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WORD PROBLEMS
AGE
9 respectively. What is Anand's present age in
years?
A.
24
B.
27
C.
40
D.
None of the
6.A man is 24 years older than his son. In two
years, his age will be twice the age of his son.
The present age of his son is:
A.
14 years
B.
18 years
C.
20 years
D.
22 years
1.The sum of ages of 5 children born at the
intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is
the age of the youngest child?
8. The sum of the present ages of a father and
his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father's age
was five times the age of the son. After 6
years, son's age will be:
A.
4 years
B.
8 years
A.
12 years
B.
14 years
C.
10 years
D.
None of these
C.
18 years
D.
20 years
2.A father said to his son, "I was as old as you
are at the present at the time of your birth". If
the father's age is 38 years now, the son's age
five years back was:
9.Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If
their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9,
how old is Sachin?
A.
16 years
B.
18 years
A.
14 yearsB.
19 years
C.
28 years
D.
24.5 years
C.
33 years
D.
3.A is two years older than B who is twice as
old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C
be 27, then how old is B?
10.A person's present age is two-fifth of the
age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be
one-half of the age of his mother. How old is
the mother at present?
A.
7
B.
8
A.
32 years
B.
36 years
C.
9
D.
10
C.
40 years
D.
48 years
38 years
4.Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If
their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9,
how old is Sachin?
A.
16 years
B.
18 years
C.
28 years
D.
24.5 years
5.Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in
the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years
hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11 :
11.The age of father 10 years ago was thrice
the age of his son. Ten years hence, father's
age will be twice that of his son. The ratio of
their present ages is
A.
5:2
B.
7:3
C.
9:2
D.
13 : 4
12.The average of the ages of a man and his
daughter is 34 years. If the respective ratio of
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their ages four years from now is 14 : 5,what
is daughter's present age ?
A.
10 years
B.12 years
C.
18 years
D.None of these
13.The ages of Samina and Suhana are in the
ratio of 7 : 3 respectively. After 6 years, the
ratio of their ages will be 5 : 3. What is the
difference in their ages?
A.
6 years
B.
8 years
C.
10 years
D
12 years
14.The present age of son is half of the
present age of his mother. Ten years ago, his
mother's age was thrice the age of her son.
What is the present age of the son ?
A.
20 years
B.
25 years
C.
30 years
D.
40 years
15.Rahul is as much younger than Sagar as he
is older than Purav. If the sum of the ages of
Purav and Sagar is 66 years, and Sagar's age is
48 years, then what is the difference between
Rahul and Purav's age ? ( in years)
A.
18
B.
15
C.
16
D.
20
16.The sum of present ages of a father and his
son is 8 years more than the present age of
the mother. The mother is 22 years older than
the son. What will be the age of the father
after 4 years?
PROFIT AND LOSS
17.The cost price of 20 articles is the same as
the selling price of x articles. If the profit is
25%, then the value of x is:
A.
15
B.
16
C.
18
D.
25
18.If selling price is doubled, the profit triples.
Find the profit percent.
A.
66
B.
100
C.
105
D.
120
19.A man buys a watch for Rs. 1950 in cash
and sells it for Rs. 2200 at a credit of 1 year. If
the rate of interest is 10% per annum, the
man:
A.
gains Rs. 55
B.
gains Rs. 50
C.
loses Rs. 30
D.
gains Rs. 30
20.The percentage profit earned by selling an
article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage
loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs.
1280. At what price should the article be sold
to make 25% profit?
A.
Rs. 2000
B.
Rs. 2200
C.
Rs. 2400
D.
none
21.A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it
at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of
the cycle?
A.
Rs. 1090
B.
Rs. 1160
Rs. 1190
D.
Rs. 1202
A.
34 years
B.
36 years
C.
C.
40 years
D.
38 years
22.On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss
equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost
price of a ball is:
A.
Rs. 45
B.
Rs. 50
C.
Rs. 55
D.
Rs. 60
23.A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg
with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per
kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His
profit percent is:
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A.
No profit, no loss
B.
C.
8%
10%
D.
5%
24.The marked price of a radio is 20% more
than its cost price. If a discount of 10% is
given on the marked price, the gain per cent
is:
A.
15
B.
12
C.
10
D.
8
25.The cost price of an article is 80% of its
marked price for sale. How much per cent
does the tradesman gain after allowing a
discount of 12%?
A.
20%
B.
12%
C.
10%
D.
8%
26.Two successive discount of 10% and 20%
are equivalent to a single discount of:
A.
30%
B.
28%
C.
26%
D.
25%
27.A retailer increase the selling price by 25%
due to which his profit percentage increase
from 20% to 25%. What is the percentage
increase in cost price ?
A.
20%
B.
30%
C.
25%
D.
50%
C.
5%
D.
2%
31.The cost price of 20 articles is the same as
the selling price of x articles. If the profit is
25%, then the value of x is:
A.
15
B.
16
C.
18
D.
25
32.A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it
at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of
the cycle?
A.
Rs. 1090
B.
Rs. 1160
C.
Rs. 1190
D.
Rs. 1202
33. The ratio of the cost price and selling price
is 5 : 4, the loss percent is = ?
A.
20%
B.
25%
C.
40%
D.
50%
34.A man purchased a cow for Rs. 3000 and
sold it the same day for Rs. 3600, allowing the
buyer a credit of 2 years. If the rate of interest
be 10% per annum, then the man has a gain
of:
A.
0%
B.
5%
C.
7.5%
D.
10%
28.A watch costing Rs. 120 was sold at a loss
of 15%. At what price was it sold?
A.
Rs. 112
B.
Rs.102
C.
Rs. 135
D.
Rs. 110
29.Arun bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How
many for a rupee he should sell to gain 20%?
A.
2
B.
3
C.
4
D.
5
30.A trader marks his goods 40% above cost
price and allows a discount of 25%. The profit
he makes is:
A.
15%
B.
10%
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