Capacity Building Program Assignments

Q1 The product of two numbers is 4107. If the H.C.F. of these numbers is 37, then the
greater number is:
Q2 Three number are in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 and their L.C.M. is 2400. Their H.C.F. is:
Q3 What is the unit digit in {(6374)1793 x (625)317 x (341491)}?
Q4 The sum of first 45 natural numbers is ?
Q5 The difference between a positive proper fraction and its reciprocal is 9/20. The
fraction is?
Q6 On dividing a number by 5, we get 3 as remainder. What will the remainder when the
square of the this number is divided by 5 ?
Q7 The greatest number of four digits which is divisible by 15, 25, 40 and 75 ?
Q8
Three number are in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 and their L.C.M. is 2400. Their H.C.F. is
Q9
The least multiple of 7, which leaves a remainder of 4, when divided by 6, 9, 15 and
18 is ?
Q10
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 : 9 respectively. What is Anand's present
age in years?
Q11
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?
Q12
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?
Q13 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 ?
Q14 Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 :
9, how old is Sachin?
Q15 The present ages of three persons in proportions 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the sum of
their ages was 56. Find their present ages (in years).
Q16 The sum of even numbers between 1 and 31 is ?
Q17 If 60% of 3/5 of a number is 36, then the number is ?
Q18 The difference of the squares of two consecutive odd integers is divisible by which of
the following integers ?
Q19 Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8 10 and 12
seconds respectively. In 30 minutes, how many times do they toll together ?
Q20 The L.C.M. of two numbers is 48. The numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. Then sum of the
number is:

Q41 A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days,
then the fraction of the work that is left is ?
Q42 A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same
job in 12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do
the job in?
Q43 A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many
days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?
Q44 A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to
do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much
is to be paid to C?
Q45 A can do a certain work in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and
 B together could do it in 10 days and C alone in 50 days, then B alone could do it in?
Q46 A can do a piece of work in 4 hours; B and C together can do it in 3 hours, while A
and C together can do it in 2 hours. How long will B alone take to do it?
Q47
If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can
do the same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type
of work will be?
Q48 P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. Q can complete the same
work in 8 days working 10 hours a day. If both P and Q work together, working 8
hours a day, in how many days can they complete the work?
Q49 A and B can together finish a work 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and
then B left. After another 20 days, A finished the remaining work. In how many days A
alone can finish the work?
Q50 A machine P can print one lakh books in 8 hours, machine Q can print the same
number of books in 10 hours while machine R can print them in 12 hours. All the
machines are started at 9 A.M. while machine P is closed at 11 A.M. and the
remaining two machines complete work. Approximately at what time will the work (to
print one lakh books) be finished ?
Q51 Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 30 minutes, 20 minutes, and
10 minutes respectively. When the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened. A, B
and C discharge chemical solutions P,Q and R respectively. What is the proportion of the
solution R in the liquid in the tank after 3 minutes?
Q52 Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours.
If all the three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be filled in:
Q53 A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took 2 hours to fill the
tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in:
Q54
Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 37 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. Both
pipes are opened. The cistern will be filled in just half an hour, if the B is turned off
after:
Q55 A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating
simultaneously fill the tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by the third
pipe alone. The second pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours
slower than the third pipe. The time required by the first pipe is:
Q56
Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can
empty 3 gallons per minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15
minutes. The capacity of the tank is?
Q57 A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B and C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B
and B is twice as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank?
Q58 Two pipes A and B together can fill a cistern in 4 hours. Had they been opened
separately, then B would have taken 6 hours more than A to fill the cistern. How much
time will be taken by A to fill the cistern separately?
Q59 Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipes
are used together, then how long will it take to fill the tank?
Q60 Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. Both the
pipes are opened together but after 4 minutes, pipe A is turned off. What is the total
time required to fill the tank?

Q61 A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent
of his total score did he make by running between the wickets?
Q62 Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than
the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by
them are:

Q63 A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples.
Originally, he had:

Q64 What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?

Q65 In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of

students above 8 years of age is of the number of students of 8 years of age which
is 48. What is the total number of students in the school?

Q66 Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of
the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.

Q67 A student multiplied a number 3 5

instead of .
by 5 3
What is the percentage error in the calculation?

Q68
In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of
the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid
votes that the other candidate got, was:

Q69 A family consists of two grandparents, two parents and three grandchildren. The
average age of the grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that
of the grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family?

Q70 A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5
consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets
an average sale of Rs. 6500?

Q71 The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is
3 years older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining
players is one year less than the average age of the whole team. What is the average
age of the team?

Q72 The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of
Q and R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The
monthly income of P is:
Q73 A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive
years. What approximately is the average cost per litre of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000
each year?

Q74
In Arun's opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother
doest not agree with Arun and he thinks that Arun's weight is greater than 60 kg but
less than 70 kg. His mother's view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If
all are them are correct in their estimation, what is the average of different probable
weights of Arun?

Q75 Mr. Thomas invested an amount of Rs. 13,900 divided in two different schemes A and
B at the simple interest rate of 14% p.a. and 11% p.a. respectively. If the total amount
of simple interest earned in 2 years be Rs. 3508, what was the amount invested in
Scheme B?

Q76
Reena took a loan of Rs. 1200 with simple interest for as many years as the rate of
interest. If she paid Rs. 432 as interest at the end of the loan period, what was the
rate of interest?

Q78 An automobile financier claims to be lending money at simple interest, but he includes
the interest every six months for calculating the principal. If he is charging an interest
of 10%, the effective rate of interest becomes?

Q79 A lent Rs. 5000 to B for 2 years and Rs. 3000 to C for 4 years on simple interest at
the same rate of interest and received Rs. 2200 in all from both of them as interest.
The rate of interest per annum is?

Q80 A sum of Rs. 725 is lent in the beginning of a year at a certain rate of interest. After 8
months, a sum of Rs. 362.50 more is lent but at the rate twice the former. At the end
of the year, Rs. 33.50 is earned as interest from both the loans. What was the original
rate of interest?

Q81 A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 24, 6 and 12 days respectively. Working
together, they will complete the same work in how many days?

Q82 The average weight of 8 person's increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in
place of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person?

Q83 The average age of husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 27 years and that
of wife and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of the husband is:
Q84 A man, a woman and a boy can together complete a piece of work In 3 days.
If a man alone can do it in 6 days and a boy alone in 18 days, how long will a
woman alone take to complete the work?

Q85 A man took loan from a bank at the rate of 12% p.a. simple interest. After 3 years he
had to pay Rs. 5400 interest only for the period. The principal amount borrowed by
him was:

Q86 Study the following table and answer the questions based on it.
Expenditures of a Company (in Lakh Rupees) per Annum Over the given Years.
Item of Expenditure
Year
Salary Fuel and Transport Bonus Interest on Loans Taxes
1998 288 98 3.00 23.4 83
1999 342 112 2.52 32.5 108
2000 324 101 3.84 41.6 74
2001 336 133 3.68 36.4 88
2002 420 142 3.96 49.4 98

1. What is the average amount of interest per year which the company had to pay
during this period?

2. The total amount of bonus paid by the company during the given period is
approximately what percent of the total amount of salary paid during this period?

: 3. Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent of
the total expenditure in 2002?

4. The total expenditure of the company over these items during the year 2000 is?

5. The ratio between the total expenditure on Taxes for all the years and the total
expenditure on Fuel and Transport for all the years respectively is approximately?
Q87 Study the following table and answer the questions.
Number of Candidates Appeared and Qualified in a Competitive Examination
from Different States Over the Years.
Year
State 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
App. Qual. App. Qual. App. Qual. App. Qual. App. Qual.
M 5200 720 8500 980 7400 850 6800 775 9500 1125
N 7500 840 9200 1050 8450 920 9200 980 8800 1020
P 6400 780 8800 1020 7800 890 8750 1010 9750 1250
Q 8100 950 9500 1240 8700 980 9700 1200 8950 995
R 7800 870 7600 940 9800 1350 7600 945 7990 885

2. What is the average candidates who appeared from State Q during the given
years?

3. In which of the given years the number of candidates appeared from State P has
maximum percentage of qualified candidates?

4. What is the percentage of candidates qualified from State N for all the years
together, over the candidates appeared from State N during all the years together?

5. The percentage of total number of qualified candidates to the total number of

appeared candidates among all the five states in 1999 is?

Q88 The bar graph given below shows the sales of books (in thousand number) from six
branches of a publishing company during two consecutive years 2000 and 2001.
Sales of Books (in thousand numbers) from Six Branches - B1, B2, B3, B4, B5
and B6 of a publishing Company in 2000 and 2001.
 1. What is the ratio of the total sales of branch B2 for both years to the total sales of
branch B4 for both years?

2. Total sales of branch B6 for both the years is what percent of the
total sales of branches B3 for both the years?

3. What percent of the average sales of branches B1, B2 and B3 in 2001 is the
average sales of branches B1, B3 and B6 in 2000?

4. What is the average sales of all the branches (in thousand numbers) for the year
2000?

Total sales of branches B1, B3 and B5 together for

5. both the years (in thousand numbers) is?

Q89 The bar graph given below shows the foreign exchange reserves of a country (in
million US $) from 1991 - 1992 to 1998 - 1999.
Foreign Exchange Reserves Of a Country. (in million US $)
 1. The ratio of the number of years, in which the foreign exchange reserves are
above the average reserves, to those in which the reserves are below the average
reserves is?

: 2. The foreign exchange reserves in 1997-98 was how many times that in 1994-95?

3. For which year, the percent increase of foreign exchange reserves over the
previous year, is the highest?

4. The foreign exchange reserves in 1996-97 were approximately what percent of the
average foreign exchange reserves over the period under review?

5. What was the percentage increase in the foreign exchange reserves in 1997-98
over 1993-94?

Q90

The following pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred
in publishing a book. Study the pie-chart and the answer the questions based on it.
Various Expenditures (in percentage) Incurred in Publishing a Book
 1. If for a certain quantity of books, the publisher has to pay Rs. 30,600 as printing
cost, then what will be amount of royalty to be paid for these books?

2. What is the central angle of the sector corresponding to the expenditure incurred
on Royalty?

3. The price of the book is marked 20% above the C.P. If the marked price of the
book is Rs. 180, then what is the cost of the paper used in a single copy of the
book?

4. If 5500 copies are published and the transportation cost on them amounts to Rs.
82500, then what should be the selling price of the book so that the publisher can
earn a profit of 25%?

5. Royalty on the book is less than the printing cost by:

Q91 The following pie charts exhibit the distribution of the overseas tourist traffic from India.
The two charts shows the tourist distribution by country and the age profiles of the
tourists respectively.
Distribution of Overseas Tourist Traffic from India.
 1. What percentage of Indian tourist went to either USA or UK ?

2. The ratio of the number of Indian tourists that went to USA to the number of Indian
tourists who were below 30 years of age is ?

3. If amongst other countries, Switzerland accounted for 25% of the Indian tourist
traffic, and it is known from official Swiss records that a total of 25 lakh Indian
tourists had gone to Switzerland during the year, then find the number of 30-39
year old Indian tourists who went abroad in that year ?

Q92 Study the following line graph and answer the questions.
Exports from Three Companies Over the Years (in Rs. crore)
 1. For which of the following pairs of years the total exports from the three
Companies together are equal?

: 2. Average annual exports during the given period for Company Y is approximately
what percent of the average annual exports for Company Z?

: 3. In which year was the difference between the exports from Companies X and Y
the minimum?

4. What was the difference between the average exports of the three Companies in
1993 and the average exports in 1998?

5. In how many of the given years, were the exports from Company Z more than the
average annual exports over the given years?

Q93 The following line graph gives the ratio of the amounts of imports by a company to the
amount of exports from that company over the period from 1995 to 2001.
Ratio of Value of Imports to Exports by a Company Over the Years.
 1. If the imports in 1998 was Rs. 250 crores and the total exports in the years 1998
and 1999 together was Rs. 500 crores, then the imports in 1999 was ?

2. The imports were minimum proportionate to the exports of the company in the year
?

3. What was the percentage increase in imports from 1997 to 1998 ?

.
4. If the imports of the company in 1996 was Rs. 272 crores, the exports from the
company in 1996 was ?

5. In how many of the given years were the exports more than the imports ?

Q94 Study the following line graph and answer the questions based on it.
Number of Vehicles Manufactured by Two companies ove the Years (Number in
Thousands)
. What is the difference between the number of vehicles manufactured by Company
Y in 2000 and 2001 ?

2. What is the difference between the total productions of the two Companies in the
given years ?

.
3. What is the average numbers of vehicles manufactured by Company X over the
given period ? (rounded off to nearest integer)

4. In which of the following years, the difference between the productions of

Companies X and Y was the maximum among the given years ?

5. The production of Company Y in 2000 was approximately what percent of the

production of Company X in the same year ?