Practice Questions - 4

1. Raj has to pay 56% of the money in his wallet to milkman. He pays Rs 182/- to the
milkman. How much money does he have in the wallet?
2. Discussing about grocery rates with her husband, a wife says, Rice is 30% cheaper
than wheat. Now, find out how much per cent is the price of wheat more than that of
rice?
3. A teacher says, 15% of first number is equal to 21% of the second number. So, 18%
of first number will be what percent of second number?
4. Out of the 336 Kg load that arrived by train, Ramesh got 42kg delivered to his
warehouse. What percentage of load did he get delivered
5. A number is twice a second number which in turn is 3 times the third number. Find
the ratio of the series.
6. The ratio of two numbers is 11 : 12. If the sum of the numbers is 253, find the
difference between the numbers.
7. The product of two numbers is 693. If the numbers are in a ratio 7 : 11, find the
difference between the numbers.
8. 4 numbers are in a ratio 4 : 5 : 6 : 7. Find the product of the unit digits of the
numbers if their sum is 242.
9. The sum of ages of 2 friends A and B is 42. If the ratio between the sum and
difference of their ages is 2:1, find the age of A.
10. . If 2 members of a family are in a ratio 3:12, and the average of their ages is 35. Find
the total of their ages after 11 years.
11. Ram and Raju are cousins. If it is known that Ram is 30 years younger than Raju and
the ratio of their ages is 28:7. Find their ages after 5 years.
12. The sum of ages of 2 brothers is 45 years. If their ages are in a ratio 4:5, find their
ages after 10 years.
13. The total age of 5 men is 440. The total age of their wives is 385. The average age of
their children is 22. What is the average age of each member of the family? (each
couple have 3 children)
14. The age of 5 people are in proportion 2:3:4:10:11. If their average age is 18, find the
average age of the eldest of them.
15. The average runs scored by Rohan in first 11 matches is 97. If he scored x runs in his
12th match the average decreased by 3. Find the value of x.
16. Find the average of the prime numbers between 100 and 200.
17. What is the probability of getting at least one 3 in 2 throws of a dice?
18. Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that one is a
spade and one is a heart, is:
19. Find the probability of an honor card when a card is drawn at random from the pack
of 52 cards.
20. What is the probability that the number is a perfect square between 1 to 90?
21. If a man travels at 7 / 11th of his usual speed the time taken by him is what
percentage of the usual time taken to cover the same distance?
22. A man travels at a speed of 47 kmph for 5.7 hours and 65 kmph for 5.5 hours. Find
his average speed.
23. A man travelled 30% of his journey at a speed of 85 kmph and the rest of his journey
at a speed of 33 kmph. Find his average speed throughout the journey.
24. A man travels from his home to office at 4km/hr and reaches his office 20 min late. If
the Speed had been 6 km/hr he would have reached 10 min early. Find the distance
from his home to office.
25. Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he sells
the scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is ?
26. David purchased a house for Rs.75000 and a site for Rs.15000 respectively, if he sold
the house for Rs.83000 and the site for Rs.10000, then find the resultant percentage
of gain?
27. If the seller sells half of his goods at 20% loss and the rest of his goods at 50% profit,
find the profit percentage on the entire transaction
28. The expense of selling an article, worth rupees 6000, is 50 rupees. If the selling
expenses is 10% more than the loss, find the loss percentage.
29. The speed of the boat in still water is 27 kmph. The speed of the stream is 1.389 m /
s. Find the speed of the boat upstream.
30. The speed of the stream is 21 kmph. The speed of the boat downstream is 13 m / s.
Find the speed of the boat in still water.
31. The speed of the boat upstream is 37 kmph. The speed of the boat downstream is
12.5 m / s. Find the speed of the stream.
32. A man can row upstream 10 kmph and downstream 20 kmph. Find the man rate in
still water and rate of the stream.
33. Mr Deepak Mohan walks 5 km towards the south and then turns to the right. After
walking 3 km he turns to the left and walks 5 km. What direction is he facing right
now?
34. Sowmya Krishnan walked 20 m towards the north. Then she turned right and walks
30 m. Then she turns right and walks 35 m. Then she turns left and walks 15 m.
Finally she turns left and walks 15 m. In which direction and how many meters is she
from the starting position?
35. P, Q, R, and S are playing a game of carrom. P, R, and S, Q are partners. S is to the
right of R who is facing west. Then Q is facing?
36. Rahul put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6 P.M. hour hand points
to North. In which direction the minute hand will point at 9.15 P.M. ?
37. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at
18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is:
38. The cost of Type 1 rice is Rs. 15 per kg and Type 2 rice is Rs. 20 per kg. If both Type 1
and Type 2 are mixed in the ratio of 2 : 3, then the price per kg of the mixed variety
of rice is:
39. Find the ratio in which rice at Rs. 7.20 a kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70 a kg to
produce a mixture worth Rs. 6.30 a kg.
40. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of tea worth Rs. 60 a kg and Rs. 65 a kg
so that by selling the mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg he may gain 10%?