2 Practice Questions
2 Practice Questions
2 Practice Questions
d) 27 a) 8 : 15
c) 210
6) Three numbers are in ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If the sum of d) 14
the squares of those three numbers is 342 then find
9) If the ratio of three sides of a triangle is 3 : 4 : 5
the sum of the three numbers
then find the difference between the smallest and
a) 50 largest angle. (in degrees)
b) 40 a) 30°
c) 30S b) 15°
d) 60 c) 45°
c) 1000 d) 232
value of A + B : B + C : C + A b) 236
a) 63 : 60 : 67
c) 256
b) 60 : 51 : 53
d) 634
18) If a/(b + c) = 1 : 2 then find the ratio between a/(a 21) The ratio between the valid and invalid vote is 4 :
+ b + c) 1. If 70% of valid vote is equal to 6300 then find the
difference between the valid and invalid votes.
a) 2/3
a) 7450
b) 3/4
b) 7250
c) 5/6
c) 6650
d) 1/3
d) 6750
19) If a/(b – c) = 3 : 2 then find the value of (a – b +
c)/(a + b – c) 22) The ratio between the prices of two articles is 5:6.
If the price of first article is increased by 20% and the
a) 1/5
price of second by 33 1/3% then find the new ratio.
b) 2/5
a) 3:4
c) 5/1
b) 4:3
d) 5/7
c) 2:3
20) The ratio between the passed to fail student in an
d) 3:2
exam is 3:4.If 10 more students passed the ratio
would have been 23:19.Out of the students passed 23) Find the ratio of A, B and C if A is 30% more
1/3rd are boys then find the total number of girls who than B and B is 20% more than C.
passed in exam.
a) 39 : 34 : 25
a) 44
b) 39 : 30 : 25
b) 56
c) 29 : 30 : 25
c) 36
d) 39 : 30 : 28
d) 24
24) The number of people in a village is 6400. If the 27) Three persons A, B and C went to hotel and paid
ratio between then male to female population is (x + the bill amount of Rs. 600 in the following way. A
2) : (x + 4) then find the value of x paid half of the amount paid by both B and C , B paid
1/5th of the amount paid by both A and C then find
a) 3199
the amount paid by C.
b) 3201
a) 200
c) 3197
b) 300
d) 3204
c) 100
25) If the ratio between A, B and C is 5 : 7 : 9 then
d) 400
find the ratio between 1/A, 1/B and 1/C.
28) The ratio between the number of pen and pencils
a) 63 : 47 : 35
is 5 : 6 and the ratio of cost of per pen and pencil is 4 :
b) 63 : 45 : 37 3 then find the percentage by which total cost of pen
is greater than the total cost of pencil.
c) 63 : 45 : 35
a) 12.23%
d) 64 : 45 : 35
b) 11.11%
26) If a/7 = b/3 = c/5 then find the ratio between a,b
and c c) 13.15%
a) 3 : 4 : 5 d) 14.56%
d) 13 : 5 c) 320
b) 50% a) 48
c) 100% b) 38
d) 125% c) 45
a) 4 c) 168 : 345
b) 6 d) 168 : 327
c) 2
1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D
11. B 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. D 16. C 17. C 18. D 19. A 20. D
21. D 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. C 26. C 27. B 28. B 29. A 30. D
31. C 32. C 33. B 34. B 35. C 36. B 37. C 38. C 39. B 40. C
41. C 42. C 43. C 44. B 45. B 46.C 47. C 48. D 49. C 50. B
MIXTURES & ALLIGATIONS
1. The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is 3 : 5. We added 10 lt water to the mixture then
ratio becomes 3 : 7. Find the initial quantity of milk.
(a) 15 lt (b) 12 lt (c) 20 lt (d) 17 lt
2. The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is 3 : 7. We added 10 lt water to the mixture then
ratio becomes 1 : 3. Find the initial quantity of milk
(a) 10 lt (b) 15 lt (c) 11 lt (d) 13 lt
3. The ratio of milk and water in a mixture of 66 lt is 5 : 6. We added 12 lt water to the mixture,
then find the ratio of milk and water.
(a) 5 : 8 (b) 2 : 4 (c) 7 : 9 (d) 1 : 3
4. The ratio of milk and water in a mixture of 45 lt is 4 : 5. We added 5 lt milk and 10 lt water to
the mixture, then find the ratio of milk and water.
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 5 : 7 (d) 1 : 1
6. The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is 7 : 5. We withdraw 9 lt mixture and added same
quantity of water to the mixture, then ratio becomes 7 : 9. Find the initial quantity of milk.
(a) 22 lt (b) 17 lt (c) 19 lt (d) 21 lt
7. The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is 7 : 5. We withdraw 9 lt mixture and added same
quantity of water to the mixture, then ratio becomes 1 : 1. Find the initial quantity of milk.
(a) 36.75 lt (b) 22.15 lt (c) 17.50 lt (d) 21.35 lt
8. The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is 3 : 1. We withdraw 6 lt mixture and added same
quantity of water to the mixture, then ratio becomes 9 : 5. Find the initial quantity of milk.
(a) 31.5 lt (b) 17.9 lt (c) 12.5 lt (d) 15.30 lt
9. The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is 13 : 7. We withdraw 20 lt mixture and added same
quantity of water to the mixture, then ratio becomes 3 : 2. Find the initial quantity of milk.
(a) 170 lt (b) 182 lt (c) 169 lt (d) 185 lt
10. The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is 3 : 2. We withdraw 25 lt mixture and added 15 lt
water to the mixture, then ratio becomes 3 : 7. Find the initial quantity of milk.
(a) 22 lt (b) 24 lt (c) 21 lt (d) 19 lt
11. The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is 3 : 8. We added x lt of milk to the mixture then
ratio becomes 5 : 4 and we added 18 lt water to the mixture, then ratio becomes 4 : 5. Find
the value of x.
(a) 26 lt (b) 25 lt (c) 28 lt (d) 21 lt
12. There is milk and water in a certain ratio in a vessel. If we took out 16 lt water, then the ratio
become 3 : 4. Then 35 lt milk is taken out, then the ratio becomes 2 : 5. Find the initial
quantity of water.
(a) 116 lt (b) 112 lt (c) 109 lt (d) 110 lt
13. There is a mixture of milk and water 120 lt. 1 th 6 part of this mixture is milk. We took out 30
lt mixture and added 'p' lt milk to this mixture and the ratio was reversed. Then we added 'q'
lt water to this mixture then again the ratio was reversed. Find the value of (q –p).
(a) 1440 lt (b) 1442 lt (c) 1439 lt d) 1443 lt
14. A vessel contains 400 lt of milk. 10 lt of milk taken out from it and replaced by water. Then
again from mixture 10 lt are taken out and replaced by water. Find the quantity of milk in
this mixture now.
a)390 lt b) 380.25 lt c) 315.75 lt d)400 lt
15. A vessel contains 200 lt of milk. 20 lt of milk taken out from it and replaced by water. Then
again from mixture 40 lt are taken out and replaced by water. Find the quantity of milk in
this mixture now.
a)150 lt b) 160 lt c) 144 lt d) 175 lt
16. In a vessel two medicine A and B are in the ratio 4 : 1. 10 lt of mixture is taken out and
replaced with 10 lt of medicine B and the ratio of A and B thus becomes 2 : 3. Find the initial
quantity of medicine A.
a)16 lt b) 15 lt c) 14 lt d) 13 lt
17. A jar contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 3 : 1. When 15 lt of the mixture is
taken out and 9 lt of liquid B is poured into the jar, the ratio becomes 3 : 4. How many lt of
liquid A was contained in the jar?
a) 15 5/4 lt b) 30 ¾ lt c) 20 ¼ lt d) 20 lt
18. In an alloy, zinc and copper are in the ratio 3 : 1. In the second alloy the same elements are
in the ratio 4 : 5. In what ratio should these two alloys be mixed to form a new alloy in which
the two elements are in ratio 7 : 3?
a) 5:1 b) 3:4 c) 35:49 d) 46:9
19. Two types of rice of rate Rs. 11/kg and Rs. 21/kg. Find the ratio of two types of rice to obtain
a mixture of rate Rs. 17/kg.
a) 1:2 b) 2:3 c) 3:2 d) 4:5
20. A man purchased three types of wheat. Cost of 1st, 2nd and 3rd type of wheat are Rs. 1.27
/kg, Rs. 1.29 /kg and Rs. 1.32 /kg respectively. In which ratio are these mixed so that cost of
mixture is Rs. 1.30 kg.
a) 1:1:2 b) 3:2:1 c) 1:2:3 d) 1:1:3