Variation
1. y varies directly as the square of x. When x = 4, y = 2. What is the value of y
when x = 32 ?
12
9 3 16 8 7
1. 3 2. 3. 4. 5.
2 4 3 9 2
2. y varies inversely as the cube root of x. If y = 7, when x = 8, what
is the value of x when y = 56?
1 1 1 1 1
1. 2. 3. 4. 2 5. 6
2 8 3 7 4
3. y varies as the sum of two quantities, p and q. p varies directly as x and
q varies inversely as x. If, y = 193 when x = 6 and y = 334 when x = 8, what is
y when x = 10?
1. 57/5 2. 11 3. 51/5 4. 10 5. Cannot be determined
4. The value of a silver coin varies directly as the square of its diameter,
when thickness is constant and varies directly as its thickness when
diameter remains constant. Two silver coins have the diameters in the
ratio 4 : 3. Find the ratio of the thickness if the value of the first coin is
four times the value of the second coin.
1. 3 : 4 2. 4 : 3 3. 16 : 3 4. 9 : 4 5. 1 : 3
5. The value of a diamond varies directly as the square of its weight. If a
diamond falls and breaks into two pieces with weights in the ratio 2 : 3,
what is the loss percentage in the value?
1. No loss 2. 16.66% 3. 25% 4. 40% 5. 48%
6. The product of the cost per head and the number of people going for a picnic
is constant. When 10 more people join in the cost per head decreases from Rs.
40 to Rs. 36. What will be the decrease in cost per head if further 20 more
people join in?
1. 2 2. 4 3. 6 4. 8 5. 12
7. A garrison has sufficient food for 75 soldiers for a period of 90 days. After 10
days, one- third of the soldiers leave. After another 10 days, 5 soldiers return.
From this day on, how many days will the food last?
1. 80 2. 90 3. 100 4. 110 5. 120
Averages and Weighted Averages
1. The average sales for the months January to March is 40, the average
sales for the months March to June is 50 and the average of the months
January to June is 45. Find the sales in the month of March.
1. 30 2. 40 3. 45 4. 50 5. 60
2. The average of Sachin after 80 one day matches is 55. If Sachin’s target
is increase his average to 57 after the next one day match, how much should
Sachin score in the next one day match. (Average = total run / total number
of innings)
1. 213 2. 214 3. 215 4. 216 5. 217
3. When a student weighing 68 kgs joins a group of 8 students, the average
of the group increases by 1.5 kgs. Find the average of the original group.
1. 53 2. 54.5 3. 56 4. 57.5 5. None of these
4. From a group of 12 students with average weight being 72.5 kgs, two
students leave. Because the two leave, the average of the group falls to
71.25 kgs. Find the average weight of the two students who leave the
group.
1. 78.5 2. 78.75 3. 79.25 4. 157 5. 157.5
5. If a student weighing 70 kgs joins a group of n students, the average of
the group increases by 1 kgs. If the new student weighed 55 kgs, the
average of the group would have declined by
2 kgs. Find n.
1. 3 2. 4 3. 5 4. 6 5. 7
6. Ten years ago, the average age of a couple was 27 years old. Today also
the average age of the couple and their baby is 27 years old. Find the
present age of the baby.
1. 3 2. 4 3. 5 4. 6 5. 7
7. Two alloys of iron having 85% and 67% iron respectively are fused together to
form
another alloy having 71% iron in it. If 14 kgs of the first alloy is taken,
find the weight of the second alloy.
1. 28 kgs 2. 34 kgs 3. 35 kgs 4. 42 kgs 5. 49 kgs
8. A trader sells rice to customers at a profit of 20%. But to his regular
customers he charges a profit of only 10%. If he makes an overall profit
of 18.18…%, what fraction of his customers are regular customers?
1. 2 2. 9 3. 2 4. 2 5. 7
9 11 11 7 9
9. In my written test I scored 75% marks, but because of the viva, my
overall percentage decreased to 68%. If the written test was conducted for
500 marks and the viva for 100 marks, find the percentage of marks
scored in the viva.
1. 15% 2. 16.66% 3. 25% 4. 33% 5. 40%
10. How many litres of solutions having 30% milk and 70% milk should be
mixed so that we get 40 litres of 45% milk solution?
1. 10 , 30 2. 12 , 28 3. 15 , 25 4. 20 , 20 5. 25 , 15
11. Two vessels having volumes in the ratio 3 : 5 are filled with water and milk
solutions. The ratio
of milk and water in the two vessels is 2 : 3 and 3 : 1 respectively. If the
contents of both the vessel are emptied into a larger vessel, find the ratio
of milk and water in the larger vessel.
1. 99 : 61 2. 99 : 160 3. 61 : 160 4. 61 : 99 5. None of these
12 litres of a milk and water solution having ratio of milk and water as 4 : 1 is
mixed with 20
litres of another milk and water solution having ratio of milk and water in
the ratio 5 : 1. Find the ratio of milk and water in the resultant solution.
1. 43 : 240 2. 43 : 197 3. 197 : 240 4. 197 : 43 5. None of these
Removal and Replacement
1. 12.5% of a solution having milk and water in the ratio 24 : 25 is removed
and replaced with water. Find the ratio of milk and water in the solution if
this operation is done a total of three times.
1. 21 : 64 2. 27 : 64 3. 8 : 27 4. 27 : 33 5. 21 : 43
2. Rahul removes a fraction of undiluted spirit and replaces it with water to
avoid detection. He does so on two continuous days. If spirit now accounts
for only 64% of the solution, what fraction of solution did he remove daily?
1. 1 2. 2 3. 1 4. 1 5. 1
3 3 4 5 6
3. A cask is full of wine but it has a leak in the bottom. When one-fourth of the
cask empties out because of the leak, the cask is replenished with water.
Next when half of the cask has leaked out, it is again filled with water.
Finally when three-fourths of the cask leaks out, it is again filled with water.
What is the percentage of wine in the cask now?
1. 9.375% 2. 8.33% 3. 7.2% 4. 7.5% 5. 6.66%
4. When 10% of a solution of milk and water is removed and replaced with
water, the ratio of milk and water becomes 3 : 1. Find the ratio of milk and
water before the water is added to the solution.
1. 2 : 1 2. 4 : 1 3. 5 : 1 4. 5 : 2 5. 4 : 3
5. From a 100 litre container having milk and water in the ratio 8 : 7, 10 litres
of solution is removed and replaced with 20 litres of milk. Again 20 litres of
solution is removed and replaced with 30 litres of milk. Find the amount of
milk in the solution now.
1. 112.5 2. 105.6 3. 93.7 4. 87.5 5. 85.6
6. 12 litres of water is added to 60 litres of milk and then 12 litres of the
solution is removed.
Next, 12 litres of water is added to the solution and again 12 litres of the
solution is removed. Find the percentage of milk in the solution now.
1. 75% 2. 69.44% 3. 64.44% 4. 66.66% 5. 62.5
