two candidates a person of A’s?
who secured 60% of the valid votes won the a) 25% b) 35% c) 20% d) 33.33%
election by a margin of 760 votes. If 95% of the 47. If X is 20% less than Y, then find the values of
total votes are valid, the invalid votes are. . Y-X X
and
a) 100 b) 200 c) 300 d) 400 Y X-Y
39. In an election between two candidates, 75% of 1 1 2 5 3 5
the voters cast their votes, out of which 2% a) , -4 b) 5, - c) , - d) , -
5 4 5 2 5 3
votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 1
9,261 votes which were 75% of the valid votes. 48. If the income of Ram is 12 % more than that
The total number of voters enrolled that 2
of Shyam, the income of Shyam is less than that
election was
a) 16,000 b) 16,400 c) 16,800 d) 18,000 of Ram by
40. There are two candidates P and Q in an 1 1 1 1
a) 11 % b) 13 % c) 87 % d) 88 %
election. During the campaign, 40% of the 9 2 2 9
voters promised to vote for P, and rest for Q. 49. If A exceeds B by 40% and B is less than C by
However, on the day of the election 15% of the 20%, then A : C is
voters went back on their promise to vote for P a) 28 : 25 b) 26 : 25 c) 3 : 2 d) 3 : 1
and instead voted for Q. 25% of the voters 50. Two numbers are 15% and 20% less than a
went back on their promise to vote for Q and third number. What percentage is the first
instead voted for P. Suppose, P lost by 6 votes, number as a percentage of the second number?
then what was the total number of voters? a) 105% b) 107.5% c) 116.5% d) 106.25%
a) 300 b) 200 c) 600 d) 800 1
51. Two numbers are respectively 12 % and 25%
41. If x is 80% of y, what percent of x is y? 2
a) 75% b) 80% c) 100% d) 125% more than a third number. The first number as
a percentage of second number is
42. P is six times as large as Q. The per cent that Q a) 50% b) 60% c) 75% d) 90%
is less than P is 52. If a number x is 10% less than another number
1 1 y and y is 10% more than 125, then x is equal
a) 83 % b) 70% c) 63 % d) 50%
3 3 to:
43. Rani’s weight is 25% that of Meena’s and 40% a) 150 b) 143 c) 140.55 d) 123.75
that of Tara’s. What percentage of Tara’s weight 53. X has twice as much money as that of Y and Y
is equal to Meena’s weight? has 50% more money than that of Z. If the
a) 160% b) 140% c) 120% d) 100%
average money of all of them is ₹110, then the
4 money, which X has, is
44. Shelf A has of the number of books that
5 a) ₹55 b) ₹60 c) ₹90 d) ₹180
shelf B has. If 25% of the books in A are 54. On a shelf, the first row contains 25% more
transferred to B and then 25% of the books books than the second row and the third row
from B are transferred to A, then the percentage contains 25% less books than the second row.
of the total number of books that A will have is If the total number of books contained in all the
a) 25% b) 50% c) 75% d) 100% rows is 600, then find the number of books in
45. In an alloy there is 12% of copper. To get 69 kg the first row.
of copper, how much alloy will be required? a) 250 b) 225 c) 300 d) 400
55. Naren’s monthly income is 30% more than that 58. A 20% decrease in the price of apples enables a
of Raja’s. Raja’s monthly income is 20% less person to purchase 4 more apples for ₹480.
than that of Venky. If the difference between Find the new price per apple.
the monthly incomes of Naren and Venky is a) ₹30 b) ₹25 c) ₹24 d) ₹20
₹800, What is the monthly income of Raja? 59. Due to rise of 25% in the price of apples, a
a) ₹16,000 b) ₹20,000 dealer gets 2 dozens less for ₹1440. Find the
c) ₹12,000 d) ₹18,000 new price per apple.
56. In an examination in which maximum marks are a) ₹12 b) ₹15 c) ₹16 d) ₹20
500, A got 10% less than B, B got 25% more 60. The price of rice is reduced by 2%. How many
than C, C got 20% less than D. If A got 360 kilograms of rice can now be bought for the
marks, what percentage of marks was obtained money which was sufficient to buy 49 kgs of
by D? rice earlier?
a) 60% b) 72% c) 55% d) 80% a) 48 kg b) 49 kg c) 50 kg d) 51 kg
57. Vicky’s salary is 75% more than Ashu’s; Vicky
got a raise of 40% on his salary while Ashu got
a raise of 25% on his salary. By what percent is
Vicky’s salary more than Ashu’s?
a) 96% b) 104.16%
c) 196% d) 204.16%
PERCENTAGES – II [ARCT1014] THE LEADERS
1. A man spends 75% of his income. His income 9. The price of sugar is increased by 20%. If the
increased by 20% and he increased his expenditure on sugar has to be kept the same as
expenditure by 15%. His savings will then be earlier, the ratio between the reduction in
increased by consumption and the original consumption is
1 a)1:3 b) 1:4 c) 1:6 d) 1:5
a) 33% b) 33 % c) 35% d) 40% 10. A number is mistakenly divided by 5 instead of
3
2. Rama’s expenditures and savings are in the ratio being multiplied by 5; find the percentage
5:3. If her income increases by 12% and change in the result due to the mistake.
expenditure by 15%, then by how much per a) 96% b) 480% c) 100% d) 2400%
cent do her savings increase? 11. Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit
a)12% b) 7% c) 8% d) 13% contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be
3. A gardener increased the area of his rectangular obtained from 100 kgs of fresh fruits?
garden by increasing its length by 40% and a) 32 kgs b) 40 kgs c) 52 kgs d) 80 kgs
decreasing its width by 20%. The area of the 12. If 4 litres of water is evaporated on boiling from
new garden 12 litres of salt solution containing 7 percentage
a) has increased by 20%. salt, the percentage of salt in the remaining
b) has increased by 12%. solution is
c) has increased by 8%. a) 10.5% b) 11.5% c) 12% d) 13%
d) is exactly the same as the old area. 13. The ratio of water and spirit in the mixture is
4. When the prices of a cloth are reduced by 25% 1:3.If the volume of the mixture is increased by
the quantity of cloth sold increased by 20%. 25% by adding spirit only. What is the resultant
What was the effect on gross receipts of the ratio of water and spirit?
shop? a) 2:3 b) 1:4 c) 1:2 d) 3:2
a) 5% increase b) 5% decrease 14. If 20% of A = 50% of B. then what percent of
c) 10% increase d) 10% decrease A is B?
5. A 20% hike in bus fare resulted in a 10% fall in a) 250% b) 40% c) 25% d) 15%
the passenger traffic. Still the daily collection at 15. If 80% of A = 50% of B and B = x% of A,
the bus depot increased by ₹150. The daily then the value of x is :
collection in rupees at the depot before fare a) 400 b) 300 c) 160 d) 150
hike was 16. If 15% of (A+B) = 25% of (A-B), then what
a) ₹1800 b) ₹1850 percent of B is equal to A?
c) ₹1900 d) ₹1875 a) 10% b) 25% c) 200% d) 400%
2𝐴−3𝐵
6. In the expression 𝑥𝑦 2 , the values of both 17. If 40% of (A+B) = 60% of (A-B) then 𝐴+𝐵 is
variables x and y are decreased by 20%. By this 7 6 5 6
the value of the expression is decreased by a) 6 b) 7 c) 6 d) 5
a) 40% b) 80% c) 48.8% d) 51.2% 18. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of
2
7. If the price of sugar is increased by 25%, by 5% of A and 4% of B is 3 rd of the sum of 6%
what percentage must a family reduce its of A and 8% of B. The ratio of A:B is
consumption of sugar so that there is no change a) 4:3 b) 3:4 c) 1:1 d) 2:3
in the expenditure on sugar?
2
a) 25% b) 20% c) 40% d) 33.33% 19. The sum of two numbers is 116 % of the
8. The price of a commodity rises from ₹6 per kg 3
to ₹7.50 per kg. If the expenditure cannot second number. Then the ratio of first number
increase, the percentage of reduction in to second number is
consumption is a) 3:7 b) 1:6 c) 7:3 d) 7:4
a) 15% b) 20% c) 25% d) 30% 20. When 60% of a number is subtracted from
another number, the second number reduces to
PERCENTAGES – II [ARCT1014] THE LEADERS
its 52%; the ratio of the first number to the percentage of students who do not get
second number is: scholarship is
a) 6:5 b) 5:3 c) 5:4 d) 4:5 a) 50 b) 28 c) 75 d) 26
21. The difference of two numbers is 45% of their 31. The numerator of a fraction is increased by 20%
sum. The ratio of the larger number to the and denominator is decreased by 20%. The
smaller number is 4
a) 20:9 b) 9:20 c) 29:11 d) 11:29 value of the fraction becomes . The original
5
22. The difference of two numbers is 20% of the fraction is
larger number. If the smaller number is 20, the 2 8 7 4
larger number is: a) b) c) d)
a) 25 b) 45 c) 50 d) 80 3 15 11 5
32. In a town 80% of the population is adults, of
23. The sum of two numbers is 520. If the bigger
which the men and women are in the ratio of
number is decreased by 4% and the smaller
9:7 respectively. If the number of adult women
number is increased by 12%, then the numbers
is 4.2 lakhs, what is the total population of the
obtained are equal. The smaller number is
town?
a) 280 b) 210 c) 240 d) 300
a) 12 lakh b) 9.6 lakh
24. Given that 10% of A’s income = 15% of B’s
c) 9.8 lakh d) 11.6 lakh
income = 20% of C’s income. If sum of their
income is ₹7,800. Then B’s income is: 2
33. A person gave th part of his income to his
a) ₹3,600 b) ₹3,000 5
c) ₹2,400 d) ₹1,800 elder son and 30% part to his younger son. He
1 saved his remaining money in three trusts A,B
25. If 30% of A = 0.25 of B = of C, then A:B:C and C in the ratio of 3:5:2. If difference between
5 the amounts got by his both sons is ₹2,000,
is equal to: how much amount he saved in trust C?
a) 5:6:4 b) 5:24:5 c) 6: 5:4 d) 10:12:15
a) ₹1,000 b) ₹1,140
26. If p% of p is 36, then p is equal to: c) ₹1,200 d) ₹1,256
a) 3600 b) 600 34. A,B and C started a business with investments
c) 60 d) 15 in the ratio 5:6:8 respectively. After one year C
27. One-third of 1206 is what percent of 134? withdrew 50% of his capital and A increased his
a) 100% b) 150% capital by 60% of his investment. After two
c) 200% d) 300% years in what ratio should the earned profit be
distributed among A,B and C respectively?
28. Two numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. If 20% of a) 2:3:3 b) 4:3:2
the smaller number added to 20 is equal to the c) 13:12:12 d) 8:6:5
sum of 10% of the larger number and 25, then 35. Two partners invested ₹20,000 and ₹30,000
the smaller number is respectively in a business and agreed that 60%
a) 100 b) 160 c) 180 d) 200 of the profit should be divided equally between
29. The ratio of two numbers is 4 : 5 when the first them and the remaining profit in the ratio of
is increased by 20% and the second is decreased investments. If one partner gets ₹248 more than
by 20%, the ratio of the resulting numbers is : the other, find the total profit made in the
a) 4 : 5 b) 5 : 4 c) 5 : 6 d) 6 : 5 business?
30. The ratio of the number of boys to that of girls a) ₹2,900 b) ₹3,100
in a school is 4 : 1. If 75% of boys and 70% of
c) ₹3,200 d) ₹3,400
the girls are scholarship-holders, then the
PROFIT LOSS AND DISCOUNT [ARCT1015] THE LEADERS
1. A man bought an old type-writer for ₹ 1200 the first dealer makes a profit of 20%, then
and spent ₹ 200 on its repair. He sold it for ₹ the profit per cent made by the second is
1680. His profit per cent is: a) 15% b) 12% c) 10% d) 18%
a) 20% b) 10% c) 8% d) 16% 13. The price of a jewel, passing through three
2. An article is marked 40% above the cost hands, rises on the whole by 65%. If the first
price and a discount of 30% is allowed. What and the second sellers earned 20% and 25%
is the gain or loss percentage? profit respectively, the profit earned by the
a) 10% gain b) 5% gain third seller is
c) 2% loss d) 12% loss a) 20% b) 15% c) 10% d) 5%
3. The owner of a cell phone shop charges his 14. A house worth ₹ 1,50,000 is sold by X at 5%
customer 23% more than the cost price. If a profit to Y, Y sells the house back to X at a
customer paid ₹7011 for a cell phone, then 2% loss. Then in the entire transaction?
what was the cost price of the cell phone? a) X gains ₹4350 b) X loses ₹4350
a) ₹5900 b) ₹6750 c) ₹5700 d) ₹6925 c) X gains ₹3150 d) X loses ₹3150
4. On selling an article for ₹ 651, there is a loss 15. The cash difference between selling prices of
of 7%. The cost price of that article is an article at a profit of 4% and 6% is ₹3. The
a) ₹744 b) ₹751 c) ₹793 d) ₹700 ratio of the two selling prices is
5. By selling a calculator for ₹418, a shopkeeper a) 51 : 52 b) 52 : 53 c) 51 : 53 d) 52 : 55
gains 10%.The cost price of the calculator is 16. The ratio of cost price and selling price is 5:4
a) ₹360 b) ₹372.80 c) ₹376.20 d) ₹380 , the loss percent is:
6. A man wanted to sell an article with 20% a) 20% b) 25% c) 40% d) 50%
profit; but he actually sold at 20% loss for ₹ 8
17. If selling price of an article is times its cost
480. At what price he wanted to sell it to earn 5
the profit? price, the profit per cent on it is:
a) ₹720 b) ₹840 c) ₹600 d) ₹750 a) 120% b) 160% c) 40% d) 60%
7. By selling an article for ₹450, a man loses 18. If the cost price is 95% of the selling price,
10%. His gain or loss percent if he sells for what is the profit percent?
₹540 is a) 4% b) 4.75% c) 5% d) 5.26%
a) Gain 8% b) Loss 8% 19. Anita sold a painting at a profit of 11%. Had
c) Gain 9% d) Loss 9% she sold it for ₹175 more she would have
8. In selling an article for ₹ 76, there is a profit gained 18%. The cost price of the painting is
of 52%. If it is sold for ₹ 75, the profit per a) ₹2250 b) ₹2350 c) ₹2500 d) ₹2550
cent will be 20. A man sold an article at a loss of 20%. If he
a) 44% b) 46% c) 48% d) 50% has sold that article for ₹ 12 more he would
9. A sells an article to B at a profit of 15% and have gained 10%. Find the cost price of that
B sells it to C at a profit of 20%.If C pays article:
₹690 for it, what was the cost price of A? a) ₹60 b) ₹40 c) ₹30 d) ₹22
a) ₹600 b) ₹500 c) ₹630 d) ₹580 21. A loss of 19% gets converted into a profit of
10. A sells a bicycle to B at a profit of 20%. B 17% when the selling price is increased by ₹
sells it to C at a profit of 25%. If C pays ₹225 162. The cost price of the article is
for it, the cost price of the bicycle for A is: a) ₹450 b) ₹600 c) ₹360 d) ₹540
a) ₹110 b) ₹125 c) ₹120 d) ₹150 22. An article is sold at a loss of 10%. Had it
11. If a manufacturer gains 10 per cent, been sold for ₹ 9 more, there would have
wholesaler 15 per cent and retailer 25 per 1
been a gain of 12 % on it. The cost price of
cent, then the production cost of an article, 2
whose retail price is Rs 1,265 is the article is:
a) ₹700 b) ₹750 c) ₹800 d) ₹900 a) ₹40 b) ₹45 c) ₹50 d) ₹35
12. An article passing through two hands is sold
at a profit of 38% of the original cost price. If
23. A person sells a table at profit of 10%. If he 32. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 25%, after
had bought the table at 5% less cost and sold allowing 10% discount on the list price. What
for ₹ 80 more, he would have gained 20%. is the cost price of an article whose list price
The cost price of the table is is ₹500?
a) ₹3200 b) ₹2500 a) ₹360 b) ₹400
c) ₹2000 d) ₹200 c) ₹450 d) ₹540
24. A machine is sold at a profit of 10%. Had it 33. A dealer purchased a washing machine for
been bought for 10% less and sold for ₹18 ₹7660. After allowing a discount of 12% on
less, the profit would have been 20%. What is its marked price, he still gains 10%. Find the
the cost price of the machine? marked price of the washing machine.
a) ₹900 b) ₹1800 a) ₹9575 b) ₹8426
c) ₹1200 d) ₹1500 c) ₹8246 d) ₹9755
25. A trader marks up the price of a product by 34. A trader fixed the price of an article in such a
50%. If the discount is increased from 10% way that by giving a rebate of 10% on the
to 20%, his profit comes down by ₹105. price fixed he made a profit of 15%. If the
What is the cost price of the product? cost of the article is ₹72, the price fixed on it
a) ₹600 b) ₹700 is
c) ₹750 d) ₹800 a) ₹82.80 b) ₹90.00
26. At what percentage above the cost price must c) ₹92.00 d) ₹97.80
an article be marked so as to gain 33% after 35. In terms of percentage profit, which is the
allowing customer a discount of 5%? best transaction?
a) 35% b) 38% c) 40% d) 42% C.P (in ₹) Profit (in ₹)
27. If the profit per cent is numerically equal to (I) 36 17
the cost price in rupees and the selling price (II) 50 24
is ₹39, what is the cost price? (III) 40 19
a) ₹21 b) ₹23 c) ₹30 d) ₹19.50 (IV) 60 29
28. If an article is sold for ₹16 the percentage of a) I b) II c) III d) IV
loss is equal to its cost price. Find the cost 36. Find the selling price of an article if a
price of the article. shopkeeper allows two successive discounts
a) ₹32 b) ₹40 c) ₹50 d) ₹80 of 5% each on the marked price of ₹ 80.
29. Profit after selling a commodity for ₹ 524 is a) ₹ 70.20 b) ₹ 70.10
the same as loss after selling it for ₹ 452. The c) ₹ 72.00 d) ₹ 72.20
cost price of the commodity is 37. If after successive discounts of 30%, 20%
a) ₹480 b) ₹500 c) ₹488 d) ₹485 and 10%, a customer has to pay ₹252, what is
30. The profit earned by selling an article for the list price of the article?
₹832 is equal to the loss incurred when the a) ₹400 b) ₹500
same article is sold for ₹448.What should be c) ₹600 d) ₹360
the sale price of the article for making 50 38. A shopkeeper bought a chair whose marked
percent profit? price is ₹800, at two successive discounts of
a) ₹960 b) ₹1060 10% and 15% respectively. He spent ₹28 on
c) ₹1200 d) ₹920 its transportation and then sold the chair for
31. An article is sold for ₹500 and hence lost ₹768. What is his gain in percentage?
something. Had the article been sold for a) 10% b) 20% c) 25% d) 40%
₹700, the merchant would have gained three 39. 20% loss on selling price is what per cent loss
times the former loss. Find the cost price of on the cost price?
the article. a) 25% b) 15% c) 16.66% d) 16.33%
a) ₹525 b) ₹550 40. The CP of 21 articles is equal to SP of 18
c) ₹600 d) ₹650 articles, find the gain or loss percent
a) 12.5% gain b) 12.5% loss
c) 16.66% gain d) 16.66% loss 4

41. Ravi buys some toffees at 2 for a rupee and 50. Richa purchased an article at of its list
5
sells them at 5 for a rupee. His loss percent is price and sold it at 20% more than the list
a) 120% b) 90% price. Richa’s profit percent was
c) 30% d) 60% a) 50% b) 40%
42. By selling twelve notebooks, the seller earns c) 30% d) 25%
profit equal to the selling price of two note 13
books, what is his percentage profit? 51. Raghavan purchased a scooter at of its
a) 20% b) 25% 15
selling price and sold it at 12% more than its
c) 16 .66% d) Data Inadequate
selling price. His gain is
43. By selling 144 hens Mahesh suffered a loss
a) 20% b) 30%
equal to the selling price of 6 hens. His loss
per cent is 1 3
c) 38 % d) 29 %
a) 4% b) 3% 13 13
1 9
c) 9% d) 4 % 52. Mahesh purchased a radio at of its selling
2 10
44. Some articles were bought at 6 for ₹5 and price and sold it at 8% more than its original
sold at 5 for ₹6. The gain percent is: selling price. His gain per cent is:
a) 25% b) 33 .33% a) 20% b) 18%
c) 35% d) 44% c) 10% d) 8%
45. A dishonest fruit vendor professes to sell his 53. If the selling price of an article is doubled,
goods at cost price but uses a weight of 800g then its loss percent is converted into equal
for the kg weight. Find his gain percent? profit per cent. The loss per cent on the
a) 20% b) 40% article is
c) 25% d) 50% 2
a) 26 % b) 33%
46. A grocer sells rice at a profit of 20% and uses 3
a weight which is 25% less. Find his total 1
percentage gain c) 33 % d) 34%
3
a) 25% b) 60% 54. A man buys a certain number of oranges at
c) 75% d) 45% 20 for ₹ 60 and an equal number at 30 for ₹
47. A grocery dealer cheats to the extent of 10% 60. He mixes them and sells them at 25 for ₹
while buying as well as selling by using false 60. What is gain or loss per cent?
weight. What is the increase in the profit %? a) gain of 4%
a) 20% b) 21%
b) loss of 4%
c) 22% d) none of these c) neither gain nor loss
48. If pinky buys a car at 75% of its value and d) loss of 5%
sells it for 20% more than its value, her profit 55. A person bought some articles at the rate of 5
will be per rupee and the same number at the rate of
a) 45% b) 20% 4 per rupee. He mixed both the types and
c) 60% d) 50% sold at the rate of 9 for 2 rupees. In this
49. Krishnan bought a camera and paid 20% less
business he suffered a loss of ₹ 3. The total
than its original price. He sold it at 40%
number of articles bought by him was
profit on the price he had paid. The
a) 1090 b) 1080
percentage of profit earned by Krishnan on
c) 540 d) 545
the original price was
a) 22% b) 32% 56. A trader bought two horses for ₹ 19,500. He
c) 12% d) 15% sold one at a loss of 20% and the other at a
profit of 15%. If the selling price of each
horse is the same, then their cost prices are
respectively.
a) ₹ 10,000 and ₹ 9,500 a) 15% loss b) 15% gain

b) ₹ 11,500 and ₹ 8,000 2 2
c) 14 % loss d) 14 % profit
c) ₹ 12,000 and ₹ 7,500 7 7
d) ₹ 10,500 and ₹ 9,000 62. Venkat purchased 20 dozens of toys at the
57. The total cost price of two watches is ₹840. rate of ₹375 per dozen. He sold each one of
One is sold at a profit of 16 per cent and the them at the rate of ₹33.What is his
other at a loss of 12 per cent. There is no loss percentage profit?
or gain in the whole transaction. The cost a) 6.5% b) 5.6%
price of the watch on which the shopkeeper c) 3.5% d) 4.5%
gains is 63. A man bought apples at the rate of 8 for ₹34
a) ₹ 360 b) ₹ 370 and sold them at the rate of 12 for ₹57.How
c) ₹ 380 d) ₹ 480 many apples should be sold to earn a net
58. A shopkeeper sold two watches for ₹1485 profit of ₹45?
each. On one he gains 10% and on the other a) 90 b) 100
he loses 10%.Find his gain or loss percent in c) 135 d) 150
the whole transaction. 64. A man buys a field of agricultural land for
a) 1% gain b) 1% loss ₹3,60,000. He sells one-third at a loss of 20%
c) 5% gain d) neither gain nor loss and two-fifths at a gain of 25%. At what price
59. A television and a refrigerator were sold for ₹ must he sell the remaining field so as to make
12,000 each. If the television was sold at a an overall profit of 10%?
loss of 20% of the cost and the refrigerator at a) ₹1,00,000 b) ₹1,15,000
a gain of 20% of the cost, the entire c) ₹1,20,000 d) ₹1,25,000
transaction resulted in 65. Two-third of a consignment was sold at a
a) No loss or gain profit of 5% and the remainder at a loss of
b) Loss of ₹ 1,000 2%. If the total profit was ₹ 400, then the
c) Gain of ₹ 1,000 value for the consignment was
d) Loss of ₹ 1,200 a) ₹ 15,000 b) ₹ 15,500
60. X sells two articles for ₹ 4,000 each with no c) ₹ 16,000 d) ₹ 16,500
loss and no gain in the transaction. If one was
sold at a gain of 25% the other is sold at a
loss of
2
a) 25% b) 18 %
9
2
c) 16 % d) 20%
3
61. 100 oranges are bought for ₹ 350 and sold at
the rate of ₹ 48 per dozen. The percentage of
profit or loss is:
SIMPLE INTEREST [ARCT1016] THE LEADERS
1. What amount will be obtained if c) ₹ 16,000; 22% p.a.

1 d) ₹ 24,000; 12% p.a.
₹30,000 is invested at 8 % p.a. for three
3 10. A certain sum of money amounts to ₹ 756 in 2
years under simple interest 1
years and to ₹ 873 in 3 years at a certain rate
a) ₹ 37,500 b) ₹ 35,000 2
c) ₹ 40,000 d) ₹ 32,500 of simple interest. The rate of interest per
2. Find the amount obtained by investing annum is
₹24,000 at 18% p.a. simple interest for five a) 10% b) 11% c) 12% d) 13%
years? 11. If A lends ₹ 3,500 to B at 10% per annum and
a) ₹ 21,600 b) ₹ 44,000 B lends the same sum to C at 11.5% per
c) ₹ 45,600 d) ₹ 48,000 annum, then the gain of B (in rupees) in a
3. What sum will fetch a simple interest of period of 3 years is:
₹25,410 in five and a half years at 6% p.a. rate a) ₹ 107.50 b) ₹ 115.50
of interest? c) ₹ 157.50 d) ₹ 177.50
a) ₹ 55,000 b) ₹ 88,000 12. A person borrows ₹5,000 for 2 years at 4% per
c) ₹ 77,000 d) ₹ 70,000 annum simple interest. He immediately lends it
4. What sum will yield an interest of ₹306 in six 1
to another person at 6 % per annum simple
years at 5% p.a. simple interest? 4
a) ₹ 840 b) ₹ 765 interest for 2 years. His gain in the transaction
c) ₹ 1,210 d) ₹ 1,020 is
5. The sum of money, that will give ₹1 as a) ₹ 112.50 b) ₹ 450
interest per day at the rate of 5% per annum c) ₹ 225 d) ₹ 150
simple interest is 13. A sum yields ₹ 54 more interest when lent at
a) ₹ 3,650 b) ₹ 36,500 37% p.a. simple interest than when lent at 33%
c) ₹ 730 d) ₹ 7,300 p.a. simple interest for six years. Find the sum.
6. Find the interest on a sum of ₹ 88,000 at a) ₹ 225 b) ₹ 250 c) ₹ 450 d) ₹ 255
1 14. A sum of ₹ 800 amounts to ₹ 920 in 3 years at
9 % p.a. rate of simple interest for 45
11 the simple interest rate. If the rate is increased
months. by 3% p.a. the same sum in the same period
a) ₹ 40,000 b) ₹ 30,000 amount to?
c) ₹ 36,000 d) ₹ 28,000 a) ₹ 992 b) ₹ 962 c) ₹ 942 d) ₹ 982
7. A certain sum is lent at 4% p.a. for the first 15. A sum of ₹ 2,400 amounts to ₹ 3,264 in 4 years
four years, 8% p.a. for the next three years at the simple interest rate. If the rate is
and 5% p.a. for the remaining period. If for a increased by 1% p.a. what will be the sum
period of nine years, the simple interest amount to in the same period?
obtained is ₹ 8,500, find the sum. a) ₹ 3,288 b) ₹ 3,312 c) ₹ 3,340 d) ₹ 3,360
a) ₹ 25,500 b) ₹ 18,000 16. The amount ₹ 2,100 became ₹ 2,352 in 2 years
c) ₹ 12,750 d) ₹ 17,000 at simple interest. If the interest rate is
8. A sum amounts to ₹ 12,480 in five years and decreased by 1%, what is the new interest?
to ₹ 13,728 in eight years at simple interest. a) ₹ 210 b) ₹ 220 c) ₹ 242 d) ₹ 252
What is the sum? 17. A sum was put at simple interest at a certain
a) ₹ 9,800 b) ₹ 10,400 rate for 2 years. Had it been put at 4 per cent
c) ₹ 10,200 d) ₹ 9,600 higher rate, it would have fetched ₹ 96 more.
9. A certain sum amounts to ₹ 41,280 in six The sum is
years and to ₹ 29,760 in two years at simple a) ₹ 900 b) ₹ 1,200 c) ₹ 1,600 d) ₹ 1,800
interest. Find the sum and the rate of interest. 18. In how many years will a sum of money
a) ₹ 20,000; 16% p.a. become sixteen times itself at 30% p.a. simple
b) ₹ 28,000; 18% p.a. interest?
SIMPLE INTEREST [ARCT1016] THE LEADERS
a) 25 b) 40 c) 30 d) 50 28. On a certain sum the simple interest at the end

19. In how many months will a sum of ₹ 15,000 1 3
of 6 years becomes of the sum. The rate
at 5% p.a. rate of simple interest yield an 4 8
interest of ₹ 4,000? of interest is
a) 16 b) 32 c) 64 d) 48 a) 5% b) 6% c) 7% d) 8%
20. A certain sum of money doubles itself in 5 41 1
years. Find the rate % per annum? 29. A sum of money becomes of itself in
40 4
a) 10% b) 20% c) 25% d) 50% years at a certain rate of simple interest. The
21. A sum triples itself in three years at simple rate of interest per annum is
interest. In how many years will the same sum a) 10% b) 1% c) 2.5% d) 5%
become nine times itself at the same rate?
7
a) 18 b) 9 c) 12 d) 27 30. A sum of money becomes of itself in 3 years
22. A sum of money becomes four times itself in 6
eight years at simple interest. In how many at a certain rate of simple interest. The rate of
years will the same sum become 17.5 times interest per annum is
itself? 5 5
a) 5 % b) 6 % c) 18% d) 25%
a) 35 b) 44 c) 30 d) 28 9 9
23. A sum amounts to nineteen times itself in 1
five years under simple interest. In how many 31. In what time will the simple interest be of
4
months will the same sum become four times the principal at 5% p.a.?
itself? a) 8 years b) 7 years
a) 10 b) 22 c) 16 d) 18 c) 5 years d) 6 years
24. Bhavan invested two equal amounts at simple 32. Simple interest on a certain sum at a certain
interest. He invested one amount at 15% p.a.
16
and the other at 20% p.a. The total interest annual rate of interest is of the sum. If the
earned at the end of a year was ₹ 1,400. Find 25
the total amount invested? number representing rate percent and time in
a) ₹ 4,000 b) ₹ 10,000 years be equal, then the rate of interest is
c) ₹ 5,000 d) ₹ 8,000 a) 8% b) 11.5% c) 12.5% d) 12.25%
33. A sum of money becomes ten times itself at
25. ₹ 500 was invested at 12% per annum simple
simple interest. If the time period (in years) is
interest and a certain sum of money invested
numerically equal to the rate of interest, find
at 10% per annum simple interest. If the sum
the annual rate of interest.
of the interests on both the sum after 4 years
a) 25% b) 20% c) 30% d) 90%
is ₹ 480, the latter sum of money is 34. A person invests money in three different
a) ₹ 450 b) ₹ 750 c) ₹ 600 d) ₹ 550 schemes for 6 years, 10 years and 12 years at
26. At some rate of simple interest A lent ₹ 6,000 10%, 12% and 15% simple interest respectively.
to B for 2 years and ₹ 1,500 to C for 4 years At the completion of each scheme he gets the
and received ₹ 900 as simple interest from same interest. The ratio of his investments is
both of them together. The rate of interest a) 6:3:2 b) 2:3:4 c) 3:4:6 d) 3:4:2
per annum was 35. Naren Deposited ₹ 3,000 in a bank at the rate
a) 5% b) 6% c) 8% d) 10% of 10% per annum and ₹ 5,000 in another bank
27. The simple interest on a certain sum after 6 at the rate of 8% per annum. Rate of interest
9 p.a. on the total sum of money is:
years is of the sum. The rate of interest
25 1 3 2
per annum is a) 8 % b) 8% c) 8 % d) 8 %
2 4 3
a) 6% b) 6.5% c) 8% d) 8.5%
COMPOUND INTEREST [ARCT1017] THE LEADERS
1. Find the amount obtained by investing 10. A sum is invested for three years at
₹20,000 at 10% p.a. compound interest for compound interest of 8%, 10% and 20%
two years, compounded annually? respectively. Find the sum if at the end of
a) ₹ 22,000 b) ₹ 24,000 three years, it becomes ₹14,256.
c) ₹ 26,000 d) ₹ 24,200 a) ₹ 10,000 b) ₹ 9,000
2. A sum of money when lent at 25% p.a. c) ₹ 8,000 d) ₹ 12,000
compound interest, interest being 11. A certain sum is lent at compound interest
compounded annually, for two years yields for three years at rate of interests of 5%,
an interest of ₹ 16,875. Find the sum. 10% and 12% respectively for three
a) ₹ 30,000 b) ₹ 36,000 consecutive years. Find the sum if the total
c) ₹ 40,000 d) ₹ 33,750 interest for the three years is ₹ 5,284.80.
3. What is the principal amount which earns a) ₹ 12,000 b) ₹ 20,000
₹132 as compound interest for the second c) ₹ 18,000 d) ₹ 16,000
year at 10% per annum? 12. A sum triples itself at compound interest in
a) ₹ 1,000 b) ₹ 1,200 eight years. In how many years will the sum
c) ₹ 1,320 d) ₹ 1,188 become twenty seven times itself?
4. The time in which ₹ 1,800 amounts to a) 27 b) 32 c) 24 d) 16
₹2,178 at 10% per annum, compounded 13. Find the amount obtained by investing
annually is ₹48,000 at 25% p.a. compound interest, for
a) 3 years b) 2 years one year compounded half yearly?
c) 4 years d) 1 ½ years a) ₹ 54,000 b) ₹ 60,000
5. The compound interest on ₹ 4,000 for 2 c) ₹ 60,750 d) ₹ 75,000
years compounded annually is ₹ 410. The 14. What amount will be obtained if
rate per cent per annum is : ₹30,000 is invested at 40% p.a. for one year
a) 4% b) 10% c) 5% d) 6% under compound interest, compounded half
1 yearly
6. If the amount is 2 times the sum after 2 a) ₹ 43,200 b) ₹ 42,000
4
years at compound interest, the rate of c) ₹ 43,923 d) ₹ 44,000
interest per annum is : 15. What interest is obtained when a sum of
a) 25% b) 30% c) 40% d) 50% ₹15,000 is lent at 16% p.a. rate of compound
7. The interest on a sum under compound interest for one year, interest being
interest when interest is compounded compounded half yearly?
annually for the sixth year and the seventh a) ₹ 4,800 b) ₹ 2,400
year are ₹ 1,256 and ₹ 1,413 respectively. c) ₹ 5,880 d) ₹ 2,496
Find the rate of interest. 16. What is the difference in the compound
a) 10% p.a. b) 15% p.a. interest on a sum of ₹ 36,000 at 30% p.a. for
1 1 one year when compounded yearly and half
c) 7 % p.a. d) 12 % p.a. yearly?
2 2
8. A sum becomes ₹ 4,500 after two years and a) ₹ 306 b) ₹ 116
₹ 6,750 after four years at compound c) ₹ 406.80 d) ₹ 810
interest. The sum is 17. Find the amount obtained by investing
a) ₹ 4,000 b) ₹ 2,500 ₹80,000 at 40% p.a. compound interest for
nine months, compounded quarterly?
c) ₹ 3,000 d) ₹ 3,050
a) ₹ 1,04,000 b) ₹ 1,06,480
9. What does ₹250 amounts to in 2 years with
compound interest at the rate of 4% in the c) ₹ 96,800 d) ₹ 1,12,000
1st year and 8% in the second year? 18. What rate of simple interest is equal to 30%
p.a. compound interest, compounded every
a) ₹ 280 b) ₹ 280.80
four months?
c) ₹ 468 d) ₹ 290.80
a) 31.11% b) 30% c) 32.25% d) 33.1%
COMPOUND INTEREST [ARCT1017] THE LEADERS
19. What is the difference between the c) ₹ 1,400 d) ₹ 1,750

compound interest and simple interest for 26. The difference between the C.I and S.I on a
the sum of ₹ 2,000 over a 2 year period if the certain sum for 2 years at 5% p.a. is ₹ 50.
compound interest is calculated at 20% p.a Find the sum?
and simple interest is calculated at 23% p.a? a) ₹ 20,000 b) ₹ 15,000
a) ₹ 40 b) ₹ 46 c) ₹ 44 d) ₹ 50 c) ₹ 30,000 d) ₹ 40,000
20. A sum lent at 24% p.a. simple interest yields 27. The difference between compound interest
₹ 180 more interest than when lent at 20% and simple interest on a sum of money for
p.a. compound interest in two years. Find two years is ₹ 153 at a certain rate of interest.
the sum. Find the rate of interest if the sum is ₹6,800.
a) ₹ 3,000 b) ₹ 4,500 2
c) ₹ 4,200 d) ₹ 3,400 a) 10% p.a. b) 16 % p.a.
3
21. The compound interest on certain sum at 1
5% p.a. for 2 years is ₹ 328. The simple c) 15% p.a. d) 12 % p.a.
interest on that sum at the same rate and for 2
28. The difference between the C.I and S.I on a
the same period will be :
certain sum for 3 years at 10% p.a. is ₹ 93.
a) ₹ 320 b) ₹ 322 c) ₹ 325 d) ₹ 326
Find the sum?
22. Find the compound interest at the rate of
10% p.a. for 3 years on that principal which a) ₹ 5,000 b) ₹ 6,000
in 3 years at the rate of 10% p.a. gives ₹ 300 c) ₹ 9,300 d) ₹ 3,000
as simple interest? 29. A person deposited a sum of ₹ 6,000 in a
a) ₹ 331 b) ₹ 310 c) ₹ 330 d) ₹ 333 bank at 5% per annum simple interest.
23. The compound interest on a certain sum at Another person deposited ₹ 5,000 at 8% per
2 annum compound interest. After two years,
16 % per annum for 3 years is ₹ 12,700. the difference of their interests will be
3 a) ₹ 230 b) ₹ 232 c) ₹ 832 d) ₹ 600
The simple interest on the same sum with
30. A money lender borrows money at 4% per
same rate of interest and for the same period
annum and pays the interest at the end of the
is
year. He lends it at 6% per annum
a) ₹ 9,600 b) ₹ 10,800 compound interest half-yearly and receives
c) ₹ 12,000 d) ₹ 10,200 the interest at the end of the year. In this
24. The compound interest and the simple way, he gains ₹ 104.50 a year. The amount of
interest on a certain sum for two years are money he borrowed is
₹1,653.60 and ₹1,560 respectively. Find the a) ₹ 6,000 b) ₹ 5,500
sum and the rate of interest.
c) ₹ 5,000 d) ₹ 4,500
a) ₹ 7,800; 10% p.a.
b) ₹ 7,800; 15% p.a.
c) ₹ 6,500; 10% p.a.
d) ₹ 6,500; 12% p.a.
25. Find the difference between the simple
interest and the compound interest for two
years on a sum of ₹28,000 at 25% p.a. rate of
interest.
a) ₹ 1,000 b) ₹ 1,250
VENN DIAGRAMS [ARCT1019] THE LEADERS
1. In a class of 150 students 55 speak 7. There are 50 students admitted to a

English; 85 speak Telugu; 30 speak nursery class. Some students can speak
neither English nor Telugu. How many only English and some can speak only
speak both English and Telugu? Hindi. 10 students can speak both
a) 100 b) 130 c) 20 d) 120 English and Hindi. If the number of
2. 25 persons are in a room. 15 of them students who can speak English 21,
play hockey. 17 of them play football then how many students can speak
and 10 of them play both hockey and Hindi how many can speak only Hindi
football. Then the number of persons and how many can speak only English ?
playing neither hockey nor football is a) 21, 11 and 29 respectively
a) 2 b) 17 c) 13 d) 3 b) 28, 18 and 22 respectively
3. Out of 130 students appearing in an c) 37, 27 and 13 respectively
examination, 62 failed in English, 52 d) 39, 29 and 11 respectively
failed in Mathematics, whereas 24 failed 8. In an examination, 70% of the students
in both English and Mathematics. The passed in the Paper I, and 60% of the
number of students who passed finally students passed in the Paper II. 15% of
is the students failed in both the papers
a) 40 b) 50 c) 55 d) 60 while 270 students passed in both the
4. In a club of 245 members 120 people papers. What is the total number of
play Cricket; 118 people play Football; students?
45 play both the games. How many a) 600 b) 580 c) 560 d) 540
people do not play any of the two 9. In an examination, every candidate took
games? Physics or Mathematics or both. 65.8%
a) 52 b) 47 c) 71 d) 50 took physics and 59.2% took
5. In a class of 100 students 58 students mathematics. The total number of
passed in Mathematics; 70 passed in candidates was 2000. How many
English; 5 students failed in both candidates took both Physics and
Mathematics and English. How many Mathematics?
students failed in at least one subject? a) 750 b) 500 c) 250 d) 125
a) 67 b) 15 c) 25 d) 5 10. 72% of the students of a certain class
6. Among 150 faculty members in an took Biology and 44% took
institute, 55 are connected with eac Mathematics. If each student took at
other rthrough Facebook and 5 are least one subject from Biology or
connected through whatsapp. 30 faculty Mathematics and 40 took both. Then
members do not have Facebook or the total number of students in the class
Whatsapp accounts. The number of is:
faculty members connected only a) 200 b) 240 c) 250 d) 320
through Facebook accounts is 11. In an examination 70% of the
a) 35 b) 45 c) 65 d) 90 candidates passed in English. 80%
passed in Mathematics. 10% failed in
both the subjects. If 144 candidates Mathematics. While 75% passed in

passed in both, the total number of both. If 45 boys failed in both, the
candidates was: number of boys who sat for the
a) 125 b) 200 c) 240 d) 375 examination was
12. In a survey, it was found that 80% of a) 400 b) 450 c) 200 d) 150
those surveyed owned a car while 60% 18. In a locality 60% people read the news
of those surveyed owned a mobile paper Times of India and 35% people
phone. If 55% owned both a car and a read only the news paper The Hindu.
mobile phone. What per cent of those 10% people read both the newspapers
surveyed owned a car or a mobile and 240 people do not read any of the
phone or both? two newspapers. How many people
a) 65% b) 80% c) 85% d) 97.5% read at most one of the two
13. There are 100 students in a particular newspapers?
class. 60% students play Cricket, 30% a) 4200 b) 4400 c) 4560 d) 4320
students play Football and 10% 19. In a class, 210 students passed in
students play both the games. What is Mathematics; 50% of the students
the number of students who play passed in English; 25% of the students
neither Cricket nor Football? passed in both and 5% of the students
a) 25 b) 20 c) 18 d) 15 passed in neither Mathematics nor
14. In an examination, 65% of the students English. How many students failed in at
passed in Mathematics, 48% passed in least one subject?
Physics and 30% passed in both. How a) 15 b) 225 c) 25 d) 5
much percent of students failed in both 20. 500 students are taking one or more
the subjects? courses out of Chemistry, Physics and
a) 17% b) 43% c) 13% d) 47% Mathematics. Registration records
15. In class 60% of the students pass in indicate course enrolment as follows:
Hindi and 45% pass in Sanskrit. If 25% Chemistry (329), Physics (186),
of them pass in both the subjects, what Mathematics (295), Chemistry and
percentage of the students fail in both Physics (83), Chemistry and
the subjects? Mathematics (217), and Physics and
a) 80% b) 75% c) 20% d) 25% Mathematics (63), How many students
16. In an examination, 35% of the take all the 3 subjects?
candidates failed in Mathematics and a) 37 b) 43 c) 47 d) 53
25% in English. If 10% failed in 21. There are 16 teachers who can teach
Mathematics and English then how Thermo dynamics (TD), 11 who can
much percent of candidates passed in teach Electrical Sciences (ES), and 5
both the subjects? who can teach both TD and
a) 50% b) 55% c) 57% d) 60% Engineering Mechanics (EM). There is
17. In an examination 80% of the boys a total of 40 teachers. 6 cannot teach
passed in English and 85% passed in any of the three subjects i.e. EM, ES or
TD. 6 can teach only ES. 4 can teach all magazines A and B, 15% read
three subjects i.e. EM, ES and TD. 4 magazines Band C, 25% read magazines
can teach ES and TD. How many can A and C; and 10% read all the three
teach both ES and EM but not TD?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 magazines. What percentage do not
22. In a group of persons travelling in a read any magazine?
bus, 6 persons can speak Tamil, 15 can a) 10% b) 15% c) 20% d) 25%
speak Hindi and 6 can speak Gujarati. 25. The probabilities that a student passes
In that group none can speak any other in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
language. If 2 persons in the group can are m, p and c respectively. Of these
speak two languages only and one subjects, the student has 75% chance of
person can speak all the three passing in atleast one, a 50% chance of
languages, then how many persons are passing in atleast two and a 40% chance
there in the group? of passing in nexactly two. Following
a) 21 b) 22 c) 23 d) 24 relations are drawn in m, p, c
23. Out of a total of 120 musicians in a I) p+m+c = 27/20
club, 5% can play all the three II) p+m+c = 13/20
instruments, guitar violin and flute. It so III) (p) x (m) x (c) = 1/10
happens that the number of musicians a) only relation I is true
who can play any and only two of the b) only relation II is true
above instruments is 30. The number of c) relations II and III are true
musicians who can play guitar alone is
40. What is the total number those who d) relations I and III are true
can play violin alone or flute alone?
a) 45 b) 44 c) 38 d) 30
24. In a town, 45% population read
magazine A, 55% read magazine B,
40% read magazine C, 30% read
ALLIGATION AND MIXTURES [ARCT1020] THE LEADERS
1. The cost of one type rice is ₹15 per kg and times heavier than water. What is the
another type is ₹20 per kg. If these two proportion of gold and copper?
varieties rice are mixed in the ratio of 2:3 a) 3:2 b) 2:3
respectively then the price per kg of mixed c) 3:4 d) 4:3
variety of rice is 9. A goldsmith has two qualities of gold one of 16
a) ₹18.00 b) ₹18.50 c) ₹19.50 d) ₹19.00 carats and another of 24 carats purity. In what
2. The students of section A and section B have proportion should he mix both to make an
average weight of 30 kg and 45 kg respectively ornament of 20 carats purity?
Find the average weight of both the sections a) 2:1 b) 1:3 c) 3:1 d) 1:1
together given that the students in the sections 10. How much chicory at ₹4 a kg should be added
A and B are in the ratio 9:1 to 15 kg of tea at ₹10 a kg, so that the mixture
a) 31.5 kg b) 33 kg be worth ₹6.50 a kg?
c) 34.5 kg d) 36 kg a) 21 kg b) 22 kg c) 24 kg d) 23 kg
3. One quality of wheat at ₹9.30 per kg mixed 11. How much water must be added to a cask
with another quality at a certain rate in the ratio which contains 40 litres of milk at cost price
8:7. If the mixture so formed be worth ₹10 per ₹3.5 per litre, so that the cost of milk reduces
kg, What is the rate per kg of the second quality to ₹2 per litre?
of wheat? a) 25 litres b) 30 litres
a) ₹10.30 b) ₹10.60 c) 35 litres d) 20 litres
c) ₹10.80 d) ₹11.00 3
12. A liquid P is 1 times as heavy as water and
4. Tea worth ₹126 per kg and ₹135 per kg is 7
mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1:1:2. If 2
the mixture is worth ₹153 per kg, then the price water is 1 times as heavy as another liquid Q.
5
of the third variety per kg will be The amount of liquid P that must be added to 7
a) ₹169.50 b) ₹170 liters of the liquid Q so that the mixture may
c) ₹175.50 d) ₹180 weigh as much as an equal volume of water,
5. Two varieties of rice which cost ₹20 per kg and will be
₹30 per kg are mixed in the ratio 3:2 and sold at 1
the cost of the costlier variety. What is the a) 7 liters b) 5 liters
6
profit percentage? 2
1 c) 5 liters d) 4 liters
a) 20% b) 50% c) 25% d) 33 % 3
3 13. A mixture of 48 litres of milk and water
6. A shopkeeper prepares a mixture of two types contains 15% of water. How much more water
of pulses. One of which is 26 kg at ₹20 per kg is to be added to it to make the water 20% of
and the other is 30 kg at ₹36 per kg. He sells it the resulting mixture?
at the rate of ₹30 per kg. His profit percentage a) 3.75 litres b) 3.25 litres
is c) 3.50 litres d) 3.00 litres
a) 5 % b) 6% c) 7% d) 8% 14. 420 gm of sugar solution has 40% sugar in it.
7. In what proportion must rice at ₹15 per kg be How much sugar should be added to make it
mixed with rice at ₹18 per kg, So that the 65% in the solution?
mixture will be worth ₹16 per kg? a) 275 gm b) 150 gm
a) 2:1 b) 1:2 c) 3:2 d) 2:3 c) 300 gm d) 450 gm
8. Gold and copper are 19 times and 9 times 15. How much pure alcohol has to be added to
heavier than water respectively. An alloy of 400 ml of a solution containing 15% of alcohol
gold and copper is prepared such that it is 15
to change the concentration of alcohol in the resulting mixture may contain equal quantities
mixture to 32%? of wine and water?
a) 60 ml b) 100 ml 2 3
c) 128 ml d) 68 ml a) 5 b) 5
5 5
16. A sample of 50 litres of glycerline is found to 1 3
be adulterated to the extent of 20%. How much c) 4 d) 3
pure glycerine should be added to it so as to 2 4
23. Two vessels A and B contain milk and water
bring down the percentage of impurity to 5%?
mixed in the ratio 8:5 and 5:2 respectively. The
a) 155 litres b) 150 litres
ratio in which these two mixtures be mixed to
c) 150.4 litres d) 149 litres
17. A solution of sugar syrup has 15% sugar. 3
get a new mixture containing 69 % milk is
Another solution has 5% sugar. How many 13
litres of the second solution must be added to a) 3:5 b) 5:2
20 litres of the first solution to make a solution
of 10% sugar? c) 5:7 d) 2:7
a) 10 litres b) 5 litres 24. A barrel contains a mixture of wine and water
c) 15 litres d) 20 litres in the ratio 3:1. How much fraction of the
18. The ratio in which two sugar solutions of the mixture must be drawn off and substituted by
concentrations 15% and 40% are to be mixed water so that the ratio of wine and water in the
to get a solution of concentration 30% is resultant mixture in the barrel becomes 1:1?
a) 2:3 b) 3:2
c) 8:9 d) 9:8 1 1
a) b)
19. Two solutions of 90% and 97% purity are 4 3
mixed to form 21 litres of 94% pure solution. 3 2
What is the quantity of the first solution in the c) d)
mixture? 4 3
a) 15 litres b) 12 litres 25. A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which
c) 9 litres d) 6 litres are water and 5 parts syrup. How much of the
20. In an alloy, zinc and copper are in the ratio 1:2. mixture must be drawn off and replaced with
In the second alloy the same elements are in the water so that the mixture may be half water and
ratio 2:3. In what ratio should these two alloys half syrup?
be mixed to form a new alloy in which the two 1 1
elements are in the ratio 5:8 a) b)
3 4
a) 3:10 b) 10:3 1 1
c) 6:7 d) 7:6 c) d)
21. Two vessels A and B contain spirit and water 5 7
mixed in the ratio 5:2 and 7:6 respectively. Find 26. A container contains mixture of kerosene and
the ratio in which these two mixtures be mixed petrol in which 18% is kerosene. From this 8
to obtain a new mixture in vessel C containing litres of mixture is withdrawn and petrol is
spirit and water in the ratio 8:5. poured. If kerosene is 15% now, how much
a) 4:3 b) 3:4 mixture was there in the container?
c) 5:6 d) 7:9 a) 40 litres b) 32 litres
22. A mixture contains wine and water in the ratio c) 36 litres d) 48 litres
3:2 and another mixture contains them in the 27. A container originally contains 10 liters of pure
ratio 4:5. How many liters of the later must be spirit. From this container 1 liter of spirit is
mixed with 3 liters of the former so that the replaced with 1 liter of water, Subsequently, 1
liter of the mixture is again replaced with 1 liter
of water and this process is repeated one more 33. The average monthly salary of workers in a
time. How much spirit is now left in the workshop is ₹8500. If the average monthly
container? salary of 21 technicians is ₹10000 and average
a) 7.58 liters b) 7.84 liters salary of the rest is ₹7800, then the total
c) 7 liters d) 7.29 liters number of workers in the workshop is
28. A can contains 200 litres of pure milk. 20 litres
was taken out and replaced with water. How a) 66 b) 44
many times should this procedure be followed c) 45 d) 24
for the can to contain 145.8 litres of milk?
34. The average of marks scored by the students of
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
a class is 68. The average of the marks of the
29. 8 liters are drawn from a cask full of wine and
girls in the class is 80 and that of the boys is 60.
is then filled with water. This operation is
What is the percentage of boys in the class?
performed three more times. The ratio of the
quantity of wine now left in cask to that of the a) 40 b) 60
water is 16:65. How much wine did the cask c) 65 d) 70
hold originally?
a) 18 liters b) 24 liters 35. A trader has 120 kg of rice, out of which he
c) 32 liters d) 42 liters sells some with 10% profit and the rest with
30. A thief steals 4 gallons of liquid soap from the 25% profit. He gains 15% on the whole. What
coach of a train and replaces it with water so is the quantity of rice sold at 25% profit?
that he is not caught. Seeing another a) 30 kg b) 40 kg
opportunity he again steals 4 gallons of liquid c) 50 kg d) 80 kg
soap and fills the container with water. When 36. A man has 60 pens. He sells some of these at a
the container is checked at the station, the ratio profit of 12% and the rest at 8% loss. On the
of soap and water is found to be 36:13. If the whole, he gets a profit of 11%. How many pens
soap is not used by any other person, find the were sold at 12% profit?
original quantity of soap in the container. a) 3 b) 57
c) 20 d) 45
a) 7 gallon b) 14 gallon 37. A man has 40 kg of tea, a part of which he sells
c) 21 gallon d) 28 gallons at 5% loss and the rest at the cost price. In this
business he gets a loss of 3%. Find the quantity
31. The average of marks obtained by 120
which he sells at the cost price
candidates in a certain examination is 35. If the
a) 16 kg b) 24 kg
average of the marks obtained by passed
c) 25 kg d) 15 kg
candidates are 39 and those of failed candidates
are 15, what is the number of candidates who 38. A man buys two horses for ₹1350 and sells one
passed the examination? so as to lose 6% and the other so as to gain
7.5% and on the whole he neither gains nor
a) 100 b) 80 loses. What does first horse cost
c) 20 d) 40 a) ₹750 b) ₹600
c) ₹700 d) ₹650
32. The average of marks of two sections A and B 39. A man purchased a refrigerator and a
in an examination is 74. The average marks of microwave oven for Rs 60,000. He sold the
section A are 77.5 and that of section B are 70. refrigerator at 20% profit and microwave oven
The ratio of the number of students of section at 40% profit. If he gets a profit of 35% on the
A and B respectively is whole, what is the cost of the microwave oven?
a) 7:8 b) 7:5 (in rupees)
c) 8:7 d) 8:5 a) 45,000 b) 15,000
c) 40,000 d) 20,000 46. In a town, the population was 8000. In one

1 year, male population increased by 10% and
40. If goods are purchased for ₹450 and rd part female population increased by 8% but the total
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of the goods are sold at a loss of 10%, what per population increased by 9%. The number of
cent of profit should be taken on the remainder males in the town was:
so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction? a) 4000 b) 4500
a) 5% b) 65% c) 5000 d) 6000
c) 35% d) 30% 47. In a certain year, the population of a town was
1 9000. If in next year, the population of males
41. If goods are purchased for ₹840 and th part increases by 5% that of females by 8% and the
4 population increases to 9600 then what was the
of the goods are sold at a loss of 25%, at what ratio of males and females in that given year?
gain per cent should the remainder be sold so
a) 4:5 b) 5:4
as to gain 8% on the whole? c) 2:3 d) 3:2
a) 21% b) 19%
48. A man has ₹30000 to lend on loan. He lent
c) 3% d) 28%
some of his capital to Mohan at an interest rate
42. How many kg of tea at ₹42 per kg must a man of 20% per annum and the rest to Suresh at an
mix with 45 kg of tea at ₹24 per kg so that he interest rate of 12% per annum. At the end of
may, on selling the mixture at ₹40 per kg, gain one year he got 17% of his capital as interest.
25% on the outlay? How much did he lend to Mohan?
a) 36 kg b) 360 kg a) ₹16250 b) ₹18000
c) 78.75 kg d) 20 kg c) ₹17000 d) ₹18750
43. How many kilograms of freely available sand
49. ₹1500 is invested in two such parts that if one
must be added to 30 kgs of wheat worth ₹ 20 part be invested at 6%, and the other at 5%, the
per kg such that a profit of 10% is made on
total interest in one year from both investments
selling the mixture at ₹ 16.50 per kg? is Rs 85. How much is invested at 5%?
a) 12 b) 10 a) ₹1000 b) ₹800
c) 15 d) 5
c) ₹500 d) ₹700
44. A milkman buys milk at ₹10 per litre and mixes
50. Some amount of ₹7000 was lent at 6% p.a. and
5 litre water in it. On selling the mixture at ₹10 the remaining at 4% p.a. if the total simple
per litre he earns 25% profit. What was the interest from both the fractions in 5 years was
total quantity of the mixture?
Rs 1600, the sum lent at 6% p.a. was
a) ₹2000 b) ₹5000
c) 18 litres d) 25 litres
45. The population of a town was 20000. If the c) ₹4000 d) ₹3000
number of males increased by 10% and the
number of females decreased by 6%, the total
population would have remained unchanged.
The number of females is
a) 12500 b) 7500
c) 12000 d) 8000
PERCENTAGES – I [ARPT1013] THE LEADERS
1 10. In an examination, a student who gets 20%

1. A boy who was asked to find 3 % of a sum of the maximum marks fails by 5 marks.
2
of money misread the question and found Another student who scores 30% of the
1 maximum marks gets 20 marks more than
5 % of it. His answer was ₹220. What the pass marks. The necessary percentage
2 required for passing is:
would have been the correct answer? a) 32% b) 23% c) 22% d) 20%
a) ₹120 b) ₹140 c) ₹160 d) ₹150 11. The price of sugar is reduced by 10 per cent.
2. When the price of sugar decreases by 10%, a By this a consumer can buy 6.2 kg more
man could buy 1 kg more for ₹270. Then the sugar for ₹837. The reduced price per kg of
original price of sugar per kg is sugar is
a) ₹25 b) ₹30 c) ₹27 d) ₹32 a) ₹12.50 b) ₹13.00
3. In two successive years, 80 and 60 students c) ₹13.50 d) ₹14.00
of a school appeared at the final examination 12. The population of a village is 25,000. One-
of which 60% and 80% passed respectively. fifth are females and the rest are males. 5%
The average rate of students passed (in of males and 40% of females are uneducated.
percent) is What percentage of the whole is educated?
4 3 a)75% b) 88% c) 55% d) 85%
a) 68% b) 68 % c) 70% d) 72 %
7 7 13. A class has two sections, which contain 20
4. A candidate who scores 30 per cent fails by 5 and 30 students. The pass percentage of
marks. While another candidate who scores these sections is 80% and 60% respectively.
40 percent marks gets 10 more than The pass percentage of whole class is
minimum pass marks. The minimum marks a) 60 b) 68 c) 70 d) 78
required to pass are 14. If the total monthly income of 16 persons is
a) 50 b) 70 c) 100 d) 150 ₹80,800 and the income of one of them is
5. If the monthly salary of an employee is 120% of the average income. Then his
2 income is
increased by 2 % , he gets ₹72 more. His
3 a) ₹5,050 b) ₹6,060
monthly salary (in rupees) is c) ₹6,160 d) ₹6, 600
a) 7,200 b) 3,600 c) 2,700 d) 2,000 15. The present population of a city is 1,80,000.
6. In a school 70% of the students are girls. If it increases at the rate of 10% per annum.
The number of boys are 510. Then the total Its population after 2 years will be:
number of students in the school is: a) 2,07,800 b) 2,27,800
a) 850 b) 1,700 c) 1,830 d) 1,900 c) 2,17,800 d) 2,37,800
7. The allowances of an employee constitute 16. The population of a town 2 years ago was
165% of his basic pay. If he receives ₹11,925 62,500. Due to migration to big cities.It
as gross salary, then his basic pay is (in ₹) decreases every year at the rate of 4%. The
a) 4,000 b) 5,000 c) 4,500 d) 5,500 present population of the town is:
8. Out of two numbers, 40% of the greater a) 57,600 b) 56,700 c) 76,000 d) 75,000
number is equal to 60% of the smaller. If the 17. The value of a commodity depreciates by
sum of the numbers is 150, then the greater 10% annually. If it was purchased 3 years ago
number is and its present value is ₹5832. What was its
a) 70 b) 80 c) 90 d) 60 purchase price?
9. Three sets of 40, 50 and 60 students a) ₹7,200 b) ₹7,862
appeared for an examination and the pass c) ₹8,000 d) ₹8,500
percentage was 100, 90 and 80 respectively. 18. In an examination a candidate must secure
The pass percentage of the whole set is 40% marks to pass. A candidate, who gets
2 2 1 1 220 marks, fails by 20 marks. What are the
a) 88 % b) 84 % c) 88 % d) 84 %
3 3 3 3 maximum marks for the examination?
PERCENTAGES – I [ARPT1013] THE LEADERS
a) 1,200 b) 800 c) 600 d) 450 transport. If he save ₹4,500 per month,

19. The price of sugar is reduced by 20%. Now a which is equal to half the balance after
person can buy 500g more sugar for ₹36. spending on food and transport, his monthly
The original price of the sugar per kilogram salary is
was a) ₹11,250 b) ₹22,500
a) ₹14.40 b) ₹18 c) ₹25,000 d) ₹45,000
c) ₹15.60 d) ₹16.50 27. A student scored 32% marks in science
20. In an examination, there were 1000 boys and subjects out of 300. How much should he
800 girls. 60% of the boys and 50% of the score in language papers out of 200 if he is
girls passed. Find the percent of the to get overall 46% marks?
candidates failed? a) 72% b) 67% c) 66% d) 60%
a) 46.4% b) 48.4% c) 44.4% d) 49.6% 28. Due to an increase of 50% in the price of
21. A person gave 20% of his income to his eggs, 4 eggs less are available for ₹24. The
elder son, 30% of the remaining to the present rate of eggs per dozen is:
younger son and 10% of the balance, he a) ₹24 b) ₹27 c) ₹36 d) ₹42
donated to a trust. He is left with ₹10,080. 29. In two successive years 100 and 75 students
His income in rupees was of a school appeared at the final
a) 50,000 b) 40,000 c) 30,000 d) 20,000 examination. Respectively, 75% and 60% of
22. A student has to obtain 33% of total marks them passed. The average rate of pass is
to pass. He got 25% of total marks and failed 4 1
by 40 marks. The number of total marks is a) 68 % b) 78% c) 80 % d) 80%
7 2
a) 800 b) 300 c) 500 d) 1,000 30. A candidate who gets 20% marks in an
23. A reduction of 25% in the price of rice examination fails by 30 marks but another
enables a person to buy 10 kg more rice for candidate who gets 32% gets 42 marks more
₹600. The reduced per kg. price of rice is than the passing marks. Then the percentage
a) ₹30 b) ₹25 c) ₹20 d) ₹15 of pass marks is:
24. Kishan spends 30% of his salary on food and a) 52% b) 50% c) 33% d) 25 %
donates 3% in a Charitable Trust. He spends
₹2,310 on these two items, then the total
salary for that month is
a) ₹6,000 b) ₹8,000
c) ₹9,000 d) ₹7,000
25. In an election, three candidates contested.
The first candidate got 40% votes and the
second got 36% votes. If total number of
votes polled were 36000, find the number of
votes got by the 3rd candidate.
a) 8,040 b) 8,640 c) 9,360 d) 9,640
26. A man spends 40% of his monthly salary on
food and one-third of the remaining on
PERCENTAGES – II [ARPT1014] THE LEADERS
1. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a 12. The expenses on rice, fish and oil of a family are
college is 3:2. If 20% of boys and 25% of girls in the ratio 12:17:3. The prices of these articles
are adults. The percentage of those students are increased by 20%, 30% and 50%
who are the not adults, is respectively. The total expenses of family on
a) 58% b) 67.5% c) 78% d) 82.5% these articles are increased by
2. If 30% of (B-A) = 18% of (B+A), then the ratio 1 1 1 1
a) 14 % b) 7 % c) 56 % d) 28 %
A:B is equal to 8 8 8 8
a) 4:1 b) 1:4 c) 5:4 d) 5:9 13. 15 litres of a mixture contains alcohol and water
3. The price of cloth having been decreased by in the ratio 1:4. If 3 litres of water is mixed in it,
25%, how much percent a householder can the percentage of alcohol in the new mixture
increase his consumption of cloth so that his will be
expenditure on the cloth remains the same. 2 1
1 a) 15% b) 16 % c) 17% d) 18 %
a) 50% b) 75% c) 20% d) 33 % 3 2
3 1
4. In a class, the number of girls is 20% more than 14. If price of oil in increased by 33 % , by how
3
that of the boys. The strength of the class is 66. much a housewife must reduce consumption of
If 4 more girls are admitted to the class, the oil so that her expenditure on oil remains the
ratio of the number of boys to that of the girls same?
is
1
a) 1:2 b) 3:4 c) 1:4 d) 3:5 a) 33 % b) 25% c) 40% d) 50%
5. If 20% of (P +Q) = 50% of (P-Q), then find 3
15. If 50% of (P-Q) = 30% of (P+Q) and Q = x%
P:Q
of P, then the value of x is
a) 7:8 b) 7:3 c) 7:5 d) 5:7
a) 30 b) 25 c) 20 d) 50
6. If 50% of P = 25% of Q, then P = x% of Q. 16. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by
Find x. 20% and the denominator is decreased by 5%,
a) 0.5 b) 2 c) 50 d) 0.005
5
7. If 90% of A = 30% of B and B = x% of A, the value of the new fraction becomes .The
2
then the value of x is
original fraction is
a) 800 b) 300 c) 700 d) 400
8. Salaries of A and B are in the ratio of 3:4. Both 24 3 95 48
a) b) c) d)
of them spent 75% of their salaries and save 19 18 48 95
rest of the money. Find the ratio of their savings 17. If the price of a commodity is increased by
a) 3:4 b) 4:3 c) 1:1 d) Can’t say 50%, by what fraction must its consumption be
9. If 60% of A’s income is equal to 75% of B’s reduced so as to keep the same expenditure on
income, then B’s income is equal to x% of A’s its consumption?
income. The value of x is: 1 1 1 2
a) b) c) d)
a) 70 b) 60 c) 80 d) 90 4 3 2 3
10. The cost of an apple is twice that of banana and 18. The ratio of the number of students studying in
the cost of a banana is 25% less than that of schools A,B and C is 6:8:7 respectively. If the
guava. If the cost of each type of fruit increases number of students studying in each of the
by 10%, then the percentage increase in cost of schools is increased by 20%, 15% and 20%
4 bananas, 2 apples and 3 guavas is respectively, what will be the new ratio of the
a) 10% b) 8% c) 12% d) 16% number of students in schools A,B and C?
11. If 10% of m is the same as 20% of n, then m:n a) 18:23:21 b) 12:18:17
is equal to: c) 18:21:17 d) None of these
a) 2:1 b) 1:2 c) 1:10 d) 1:20
PERCENTAGES – II [ARPT1014] THE LEADERS
3 25. On increasing price of an article by 20%,

19. If 40% of a number is equal to of other number of articles sold fell by 20%. What is
7
number and sum of these numbers is 145, what effect of this on total sales of the article?
is the larger number? a) 4% decrease b) 4% increase
a) 85 b) 70 c) 20% decrease d) No effect
c) 75 d) None of these 26. The price of a commodity was increased in the
20. A man’s income increased by ₹2,000 in a year. ratio 4:5. If a customer reduces its consumption
Rate of income tax having reduced from 25% to in the ratio 4:3, how much percent his
20%, his tax liability remains the same as in the expenditure on the commodity will increase or
last year. Find his income in the current year. decrease?
a) ₹4,000 b) ₹5,000 a) 1% increase b) 1% decrease
c) 6.25% increase d) 6.25% decrease
c) ₹8,000 d) ₹10,000
27. The price of an article was first increased by
21. Mohan distributed his assets to his wife, three
10% and then again by 20%. If the last
sons, two daughters and five grand children in
such a way that each grandchild got one-eighth increased price be ₹33, the original price was
of each son and one-tenth of each daughter. His a) ₹30 b) ₹27.50
wife got 40% of the total share of his sons and c) ₹26.50 d) ₹25
daughters together. If each daughter receives 1
28. If 20% of A = 30% of B = of C. Then
assets of worth ₹1.25 lakh, what is the share of 6
his wife? A:B:C is
a) ₹12,500 b) ₹2,20,000 a) 2:3:16 b) 3:2:16
c) ₹2,50,000 d) None of these c) 10:15:18 d) 15:10:18
22. Price of a commodity having been increased by 29. The ratio of the expenditure of A, B and C are
20%, a consumer can buy 10 kg less than the 16:12:9 respectively and their savings are 20%,
quantity he was buying originally. Find the 25% and 40% of their income. If the sum of
quantity he was buying originally. their incomes is ₹1,530, find B’s salary.
a) 60 kg b) 80 kg a) ₹480 b) ₹490
c) 90 kg d) 100 kg c) ₹500 d) ₹510
23. An amount is distributed among Suman, Aman 30. Salary of Mr.X is 80% of the salary of Mr.Y and
and Gagan in the ratio 3:7:11. If 24% of share the salary of Mr.Z is 120% of the salary of
of Suman is ₹1,080, then the difference between Mr.X. What is the ratio between the salaries of
the shares of Aman and Gagan is X, Y and Z respectively?
a) ₹5,000 b) ₹6,000 a) 4:6:5 b) 4:5:6
c) ₹2,500 d) ₹4,500 c) 16:24:25 d) 20:25:24
2
24. If of A=75% of B = 0.6 of C, then A:B:C is
3
a) 2:3:4 b) 3:4:5
c) 4:5:6 d) 9:8:10
PROFIT LOSS AND DISCOUNT [ARPT1015] THE LEADERS
1. A man sold his computer at a loss of 5%. 8. By selling 160 calculators, an electronic dealer
Had he sold it for ₹2,250 more, he would makes a profit equal to the cost price of 30
have made a profit of 10%. What is the cost calculators Find his profit percentage.
price of his computer? 3 1
a) 18 % b) 13 %
a) ₹15,000 b) ₹16,000 4 13
c) ₹20,000 d) ₹24,000 1 15
2. A shopkeeper sells an item at ₹36 and incurs c) 23 % d) 15 %
13 9
a loss of 10%. At what price should the 9. Some fruits are brought at ₹30 a kg. If 20%
shopkeeper sell it to gain 30%? of the fruits are rotten, at what price per kg
a) ₹45.5 b) ₹52 c) ₹58.5 d) ₹65 should the remaining fruits be sold as to gain
3. Two TVs were sold both for the same price 20% on the whole?
of ₹9,000. The first was sold at a profit of a) ₹36 b) ₹39 c) ₹45 d) ₹42
25% and the other at a profit of 20%. What 10. Zamera purchased 21 articles for ₹18 and
was the respective cost price of the first and sold them at the rate of 6 articles for ₹7.
the second TV? What is her overall profit percentage
a) ₹6,400 and ₹7,000 (approximately)?
b) ₹7,200 and ₹7,500 a) 30% b) 36% c) 21% d) 18%
c) ₹6,500 and ₹7,500 11. A spectacle frame was marked up by 40%
d) ₹6,500 and ₹7,200 and after that a discount of 20% is offered on
4. Prasanna sold two horses at the same price. it. If the frame costs ₹500, what is the profit
On one horse he gained 20% and on other he earned by selling it?
lost 20%. What is Prasanna’s overall profit a) ₹36 b) ₹24 c) ₹48 d) ₹60
or loss percentage? 12. The cost price of a chair is ₹240. The profit
a) 6% loss b) 4% profit made by the shopkeeper, after selling it by
c) 4% loss d) 6% profit giving of 10% discount on marked price, is
5. The cost price for a company to manufacture ₹30. What is the marked price?
a product is ₹60. The company sold the a) ₹360 d) ₹330 c) ₹390 d) ₹300
product to a dealer for ₹70.The dealer sells 13. A trader earns a profit of 20% after giving a
the product to a shopkeeper for ₹85 and the discount of 10% discount on the marked
shopkeeper sells it to a costumer for ₹102. price. How much percent more than cost
What is the percentage of profit for the price should he mark his marked price?
company? 1 2
2 a) 30% b) 33 % c) 34 % d) 35%
a) 42% b) 16 % 3 3
3 14. A trader sold a cycle for ₹720, after giving a
3 discount of 10%. Had he not allowed any
c) 21 % d) 70%
7 discount he would have got a profit of
6. A trader claims to sell goods at the cost price 1
but he weighs only 1500 grams for every 33 % . What is the cost price of the cycle?
3
1800 grams. What is the profit percentage of a) ₹660 b) ₹600 c) ₹640 d) ₹620
the trader? 15. An article is marked 40% above its cost price
2 and sold at a profit of 12% after a certain
a) 16 % b) 20% c) 25% d) 18%
3 discount. If it was marked 50% above its cost
7. The selling price of 25 articles is equal to the price and was sold after the same discount
cost price of 30 articles. What is the profit or percent, what would have been the profit
loss percentage? percent?
a) 10% profit b) 20% loss a) 15% b) 16% c) 18% d) 20%
c) 10% loss d) 20% profit 16. A person purchased two goats for ₹1,008.He
sold one of them at a loss of 20% and
another one at a profit of 44%. If both the respectively. If there is a loss of 19% on
goats are sold in the same price, then what is selling A, at what profit percent should C be
the cost price of the goat which was sold at sold to gain 10% on the whole?
loss? a) 49% b) 77% c) 56% d) 45%
a) ₹648 b) ₹360 c) ₹568 d) ₹440 25. A shopkeeper normally makes a profit of
17. A trader sells an article at 10% profit. Had he 20%. In a certain transaction, he weighed 900
bought the article at 10% lesser price and gm instead of 1 kg without his knowledge
sold it for ₹20 less he would have gained due to an error in the weighing scale. If he
2 charges 20% less than what he normally
16 % . What is the original cost price? charges, what is his actual profit or loss
3
percentage?
a) ₹600 b) ₹500 c) ₹400 d) ₹300
18. A shopkeeper earns 20% profit even after 2 2
a) 6 % profit b) 6 % loss
providing a discount of 10% on an item. If 3 3
the marked price is ₹800, then what is the c) 10% loss d) 10% profit
cost price of the item? 26. On an article the manufacturer gains 10%,
a) ₹900 b) ₹800 c) ₹700 d) ₹600 the wholesale dealer gains 15% and the
19. After selling 17 balls for ₹720 the loss is retailer gains 25%. If retail price of the article
equal to the cost price of 5 balls. What is the is ₹1,265, the production cost of it is
cost price of one ball? a) ₹800 b) ₹850 c) ₹900 d) ₹950
a) ₹45 b) ₹50 c) ₹60 d) ₹55 27. A shopkeeper sells two T.V. sets for ₹ 20,000
20. A shopkeeper suffers a loss of 25% after each. On one he gains 15% and on the other
selling 40 pins in ₹1. How many pins should he loses 15%. Then, the shopkeeper’s gain or
he sell for ₹1 to get 20% profit? loss is
a) 30 b) 25 c) 20 d) 32 a) gain of 2.25% b) gain of 4%
21. A cycle seller earns a profit of 35% after c) loss of 4% d) loss of 2.25%
allowing a cash discount of 10%. If the cost 28. A shopkeeper purchased a TV whose marked
price of the cycle is ₹800 then what will be its price is ₹16,000 from a dealer at two
marked price? successive discounts of 20% and then 10%.
a) ₹1,080 b) ₹1,200 c) ₹972 d) ₹1,800 The shopkeeper spent ₹480 for
22. A trader marks his selling price 10% more transportation of T.V. If he sold the T.V. for
than that of cost price. While selling he ₹15,000, his gain percentage is
allows some discount and suffers a loss of a) 30 b) 25 c) 23 d) 15
1%. He gave the discount of 29. A shopkeeper finds that the profit earned by
a) 11% b) 10% c) 9% d) 10.5% selling an article for ₹1,470 is equal to the
23. I brought a fridge three years back for loss in selling the same article for ₹1,050. If
₹9,000. The current price of a similar fridge is he is to make a profit of 30%, the sale price
₹16,000. If I sell my fridge, in the condition it of the article should be
is in, I would get ₹10,500. Instead, if I get it a) ₹1638 b) ₹1600 c) ₹1578 d) ₹1532
painted for ₹3,000, I can sell it for the price 30. A man bought a horse and a carriage for
of a new one. What discount can I offer, if I ₹30,000. He sold the horse at a profit of 20%
expect to make the same percentage profit as and the carriage at a loss of 10%. Finally he
I would have made, if I sell without painting? gains 2% on the whole. The cost of the horse
a) 12.5% b) 8% c) 10% d) 9.6% is
24. In a shop, three articles A, B and C have the a) ₹9,000 b) ₹10,000
same cost price and the same selling price. By c) ₹12,000 d) ₹15,000
3
mistake, two salesman sell A and B at th
4
2
and rd of their actual selling prices
3
SIMPLE INTEREST [ARPT1016] THE LEADERS
1. A takes a sum of ₹800 at simple interest at a) 15 b) 30 c) 25 d) 20

12% per annum and B takes a loan of ₹910 at 9
10. The simple interest in certain sum is of
simple interest at 10% per annum. In how 16
many years the amount paid by both of them the sum barrowed. The number representing
will be the same? the rate per annum and the number of years
a) 18 years b) 20years for which the sum was barrowed is the same.
c) 22 years d) 24 years Find the number of years for which the sum
2. A man borrows ₹80,000 at 15% p.a. simple was barrowed.
interest. He repays ₹48,000 at the end of first 1
year and the balance at the end of second a) 7 years b) 8 years
2
year. What amount did he repay at the end of c) 6 months d) 9 months
the second year? 11. A certain sum is lent at R% p.a. simple
a) ₹50,600 b) ₹48,000 interest for R years The simple interest on the
c) ₹48,800 d) ₹49,200 sum is equal to one-fourth of the sum. Find
3. Find the simple interest on ₹10,000 for two R.
years at 10% p.a. a) 5 b) 10 c) 15 d) 25
a) ₹1,000 b) ₹200 12. What will be the simple interest on principal
c) ₹2,000 d) ₹100 of ₹18440 at 15% p.a. for 4 years?
4. A sum of money amounts to ₹702 in 2 years a) ₹11,075 b) ₹12,250
and ₹783 in 3 years under simple interest. c) ₹11,500 d) ₹11,064
Find the rate of interest. 13. On which principal the SI at the rate of x% in
a) 10% b) 15% c) 12% d) 14% x years will be ₹x ?
5. A certain sum was deposited in a bank at 6% 100
per annum at simple interest for 3 yea₹ Had a) ₹x b) ₹
x
the rate of interest been 8% the total interest
100
received would have been ₹750 more. Find c) ₹100x d) ₹ 2
the sum(in ₹). x
14. On a sum at the rate of 12.5% p.a. at the end
a) 11,000 b) 12,000 c) 12,500 d) 13,000
of five years, simple interest received is
6. The difference between the simple interest
₹1,575. Find that sum ?
received from two banks on ₹5000 for two
a) ₹2,050 b) ₹2,550
years in ₹50. what is the difference between
their rates? c) ₹2,250 d) ₹2,520
a) 0.25% b) 0.5% c) 1% d) 2% 15. To get total amount of ₹12,710 after certain
7. Rajesh barrows ₹50,000 at simple interest but period Arunima Invested ₹10,250 at the rate
the rate of interest is not constant for the of 4 p.c.p.a. simple interest. For how many
entire period. For first three years it is 10% years did she invest?
p.a. For the next two years it is 5% p.a. and a) 6 years b) 8 years c) 5 years d) 4 years
next three years it is 8% p.a. He repaid the 16. ₹8600 is divided into two parts in such a way
entire amount after 8 yea₹ How much does that annual rate of 15% simple interest for 4
he have to repay to clear the debt? years on the first part is equal to simple
a) ₹82,000 b) ₹84,000 interest at the rate of 20% for 3 years on the
second part. Difference between both the
c) ₹86,000 d) ₹88,500
parts will be :
8. In what tine does a sum double itself at
a) ₹500 b) ₹400 c) ₹200 d) Zero
1
6 % p.a. simple interest? 17. For what time period will the interest at 6%
4 S.I rate annually for ₹1,200 be same as 12%
a) 16 years b) 10 years annually S.I rate for ₹900 for 6 years?
a) 3 years b) 9 years c) 18 years d) 20years
9. A sum took 10 years to double at a certain
18. The simple interest on a principal of ₹24,250
rate of simple interest. Find the time it would
in 9 years is 162% of the principal. What is
take to triple at the same rate of interest (in
the rate of interest p.a.?
years).
SIMPLE INTEREST [ARPT1016] THE LEADERS
a) 22 b) 16 c) 18 d) 9 a) ₹1,27,500 b) ₹1,30,250
19. Simple interest on a certain principal in four c) ₹1,28,500 d) ₹1,31,250
years at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a is ₹1,200. what 26. A sum of money lent out at simple interest
will be the simple interest on thrice the amounts to ₹720 after 2 years and to ₹1020
principal for 3 years at the rate of 6p. p.a.? after a future period of 5 years. The sum is:
a) ₹2,025 b) ₹3,025 a) ₹500 b) ₹600
c) ₹2,250 d) ₹2,150 c) ₹700 d) ₹710
20. Simple interest on a certain sum for 12
1 27. The simple interest on a certain sum for 8
2 months at 4% per annum is ₹129 less than
3 the simple interest on the same sum for 15
years is th of that sum. What is the rate of months at 5% per annum. The sum is :
4
interest p.a.? a) ₹2580 b) ₹2400
a) 4% b) 5% c) 6% d) 8% c) ₹2529 d) ₹3600
21. A farmer took a loan of ₹3,600 at the rate of 28. A sum of ₹1500 is lent out in two parts in
15% p.a simple interest. After 4 years he paid such a way that the simple interest on one
₹4,000 cash and one goat and settled the loan. part at 10% per annum for 5 years is equal to
What is the price of the goat? that on another part at 12.5% per annum for
a) ₹1,000 b) ₹1,200 4 years. The sum lent out at 12.5% is:
c) ₹1,550 d) ₹1,760 a) ₹500 b) ₹1000
22. A took 40% of a sum at the rate of 15% p.a., c) ₹750 d) ₹1250
50% of the remaining sum at the rate of 10% 29. A person deposited ₹500 for 4 years and
p.a., and the remaining sum at 18% p.a. What ₹600 for 3 years at the same rate of simple
is the rate of interest p.a. on the whole sum? interest in a bank. Altogether he received
a) 13.33% b) 13.4% c) 14.33% d) 14.4% ₹190 as interest. The rate of simple interest
23. The amount on a certain sum on simple per annum was
interest for 5 years ₹5,200 and for 7 years is a) 4% b) 5%
₹5,680. What is the annual rate of interest? c) 2% d) 3%
a) 3% b) 4% c) 5% d) 6% 30. With a given rate of simple interest, the ratio
24. The difference of simple interest on ₹5,000 of principal and amount for certain period of
for 2 years given by two banks, is ₹25. what is time is 4 : 5. After 3 years, with the same rate
the difference of rate of interest of these of interest, the ratio of the principal and
banks? amount becomes 5 : 7. The rate of interest is
a) 1% b) 2.5% c) 1.5% d) 0.25% a) 4% b) 6%
25. Aseem borrows ₹2,50,000 from a bank at c) 5% d) 7%
15%p.a. simple interest. Every year he pays
15% of the principal along with the interest
for the year. What is the total simple interest
he pays in 5 years?
COMPOUND INTEREST [ARPT1017] THE LEADERS
1. Seema borrowed ₹8,000 at 12% simple 1

a) year b) 1 year
interest for 3 years and lent it to Anjali for 3 2
years at 15% per annum compound interest, 3
compounded annually. Seema’s profit at the c) 2 years d) year
4
end of 3 years is :
10. Jahangir borrowed ₹80,000 at the rate of 7%
a) ₹1,500 b) ₹1,301
p.a. at compound interest, interest being
c) ₹1,287 d) ₹1,783 compounded annually. How much should he
2. The compound interest on ₹2,000 for 3 years repay at the end of the first year, so that by
is ₹662. What is the rate of interest per repaying ₹48,792 at the end of the second
annum? year he can clear loan?
a) 10% b) 3% c) 5% d) 6% a) 38,600 b) 40,000
3. A sum amounts to ₹31,360 in two years and c) 40,850 d) 41,500
₹35,123.30 in three years. Find the sum 11. Vikram borrows ₹25,000 at 10 % p.a., the
borrowed if the interest in compounded interest being compounded annually. He
annually. pays ₹15,000 after 2 years. What is the single
a) ₹25,000 b) ₹24,000 installment he has to pay to clear the loan
c) ₹26,000 d) ₹27,000 after 2 more years? (approximately)
4. The compound interest on a certain amount a) ₹18,000 b) ₹17,250
at a certain rate of interest for the 2nd year is c) ₹17,256 d) ₹18,453
₹3,840 and for the 3rd year is ₹4,608.Find the 12. Find the present value of ₹14,641 payable
sum borrowed. after 3 years at 10% p.a. compound interest.
a) ₹18,000 b) ₹15,000 a) ₹11,000 b) ₹10,000
c) ₹16,000 d) ₹20,000 c) ₹12,000 d) ₹9,000
5. A sum of ₹12,000 is lent at 10% p.a. 13. The difference between the compound
compound interest. What is the difference interest and simple interest on a certain sum
between the compound interest between 3rd at 20% p.a. for 3 years is ₹10,240. Find the
year and the 4th year? sum
a) ₹162.20 b) ₹150.5 a) ₹40,000 b) ₹70,000
c) ₹145.20 d) ₹ 150 c) ₹1,50,000 d) ₹80,000
6. A man saves ₹18,000 at the beginning of 14. A sum was lent at 20% p.a. simple interest
each year and deposits the money in a bank for 2 years. If it was lent at the same rate of
that pays 10% interest per year, Interest compound interest, interest being
being compound annually. What will the compounded annually, for the same time, it
saving be at the end of 3 years? would have amounted to ₹240 more. Find
a) ₹62,186 b) ₹64,165 the sum
c) ₹65,538 d) ₹66,246 a) ₹5,000 b) ₹6,000
7. At compound interest a certain sum doubles c) ₹7,200 d) ₹9,000
itself in n yea₹ In how many years will the 15. The difference between the compound
sum be four times itself? interest and simple interest on certain sum at
a) 3n years b) n2 years a certain rate of interest for two years is
c) 4n years d) 2n years ₹200. The compound interest for two years
8. A sum of ₹1,25,000 amounts to ₹1,62,864 in is ₹4,200. find the rate of interest per annum.
3 years at compound interest compounded a) 10% b) 20% c) 5% d) 6%
annually at the rate of 4% p.a. for the first 16. The compound interest and simple interest
year and 8% p.a. for the second year. Find on a certain sum for 2 years, at the same rate,
the rate of interest charged for the 3rd year.
are ₹3,150 and ₹3,000, respectively. Find the
a) 12% b) 16% c) 10% d) 6%
sum.
9. A sum of ₹3200 invested at 10% p.a.
a) ₹11,000 b) ₹20,000
compounded quarterly amounts to ₹3362.
c) ₹14,000 d) ₹15,000
Compute the time period.
COMPOUND INTEREST [ARPT1017] THE LEADERS
17. Ramesh invested a total of ₹84,350 in two person at 10% compound rate of interest.
parts one at 10% simple interest for two The amount of money received by him after
years and the other one at 10% compound 2 years will be
interest for 2 years. The amount he received a) ₹10 b) ₹8 c) ₹12 d) ₹6
from two parts are equal. Find the amount 25. Simple interest accrued on a sum of ₹40,000
invested at simple interest. at the end of three years is ₹12,000. For the
a) ₹42,000 b) ₹42,350 same time and at the same rate what will be
c) ₹54,000 d) ₹33,350 the compound interest on that sum?
18. What will be the CI on ₹5,000 at 8% annual a) 18,765 b) 15,350
rate for 6 months when interest is payable c) 21,555 d) 13,240
quarterly? 26. A sum of money in 2 years at CI becomes
a) ₹201 b) ₹203 ₹12,960 and in 3 years becomes ₹13,176.
c) ₹205 d) ₹202 What is the rate of interest per annum?
19. A sum of money is invested at 5% annual 1
a) 1 %
1
b) 2 % c) 1 %
2
d) 2%
compound interest for 3 years. If total 3 3 3
interest is ₹2,522, what was the principal? 27. A principal of ₹10,000, after 2 years
a) ₹10,000 b) ₹13,000 compounded annually, the rate of interest
c) ₹16,000 d) ₹15,762.50 being 10% per annum during the first year
20. CI on a certain sum for 2 years is ₹832 and and 12% per annum during the second year
at the same rate SI is ₹800. What will be the (in rupees) will amount to :
difference between CI and SI for 3 years? a) ₹12,000 b) ₹12,320
a) ₹48.64 b) ₹66.56 c) ₹12,500 d) ₹11,320
c) ₹98.56 d) None of these 28. The sum of money that yields a compound
2 interest of ₹420 during the second year at
21. A sum becomes ₹196 in two years at 16 % 5% p.a. is
3
annual compound rate. The sum is: a) ₹4,000 b) ₹42,000
a) ₹140 b) ₹154 c) ₹8,000 d) ₹21,000
29. On a certain sum of money the compound
c) ₹150 d) None of these
22. At the rate of 16 p.p.a, compound interest interest for 2 years is ₹282.15 and the simple
accrued at the end of 2 years on a sum of interest for the same period of time is ₹270.
money is ₹3,041.28. what is the sum? The rate of interest per annum is
a) 6.07% b) 10% c) 9% d) 12.15%
a) ₹10,500 b) ₹9,000
30. A sum of ₹6000 is deposited for 3 years at
c) ₹7,250 d) ₹8,800
5% per annum compound interest
23. What is the difference between CI and SI
(compounded annually). The difference of
accrued on a sum of ₹16,200 at 25% rate at
interests for 3 and 2 years will be
the end of three years? (upto two decimal
a) ₹75.00 b) ₹30.75
places)
c) ₹330.75 d) ₹375.00
a) ₹3,213.44 b) ₹3,302.42
c) ₹3,495.28 d) ₹3,290.63
24. A person took a loan of ₹800 at 10% annual
rate of simple interest and gave it to another
ALLIGATION AND MIXTURES [ARPT1020] THE LEADERS
1. A solution of 80 liters contains 30% alcohol. 10. In a class, the average weight of the girls is 35
How many liters of pure alcohol must be added kg and the average weight of boys is 42 kg. If
to this mixture so the concentration of alcohol the ratio of boys to girls is 4:3, then find the
becomes 65%? average weight of the students in the class.(in
a) 40 liters b) 80 liters kg.)
c) 24 liters d) 12 liters a) 35.5 b) 32 c) 40 d) 39
2. In what ratio must two kinds of coffee of rates 11. A sum of ₹410 was divided among 50 boys and
₹80 per kg and ₹108 per kg be mixed such that girls. Each boy got ₹9 and each girl got ₹6.50.
the resultant mixture costs ₹96 per kg? Find the number of girls.
a) 1:2 b) 2:3 c) 3:4 c) 2:1 a) 18 b) 12 c) 20 d) 16
3. In what ratio should water and 84% milk 12. A merchant buys sulphuric acid at a certain rate
solution be mixed to obtain 48% milk solution? per gallon and after mixing it with water, sells it
a) 4:3 b) 9:13 c) 2:3 d) 3:4 at the same rate. If the merchant makes a profit
4. 1000 chocolates were distributed among 50 of 20%, how many gallons of water is there per
students. If each boy gets 18 chocolates and gallon of acid?
each girl gets 23 chocolates. How many boys a) 0.2 b) 0.5 c) 0.7 d) 0.25
and girls are there respectively 13. A shopkeeper has 50 kg of rice, part of which
a) 25, 25 b) 15, 35 he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit.
c) 40, 10 d) 30, 20 On the whole, he gains 14% profit, what
5. If two kinds of wheat costing ₹17 per kg and quantity of rice is sold at 18% profit?(in kgs)
₹24 per kg are mixed in the ratio of 4:3, then a) 40 b) 35 c) 30 d) 45
find the cost of the mixture per kg? 14. A solution of 60 liters of milk and water
a) ₹18 b) ₹19 c) ₹20 d) ₹22 contains 20% water. How much water should
6. If 30 liters of 20% milk is mixed with 20 liters be added to this, to make it a solution with 40%
of 25% milk, then find the concentration of water?
milk in the resulting solution? a) 10 liters b) 15 liters
a) 21% b) 22% c) 23% d) 24% c) 20 liters d) 25 liters
7. Salt priced at ₹8 per kg is mixed with salt priced 15. In what ratio must wheat costing ₹14.4 per kg
at ₹11 per kg to obtain a mixture priced at be mixed with wheat costing ₹20.4 per kg so
₹9.25 per kg. Find the ratio in which the that the mixture is worth ₹18 per kg?
cheaper and dearer varieties of salts are mixed? a) 1:1 b) 2:3 c) 3:2 d) 3:4
a) 1:2 b) 3:4 c) 7:5 d) 8:9 16. How much water should be added to 25 liters
8. How many kilograms of rice costing ₹18 per kg of pure milk costing ₹30 a liter so that a profit
must be mixed with 24 kg of rice costing ₹15 of 40% is made by selling the mixture at ₹35 a
per kg, so that the resultant mixture costs ₹16 liter?
per kg? a) 4 liters b) 5 liters
a) 12 b) 15 c) 21 d) 24 c) 5.5 liters d) 6 liters
9. A solution of 140 liters of acid contains 10% of 17. One variety of wheat costing ₹20 per kg is
acid and the remaining is water. How many mixed with another variety of wheat costing ₹x
litres of acid must be added so that the per kg in the ratio 3:1, so that the cost of the
1 resulting mixture is ₹21 per kg what is x?
concentration of acid become of the a) 22 b) 24 c) 23 d) 25
8
solution? 18. Two cans contain wine in 0.6 and 0.45
a) 5 liters b) 4 liters concentrations respectively. Two liters of the
c) 10 liters d) 11 liters first solution and four liters of the second
ALLIGATION AND MIXTURES [ARPT1020] THE LEADERS
solution are mixed. What is the ratio of wine 25. In what ratio two alloys containing zinc and
and water in the resultant solution? copper in the ratios 2:1 and 4:1 should be
a) 2:1 b) 1:1 c) 1:2 d) 4:3 mixed so that the ratio of the respective metals
19. A vessel contains liquids A and B in the ratio in the resultant alloy is 3:1?
9:5. If 14 litres of the mixture are removed and a) 2:3 b) 3:5 c) 5:8 d) 5:7
the same quantity of liquid B is added, the ratio 26. Six litres of a 20% solution of alcohol in water
becomes 5:9. What quantity does the vessel are mixed with four litres of 60% solution of
hold? alcohol in water. The alcoholic strength of the
a) 32 litres b) 31 litres mixture is:
c) 31.5 litres d) 33 litres a) 40% b) 36% c) 26% d) 30%
20. Two varieties of sugar are mixed in the ratio 3:2 27. One litre of water was mixed to three litres of
and sold for ₹60 per kg by making a profit of sugar solution containing 4% of sugar. What is
25%. If the cost of sugar whose quantity is the percentage of sugar in the solution ?
more is ₹40 per kg, what is the cost of other a) 3 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
variety of sugar? 28. The quantity of water (in ml) added to reduced
a) ₹60 b) ₹48 c) ₹50 d) ₹75 the strength of 9 ml of an after shave lotion,
21. A mixture of rice and wheat contains 70% from 50% alcohol to 30% alcohol, is:
wheat. What percentage of the mixture must be a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
removed and substituted with rice such that the 29. A mixture is composed of 8 parts of whisky
resultant mixture contains wheat and rice in the and 3 parts of water. After adding 28 litres of
ratio 14:11? water, if the mixture contains whisky one and
1 half times as much as water, then how many
a) 33 % b) 25% c) 20% d) 28% litres of whisky does it contain?
3
a) 96 b) 48 c) 192 d) 72
22. What quantity of wheat at ₹10 per kg should be
30. A shopkeeper has 80 kg of wheat. He sells a
mixed with 48 kg of wheat at ₹6 per kg and 30 part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 40%
kg of wheat at ₹8 per kg, such that a profit of profit. If he gains 28% on the whole. Find the
25% is earned on selling the mixture at ₹10 per quantity sold at 40% profit
kg? a) 48 kg b) 28 kg
a) 52 kg b) 48 kg c) 36 kg d) 40 kg c) 32 kg d) 36 kg
23. How many liters of water should be added to
60 liters of acidic solution so that the acid
concentration reduces from 60% to 40%?
a) 15 liters b) 20 liters
c) 30 liters d) 60 liters
24. A bucket contains a mixture of two liquids A
and B in the proportion 6:5. If 33 litres of the
mixture is replaced by 33 litres of liquid B, then
the ratio of two liquids becomes 3:4. How
much of the liquid A was there in the bucket?
PERCENTAGES – I [ARTT1013] THE LEADERS
1. If the sales tax on a television set increases a) 19% b) 20% c) 21% d) 22%
1 11. A number is divided into two parts in such a
from 7 % to 8%, what more amount will way that 80% of 1st part is 3 more than 60%
2
have to be paid for the television whose of 2nd part and 80% of 2nd part is 6 more
price (excluding sales taxes) is ₹19000? than 90% of the 1st part . Then the number is
a) ₹190 b) ₹95 c) ₹180 d) ₹90 a) 125 b) 130 c) 135 d) 145
2. 20% of 30% of a number is 12, the number 12. In an examination, the percentage of
is students qualified to the number of students
a) 24 b) 40 c) 100 d) 200 appeared from school ‘A’ is 70%.In school
3. The salary of a person is decreased by 25% ‘B’, the number of students appeared is 20%
and then the decreased salary is increased by more than the students appeared from
25%. His new salary in comparison with his school ‘A’ and the number of students
original salary is qualified from school ‘B’ is 50% more than
a) the same b) 6.25% more the students qualified from school ‘A’. What
c) 6.25% less d) 0.625% less is the % of students qualified to the number
4. 605 sweets were distributed equally among of students appeared from school ‘B’?
children in such a way that the number of a) 87.5% b) 75.5% c) 70% d) 30%
sweets received by each child is 20% of the 13. To pass an examination, a candidate needs
total number of children. How many sweets 40% marks. All questions carry equal marks.
did each child receive? A candidate just passed by getting 10
a) 24 b) 11 c) 45 d) 31 answers correct by attempting 15 of the total
5. The monthly income of a person was questions. How many questions are there in
the examination?
₹13,500 and his monthly expenditure was
a) 25 b) 30 c) 40 d) 45
₹9,000. Next year his income increased by
14. In a big garden 60% of the trees are coconut
14% and his expenditure increased by 7%.
trees, 25% of the number of coconut trees
The per cent increase in his savings was
are mango trees and 20% of the number of
a) 7% b) 21% c) 28% d) 35%
mango trees are apple trees. If the number of
6. 38 litres of milk was poured into a tub and
apple trees are 1,500, then the number of
the tub was found to be 5% empty. To
trees in the garden is :
completely fill the tub, what amount of
a) 48,000 b) 50,000 c) 51,000 d) 45,000
additional milk must be poured?
15. If population of women in a village is 80%
a) 1 litre b) 2 litres
of population of men, what is the population
of men as a percentage of population of
7. Tulsiram’s salary is 20% more than that of
women?
Kashyap. If Tulsiram saves ₹720 which is a) 80% b) 100% c) 112.5% d) 125%
4% of his salary. Then Kashyap’s salary is 16. The value of a property decreases every year
a) ₹15,000 b) ₹12,000 at the rate of 5%. If its present value is
c) ₹10,000 d) ₹22,000 ₹4,11,540. What was its value 3 years ago?
8. Ram saves 14% of his salary while Shyam a) ₹4,50,000 b) ₹4,60,000
saves 22%. If both get the same salary and
c) ₹4,75,000 d) ₹4,80,000
Shyam saves ₹1540. what is the savings of 17. Given A is 50% larger than C and B is 25%
Ram? larger than C, then A is what percent larger
a) ₹990 b) ₹980 c) ₹890 d) ₹880 than B ?
9. What is the number whose 20% is 30% of a) 25% b) 50% c) 75% d) 20%
40? 18. The difference of 57% of a number and its
a) 90 b) 80 c) 60 d) 50 41% is 240. What is the number?
10. Two successive price increases of 10% and a) 1,000 b) 1,200 c) 1,500 d) 1,800
10% of an article are equivalent to a single
price increase of
PERCENTAGES – I [ARTT1013] THE LEADERS
19. In an examination A got 25% marks more 26. In a class of 65 students and 4 teachers, each
than B, B got 10% less than C and C got student got sweets that are 20% of total
25% more than D. If D got 320 marks out number of students and each teacher got
of 500. The marks obtained by A were. sweets that are 40% of the total number of
a) 405 b) 450 c) 360 d) 400 students. How many sweets were there?
20. If 60% of the students in a school are boys a) 845 b) 897 c) 949 d) 104
and the number of girls is 972. How many 27. Bhavana spent ₹44,668 on her air tickets,
boys are there in the school? ₹56,732 on buying gifts for the family
a) 1,258 b) 1,458 c) 1,324 d) 1,624 members and remaining 22% of the total
21. In an examination, 93% of students passed amount she had as cash with her. What was
and 259 failed. The total number of students the total amount?
appearing at the examination was a) ₹2,86,000 b) ₹1,30,000
a) 3,700 b) 3,850 c) 3,950 d) 4,200 c) ₹1,01,400 d) ₹3,38,000
22. What is 20% of 25% of 300? 28. In a test consisting of 75 questions carrying
a) 35 b) 60 c) 135 d) 15 one mark each, Samir answered 75% of the
23. There are some coins or rings of either gold first 40 questions correctly. What
or silver in a box. 60% of the objects are approximate per cent of the other 35
coins. 40% of the rings are of gold and 30% questions does he need to answer correctly
of the coins are of silver. What is the to score 80% on the entire test?
percentage of gold articles? a) 90 b) 75 c) 86 d) 60
a) 16 b) 27 c) 58 d) 70 29. Rubina decided to donate 16% of her
24. The total number of students in two schools monthly salary to an NGO. On the day of
A and B is 990. If the number of students of donation she changed her mind and donated
school A is decreased by 5% and the number ₹6,567 which was 75% of what she had
of students of school B is increased by 14%, decided earlier. How much is Rubina’s
the number of students of the two schools monthly salary?
will become equal. The ratio of the number a) ₹8,756 b) ₹54,725
of students of schools A and B is c) ₹6,56,700 d) ₹45,696
a) 5:6 b) 6:5 c) 115:84 d) 84:115
30. Rate of commission is increased from 9% to
25. A person spends 30% of monthly salary on 10%, but due to decrease in sale amount by
rent, 25% on food, 20% on children’s
₹1,000, a selling agent got the same
education and 12% on electricity, and the
commission as in the last year. Find the
balance of ₹1,040 in the remaining items. amount of sale achieved by him in the last
What is the monthly salary of the person?
year.
a) ₹8,000 b) ₹9,000 a) ₹8,000 b) ₹9,000
c) ₹9,600 d) ₹10,600
c) ₹10,000 d) ₹12,500
PERCENTAGES – II [ARTT1014] THE LEADERS
1. The population of a town decreased by 20% of black and brown pairs of socks in the original
and 25% in two successive years. What per cent order was:
population is decreased after two years? a) 2:1 b) 1:4 c) 3:2 d) 4:1
a) 50% b) 60% c) 40% d) 45% 10. Mayur weighs twice as much as Shweta.
2. In measuring the sides of a rectangle, one side is Shweta’s weight is 60% of Deepika’s weight.
taken 10% in excess and the other 20% in Rakesh weighs 50% of Vikas’s eight. Vikas
deficit. Find the error per cent in area calculated weighs 190% of Mayur’s weight. Which of these
from the measurement. people weighs the least?
a) 12% deficit b) 10% deficit a) Mayur b) Deepika
c) 12% excess d) 10% excess c) Shweta d) Rakesh
3. Tom’s salary is 125% of Tina’s salary; Tito’s 2
11. If the price of a commodity be raised by 16 % ,
salary is 80% of Tina’s salary. The total of all the 3
three salaries is ₹61,000. What is Tito’s salary? find how much percent a must householder
a) ₹16,000 b) ₹16,500 reduce his consumption of that commodity, so
c) ₹15,500 d) ₹15,000 as not to increase his expenditure.
4. Water tax is increased by 20% but its 1 6
a) 14 % b) 13 %
consumption is decreased by 20%. The increase 7 7
or decrease in the expenditure is 2 2
a) 4% decrease b) 4% increase c) 14 % d) 16 %
7 3
c) 8% decrease d) 8% increase
12. The salary of worker was first increased by 7%
5. The price of sugar has fallen by 10%. How
and thereafter, decreased by 5%. What was the
many quintals can be bought for the same
change in his salary?
amount which was sufficient to buy 18 quintals
33 33
at the higher price? a) increase % b) decrease %
a) 20 b) 22 c) 25 d) 30 20 20
1 23 23
6. If th of x equals 30% of y, which in turn c) increase % d) decrease %
4 20 20
equal to 45% of z, then x as a percentage of z is 13. A man spends 50% of his income. His income
a) 160% b) 170% c) 180% d) 190% increases by 30% and his expenditure also
7. If the charges per hour of internet surfing are increases by 20%, Find the percentage increase
increased by 25%, then find the percentage of his savings.
decrease in the time period of surfing of a user, a) 25% b) 50% c) 60% d) 40%
who can afford only a 10% increase in 14. Rice is now being sold at ₹20 per kg. During
expenditure last month its cost was ₹18 per kg. Find by how
a) 22% b) 12% c) 15% d) 9.09% much percent a family should reduce its
8. There is a ratio of 5:4 between two numbers. If consumption, so as to keep the expenditure the
40 percent of the first is 12, then 50% of the same.
second number is a) 10% b) 20% c) 15% d) 5%
a) 12 b) 24 c) 18 d) 20 15. When the price of rice was increased by 32%, a
9. A man ordered 4 pairs of black socks and some family reduced its consumption in such a way
pairs of brown socks. The price of a black socks that the expenditure on rice was only 10% more
is double that of a brown pair. While preparing than before. If 30 kg were consumed per month
the bill the clerk interchanged the number of before, find the new monthly consumption.
black and brown pairs by mistake, which a) 25 kg b) 24kg
increased the bill 50%. The ratio of the number c) 20kg d) 18kg
PERCENTAGES – II [ARTT1014] THE LEADERS
16. The length and breadth of a rectangle are more/less than that collected from the second
increased by x% and 20% respectively. This class passengers?
results in an increase of 50% in the area of the a) 25 % less b) 25% more
rectangle. What is x? c) 20 % less d) 20% more
a) 20 b) 25 c) 30 d) 35 22. On St.Vincent’s birthday, chocolates were
17. The price of commodity A is double that of distributed to the children of the primary
commodity B. If the price of A is increased by classes. If the total strength of the primary
10% and that of B is increased by 25%, then classes increases by 12% and the total number
what is the percentage increase in the total price of chocolates distributed increases by 34.4%,
of products A and B together? the number of chocolates given to every child
a) 15% b) 20% c) 16% d) 12% increases by what per cent?
18. A hockey team has won 24 of the 45 matches it a) 22.4% b) 24.1% c) 18% d) 20%
played. If it wants to win 60% of the total 3
matches played by the end of the year, how 23. A student multiplied a number by instead of
5
many matches does it have to win from the 5
remaining 30 matches to be played in that year? .What is the percentage error in the
a) 45 b) 39 c) 21 d) 27 3
calculation?
19. A,B,C and D are four quantities. A is 20% more
1 a) 44% b) 34% c) 54% d) 64%
than B and B is 33 % more than D. If D is
3 24. The length and breadth of a square are
2 increased by 30% and 20% respectively. The
16 % less than C, then C is what per cent of
3 area of the rectangle so formed exceeds the area
A? of the square by?
a) 75 b) 90 c) 120 d) 133
1 a) 56% b) 46% c) 66% d) 50%
3 25. If the price of gold increases by 30%, find by
20. The income of A is 80% of income of B. If A how much the quantity of ornaments must be
spends 60% of his income and B spends 80% reduced so that the expenditure may remain the
of his income, what is the ratio of the savings of same as before?
A and B? 2 1
a) 27 % b) 23 %
a) 3:5 b) 2:1 c) 8:5 d) 4:3 13 13
21. The number of the first class and second class c) 30% d ) 19%
passengers travelling by a train are in the ratio
1:4. The fares for the first class and second cass
are in the ratio 3:1. By what percentage is the
amount collected from the first class passengers
PROFIT LOSS AND DISCOUNT [ARTT1015] THE LEADERS
1. The cost price of two products is ₹80 and its 10. A vegetable vendor bought some apples and
selling price ₹104. What is the percentage of sold one-third of them at a gain of 20%, one-
profit? third the total apples at a loss of 20% and the
a) 24% b) 36% c) 30% d) 16% rest being spoiled were thrown away. Find the
2. A trader earns a profit of 15% by selling an loss percent on the whole.
article at ₹207. Find the cost of the article. a) 25% b) 30%
1
c) 33 % d) 16 %
2
a) ₹190 b) ₹238 c) ₹150 d) ₹180 3 3
3. The cost prices of two products are equal. One 11. By selling 25 articles, a shopkeeper gained the
product is sold at 16% profit and the other selling price of 5 articles. Find the profit
product is sold at 8% loss. What is the overall percent.
percentage of profit? a) 20% b) 25% c) 30% d) 40%
a) 4% b) 10% c) 12% d) 8% 12. An article was sold after allowing successive
4. The selling price of a product is such that the discounts of 5%, 10% and 15% respectively. If
profit made on selling 3 units is equal to the a single discount of 30% was allowed, the seller
cost price of 2 units. What is the percentage of would have got ₹149.80 less. What was the
profit per sale of one unit? marked price of the article?
2 1 a) ₹5,800 b) ₹5,600
a) 66 % b) 50% c) 83 % d) 60%
3 3 c) ₹5,400 d) ₹5,200
5. The cost price of a product is ₹60. It is 13. Two successive discounts of x% each is equal
1 to single discount of ₹97.90. If the marked
increased by 25% and then again by 33 % price is ₹250, what is x?
3
and sold. What is the selling price of the a) 16 b) 18 c) 20 d) 22
product? 14. When an article A is sold for ₹1,755, there is a
a) ₹100 b) ₹90 c) ₹110 d) ₹120 loss of 35%. If another article B of the same
6. By selling a walkman at ₹810, a person incurs a cost price has to be sold in order to recover the
loss of 10%. At what price should he sell it to loss incurred by selling article A, approximately
gain 10%? by what percentage should B’s selling price be
a) ₹890 b) ₹990 c) ₹850 d) ₹950 more than A’s?
7. A trader has 40 articles of same cost price. He a) 76% b) 85% c) 107% d) 120%
2 15. By selling a cycle at ₹1,200 a shopkeeper incurs
sells 25 articles at a profit of 66 % . The loss a loss of 20%. At what price should he sell it to
3 get a profit of 15%?
incurred on selling the remaining 15 articles is a) ₹1,700 b) ₹1,625
equal to the selling price 10 articles in this lot.
c) ₹1,800 d) ₹1,725
What is the overall profit or loss percent?
16. If 20 notebooks are bought for ₹125 and sold
2 1 1 2
a) 26 % b) 33 % c) 25 % d) 12 % at 16 books for ₹110. what is the profit
3 3 3 3 percentage?
8. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at a) 10% b) 12% c) 12.5% d) 15%
the cost price, but uses a weight of 960 grams 17. The price of a pair of shoes is marked up by
instead of 1 kg of weight. Find his gain percent 30% on the cost price and a discount of 15% is
1 1 1 then offered on it. What is the profit
a) 4 % b) 5 % c) 7 % d) 4%
6 4 3 percentage?
9. A merchant purchased 25 kg of sugar at ₹35 a) 10.5% b) 19.5% c) 9.5% d) 20.5%
per kg and mixed it with 15 kg of sugar costing 18. If the profit and the discount are both 10%, by
₹15 per kg at what rate per kg should he sell what percent is the marked price more than the
the mixture to gain 30%? cost price?
a) ₹30 b) ₹32 1 2 1 2
a) 11 % b) 22 % c) 9 % d) 18 %
c) ₹35.75 d) ₹36.25 9 9 11 11
PROFIT LOSS AND DISCOUNT [ARTT1015] THE LEADERS
19. A person buys some tomatoes at 5 for a rupee 25. A shopkeeper buys some pens. If he sells them
and an equal number at 25 paise each. He sells @ ₹13 per pen, his total loss is ₹150 but on
them at a rate of 9 for ₹2 but incurs a loss of selling them @ ₹15 per pen, his total gain is
₹5 in the transaction. How many tomatoes did ₹100. How many pens did he sell?
the person purchase? a) 100 b) 125 c) 150 d) 250
a) 900 b) 1500 c) 1800 d) 1200 26. Arvind purchased a wrist watch with 30%
20. A company manufactures a car by spending discount on the labeled price. He sold it with
some money. This car sold to the showroom at 40% profit on the price he bought. What was
20% profit. The showroom sells it to Ramu, a his per cent loss on the labeled price?
customer by making 15% profit. After a year a) 8 b) 2 c) 6 d) 10
Ramu sells the car to a second-hand dealer at 27. By selling 9 articles for a rupee, a man incurred
30% loss, who in turn sells it to another a loss of 4%. To make a gain of 44%, the
customer Shamu at 5% profit margin for number of articles to be sold for a rupee is
₹1,01,430. How much does the company spend a) 5 b) 3 c) 4 d) 6
for manufacturing the car? 28. A person sold two pipes at ₹12 each. His profit
a) ₹1,20,000 b) ₹1,25,000 on one was 20% and his loss on the other was
c) ₹1,10,000 d) ₹1,00,000 20%. On the whole, he
21. A trader sells 145 metres of cloth for ₹12,325 a) Neither lost nor gained
at the profit of ₹10 per metre of cloth. What is b) Gained ₹1
the cost price of 1 metre of cloth? c) Lost ₹1
a) ₹65 b) ₹75 c) ₹95 d) ₹85 d) Gained ₹2
22. A shopkeeper purchased a chair marked at 29. A shopkeeper allows 4% discount on the
₹600 at two successive discounts of 15% and marked price of an article and earns 20% profit.
20% respectively. He spent ₹28 on Find his profit per cent, if he allows 10%
transportation and sold the chair for ₹545. His discount.
gain per cent was a) 12% b) 12.5% c) 14% d) 16%
a) 25% b) 30% c) 35% d) 20% 30. A clock was sold for ₹144. If the percentage of
23. A man gains 10% by selling an article for a profit was numerically equal to the cost price,
certain price. If he sells it at double the price, the cost of the clock was:
then the profit made is a) ₹72 b) ₹80 c) ₹90 d) ₹100
a) 120% b) 20% c) 40% d) 100%
24. A shopkeeper by means of his false balance
defrauds his customers to the extent of 20% by
purchasing the goods as well as by selling the
goods. Find his net profit.
a) 36% b) 40% c) 44% d) 50%
SIMPLE INTEREST [ARTT1016] THE LEADERS
1. What will be the simple interest on ₹306.25 at 9. A wants to sell his motor car. B offers
3 ₹1,10,000 and C offers to pay ₹1,14,000 after
the rate of 3 % p.a. from 3rd March to 27th 6 months. Which offer is more profitable for
4
July? A and by how much amount, the rate of
a) ₹4.59 b) ₹4 c) ₹4.50 d) ₹4.70 interest being 8% per annum?
2. At same rate of interests for a same time a) B’s by ₹400 b) B’s by ₹1,400
period the simple interest on ₹x is y and c) Both are same d) B’s by ₹500
simple interest on ₹y is z. Then which of the 10. At a certain rate of interest the difference
following statements is true? between the simple interest on ₹12,000 for 3
a) xyz =1 b) z2=xy years and ₹8,000 for 4 years is ₹200. Rate of
c) x2= yx d) y2=zx interest is:
3. A money lender finds that due to a fall in the a) 2.5% b) 5% c) 9% d) 8%
3 11. A sum of ₹2,668 amounts to ₹4,669 in 5 yea₹
annual rate of interest from 8% to 7 % his Find the rate of interest?
4
a) 15.2% b) 14.9% c) 16% d) 15%
yearly income diminishes by ₹61.50. His
12. A sum at 4% p.a. becomes three times in a
capital is
certain period. At what rate of interest will it
a) ₹22,400 b) ₹23,800 become 6 times itself in the same period?
c) ₹24,600 d) ₹26,000 a) 10% b) 12% c) 8% d) 9%
4. On a certain sum at the rate of 7% per 13. A person bears a loss of ₹55.50 annually
annum simple interest for 2 years is same as when rate of interest decreases from 11.5% to
on ₹1,750 at the rate of 5% per annum for 4 10%. How much sum did he invest?
yea₹ What is the sum? a) ₹3,700 b) ₹7,400
a) ₹2,000 b) ₹2,200 c) ₹8,325 d) ₹11,100
c) ₹2,400 d) ₹2,500 14. At a certain rate ₹1,200 amounts to ₹2,016 in
5. A sum is invested for two years at a specific 4 years. If the rate of interest would have
rate of interest. If the rate of interest would been 1% higher, what would be the amount?
have been 3% higher, ₹300 more would have a) ₹2,064 b) ₹2,056
received. Find the principal. c) ₹2,080 d) ₹2,104
a) ₹4,500 b) ₹4,200 15. If annual simple rate of interest increases
c) ₹5,000 d) ₹4,800 7 1
6. On a certain sum, in a specific time and at a from 4 % to 5 % , a man’s annual income
certain rate simple interest of ₹480 was 8 8
received. If the principal is increased by 20%, increases by ₹30. The principal is
2 a) ₹12,000 b) ₹11,500
time period is made rd and rate p.a.is made c) ₹11,000 d) ₹12,500
3
16. A sum of ₹1,600 gives a simple interest of
5
times, how much interest will be received? ₹252 in 2 years and 3 months. The rate of
3 interest per annum is
a) ₹360 b) ₹640 1
c) ₹720 d) ₹600 a) 5 % b) 8% c) 7% d) 6%
2
7. On investing ₹11,200 in a scheme giving 17. In how many years will the simple interest on
8.5% simple interest p.a., how much money a certain sum at the rate of 10% per annum
will Mithilesh get after 3 years? 3
a) ₹14,056 b) ₹14,348 be of principal?
c) ₹13,852 d) ₹15,064 5
8. A sum gets tripled in five yea₹ In how many
years at the same rate of simple interest, the
18. Mohan lent some amount of money at 9
sum becomes 6 fold?
percent simple interest and an equal amount
a) 15 years b) 12.5 years
of money at 10 percent simple interest each
c) 10 years d) 7.5 years
SIMPLE INTEREST [ARTT1016] THE LEADERS
for two years. If his total interest was ₹760, 25. ₹12,000 is divided into two parts so that the
what amount was lent in each case? simple interest on the first part for 3 years at
a) ₹1,700 b) ₹1,000 12% per annum may be equal to the simple
c) ₹4,000 d) ₹2,000 1
interest on the second part for 4 years at
19. The simple interest on a sum of money is
1 2
9 16% per annum. The ratio of the first part to
of the principal and the number of years is the second part is
equal to rate percent per annum. The rate a) 2 : 3 b) 1 : 2 c) 2 : 1 d) 3 : 2
percent per annum is 26. Equal sums of money are lent to X and Y at
1 2 7.5% per annum for a period of 4 years and 5
a) 3 % b) 4% c) 6 % d) 7% years respectively. If the difference in interest
3 3
20. The simple interest accrued on a sum of paid by them was ₹150, the sum lent to each
₹10,530 in 5 years is ₹6,318.What would be was
the rate of interest per annum? a) ₹500 b) ₹1,000
a) 8% b) 14% c) 10% d) 12% c) ₹2,000 d) ₹3,000
21. The simple interest accrued on a certain 27. The simple interest on ₹4,000 in 3 years at
principal in 5 years at the rate of 12% p.a. is the rate of x% per annum equals the simple
₹1,536. What amount of simple interest interest on ₹5,000 at the rate of 12% per
would one get if one invests ₹1,000 more annum in 2 years. The value of x is
than the previous principal for 2 years and at a) 10% b) 6% c) 8% d) 9%
the same rate p.c.p.a.? 28. If the simple interest for 6 years be equal to
a) ₹845.40 b) ₹854.40 30% of the principal, it will be equal to the
c) ₹2,136 d) ₹1,536 principal after
22. A sum of money invested at simple interest a) 20 years b) 30 years
doubles itself in eight yea₹ In how many c) 10 years d) 22 years
years will it become 16 times itself at double 29. A certain sum of money lent out at simple
this rate of simple interest? interest amounts to ₹1,380 in 3 years and
a) 64 b) 60 c) 48 d) 32 ₹1,500 in 5 years. Find the rate percent per
23. A sum of money invested at simple interest annum.
amounts to ₹10,240 at the end of three yea₹ a) 3% b) 3.5% c) 4% d) 5%
If the interest at the end of five years is the 30. What sum of money must be given as simple
same as the sum invested, then the interest at interest for six months at 4% per annum in
the end of first four years is order to earn ₹150 interest?
a) ₹4,820 b) ₹5,020 a) ₹5,000 b) ₹7,500
c) ₹5,240 d) ₹5,120 c) ₹10,000 d) ₹15,000
24. If a sum was ₹10,000 more, the simple
interest on it for 2 years would be ₹2,000
more. Find the annual rate of interest.
a) 20% b) 15% c) 10% d) 25%
COMPUND INTEREST [ARTT1017] THE LEADERS
1. After adding compound interest to a sum of annual rate for 2 years is ₹480. Find that sum
money, it becomes ₹9,680 in two years and of money?
₹10,648 in three years. What is the annual a) ₹65000 b) ₹68000
rate of interest? c) ₹75000 d) ₹70000
a) 5% b) 10% c) 15% d) 20% 10. A sum of money at compound interest
2. Find the amount compounded on Rs 15000 becomes ₹3,840 in 4 years and ₹3,936 in 5
1
at 12% p.a. for 1 years when interest is years. Accordingly, what is the rate of
4 interest?
payable quarterly. a) 3.5% b) 2.05% c) 2.5% d) 2%
a) ₹16596.88 b) ₹16789.08 11. If the compound rates of interest for first,
c) ₹ 17630.77 d) ₹17389.115 second and third years are 4%,5% and 6%
3. Simple interest on sum of money at fixed rate respectively, on investing ₹30,000 for 3 years,
for 2 years is ₹120 and compound interest is the amount received by a person will be
₹129. What is the rate p.c.p.a? a) ₹35,225.50 b) ₹34,725.60
1 c) ₹32,525.75 d) ₹33,625.60
a) 14% b) 15% c) 12% d) 12 % 12. Which of the following rates of interest yields
2
4. Compound interest on a certain sum of maximum interest for 2 years on a certain
sum?
money for 2 years is ₹105 and simple interest
a) Interest compounded every month at 1%
is ₹100. The sum of money is: per month.
a) ₹300 b) ₹500 b) Interest compounded every quarter at 3%
c) ₹400 d) None of these per quarter
5. A certain sum is lent at compound interest c) Interest compounded every six months at
for three years. The rates of interests for the 6% per six months.
three years are 5%, 8% and 10% respectively. d) Interest compounded every year at 12%
If the amount at the end of three years is per annum
₹1247.40, find the sum. 13. Pratheek borrowed a sum of ₹30000 at
a) ₹900 b) ₹800 compound interest, compounded annually. If
c) ₹850 d) ₹1,000 the amount at the end of two years is ₹33708,
6. What will be the CI of ₹10,000 for 3 years then what is the interest for the third year?
when rate of interest is 4% for first year, 5% a) ₹2121.48 b) ₹2112.48
for second year and 6% for third year? c) ₹2022.48 d) ₹2002.48
a) ₹1575.20 b) ₹1600 14. In how many years will ₹2,000 amounts to
c) ₹1625.80 d) ₹2000 ₹2,420 at 10% per annum compound
7. ₹6000 was given on loan at 10% compound interest?
rate of interest and after some time ₹ 7986 is a) 2 years b) 2 ½ years
received. For what period of time was the c) 3 years d) 1 ½ years
loan given? 15. Ramesh borrowed ₹84000 from Charan at
a) 3 years
1
b) 3 years 20% p.a. compound interest, compounded
2 annually. At the end of first year, he cleared a
1 certain part of what he borrowed. At the end
c) 4 years d) 4 years of second year, he repaid thrice the amount
2
8. A sum invested at compound interest doubles he repaid at the end of first year and cleared
in 4 years, then in how many years will it the entire loan. What is the amount paid at
become 8 times? the end of first year?
a) 8 years b) 9 years a) ₹30600 b) ₹27600
c) 12 years d) 10 years c) ₹28800 d) ₹29400
9. The difference between compound interest 16. The difference between compound interest,
and simple interest on a sum of money at 8% compounded annually and simple interest at
COMPUND INTEREST [ARTT1017] THE LEADERS
the end of two years on ₹3,20,000 is ₹7,200. c) 33.33% d) None of these

What is the simple interest for the first year? 24. Sanjay barrowed a certain sum from Anil at a
a) ₹48,000 b) ₹32,000 certain rate of simple interest for 2 years. He
c) ₹64,000 d) ₹60,000 lent this sum to Ram at the same rate of
17. The compound interest for 2 years and interest compounded annually for the same
simple interest for 1 year on a certain sum at period. At the end of two years, he received
certain rate of interest are ₹3780 and ₹1800 ₹4,200 as compound interest but paid ₹4,000
respectively. Find the principal. only as simple interest. Find the rate of
a) ₹15000 b) ₹16000 interest.
c) ₹18000 d) ₹20000 a) 15% b) 20% c) 35% d) 10%
18. Two sums, which were in the ratio 4:3, were 25. What effective rate of interest per annum
lent out at 20% p.a. compound interest, does a person get who is paid at the ratio of
interest being compounded annually, for 2 10% p.a. interest payable half yearly?
years. The difference in the interest obtained a) 11% b) 10.75%
was ₹440. Find the larger sum. c) 10.5% d) 10.25%
a) ₹5000 b) ₹6000 26. An amount of money appreciates to ₹7000
c) ₹4000 d) ₹8000 after 4 years and to ₹10000 after 8 years at a
certain compound interest compounded
19. A sum of money amounts to ₹6690 after
annually. The initial amount of money was
three years and to ₹10035 after six years,
a) ₹4700 b) ₹4900
compounded annually. The sum is
c) ₹4100 d) ₹4300
a) ₹4460 b) ₹4450
27. A sum of money invested at compound
c) ₹4440 d) ₹4000
interest double itself in 6 years. At the same
20. The compound interest on a certain amount
rate of interest it will amount to eight times
for three years at 10% p.a. is ₹331. Find the
of itself in:
simple interest for the same amount for the
same period, at the same rate of interest.
a) ₹150 b) ₹300 28. The difference between simple and
c) ₹400 d) ₹180 compound interest compounded annually, on
21. What is the compound interest on ₹5000 for a certain sum of money for 2 years at 4% per
4 years if the rate of interest is 10% p.a. for annum is ₹1. The sum(in ₹)
the first 2 years and 20% p.a. for the next 2 a) 650 b) 630 c) 625 d) 640
years? 29. On a certain sum of money, the difference
a) ₹2320.50 b) ₹3712 between the compound interest for a year,
c) ₹3745 d) None of these payable half yearly, and the simple interest for
22. A person invested a certain amount at simple a year is ₹180. If the rate of interest in both
interest at the rate of 6% per annum earning the cases is 10%, then the sum is
₹900 as an interest at the end of three yea₹ a) ₹60,000 b) ₹72,000
Had the interest been compounded every c) ₹62,000 d) ₹54,000
year, how much more interest would he have 30. The simple interest and compound interest
earned on the same amount with the same on a certain sum of money with a given rate
interest rate after three years? for a period of 2 years are ₹900 and ₹954
a) ₹38.13 b) ₹25.33 respectively. The sum of money is
c) ₹55.08 d) ₹35.30 a) ₹3700 b) ₹3650
23. Equal amounts of each ₹43,892 is lent to two c) ₹3850 d) ₹3750
persons for three years. One at the rate of
30% S.I. and second at the rate of 30% C.I.
annually. By how much per cent the C.I
greater than the simple interest received in
this 3 years duration?
a) 23% b) 33%
VENN DIAGRAMS [ARTT1019] THE LEADERS
Directions for questions 1 to 4 : These Judo there are 7 students who learn both Judo
questions are based on the data given below. and Karate and 7 students learning none.
8. How many students learn only Karate?
In a class of 150 students, 45 take History, 65 (a) 20 (b) 30
take Geography and 10 take both History and (c) 0 (d) 40
Geography. 9. How many students learn only Judo?
(a) 20 (b) 40
As per the given data we get the following
(c) 0 (d) 14
diagram:
10. How many students learn both Karate and
1. How many students take at least one Judo?
subject? (a) 0 (b) 10
(a) 10 (b) 90 (c) 60 (d) 20
(c) 50 (d) 100 11. If the students who learn both Judo and
2. How many students take only Geography? Karate stop learning Judo; then what
(a) 45 (b) 10 percentage of the total number of students
(c) 55 (d) 65 learn Judo?
3. How many take only History? (a) 50% (b) 33 1⁄3%
(a) 65 (b) 35 (c) 40% (d) 50%
(c) 10 (d) 10 12. If 50% of those learning only karate stop
4. How many students take at most one learning Karate and start learning Judo,
subject? then what is the ratio of the number of
(a) 10 (b) 35 students learning Judo to those learning
(c) 100 (d) 140 Karate?
Directions for questions 5 to 7: These (a) 3 : 1 (b) 2 : 1
questions are based on the data given below. (c) 4 : 1 (d) Cannot be determined
Directions for questions 13 to 16: There
In a class of 150 students 55 speak English; 85 questions are based on the table given below.
speak Telugu and 30 speak neither English nor
Telugu. The following table gives the statistics of a class
in which each student opted for Maths or
5. How many speak both English and Telugu? Statistics or both. Unfortunately most of the
(a) 10 (b) 120 figures have been erased but I remember some
(c) 20 (d) 45 information.
6. How many speak only Telugu? Maths Statistics Both Total
(a) 85 (b) 55 Male 50
(c) 95 (d) 65 Female
7. How many speak at least one of the two Total 70 150
languages from English & Telugu? The information is as follows.
(a) 110 (b) 120 1) 13 1/3% of the students took both Maths and
(c) 130 (d) 100 Statistics
Directions for questions 8 to 12: Read the 2) 40% of the students were females.
following data and then answer the questions 3) None of the females took both
that follow. Mathematics and Statistics
In a class, there are 60 students. For every 8
students learning Judo there are 4 students who Fill the table and answer the following
learn Karate. For every 14 students learning questions
VENN DIAGRAMS [ARTT1019] THE LEADERS
13. How many males took both Mathematics (c) 140 (d) 160
and Statistics? 22. How many students passed in both the
(a) 40 (b) 10 subjects?
(c) 20 (d) 60 (a) 20 (b) 160
14. How many students took only (c) 40 (d) 140
Mathematics? 23. What percentage (approximately) of
(a) 50 (b) 80 students who passed in at least one subject,
(c) 60 (d) 10 failed only in Statistics?
15. How many females took only Mathematics? (a) 70 (b) 35
(a) 10 (b) 50 (c) 280 (d) 40
(c) 70 (d) 40 24. What percentage (approximately) of
Directions for questions 16 to 20: Read the students who passed in Physics also passed
following data and then answer the questions in Statistics?
that follow. (a) 14 (b) 42
In a survey, it was found that 80 youngsters in a (c) 36 (d) 28
locality liked only Cricket 45% of the youngster 25. How many students passed in exactly one
liked only Football. 5% of the youngsters liked subject?
both Cricket and Football. 10% of the (a) 160 (b) 120
youngsters liked neither Cricket nor Football. (c) 140 (d) 20
16. How many youngsters were surveyed in the
locality?
(a) 200 (b) 180
(c) 90 (d) 100
17. How many youngsters like exactly one
game?
(a) 90 (b) 180
(c) 170 (d) 200
18. How many youngsters do not like any of
the two games?
(a) 10 (b) 20
(c) 90 (d) 70
19. How many youngsters like only Football?
(a) 90 (b) 100
(c) 300 (d) 180
20. How many youngsters liked at least one
game?
(a) 20 (b) 180
(c) 200 (d) 90
Directions for questions 21 to 25: These
questions are based on the data given below.
In a class of 150 students, 70 students passed in

Physics and 90 passed in Statistics 10 students
failed in both the subjects.
21. How many students in the class passed in at
least one subject?
(a) 20 (b) 180
ALLIGATION AND MIXTURES [ARTT1020] THE LEADERS
1. How many litres of 27% alcohol solutions is television at 30% profit and the other at
to be added to 20 litres of 36% alcohol 40% profit. Find the difference in the cost
solution to obtain a 30% alcohol solution? prices of the two televisions if he made an
a) 30 b) 40 c) 60 d) 50 overall profit of 32%.
2. How many litres of water must be added to a) ₹ 21,000 b) ₹ 17,500
10 litres of milk costing ₹ 12 per litre, so that c) ₹ 14,000 d) ₹ 24,500
on selling the mixture at ₹ 12.50, 25% profit 11. A flask contains 80 litres of concentrated
is made? acid. From this eight litres of acid is
a) 1 b) 4 c) 3 d) 2 removed and eight litres of water is added.
3. Two varieties of rice A and B priced at ₹ Again eight litres of solution is removed and
6.75 per kg and ₹ 9.75 per kg were mixed eight litres of water is added. What is the
and sold at ₹ 10.80 per kg at a profit of 20%. concentration of acid in the resultant
Find the ratio in which A and B are mixed. solution?
a) 1:4 b) 1:3 c) 1:2 d) 1:5 a) 0.9 b) 0.81
4. Two solutions A and B having 30% and c) 0.64 d) 0.5184
80% milk are mixed to form a mixture 12. A total of 300 chocolates were distributed
which contains 50% milk. Find the ratio of among 120 boys and girls such that each boy
quantities of A and B received 2 chocolates and each girl received
a) 4:1 b) 3:5 c) 5:2 d) 3:2 3 chocolates. Find the respective number of
5. A mixture is formed by mixing two varieties boys and girls.
of wheat P and Q whose quantities are in a) 70, 50 b) 60, 60
the ratio 4 : 3. The cost of P exceeds the c) 50, 70 d) 90,30
cost of Q by ₹7 per kg. The cost of the 13. A mixture of 70 litres of milk and water
mixture is ₹23 per kg. Find the cost of Q (in contains 10% water. How many litres of
₹ per kg) water should be added to the mixture so that
a) 20 b) 19 c) 22 d) 18 1
the mixture contains 12 % water?
6. A trader who claimed to sell milk at cost 2
price mixes it with water and makes a profit a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
of 25% Find the concentration of milk in 14. In what ratio should a variety of rice costing
the mixture ₹ 6 per kg be mixed with another variety of
a) 60% b) 70% c) 75% d) 80% rice costing ₹ 8.75 per kg to obtain a mixture
7. Two varieties of wheat A and B costing ₹ 9 costing ₹ 7.50 per kg.
per kg and ₹ 15 per kg were mixed in the a) 5:6 b) 3:4 c) 7:8 d) 8:9
ratio 3:7 . If 5 kg of the mixture is sold at 15. How many kilograms of an ore containing
25% profit, find the profit made (in ₹ ) 95% iron and 5% nickel should be mixed
a) 13.50 b) 14.50 c) 15.50 d) 16.50 with 120 kg of ore having iron and nickel in
8. Two vessels P and Q contain 62.5% and the proportion 7:3 such that the resultant
87.5% of alcohol respectively If 2 litres from 4
ore contains of iron?
vessel P is mixed with 4 litres from vessel Q, 5
the ratio of alcohol and water in the a) 90 b) 180
resulting mixture is c) 80 d) 60
a) 16 : 5 b) 14:5 c) 16:7 d) 19:5 16. A sum of ₹ 18,000 was lent under simple
9. The concentration of spirit in three different interest partly at 15% p.a. and partly at 20%
vessels A, B and C are 45%, 30% and 25% p.a. for one year. If the total interest earned
respectively. If 4 litres from vessel A, 5 litres is Rs 3,330, what is the ratio of amounts
from vessel B and 6 litres from vessel C are invested at the two different rates?
mixed find the concentration of spirit in the a) 4:5 b) 3:4
resultant solution. c) 2:5 d) 3:7
a) 25% b) 31.25% c) 37.5% d) 32% 17. A mixture of rice and wheat contains 70%
10. A trader purchased two colour televisions wheat. What percentage of the mixture
for a total of ₹35,000. He sold one colour should be removed and substituted with rice
ALLIGATION AND MIXTURES [ARTT1020] THE LEADERS
such that the resultant mixture contains and replaced with water. Find the quantity of
wheat and rice in the ratio 14:11? pure milk in the final milk solution vessel (in
1 litres)
a) 33 % b) 25% c) 20% d) 28% a) 72 b) 72.9 c) 73.8 d) 74.7
3
18. How many litres of 48% dye solution be 25. Alloy A has gold and zinc in the ratio of 7:5
mixed with 80 litres of 55% dye solution whereas alloy B has gold and zinc in the
such that the resultant solution contains ratio 11:7. Equal weights of both the alloys
53% dye? are taken and mixed together to form a third
a) 32 b) 48 c) 24 d) 40 alloy C. What part of C is gold?
19. How many litres of 73% concentration dye 47 43 53 49
a) b) c) d)
solution be mixed with 52 litres of 87% 72 72 72 72
concentration dye solution to get a resultant 26. In a cement plant, there are 600 employees,
solution of 81% concentrated dye solution? consisting of officers and workers. The
a) 26 b) 42 c) 39 d) 36 average monthly salary of employee is
20. A barrel contains 150 litres of pure wine. ₹3,000. The average salary of an officer is
Thirty litres of wine is replaced by water. ₹8,000 and that of an worker is ₹2000. The
This process is repeated for two more times. number of workers are more than the
Find the quantity of wine in the resultant number of officers by
solution (in litres) a) 500 b) 400 c) 300 d) 100
a) 51.2 b) 96 c) 76.8 d) 84.2 27. A cup of milk contains 3 parts of pure milk
21. What quantity of wheat at ₹ 10 per kg and 1 part of water. How much mixture
should be mixed with 48 kg of wheat at Rs 6 must be withdrawn and water substituted in
per kg and 30 kg of wheat at ₹ 8 kg, such order that the resulting mixture may be half
that a profit of 25% is earned on selling the milk and half water?
mixture at ₹ 10 per kg? 1 2 1 3
a) 52 kg b) 48 kg c) 36 kg d) 40 kg a) b) c) d)
3 3 4 4
22. An amount of ₹ 18,000 is lent under simple
28. How many litres of pure glycerin must be
interest partly at 8% p.a. and remaining at add to 10 litres of a mixture, which is 15%
14% p.a. for one year. If the total interest
glycerin to make a mixture that will be 25%
earned at the end of one year is ₹ 1800, then glycerin?
how much more amount is invested at 8%
5 5 4
p.a. than at 14% p.a.? a) b) c) 2 d)
a) ₹ 10,000 b) ₹ 12,000 4 2 3
c) ₹ 8,000 d) ₹ 6,000 29. How much water must be added to 12 litres
23. ₹ 6,000 is lent out in two parts. One part is of beer at ₹10 a litre to reduce the price to
lent at 7% p.a. simple interest and the other ₹8 a litre?
is lent at 10% p.a. simple interest. The total a) 4 litres b) 15 litres
interest at the end of the one year was ₹ 450. c) 3 litres d) 5 litres
Find the ratio of the amounts lent at the 30. A person buys two computers for ₹80,000.
lower rate and higher rate of interest He sells one at a loss of 10% and the other
respectively. at 30% gain and in the whole he gains
a) 5:1 b) 4:1 c) 3:2 d)2:1 ₹4,000. The cost price of the 2nd computer is
24. A vessel of capacity 90 litres is fully filled a) ₹50,000 b) ₹30,000
with pure milk. 9 litres of milk is removed c) ₹60,000 d) ₹48,000
from the vessel and replaced with water. 9
litres of the solution thus formed is removed
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MODULE – IV
INDEX
1 TIME AND WORK
2 PIPES AND CISTERNS
3 CHAIN RULE
4 TIME AND DISTANCE
5 AVERAGE SPEED AND RELATIVE SPEED
6 TRAINS
7 BOATS AND STREAMS
8 RACES AND CIRCULAR TRACKS
TIME AND WORK [ARCT1021] THE LEADERS
1. A and B together can do a piece of work in 10 work together if each group works with its
days. A alone can do it in 30 days. The time in complete efficiency to complete the part of the
which B alone can do it is? work in same requisite ratio
a) 25 days b) 20 days
20
c) 15 days d) 18 days a) 6 days b) 8 days c) 12 days d) days
2. A works twice as fast as B. If both of them can 3
together finish a work is 12 days, B alone can do 9. 5 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, while
it in 10 women can do it in 5 days. In how many
a) 18 days b) 36 days days can 5 women and 3 men do it?
c) 4 days d) 24 days a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 8
3. Asha and Babu can do a job together in 7 days. 10. X is thrice as fast as Y and is able to complete
3 the work in 40 days less than Y. Find the time in
Asha is 1 times as efficient as Babu. The same which they can complete the work together?
4
job can be done by Asha alone in a) 12 days b) 17 days c) 19 days d) 15 days
11. Kamal can do a piece of work in 15 days. Bimal
49 49
a) days b) days is 50% more efficient than Kamal. The number
4 3 of days, Bimal will take to do the same piece of
28 work is
c) 11 days d) days
3 1 1
4. A takes twice as much time as B and thrice as a) 14 b) 20 c) 10 d) 10
2 2
much as C to complete a piece of work. They 12. 20 women together can complete a piece of
together complete the work in 1 day. In what work in 16 days. 16 men together can complete
time, will A alone complete the work? the same work in 15 days. The ratio of the
a) 9 days b) 5 days c) 6 days d) 4 days working capacity of a man to that of a woman is
5. A is twice as good a works man as B and B is a) 3:4 b) 4:3 c) 5:3 d) 4:5
twice as good a works man as C. If A and B can 1
together finish a piece of work in 4 days, then in 13. P can complete part of work in 10 days, Q
how many days C alone can do it in 4
a) 24 b) 12 c) 6 d) 8 can complete 40% part of that work in 15 days
6. A man, a woman and a boy can complete a 1 1
and R, part of that work in 13 days and S,
work in 20 days, 30 days and 60 days 3 6
respectively. How many boys must assist 2 men part in 7 days. Who will complete the work
and 8 women so as to complete the work in 2 first?
days? a) P b) Q c) R d) S
a) 8 b) 12 c) 4 d) 6 2
14. A can cultivate th of a land in 6 days and B
7. A work is being completed by a group of 10 5
men in 12 days. Same work is completed by a 1
can cultivate rd of the same land in 10 days.
group of 10 women in 6 days. In how many 3
days will the work be completed if both the 4
Working together A and B can cultivate th of
groups work together 5
a) 4 b) 6 c) 9 d) 18 the land in how many days?
8. A group of 100 people can complete a specific a) 8 b) 10 c) 4 d) 5
work in 10 days. Second group can complete 15. A does half as much work as B in one sixth of
the same work in 20 days. How much time will the time. If together they take 10 days to
complete a work, how much time shall B take to
it take to complete the work if both the groups do it alone?
a) 70 days b) 30 days 23. B and C can do piece of work in 12 days, C and

c) 40 days d) 50 days A can do it in 8 days. All the three can do it in 6
16. A does half as much work as B in three fourth days. A and B together can complete it in
of the time. If together they take 18 days to a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 10
complete a work, how much time shall B take to 24. 5 Skilled workers can build a wall in 20 days, 8
do it alone? semi-skilled workers can build a wall in 25 days;
a) 30 days b) 35 days 10 unskilled workers can build a wall in 30 days.
c) 40 days d) 45 days If a team has 2 skilled, 6 semi-skilled and 5
17. A,B and C individually can do a work in 12 unskilled workers, how long will it take to build
days, 24 days and 36 days respectively. If they the wall?
start working together, then the number of days a) 20 days b) 18 days
required to finish the work is c) 16days d) 15 days
6 6 25. A can do a certain work in the same time in
a) 5 b) 4 c) 6 d) 6 which B and C together can do it. If A and B
11 11
1 together could do it in 10 days and C alone in
18. A can do a of a piece of work on 5 days, B 50 days, then B alone could do it in?
2 a) 15 days b) 20 days
3 c) 25 days d) 30 days
can do of the same work in 9 days and C can
5 26. A can do as much work as B and C together can
2 do. A and B can together do a piece of work in
do of that work in 8 days. In how many days
3 9 hours 36 minutes and C can do it in 48 hours.
can three of them together do it? The time (in hours) that B needs to do the work
1 alone is
a) 4 b) 3 c) 5 d) 4 a) 18 b) 24 c) 30 d) 12
2
27. A and B together can do a piece of work in 12
19. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If
days, which B and C together can do in 16 days.
they together work on it for 4 days, then the
After A has been working at it for 5 days and B
fraction of the work that is left is
for 7 days, C finishes it in 13 days. In how many
8 7 1 1
a) b) c) d) days C alone will do the work?
15 15 4 10 a) 16 b) 24 c) 36 d) 4
20. A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days, B 28. P can complete a work in 12 days working 8
and C can do it in 120 days, A and C can do it hours daily. Q can complete the same work in 8
in 90 days. In how many days all the three
days working 10 hours daily. In how many days
together can do the work?
a) 80 b) 100 c) 60 d) 150 will they complete this work if they work
21. A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days, B together daily for 8 hours?
and C can do it in 15 days, C and A can do it in 65 60 70
20 days. In how many days C alone can do the a) 5 b) c) d)
11 11 11
work in? 29. Roland and Elan are working on an assignment.
a) 80 b) 120 c) 60 d) 30 Roland takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a
22. A and B can do a piece of work in 8 days, B and computer, while Elan takes 5 hours to type 40
4 pages. How much time will they take working
C can do it in 24 days, C and A can do it in 8
7 together on two different computers to type an
days. In how many days can C do it alone? assignment of 110 pages?
a) 60 b) 40 c) 10 d) 30 a) 7 hrs 30 min b) 8 hrs
c) 8 hrs 15 min d) 8 hrs 25 min
30. A particular job can be completed by a team of but A leaves after sometime and B completed
9 men in 45 days. The same job can be the remaining work in 17 days. After how many
completed by a team of 28 women in 36 days. days did A leave?
How many days are needed to complete the job 2 5
if the two teams work together? a) 14 b) 9 c) 8 d) 7
5 9
a) 30 b) 20 c) 25 d) 15 38. A can do a piece of work in 18 days and B in 12
31. A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B can days. They began the work together, but B left
do it in 18 days. They work together for 2 days the work 3 days before its completion. In how
and then A leaves. How long will B take to many days in all, was the work completed?
finish the remaining work? a) 12 b) 10 c) 6 d) 9
a) 8 days b) 15 days c) 6 days d) 13 days 39. A, B and C can complete a piece of work in
32. A and B can do a work in 15 days and 10 days 10,12 and 15 days respectively. They started the
respectively. They started doing the work work together, but A left the work before 5
together but after 2 days, B had to leave and A days of its completion. B also left 2 days after A
alone completed the remaining work. The left. In how many days was the work
whole work was completed in how many days? completed?
a) 10 b) 12 a) 8 b) 12 c) 7 d) 10
c) 8 d) 15 40. A and B working separately can do a piece of
33. A can do a piece of work in 24 days, B in 9 days work in 10 days and 15 days respectively. If they
and C in 12 days. B and C start the work but work on alternate days beginning with A, in
they had to leave after 3 days. Time taken by A how many days will the work be completed?
to complete the rest work is a) 18 b) 12 c) 6 d) 13
a) 5 days b) 6 days 41. P and Q working separately can do a piece of
1 work in 12 and 15 days respectively. They work
c) 10 days d) 10 days
2 on alternate days starting with Q on the first
34. A and B can do a piece of work in 30 days, B day. In how many days will the work be
and C can do it in 24 days, C and A in 20 days. completed?
They all work together for 10 days then B and C 1 2
leave. How many days more will A take to finish a) 13 b) 13
4 5
the work? 3
a) 18 b) 24 c) 13 d) 13
c) 30 d) 36 4
35. A can do a piece of work in 60 days. He works 42. P and Q working separately can do a piece of
for 15 days and then B alone finishes the work in 18 and 24 days respectively. In how
remaining work in 30 days. In how many days many days will the work be completed if they
they together can finish the work work on alternate days?
a) 32 b) 24 c) 30 d) 25 1 2
36. A and B together can complete a work in 30 2 3
days. They worked together for 20 days and B c) 21 days d) Data Inadequate
left the work. A completed the rest work in next 43. A can do a work in 8 days, B can do a work in 7
20 days. In how many days can A alone days, C can do a work in 6 days. A works on the
complete the work? first day, B works on the second day and C on
a) 50 b) 60 the third day respectively that is they work on
c) 48 d) 40 alternate days. When will they finish the work?
37. A and B can do a piece of work in 28 and 35 1 1
a) 7 days b) 7 days
days respectively. They began to work together 24 21
1 a) Rs.1800 b) Rs.1200
c) 7 days d) 8 days c) Rs.900 d) Rs.800
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44. A can do work in 72 days. B can do the work in 48. A can do a piece of work in 12 days while B
36 days and C can do work in 78 days, the three alone can do it in 15 days. With the help of C
of them work on alternate days i.e. A works on they can finish it in 5 days. If they are paid
the 1st day. B works on the 2nd day, C on the Rs.960 for the whole work, then how much
3rd day and so on. On which day will they money A gets?
finish the work? a) Ra.480 b) Rs.240 c) Rs.320 d) Rs.400
a) 55th b) 54th c) 56th d) 49th 49. A,B and C together undertook a work for
45. A,B and C can do a piece of work in 40,60 and 7
Rs.550. A and B together have done of the
120 days respectively. In how many days can A 11
do the work, if he is assisted by B and C and work. Find C’s share
every third day? a) Rs.50 b) Rs.350
a) 10 b) 32 c) 30 d) 60 c) Rs.200 d) Data insufficient
46. A,B and C work together and earned Rs.729 for 50. A man and a boy received Rs.800 as wages for 5
the work. If the ratio of the work done by A,B days for the work they did together. The men’s
and C is 2:3:4, find C’s share efficiency in the work was three times that of
a) Rs.81 b) Rs.162 c) Rs.243 d) Rs.324 the boy. What are the daily wages of the boy?
47. X completes a job in 2 days and Y completes it a) Rs.76 b) Rs.56 c) Rs.44 d) Rs.40
in 3 days and Z takes 4 days to complete it. If
they work together and get Rs.3,900 for the job,
then how much amount does Y get?
PIPES AND CISTERNS [ARCT1022] THE LEADERS
1. A tap can fill a tank in 3 hours and another tap 8. A tap can fill the tank in 6 hours. After half the
can empty it in 4 hours. When the tank is empty tank is filled, 3 more similar taps are opened.
and both the taps are opened simultaneously, What is the total time taken to fill the tank
how long will it take to fill the tank? completely?
a) 7 hrs b) 1 hrs a) 4 hrs b) 4 hrs 15 min
c) 12 hrs d) 10 hrs c) 3 hrs 15 min d) 3 hrs 45 min
2. A tank is filled by two pipes in 10 and 15 hours 9. Three taps can fill a tank in 10, 15 and 18
respectively and then emptied by a third pipe in minutes respectively. In an empty tank all the
8 hours. If all the three taps are opened, in what three taps are kept open and after 3 minutes the
time is the tank filled? third tap is closed. In how many minutes more
a) 12 hrs b) 24 hrs will the tank be full?
c) 36 hrs d) 30 hrs a) 1 min b) 3 min
3. Two taps can fill an empty tank in 36 minutes c) 2 min d) 4 min
and 60 minutes respectively. A third tap can 10. Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 12 minutes
empty the full tank in 90 minutes. At what time and 18 minutes respectively. They are turned on
will an empty tank be filled if all the three are at the same time. If tap P is turned off after 4
opened simultaneously at 8:50 A.M.? minutes, how long will tap Q take to fill the rest
a) 9:00 A.M. b) 9:20 A.M. tank?
c) 9:30 A.M. d) 10:00 A.M. a) 8 min b) 9 min
4. A tank is normally filled in 8 hours but takes two c) 7 min d) 10 min
hours longer to fill because of a leak in its 11. Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 10 minutes
bottom. If the tank is full, the leak will empty it and 15 minutes respectively. But an empty pipe
in R can empty it in 5 minutes. The pipes P and Q
a) 20 hrs b) 25 hrs are opened for 4 minutes and then the empty
c) 30 hrs d) 40 hrs pipe R is also opened. In what time is the tank
5. Two pipes can fill half of the tank in 20 minutes. emptied?
If one of the pipes fills the whole tank in 60 a) 10 min b) 20 min
minutes, find the time taken by the other pipe to c) 15 min d) 12 min
fill the tank individually? 12. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 12 hrs,
a) 90 min b) 135 min 4 hrs and 24 hrs respectively. Pipe A is opened
c) 30 min d) 120 min at 6 a.m., B at 8 a.m. and C at 9 a.m. At what
6. A pipe can fill a tank in x hours and another time will the tank be full?
pipe can empty it in y hours (x<y). If both the a) 09:30 a.m. b) 10:00 a.m.
pipes are open, in how many hours will the tank c) 10:20 a.m. d) 10:40 a.m.
be filled? 13. Three taps A, B and C together can fill the tank
a) (x-y) hours b) (y-x) hours in 6 hours. All the three taps are opened
xy xy simultaneously. After 2 hours, C was closed and
c) hours d) hours the remaining tank is filled in 8 more hours.
x-y y-x
Find the time in which C can fill the tank.
7. If two pipes function simultaneously, the
a) 14 hrs b) 12 hrs
reservoir will be filled in 12 hours. First pipe fills
c) 15 hrs d) 13 hrs
the reservoir 10 hours faster than the second.
14. A tank can be filled with water by two pipes A
How many hours does it take the first pipe alone
and B together in 36 minutes. If the pipe B was
to fill the reservoir?
stopped after 30 minutes, the tank is filled in 40
a) 25 hrs b) 20 hrs
minutes. The pipe B alone can fill the tank in
c) 60 hrs d) 30 hrs
a) 45 min b) 60 min
c) 75 min d) 90 min
PIPES AND CISTERNS [ARCT1022] THE LEADERS
15. Three taps P, Q and R can fill a tank in 12, 15 the tank where as tap R empties the tank. If all
and 20 hours respectively. If P is opened all the the three taps are opened simultaneously, the
time and Q and R are opened for 1 hour each tank gets completely filled up in 16 hours. What
alternatively starting with Q, the tank will be full is the capacity of the tank?
in a) 960 litres b) 2346 litres
a) 8 hrs b) 9 hrs c) 1600 litres d) 800 litres
c) 7 hrs d) 6 hrs 19. A tap can fill a tank in 20 minutes and another
16. Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 minutes and 24 can empty it in 15 minutes. When the tank is
minutes respectively. And a drain pipe can 3
empty 9 gallons per minute. All the three pipes th full, both taps are opened. In what time will
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working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. the tank be completely empty?
The capacity of the tank is a) 45 min b) 60 min
a) 180 gallons b) 300 gallons c) 30 min d) 15 min
c) 360 gallons d) 540 gallons 20. It takes 30 minutes to empty a half-full tank by
17. A tank has a leak, which could empty it in 8 draining it at a constant rate. It is decided to
hours. When the tank is full, a tap is turned on, simultaneously pump water into the half-full
which admits 6 litres a minute into the tank and tank while draining it. What is the rate at which
the tank is now emptied in 12 hours. How many water has to be pumped in so that it gets fully
litres does the tank hold? filled in 10 minutes?
a) 8840 litres b) 8540 litres a) 4 times the draining rate
c) 8000 litres d) 8640 litres b) 3 times the draining rate
18. Taps P, Q and R are connected to a water tank c) 2.5 times the draining rate
and the rate of flow of water is 42 lit/hr, 56 d) 2 times the draining rate
lit/hr and 48 lit/hr respectively. Tap P and Q fill
CHAIN RULE [ARCT1023] THE LEADERS
1. A piece of work can be done by 16 men in 8 completed in 10 days less. How many men were
days working 12 hours a day. How many men in the beginning?
are needed to complete another work, which is a) 10 b) 25 c) 20 d) 15
three times the first one, in 32 days working 8 11. The work done by (x+2) men in (x-3) days and
hours a day? work done by x men in (x-2) days is equal. Find
a) 18 b) 24 c) 20 d) 30 x.
2. 39 persons can repair a road in 12 days working a) 6 b) 4 c) 8 d) 9
5 hours a day. In how many days will 30 12. 8 men can do a work in 13 days. After 7 days of
persons working 6 hours a day complete the work, 4 more men were engaged to finish the
work? work. In how many days would the remaining
a) 13 b) 14 c) 30 d) 15 work be completed
3. 15 men take 10 days to complete a job working a) 3 days b) 4 days
12 hours a day. How many hours a day should c) 2 days d) 5 days
10 men work to complete the job in 20 days? 13. In a garrison, there was food for 1000 soldiers
a) 20 b) 8 c) 9 d) 10 for one month. After 10 days, 1000 more
4. If 72 men can build a wall of 280 m length in 21 soldiers joined the garrison. How long would
days, how many men could take 18 days to the soldiers be able to carry on with the
build a wall of length 100 m? remaining food?
a) 18 b) 28 c) 30 d) 10 a) 25 days b) 20 days
5. 4 mat-weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days. At c) 15 days d) 10 days
the same rate how many mats would be woven 14. 60 men could complete a work in 250 days.
by 8 mat-weavers in 8 days? They worked together for 200 days. After that
a) 4 b) 8 c) 12 d) 16 the work had to be stopped for 10 days due to
6. Some persons can do a piece of work in 12 bad weather. How many more men should be
days, Two times the number of such persons engaged to complete the work in time?
will do half of the work in a) 10 b) 15 c) 18 d) 20
a) 9 days b) 6 days c) 5 days d) 3 days 15. A contractor undertook to complete a project in
7. If x men can do a piece of work in x days, then 90 days and employed 60 men on it. After 60
the number of days in which y men can do the 3
same work is days, he found that of the work has already
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y2 x2 been completed. How many men can he
a) xy b) c) d) x2y
x y discharge so that the project may be completed
8. If p men working p hours per day for p days exactly on time?
produce p units of work, then the units of work a) 40 b) 20 c) 30 d) 15
produced by n men working n hours a day for n 16. A road of 5 km length had to be constructed in
days is 100 days. So 280 workers were employed. But
p3 1
n2 n3 after 80 days it was found that only 3 km
a) n b) 2 c) 2 d) 2 2
n p p
road was completed. Now how many more men
9. If 6 persons earn Rs.1680 in a week working 8 were needed to finish the work in the specified
hours daily then how much amount 9 persons time?
will earn working 6 hours daily? a) 480 b) 80 c) 200 d) 100
a) Rs.1780 b) Rs.1890 17. A contractor decided to complete the work in
c) Rs.1920 d) Rs.2680 40 days and employed 60 men at the beginning
10. A certain number of men can complete a job in and 40 men additionally after 10 days and got
30 days. If there were 5 men more, it could be the work completed as per schedule. If he had
not employed the additional men, How many
CHAIN RULE [ARCT1023] THE LEADERS
extra days would he have needed to complete 22. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8
the work? days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it
a) 50 days b) 20 days in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women
c) 40 days d) 10 days complete it?
18. 40 men can complete a work in 40 days. They a) 50 days b) 45 days
started the work, but at the end of each 10th day, c) 40 days d) 35 days
5 men left the job. The work would have been 23. 6 men and 8 women can do a work in 10 days,
completed in then 3 men and 4 women can do the same work
2 1 in
a) 56 b) 53 c) 52 d) 50 a) 24 days b) 20 days
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19. A wall of 100 metres can be built by 7 men or c) 12 days d) 18 days
10 women in 10 days. How many days will 14 24. 5 men and 2 women working together can do
men and 20 women take to build a wall of 600 four times as much work per hour as a man and
metres? woman together. The work done by a man and
a) 20 days b) 25 days a woman should be in the ratio
c) 10 days d) 15 days a) 1:2 b) 2:1 c) 1:3 d) 4:1
20. 10 men or 20 boys can make 260 mats in 20 25. A 10 hectare field is reaped by 2 men, 3 women
days, then how many mats will be made by 8 and 4 children together in 10 days. If working
men and 4 boys in 20 days? capabilities of a man, a woman and a child are
a) 260 b) 240 c) 280 d) 520 in the ratio 5:4:2 then a 16 hectare field will be
21. If 16 men or 20 women can do a piece of work reaped by 6 men, 4 women and 7 children in
in 25 days, in how many days can 28 men and a) 5 days b) 6 days c) 7 days d) 8 days
15 women do it?
2 1 3
a) 14 b) 33 c) 18 d) 10
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TIME AND DISTANCE [ARCT1024] THE LEADERS
1. A car covers a certain distance at the speed c) 65 kmph d) 70 kmph

of 54 kmph in 8 hours. What is the distance 10. If a train runs at 40 kmph, it reaches its
covered by the car (in km)? destination late by 11 minutes. But if it runs
a) 428 b) 444 c) 432 d) 430 at 50 kmph, it is late by 5 minutes only. The
2. A car covers a distance of 744 km in 12 correct time (in minutes) for the train to
hours. What is the speed of the car in kmph? complete the journey is
a) 62 b) 58 c) 65 d) 60 a) 13 b) 15 c) 19 d) 21
3. If a bus travels 160 km in 4 hours and a train 11. Mr.Raghu reaches his office 30 minutes late
travels 320 km in 5 hours at uniform speeds, if he walks from his house at a speed of 3
then what is the ratio of the distances kmph, and reaches 40 minutes early if he
travelled by them in one hour? walks at 4 kmph. How far is his office from
a) 8:5 b) 5:8 c) 4:5 d) 1:2 his house?
4. Car A covered the distance of 448 km in 8 a) 10 km b) 12 km c) 7 km d) 14 km
hours and car B covered 110 km more than 5
car A in 9 hours. What is the ratio of the 12. Walking at th of her usual speed, Pinky
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speeds of car A and car B respectively? reaches her office 10 min early. What is
a) 28:31 b) 29:32 c) 55:2 d) 8:9 would be the time taken by her if she travels
5. The average speed of a bus is three-fifth the at her usual speed?
average speed of a car, which covers 3250 1
km in 65 hours. What is the average speed of a) 20 min b) 12 min
the bus (in kmph)? 2
c) 40 min d) 50 min
a) 30 b) 20 c) 35 d) 36
13. A certain distance is covered by a cyclist at a
6. If a man walks 20 km at 5 kmph, he will be
certain speed. If a jogger covers half the
late by 40 minutes. If he walks at 8 kmph,
distance in double the time, the ratio of the
how early from the fixed time will he reach?
speed of the jogger to that of the cyclist is?
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a) 15 min b) 25 min d) 50 min d) 1 hrs a) 1:4 b) 4:1 c) 1:2 d) 2:1
2 14. Two trains start at the same time from two
7. A bus started its journey from Ramgarh and stations M and N towards each other at
reached Devgarh in 44 minutes with its speeds of 72 kmph and 84 kmph
average speed of 50 kmph. If the average respectively. When they meet, it is found
speed of the bus is increased by 5 kmph, that one train has covered 60 kms more than
how much time will it take to cover the same the other. The distance between the two
distance? stations is
a) 40 min b) 38 min c) 36 min d) 49 min a) 676 km b) 780 km
8. The ratio between the walking speeds of A c) 660 km d) 484 km
and B is 3:4. The time taken by B to cover 15. The ratio of speeds of A and B is 3:2. A and
certain distance is 24 minutes; then time B start simultaneously towards each other
taken by A to cover that much distance is from P and Q respectively. If they meet at
2 20 km from Q, then what is the distance
a) 20 min b) 10 min
3 between P and Q?
c) 18 min d) 32 min a) 40 km b) 60 km c) 50 km d) 70
9. A car takes 50 minutes for a journey if it km
runs at 48 km per hour .The rate at which 16. Naresh and Suresh start simultaneously from
the car must run to reduce the time to 40 the opposite ends of a pool which is 50 m
minutes will be long. They pass each other, reach their
a) 45 kmph b) 60 kmph respective ends and immediately turn back.
TIME AND DISTANCE [ARCT1024] THE LEADERS
Now they meet at a distance of 15 m from 22. Two ladies simultaneously leave cities A and
where Naresh started, 10 seconds after the B connected by a straight road and travel
start. Find the speed of Suresh. towards each other. The first lady travels 2
a) 6.5 m/s b) 7.5 m/s kmph faster than the second lady and
c) 8.5 m/s d) 5 m/s reaches B one hour before the second lady
17. Mr. Naren drives to work at an average reaches A. The two cities A and B are 24 km
speed of 48 km per hour. The time taken to apart. How many kilometers does each lady
cover first 60% of the distance is 10 minutes travel in one hour?
more than the time taken to cover the a) 5km, 3 km b) 7 km, 5 km
remaining distance. How far is his office? c) 8 km, 6 km d) 16 km, 14 km
a) 30 km b) 40 km c) 45 km d) 48 km 23. Two guns are fired from the same place at
18. A monkey ascends a greased pole 30 metres an interval of 6 minutes. A person
in height. He ascends 3 metres in the first approaching the place observes that 5
minute and descends 1 metre in the next minutes 52 seconds have elapsed between
minute, and again ascends 3 metres in the the hearings of the sound of the two guns. If
third minute but descends 1 metre in the the velocity of the sound is 330 m/s, the
fourth minute and so on. In what time (in man was approaching that place at what
minutes) does he reach the top? speed?
2 a) 24 kmph b) 27 kmph
a) 29 b) 28 c) 30 d) 28 c) 30 kmph d) 36 kmph
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19. Amit starts from a point A and walks to 24. Two trains start at the same time in opposite
another point B, and then returns from B to directions and reach their destinations in
A by his car and thus takes a total time of 6 1 4
3 hours and 4 hours respectively after
hours and 45 minutes. If he had driven both 3 5
ways in his car, he would have taken 2 hours crossing each other. At what rate does the
less. How long would it take for him to walk second train B travel if the first train travels
both ways? at a speed of 60 kmph?
a) 7 hrs 45 min b) 8 hrs 15 min a) 75 kmph b) 50 kmph
c) 8 hrs 30 min d) 8 hrs 45 min c) 45 kmph d) 55 kmph
20. A train travels at a certain average speed for 25. A man covered a certain distance at some
a distance of 63 km and then travels a speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he
distance of 72 km at an average speed of 6 would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had
km/hr more than its original speed. If it moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken
takes 3 hours to complete the total journey, 40 minutes more. The distance (in km) is
what is the original speed of the train in 2
km/hr? a) 20 b) 35 c) 36 d) 40
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a) 24 b) 33 c) 42 d) 66
21. A man traveled a distance of 61 km in 9
hours partly on foot at the rate of 4 kmph
and partly on bicycle at 9 kmph. The
distance traveled on foot is
a) 16 km b) 12 km c) 15 km d) 17 km
AVERAGE SPEED AND RELATIVE SPEED [ARCT1025] THE LEADERS
1. A car travels 8 km in the first quarter of an kmph and the rest at 50 kmph. The average
hour, 6 km in the second quarter and 16 km in speed for the whole journey in kmph is
the third quarter. The average speed of the car a) 35 b) 33.33 c) 30 d) 34.67
in km per hour over the entire journey is 10. A train completes a journey with a few
a) 30 b) 36 c) 40 d) 24 stoppages in between at an average speed of 25
2. Naren covers the first 3 hours of his journey at kmph. If the train had not stopped anywhere,
60 mph speed and the remaining 5 hours at 24 it would have completed the journey at an
mph speed. What is the average speed of average speed of 30 kmph. On an average, how
Naren's travel in mph? many minutes per hour does the train stop
a) 42 b) 36 c) 37.5 d) 42.5 during the journey?
3. A train moves with a speed of 30 kmph for 12 a) 20 min b) 18 min c) 15 min d) 10 min
minutes and for next 8 minutes at a speed of 11. A train completes a journey with a few
45 kmph. Find the average speed of the train in stoppages in between at an average speed of 40
kmph km per hour. If the train had not stopped
a) 37.5 b) 36 c) 48 d) 30 anywhere, it would have completed the journey
4. A man goes from A to B at a uniforms speed at an average speed of 50 km per hour. On an
of 12 kmph and returns with a uniform speed average, how many minutes per hour does the
of 4 kmph His average speed (in kmph) for the train stop during the journey?
whole journey is: a) 20 min b) 12 min c) 15 min d) 10 min
a) 8 b) 7.5 c) 6 d) 4.5 12. Bharani and Anand are 180 km apart. They
5. Naren drives to his office at 40 kmph and started simultaneously towards each other at
returns along the same route at 60 kmph. The speeds of 10 kmph and 20 kmph respectively.
average speed for the entire trip is (in kmph) In how many hours will they meet?
a) 50 b) 48 c) 45 d) 24 a) 5 hrs b) 6 hrs c) 4 hrs d) 7 hrs
1 13. Two cars start towards each other, from two
6. Naren traveled rd of the distance at a speed places A and B which are at a distance of 160
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of 40 kmph and the rest at the speed of 70 km. They start at the same time 08:10 a.m. If
kmph. The average speed for the entire journey the speeds of the cars are 50 kmph and 30
in kmph is kmph respectively, they will meet each other at
a) 55 b) 55 c) 56 d) 58 a) 10:10 a.m. b) 10:30 a.m.
7. A tourist covers half of his journey by train at c) 11:10 a.m. d) 11:20 a.m.
60 kmph, half of the remainder by bus at 30 14. Two trains leave New Delhi at the same time.
kmph and the rest by cycle at 10 kmph. The One travels north at 60 kmph and the other
average of the tourist in kmph during his entire travels south at 40 kmph. After how many
journey is hours will the trains be 150 km apart?
a) 36 b) 30 c) 24 d) 18 a)
3
hrs b)
4
hrs c)
3
hrs d)
15
hrs
8. A car travels the first one-third of a certain 2 3 4 2
distance with a speed of 10 kmph, the next 15. Two towns A and B are 500 km apart. A train
one-third distance with a speed of 20 kmph starts at 8 a.m. from A towards B at a speed of
and the last one-third distance with a speed of 70 kmph. At 10 a.m., another train starts from
60 kmph. The average speed of the car for the B towards A at a speed of 110 kmph. When
whole journey in kmph is will the two trains meet?
a) 18 b) 24 c) 30 d) 36 a) 01:00 p.m. b) 12:00 Noon
9. One third of a certain journey is covered at the c) 12:30 p.m. d) 01:30 p.m.
rate of 25 kmph, one-fourth at the rate of 30 16. A train leaves Mumbai at 9 a.m at a speed of
40 kmph. After one hour another train leaves
AVERAGE SPEED AND RELATIVE SPEED [ARCT1025] THE LEADERS
Mumbai in the same direction as that of the 22. Two trains start from a certain station on two
first train at a speed of 50 kmph. When and at parallel tracks in the same direction. The speed
what distance from Mumbai do the two trains of the trains is 45 kmph and 40 kmph
meet? respectively. The distance between the two
a) 1.00 p.m., 220 km b) 1.00 p.m., 200 km trains after 45 minutes will be
c) 2.00 p.m., 200 km d) 2.00 p.m., 160 km a) 2 km 500 m b) 2 km 750 m
17. A bus is moving with a speed of 30 kmph c) 3 km 750 m d) 3 km 250 m
ahead of a car with a speed of 50 kmph. How 23. A thief is chased by a police man from a
many kilometres apart are they if it takes 15 distance of 250 metres. The thief starts running
minutes for the car to catch up with the bus? and the police chases him. The thief and the
a) 5 km b) 7.5 km c) 12.5 km d) 15 km policeman run at the rate of 10 kmph and 11
18. A thief is 114 metres ahead of a constable. The kmph respectively. What is the distance
constable runs 21 metres and the thief runs 15 between them after 6 minutes?
metres in a minute. In what time will the a) 100 m b) 190 m
constable catch the thief? c) 200 m d) 150 m
a) 19 min b) 18 min c) 17 min d) 16 min 24. A thief, who was chased by a policeman was
19. A jeep is chasing a car which is 5 km ahead. 100 metres ahead of the policeman initially. If
Their respective speeds are 90 kmph and 75 the ratio between speeds of the policeman and
kmph. After how many minutes will the jeep the thief is 5:4 then how long thief would have
catch the car? covered before he was caught by the
a) 18 b) 20 c) 24 d) 25 policeman?
20. A thief running at 8 kmph is chased by a a) 500 m b) 200 m c) 400 m d) 600 m
policeman whose speed is 10 kmph. If the thief 25. Aryan runs at a speed of 40 metre/ minute.
is 100 m ahead of the policeman, then the time Rahul follows him after an interval of 5
required for the policeman to catch the thief minutes and runs at a speed of 50
will be metre/minute. Rahuls’s dog runs at a speed of
a) 2 min b) 3 min c) 4 min d) 6 min 60 metre/minute and starts along with Rahul.
21. A constable follows a thief who is 200 m ahead The dog reaches Aryan and then comes back
of the constable. If the constable and the thief to Rahul, and continues to do so till Rahul
run at speeds of 8 kmph and 7 kmph reaches Aryan. What is the total distance
respectively, the constable would catch the covered by the dog (in metres)?
thief in a) 600 b) 750 c) 980 d) 1200
a) 10 min b) 12 min c) 15 min d) 20 min
TRAINS [ARCT1026] THE LEADERS
1. A train 100 m long is running at the speed of 30 9. A train passes a man standing on a platform in 8
kmph. The time in which it will pass a man seconds and also crosses the platform which is
standing near the railway line is: 264 metres long in 20 seconds. The length of
a) 10 sec b) 11 sec c) 12 sec d) 15 sec the train (in metres) is:
2. A train is 125 m long. If the train takes 30 a) 188 b) 176 c) 175 d) 96
seconds to cross a tree by the railway line, then 10. A train passes two bridges of lengths 800 m and
the speed of the train is 400 m in 100 seconds and 60 seconds
a) 14 kmph b) 15 kmph respectively. The length of the train is:
c) 16 kmph d) 12 kmph a) 80 m b) 90 m c) 200 m d) 150 m
3. If a train, with a speed of 60 kmph, crosses a 11. A train takes 18 seconds to pass through a
pole in 30 seconds, the length of the train (in platform 162 m long and 15 seconds to pass
metres) is through another platform 120 m long. The
a) 1000 b) 900 c) 750 d) 500 length of the train (in m) is:
4. A train 300 metres long is running at a speed of a) 70 b) 80 c) 90 d) 105
25 metres per second. It will cross a bridge of 12. A 150 metre long train crosses a 500 metre long
200 metres in bridge in 30 seconds. What time will it take to
a) 5 sec b) 10 sec c) 20 sec d) 25 sec cross a platform 370 metre long?
5. A train passes a 50 metres long platform in 14 a) 36 sec b) 30 sec c) 24 sec d) 18 sec
seconds and a man standing on the platform in 13. A moving train crosses a man standing on a
10 seconds. The speed of the train is platform and a bridge 300 metres long in 10
a) 24 kmph b) 36 kmph seconds and 25 seconds respectively. What will
c) 40 kmph d) 45 kmph be the time taken by the train to cross a
6. A person standing on a railway platform noticed platform 200 metres long?
that a train took 21 seconds to completely pass a) 16 sec b) 18 sec c) 20 sec d) 22 sec
through the platform which was 84 m long and 14. A train 800 metres long is running at the speed
it took 9 seconds in passing him. The speed of of 78 kmph. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute,
the train was then the length of the tunnel (in metres) is:
a) 25.2 kmph b) 32.4 kmph a) 720 b) 500 c) 1300 d) 13
c) 50.4 kmph d) 75.6 kmph 15. The length of a train and that of a platform are
7. A train travelling with uniform speed crosses equal. If with a speed of 90 kmph the train
two bridges of lengths 300 m and 240 m in 21 crosses the platform in one minute, then the
seconds and 18 seconds respectively. The speed length of the train (in metres) is
of the train is: a) 1500 b) 600 c) 750 d) 900
a) 72 kmph b) 68 kmph 16. A train 180 m long moving at the speed of 20
c) 65 kmph d) 60 kmph m/sec overtakes a man moving at a speed of 10
8. A train with a uniform speed passes a platform m/sec. The train passes the man in:
122 metres long in 17 seconds and a bridge, 210 a) 6 sec b) 9 sec c) 18 sec d) 27 sec
metres long in 25 seconds. The speed of the 17. How many seconds will a 500 m long train take
train is to cross a man walking with a speed of 3 kmph
a) 46.5 kmph b) 37.5 kmph in the direction of the moving train if the speed
c) 37.6 kmph d) 39.6 kmph of the train is 63 kmph?
TRAINS [ARCT1026] THE LEADERS
a) 25 sec b) 30 sec c) 40 sec d) 45 sec 22. Two trains 105 metres and 90 metres long, run
18. A train, 240 m long crosses a man walking along at the speeds of 45 kmph and 72 kmph
the line in opposite direction at the rate of 3 respectively, in opposite directions on parallel
kmph in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is tracks. The time which they take to cross each
a) 63 kmph b) 75 kmph other, is
c) 83.4 kmph d) 86.4 kmph a) 8 sec b) 6 sec c) 7 sec d) 5 sec
19. A train passes two persons walking in the same 23. Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the
direction at a speed of 3 kmph and 5 kmph speeds of 60 kmph and 40 kmph respectively in
respectively in 10 seconds and 11 seconds opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time
respectively. The speed of the train is (in seconds) which they take to cross each other
a) 28 kmph b) 27 kmph is:
c) 25 kmph d) 24 kmph a) 10 b) 10.8 c) 8 d) 9.6
20. Two trains travel in the same direction at the 24. Two trains are running in opposite direction
speeds of 56 kmph and 29 kmph respectively. with the same speed. If the length of each train
The faster train passes a man in the slower train is 120 metres and they cross each other in 12
in 32 seconds. The length of the faster train (in seconds, the speed of each train (in kmph) is
metres) is a) 72 b) 10 c) 36 d) 18
a) 240 b) 480 c) 320 d) 260 25. Two trains of equal length take 10 seconds and
21. Two trains one 480 m and the other 420 m long 15 seconds respectively to cross a telegraph
are running in opposite directions on parallel post. If the length of each train be 120 metres,
rails, the first at 77 km an hour and the other at in what time (in seconds) will they cross each
67 km an hour. How long will they take to cross other travelling in opposite direction?
each other? a) 16 b) 15 c) 12 d) 10
a) 21 sec b) 22.5 sec c) 18 sec d) 30 sec
BOATS AND STREAMS [ARCT1027] THE LEADERS
1. A man can row his boat with the stream at 6 the time taken by the man to swim the same
kmph and against the stream in 4 kmph. The distance upstream is
man’s rate is a) 1 hour 30 minutes b) 45 minutes
a) 1 kmph b) 5 kmph c) 2 hours 30 minutes d) 3 hours
c) 8 kmph d) 6 kmph 8. A man goes downstream with a boat to some
2. A swimmer covers a distance of 28 km against destination and return upstream to his original
the current and 40 km in the direction of the place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat is still
current. If in each case he takes 4 hours, then water and the stream are 10 kmph and 4 kmph
the speed of the current is? respectively, the distance of the destination
a) 3.5 kmph b) 1.5 kmph from the starting place is:
c) 2.5 kmph d) 8.5 kmph a) 16 km b) 18 km c) 21 km d) 25 km
3. A boat running downstream covers a distance 9. Speed of a boat is 5 kmph in still water and the
of 24 km in 4 hours, while for covering the speed of the stream is 3 kmph. if the boat takes
distance upstream it takes 6 hours. What is the 3 hours to go to a place and come back, the
speed of the boat in still water? distance of the place is:
a) 5.5 kmph b) 6 kmph a) 3.75 km b) 4 km
c) 3.5 kmph d) 5 kmph c) 4.8 km d) 4.25 km
4. A motorboat takes 2 hours to travel a distance 10. A boat goes 12 km downstream and comes
of 9 km with the current and it takes 6 hours to back to the starting point in 3 hours. If the
travel the same distance against the current. speed of the current is 3 kmph, then the speed
What is the speed of the boat in still water? of the boat in still water is.
a) 3 kmph b) 2 kmph a) 12 kmph b) 9 kmph
c) 1.5 kmph d) 1 kmph c) 8 kmph d) 6 kmph
5. A boat goes 100 km downstream in 10 hours, 11. Naren can row a certain distance downstream in
and 75 km upstream in 15 hours. The speed of 6 hours and return the same distance in 9 hours.
the stream is If the speed of Naren in still water is 12 kmph,
1 find the speed of the stream.
a) 7 kmph b) 5 kmph
2 a) 2.4 kmph b) 2 kmph
1 c) 3 kmph d) Data Inadequate
c) 3 kmph d) 2 kmph 12. In a fixed time, a boy swims double the distance
2
6. A sailor can row 2 km against the stream in 20 along the current that he swims against the
minutes and return in 18 minutes. Find the rate current. If the speed of the current is 3 kmph,
of current. the speed of the boy in still water is
1 2 a) 6 kmph b) 9 kmph
a) kmph b) kmph c) 10 kmph d) 12 kmph
3 3
13. A steamer goes downstream from one port to
5
c) kmph d) None of these another in 4 hours. It covers the same distance
3
upstream in 5 hours. If the speed of stream is 2
7. A man swims downstream a distance of 15 km
kmph, the distance between the two ports is
in 1 hour. If the speed of the stream is 5 kmph,
a) 50 km b) 60 km c) 70 km d) 80 km
BOATS AND STREAMS [ARCT1027] THE LEADERS
14. A man can row at 6 kmph in still water. If the 18. Two boats A and B start each other from two
river is running at 2 kmph, it takes 3 hours more places, 108 km apart. Speeds of the boats A and
in upstream than to go downstream for the B in still water are 12 kmph and 15 kmph
same distance. How far is the place respectively. If A proceeds down and B up the
a) 24 km b) 28 km c) 36 km d) 32 km stream, they will meet after:
15. A man can row 30 km downstream and return a) 4.5 hr b) 4 hr c) 5.4 hr d) 6 hr
in a total of 8 hours. If the speed of the boat in 19. Two boats P and Q start from two points M
still water is four times the speed of the current, and N respectively towards each other in a river.
then the speed of the current is The river flows from M to N. After 2 hours,
a) 1 kmph b) 2 kmph they together travel a distance of 24 km. Find
c) 4 kmph d) 3 kmph the speed of P in still water assuming it is equal
16. The speed of boat in still water is 11 kmph. It to that of Q.
can go 12 km upstream and return downstream a) 6 kmph b) 8 kmph
to the starting point in 2 hours 45 minutes. c) 12 kmph d) 4 kmph
What is the speed of the stream? 20. A boat goes 24 km upstream and 28 km
a) 5 kmph b) 4 kmph downstream in 6 hours. It goes 30 km upstream
c) 3 kmph d) 2 kmph and 21 km downstream in 6 hours and 30
17. The speed of current is 5 kmph. A boat goes 10 minutes. Find the speed of the boat in still
km upstream and then returns to the starting water.
point in 50 minutes. What is the speed of boat a) 4 kmph b) 6 kmph
in still water? c) 10 kmph d) 14 kmph
a) 20 kmph b) 25 kmph
c) 28 kmph d) 30 kmph
RACES AND CIRCULAR TRACKS [ARCT1028] THE LEADERS
1. In a kilometer race, P beats Q by 200 m. In the 10. In a 500 m race B beats C by 50 m or 5 seconds.
same race, Q beats R by 200 m. Find the What is the time taken by B to complete a 5400
distance by which P beats R. m race?
a) 400 metres b) 380 metres a) 476 sec b) 480 sec
c) 360 metres d) 340 metres c) 486 sec d) 540 sec
2. In a 1000 m race, A beats B by 100 m and B 3
beats C by 50 m. In the same race, by how many 11. A is 1 times as fast as B. In a race, A beats B
4
meters does A beat C? by 51 m. What is the length of the race?
a) 145 metres b) 150 metres a) 122 metres b) 108 metres
c) 155 metres d) 160 metres c) 119 metres d) 133 metres
3. In a 1000 m race, A beats B by 150 m and B 12. A can run 300 m in 40 seconds and B can run it
beats C by 100 m. In the same race, by how in 52 seconds. In a 1950 m race, by how many
many metres does A beat C? metres does A beat B?
a) 765 metres b) 235 metres a) 425 metres b) 450 metres
c) 350 metres d) 250 metres c) 435 metres d) 460 metres
4. In a 500 m race, A beats B by 100 m and B beats 13. In a kilometer race, P beats Q by 1 minute. Q
C by 150 m, then by how much distance does A beats R by 30 seconds. If P beats R by 250 m,
beat C in the same race? find the time P takes to run the race(in
a) 220 metres b) 250 metres seconds)?
c) 50 metres d) 280 metres a) 360 sec b) 270 sec
5. A can beat B by 20 metres in a 200 metres race. c) 450 sec d) 430 sec
B can beat C by 10 metres in a 250 metres race. 14. In a kilometer race, A beats B by 30 seconds and
By how many metres can A beat C in a 100 B beats C by 15 seconds. If A beats C by 180
metres race? metres, the time taken by A to run 1 kilometer is
c) 13.6 metres d) 14.8 metres c) 200 sec d) 210 sec
6. In a 500 m race, A beats B by 20 m and C by 30 15. In a 200 metre race A gives B a head start of 10
m. In a 2880 m race, by how many metres does metres and still beats him by 10 metres or 2 sec.
B beat C? Find the time taken by A to run the race.
c) 55 metres d) 45 metres c) 36 sec d) 42 sec
7. In a 1 km race, A beats B by 100 m and C by 16. In a race, P beats Q by 10 m or 2 seconds. In
150 m. In a 2700 m race, by how many metres another race, Q starts the race 200 m ahead of P
does B beat C? and both reach the finishing point
a) 120 metres b) 150 metres simultaneously; Find the time taken by P to run
c) 210 metres d) 180 metres the race, given his speed is 7 m/s.
8. In a 1000 m race, A beats B by 200 m or by 25 a) 50 sec b) 100 sec
sec. what is the speed of A? c) 150 sec d) 200 sec
a) 8 m/s b) 10 m/s 17. If A is twice as fast as B. If A gives B a head
c) 12 m/s d) 14 m/s start of 60 metres, what should be the length of
9. In an 800 m race A beats B by 160 m or 20 the race course so that both of them finish the
seconds. In how many seconds can A cover 360 race at the same time?
m? a) 120 metres b) 60 metres
a) 34 sec b) 38 sec c) 180 metres d) 240 metres
c) 40 sec d) 36 sec
RACES AND CIRCULAR TRACKS [ARCT1028] THE LEADERS
2 m/s simultaneously. Ramu takes 3 minutes to

18. A is 1 times as fast as B. If B is given a head complete one round. In how many minutes will
3
start of 200 metres, what should be the length of both meet at the starting point for the first time?
the race so that both of them complete the race a) 8 b) 3 c) 6 d) 9
at the same time? 23. P, Q and R started from a point on a circular
a) 400 metres b) 300 metres track 600 m long simultaneously. P and Q
c) 450 metres d) 500 metres started in the same direction at speeds of 5 m/s
19. A and B are running around a circular track of and 2 m/s respectively. R started in a direction
600 m in opposite direction at speeds of 15 m/s opposite to both at 3 m/s. Find the time after
and 10 m/s starting at the same time from the which all the three will meet for the first time (in
same point. In how much time will they meet seconds)
for the first time anywhere on the track? a) 300 sec b) 600 sec
a) 60 sec b) 24 sec c) 900 sec d) 1200 sec
c) 36 sec d) 50 sec 24. A,B and C start together from a point on a
20. A and B run around a circular track of length circular track 300 m long in the same direction.
720 m at speeds of 12 m/s and 18 m/s A is thrice as fast as C and B is twice as fast as
respectively. They start at the same time from C. C takes 30 seconds to complete one round
the same point in opposite direction. When will along the track. Find the time take by A,B and C
they meet for the first time at the starting point? to meet for the first time at the starting point?
a) 100 sec b) 130 sec a) 30 sec b) 60 sec
c) 110 sec d) 120 sec c) 15 sec d) 20 sec
21. A and B are running on a circular track with 25. A, B and C are moving on a circular track. A,
speeds 20 m/s and 25 m/s respectively in the who is the only one moving in anticlockwise
same direction. Find the length of the track if direction moves at a speed twice that of B and
they meet after 20 seconds from the start. thrice that of C, takes 10 seconds to cover the
a) 100 metres b) 200 metres entire track. If all the three start simultaneously,
c) 300 metres d) 400 metres when would they meet for the second time at
22. Ramu and Prakash started running from a point the starting point after the start?
on a circular track 900 m long in the same a) 120 sec b) 240 sec
direction with respective speeds of x m/s and 3x c) 60 sec d) 180 sec
TIME AND WORK [ARPT1021] THE LEADERS
1. Rakesh can do a work in 18 days and Somesh 8. Pradeep and Kartik can complete a job in 8 days
can do the same work in 36 days. How many and 24 days respectively. Karthik starts the work
days will they take to complete the work by and Pradeep joins him after 8 days. In how
working together? many days has the whole job been completed?
a) 24 b) 12 c) 18 d) 10 a) 11 b) 12 c) 9 d) 14
2. Amar, Bharat and Charu can complete a job in 9. Somu and Ramu can do a job in 60 and 40 days
12, 24 and 24 days respectively. If they all work respectively. They earned Rs.450 for completing
together, how long will they take to complete work. What is the share of Somu?
the same work? a) Rs.270 b) Rs.225
a) 18 days b) 6 days c) Rs.180 d) Rs.250
c) 20 days d) 16 days 10. In order to earn a certain wage, P has to work
3. Anand, Bhanu and Chandra cam complete a for 36 days and Q has to work for 45 days. Find
work in 4 days. Anand and Chandra can do the the time for which they have to work together
same work in 8 and 16 days respectively. How to earn that wage.(in Rs.)
many days will Bhanu alone take to complete a) 24 b) 16 c) 18 d) 20
the same work? 11. X, Y Z can complete a job in 10 days, 15 days
a) 16 b) 20 c) 8 d) 4 and 20 days respectively. They completed the
4. If Jaya and Bindu together can complete a job job and got a total wage of Rs.520. Find Y’s
in15 days and Jaya alone can complete it in 60 share.(in Rs.)
days, in how many days Bindu alone complete a) 120 b) 180 c) 200 d) 160
the job? 12. P can complete a job in 60 days. Q is 25% less
a) 20 b) 24 c) 36 d) 15 efficient than P. Find the time in which Q can
5. P, Q and R can complete a job working complete it(in days).
together in 3 days. If R and Q can complete it in a) 75 b) 100 c) 90 d) 80
1 1 13. A works 4 times as fast as B. If B completes a
7 days and P and Q can do it in 3 days, in job in 60 days, then in how many days can A
2 3
how many days can P, Q and R complete the and B together complete the same job?
job working individually? a) 24 b) 12 c) 18 d) 15
a) 7;14;21 b) 5;10;30 14. If a man cuts the grass of a lawn in T minutes,
c) 8;12;16 d) 4;6;8 what part of the lawn can he cut in 30 minutes?
6. Adam can complete a job in 25 days. Adam and 30 T
a) b) T-30 c) d) 30-T
3 T 30
Chirs together can complete it in 9 days,. In 15. A can complete a piece of work 3 times as fast
8
how many days can Chirs alone complete the as B. If A and B together can complete the
job? work in 6 days, how many days would B alone
5 take to complete the work?
a) 12 b) 10 c) 25 d) 15 a) 8 b) 12 c) 4 d) 24
8 16. Ram and Hari can do a work in 10 and 12 days
7. Annie and John can complete a job in 8 days, respectively. They work together for 5 days and
2 then Ram leaves. In how many days will Hari
John and Tom in 14 days and Annie and Tom
5 finish the rest of the work?
in 9 days. In how many days can Annie, John 1 1 1
and Tom working individually complete the a) 1 b) 1 c) 1 d) 1
3 2 5
entire work respectively? 17. Bhavani can eat 8 Mangoes in 2 days. Dharni
a) 12;24;36 b) 16;20;24 can eat 6 Mangoes in 3 days. In how many days
c) 10;16;18 d) 9;15;21 can both eat 66 mangoes?
TIME AND WORK [ARPT1021] THE LEADERS
a) 12 b) 10 c) 11 d) 13 25. Pavan can do a piece of work in 6 days.

18. A, B and C have a contract to complete a job Working together, Pavan and Kalyan can do the
for Rs.3600. They completed it in 30 days by work in 4 days. If Pavan is x times as efficient
working together. A and B can complete it in 45 as Kalyan, find x?
days. Find C’s share(in Rs.). a) 1 b) 1.25 c) 1.5 d) 2
a) 1800 b) 1500 c) 1200 d) 1350 26. E can complete a job in 6 days. F can complete
19. Sai can do a work in 8 days while Sneha and it in 9 days. G can complete it in 12 days. E and
Jaya can do the same work in 20 and 40 days F started the job. After 3 days G took over and
respectively. In how many days can three of completed it. Find the time for which G worked
them together complete a work which is three a) 2 days b) 3 days c) 4 days d) 1 day
times the previous work? 27. P and Q took t days to complete a job. P can
2 complete it in (t+4) days. Q can complete it in
a) 21 b) 16 c) 15 d) 24 (t+9) days. Find t.
3
20. A is twice as efficient as B. Working together a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 12
they can do a piece of work in 21 days. In how 28. Amar and Bhavan are typists. Amar takes 4
many days can B alone do the work? 1
hours to type 48 pages. Bhavan is 33 % less
a) 42 b) 40 c) 36 d) 63 3
21. P, Q and R can complete a job in 10 days. P efficient than Amar. Find the time that they
and Q can complete it in 15 days. P can would take to type 220 pages(in hours)
complete it in 60days. In how many days P and a) 11 b) 10 c) 5 d) 5.5
R together can complete the job? 29. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 15 days,
a) 20 b) 30 c) 15 d) 12 45 days and 30 days respectively. They together
22. Raj and Sujay can complete a job in 10 and 15 started the work but A left 6 days before the
days respectively. Sujay starts the work and Raj completion of the work. B left 3 days before the
joins him after some days and the whole work is completion of the work. In how many days will
completed in 9 days from the beginning. After the entire work be completed?
how many days did Raj join Sujay? a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 d) 11
a) 4 b) 3 c) 5 d) 6 30. A,B and C can do a piece of work in 21 days, 42
23. Varma and Varun can do a piece of work in 27 days and 14 days respectively. A started the
days and 18 days respectively. They started the work, B joined him after 3 days and C joined
work together but Varun left two days before them after 5 days. For how many days did A
the completion of the work. In how many days work totally?
was the work completed? a) 10 b) 14 c) 12 d) 16
a) 10 b) 13 c) 12 d) 11
24. A can do a piece of work in 22 days. He had
worked for 4 days and then left. B completed
the remaining work in 99 days. In how many
days can B alone do the total work?
a) 105 b) 121 c) 95 d) 81
PIPES AND CISTERNS [ARPT1022] THE LEADERS
1. A tap can fill a tank in 16 minutes and another taps are opened at 11.40 a.m., then the tank
can empty it in 8 minutes. If the tank is already will be filled at
half full and both the taps are opened together, a) 12.40 p.m. b) 1.30 p.m.
will the tank be filled or emptied? How long will it c) 1.00 p.m. d) 1.20 p.m.
take before the tank is either filled or emptied 8. A cistern can be filled by pipes A and B in 4
completely as the case may be? hours and 6 hours respectively. When full, the
a) Emptied; 16 minutes tank can be emptied by pipe C in 8 hours. If all
b) Filled; 8 minutes the taps were turned on at the same time, then
c) Emptied; 8 minutes the cistern will be full in
d) Filled; 12 minutes a) 3 h 18 min b) 3 h 26 min
2. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 c) 3 h 42 min d) 3 h 48 min
minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used 9. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12
together, then how long will it take to fill the minutes and 15 minutes respectively but a third
tank? pipe C can empty the full tank in 6 minutes. A
a) 50 min b) 12 min c) 25 min d) 15 min and B are kept open for 5 minutes in the
3. A pipe can fill a cistern in 6 hours. Due to a leak beginning and then C is also opened. In what
in its bottom, it is filled in 7 hours. When the time will the cistern be emptied?
cistern is full, in how much time will it be emptied a) 30 min b) 33 min
by the leak? c) 37.5 min d) 45 min
a) 42 hrs b) 40 hrs c) 43 hrs d) 45 hrs 10. A tank with capacity T litres is empty. If water
4. A pipe can fill a tank in 10 hours and 12 hours flows into the tank from pipe A at the rate of x
respectively, while the third can empty it in 20 litres per minute and water is pumped out by
hours. If all the pipes are opened together, then pipe B at the rate of y litres per minute and
the tank will be filled in x>y, then in how many minutes will the tank
1 1 be filled?
a) 7 hrs b) 10 hrs c) 8 hrs d) 9 hrs T T
2 10 a) b) c) (T-x)y d) (x-y)T
5. Pipes A and B running together can fill a cistern y-x x-y
in 6 minutes. If B takes 5 minutes more than A to 11. A big tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B
fill the cistern, then the time in which A and B respectively in 60 and 40 min. Then what time
will fill the cistern separately will be respectively will it take to fill an empty tanker if tap B is
a) 15 min, 20 min b) 15 min, 10 min used half of time and tap A and B together are
c) 10 min, 15 min d) 25 min, 10 min used for the rest half of time?
1 a) 24 min b) 30 min c) 18 min d) 32 min
6. A tank has three pipes. The first pipe can fill
2 12. There is leak in the bottom of the tank. This
part of the tank in 1 hour and the second pipe can leak can empty a full tank in 8 hours. When the
1 tank is full, a tap is opened into the tank which
fill part in 1 hour. The third pipe is for making intakes water at rate of 6 litres per hour and the
3
tank is now emptied in 12 hours. What is the
the tank empty. When all the three pipes are open,
capacity of the tank (in litres)?
7
part of the tank is filled in 1 hour. How much a) 28.8 litres b) 36 litres
12 c) 144 litres d) 180 litres
time will the third pipe take to empty the 13. Two taps P and Q can fill a water tank
completely filled tank? respectively in 12 min and 15 min. They are
a) 4 hrs b) 3 hrs c) 5 hrs d) 6 hrs opened together but after 3 min P is closed.
7. A tap can fill a tank in 48 minutes, whereas How much time will Q take to fill the tank?
another tap can empty it in 2 hours. If both the
PIPES AND CISTERNS [ARPT1022] THE LEADERS
1 1 22. Which tank gets emptied first and how long does it
a) 7 min b) 8 min c) 8 min d) 7 min take (in minutes) to get empty after pumping starts?
4 2
14. Two full tanks, one shaped like a cylinder and 23. a) A, 17 b) C, 25 c) D, 20 d) D, 34
other like a cone, contain jet fuel. The cylindrical 24. A pipe can fill a tank in 8 min and another pipe can
tank holds 500 litres more than the conical tank. evacuate 6 kilolitre of water in 1 min. If both the
After 200 litres of fuel has been pumped out from pipes are opened together the empty tank fills in 20
each tank, the cylindrical tank contains twice the min, the capacity of the tank is
amount of fuel in conical tank. How many litres 25. a) 50 kilolitre b) 60 kilolitre
of fuel did the cylindrical tank have when it was 26. c) 75 kilolitre d) 80 kilolitre
full?
a) 700 litres b) 1000 litres 27. Two pipes can fill a tank in 33 minutes and 22
c) 1100 litres d) 1200 litres minutes respectively. Both the pipes are
15. A tap can fill cistern in 8 hours and another can opened simultaneously. After how many
empty it in 16 hours. If both the taps are opened minutes must the second pipe be closed so that
simultaneously, the time (in hours) to fill the the tank will become full in 18 minutes?
cistern will be a) 12 b) 10 c) 14 d) 8
a) 8 b) 10 c) 16 d) 24 4
16. A cistern has two taps, which fill it in 12 min and 28. If part of a tank is filled by a tap in 1 minute
5
15 min respectively and an exhaust tap. When all then how much time will it take to fill the rest
three taps are opened together, it takes 20 min to of the tank?
fill an empty cistern. How long will the exhaust a) 15 sec b) 75 sec c) 62 sec d) 12 sec
tap take to empty it? 29. Three pipes can A, B and C and fill an empty
a) 20 min b) 16 min c) 12 min d) 10 min tank in 30 min, 20 min and 10 min respectively.
17. A tap can fill an empty tank in 12 hours and When the tank was empty and all three taps are
another tap can empty the half filled tank in opened together then in how much time (min)
10 hours. If both the taps are opened together the tank will be full?
then how much time will it take to fill an 5 5
a) 6 b) 5 c) 5 d) 6
empty tank half filled? 11 11
a) 30 min b) 40 min c) 22 min d) 8 min 30. Two pipes A and B can fill any tank
18. Two taps can fill a tank in 15 and 12 minutes 1
respectively in 37 min and 45 min. If both
respectively. A third tap can empty it in 20 2
minutes. If all taps are opened at the same time the pipes are opened together, then after how
then in how much time will the tank be filled? much time should B be closed so that the tank
is full in half an hour?
2 31. Two taps can fill a tank respectively in 20 and
19. A chemical plant has 4 tanks (A, B, C and D), each 30 min. When the tank was empty both the
containing 1000 litres of a chemical. The chemical is taps were opened and after some time first tap
being pumped from one tank to another as follows was closed. It took 18 min to fill the tank.
From A to B @ 20 litres /min After how much time of the beginning the first
From C to A @ 90 litres /min tap was closed?
From A to D @10 litres /min a) 5 min b) 8 min c) 10 min d) 12 min
From C to D @ 50 litres /min
20. From B to C @ 100 litres /min
21. From D to B @ 110 litres/ min
CHAIN RULE [ARPT1023] THE LEADERS
1. Ten men can produce 1000 units in 10 days 9. 24 men working for 8 hours a day can dig a well
working 8 hours a day. In how many days will in 25 days. Find in how many days will 8 men
10 men produce 1500 units working 6 hours a working for 10 hours a day dig it(in days)?
day? a) 60 b) 80 c) 100 d) 90
a) 25 b) 20 c) 15 d) 18 10. Three men can do a job in 2 days. How many
2. There are two groups of workers X and Y. In 1
each group there are 20 workers. Each worker days will it take 5 men to do a job that is 2
2
in the group X is twice as efficient as each times the previous job?
worker in the group Y. All the workers started a 1 3
job. After 20 days, group Y workers left and in a) 2 b) 2 c) 3 d) 3
another 10 days the job was completed. Find 2 4
the time taken by each worker of group Y to 11. 18 men can do a piece of work in 22 days
complete it( in days). working for 7 hours a day. In how many days
a) 800 b) 1200 c) 1600 d) 1800 can 14 men complete the work working for 6
3. X men can complete a work in 120 days. If hours a day?
there were 10 men more, the work would be a) 21 b) 38 c) 28 d) 33
completed in 20 days less. Find the value of X. 12. A group of men took 40 days to complete a
a) 75 b) 50 c) 90 d) 60 job. If there were 3 men less, they would have
4. Ten men can do a piece of work in 15 days. taken 8 days more to complete it. Find the
How many men are needed to complete a work number of men in the group.
which is five times as large, as the first one in 10 a) 16 b) 20 c) 18 d) 22
days? 13. If five men or eight women can do a piece of
a) 60 b) 75 c) 70 d) 85 work in 42 days, In how many days can 15 men
5. A work is done by 16 men in 30 days. In how and 16 women do the same work?
many days can 12 men complete the work given 2 1 1
a) 6 b) 8 c) 9 d) 10
1 5 3 2
that the time spent per day is increased by rd 14. A group of men take a certain time to complete
3
the previous time? a job. If there were 20 men more, they would
have taken 16 days less to complete it. If there
1
a) 22 b) 25 c) 20 d) 30 were 10 men less, they would have taken 20
2 more days to complete it. Find the number of
6. If ‘x’ men can make ‘y’ units in ‘z’ days, how men in the group.
many units can ‘z’ men make in ‘x’ days? a) 20 b) 30 c) 40 d) 15
y 3y 15. X can complete a job in 8 days. Y can complete
a) b) 2y c) y d)
2 2 it in 12 days. They worked together for 4 days.
7. A group of 25 men took a certain time to The remaining part of job was completed by Z
complete a job. If there were 15 more men, it in three days. The total wage paid to the three
would have been completed in 3 days less. Find to complete the job was Rs.8400. Find Z’s share
the time taken to complete it (in days). (in Rs.)
a) 10 b) 9 c) 8 d) 12 a) 560 b) 2800 c) 1400 d) 980
8. 18 men can complete a job in 15 days working 6 16. 26 men can do a piece of work in 21 days
hours a day. Find the time taken by 10 men to working 8 hours a day. How many men are
complete a job twice as big working 9 hours a required to do a work which is one and half
day (in days). times more in 20 days working 14 hours a day?
a) 16 b) 36 c) 24 d) 12 a) 52 b) 39 c) 42 d) 48
CHAIN RULE [ARPT1023] THE LEADERS
17. If the ratio of the work done by (x + 1) men in the garrison. If the entire provision lasted 60
(x – 2) days to the work done by (x + 2) men in days, after how many days did the 200 men
(x – 4) days is 9:8; then the value of x is: leave?
a) 12 b) 14 c) 16 d) 18 a) 11 b) 15 c) 16 d) 18
18. In a hostel, there are 64 men. They have 25. If 3 men or 4 women can plough a filed in 43
provisions for 18 days. After 6 days, some men days then how many days will 7 men and 5
leave and the remaining provisions lasted for 16 women take to plough that field?
days, how many men have left the hostel? a) 10 b) 11 c) 9 d) 12
a) 12 b) 14 c) 16 d) 18
19. A certain number of men can do a piece of 7
26. If 28 men complete of a piece of work in a
work in 18 days working 8 hours a day. If the 8
1 week, then the number of men, who must be
number of men is increased by rd and the engaged to get the remaining work completed in
3
time spent per day in decreased by half, in how another week, is
many days will the same work will be a) 5 b) 6 c) 4 d) 3
completed? 27. If x men can do a piece of work in x days, then
a) 24 b) 27 c) 30 d) 33 the number of days in which y men can do the
20. 20 men can complete a job in 10 days. They same work is
started working on it. After 4 days, some men y2
a) xy days b) days
joined them. The job was completed in another x
3 days. Find the number of men who joined. x2
a) 15 b) 10 c) 20 d) 25 c) days d) x2y days
y
21. A work can be completed by 250 men in 324
days working 14 hours a day. After one-third of 28. A contractor undertakes to make a road in 40
the work was completed as per the schedule, days and employs 25 men. After 24 days, he
some more men had joined. If the remaining finds that only one-third of the road is made.
work is completed at the rate of 10 hours a day How many extra men should he employ so that
in 180 days from then, how many workers he is able to complete the work 4 days earlier?
joined additionally? a) 100 b) 60 c) 75 d) 80
a) 150 b) 140 c) 170 d) 120 29. A contractor undertook to finish a work in 92
22. 10 men can complete a job in 200 days. They days and employed 110 men. After 48 days, he
started it. After 20 days, 10 men with triple 3
found that e had already done part of the
efficiency joined them. Find the total time taken 5
to complete it (in days). work, the number of men he can withdraw so
a) 60 b) 70 c) 80 d) 65 that the work may still be finished in time is:
23. 2 men, 3 women and 8 boys can complete a job a) 45 b) 40 c) 35 d) 30
in 3 days. 3 men and 21 boys can complete it in 30. If 80 persons can finish a work within 16 days
2 days. A women and a boy can complete it in by working 6 hours a day, the number of hours
20 days. Find the time in which a boy can a day, should 64 persons work finish that very
complete it (in days) job within 15 days is
a) 60 b) 48 c) 72 d) 90 a) 5 hrs. b) 7 hrs c) 8 hrs d) 6 hrs
24. There were provisions for a garrison of 1500
men for 54 days. After some days, 200 men left
TIME AND DISTANCE [ARPT1024] THE LEADERS
1. A train covers 430 km in 5 hours. The speed 8. A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 min.
of a bike is half the speed of the train. How If its speed is decreased by 5 kmph, the time
much time (in hours) will the bike take to taken by it to cover the same distance will be
cover a distance of 301 km? a) 10 min b) 13 min 20 sec
a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9 c) 13 min d) 11 min 20 sec
3 9. A train travelling at a speed of 55 kmph
2. Walking from home at th of his usual travels from place X to place Y in 4 hours. If
4
speed, a man reaches his office 20 min late. its speed is increased by 5 kmph, then the
time of journey is reduced by?
Had the person walked at rd of his usual
3 10. Two trains start from stations A and B and
speed, find the time taken by the man to travel towards each other at speeds of 50
reach his office. kmph and 60 kmph respectively. At the time
a) 45 min b) 90 min of their meeting the second train has
c) 70 min d) 100 min travelled 120 km more than the first. The
3. The average speed of a tractor is two-fifth of distance between A and B is:
the average speed of a car. The car covers a) 990 km b) 1200 km
450 km in 6 hours. How much distance (in c) 1320 km d) 1440 km
km) will the tractor cover in 8 hours? 11. A person can walk a certain distance drive
a) 210 b) 240 c) 420 d) 480 back in six hours. He can also walk both
7 ways in 10 hours. How much time will he
4. It takes th of the usual time to cover a take to drive both ways?
8 a) Two hours
distance when the speed of a car is increased b) Two and a half hours
by 9 kmph. The usual speed (in kmph) is c) Five and a half hour
a) 72 b) 49 c) 56 d) 63 d) Four hours
5. A man walked at a speed of 4 kmph from 12. Two trains, A and B, start from stations X
point A to B and came back from point B to and Y towards Y and X respectively. After
A at the speed of 6 kmph. What would be passing each other, they take 4 hours 48 min
the ratio between the times taken by man in and 3 hours 20 min to reach Y and X
walking from point A to B to point B to A respectively. If train A is moving at 45
respectively? kmph., then the speed of the train B is
a) 5:3 b) 2:3 c) 2:1 d) 3:2 a) 60 kmph b) 64.8 kmph
1 c) 54 kmph d) 37.5 kmph
6. A car can cover a certain distance in 4
2 13. A car travelled a certain distance by covering
hours. If the speed is increased by 5 kmph, it the distance in three parts. It travelled the
1 first part at 30 kmph in 2 hours. It travelled
would take hour less to cover the same
2 the second part at 40 kmph in 4 hours. If its
distance. Find the slower speed of the car speed in the third part was 60% less than it
a) 50 kmph b) 40 kmph was, it would take 6 hours more for the
c) 45 kmph d) 60 kmph travel. The total distance it travelled is 420
7. A worker reaches his factory 3 min late, if his km. Find its speed over the third part.
speed from his house to the factory is 5 a) 30 kmph b) 40 kmph
kmph. If he walks at a speed of 6 kmph then c) 50 kmph d) 60 kmph
he reaches the factory 7 min early the
distance of the factory from his house is
a) 3 km b) 4 km c) 5 km d) 6 km
TIME AND DISTANCE [ARPT1024] THE LEADERS
5 1
14. Travelling at th of his usual speed a man is taken 2 hours more for the journey. Find
6 2
10 min late. What is the usual time he takes his speed (in kmph).
to cover the same distance? a) 62.5 b) 75 c) 50 d) 40
a) 50 min b) 70 min c) 1 hr d) 75 min 21. A person covers 260 km in 6.5 hours. What
15. A person saves 6 min by increasing his speed is the speed of the person?
by 25%. What is the time taken to cover the a) 39 kmph b) 38 kmph
distance at his usual speed? c) 40 kmph d) 41 kmph
a) 25 min b) 30 min c) 45 min d) 5 min 22. A person can cover 8 meters in 3 seconds.
16. A train travel for total time of 16 hours. It How many kilometers can he cover in 3
travelled the first half of the distance at 35 hours 45 min?
kmph and the second half at 45 kmph. The a) 42 b) 36 c) 38 d) 40
total distance travelled is 23. By doubling his speed, Ajay reaches his
a) 420 km b) 630 km c) 720 km d) 640 km office half an hour earlier than usual. Find
17. A truck covers a distance of 550 metres in 1 the time taken by him to travel to office at
minute whereas a bus covers a distance of 33 thrice his usual speed.
kms in 45 minutes. The ratio of their speed is a) 30 min b) 40 min c) 20 min d) 25 min
a) 4 : 3 b) 3 : 5 c) 50 : 3 d) 3 : 4 24. A car reaches its destination one hour late, if
18. One aeroplane started 30 minutes later than it travels at 80 kmph. If its speed was 100
the scheduled time from a place 1800 km kmph which is its usual speed, it reaches on
away from its destination. To reach the time. Find the usual time(in hours) it takes to
destination at the scheduled time the pilot travel to its destination.
had to increase the speed by 300 kmph. a) 3.5 b) 4 c) 4.5 d) 5
What was the speed of the aeroplane per 25. By travelling at a speed of 45 kmph, a person
hour during the journey? can reach his office, from his house in 60
a) 600 kmph b) 800 kmph min. In what time he can reach his office if
c) 900 kmph d) 1200 kmph he travels at 75 kmph?
19. Convert 12.5 m/sec to kmph. a) 30 min b) 40 min c) 32 min d) 36 min
a) 45 b) 54 c) 39 d) 51
20. Raj covered 500 km at a certain speed. If his
speed was 10 kmph less, he would have
AVERAGE SPEED AND RELATIVE SPEED [ARPT1025] THE LEADERS
1. The speed of Avinash is 20 kmph more than entire journey if the ratio of the distances AB
that of Ashish. If they move in the same and BC is 2:3?
direction from the same point, what will be a) 87 kmph b) 105 kmph
the distance between them after 5 hours? c) 90 kmph d) 100 kmph
a) 4 km b) 100 km 8. Uma leaves from a certain place at 10 a.m. at
c) 25 km d) 80 km 30 kmph. Suma starts from the same place at
2. The speed of Das is 20 kmph more than 2 p.m. at a speed of 60 kmph and chases
Divakar. If they move in opposite directions Uma. When and how far from the starting
from a point, what will be the distance place will Suma catch up with Uma?
between them after 5 hours? a) 6 p.m.; 120 km b) 2 p.m.; 240 km
a) 700 km b) 100 km c) 6 p.m.; 240 km d) 4 p.m.: 200 km
c) 25 km d) cannot be determined 9. Eswar covered the distance from A to B at a
3. X and Y start at the same time, move speed of 30 kmph and from B to C at a
towards each other from cities A and B at speed of 40 kmph. What is the average speed
speeds of 35 kmph and 15 kmph from A to C if the ratio between the
respectively. If the distance between the two distances AB and BC is 1:2?
cities is 600 km, what time after they start a) 38 kmph b) 36 kmph
will they meet? c) 35 kmph d) 32 kmph
a) 20 hours b) 18 hours 10. Ajay covered half of a certain distance at 2
c) 12 hours d) 15 hours kmph, one-fourth of the distance at 1 kmph,
4. A and B 1000 metres away travel towards the remaining at 4 kmph. His average
each other at the respective speeds of 30 m/s speed(in kmph) for the entire journey is
and 20 m/s. What distance does B travel 16 9 8 16
before they meet? a) b) c) d)
9 4 7 13
a) 600 metres b) 500 metres 11. The speed of a bus without stoppages is 30
c) 200 metres d) 400 metres kmph and with stoppages is 24 kmph. How
5. Anil and Sunil start from a certain point at a many minutes per hour does the bus stop?
speed of 40 kmph and 80 kmph respectively. a) 12 min b) 8 min c) 10 min d) 6 min
How far apart will they be after four hours if 12. A policeman chases a thief who is 500 metres
they move away. If their respective speeds are 72 kmph
(1) in same directions and 54 kmph, what distance will the
(2) in opposite directions policeman need to travel before he catches
a) (1) 160 km. (2) 480 km the thief?
b) (1) 120 km. (2) 360 km a) 1500 metres b) 2000 metres
c) (1) 480 km. (2) 160 km c) 2500 metres d) 1200 metres
d) (1) 360 km. (2) 120 km 13. Ravi travels at a speed of 20 kmph and after
6. Anand covered, 2x km at a speed of 20 5 hours Pradeep starts from the same place
kmph and 3x km at a speed of 30 kmph. and travels towards Ravi at a speed of 40
Find the average speed of Anand for the kmph. What is the distance that Ravi travels
entire journey? before Pradeep catches up with him.
a) 24 kmph b) 22 kmph a) 100 km b) 160 km
c) 25 kmph d) 20 kmph c) 200 km d) 300 km
7. Rama covers the distance from A to B at a 14. Lokesh travelled from P to Q at 40 kmph
uniform speed of 80 kmph and the distance and from Q to R at 60 kmph. His average
from B and C at a uniform speed of 120 speed for the entire journey was 52 kmph.
kmph. What is the average speed for the Find PQ:QR.
AVERAGE SPEED AND RELATIVE SPEED [ARPT1025] THE LEADERS
a) 2:3 b) 4:9 c) 5:9 d) 1:3 the same time and moves towards X at 150
15. Two trains leave Delhi towards Mumbai at kmph. Find the extra distance traveled by Q
7.00 am and 8.00 am respectively at speeds compared to P when they meet.
60 kmph and 80 kmph respectively. How a) 150 km b) 175 km
many kilometers from Delhi will the two of c) 125 km d) 180 km
them meet? 22. A car was travelling in a fog. It overtook Ajay
a) 240 b) 75 c) 80 d) 90 who was travelling at 6.8 kmph and
16. Two persons started at 7 a.m. and travelled disappeared from his eyesight in another five
towards each other at speeds of 23.5 kmph min. At that time, he was 600 m behind it.
and 21.5 kmph. The initial distance between Find its speed (in kmph).
them was 180 km. At what time do they a) 15 b) 16 c) 14 d) 17
meet? 23. At 8 a.m., a truck travelling at 60 kmph was 3
a) 12:00 noon b) 1:00 p.m. km behind a bus. At 8.45 a.m., the truck was
c) 2:00 p.m. d) 11.00 a.m. 12 km ahead of the bus. Find the speed of
17. A train starts from A at 7 a.m. towards B the bus (in kmph).
with speed 50 kmph. Another train starts a) 50 b) 48 c) 40 d) 36
from B at 8 a.m. with speed 60 kmph 24. Govind ran against the wind and then turned
towards A. Both of them meet at 10 AM at back and ran for half the time he ran earlier.
C. The ratio of the distance AC to BC is The distance he covers against the wind was
a) 5 : 6 b) 5 : 4 one-third of that he covered with the wind.
c) 6 : 5 d) 4 : 5 The speed of the wind was 6 kmph. Find his
18. A car travelled the first hour of its journey at usual speed (in kmph).
30 kmph, the next 5 hours of its journey at a) 6.3 b) 8.4 c) 7.2 d) 9
50 kmph and the remaining 4 hours of its 25. The speeds of two persons are in the ratio
journey at 75 kmph. Find its average speed 5:6. They started travelling simultaneously in
for its journey (in kmph). opposite directions from the same point.
a) 56 b) 60 c) 58 d) 62 After 7 hours, they were 308 km apart. Find
19. A thief stole a car at 7 a.m. and drove away at the speed of the faster person (in kmph).
80 kmph on a straight road. The car owner a) 24 b) 30 c) 18 d) 36
realized his car was stolen at 8 a.m. and 26. A train completes a journey with a few
started chasing the thief at 100 kmph. At stoppages in between at an average speed of
what time did the owner catch the thief? 25 kmph. If the train had not stopped
a) 12:00 noon b) 01:00 p.m. anywhere, it would have completed the
c) 02:00 p.m. d) 01:30 p.m. journey at an average speed of 30 kmph. On
20. A has an average running speed of 60 kmph. an average, how many minutes per hour does
As a result of stopping at certain bus stops, it the train stop during the journey?
can cover only 50 km in 1 hour. Find the a) 20 min b) 18 min c) 15 min d) 10 min
time for which it stops in an hour.
21. X and Y are two stations 600 km apart. A
train P starts from X and moves towards Y
at 90 kmph. Another train Q starts from Y at
TRAINS [ARPT1026] THE LEADERS
1. A train 100 metres long crosses a bridge at the 9. A 120 metre long train speeds past a pole in
rate of 72 kmph in 25 seconds. What is the 10 seconds. What is the speed in kmph?
length of the bridge? a) 60 kmph b) 75 kmph
a) 400 m b) 170 m c) 600 m d) 500 m c) 50 kmph d) 43.2 kmph
2. A train passes a railway bridge 150 m long in 10. If a train running at 72 kmph crosses a
18 seconds. If the train is running at a speed coconut tree standing by the side of the track
of 60 kmph, then the length of train in metres in 7 seconds, the length of the train is
is a) 104 m b) 140 m c) 504 m d) 540 m
a) 160 m b) 150 m c) 180 m d) 140 m 11. A man running at 18 kmph crosses a bridge in
3. Two trains are 450 m and 150 m in length. 2 min. The length of the bridge is
The faster of these takes 30 seconds to a) 1.2 km b) 0.6 km c) 1 km d) 3.6 km
overtake the other. The trains take 20 seconds 12. A train 200 m, in length crosses a pole in 10
to cross each other, when travelling in the seconds. Another train travelling at the same
opposite directions. Find the speed of the speed crosses a platform 300 m in 20 seconds.
faster train Find the time taken by the second train to
a) 90 kmph b) 96 kmph cross the first train when the first train is
c) 84 kmph d) 99 kmph stationary.
4. A train passes through a telegraph post in 9 a) 15 sec b) 20 sec c) 18 sec d) 24 sec
seconds moving with a speed of 54 km per 13. A train 110 metre long passes a telegraph pole
hour. The length of the train is in 3 seconds. How long will it take to cross a
a) 135 m b) 145 m c) 125 m d) 150 m railway platform 165 metre long?
5. A train 195 m long passes a standing man in 1
13 seconds. The speed of the train is a) 4 sec b) 10 sec c) 5 sec d) 7 sec
2
a) 72 kmph b) 45 kmph 14. A train 100 metre long running at 36 kmph
c) 54 kmph d) 15 kmph can cross a bridge 150 metre long in,
6. A train 280 m long is moving at a speed of 60 a) 20 sec b) 25 sec c) 15 sec d) 22 sec
kmph. The time taken by the train to cross a 15. In how many seconds will a train 105 metre
platform 220 m long is long, running at 51 kmph, cross a man
a) 30 sec b) 40 sec c) 60 sec d) 20 sec walking at 3 kmph in opposite direction?
3 a) 12 sec b) 15 sec c) 5 sec d) 7 sec
7. A train 100 m long takes 3 seconds to cross
5 16. A train running at a speed of 84 kmph crosses
a man walking at the rate of 6 kmph in the a man running at a speed of 6 kmph in the
direction opposite to that of the train. Find opposite direction in 4 seconds. The length of
the speed of the train the train in metres is
a) 76 kmph b) 94 kmph a) 180 b) 75 c) 200 d) 100
c) 86 kmph d) 84 kmph 17. A passenger in train P travelling at 1 km/min
8. Two trains each of length 90 metres, run on uses his stop watch and finds that the other
parallel tracks. When running in the same train Q travelling in the opposite direction,
direction, the faster train passes the slower completely passes his windows in 3 seconds.
train completely in 18 seconds, but when they If the length of the train Q is 87.50 m. Find
are running in opposite directions its speed.
approaching each other at the same speeds as a) 36 kmph b) 54 kmph
before they cross each other in 9 seconds. c) 48 kmph d) 45 kmph
Find the speed of the each train. 18. Two trains 180 and 220 metre long are
a) 9 mps, 15 mps b) 7 mps, 5 mps running in opposite directions at 40 kmph and
c) 15 mps, 5mps d) 12 mps, 18 mps 50 kmph respectively. They cross each other
in
TRAINS [ARPT1026] THE LEADERS
a) 16 sec b) 17 sec c) 18 sec d) 22 sec 26. Two trains running at 45 kmph and 54 kmph
19. Two trains of equal length are running on cross each other in 12 seconds when they
parallel lines in the same direction at the rate move in opposite directions. When they move
of 65 kmph and 44 kmph. The faster train in the same direction, a person in the faster
passes the slower train in 48 seconds. The train observes that he crossed the other train
length of each train is in 32 seconds. Find the length of the faster
a) 120 m b) 150 m c) 100 m d) 140 m train.
20. A train 150 metre long passes a tree in 12 a) 160 m b) 80 m c) 250 m d) 170 m
seconds. It will pass a tunnel 250 meter long 27. A train leaves Hyderabad at 8.00 am and
in reaches Mumbai at 10.00 pm on the same day.
a) 20 sec b) 25 sec c) 32 sec d) 26 sec Another train leaves Mumbai at 10.00 am and
21. Rajadhani express travelling at uniform speed reaches Hyderabad at midnight on that day.
clears a platform 200 metre long in 10 When will the two trains meet?
seconds and passes a telegraph post in 6 a) 5.00 pm b) 2.30 pm
seconds. The speed of train is c) 5.30 pm d) 4.00 pm
a) 150 kmph b) 180 kmph 28. A train takes 360 seconds to overtake another
c) 200 kmph d) 175 kmph train which is as twice as long and moving
22. A train 100 m long meets a man going in half as fast. If the speed of the first train was
opposite direction at 5 kmph and passes him increased by 6 m/s, it would have taken 40
1 seconds to cross a man standing on a
in 7 seconds. The speed of the train is platform. Find the speed of the first train
5
a) 40 kmph b) 45 kmph m/s.
c) 36 kmph d) 52 kmph a) 12 b) 10 c) 15 d) 18
23. A person sitting in a train P observes that a 29. Two trains running at 45 kmph and 54 kmph
train Q with thrice the speed of the train P cross each other in 12 seconds when they
overtakes him in 20 seconds. If the trains P move in opposite directions. When they move
and Q are travelling in opposite direction find in the same direction, a person in the faster
the time taken by the train Q to cross him. train observes that he crossed the other train
a) 15 sec b) 20 sec c) 10 sec d) 30 sec in 32 seconds. Find the length of the faster
24. A train takes 60 seconds to cross a 200 m long train.
platform. If its speed was 5 m/sec more, it a) 160 m b) 80 m
would have taken 10 seconds less to cross the c) 250 m d) 170 m
platform. Find the speed of the train. 30. A train leaves Hyderabad at 8.00 am and
a) 10 m/sec b) 12 m/sec reaches Mumbai at 10.00 pm on the same day.
c) 25 m/sec d) 18 m/sec Another train leaves Mumbai at 10.00 am and
25. A train takes 40 seconds to cross a stationary reaches Hyderabad at midnight on that day.
pole. Find the time it will take to cross a When will the two trains meet?
platform whose length is equal to that of the a) 5.00 pm b) 2.30 pm
train. c) 5.30 pm d) 4.00 pm
a) 1 minute
b) 1 minute 20 seconds
c) 1 minute 30 seconds
d) 1 minute 40 seconds
BOATS AND STREAMS [ARPT1027] THE LEADERS
1. A person can swim in still water at 4 kmph. If 10. A man can row a boat 40 km downstream in 5
the speed of water is 2 kmph, how many hours hours and 18 km upstream in 3 hours. Find the
will the man take to swim back against the speed of the current.
current for 6 km. a) 1 kmph b) 2 kmph
1 c) 11 kmph d) 22 kmph
a) 3 hrs b) 4 hrs c) 4 hrs d) 6 hrs 11. A man rows down a river 15 km in 3 hrs. with
2
2. A can swim in still water at 4.5 kmph, but takes 1
the stream and return in 7 hrs. The rate at
twice as long to swim upstream than 2
downstream. The speed of the stream is which he rows in still water is
a) 3 kmph b) 7.5 kmph a) 2.5 kmph b) 1.5 kmph
c) 2.25 kmph d) 1.5 kmph c) 3.5 kmph d) 4.5 kmph
3. A boat goes downstream at U m/s and 12. A man can swim 3 kmph in still water. If the
upstream at V m/s. then the speed of the boat velocity of the stream is 2 kmph, the time taken
in still water is by him to swim to a place 10 km upstream and
1 back is:
a) (U - V) b) U - V
2 1 1
a) 8 hr b) 9 hr c) 10 hr. d) 12 hr.
1 3 3
c) (U + V) d) U + V 13. A sailor goes 12 km downstream in 48 minutes
2
4. If a man takes three hours to row 3 km and returns in 1 hour 20 minutes. The speed of
upstream or 15 km downstream , then the speed the sailor in still water is:
of the current is a) 12 kmph b) 12.5 kmph
a) 4 kmph b) 9 kmph c) 13 kmph d) 15 kmph
c) 2 kmph d) 6 kmph 14. A man can row a boat 15 kmph with the current
5. A man can row in still water at 7 kmph and the and speed of current is 3 kmph. Find his speed
rate of stream is 3.5 kmph. A distance of 10.5 against the current.
km in going upstream is covered in a) 9 kmph b) 12 kmph
a) 1.5 hrs b) 1 hrs c) 3 hrs d) 15 hrs c) 18 kmph d) 21 kmph
6. The speed of a boat in still water is 15 kmph 15. A man rows a boat 18 km in four hours
and the rate of stream is 5 kmph. The distance downstream and returns upstream in 12 hours.
travelled downstream in 24 min. is The speed of the stream(in km per hr) is:
a) 4 km b) 8 km c) 6 km d) 16 km a) 1 kmph b) 1.5 kmph
7. A man rows 40 km upstream in 8 hours and a c) 2 kmph d) 1.75 kmph
distance of 36 km downstream in 6 hours, then 16. A boat goes 8 km in one hour along the stream
speed of stream is and 2 km in one hour against the stream. The
a) 0.5 kmph b) 5.5 kmph speed of the stream is
c) 6 kmph d) 5 kmph a) 2 kmph b) 3 kmph
8. If a man’s downstream rate is 10 kmph, and the c) 4 kmph d) 5 kmph
rate of stream is 1.5 kmph, then the man’s 17. The speed of a boat in still water is 12 kmph
upstream rate is and its speed against the current is 8.5 kmph.
a) 13 kmph b) 10 kmph Find the speed of boat with the current.
c) 3 kmph d) 7 kmph a) 3.5 kmph b) 7 kmph
9. A man can row downstream 35 km and c) 15.5 kmph d) 20.5 kmph
upstream 15 km taking 5 hours each time. What 18. A man rows a boat 3 hours downstream and 3
is the speed of the current? hours upstream. Find speed of boat in still
a) 2 kmph b) 6 kmph water, if he covers a total distance of 12 km.
c) 10 kmph d) 25 kmph a) 2 kmph b) 3 kmph
BOATS AND STREAMS [ARPT1027] THE LEADERS
c) 4 kmph d) Data insufficient a) 1 b) 1.3 c) 1.5 d) 2.5

19. A boat goes 6 km an hour in still water. It takes 26. A boat travels upstream from B to A and
thrice as much time going upstream as much downstream from A to B in 2 hours. If the
time going downstream. The speed of the speed of the boat in still water is 9 kmph and
current is: the speed of the current is 3 kmph, the distance
a) 4 kmph b) 5 kmph between A and B (in km) is
c) 3 kmph d) 2 kmph a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 12
20. Speed of boat in still water is 16 kmph. If it can 27. A boat takes 1 hour to go 6 km upstream. If the
travel 20 km downstream in the same time as it speed of the boat in still water is 12 kmph, then
can travel 12 km upstream, the rate of stream is. how much time will it take by the boat to travel
a) 1 kmph b) 2 kmph the same distance downstream?
c) 4 kmph d) 5 kmph a) 20 minutes b) 30 minutes
21. A boat can cover 20 km downstream in 2 hours. c) 15 minutes d) 10 minutes
It can cover 16 km upstream in 4 hours. Find 28. A man row 30 km downstream and 20 km
the speed of the boat in still water (in kmph). upstream in 4 hours. He can row 45 km
a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9 downstream and 40 km upstream in 7 hours.
22. A boat goes 16 km upstream and 24 km down- Find the speed of man in still water.
stream in 6 hours. Also, it covers 12 km a) 15 kmph b) 10 kmph
upstream and 36 km downstream in the same c) 12 kmph d) 12.5 kmph
time. Find the speed of the boat in still water. 29. The speed at which a man can row a boat in still
a) 6 kmph b) 5 kmph c) 8 kmph d) 10 kmph water is 15 kmph. If he rows downstream,
where the speed of current is 3 kmph, what
23. Speed of a man is 7 kmph in still water. If the time will he take to cover 60 metres?
rate of current is 2 kmph, find the effective a) 10 seconds b) 15 seconds
speed of the man upstream. c) 20 seconds d) 12 seconds
a) 9 kmph b) 5 kmph 30. The speed of a boat downstream is twice the
c) 14 kmph d) Data inadequate speed of the boat upstream. If the time taken by
24. If a man rows at 8 kmph in still water and his the boat for a round trip of 20 km is 6 hours,
upstream rate is 5 kmph then the man’s rate find the speed of the boat upstream.
along the current (downstream) is a) 8 kmph b) 6 kmph c) 5 kmph d) 4 kmph
25. A man rows upstream 11 km and downstream
26 km taking 5 hours each time. The velocity of
the current is ___ kmph
RACES AND CIRCULAR TRACKS [ARPT1028] THE LEADERS
1. In a km race A beats B by 25 m or 5 sec, find 9. In a race of 600m, A can beat B by 60 m and

the time taken by A to complete the race. in a race of 500 m, B can beat C by 50 m. By
a) 3 min 15 sec b) 4 min 20 sec how many metres will A beat C in race of
c) 2 min 30 sec d) 5 min 10 sec 400 m?
2. In a race of 300 m A beats B by 15 m or 5 a) 78 m b) 56 m
sec. A’s time over course is c) 76 m d) 86 m
a) 100 sec b) 95 s 10. In a 500 m race, the ratio of speeds of two
c) 105 se d) 90 s contestants A and B is 3:4. A has a start of
3. A can run 500 m in 30 sec and B in 35 s. 140 m. Then, A wins by
How many metres start can A give to B in a a) 60 m b) 40 m
kilometer race so that the race may end in a c) 20 m d) 10 m
dead-heat? 11. In a km race A beats B by 100 m and C by
5 5 200 m, by how much B beat C in a race of
a) 139 b) 138 1,350 m?
7 7
6 5 a) 150 m b) 120 m
c) 142 d) 140 c) 1200 m d) 210 m
7 7
1
3 12. Two boys A and B run at 4 km and 6 km
4. A runs 1 times as fast as B. If A gives B a 2
8 an hour respectively, A having 190 m start.
start of 120 m and they reach the goal at the The course being 1 km, B wins by a distance
same time, the goal is at a distance of of
a) 360 m b) 440 m a) 60 m b) 65 m
c) 460m d) 380m c) 45 m d) 75 m
1 13. A beats B by 20 m and C by 40 m in a 100 m
5. A’s speed is 1 times of B’s. In a race A
2 race. Find the time taken C to cover 100 m if
gives B a start of 300 m. How long should B beats C by 20 sec.
the race course be so that both reach the a) 48 sec b) 60 sec
winning post simultaneously? c) 80 sec d) 75 sec
a) 700 m b) 900 m 14. In a 100 m race, A beats B by 5 m and C by
c) 800 m d) 850 m 15 m. By how many metres would B beat C
6. In a race of 800 m, A can beat B by 120 m in a race of 3800 m?
and in a race of 700 m, B can beat C by 70 a) 200 m b) 20 m
m. By how many metres will A beat C in a c) 190 m d) 400 m
race of 400 m? 15. A and B take part in a 100 m race. A runs at
a) 304 m b) 190 m 5 kmph. A gives B a start of 8 m and still
c) 96 m d) 268 m beats him by 8 sec. speed of B is
7. In a kilometre race, A can beat B by 250 m a) 5.15 kmph b) 4.14 kmph
and C by 400 metres. By how much distance c) 4.25 kmph d) 4.4 kmph
can B beat C in the same race. 16. In a 100 m long race. Karun gives Varun a
a) 600 m b) 800 m head start of 40 m, and still beats Varun by
c) 150 m d) 200 m 10 m. Find the distance by which Karun will
8. In a km race A can beat B by 80 m and B can beat Varun, if Varun gives a start of 40 m to
beat C by 60 m. In the same race A can beat Karun.
C by a) 70 m b) 52 m
a) 135.2 m b) 130.5 m c) 40 m d) 50 m
c) 142 m d) 132.5 m
RACES AND CIRCULAR TRACKS [ARPT1028] THE LEADERS
17. Abha beats Mansi in a kilometer race by 50 s Approximately by how many metres can A
and Mansi beats Lata by 40 s in the same beat C in a race of 9,600 m?
race. If Abha beats Lata by 450 metres in a a) 1,600 m b) 1,800 m
race of a 1 kilometer. How much time Lata c) 1,900 m d) 2,400 m
takes to run a kilometer? 22. In a kilometer race, A beats B by 180 metres
a) 200 sec b) 150 sec and B beats C by 120 metres. In the same
c) 110 sec d) 120 sec race, by how many metres does A beat C?
18. In a 100 m race, Sujit beats Rishi by 5 m and a) 60 metres b) 300 metres
Rishi beats Praveen by 5 m. By what distance c) 98.4 metres d) 288.4 metres
does Sujit beats Praveen? 23. In a race of 200 m run, A beat S by 20 m and
a) 10 m b) 11 m N by 40 m. If S and N are running a race of
c) 9 m d) 9.75 m 100 m with exactly same speed as before,
19. In a 1 km race, A beats B by 450 m, in a 700 then by how many metres will S beat N?
m race B beats C by 140 m. Then by How a) 11.11 m b) 10 m
much distance can A beat C in an 800 m race c) 12 m d) 25 m
a) 448 m b) 432 m 24. In a 1 km race, A beats B by 200 m and C by
c) 368 m d) 520 m 360 m. In a race of 500 m, by how many
20. In a running race, A gives a head start of 350 metres would B beat C?
m to B. If the ratio of speeds of A and B is a) 90 m b) 80 m
20:13, how far must the winning post be so c) 100 m d0 40 m
that A and B finish the race at the same time? 25. Thrice the distance run by A in a certain time
a) 1 km b) 2 km period equals twice the distance run by B in
c) 3 km d) None of these the same time period. If B beats A by 50 m,
21. A beats B by 100 m in a race of 1200 m and find the length of the race.
B beats C by 200 m in a race of 1600 m. a) 60 m b) 90 m
c) 120 m d) 150 m
TIME AND WORK [ARTT1021] THE LEADERS
3 a) Rs.135 b) Rs.154
1. A can do th of work in 12 days and B can do c) Rs.147 d) Rs.141
4
5 8. Aarati and Bharati can complete a work
th of it in 20 days. In how many days can A individually in 12 days and 24 days respectively.
8 After Bharati had worked for 12 days, Aarati
and B together complete the work? joined Bharati and then they together completed
1 1 2 2 the work. If they earn Rs.180 for the work, then
a) 11 b) 10 c) 11 d) 10
3 3 3 3 find the share of Aarati.
2. Gautham and Karan can complete a job in 4 a) Rs.120 b) Rs.60
hours and 12 hours respectively. If they work c) Rs.90 d) Rs.150
alternatively for one hour each, with Gautham 9. A and B can complete a job in 20 days. B and C
starting the job, when will the job be can complete it in 25 days. A and B started it.
completed? After 5 days, A left and C joined. After another
a) 3 hours b) 6 hours 10 days , B left. In another 14 days, C
c) 9 hours d) 8 hours completed the remaining part of the job. Find
3. 4 girls can complete a work in 8 days. 3 boys the time C would take to complete the job ( in
can do the same work in 9 days, 7 men in 2 days days).
and 5 women in 4 days. Who among them is a) 30 b) 36 c) 40 d) 50
least efficient? 10. A completed one-eighth of job in 5 hours. B
a) Boys b) Girls 1
c) Women d) Men completed one-third of it in 6 hours. C
2
1
4. Kumar can do th of the work in 6 days. Ravi 1
completed one-fourth of it in 4 hours. D
5 2
2
can do rd of it in 12 days. If they work 1
completed one sixth of it in 3 hours. Who is
3 2
together, in how many days will the work be the most efficient among them?
completed? a) A b) B c) C d) D
3 1 4 2 11. In order to complete a job, X took 7 days more
a) 11 b) 11 c) 11 d) 11
4 4 5 5 than Y would take to complete it. X took 16
5. Mahi and Sneha started weaving a shawl. After days more than that which both would take to
10 hours Sneha leaves and Mahi alone weaves complete it. Find the time taken by X to
the remaining shawl in 6 hours. In how many complete the job(in days).
hours can Sneha alone weave the shawl if Mahi a) 21 b) 35 c) 28 d) 42
alone can weave it in 20 hours? 12. A and B cracked a deal to complete a work for
a) 30 b) 40 c) 60 d) 50 Rs. 4,500. A alone can complete this work in 8
6. A and B can do a piece of work in 8 days and days, while B alone in 12 days. With the help of
24 days respectively. If they work on alternate C they completed the project in 4 days. What is
days, In how many days can they complete the C’s share?
work? a) Rs. 2250 b) Rs. 1500
1 2 c) Rs. 750 d) Rs. 375
a) 10 b) 13 c) 11 d) 12
3 3 13. A, B and C can complete a work in 8, 12 and 24
7. Anand and Bharat can do a piece of work in 12 days respectively. A and C started the work
days, with the help of Chandra, they completed while B joined them after one day. If C left 2
the work in 7 days and earned Rs.630. If Bharat days before the completion of work, in how
alone can do the work in 20 days, Then what is many days was the work completed?
the share of Anand?
TIME AND WORK [ARTT1021] THE LEADERS
3 2 1 2 completed the remaining work alone. If the

a) 3 b) 3 c) 4 d) 4 total work is for Rs.6000. Find the amount
4 3 2 3
14. X and Y can complete a job in 18 days. Y and Z received by C (in Rs.)
can complete it in 24 days. X and Y started it a) 1500 b) 1800 c) 2800 d) 2700
and X left after 6 days. Then Z joined after 20. To complete a work, A takes 50% more time
another 2 days; Y left and Z completed the than B. If together they take 18 days to
remaining part of the job in 14 days. Find the complete the work, how much time shall B take
time Z would take to complete the job ( in to do it?
days). a) 30 days b) 35 days
a) 18 b) 24 c) 36 d) 27 c) 40 days d) 45 days
2 21. P, Q and R can complete a job in 20 days, 30
15. X and Y can complete a job in 6 days. X and days and 40 days respectively. All of them
3 started it. After 6 days, P left, Q and R
1 completed the remaining part of the job. The
Z can complete it in 7 days. Y and Z can
2 total wage paid to them to complete the job was
complete it in 12 days. Which of the following Rs.1000. find Q’s share(in Rs.).
can be concluded? a) 360 b) 500 c) 450 d) 400
a) Y is less efficient than X. 22. X and Y can do a piece of work in 12 days and
b) Y is more efficient than Z. 18 days respectively. If they work on alternate
c) Both (a) and (b) days, starting with X how many days will they
d) Neither (a) nor (b) take to finish the job?
16. Roza can eat 32 rasgullas in one hour. Her sister 1 1 1 1
Leela takes 3 hours to eat same number of a) 14 b) 14 c) 15 d) 15
2 3 3 2
rasgullas. How much time (min) will they take 23. P, Q and R can complete a job in 12 days, 18
to eat 32 rasgullas? days and 24 days respectively. They completed it
1 working on alternative days such that P worked
a) 45 b) 240 c) 22 d) 90
2 on first day, Q worked on the second day and R
17. P is thrice as good a workman as Q and worked on the third day and so on. Find the
therefore able to finish a job in 48 days less than time taken to complete it (in days).
Q. Working together, they can do it in: 1 1 3
a) 18 days b) 24 days a) 16 b) 16 c) 16 d) 16
4 2 4
c) 30 days d) 12 days 24. A can do a piece of work in 70 days and B is
18. A and B can complete a job in m times the time 40% more efficient than A. The number of days
that C would take complete it. B and C can taken by B to do the same work is
complete it in m times the time that A would a) 40 days b) 60 days
take to complete it. A and C can complete it in c) 50 days d) 45 days
m times the time taken by B to complete it. 25. A and B together can do a work in 12 days. B
Find m. and C together do it in 15 days. If A’s efficiency
1 1 is twice that of C, then the days required for B
a) b) 4 c) 2 d)
4 2 alone to finish the work is
19. A,B and C can complete a work in 10,20 and 30 a) 60 days b) 30 days
days respectively when they work individually. c) 20 days d) 15 days
All the three started simultaneously. After three
days A left. After 2 more days, B left and C
PIPES AND CISTERNS [ARTT1022] THE LEADERS
1. One tap can fill a cistern in 2 hours and another a) 4 min 40 s b) 3 min 20 s
can empty the cistern in 3 hours. How long will c) 4 min 50 s d) 3 min 30 s
they take to fill the cistern if both the taps are 9. There are two taps to fill a tank, while a third
opened? to empty it. When the third tap is closed, they
a) 6 hrs b) 7 hrs c) 6.30 hrs d)8 hrs can fill the tank in 10 minutes and 12 minutes
2. A tap can fill a tank in 25 minutes and another respectively. If all the three taps be opened, the
can empty it in 50 minutes. Find whether the tank tank is filled in 15 minutes. If the first two taps
will be filled up or emptied and in how many are closed, in what time can the third tap
minutes ? empty the tank when it is full?
a) Tank is filled up in 50 minutes a) 7 min b) 9 min and 32 s
b) Tank is emptied in 25 minutes c) 8 min and 34 s d) 6 min
c) Tank is filled up in 25 minutes 10. Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern
d) None of these in 15 minutes and 18 minutes respectively,
2 while a third pipe C can empty it in 6 minutes.
3. A water tank is th full. Pipe A can fill the tank Two pipes A and B are kept open for 6
5
in 10 minutes and the pipe B can empty it in 6 minutes in the beginning and then the third
minutes. If both the pipes are open, how long pipe is also opened. In what time will the
will it take to empty or fill the tank completely? cistern be emptied?
a) 6 minutes to fill b) 6 minutes to empty 1 1
a) 16 min b) 15 minc) 15 min d) 16
c) 8 minutes to fill d) None of these 2 2
4. Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 10 hours and min
15 hours respectively. If both the taps are opened 11. A reservoir is provided by two taps A and B. A
together the tank will be full in can fill the reservoir 5 hours faster than B. If
a) 8 hrs b) 6 hrs c) 5 hrs d) 4 hrs both together fill the reservoir in 6 hours, The
5. Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 and 12 hours reservoir will be filled by A alone in
respectively. While a third pipe emptied the full a) 10 hrs b) 8 hrs c) 12 hrs c) 11 hrs
tank in 20 hours. If all the three pipes operate 12. A cistern is provided by two taps A and B. A
simultaneously, in how much time the tank will be can fill it in 20 minutes and B in 25 minutes.
filled? Both the taps are kept open for 5 minutes and
a) 7 hrs 30 min b) 6 hrs 40 min then the second is turned off. The cistern will
c) 8 hrs 30 min d) 8 hrs 15 min be completely filled in another
6. Three pipes A,B and C can fill a cistern in 10,12 a) 11 min b) 10 min c) 15 min d) 12 min
and 15 hours, respectively, while working alone. If 13. Two pipes A and B can separately fill a tank in
all the three pipes are opened together, the time 6 hours and 8 hours respectively. Both the
taken to fill the cistern will be 1
a) 4 hrs b) 6 hrs c) 7 hrs d) 8 hrs pipes are opened together, But 1 hours after
2
7. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 24 minutes the start, the pipe A is turned off. How much
and 30 minutes respectively. There is also an time will it take to fill the tank?
outlet C. If all the three pipes are opened 1 1
together, the cistern is full in 20 minutes. How a) 5 hrs b) 6 hrs c) 4 hrs d) 5 hrs
much time will be taken by c to empty the full 2 2
14. A cistern has two taps which fill it in 12
cistern?
minutes and 15 minutes respectively. There is
also a waste pipe in the cistern. When all the
8. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 4 minutes
pipes are opened, the empty cistern is full in 20
and 6 minutes respectively. If these pipes are
minutes. How long will the waste pipe take to
turned on alternately for 1 minute each how long
empty a full cistern?
will it take for the cistern to fill?
PIPES AND CISTERNS [ARTT1022] THE LEADERS
a) 8 min b) 10 min c) 12 min d) 16 min half the time, how many hours does it take to
15. Two taps can separately fill a cistern in 10 minutes fill the pool?
and 15 minutes respectively and when the waste a) 15 hrs b) 30 hrs c) 38.7 hrs d) 42 hrs
pipe is open, they can together fill it in 18 21. Two persons X and Y can fill the cistern in 6
minutes. The waste pipe can empty the full cistern and 12 minutes respectively. How long will it
in take for them to fill the cistern, twice as big as
a) 7 min b) 9 min c) 13 min d) 23 min the first one.
16. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 6 hrs and 9 a) 9 min b) 8 min c) 4 min d) 10 min
hrs respectively when working alone. A third pipe 22. A pipe of diameter d can empty a tank in 40
C can empty the same tank in 8 hrs. The pipes are min then how much time a pipe of diameter 2d
operated such that A and C are open for the first will take to empty it?
couple of hours, then again B and C for the next a) 5 min b) 10 min c) 20 min d) 80 min
two hours , again A and C for the next 2 hrs, and 23. Two taps P and Q can fill a water tank
so on. Operating in such a manner, if 68 litres of respectively in 12 min and 15 min. They are
water is filled in 30 hrs, then find the volume of opened together but after 3 min P is closed.
the tank. How much time will Q take to fill the tank?
a) 144 l b) 108 l c) 72 l d) 216 l 1 1
17. A tank is filled with water through five pipes. The a) 7 min b) 7 min c) 8 min d) 8 min
2 4
first pipe can fill it in 40 minutes. The second, the 24. A tap can fill an empty tank in 12 hours and a
third and the fourth together can fill it in 10 leakage empties the entire tank in 20 hours. If
minutes; the second the third and the fifth can fill the tap and the leakage runs together then in
it 20 minutes; the fourth and the fifth together in how much time will the tank be filled?
30 minutes. In what time will the tank be filled if a) 25 hrs b) 40 hrs c) 30 hrs d) 35 hrs
all the five pipes work simultaneously? 25. A tap can fill an empty tank in 12 hours and
2 3 4 1 another tap can empty half the tank in 10
5 4 7 7 hours. It both the taps are opened
18. Pipe A can fill a tank in 3 hours and 45 minutes. 2 simultaneously, how long would it take for the
hours after the pipe started filling the empty tank,
what percent of the tank was left empty? empty tank to be filled to half its capacity?
2 1 1 a) 30 hrs b) 20 hrs c) 15 hrs d) 12 hrs
a)58% b) 46 % c) 33 % d) 53 %
3 3 3
19. Three pipes can fill a tank separately in 10 min, 20
min and 30 min respectively. An outlet pipe
empties this tank in 15 min when the tank is
empty, all pipes are opened together. In what time
will the tank be full?
60 30 32 15
a) min b) min c) min d) min
7 7 7 7
20. Two pipes A and B fill a swimming pool at
constant rate of 10 gallons per minute and 15
gallons per minute respectively. The pool can be
filled in 60 hours, 40 hours or 24 hours depending
on, whether pipe A alone, pipe B alone, or both
pipes are used. If the pool is filled by using pipe B
alone for half the time and using both pipes for
CHAIN RULE [ARTT1023] THE LEADERS
1. A certain number of men can do a piece of c) 90 days d) 75 days

work in 17 days working 9 hours a day. If the 8. There are M men in a group. Each of them can
2 complete a job in 10 days. One of them started
number of men is decreased by th, Then how it. After each day of work, a man from the
5
many hours a day should the remaining work to group joined him. Find the time taken to
complete the same work in 34 days? complete the job (in days).
1 1 a) 4 b) 3.5 c) 3 d) 4.5
a) 6 b) 7 c) 6 d) 7 9. 5 persons prepare an admission list in 8 days
2 2 working 7 hours daily. If 2 more persons are
2. If the salary of 6 men for 15 days is ₹ 700 then included for the purpose of completing the
how much salary 9 men will get for 12 days? work in 4 days then how many hours will they
a) ₹700 b) ₹840 have to work daily?
c) ₹1050 d) ₹900 a) 10 b) 9 c) 12 d) 8
3. Six men and nine women can do piece of work 10. 12 labourers dig a pit in 10 days working 8
in 10 days. Five men and four women can do hours daily. In how many days will 20 labourers
the same work in 15 days. In how many days dig that pit working 6 hours daily?
can 4 men and 7 women do the work? a) 5 b) 7 c) 6 d) 8
a) 14 b) 16 c) 15 d) 17 11. 15 men can complete a work in 21 days working
4. Three men and six women can do a piece of 8 hours daily. If the work of 3 women is equal
work in 12 days. Five men and six women can to 2 men then in how many days 21 women will
do the same work in 9 days. In how many days complete the same work working 6 hours daily?
can two men and two women do the work? a) 25 b) 27 c) 30 d) 32
a) 24 b) 36 c) 30 d) 15
12. 12 men can do a piece of work in 36 days. 18
5. A team of 1000 men can construct a wall of
length 2000m in 30 days. In how many days can women can do the same work in 60 days. 8 men
3 and 20 women work together for 20 days. If the
th of the team construct a wall of length 2500 rest work has to be completed only by women
5
1 in 4 days then how many women will complete
m working th more time per day? it together?
4
a) 40 b) 45 c) 50 d) 48 a) 70 b) 28 c) 66 d) 40
6. A group of men have to complete a job in a 13. If 5 men or 7 women earn ₹ 5,250 per day.
certain time. If there were 8 more men, they What is the per day income of 7 men and 13
would take 3 days less to complete it. If there women?
were 8 men less, they would take 5 days more to
a) ₹ 11,600 b) ₹ 11,700
complete it. Find the number of men in the
group. c) ₹ 11,700 d) ₹ 17,100
a) 45 b) 36 c) 32 d) 48 14. If 6 men and 8 boys complete a work in 10 days
7. There are two group of workers: A and B. Each and 26 men and 48 boys complete that work in
group A worker is twice as efficient as each 2 days then how many days will 15 men and 20
group B worker. There are 30 workers in group boys complete this work working together?
A and 20 workers in group B. Group A workers
a) 5 b) 6 c) 4 d) 8
would take 120 days to complete a certain job.
All the workers of both the groups started 15. In a fort there was sufficient food for 24 weeks
working on the job simultaneously. Find the for 200 soldiers. 80 more soldiers join the group
time they would take to complete it. at the end of one week and quantity of food
a) 60 days b) 120 days served to each soldier was reduced from 900 gm
CHAIN RULE [ARTT1023] THE LEADERS
to 750 gm. How many more days the rest food 21. A man and a women working together can do a
would last? certain work in 18 days. Their skills in doing the
a) 69 b) 138 c) 91 d) 276 work are in the ratio 3 : 2. How many days will
the woman take to finish the work alone?
16. There is food for 120 men or 200 children. If
only 150 children have taken the food then for c) 27 days d) 30 days
how many men will rest food be sufficient? 22. 20 persons can complete a work in 30 days.
a) 15 b) 25 c) 27 d) 30 After how many days should 5 persons leave
17. 8 women and 3 boys can complete a work in 13 the work so that the work would complete in 35
days. In how many days can 12 women and 2 days?
boys complete the same work? a) 15 days b) 12 days c) 10 days d) 20 days
23. 3 pumps can empty a tank in 2 days running 8
a) 12 b) 6
hours daily then to empty the tank in 1 day how
c) 8 d) Can’t be determined many hours should 4 pumps run?
18. 6 men can complete a work in 12 days. 8 a) 12 hrs b) 15 hrs c) 18 hrs d) 9 hrs
women complete that work in 18 days while 18 24. The work done by three men and two boys in
children in 10 days. 4 men, 12 women and 20 three days is equal to the work done by one
children work together for 2 days. How many man and one boy in eight days. What is the ratio
men will be required if rest work has to be of the time taken by a man and a boy to
complete the work?
finished in 1 day by men only?
a) 2 : 1 b) 3 : 4 c) 4 : 3 d) 1 : 2
a) 36 b) 24 25. 9 men and 12 women can do a piece of work in
c) 18 d) Can’t be determined 24 days. In how many days can 6 men and 8
19. 4 examiners examine some answer sheets in 10 women do the work?
days working 5 hours daily. If 2 examiners has a) 18 b) 36 c) 24 d) 72
to examine double of the answer sheets in 20
days then how many hours will they have to
work daily?
1 1
a) 8 b) 7 c) 10 d) 8
2 2
20. 2 men complete a work in 6 days. The same
work is completed by 2 women in 9 days while
3 children can complete this work in 8 days. 3
women and 4 children worked together for one
day. If only men were to finish the remaining
work in 1 day, how many total men would be
required?
a) 4 b) 8
c) 6 d) Can’t be determined
TIME AND DISTANCE [ARTT1024] THE LEADERS
1. A boy walking at a speed of 15 kmph reaches 8. Had P travelled 2 kmph faster to his office
his school 20 minutes late. Next time he he would have taken 6 minutes less. Had he
increases his speed by 5 kmph, but still he is moved 3 kmph slower, he would have taken
late by 10 minutes. Find the distance of his 12 minutes more. Find the distance from his
school from his house house to office.
a) 15 km b) 10 km c) 18 km d) 20 km a) 15 km b) 9 km c) 18 km d) 12 km
2. A boy walks from his home to school at 5 4
9. Travelling at th of his usual speed, a man
kmph, reaches the school 4 minutes early. If 7
he walks from his home to school at 4 kmph, gets late by 9 minutes. How much time does
he reaches the school 2 minutes late. Find he take when he travels at his usual speed?
the time taken by him to go to school if he a) 9 min b) 12 min
c) 15 min d) 25 min
walks at 6 kmph.
10. A person can cover 300 km in 6 hours by
a) 15 min b) 20 min c) 25 min d) 30 min car. If the speed is decreased by 10 kmph,
3. Ram covers a distance of 100 m in a certain what time will he take to cover 240 km?
time. If he increases his speed to 3 times his a) 5 hrs b) 4 hrs c) 3 hrs d) 6 hrs
original speed, the time taken reduces by 40 11. Anand can cover a distance of 1080 metres
seconds. Find the original time taken (to in 18 minutes. How many metres would he
cover the same distance of 100 m). cover in 25 minutes travelling at the same
a) 30 sec b) 120 sec c) 180 sec d) 60 sec speed.
4. Aravind takes 20 hours to travel the forward a) 1500 metres b) 1200 metres
journey by car and return by foot. Had he c) 1350 metres d) 1440 metres
travelled both the forward and the return 12. A and B start walking towards each other
journeys by car he would have saved 10 from two different points P and Q. The
hours. What time will he take to travel both distance between P and Q is 350 metres and
ways on foot? they meet 200 metre from point P. Find the
a) 25 hrs b) 30 hrs c) 40 hrs d) 35 hrs ratio of speeds of A and B.
5. Two trains started at the same time, one a) 4:3 b) 2:3 c) 7:4 d) 4:7
from A to B and the other from B to A. If 13. The ratio of speeds of P and Q is 3:5. If to
they arrived at B and A respectively 4 hours cover a certain distance, P takes 12 minutes
and 9 hours after they passed each other, the more than Q, find the time taken by Q.
ratio of the speeds of the two trains was a) 12 min b) 6 min
a) 2 : 1 b) 3 : 2 c) 4 : 3 d) 5 : 4 c) 9 min d) 18 min
6. Everyday Ram walks to his school from his 14. Two persons A and B start simultaneously
house. If Ram walked 20% faster than his and move towards each other from two
usual speed, he would reach 10 minutes early. places P and Q respectively. They meet at 40
By how many minutes would he be late if he km from Q. If the ratio of their speeds of A
walked 20 % slower than his usual speed? and B is 1:4, find the distance from P to Q.
a) 10 b) 12.5 c) 20 d) 15 a) 50 km b) 200 km
7. A man takes 6 hours 30 minutes to ride to c) 45 km d) 100 km
certain place and walk back. However, he 15. A and B cover a certain distance at respective
would have saved 2 hours by riding both speeds of 30 kmph and 20 kmph. If A took
ways. Find how much time he would take to three hours less than B to cover the distance,
walk both ways. find the distance travelled.
a) 8 hrs 30 min b) 9 hrs 30 min a) 180 km b) 120 km
c) 4 hrs 30 min d) 4 hrs 15 min c) 150 km d) 210 km
TIME AND DISTANCE [ARTT1024] THE LEADERS
16. If a person travels in a car at a speed of 40 21. A person travels at 20 kmph from A to B in
kmph, he would reach his destination on certain time. In the return journey he covers
5 2 1
time. If he covers half the distance in th of rd of the journey in rd of the initial
6 3 3
the time, what should his speed be for the time. What should be his speed for the rest
rest of the journey, so that he reaches on of the journey so that he can cover the entire
time? return journey in the same time that he took
a) 90 kmph b) 105 kmph for the onward journey?
c) 120 kmph d) 108 kmph a) 15kmph b) 10 kmph
17. A man misses a train by 1 hour, if he travels c) 12.5kmph d) 16.67kmph
at 8 kmph. If he increase his speed to 10 22. The distance between Bombay and Pune is
kmph, he still misses his train by 24 minutes. 192 km. A car takes 3 hrs to cover this
At what minimum speed should he travel so 1
that he catches the train? distance. A motor cyclist starts 2 hrs
2
a) 20 kmph b) 12 kmph before the car from Bombay and reaches
c) 16 kmph d) 14 kmph Pune Half an hour later than the car. Find
18. Car P started at 7 a.m at 40 kmph from A. the speed of the motorcyclist.
Car Q started from A at 60 kmph at 10 a.m. a) 60 kmph b) 64 kmph
Find the meeting time. c) 48 kmph d) 32 kmph
a) 4 p.m b) 5 p.m 23. Increasing his speed by 1 kmph a person
c) 4:30 p.m d) 5.30 p.m covers a certain distance 60 minutes early.
19. P is thrice as fast as Q. Q is twice as fast as Had he decreased his speed by 1 kmph, he
R. R took a minute to cover a certain would have taken 90 minutes more. The
distance. Find the time that P would take to distance travelled is
cover it(in seconds) a) 25 km b) 30 km c) 24 km d) 20 km
a) 15 b) 30 c) 20 d) 10 24. In order to cover 150 km, Ajay would take 2
20. A man reaches his office two hours late hours less than Vijay. If Ajay halved his
travelling at 50 kmph. If he increases his speed, he would take 1 hour more than Vijay.
speed to 60 kmph, he is late by 1 hour. Find Find his speed(in kmph).
the distance he has to travel to reach his a) 60 b) 40 c) 75 d) 50
office and the speed required to reach the 25. Ram covered the distance from A to B at
office in time. two different speeds. He covered the first
a) 300 km; 75 kmph half of the distance at 37.5 kmph and the
b) 360 km; 45 kmph remaining distance at 62.5 kmph. He took 11
c) 360 km; 90 kmph hours for the entire journey. Find AB(in km)
d) 300 km;37.5 kmph approximately.
a) 516 b) 525 c) 360 d) 375
AVERAGE SPEED AND RELATIVE SPEED [ARTT1025] THE LEADERS
1. The average speed of a train without stoppages c) 460th line d) 464th line
is 150 kmph, its average speed with stoppages is 9. Two persons A and B are at two places P and Q
120 kmph. Find the number of minutes it stops respectively. A walks at v kmph and B is 2
for every hour. kmph faster than A, starting simultaneously
a) 15 b) 12 c) 18 d) 9 from where they stand. If they walk towards
2. A walks at a uniform rate of 4 km an hour; and each other, they meet in 72 min. If they walk in
4 hours after his start, B bicycles after him at the same direction, the faster overtakes the
the uniform rate of 10 km an hour. How far slower in 6 hours. Find their respective speeds
from the starting point will B catch A? (in kmph)
a) 16.7 b) 18.6 c) 21.5 d) 26.7 a) 3 and 5 b) 4 and 6
3. The driver of a car driving at the speed of 68 1 1 1 1
kmph locates a bus 40 metre ahead of him. c) 2 and 4 d) 3 and 5
2 2 2 2
After 10 seconds, the bus is 60 metre behind. 10. A tiger is 50 of its own leaps behind a deer. The
The speed of the bus (in kmph) is tiger takes 5 leaps per minute to the deer’s 4. If
a) 30 b) 32 c) 25 d) 38 the tiger and the deer cover 8 m and 5 m per
4. A train leaves the station at 5 a.m. at 60 kmph. leap respectively, what distance will the tiger has
Another train leaves the same station at 6.30 to run before it catches the deer?
a.m. at 75 kmph and travels in the direction of a) 600 m b) 700 m c) 800 m d) 1000 m
the first train. At what time and at what distance 11. A passenger train running at the speed of 80
from the station will they meet? kmph leaves the railway station 6 hours after a
a) 12.30pm., 450 km b) 1.30pm, 375 km goods train leaves and overtakes it in 4 hours.
c) 11.30am, 425 km d) None of these The speed of the goods train in kmph is
5. A train starts from A at 9 a.m. travels at 50 a) 32 b) 40 c) 50 d) 60
kmph towards station B, 210 km away. Another 12. An express train left Delhi for Howrah at 3 p.m.
trains starts from station B at 11 a.m. and at an average speed of 60 kmph. At 1 p.m., a
travels at 60 kmph towards station A. At what goods train also had left Delhi for Howrah on a
distance (in km) from A, will they meet? parallel track at an average speed of 40 kmph.
a) 150 b) 200 c) 250 d) 280 How far from Delhi in kilometers is the
6. A car covers four successive 3 km stretches at Express train expected to overtake the goods
speeds of 10 kmph, 20 kmph, 30 kmph and 60 train?
kmph respectively. Its average speed over this a) 230 b) 240 c) 280 d) 320
distance in kmph is 13. During a journey of 80 km a train covers fist 60
a) 10 b) 20 c) 30 d) 25 km with a speed of 40 kmph and completes the
7. A and B are two stations. A train goes from A remaining distance with a speed of 20 kmph.
to B at 64 kmph and returns to A at a slower What is the average speed of the train in kmph
speed. If its average speed for the whole journey during the whole journey?
is 56 kmph, at what speed did it return? a) 30 b) 32 c) 36 d) 40
a) 48 kmph b) 49.77 kmph 14. Two trains starting at the same time from two
c) 30 kmph d) 47.46 kmph stations, 200 km apart going in opposite
8. Two boys began together to write out a booklet directions, cross each other at a distance of 110
containing 817 lines. The first boy starts with km from one of them. What is the ratio of their
the first line, writing at the rate of 200 lines an speeds?
hour and the second boy starts with the last line, a) 11:20 b) 9:20 c) 11:9 d) 19:20
then writes line 816 and so on, backwards 15. Train A running at 60 kmph leaves Mumbai for
proceeding at the rate of 150 lines an hour . Delhi at 6 pm train B running at 90 kmph also
They will meet on leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 9 pm. Train C
a) 467th line b) 466th line
AVERAGE SPEED AND RELATIVE SPEED [ARTT1025] THE LEADERS
leaves Delhi for Mumbai 9 pm. If all the three 21. A constant distance from Chennai to Bangalore
trains meet at the same time between Mumbai is covered by Express train at 100 kmph. If it
and Delhi then what is the speed of train C in returns to the same distance at 80 kmph, then
kmph, if the distance between Delhi to the average speed during the whole journey is
Mumbai is 1260 km? a) 90.20 kmph b) 88.78 kmph
a) 60 b) 90 c) 120 d) 135 c) 88.98 kmph d) 88.89 kmph
16. A car travels first half distance between two 22. P travels for 6 hours at the rate of 5 kmph and
places with a speed of 40 kmph and the rest half for 3 hours at the rate of 6 kmph. The average
distance with a speed of 60 kmph. The average speed of the journey in kmph is
speed of the car (in kmph) is 1 1 2 2
a) 48 b) 37 c) 44 d) 56 a) 3 b) 5 c) 1 d) 2
5 3 9 5
17. Shyam went from Delhi to Shimla via 23. A bus moving at a speed of 45 kmph overtakes
Chandigarh by car. The distance from Delhi to a truck 150 metres ahead going in the same
3 direction in 30 seconds. The speed of the truck
Chandigarh is times the distance from
4 is
Chandigarh to Shimla. The average speed from a) 27 kmph b) 24 kmph
Delhi to Chandigarh was half as much as speed c) 25 kmph d) 28 kmph
from Chandigarh to Shimla. If the average 24. How much time does a train 50 m long, moving
speed for the entire journey was 49 kmph, what at 68 kmph take to pass another train, 75 m
was the average speed in kmph from long, moving at 50 kmph in the same direction?
Chandigarh to Shimla? a) 5 sec b) 10 sec c) 20 sec d) 25 sec
a) 39.2 b) 63 c) 42 d) 54 25. A carriage driving in a fog passed a man who
18. P and Q are 27 km away. Two trains with was walking at the rate of 5 km an hour in the
speeds of 24 kmph and 18 kmph respectively same direction. He could see the carriage for 6
start simultaneously from P and Q and travel in minutes and it was visible to him upto a
the same direction. They meet at a point R distance of 120 m .What was the speed of the
beyond Q. Distance QR is carriage?
a) 126 km b) 81 km c) 48 km d) 36 km 1 1
19. From two places, 60 km apart, A and B start a) 6 kmph b) 5 kmph
5 5
towards each other at the same time and meet 3
each other after 6 hours. Had A travelled with c) 6 kmph d) 8.5 kmph
5
2
of his speed and B travelled with double of
3
his speed, they would have met after 5 hours.
The speed of A in kmph is
a) 4 b) 6 c) 10 d) 12
20. A man completed a certain journey by a car. If
he covered 30% of the distance at the speed of
20 kmph, 60% of the distance at 40 kmph and
remaining distance at 10 kmph, his average
speed for the whole journey was
TRAINS [ARTT1026] THE LEADERS
1. Two trains are traveling in opposite directions take a man sitting in the second train to pass
at uniform speeds of 50 kmph and 60 kmph the first train if they run in opposite direction?
respectively. They take 6 seconds to cross each a) 2.4 seconds b) 4.5 seconds
other. If the two trains had travelled in the c) 8.3 seconds d) 11.2 seconds
same direction, then a passenger sitting in the 9. Two trains are 35 metres apart and running in
faster train would have overtaken the slower the same direction with speeds 30 kmph and
train in 27 seconds. The length of the faster 45 kmph respectively. If they cross each other
train is more than the slower train by: in 5 minutes then what is the total length of
a) 108.33 m b) 75 m both the trains?
c) 150 m d) 33.33 m a) 354 metres b) 225 metres
2. A train 50 m long passes a platform 100 m c) 1215 metres d) 1322 metres
long in 10 seconds. The speed of the train in 10. Two trains travelling in the same direction at
m/s is 40 kmph and 22 kmph completely pass each
a) 25 m/s b) 15 m/s other in 1 minute. If the length of the first
c) 35 m/s d) None of these train is 125 m, what is the length of the second
3. A train 300 metres long is running at a speed train?
of 90 kmph. How many seconds will it take a) 125 m b) 150 m
cross a 200 metres long train running in the c) 175 m d) 200 m
same direction at a speed of 60 kmph? 11. A train is running at 36 kmph. If it crosses a
a) 70 sec b) 60 sec pole in 25 seconds, find its length.
c) 50 sec d) 20 sec a) 210 metres b) 230 metres
4. Two trains are running in opposite direction c) 250 metres d) 270 metres
with the same speed. If the length of each 12. A train of length 150 metres takes 40.5
train is 135 metres and they crossed each other seconds to cross a tunnel of length 300 m. The
in 18 seconds, the speed of the each rain is speed of the train is
a) 29 kmph b) 35 kmph a) 13.33 kmph b) 26.67 kmph
c) 27 kmph d) 54 kmph c) 40 kmph d) 45 kmph
5. A train 150 m long is running at 95 kmph. 13. A train 110 m in length travels at 60 kmph.
How much time will it take to pass a man How much time does the train take in passing
moving in the same direction at 5 kmph? a man walking at 6 kmph against the train?
a) 9 sec b) 6 sec a) 6 sec b) 12 sec
c) 7 sec d) 12 sec c) 16 sec d) 18 sec
6. Two trains are moving in the same direction at 14. Two trains of equal length are running on
50 kmph and 30 kmph. The faster train parallel lines in the same direction at the rate
crosses a man in the slower train in 18 of 46 kmph and 36 kmph. The faster train
seconds. Find the length of the faster train. passes the slower train in 36 sec. The length of
a) 120 m b) 110 m each train is
c) 100 m d) 200 m a) 50 mts b) 80 mts
7. Ramesh sees a train passing over 1 km long c) 72 mts d) 82 mts
bridge. The length of the train is half of the 15. A train of length 500 metres travelling at 72
bridge. If the train clears the bridge in 2 kmph approaches a man standing on the
minutes, the speed of the train is platform. How many seconds are required to
a) 45 kmph b) 43 kmph completely cross him?
c) 50 kmph d) 90 kmph 500
8. Two trains 100 metres and 80 metres long, run a) 25 b)
14
at the rate of 30 kmph and 50 kmph
respectively on parallel rails. How long will it
TRAINS [ARTT1026] THE LEADERS
450 21. A train crosses a 300 m long bridge in 40

c) d) 50 seconds. If its speed is 11 m/sec, find its
11
16. A train 135 m long is running with a speed of length.
54 km per hour. In what time will it pass a a) 130 m b) 120 m
telegraph post? c) 140 m d) 100 m
a) 11 sec b) 9 sec 22. How long will a train 250 m long travelling at
c) 7 sec d) 8 sec 90 kmph take to cross a train 200 m long
17. A train 120 metre long, travelling at 45 kmph, travelling at 36 kmph in the same direction?
overtakes another train travelling in the same a) 20 seconds b) 22 seconds
direction at 36 kmph and passes it completely c) 30 seconds d) 18seconds
in 80 seconds. The length of the second train 23. A train 400 m long crossed a bridge of length
is 800 m in 1 minute 15 seconds. Find the speed
a) 100 m b) 75 m of the train.
c) 80 m d) 120 m a) 54 kmph b) 57.6 kmph
18. A train consists of 12 bogies, each bogy 15 c) 60 kmph d) 63 kmph
metre long. The train crosses a telegraph post 24. A 248 m long train running at a speed of 108
in 18 seconds. Due to some problem, two kmph overtook another train of length 112 m
bogies were detached. The train now crosses a in 36 seconds. Find the speed of the second
telegraph post in train
a) 18 sec b) 12 sec a) 96 kmph b) 63 kmph
c) 15 sec d) 20 sec c) 75 kmph d) 72 kmph
19. Two trains, 130 m and 110 m long, while 25. A train takes 40 seconds to overtake another
going in the same direction, the faster train train. If the slower train doubles its speed, it
takes one minute to pass the other completely. would overtake the other train in 80 seconds.
If they are moving in opposite direction, they Find the ratio of the speeds of the faster and
pass each other completely in 3 seconds. Find the slower train.
the speed of each train. a) 5:3 b) 5:4
a) 42 mps, 38 mps b) 38 mps, 36 mps c) 3:2 d) 4:3
c) 36 mps, 42 mps d) 34 mps, 40 mps
20. A train is running at a uniform of 60 kmph. It
passes a railway platform in 15 seconds. If the
length of the platform is 130 m, then the
length of the train is
a) 160 m b) 120 m
c) 140 m d) 180 m
BOATS AND STREAMS [ARTT1027] THE LEADERS
1. A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 7. A boat whose speed in still water is 8 kmph,
8 hours and comes back upstream in 10 hours, takes 5 hours to go 15 km upstream and 22 km
if the speed of the current be 1 kmph, the downstream. The speed of the stream is
distance of the one way journey is: a) 2 kmph b) 3 kmph
a) 60 km b) 70 km c) 4 kmph d) 2.5 kmph
c) 80 km d) 90 km 8. A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km down-
2. A man can row a boat at 12 kmph in still water. stream in 10 hours. In 13 hrs, it can go 40km
If he takes twice the time to go upstream as to upstream and 55 km downstream , then the
row downstream, find the speed of the boat speed of the boat in still water is
upstream. a) 5 kmph b) 8 kmph
c) 6 kmph d) 8 kmph 9. A boat covers 12 km upstream and 18 km
3. The speed of boat in still water is 12 kmph and downstream in 3 hours while it covers 36 km
the speed of stream is 3 kmph. if total time 1
upstream and 24 km downstream in 6 hrs.
taken to travel from A and B and back is 8 2
hours, find the distance between A and B. What is the speed of the current?
a) 25 km b) 30 km a) 2 kmph b) 2.5 kmph
c) 40 km d) 45 km c) 1.5 kmph d) 1 kmph
4. A man rows boat to a place covering 72 km 10. A man rows a boat from point A against current
distance and back in 15 hours. He finds that he for 10 minutes and then comes back with the
can row 3 km with the stream in the same time current for next 10 minutes and reaches to a
as 2 km against the stream. Find the speed of point B. If distance between A and B is 1 km,
stream. find the speed of the current.
a) 1 kmph b) 2 kmph a) 1 kmph b) 2 kmph
c) 3 kmph d) 4 kmph c) 2.5 kmph d) 3 kmph
5. A man can swim at 3 kmph in still water. If the 11. A boat whose speed in the still water is 16
velocity of the stream in 2 kmph, the time taken kmph, covers a distance of 30 km upstream and
by him to swim to a place 10 km upstream and then returns taking 4 hours in total. What is the
back is speed of the current?
1 a) 2 kmph b) 3 kmph
a) 9 hr b) 10 hr
3 c) 4 kmph d) 5 kmph
1 12. A man can row at 10 kmph in still water. If it
c) 12 hr d) 8 hr
3 takes a total of 5 hours for him to go to a place
6. A boat covers 20 km downstream and 6 km 24 km away and return, then the speed of the
upstream taking 3 hours in all. It covers 30 km water current is
downstream and 12 km upstream taking 5 hours 1
a) kmph b) 1 kmph
in all. Find the speed of the boat in still water. 2
c) 6 kmph d) 8 kmph 13. A boy can swimin still water at a speed of 10
kmph. If the speed of the current would have
been 5 kmph, then the boy could swim 60 km
BOATS AND STREAMS [ARTT1027] THE LEADERS
a) upstream in 4 hours a) 3 kmph b) 4 kmph

b) downstream in 12 hours c) 5 kmph d) 6 kmph
c) upstream in 6 hours 18. A swimmer swims from a point A against a
d) downstream in 4 hours current for 5 minutes and then swims
14. A boat goes downstream at the rate of U m/s backwards in favour of the current for the next
and upstream at V m/s. Then the speed of the 5 minutes and comes to the point B. If AB=
stream is 100 metres , the speed of the current is
1 a) 0.6 kmph b) 0.4 kmph
a) (U - V) b) U – V
2 c) 0.2 kmph d) 1 kmph
1 19. If the speed of boat in still water, stream rate
c) (U + V) d) U + V and time of travel are kept constant, and
2
15. A person can row a distance of one km distance in downstream = ddn and distance
upstream in ten minutes and downstream in travelled in upstream = dup, then
four minutes. What is the speed of the stream? dup
a) ddn= dup b) d dn 
a) 4.5 kmph b) 4 kmph 2
c) 9 kmph d) 5.6 kmph c) ddn = 2dup d) ddn + dup = 1
16. A Man rows d km upstream and back again 20. A motor boat in still water travels at a speed of
downstream to the same point in T hours. The 36 kmph. It goes 56 km upstream in 1 hour 45
speed of rowing in still water is x kmph and the minutes. The time taken by it to cover the same
rate of stream is y kmph, then distance down the stream will be
a) 2 hours 25 minutes
a)  x 2 - y 2  =
2d
T
 
b) x 2 + y 2 =
dT
x-y b) 3 hours
c) 1 hour 24 minutes
d)  x 2 + y 2  =
2d
c) xy = dT d) 2 hours 21 minutes
T
17. A man rows 750 m in 675 seconds against the
1
stream and returns in 7 minutes. Find his
2
rowing speed in still water.
RACES AND CIRCULAR TRACKS [ARTT1028] THE LEADERS
1. In a kilometer race, P beats Q by 200 m and 8. If P and Q run at 15 kmph and 18 kmph
beats R by 424 m. Find the distance by which respectively on a circular track 12 km long,
Q beats R in a 1500 m race after how many hours will they meet for the
a) 240 m b) 480 m first time if they are running in the same
c) 210 m d) 420 m direction?
1 a) 1 hr b) 2 hrs
2. P is 1 times as fast as Q. If in a race P beats Q c) 3 hrs d) 4 hrs
4
by 50 m, find the length of the race. 5
9. A runs times as fast as B. If B is given a
a) 100 m b) 150 m 3
c) 200 m d) 250 m head start of 100 m. What should be the length
3. Two motorists ride on a circular track. They of the race so that A and B finish it at the same
start at same point and at the same time but time?
travel in the opposite directions with speeds 30 a) 300 m b) 200 m
kmph and 42 kmph. The length of the track is c) 350 m d) 250 m
1400 m. After how much time from the 10. A and B start at the same time from the same
beginning will they meet for second time? point and run around a circular track of length
a) 120 sec b) 140 sec 1500 m at respective speeds of 20 m/s and 15
c) 160 sec d) 180 sec m/s in the same direction. After how much
4. P runs 25% faster than Q. In a race, P gives Q time will they meet for the first time at the
a start of 240 m. Find the distance that P must starting point?
run from the starting point in order for him to a) 300 sec b) 320 sec
overtake Q. c) 400 sec d) 360 sec
a) 1200 m b) 960 m 11. Two persons P and Q run around a circular
c) 1320 m d) 1080 m track 90 km long at respective speeds of 10
5. Amit and Abhijeet, starting from the same m/s and 20 m/s. When will they meet each
point and at the same time, run around a other for the first time anywhere on the track if
circular path of length 900 metres at speeds of they travel in the same direction.
20 m/s and 30 m/s respectively. If they run in a) 2.5 hours b) 1 hour 50 minutes
opposite directions, when will they meet each c) 3 hours d) 2 hours
other for the first time, at the starting point? 12. Two persons S and T run around a circular
a) 30 sec b) 45 sec track 150 m long at respective speeds of 20
c) 90 sec d) 25 sec m/sec and 30 m/sec. Find the time taken by
6. P and Q starting at the same point, at the same them to meet each other for the first time
time, run at respective speeds of 25 m/s and 15 anywhere on the track if they travel in the
m/s around a circular path of length 1000 opposite directions?
metres. After what time will they meet each a) 6 sec b) 4 sec
other for the first time if they move in the c) 3 sec d) 2 sec
opposite directions? 13. P and Q start running simultaneously around a
a) 15 sec b) 25 sec circular track of length 12 km at respective
c) 40 ses d) 100 sec speeds of 8 kmph and 10 kmph in opposite
7. If A and B run at 9 kmph and 18 kmph on a directions. After how many minutes will they
circular track 9 km long, when will they meet meet for the first time anywhere on the track?
for the first time if they are running in the a) 40 min b) 50 min
opposite direction? c) 35 min d) 45 min
a) 20 minutes b) 25 minutes 14. A and B start running simultaneously around a
c) 30 minutes d) 15 minutes circular track of length 600 m at speeds of 20
RACES AND CIRCULAR TRACKS [ARTT1028] THE LEADERS
m/s and 30 m/s respectively and in the same c) 10 m/s d) 15 m/s

direction. After how many seconds will they 21. Kiran and Varun ran a kilometer race. Kiran is
meet for the first time at starting point? 1
a) 12 sec b) 30 sec 1 times as fast as Varun. He gave a head start
5
c) 42 sec d) 60 sec of 60 m to Varun. At what distance from the
15. In a kilometer race, A beats B by 100 m and B starting point would they meet
beats C by 150 m. In the same race, A beats C a) 360 m b) 300 m
by c) 450 m d) 480 m
a) 275 m b) 125 m 22. In a kilometer race, A beats B by 100 m and C
c) 50 m d) 235 m by 200 m. In a 2700 m race, B beats C by
8 a) 250 m b) 300 m
16. Ravi is times as fast as Pradeep. If Ravi gives
5 c) 350 m d) 200 m
Pradeep a head start of 300 m, then what 23. Two runners A and B participated in 1200 m
should be the length of the race such that both race on a 300 m long circular track. The speed
finish simultaneously? of A is four times that of B. Both started in the
a) 650 m b) 800 m same direction from a point simultaneously.
c) 700 m d) 750 m They met after 100 seconds for the first time.
17. In a 100 m race, A beats B by 30 metres or 5 Find the time taken by A to complete the race.
seconds. Find the speed of B. a) 200 sec b) 360 sec
a) 8 m/s b) 6 m/s c) 300 sec d) 400 sec
c) 10 m/s d) 4 m/s 24. In a 100 m race, A beats B by 20 m. In the
18. A can run 100 m in 5 seconds. B can run 200 m same race, he beats C by 60 m. find the
in 20 seconds. C can run 225 m in 15 seconds. distance by which B beats C.
D can run 625 m in 25 seconds. Who among a) 40 m b) 30 m
A,B,C and D will win a race if they start from c) 50 m d) 60 m
the same point simultaneously? 25. Two persons X and Y started running
a) A b) B simultaneously from a point around a 900 m
c) C d) D long circular track with speeds of 12 m/sec and
19. Ram and Shyam run a race. Ram gave a head 18 m/sec respectively in opposite directions.
1 Find the time taken by them to meet for the
start of 50 m to Shyam. Ram is 1 times as first time.
8
fast as Shyam. Both finished simultaneously. a) 20 sec b) 30 sec
Find the length of the race. c) 24 sec d) 18 sec
a) 300 m b) 350 m
c) 400 m d) 450 m
20. In a 1000 metre race, A beats B by 200 metres
or 25 seconds. Find the speed of B.
a) 8 m/s b) 25 m/s

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