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1. A container contains 40 litres of milk. From this container, 4 litres of milk
was taken out and replaced by water. This process was repeated further two
times. How much milk is now available in the container?
2. The product of two numbers is 120 and the sum of their squares is 289. The
sum of the two numbers is,
3. The average age of a father and his only son is 25% more than the average
age of son and his mother. When the boy was born, his mother was 30 years
old and his father was 40 years old. Find the present age of father.
4. A man invested an amount of Rs.8000 in a fixed deposit scheme for 2 years
at compound interest of 5% per annum. How much amount will a man get
on maturity of the fixed deposit.
5. If a quarter kg of potato costs 60 paise, how many paise will 200gm cost?
6. The interest on a certain deposit at 4.5% p.a. is Rs.405 in one year. How
much will the additional interest in one year be on the same deposit at 5%
p.a
7. Without any halt a train travels a certain distance with an average speed of
75 kmph, and with halts it covers the same distance at an average speed of
60kmph. When it is travelling with halts, how many minutes per hour does
the train halt on an average?
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9. The interest on a certain deposit at 4.5 p.a is Rs.405 in one year. How much
will the additional interest in one year be on the same deposit at 5%p.a
10. A man invested (1/3) of his capital at 7%; (1/4) at 8% and the remainder at
10%. If the annual income is Rs. 561. Find the Capital.
11. The price of an item is increased by 20%, and then sold by giving a discount
of 20%. Find the loss or gain percentage.
12. A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. 2500. If the cost price of the article is
2000, find the profit percent.
13. A man purchases a TV for Rs. 8000 and sells it at 10% loss. What is the
selling price of T.V?
14. Ramesh bought a chair for Rs. 1540 and sold it to Suresh. If Ramesh earned
a profit of 25%, find the selling price of chair.
15. The cost price of 30 articles is equal to the selling price of 25 articles. What
is the profit percentage in this transaction?
16. By selling an object for Rs 900, a man earns a profit that is double the loss
incurred when the object is sold for Rs 450. If he sells it at a profit of 20%,
find the selling price of this object.
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17. A person purchases some article at the rate of 4 articles for rupees 5 and sells
them at the rate of 5 articles for rupees 4. Find the total profit or loss in %.
18. The marked price of a radio is Rs 480. The owner allows a discount of 10%
and still earns the profit of 8%. If no discount is allowed, find his gain
percent?
19. If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.
20. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in the
ratio of 7: 2 and 7: 11 respectively. If we melt equal quantities of the alloys
to form a third alloy C, then what will be the ratio of the quantity of gold
or the proportion of gold to the quantity of copper in C.
21. A sum of Rs. 53 is divided among A, B, C in such a way that A gets Rs.7
more than what is given to B. Also, B gets eight rupees more than what is
given to C. Then what will be the ratio of their shares.
22. What amount of rice at price of 45 per kg should be added to another variety
of 1Kg of rice costing Rs. 80 per kg. so that the mixture is sold at Rs.60 per
kg and the profit is 20%
23. Ten years ago, Ram was half the age of Copal. If the ratio of their present
age is 3:4. What will be the sum of their ages ?
24. The cost of type A rice is Rs.25 per kg and the cost of type B rice is Rs.30
per kg. If both type A and type B are in the ratio 2:3, then the price per kg
of the mixed variety of rice is
25. In a mixture of 25 liters, the ratio of milk and water is 4:1. How many litres
of milk must be added to make the ratio 16:1
26. In a mixture of 160 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 3:1. If the ratio is to
be 1:3, then find the quantity of water further to be added
27. If a merchant takes a loan from the bank @20% SI, and lend the same
amount to a relative @20% CI. Find his profit or loss.
28. Two trains of equal length are running on parallel lines in the same direction
at 46 km/hr and 36 km/hr. The faster train passes the slower train in 36
seconds. Find the length of each train.
29. Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the
platform in 27 seconds and 17 seconds respectively and they cross each
other in 23 seconds. Find the ratio of their speeds.
30. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 815 in 3 years and to Rs.
854 in 4 years. The sum is:
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31. A man took loan from a bank at the rate of 12% p.a. simple interest. After 3
years he had to pay Rs. 5400 interest only for the period. The principal
amount borrowed by him was:
32. If A lends Rs. 4500 to B at 8% per annum and B lends the same sum to C at
10% per annum, find the gain of B in a period of 3 years.
33. A train moving at speed of 90 km/hr crosses a pole in 7 seconds. Find the
length of the train
34. A train is moving at 120 km/hr. The length of the train is 150 meters. How
long it will take to cross a platform of length 100 meters? (in Sec)
35. A man is running at 10 km/hr in a parallel track in the same direction of a
train which is moving at 55 km/hr. He is 260 meters ahead of the train. If the
length of train is 140 meters, in what time the train will cross the man?(in
sec)
36. The ratio of the ages of Minu and Meera is 4:2. If the sum of their ages is 6
years, find the ratio of their ages after 8 years.
37. Ten years ago, the sum of ages of a father and his son was 34 years. If the
ratio of present ages of the father and son is 7:2, find the present age of the
son.
38. A 60 liter mixture of milk and water contains 10% water. How much water
must be added to make water 20% in the mixture?
39. A rice dealer bought 60 kg of rice worth Rs. 30 per kg and 40 kg of rice
worth Rs. 35 per kg. He mixes the two and sells the mixture at Rs. 40 per kg.
What is the percentage profit in this deal?
40. The ratio of the total amount distributed in all the males and females as
salary is 6: 5. The ratio of the salary of each male and female is 2: 3. Find
the ratio of the no. of males and females.