AVERAGE, RATIO-PROPORTION, ALLIGATION

1. The prices of a scooter and a moped are in the ratio of 9 : 5. If a scooter costs
Rs.4200 more than a moped, find the price of the moped.
a) Rs. 5250 b) Rs. 4250 c) Rs. 5500 d) Rs. 1050

2. A person has some one Re, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio 5 : 9 : 8. If he
total has Rs.230, then how many 25 paise coins he has with him?
a) 160 b) 100 c) 80 d) 40

3. Find the smallest of the three numbers which are in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3, so that the
sum of their squares is equal to 504.
a) 6 b) 4 c) 3 d) 8

4. If a carton containing a dozen mirrors is dropped, which of the following cannot be

the ratio of broken mirrors to unbroken mirrors?
a) 5:1 b) 2:1 c) 3:4 d) 7:5

5. A greyhound pursues a hare and takes 5 leaps for every 6 leaps of the hare. But 4
leaps of the hound is equal to 5 leaps of the hare. Compare the rates of the hound
and the hare.
a) 20:24 b) 25:24 c) 24:25 d) 20:25

6. The average of five results is 32 & that of first 4 is 30. Find the value of fifth result
a) 32 b) 38 c) 40 d) 36
7. In a zoo, there are some pigeons and rabbits. Total number of heads is 350 and
legs 1000. How many pigeons are there?
a) 275 b) 150 c) 200 d) 75

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8. What is the average of an odd integer ‘a’ & five consecutive odd integers after ‘a’?
a) a+5 b) a+6 c) a+8 d) a+9

9. Divide Rs. 1320 among 7 men, 11 women and 5 boys so that each woman may
have 3 times as much a boy, and a man as much as a woman and a boy together.
Find how much does each man receives.
a) 40 b) 60 c) 80 d) 120

10. The average of 15 numbers is calculated as 16. It was discovered later that, while
calculating the average one number, 14 was misread as 44. Find the correct
average.
a) 15.5 b) 14.5 c) 16 d) 14

11. The average age of 45 persons is decreased by 1/9 year when one of them whose
age is 60 years is replaced by a new person. Find the age if the new person.
a) 35 b) 58 c) 55 d) 50

12. In a group of 12 boys if two boys aged 14 and 18 are replaced by two other boys
the average drops by 1 year. What is the average age of the two new boys?
a) 15 b) 13 c) 16 d) 10

13. Nine students of a class contribute a certain sum. Seven of them give Rs.5 each
and the other two give Rs.5 and Rs. 9 more than the average contribution of all the
9 students. The average contribution of the class of 9 students is:
a) Rs.10 b) Rs.14 c) Rs.7 d) Rs.12
14. In 40 litres mixture of milk and water the ratio of milk and water is 3 : 1. How much
water should be added in the mixture so that the ratio of milk to water becomes 2:1?
a) 5L b) 10 L c) 2L d) 9L

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15. How much salt should we add to a kg. of 40% salt-solution to make it 50%?
a) 500 gm. b) 200 gm. c) 2 kg. d) 100 gm.

16. In what ratio should water be mixed with a chemical costing Rs. 30/liter such that
after selling it for Rs. 25/liter he may get a profit of 25%?
a) 2:3 b) 3:2 c) 2:1 d) 5:3

17. 400 gm of sugar solution has 35% sugar in it. How much sugar should be added to
make it 50% in the solution?
a) 80 gm b) 60 gm c) 120 gm d) 40 gm

18. A tin contains 40 liters of brine and water. 85% of the brine & 25% of the water is
drawn out. The vessel is now vacated by 50%. Find initial ratio of brine & water.
a) 17:5 b) 5:7 c) 5:17 d) 10:2

19. A dishonest beautician uses a mixture having 5 parts pure face lotion and 3 parts
pure water. After taking out some of the mixture, she adds equal quantity of pure
water to the remaining mixture such that the quantity of face lotion and water
becomes equal. How much of the mixture was taken out by the beautician?
a) 1/4 b) 1/5 c) 1/6 d) None of these

20. A can contains wine up to its brim. Eight liters are drawn out of the can & filled with
water. This is repeated again. The quantity of wine left in the can to the water is
now 25 : 144 in ratio. What is the capacity of the can?
a) 169 b) 100 c) 50 d) 13

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 Answer Key : Ratio, proportion, Average & Alligation
1 A 2 A 3 A 4 C 5 B 6 C 7 C 8 A 9 C 10 D
11 C 12 D 13 C 14 A 15 B 16 C 17 C 18 B 19 B 20 D