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1.	The income of A is 150% of the income of B and the income of C is 120% of the income of A. If the total income of A, B and C together is Rs. 86,000, what is C’s income?
A.	Rs. 30,000
B.	Rs. 32,000
C.	Rs. 20,000
D.	Rs. 36,000
E.	None of these
Answer» E. None of these

2.	The total number of students in a school is 2140. If the number of girls in the school is 1200, then what is the respective ratio of the total number of boys to the total number of girls in the school?
A.	26 : 25
B.	47 : 60
C.	18 : 13
D.	31 : 79
E.	None of these
Answer» C. 18 : 13

3.	Divide Rs.1024 in the ratio 9 : 7?
A.	576, 448
B.	235, 365
C.	123, 231
D.	None
Answer» B. 235, 365

4.	What is the sub-duplicate ratio of 16 : 25.
A.	2 : 3
B.	4 : 5
C.	3 : 7
D.	None
Answer» C. 3 : 7

5.	What is the mean proportion between 8 and 32.
A.	2
B.	4
C.	16
D.	32
Answer» D. 32

6.	What is the fourth proportional to 3, 7, 15.
A.	15
B.	25
C.	30
D.	35
Answer» E.

7.	If a : b = 2 : 3 and b : c = 5 : 7, find the value of a : b : c ?
A.	5 : 7 : 13
B.	10 : 15 : 17
C.	10 : 15 : 21
D.	7 : 15 : 13
Answer» D. 7 : 15 : 13

8.	The ratio of zinc and copper in a brass pieces is 13 : 7. How much zinc will be there in 100 kg of such a piece?
A.	20 kg
B.	35kg
C.	55kg
D.	65kg
Answer» E.

9.	The cost price of 2 shirts and 3 jeans is Rs. 2200 and the cost price of 2 jeans and 4 shirts is Rs. 2400. Find the ratio between the cost price of the jeans and the shirt.
A.	8 : 9
B.	10 : 7
C.	6 : 5
D.	11 : 10
E.	None of these
Answer» C. 6 : 5

10.	Out of three positive numbers, the ratio of the first and the second numbers is 3 : 4 that of the second and the third numbers is 5 : 6 if the product of the second and the third numbers is 4320. What is the sum of three numbers?
A.	177
B.	165
C.	185
D.	160
E.	None of these
Answer» B. 165

11.	The ratio of Nicotine to Heroine in four types of drugs of equal quantity is 2 : 3, 3 : 7, 4: 11 and 11 :9 respectively. The four drugs are mixed together. What is the ratio of Nicotine to Heroine after mixing?
A.	213 : 91
B.	418 : 189
C.	91 : 149
D.	149 : 81
E.	None of these
Answer» D. 149 : 81

12.	Three numbers A, B and C are in the ratio of 12 : 15 : 25. If sum of these numbers is 312, ratio between the difference of B and A and the difference of C and B is –
A.	3:7
B.	10:3
C.	3:10
D.	5:7
E.	None of these
Answer» D. 5:7

13.	Anmol had 10 paise, 25 paise and 50 paise coins in the ratio of 10 : 8 : 9 respectively. After giving Rs. 20 his mother he has Rs. 40. How many 50 paise coins did he have?
A.	72
B.	60
C.	54
D.	35
E.	21
Answer» B. 60

14.	A father distributed some chocolates among his four children and kept some with him. The eldest three children got chocolates in the ratio 3 : 11 : 7. The total number of chocolates with father and youngest child is three times the total chocolates with the three eldest children. The ratio of chocolates with father and that with all the children is 3 : 4. Find the total number of chocolates if the youngest child has 81 chocolates with him?
A.	273
B.	252
C.	278
D.	303
E.	None of these
Answer» C. 278

15.	A bag contains certain number of coins of different denominations. The ratio of the number of Rs. 1 coins to Rs. 2 coins is 5 : 7, respectively and the ratio of number of Rs. 2 coins to Rs. 5 coins is 7 : 6 respectively. Find the total value of the Rs. 5 coins, if the total value of the Rs. 1 coins in the bag is Rs. 15.
A.	Rs. 180
B.	Rs. 90
C.	Rs. 45
D.	Rs. 115
E.	None of these
Answer» C. Rs. 45

16.	The average score in an examination taken by 52 students of a class is 85. If the scores of the best 5 performers are not considered, the average score of the remaining students falls by 2. If, none of the first five highest scorers is not below 80 and if each of the 5 top scorers had distinct integral scores, find the maximum possible score of the topper.
A.	108
B.	109
C.	177
D.	193
E.	183
Answer» E. 183

17.	Two vessels A and B of equal volume contain milk and water in the ratio 3 : 2 and 2 : 1 to their brim respectively. Two litres of the solution from vessel A and three litres of the solution from vessel B are poured into a big empty vessel C. If the solution in C occupied 40% of the capacity of C, what proportion of the volume of vessel C should be the volume of water that shall be added so that the ratio of milk and water in vessel C becomes 1 : 1?
A.	21 125
B.	2 25
C.	4 75
D.	14 125
E.	None of these
Answer» E. None of these

18.	In the income statement of Asha and Ravenna, the ratio of their income in the year 2017 was 5 : 4. The ratio of Asha’s income in the year 2018 to that in 2017 is 3 : 5 and the ratio of Ravenna’s income in the year 2018 to that in 2017 is 3 : 2. If Rs. 10242 is the sum of the income of Asha and Ravenna in the year 2018, then find the income of Ravenna in the year 2017?
A.	Rs. 1024
B.	Rs. 1138
C.	Rs. 2776
D.	Rs. 2420
E.	Rs. 4552
Answer» F.