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MISCELLANEOUS
(Set – 1)
1) Four friends A, B, C and D spend the day at a market. They decide to share the expenditure in
the ratio 4: 2:1:1 at the restaurant, share the shopping expenses in ratio 3:4:1:1 and pay Rs.300
for each of their own movie tickets themselves. If B spent Rs. 560 on shopping and C spent Rs.
1000 in total, find the total money spent by A and D.
a) Rs. 3960 b) Rs. 3320 c) Rs. 5640 d) Rs. 4900 e) None of these
2) In a forest, 14 lions hunt 15% of a population of 680 deer. When the number of lions increases
to 35, find the percentage of deer left after 35 lions hunt the remaining deer population. (Assume
deer population does not vary)
a) 52.5% b) 47.5% c) 40.5% d) 49.5% e) None of these
3) In a class of 50 students, 42 students score an average of 95 marks out of 100 in English. The
remaining 8 students have scores differing by 1 mark each. If the class average is 92.6, find the
marks of the person who stood second highest among the remaining 8 students?
a) 80.5 b) 70.6 c) 46.5 d) 86.5 e) None of these
4) A sum of Rs. 7,700 is to be divided among three brothers Vikas, Vijay and Viraj in such a way
that simple interest on each part at 5% per annum after 1, 2 and 3 years, respectively remains
equal. The share of Vikas is more than that of Viraj by:
(a) Rs. 2,800 (b) Rs. 2,500 (c) Rs. 3,000 (d) Rs. 2,400 (e) Rs. 3,200
5) The average intake of water of a patient in the first week is 1.5 L per day. If an intake of 4 L per
day is necessary to ensure recovery in three weeks, find the average intake per day of the patient
over the next two weeks so that he recovers completely.
a) 7 L per day b) 3.5 L per day c) 5.25 L per day d) 8.75 L per day e) None
6) A and B start a business in which the ratio of their investment is 4:5. C joins the business after
4 months. If they share the annual profit in the ratio 12:15:14 what percentage of the total capital
was invested by C?
a) 80.87% b) 34.15% c) 43.75% d) 68.32% e) None
Miscellaneous
(Set – 1)
7) Can A and Can B contain 400 litres and 700 litres of a mixture of Milk and Water, respectively.
The ratio of milk and water in Can A and B is 3:7 and 1:4 respectively. ‘x’% of the mixture is taken
out from both cans and put into a bucket. If the bucket contains 52 litres of milk, then what is the
quantity of water in the bucket?
a) 168 litres b) 180 litres c) 256 litres d) 194 litres e) None of the above
8) Two brothers Kevin and Peterson can fill the swimming pool in their house individually in 15
minutes and 20 minutes, respectively. Both of them started filling the pool at same time, but after
4 minutes both of them started working at half of their original efficiencies till the pool gets filled.
What is the time taken to fill the remaining pool?(in hrs)
a) 9(2/7) b) 8(1/7) c) 9(1/7) d) 1(9/4) e) None of the above
9) Seema travels to her workplace and back starting from February 1, 2018 (Monday), six days a
week by taking a rickshaw to the auto stand at Rs.10 and onward by auto at Rs.120 and returning
the same way. She uses a car to travel from home to her workplace for the next month which costs
her half of the auto ride. If her income for each month is Rs. 20000, find the percentage of her salary
saved by Seema after spending the required part of her income on conveyance from February 1
till March 28.
a) 40.22% b) 77.2% c) 81.76% d) 91.2% e) None of these
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