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1) A certain amount was to be distributed among A, B and C in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4

respectively, but was erroneously distributed in the ratio 7 : 2 : 5 respectively. As a result
of this, B got Rs. 40 less. What is the total amount distributed?
2) Nehruji had ‘n chocolates. He distributed them among 4 children in the ratio
1/2:1/3:1/5:1/8. If he gave them each one a complete chocolate, the minimum number
of chocolates that he had?
3) Certain mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 7:8. If some quantity of water is
added to the mixture the new ratio of milk and water become 3:4. If Original quantity of
mixture is 90 Litres. Find the amount of water added.
4) Certain mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 3:5. If 40 litres of water is added and
new milk and water ratio becomes 7: 15. Find the Quantity of new mixture formed.
5) A bag contains 1-rupee, 50-paisa and 25-paisa coins in the ratio of 2 : 5 : 7. If the total
amount in the bag is Rs. 250, find the number of 50 paisa coins.
6) Rs. 180 contained in a box and number of one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the
ratio 2 : 3 : 4 respectively. What is the number of 50 paise coins?
7) The salary of Sanjana and Rahul are in the ratio 4:3 and their expenditures are in the
ratio 3:1. If both of them save Rs. 500 then find half of Rahul's salary.
8) The salary of Sejal and Ray are in the ratio 5:4 and their expenditures are in the ratio 2:3.
If Sejal saves Rs 300 and Ray saves Rs 100. Find Expenditure of Ray.
9) A and B earn in the ratio 2 : 1. They spend in the ratio 5 : 3 and save in the ratio 4 : 1. If
the total monthly savings of both A and B are Rs. 5,000, the monthly income of B is
10) A vessel contains 729 litres of syrup. From this container 81 litres of syrup was taken out
and replaced by water. This process was repeated further two times. How much syrup is
now contained by the vessel?
11) A container contains pure water. 9 litres of water was replaced with Oil and the process
was carried out four times. The ratio of water to oil in the container now is 16:65. Then
the volume of pure water initially was?
12) Two vessel A and B, which has mixtures of water and milk contains 25% and 50% water
respectively. Find in what respective ratio should these mixtures be mixed so that the
final mixture contains 60% milk.
13) A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing the two metals in the ratio
7:2 and 7:11, respectively. If equal quantities of the alloys are melted to form a third
alloy C, the ratio of gold and copper in C will be?
14) A chaiwala has 2 types of mixture of tea with him. In 56 kg of first mixture ratio of tea to
impurity is 5 : 2 and in 44 kg of second mixture the ratio of tea to impurity is 3 : 1. If he
mixes these two mixture with 17 kg of pure tea in a large container, then find the ratio
of tea to impurity in the large container.
15) A sweetshop has 2 containers of curd. The first contains 20% milk and the rest is curd
while the second one contains 40% milk. How much curd should he mix from container 1
and container 2 to get 3.2 liters of curd such that the ratio of milk to curd in resultant is
7:13?
16) In a 40 litre mixture of milk and water, the water is only 30%. How many litres of water
is required to increase the percentage of water to 80%?
17) In two solutions, the ratio of milk and water in the first solution is 5 : 2 respectively and
the ratio of water and milk in the second solution is 4 : 3 respectively. How many litres of
 the first solution and the second solution, respectively should be mixed together to
obtain 28 litres of new solution with equal quantity of milk and water?
18) Two mixtures consist of kerosene and water in the ratio 4:9 and 5:7 respectively. In what
ratio the two mixtures be mixed together to get a ratio of 2:3 in the final mixture?

19) A 20 litre mixture of milk and water contains milk and water in the ratio 3 : 2. 10 litres of
the mixture is removed and replaced with pure milk. This process is done one more
time. What is the ratio of milk to water now?
20) In a mixture of Petrol and Kerosene, there is only 27% Kerosene. After replacing the
mixture with 23 litres of Petrol, the percentage of Petrol in the mixture becomes 76%.
21) Then what is the quantity of the mixture?
22) In a vessel, milk and water are in the ratio of 5 : 2 respectively. If 42 liter of mixture is
taken out from the vessel and 32 liter of water is added, then new ratio of milk and
water becomes 7 : 6. Find initial quantity of mixture in vessel?
23) The cost of a piece of diamond varies with the square of its weight. A diamond of Rs.
5184 value is cut into 3 pieces whose weights are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. Find the loss
involved in the cutting.
24) 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
25) 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?
26) Gajodhar and Manohar's salary ratio was 3 : 4 one year ago. The ratio of their individual
salaries between last year’s and this year’s salaries are 4 : 5 and 2 : 3 respectively. At
present the total of their salary is 4160. The present salary of Gajodhar is?
27) 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.
28) Incomes of John and Kelvin are in the ratio 4 : 7 and their spending are in the ratio 6 : 11.
If John saves one third of his income, then what will be the ratio of their savings
29) A vessel contains 96ℓ of mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 5 : 3 respectively. If 24ℓ
of mixture taken out and some quantity of milk and water added in the ratio of 3 : 5 so
the new ratio of milk and water becomes 15 : 13. Find quantity of water added ?
30) A vessel contains 288 l mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 11 : 7. Some quantity of
mixture is taken out and replaced with the same quantity of water and the new ratio of
milk and water in the vessel becomes 11 : 13. Find the amount replaced
31) Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Kunal and Sagar was 6 : 5. Four years hence, the
ratio of their ages will be 11 : 10. What is Sagar's age at present?
32) The ratio of present age of Nikky to Mahi is 3 : 5, while that of Anshu to Mahi is 2 : 5. If 8
years later ratio of age of Nikky to Anshu is 4 : 3, then find the present age of Mahi. (in
years)
33) Ratio of A’s age 3 years ago to B’s age 4 years hence is 1:1 and sum of their present age
is 19 years then find the ratio of present age of A and B?
34) Sum of A’s and B’s age 6 years ago is 88. A’s age 18 yrs ago is equal to B’s age 6 years
ago. Find the age of A two year hence?
35) B’s age is 10 years older than A. If the ratio of B’s age 11 years hence and C’s present age
is 3:2. At present C’s age is thrice A’s age. What will be the age of C after 7 years?
36) Average ages of Anil, Mathavi and Merlin is 26 years. If the present age of Mathavi is
two times of the age of Merlin 6 years ago and the present age of A is 12 years more
than Mathavi, then what is the present age of Merlin?
37) The price of sugar is increased by 20%. As a result, a family has decreased its
consumption by 30%. The expenditure of the family on sugar is decreased by:

38) In an election between P and Q , if 2/5 th of the total voters promised to vote for P and
rest promised to vote for Q. On the voting day 25% of the voters went back on their
promise to vote for P & 30% of the voters went back on their promise to vote for Q. Find
the total no. of voters, if Q wins by 400 votes.
39) The total strength of capital Education is 5000. The number of males and females
increases by 8% and 16% respectively and strength becomes 5600. What was the
number of males at Capital Education?
40) In an election between 2 candidates, 78% of the voters casted their votes, out of which
3% votes were declared invalid. The winning candidate gets 469092 votes which is 62%
of the total valid votes. Then the winning margin is
41) Reduction of 10% price of mango enables man to buy 2 more mangoes for Rs 72. So
price of mango before reduction was
42) Fresh orange contain 90% water while dried oranges contain 20% water by weight. What
is the weight of dry oranges available from 20 kg of fresh oranges?
43) A and B enter into a partnership with their respective capital of Rs 8400 and Rs 8000 for
2 years. B left the partnership ‘6 months’ before completion of 2 years and they together
earn Rs 12000 profit at end of 2 years out of which 15% was donated and remaining was
distributed according to their investment and time. Find profit share of B?
44) Dharmender and Shivam started a partnership business. Dharmender and Shivam
invested Rs 48000 and Rs 54000 respectively. Dharmender gets 15% of total profit as he
is working partner and remaining profit divided by them in proportion to their capital.
What is the profit of Shivam, if total profit is Rs 80000?
45) Neeraj and gaurav started a business in partnership by investing Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 4000
respectively. Condition of partnership is that gourav got Rs. 100 per month for
management of the business. After paying 5% interest on the capital, remaining annual
profit has distributed in the ratio of their investment. Find the share of their profit, if the
annual profit is Rs. 4000
46) The average score of Virat in 12 innings was 78 runs. In the 13th innings he had score
117 runs. Find the overall average of Virat in all the 13 innings.
47) Anoop sells a book to Mayank at a profit of 20% and Mayank sells this book to Siddharth
at a profit of 25%. Now Siddharth sells this book at a loss of 10% to Shishir. At what
percentage loss should Shishir sells this book now so that his SP becomes equal to
Anoop’s CP?
48) Raiyaaz is selling an article at some profit. If he sold the article at two-third of the
original selling price he would suffer a loss of 20%. Find the original profit percentage?
49) A man bought two articles for the same price. He sold both the articles, one at 30%
profit and the other at 30% loss. Find the overall profit/loss percentage
50) A horse merchant sold two horses for 5 lakhs each. On first horse he gained 33.33% and
on second horse he lost 16.67%. What is his overall gain or loss percent(Approx)?
51) Two lots of oranges with equal quantity, one costing Rs. 20 per dozen and the other
costing Rs. 30 per dozen, are mixed together and the whole lot is sold at Rs. 24 per
dozen. Then what is the profit or loss?
52) A dishonest shopkeeper sells his goods at 15% loss and uses 950 gm weight instead of
1000 gm weight. Find the profit or loss percentage.
53) Salman marked up his goods by 50% and gave a discount of 40%. Besides he got 25%
more from wholesaler per 1000 g sold and sells 25% less to customer per 1000 g. What
is the profit percentage of Salman?
54) Anu bought a purse at a discount of 20% which was marked at 30% higher than cost
price. A customer gets 10% extra discount on purchase of more than two purse. If Anu
purchased 3 such purses, find profit or loss percent of shopkeeper.
55) By selling two articles a man earns 15% profit on first article and 10% loss on second
article. Find his overall gain% or loss% if C.P. of both articles were same?
56) A shopkeeper sold an article A at 20% gain and another article B at 20% loss. Find her
overall gain or loss percent if S.P. of both articles were same ?
57) Karan purchased an article marked up by 50% at a discount of 20% but later he found
that the article was having a defect so he decided to return it but the shopkeeper
returned him only 90% of what he had paid. What is profit/loss (in %)of the shopkeeper
in the whole transaction?
58) If the shopkeeper marked the price of an item 60% above the cost price and then gives
two successive discount of 10% and 15% respectively, then find the profit percentage of
the shopkeeper on selling the item?
59) A company invested one fourth of its earnings at 7 % and half at 7 % and rest at 14 % for
1 year and received total interest of Rs.70,000. What is the sum invested?
60) The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 2500 at the end of six years is Rs. 1875.
What would be the simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 6875 at the same rate
and same period?
61) Ram divided 2189 in three parts such that interest on them after 1, 2 and 3 years
respectively be equal. The rate of SI is 4% per annum in all cases. The smallest part is
62) A sum of Rs. 1500 amounts to Rs. 3000 in five years at a certain rate of simple interest. If
the rate of interest is increased by 1% the same sum in the same time would amount to:
63) A certain sum of money becomes three times of its self in four year. What is rate of
simple interest ( ROI )?
64) A sum of money will three times its self at certain rate of simple interest in 4 years. In
how many years will it becomes 7 times at same ROI?
65) A certain sum of money was invested at simple ROI for 4 years. Had it been invested 5%
higher ROI then it would have become Rs 2600 more. Find principle?
66) Rs 800 becomes Rs 952 in 3 years at certain ROI. If ROI increase by 3% then what will be
the amount after 3 years?
67) If a certain sum of money becomes 704 in 2 year and 800 in 5 years at certain ROI. Find
the principle and ROI?
68) If the ROI for two year is 9%, next for two year is 14% and beyond this it will 15% per
annum. If a man lent out Rs.24,000 for six years then find total simple interest?
69) Rs 28800 is divided among three person in such a way that the simple interest occurred
by all the parts is same. First parts is invested at 2% for 3 years, second at 3% for 4years
and third at 4% for 5years. Find the invested part of each?
70) A man lent out Rs 20,000 partly at 5% and 4% at certain rate of simple interest. At the
end of year he earned from both the part Rs 920. Find the invested part of each?
71) Ramesh invests certain sum into two schemes A & B in the ratio of 2 : 3 for 3 years.
Scheme A and B offered S.I. at the rate of 10% and 8% per annum respectively. If total
S.I. obtained from both schemes after 3 years was Rs. 3300, then find amount invested
by Ramesh in scheme A was?

72) A sum on simple interest becomes 7/2 times of itself in ten years, find the rate of
interest.
73) A certain money becomes 7/4th of itself in 6 years at a certain rate of simple interest.
Find the rate of interest (in %).
74) An amount is lent out at y% p.a at S.I for 2 years. If it had been lent at 2y% p.a at S.I for
‘a’ more years, then the interest would have been five times of the earlier interest. Find
the value of ‘a’.(in years)
75) Certain sum amounts to Rs 41280 in six years and to Rs 29760 in two years at simple
interest. Find the rate of interest
76) Nutan borrowed some money at rate of 4 p.c.p.a. for the first three year, at the rate of 8
p.c.p.a. for the next 2 years and at the rate of 9 p.c.p.a. for the period beyond 5 years. If
she pay a total SI of Rs. 19550 at the end of 7 years. How much money did she borrow?
77) A Man invests a certain sum of money at 6% p.a. Simple interest and another sum at 7%
p.a. Simple interest. His income from interest after 2 years was Rs. 354. One fourth of
the first sum is equal to one fifth of the second sum. Find the total sum he invested?
78) Rs. 4500 was lent partly @ 6 % and partly @ 8 % SI. The total interest received after 2
years is 660. What is the amount lent @ 8 % SI?
79) Mohini borrowed Rs. 18000 in two different parts and the interest paid at the rate of 8%
on simple interest for two years is equal to the interest paid at the rate of 10% on simple
interest for two years. What is the difference between the sum of money borrowed in
10% and 8%?
80) Prabhat took a certain amount as a loan from bank at the rate of 8% Simple interest per
annum and gave the same amount to Ashish as a loan at the rate of 12% p.a. on S.I. If at
the end of 12 yrs, he made a profit of Rs. 320 in the deal, What was the original amount?
81) The annual payment of Rs. 160 in 5 yr at 5% per annum simple interest will discharge a
debt of
82) Rahul invested a sum of Rs. 10000 in a scheme offering simple interest at 10% p.a. after
2 years, he again invested all the money he got from scheme in share market at Rs. 50
per share. After 1 month, he sold all his shares at Rs. 52 per share. Find his profit
percent.
83) The simple interest on a certain sum for 4 yrs at a rate of 12.5% per annum is Rs 4000.
What will be the compound interest on the same sum at a rate of 4% per annum after
two years?
84) In new year offer HDFC bank reduced interest rate from 20% to 10% C.I. P.A. Due to this
offer Anurag have to pay Rs. 345 less interest in two year. Find the loan amount of
Anurag
85) The simple interest on a certain sum for 4 yrs at a rate of 12.5% per annum is Rs 4000.
What will be the compound interest on the same sum at a rate of 4% per annum after
two years?
86) Ram took a loan of Rs. 50000 from bank for first two years at 10% per annum
compounded annually. After 2 years, he paid Rs. 25000 to the bank and then rate of
interest is 12% per annum and after a year he clears all the dues with bank. What is the
total amount paid by Ram to the bank?
87) Sumit borrows Rs. 15000 at 10% compound interest. At the end of each year he pay
back Rs.3000. How much amount should he pay at the end of the third year to clear his
debt?
88) What certain sum of money becomes Rs 4900 in 2 years at the compound ROI of 16𝟐 𝟑%
per annum?
89) The difference between the CI and SI on certain sum of money in two years at
compound ROI of 11𝟏 𝟗% is Rs1400. Find the principle and amount?
90) A invested X Rs. in a scheme P for two year which offered simple at the rate of 15% per
annum and Q invested (X + 2500) Rs. in another scheme for same period of time, which
offered compound interest at the rate of 20% per annum. If from both scheme P and Q
got total interest of Rs. 14050, then find the value of X?
91) A man invested a certain amount at the rate of 8 % per annum for 5 year and obtained a
total SI of Rs. 5000. Had he invested the same amount at the same rate for 2 years, how
much amount would he have obtained as CI at the end of 2 year ?
92) Rs. 1800 is given at 20% per annum SI while Rs (1800 - P) is given at 30% per annum CI. If
the difference between both interests at the end of two years is Rs 315. Find P.
93) Harini invests Rs.(X+1500) at 12% per annum for 8 years simple interest and Kamalnath
invested Rs.X at 20% per annum for 3 years compound interest. If the interest received
by Harini is Rs.3064 more than the interest received by Kamalnath, then find the value of
X?
94) The interest earned on an amount after 2 yrs at 10 % per annum compounded yearly is
Rs 672. Find the interest earned on same amount after 4 yr at 14 % per annum at simple
interest ?
95) If the difference between CI and SI at the end of 2 years is Rs. 100 then what is the
principal given that rate is 5% per annum in both the cases and principal is also the same
for both cases.

96) Find the compound interest on Rs.16,000 at 20% per annum for 9 months, compounded
quarterly
97) If a certain sum becomes double in 3 years at certain rate of interest at C.I. Then in how
many years it will become 16 times?
98) A sum becomes triple in 6 years at S.I. The same sum will become 19 times in how many
years?
99) C.I. and S.I. for a certain sum at certain rate of interest for 2 years is Rs. 440 and Rs. 400
respectively. Find the principal?
100) A man invested Rs. X at the rate of 20% p.a. on simple interest for three year
and get total interest of Rs. 1020. If man invested same amount at the rate of 10%
p.a. on compound interest, then how much amount man will get after three years?
101) Compound interest and simple interest on a certain sum for two years are Rs. 1100
and Rs. 1000 respectively. If rate of interest for both S.I. and C.I is 20% p.a., then find the
sum.
102) If simple interest on a certain sum of money for three years is Rs. 450 and the
compound interest on the same sum at the same rate for 2 years is Rs. 309, then the
principal invested in rupees is :

103) A small firm takes a sum of Rs.2750 from a bank as a loan to expand the company. It
has to repay this in two equal annual instalments. If the rate of interest be 20%
compounded annually, the value of each instalment is
104) A sum of Rs. 9960 was borrowed at 15/2% per annum compound interest and paid
back in two years in two equal annual installments. What was the amount of each
installment?
105) A sum of Rs. 390200 is to be paid back in three equal annual installments. What is
the amount of each installment at 4% p.a. and interest compounded annually.
106) Man borrowed sum of Rs 7000 from bank at SI. After 3 years, he paid Rs 3000 to
bank and at the end of 5 years, he paid Rs 5450 and cleared his all dues. Find effective
Rate of interest.
107) A sum of money when compounded annually at R% per annum becomes Rs. 10035
after 6 years and becomes Rs. 6690 after 3 years. The double of the sum of money is
108) Ram took a loan of Rs. 50000 from bank for first two years at 10% per annum
compounded annually. After 2 years, he paid Rs. 25000 to the bank and then rate of
interest is 12% per annum and after a year he clears all the dues with bank. What is the
total amount paid by Ram to the bank?
109) A certain sum at a simple interest amounts to Rs 1350 in 5 year and to Rs.1620 in 8
year. What is the sum
110) A sum of money amounts to Rs 500 in 2 year and Rs 540 in 3 years at compound
interest per annum , then the rate of interest per annum is
111) The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 25,000 at the end of three years is
Rs. 7,500. What would be the compound interest accrued on the same amount at the
same rate in the same period?
112) A sum of money becomes 25 times of itself in 20 years at compound interest,
compounded yearly. In how many. years can the same sum become 5 times of itself?
113) If a certain sum becomes double in 3 years at certain rate of interest at C.I. Then in
how many years it will become 16 times?
114) The difference between the compound interest and simple interest of some amount
of money for 2 years at 9 % per annum is Rs. 129.60. The sum of money is
115) The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years is Rs. 105 and simple interest is
Rs. 100. The rate of interest per annum and the sum are
116) Harini invests Rs.(X+1500) at 12% per annum for 8 years simple interest and
Kamalnath invested Rs.X at 20% per annum for 3 years compound interest. If the
interest received by Harini is Rs.3064 more than the interest received by Kamalnath,
then find the value of X?
117) The interest earned on an amount after 2 yrs at 10 % per annum compounded yearly
is Rs 672. Find the interest earned on same amount after 4 yr at 14 % per annum at
simple interest ?
118) If the difference between CI and SI at the end of 2 years is Rs. 100 then what is the
principal given that rate is 5% per annum in both the cases and principal is also the same
for both cases.

Find the compound interest on Rs.16,000 at 20% per annum for 9 months, compounded
quarterly
119) A sum becomes triple in 6 years at S.I. The same sum will become 19 times in how
many years?
120) A man invested Rs. X at the rate of 20% p.a. on simple interest for three year and get
total interest of Rs. 1020. If man invested same amount at the rate of 10% p.a. on
compound interest, then how much amount man will get after three years?
121) Compound interest and simple interest on a certain sum for two years are Rs. 1100
and Rs. 1000 respectively. If rate of interest for both S.I. and C.I is 20% p.a., then find the
sum.
122) If simple interest on a certain sum of money for three years is Rs. 450 and the
compound interest on the same sum at the same rate for 2 years is Rs. 309, then the
principal invested in rupees is :

123) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 18, 24 and 36 days respectively. They start the
work together then in how many days the total work gets completed if….
i. After four days of starting the work A left and after 10 days of starting the B also left.
a) 5 days b) 3 days c) 13 days d) 16 days e) none
ii. After 2 days of starting the work B left and before 6 days of completing the work C
also left.
a) 13 days b) 11 days c) 10 days d) 6 days e) none
i. Before 6 days of completing the work C left and before 4 days of completing the work
A also left
124) A and B can do a piece of work in 10 and 15 days respectively. They began the work
together but A leaves after some days and B completed the remaining work in 8 days.
Number of days after which A left the job?
125) Ganesh and Ragu can separately do a piece of work in 25 and 20 days respectively.
They worked together for 8 days, after which Ragu was replaced by Rohit. If the work
was finished in next 3 1/2 days, then the number of days in which Rohit alone could do
the work will be?
126) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 18, 24 and 36 days respectively. They start the
work together then in how many days the total work gets completed if After 2 days of
starting the work B left and before 6 days of completing the work C also left.
127) Ram and Shyam can complete a piece of work in 10 days. If Ram work thrice as
efficiency as he actually did and Shyam work one fourth as efficiency as he actually did
then work get completed in 8 days only. In how many days that work complete by Ram
alone?
128) Two man, 3 women and 4 boys can do the piece of work in 2, 4 and 10 days
respectively. In how many days that work completed by a woman and two boys?
129) A cistern can be filled by two pipes A and B in 24 mnts and 32 mnts. If both the pipes
are opened together, then after how much time B should be closed so that the tank is
full in 18 mnts?
130) A pipe can fill a tank in 36 minutes & another pipe can fill it in 48 minutes, but a third
Pipe can empty it in 18 minutes. The first two pipes are kept open for 16 minutes in the
beginning then the third Pipe is also opened. In what time is the cistern emptied?
131) Pipe I and II can fill an empty tank in 20 hours. Pipe III can empty the tank in 15
hours. Pipe I and II are opened simultaneously for 8 hours. After 8 hours, pipe III is also
opened. If the tank is initially
132) empty, find the time taken to fill the tank completely?
133) The cistern is filled in 12 hours when two pipes are made to function simultaneously.
If one pipe fills the cistern is 10 hours faster than the other pipe , the second pipe fills
the cistern in :
134) A cistern has three pipes, A,B,and C.The pipes A and B can fill it in 4 and 5 hours
respectively and C can empty it in 2 hours. If the pipes are opened in order at 1,2 and 3
A.M, when will the cistern be empty?
135) cistern has a leak which would empty it in 8 hours. A tap is turned on which admits 6
ltrs a min in to the cistern and it is now emptied in 12 hours. How many ltrs does the
cistern hold?
136) Two pipes P and Q alone can fill a tank in 24 min and 30 min respectively and a pipe
R alone can empty the tank by throwing out 8 gallons in 2 minutes. All the three pipes
working together can fill the tank in 20 minutes. Find the capacity of the tank?

137) A cistern can be filled by two pipes filling separately in 12 and 10 min respectively.
Both pipes are opened together for a certain period time but being clogged, only 7/8 of
the full quantity of water flows through the former and only 5/6 through the latter pipe.
The obstructions, when removed, fill the cistern in 3 min from that moment. How long
was it before the full flow began?
138) A tank is fitted with two inlet pipes and one outlet pipe. Inlet pipes can fill the empty
tank in 10 hours and 15 hours respectively whereas the outlet pipe can empty the full
tank in 5 hours. Initially, when all the three pipes are open, the total volume of the
water in the tank is L liters. After 2 hours total volume in the tank is (L-60) liters. What is
the full capacity of the tank?
139) Two inlet pipes can fill the empty tank in 23 minutes and 30 minutes while working
individually. An outlet pipe having a discharge capacity of 60 liter/minutes takes 11.5
minute to empty the completely filled tank. How much time will both the inlet pipes
take, when they are opened together, to completely fill a tank which can hold twice the
volume of water than the previous tank?
140) Ram, Suresh and Shilpa, working together, can do a piece of work in 1 day. Ram is
thrice as efficient as Suresh, and Suresh takes twice the number of days as Shilpa takes
to do it alone. What is the difference between the number of days taken by Ram and
Shilpa, each working alone, to complete the work?
141) Three persons P, Q and R decided to work in such a way that P and Q work together
on first day, R
142) alone works on second day, again P and Q on third day and so on, on alternate days
till the work
143) completed. Q and R together can complete the work in 10 days and efficiency of Q is
twice the
144) efficiency of R. Number of days taken by P to complete the work is five more than
that of Q. Find the number of days in which the work will be completed.
145) 8 men and 4 women together can complete a piece of work in 6 days. Work done by
a man in one day is double the work done by a woman in one day. If 8 men and 4
 women started working and after 2 days, 4 men left and 4 new women joined. In how
many more days will the work be completed? (2016 SBI Clerk Mains)
146) A can complete a piece of work in 33 days and C is three times more efficient than A.
Ratio of efficiency of B to that of C is 3 : 2. If all three starts working together, then find
in how many days the work will be completed?
147) Following graph shows the number of hours taken by 5 pipes to fill the tank and
number of hours taken to empty the tank.
 If pipes 3 and 4 are opened to fill the tank and pipes 1 and 2 are opened to empty the
tank, then in how many hours required to fill the completely empty tank?
 Efficiency of pipes 1 and 2 together to fill the tank is what percent of the efficiency of
pipes 1 and 2 together to empty the tank?
 If pipes 1 and 2 are opened to fill the tank and pipes 3 and 5 are opened to empty the
tank, then what percent of the tank will be filled in 3 hours if initially it was empty?


 If pipes 2 and 5 are used for 1 hour to fill the empty tank, then how much time will
same pipes together take to empty the tank?
148) Jeevan walks a certain distance at his normal speed. If he slows his speed by 3 km/hr,
he would take 9/7 of his normal time. His normal speed in km/hr is

149) An athlete has to cover a distance of 24 km in 30 minutes. If he covers 3/4th of the

distance in 2/3rd of the total time. What should be his speed (in km/hr.) to cover the
remaining distance in time?
150) Ranvir goes to his office from his house at a speed of 16 km/hr and returns to his
home from his office at a speed of 20 km/hr and he takes 4 hour 30 minutes in all. If the
distance of his friend's house from his office is 20% more than the distance of his house
from his office, find the distance of his house to his friend's house.(assuming the office
lies between Ranvir's house and his friend's house)
151) A boy walks from his house to school at 2.5 kmph and arrives 12 minutes late. The
next day he walks at 4 kmph and reaches the school 15 minutes earlier. What is the
distance from his house to school?
152) Two trains A and B start from two places P and Q towards Q and P respectively. After
passing each other they take 4 hours 48 minutes and 3 hours and 20 minutes to reach Q
and P respectively. If the train from P is moving at 45 km/h then find the speed of other
train.

153) Nikita left city X for city Y at 3.00 pm. She travelled at a speed of 60 km/hr for 3
hours 15 min. After that, she increased her speed to 90 km/hr. If the distance between
the two cities is 420 km, at what time will she reach city Y?
154) A person travelled a part of a distance at 90 km/hr by train and remaining by bus at
40 km/hr. If he travelled total distance of 350 km in 5 hours, find the distance he
travelled by bus
155) A cyclist travels a certain distance AB at 10 km/hr and travels the distance BA at 15
km/hr. Find the average speed of the cyclist for the whole journey.
156) A man while travelling a certain distance covered one-third of the distance at a
speed of 90km/hr, half of the rest journey at a speed of 60 km/hr and covered rest of
the distance at 45km/hr. What is the average speed (in km/hr)?

157) A train departs Kolkata at 6 a.m. at a speed of 40 kmph. After one hour, another
train departs Kolkata in the same direction as that of the first train at a speed of 50
kmph. When and at what distance from Kolkata do the two trains meet?
158) Two buses start at same time from Chennai and Bangalore, which are 250km apart.
If the two buses travel towards each other, they meet after 1hr and if they travel in
same direction they meet after 5hrs. What is the speed of the bus starts from Chennai if
it is know that the one which started from Chennai has more speed than the other one?
159) Arun and Bharat start from a place P at 6 am and 7.30 am, respectively and run in
the same direction. Arun and Bharat run at 8 k/hr and 12 km/hr, respectively. Bharat
overtakes Arun at:
160) The distance between two places A and B is 320 km. A car departs from place A for B
at a speed of 55 k/hr at 7 am. Another car departs from place B for place A at a speed of
45 km/hr at 11 am. At what time will both the
cars meet each other?
161) A person travelled a part of a distance at 90 km/hr by train and remaining by bus at
40 km/hr. If he travelled total distance of 350 km in 5 hours, find the distance he
travelled by bus.
162) When speed of a train is increased by 20 km/hr it can cover a distance 40 minutes
earlier. If speed of train is decreased by 30 km/h it takes 70 minutes more to cover that
distance. Find distance covered by train.
163) If I go to my office by bike, I reach my office 30 min early. If I go to my office by
metro, I reach 15 min late. The distance between my home to office be 60 km then what
 is the actual office time If I left home for office at 8:30 AM? (In each case distance
remains same and Ratio between speed of bike to metro = 3 : 2)

164) Train A completely crosses train B which is 300 m long in 15 seconds. If they are
travelling in the same direction and the difference of speed of both the trains is 30m/s,
then find the difference between the lengths of trains.

165) A train crosses a man, who is running in the same direction of train at the speed of
2m/sec. in 10 seconds. The same train crosses a tunnel in 54 seconds. If speed of train is
72 km/h then what is the length of tunnel?
166) Two trains X and Y cross each other in 48 sec, when both are running in same
direction. If length of train X is 160 m and speed of train X and train Y are 54 km/h and
72 km/h respectively then find the length of train Y.
167) Ratio between length of trains A and B is 3 : 5. Speed of train A is 72 km/h and that
of train B is 54 km/h & they are running opposite to each other. If train A cross’s train B
in 16 seconds then find length of train B.
168) The ratio of speed of two trains which are running in the same direction is 4 : 5. The
train having higher speed crosses the second train in 30 seconds and a pole in 4 seconds
respectively. Find the ratio of their lengths.

169) A train met with an accident 120 km from station A. It completed the remaining
journey at 5/6 of its previous speed and reached 2 hours late at station B. Had the
accident taken place 300 km further, it would have been only 1 hour late, what is the
speed of the train?
170) Two trains travel from Delhi to Lucknow and Lucknow to Delhi in 10 hour and 12
hours respectively. Both trains started simultaneously at 8 am and the train started from
Delhi met with accident at 12 pm. Find percentage reduction in speed of train started
from Delhi, if they meet each other at 2 PM, assume there is no loss of time in accident.
171) A boat takes 25 hours for travelling downstream from point A to point B and
coming back to point C midway between A and B. If the velocity of the stream is 5
 km/hr and the speed of the boat in still water is 10 km/hr, what is the distance
between A and B?
172) Rohit can row a boat 65Km upstream and 130Km downstream in 23 hours,
whereas he can swim 45Km upstream and 104Km downstream in 17 hours. Find the
speed of boat in still water.
173) A man can row 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. It is also
known that he can row 40 km upstream and 55 km downstream in 13 hours. Find the
speed of the man in still water.

174) The time taken by a boat to row 21 km with the stream is same as the time taken
by it to row 12 km against the stream. If the speed of boat in still water is 5.5 kmph,
find speed of stream ?
175) The time taken by a boat for covering ‘X – 18’ km upstream is equal to time taken
by it for covering ‘X’ km downstream. If upstream speed is 6 km/hr less than
downstream speed and speed of boat in still water in 15 kmph.Find X.
176) Ratio of time taken by a man to cover a distance in upstream then in downstream
is 3 : 2. If speed of stream is 2 km/h then in what time man will cover a distance of 36
km in upstream.

177) A man can row 27 km upstream and 56 km downstream in 17 hours. If speed of

boat in still water is 150% more than speed of current, find speed of boat while
travelling upstream?
178) Bar chart given below shows Downstream speed of five different boats in same
river and time taken by these boats to cover same distance in upstream by each boat.
Study the data carefully and answer the following questions.
Note: Distance travelled is same by all five boats and stream speed is same
 Time taken by boat B to cover 80 km in downstream is what percent more/less
than time taken by boat C to cover 48 km in upstream.
 Speed of boat A in downstream is how much more/less than speed ofboat D in
upstream.
 Boat ‘C’ and boat ‘E’ starts moving in same direction in a circular river. If length of
that circular river is 48 km, then after how much time they will meet second time
 Boat A and boat E start from point P and Q respectively and move towards each
other. If distance between P and Q is 240 km then find after how much time they
will meet for second time?
179) What will be the cost of fencing the circumference of a circular field whose area is
1386 sq. m and the cost of fencing is Rs 5 per meter
180) Three circles of radii 4 cm, 6 cm and 8 cm touch each other externally. Find the area
of the triangle formed by the lineseqments joining- the centres of the three circle ?
181) If there are 14 diagonals in a polygon then what is the number of sides in that
polygon?
182) A rectangular plot has a concrete path running in the middle of the plot parallel to
the breadth of the plot. The rest of the plot is used as a lawn, which has an area of 240
sq. m. If the width of the path is 3 m and the length of the plot is greater than its
breadth by 2 m, what is the area of the rectangular plot ? (in sq. m.)
183) Difference between circumference of a circular vessel (candy maker) and its
diameter is 60 cm. If 40 cm² is waste material and 16 square boxes required to pack
remaining quantity of candy, then find side of each square box?
184) Inside a square plot a circular garden is developed which exactly fits in the square
plot and the diameter of the garden is equal to the side of the square plot which is 28
meters. What is the area of the space left out in the square plot after developing the
garden?
185) A right triangle with sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm is rotated about the side 3 cm to form
a cone, the volume of the cone so formed is
186) A rectangular park is 150m long and 70m wide. A path 5m wide is constructed
outside the park. Find out the area of path.
187) An ice cube of side 10 m is melted and re-casted into a cuboid having length and
breadth are 8m and 5 m respectively. Find the percentage of difference between total
surface area of cube and cuboid.
188) The area of each wheel of a car is 1386 sq cm. If each wheel rotates 400 times per
minute find the speed of the car in km/hr.
189) A sphere is melted and molded into solid cylinder. If radius of both solids is equal,
then find the ratio of total surface area of sphere to the total surface area of cylinder
190) park is in the shape of an equilateral triangle. Grass bed at Rs.40/m2 are to be laid on
the three sides in equal rectangular areas (shaded portion in given figure) which
encloses a small triangular region as shown that is to be covered by flower bed at
Rs.30/m2. The total area on which grass bed is laid is 150 m2. If the altitude of flower
bed is 5√3 m, then find ratio of cost of laying grass bed on one shaded part to that of
flower bed.

191) The table given below gives information about five different cones. Some data are
given while some are missing in the table. (Take π = 3)

 Find the sum of the capacity of cone A and cone B.

 Find the ratio of radius of cone C to radius of cone E.
 Find the time taken by a pipe P to fill cone E at the rate of 35cm3 per second.
 Find the difference between the cost of painting the curved surface area of cone B
and that of cone D, if the rate of painting cone B and cone D is Rs. 12.5/m 2 and Rs.
15/m 2 respectively.