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S Smart Course Questions Q.
6 If Arun rides his scooter at a speed of 20

kmph, then he reaches his office 5 minutes
Q.1 A train runs at the rate of 45 km per hour. late. If he rides at 30kmph then he reaches
What is its speed in metres per second? 5 minutes early. Find the distance between
his home and office.
Q.2 A motor car takes 50 seconds to travel 500
Q.7 Walking at 5/7th of his usual rate, a man
metres. What is its speed in km per hour? reaches the, market 16 minutes late. Find
Q.3 A car travels 8 km in the first quarter of an his usual time taken to reach the market.
hour, 6 km in the second quarter and 16 km Q.8 Walking at 12/11th of his usual rate, a man
takes 5 minutes less to reach his office. Find
in the third quarter. The average speed of
his usual time taken to reach the office.
the car in km per hour over the entire Q.9 A train running between two towns arrives
journey is at its destination 10 minutes late when it
goes at 60 km per hour and 16 minutes. late
(A) 30 (B) 36
when it goes at 40 km per hour. Determine
(C) 40 (D) 24 the distance between the two towns.
Q.10 A man travelled a distance of 61 km in 9
[GATE 2013 : IIT Bombay (EC, EE, IN)]
hours partly on foot at the rate of 4 km per
Q.4 A tourist covers half of his journey by train hour and partly on bicycle at the rate of 9
at 60 km/h, half of the remainder by bus at km per hour. Find the distance travelled on
30 km/h and the rest by cycle at 10 km/h. foot.
The average speed of the tourist in km/h Q.11 A train, 140 metres long, moves at the rate
during his entire journey is of 36kmph. How long will it take to pass a
(A) 36 (B) 30 certain telegraph pole? (The height of the
(C) 24 (D) 18 pole is 2 m).
[GATE 2013 : IIT Bombay (ME, CSE)] Q.12 It takes 10 s and 15 s, respectively, for two
trains travelling at different constant speeds
Q.5 An automobile travels from city A to city B
to completely pass a telegraph post. The
and returns to city A by the same route. The
length of the first train is 120 m and that of
speed of the vehicle during the onward and
the second train is 150 m. The magnitude of
return journeys were constant at 60 km/h
the difference in the speeds of the two trains
and
(in m/s) is ____________.
90 km/h respectively. What is the average
speed in km/h for the entire journey? (A) 2.0 (B) 10.0
(A) 72 (B) 73 (C) 12.0 (D) 22.0
(C) 74 (D) 75 [GATE 2016 : IISC Banglore (IN)]
[GATE 2018 : IIT Guwahati (IN Set – 1)] Q.13 A train that is 280 metres long, travelling at
a uniform speed, crosses a platform in 60
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seconds and passes a man standing on the Q.19 Two trains start at the same time from
platform in 20 seconds. What is the length Aligarh and Delhi and proceed towards
of the platform in metres? each other at the rate of 16 km/hr and 21
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur km/hr respectively. When they meet , it is
(EC Set - 1, ME Set - 1)] found that one train has travelled 60 km
Q.14 From the time the front of a trains enters a more than the other. The distance between
platform, it takes 25 sec for the back of the the two stations is
train to leave the platform, while train (A) 445 km (B) 444 km
travelling at a constant speed of 54 km/h. At (C) 440 km (D) 450 km
the same speed, it takes 14 sec to pass a man Q.20 Trucks (10 m long) and cars (5 m long) go
running at 9 km/h in the same direction as on a single lane bridge. There must be a gap
the train. What is the length of the train and of at least 20 m after each truck and a gap
that of the platform in meters respectively? of at least 15 m after each car. Trucks and
(A) 210 & 140 (B) 162.5 & 187.5 cars travel at a speed of 36 km/h. If cars and
(C) 245 & 130 (D) 175 & 200 trucks go alternately, what is the maximum
[GATE 2018 : IIT Guwahati (ME Set – 1)] number of vehicles that can use the bridge
in one hour?
[GATE 2016 : IISC Banglore (EC Set - 1)]
Q.15 A train has 320 km to run. After going 1/5th (A) 1440 (B) 200
of the distance, the engine breaks down and (C) 720 (D) 600
it can only run the remaining part of the [GATE 2017 : IIT Roorkee (EC, BT, PI Set –
journey at 3/4th of the original speed. If it 1)]
arrives 2hrs 40minlate, what was its
original speed? Q.21 Budhan covers a distance of 19 km in 2
(A) 24 km/hr (B) 32 km/hr hours by cycling one fourth of the time and
(C) 48 km/hr (D) 64 km/hr walking the rest. The next day he cycles (at
the same speed as before) for half the time
Q.16 A tiger is 50 leaps of its own behind a deer.
The tiger takes 5 leaps per minute to the and walks the rest (at the same speed as
deer's 4. If the tiger and the deer cover 8 before) and covers 26 km in 2 hours. The
meter and 5 meter per leap respectively, speed in km/h at which Budhan walks is
what distance in meters will the tiger have
a run before it catches the deer?
(A) 1 (B) 4
[GATE 2015 : IIT Kanpur (EC Set – 2, ME
SET - 1)] (C) 5 (D) 6
Q.17 If a man cycles at 10 km/h, then he arrives [GATE 2017 : IIT Roorkee (IN, CE Set – 2)
at a certain place at 1:00 pm. If he cycles at Q.22 A boat covers a certain distance
15 km/h, he arrives at the same place at downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back
11:00 am. At what speed must he cycle to in 1
1
hours. If the speed of the stream be
get there at noon? 2
(A) 11 km/h (B) 12 km/h 3 kmph, what is the speed of the boat in still
(C) 13 km/h (D) 14 km/h water?
Q.18 Tower A is 90 m tall and tower B is 140 m (A) 12 kmph (B) 13 kmph
tall. They are 100 m apart. A horizontal (C) 15 kmph (D) None of these
skywalk connects the floors at 70 m in both Q.23 A motorboat, whose speed is 15 km/hr in
the towers. If a taut rope connects the top of still water goes 30 km downstream and
tower A to the bottom of tower B, at what comes back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes.
distance (in meters) from tower A will the The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:
rope intersect the skywalk? (A) 4 (B) 5
[GATE 2018 : IIT Guwahati (CE Set – 1)] (C) 6 (D) 10
GATE ACADEMY ® Time, Speed And Distance 3
Q.24 The speed of a boat in still water is 10 Q.25 A man can row at 8 km per hour in still
km/hr. If it can travel 26 km downstream water. If it takes him thrice as long to row
and 14 km upstream in the same time, the upstream, as to row downstream, then find
speed of the stream is: the stream velocity in km per hour.
(A) 2 km/hr (B) 2.5 km/hr [GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur
(C) 3 km/hr (D) 4 km/hr (EC Set – 3, ME Set – 3)]
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1. 12.5m/sec 2. 3. C
kmph
6. 10 km 7. 40 min 8. 55 min 9. 12 km 10. 16 km
11. 14 sec 12. A 13. 560 m 14. D 15. B
22.22
16. 800 m 17. B 18. 19. D 20. A
m
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21. D 22. C 23. B 24. C 25.
kmph
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S Smart Course Questions Q4. A can complete a piece of work in 10 days,
B can complete in 15 days and C can
Q.1 A can do a piece of work in 12 days while complete it in 20 days A, B and C started
B alone can do it in 15 days. In how many the work, starting from A then B and then
days can A and B working together C. In how many days work will be
complete it? completed.
Q.2 It takes two hours for a person X to mow ଵ ଷ
(A) 13 days (B) 13 days
the lawn. Y can mow the same lawn in ଶ ସ
ହ ଺
four hours. How long (in minutes) will it (C) 13 days (D) 13 days
଺ ଻
take X and Y, if they work together to Q.6 A can do a piece of work in 25 days and
mow the lawn? B can do it in 20 days. They work ogether
(A) 60 (B) 80 for 5 days and then A goes away. How
(C) 90 (D) 120 many more days will B require to finish
[GATE 2019: IIT Madras (EE)] the work?
Q.3 Two design consultants, P and Q, Q.7 A can do a piece of work in 10 days, B
started working from 8 AM for a in 12 days and C in 15 days. They all
client. The client budgeted a total of start the work together, but A
USD 3000 for the consultants. P leaves the work after 2 days and B
stopped working when hour hand leaves 3 days before the work is
moved by 210 degrees on the clock. Q completed. How many days did the work
stopped working when the hour hand last?
moved by 240 degrees. P took tea breaks Q8. A can complete a piece of work in 15 days
of 15 minutes each during her shift, but B in 20 days and C can complete in 30 days
took no lunch break. Q took only one alone. A starts the work and work for 2 days
lunch break for 20 minutes, but no tea then B joined him and they both work for 1
breaks. The market rate for consultants is more days. How many days they all will
USD 200 per hour and breaks are not paid. take to complete the remaining work.
After paying the consultants, the client (A) 4 days (B) 5 days
shall have USD ____ remaining in the (C) 8 days (D) 10 days
budget. Q.9 A certain number of men can finish a
(A) 000.00 (B) 300.00 piece of work in 60 days. If they were 8
(C) 166.67 (D) 433.33 men more, the workclould be finished in
[GATE 2019 : IIT Madras (EC)] 10 days less. Find the original number of
Q.4 A can complete a piece of work in 30 days. men.
With the help of B work can be complete in Q.10 12 men can build a wall 100 metres long,
work in 20 days. In how days B can 3 metres high and 0.5-metre- thick in 25
complete the work alone. days. In how many days’ will 20 men
(A) 30 days (B) 40 days build a wall 60 metres long, 4 metres high
(C) 45 days (D) 60 days and 0.25 metre thick?
GATE ACADEMY ® Time and Work 5
Q.11 3 men or 5 women can do a job in 12 (A) 10 : 11 (B) 11:10

days. How long will 6 men and 5 (C) 20 : 21 (D) 21 : 20
women take to finish the job?
[GATE 2016 : IISC Banglore (EC Set – 1, ME
Q.12 If 12 pumps can raise 1218 tons of water Set-1)]
in 11 days of 9 hours each, then how
Q.17 5 skilled workers on build a wall in 20
many pumps will raise 2030 tons of water
days; 8 semi-skilled workers can build a
in 12 days of 11 hours each?
wall in 25 days; 10 unskilled workers can
(A) 12 pumps (B) 15pumps build a wall in 30 days. If a team has 2
(C) 18 pumps (D) 14 pumps skilled. 6 semi-skilled and 5 unskilled
Q.13 Seven machines take 7 minutes to make workers, how long will it take to build
7 identical toys. At the same time rate the wall?
how many minutes would it take for 100 (A) 20 days (B) 18 days
machines to make 100 toys?
(C) 16 days (D) 15 days
(A) 1 (B) 7
[GATE 2010 : IIT Guwahati (EC, EE
(C) 100 (D) 700 CE, ME, CSE, IN)]
[GATE 2018 : IIT Guwahati (ME Set – 1)] Q.18 Five men can paint a building in 20 days, 8
Q.14 Ananth takes 6 hours and Bharath takes Women can paint the same building in 25
4 hours to read a book. Both started days and 10 Boys can paint it in 30 days. If
reading copies of the book at the same a team has 2 men, 6 Women and 5 Boys,
time. After how many hours is the number how long will it take to paint the building?
of pages to be rad by Ananth, twice that to
(A) 12 days (B) 13 days
be read by Bharath? Assume Ananth
(C) 14 days (D) 15 days
and Bharath read all the pages with
constant pace. [ESE 2017]
(A) 1 (B) 2 Q.19 A group of workers estimate to finish a
(C) 3 (D) 42 work in 10 days, but 5 workers could not
[GATE 2016 : IISC Banglore (CE Set - 2) join the work, if the rest of them finished
the work in 12 days, the number of
Q.15 1200 men and 500 women can build a
members present in the team originally is
bridge in 2 weeks. 900 men and 250
women will take 3 weeks to build the (A) 50 (B) 45
same bridge. How many men will be (C) 35 (D) 30
needed to build the bridge in one week [ESE 2017]
(A) 3000 (B) 3300 Q.20 If m students require a total of m pages of
(C) 3600 (D) 3900 stationery in m days, then 100 students
[GATE 2017 : IIT Roorkee (EC Set – 2)] will require 100 pages of stationery in
Q.16 P, Q, R and S are working on a (A) 100 days (B) m/100 days
project. Q can finish the task in 25 days, (C) 100/m days (D) m days
working alone for 12 hours a day. R can [GATE 2019 : IIT Madras GG, TF]
finish the task in 50 days, working alone
Q.21 Two persons A and B can complete a work
for 12 hours per day. Q worked 12 hours a
in 10 and 15 days respectively, working
day but took sick leave in the beginning
separately. In how many days will the work
for two days. R worked 18 hours a day
be completed, if they both work together. If
on all days. What is the ratio of work one
they received Rs. 300 as payment, then
by Q and R after 7 days from the start
what are their respective shares?
of the project?
Q.22 A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B R open for 4 hours then P is closed and Q is
in 20 days. They finished the work with the open. After 6 hours R is closed then find the
assistance of C in 5 days and got Rs. 45 as total time to fill the tank (in hours).
their wages. The share of each in wages (in [GATE 2019 : IIT Madras (ME)]
Rs.) is Q.27 It takes 30 minutes to empty a half-full tank
(A) 22.5, 12, 10.5 (B) 10.5, 12, 22.5 by draining it at a constant rate. It is decided
(C) 15, 11.25, 18.75 (D) 12.5, 13 19.5 to simultaneously pump water into the half-
Q.23 pipes can fill a reservoir in 15, 20, 30 and full tank while draining it. What is the rate
60 hours respectively. The first was opened at which water has to be pumped in so that
at 6 am, second at 7 am third at 8 am and it gets fully filled in 10 minutes?
fourth at 9 am. When will the reservoir be (A) 4 times the draining rate
full? (B) 3 times the draining rate
(A) 12.30 pm (B) 1.30 pm (C) 2.5 times the draining rate
(C) 1.00 pm (D) 12.50 pm (D) 2 times the draining rate
Q.24 A and B can fill a cistern in 4 and 5 hours [GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (EC Set – 2, ME
respectively and C can empty it in 2 hours. Set – 2)]
If three pipes be opened at 1, 2 and 3 am, Q.28 Two machines M1 and M2 are able to
when will the cistern be empty? execute any of four jobs P, Q, R and S. The
(A) 5 am (B) 2 pm machines can perform one job on one object
(C) 5 pm (D) 4 pm at a time. Jobs P, Q, R and S take 30
Q.25 A cistern has 3 pipes, A to supply and B and minutes, 20 minutes, 60 minutes and 15
C to drain. A can fill it in 10 hours while B minutes each respectively.
and C can empty it in 15 and 20 hours There are 10 objects each requiring exactly
respectively. If the cistern is 7/10 full when 1 job, Job P is to be performed on 2 objects,
they are all opened at once, in what time Job Q on 3 objects, Job R on 1 object and
will it be empty? Job S on 4 objects. What is the minimum
(A) 36 hours (B) 42 hours time needed to complete all the jobs?
(C) 48 hours (D) 52 hours
Q.26 Two pipes P and Q can fill the tank in 6 (A) 2 hours (B) 2.5 hours
hours and 9 hours while 3rd pipe R can (C) 3 hours (D) 3.5 hours
empty the tank in 12 hours. Initially P and [GATE 2017 : IIT Roorkee (CE, CH Set – 1)]
A Answer Keys
SMART COURSE QUESTIONS :
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1. 6 c`xr 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. B
3
6. 11 days 7. 9 days 8. B 9. 40 men 10. 6 days
11. 4 days 12. B 13. B 14. C 15. C
16. C 17. D 18. D 19. D 20. D
Rs. 180,
21. 22. C 23. C 24. C 25. B
Rs.120
14.5
26. 27. A 28. A
hours
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S Smart Course Questions P lost by 2 votes, then what was the total
number of voters?
Q.1 In a basket of fruits, 60% are mangoes and (A) 100 (B) 110
remaining 40% are apples. 25% of the
(C) 90 (D) 95
apples are green and the rest 75% are red.
[GATE 2011 : IIT Madras (EC, EE)]
Of the mangoes, 80% are red and the rest of
Q.6 Three friends, R, S and T shared toffee from
the mangoes are green. What percentage of
a bowl. R took 1/3rd of the toffees, but
the green fruits are mangoes?
returned four to the bowl. S took 1/4th of
Q.2 In a huge pile of apples and oranges, both
what was left but returned three toffees to
ripe and unripe mixed together, 15% are
the bowl. T took half of the remainder but
unripe fruits. Of the unripe fruits, 45% are
returned two back into the bowl. If the bowl
apples. Of the ripe ones, 66% are oranges.
had 17 toffees left, how many toffees-were
If the pile contains a total of 5692000 fruits,
originally there in the bowl?
how many of them are apples?
(A) 38 (B) 31
(A) 2029198 (B) 2467482
(C) 48 (D) 41
(C) 2789080 (D) 3577422
[GATE 2011 : IIT Madras (EC, EE)]
[GATE 2016 : IISc Bangalore
Q.7 In the summer of 2012, in New Delhi, the
(EC Set – 1, ME Set -1)]
mean temperature of Monday to
Q.3 In an exam, a student scored 50% of the
Wednesday was 41ºC and of Tuesday to
maximum marks and yet failed by 12
Thursday was 430 C . If the temperature on
marks. If he had scored 10% more than
Thursday was 15% higher than that of
what he scored, he would have just
Monday, then the temperature in 0 C on
managed to get the pass percentage. What
are the maximum marks of the paper? Thursday was
Q.4 ( x % of y ) + ( y % of x ) is equivalent to (A) 40 (B) 43
(C) 46 (D) 49
_______
[GATE 2013 : IIT Bombay (EC, EE, IN)]
 xy 
(A) 2% of xy (B) 2% of   Q.8 If prices decrease by 25%, by what
 100  percentage can consumption increase
(C) xy % of 100 (D) 100% of xy without affecting the expenditure?
[GATE 2016 : IISc Bangalore (CE Set - 2] Q.9 If the area of the circle is increased by 21%
Q.5 There are two candidates P and Q in an then what is the percentage increased in the
election. During the campaign, 40% of the circumference of the circle?
voters promised to vote for P, and rest for Q.10 If the price of petrol increases successively
Q. However, on the day of election 15% of by 20% and then by 10%, what is the net
the voters went back on their promise to change in percentage terms?
vote for P and instead voted for Q. 25% of Q.11 The length of a rectangle is increased by
the voters went back on their promise to 10%. What will be the percentage
vote for Q and instead voted for P. Suppose,
decreased in its breadth so as to have the Q.19 Find the C.I on Rs. 5,000 at 8% p.a. for 2
same area? years, compounding being done annually.
Q.12 A man sells an article at a profit of 25%. If Q.20 Find amount for Rs. 80,000 at 20% per
he had bought it at 20% less and sold it for annum, compounded semi – annually for 2
Rs. 10.50 less, he would have gained 30%. years.
Find the C.P. of the article. Q.21 Find C.I. on Rs. 10,000 at 10% for 9 months
Q.13 A fruit seller sold a basket of fruits at 12.5% compounded quarterly
loss. Had he sold it for Rs.108 more, he Q.22 Industrial consumption of power doubled
would have made a 10% gain. What is the from 2000-2001 to 2010-2011. Find the
loss in Rupees incurred by the fruit seller? annual rate of increase in percent assuming
(A) 48 (B) 52 it to be uniform over the years.
(C) 60 (D) 108 (A) 5.6 (B) 7.2
[GATE 2018 : IIT Guwahati (CE Set – 1)] (C) 10.0 (D) 12.2
Q.14 The price of a wire made of a super alloy [GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur
material is proportional to the square of its (EC Set – 4, ME Set - 4)]
Q.23 The population of a new city is 5 million
length. The price of 10 m length of wire is
and is growing at 20% annually. How many
Rs. 1600. What would be the total price (in
years would it take to double at this growth
Rs.) of two wires of lengths 4 m and 6 m?
rate?
(A) 768 (B) 832
(A) 3-4 years (B) 4-5 years
(C) 1440 (D) 1600
(C) 5-6 years (D) 6-7 years
[GATE 2018 : IIT Guwahati (CE Set – 1)]
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (CE Set - 2 IN)]
Q.15 The ratio of the number of boys and girls Q.24 Round–trip tickets to a tourist destination
who participated in an examination is 4:3. are eligible for a discount of 10% on the
The total percentage of candidates who total fare.
passed the examination is 80 and the In addition, groups of 4 or more get a
percentage of girls who passed is 90. The discount of 5% on the total fare. If the one
percentage of boys who passed is _______. way single person fare is Rs 100, a group of
[GATE 2019 : IIT Madras] 5 tourists purchasing round–trip tickets will
(A) 90.00 (B) 80.50 be charged Rs___________
(C) 55.50 (D) 72.50 [GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur
Q.16 If the radius of a right circular cone is (EE Set – 1, CSE Set - 1)]
increased by 50%, its volume increases by Q.25 The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in
(A) 75% (B) 100% Rupees grew at 7% during 2012-2013. For
(C) 125% (D) 237.5% international comparison, the GDP is
[GATE 2017 : IIT Roorkee compared in US Dollars (USD) after
(EC, BT, PI Set – 1)] conversion based on the market exchange
Q.17 Fiscal deficit was 4% of GDP in 2015 and rate. During the period 2012-2013 the
increased to 5% in 2016. If GDP increased exchange rate for the USD increased from
by 10% from 2015 to 2016. Then % Rs. 50 per USD to Rs. 60 per USD. India’s
increase in actual Fiscal deficit? GDP in USD during the period 2012- 2013
[GATE 2019: IIT Madras] (A) Increased by 5 %
Q.18 If an amount is kept at SI, it earns an interest (B) Decreased by 13%
of Rs. 600 in first two years but when kept (C) Decreased by 20%
at CI, it earns an interest of Rs. 660 in the (D) Decreased by 11%
same period. Find the rate of interest and [GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (EE Set - 3,
the Principal. CSE Set - 3)]
GATE ACADEMY ® Percentage And Its Applications 9
Q.26 Leila aspires to buy a car worth Rs.

10,00,000 after 5 years. What is the
minimum amount in Rupees that she should
deposit now in a bank which offers 10%
annual rate of interest, if the interest was
compounded annually?
(A) 5,00,000 (B) 6,21,000
(C) 6,66,667 (D) 7,50,000
[GATE 2018 : IIT Guwahati (EC Set – 1)]
A Answer Keys
1. 54.54% 2. A 3. 240 4. A 5. A
6. C 7. C 8. 33.33% 9. 10% 10. 32%
11. 9.09% 12. Rs.55 13. C 14. B 15. D
Rs.
16. C 17. 37.5% 18. Rs.1500 19. Rs. 832 20.
11712.8
21. Rs. 769 22. B 23. A 24. Rs. 850 25. D
26. B
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S Smart Course Questions (A) 150 cm. (B) 152 cm.
(C) 152.5 cm. (D) 154 cm.
Q.1 The avg. weight of 4 students is 64 kg.
When Tom joins the group, avg. weight of Q.7 The avg. wt. of 20 students in a class is 70
group increases by 2 kg. Find Tom’s kg. Later it was discovered that weight of
weight. one of the student is 88 kg, it is wrongly
spelt as 40 kg. Weight of another student is
(A) 68 kg. (B) 70 kg.
40 kg. it is wrongly spell as 68 kg. Find the
(C) 72 kg. (D) 74 kg. new avg. weight.
Q.2 6 friends has an average weight of 62 kg. (A) 68 kg. (B) 69 kg.
One of the student left the group having
(C) 70 kg. (D) 71 kg.
weight 52 kg. Find new avg. weight.
Q.8 The avg. temp of a town in a week is 300C
(A) 62 kg. (B) 64 kg.
and the temp from Monday to Thursday is
(C) 66 kg. (D) 68 kg. 300C and Thursday to Sunday is 400C. find
Q.3 The avg. wt. of 5 students in a class is 65 temp on Thursday (in degree Celsius).
kg. 2 friends with an avg. wt. of 70 kg. Left (A) 25 (B) 27
the group. Find the new avg. weight.
(C) 30 (D) 32
(A) 61 kg. (B) 61.67 kg.
Q.9 If A : B = 2 : 3, B : C = 4 : 5 and C : D = 6
(C) 62 kg. (D) 64 kg. : 7 then A : B : C : D is.
Q.4 The avg. wt. of 10 students is 80 kg. 3 (A) 16 : 22 : 30 : 35
students with an avg. wt. of 73 kg left the (B) 16 : 24 : 15 : 35
group. Find the new avg. wt. of class.
(C) 16 : 24 : 30 : 35
(A) 81 kg. (B) 82 kg.
(D) 18 : 24 : 30 : 35
(C) 83 kg. (D) 84 kg.
Q.10 Rs.1210 were divided among A, B, C so
Q.5 The avg. weight of 8 students in a class is that A: B = 5:4 and B : C = 9:10. then C gets
found to be 53 kg. If one of the student need
(A) Rs.340 (B) Rs.400
to be replace by other student. Such that
avg. weight of the class may increase by 2 (C) Rs.450 (D) Rs.475
kg. It the wt. of new student is 80 kg. Find Q.11 The ratio of the number of boys and girls in
the wt. of new student. a college is 7:8. If the percentage increase
(A) 62 kg. (B) 64 kg. in the number of boys and girls be 20% and
10% respectively. What will be the new
(C) 66 kg. (D) 68 kg
ratio
Q.6 The avg. height of 48 students in a class is
(A) 8 : 9
found to be 152 cm. later it was discovered
that the height of one of the student in a (B) 17 : 18
class is 126 cm. whereas his actual height is (C) 21 : 22
150 cm. find the new avg. height. (D) Cannot be determined
GATE ACADEMY ® Average And Ratio 11
Q.12 Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and (A) 400 kg (B) 560 kg
copper is 9 times as heavy as water. In what (C) 600 kg (D) 640 kg
ratio should these be mixed to get an alloy Q.20 Tea worth Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per
15 times as heavy as water kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 2 : 3 1 : 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per
(C) 1 : 2 (D) 3 : 2 kg, the price of the third variety per kg will
Q.13 85 kg of a mixture contains milk and water be:
in the ratio 27 : 7. How much more water is (A) Rs. 169.50 (B) Rs. 170
to be added to get a new mixture containing (C) Rs. 175.50 (D) Rs.180
milk and water in the ratio 3 : 1?
Q.21 The price of a wire made of a super alloy
(A) 5 lit. (B) 6.5 lit. material is proportional to the square of its
(C) 7.25 lit. (D) 8 lit. length. The price of 10 m length of wire is
Q.14 The electricity bill of a certain Rs. 1600. What would be the total price (in
establishment is partly fixed and partly Rs.) of two wires of lengths 4 m and 6 m?
varies as the number of units of electricity (A) 768 (B) 832
consumed. When in a certain month 540
(C) 1440 (D) 1600
units are consumed, the bill is Rs.1800. In
[GATE 2018 : IIT Guwahati (CE Set-1, EC
another month 620 units are consumed and
Set-1)]
the bill is Rs. 2040. In year another month
500 units are consumed. The bill for that Q.22 In what ratio must water be mixed with
month would be : milk to gain 20% by selling the mixture at
(A) Rs.1560 (B) Rs.1680 cost price?
(C) Rs.1840 (D) Rs.1950 Q.23 The milk and water in two vessels A and B
Q.15 Zinc and copper are melted together in the are in the ratio 4 : 3 and 2 : 3 respectively.
ratio 9:11. What is the weight of melted In what ratio, the liquids in both the vessels
mixture, if 28.8 kg of zinc has been be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel
consumed in it? C containing half milk and half water?
(A) 58 kg (B) 60 kg Q.24 Two vessels A and B contain milk and
(C) 64 kg (D) 70 kg water mixed in the ratio 8 : 5 and 5 : 2
respectively. Find the ratio in which these
Q.16 What is the ratio whose terms differ by 40
mixture be mixed to get a new mixture
2
and the measure of which is ? 3
7 containing 69 % milk, is:
13
(A) 16 : 56 (B) 14 : 56
(A) 2 : 7 (B) 3 : 5
(C) 15 : 56 (D) 16 : 72
(C) 5 : 2 (D) 5 : 7
Q.17 In what ratio must rice at Rs. 9.30 per kg be
mixed with rice at Rs. 10.80 per kg so that Q.25 A container contains 40 litres of milk From
the mixture be worth Rs. 10 per kg? this containers 4 litres of milk was taken out
and replaced by water. This process was
Q.18 In what ratio must tea at Rs. 62 per kg be
repeated further two times. How much milk
mixed with tea at Rs. 72 per kg so that the
is now contained by the container?
mixture must be worth Rs. 64.50 per kg?
(A) 3 : 1 (B) 3 : 2 (A) 26.34 litres (B) 27.36 litres
(C) 4 : 3 (D) 5 : 3 (C) 28 litres (D) 29.16 litres
Q.19 A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of [GATE 2012 : IIT Delhi]
which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at Q.26 8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine
18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. and is then filled with water. This operation
The quantity sold at 18% profit is: is performed three more times. The ratio of
the quantity of wine now left in cask to that Q.30 The ratio of age of two students is 3 : 2.
of the water is 16 : 65. How much wine did One is older to the other by 5 years. What
the cask hold originally? is the age of the Younger Student?
(A) 18 litres (B) 24 litres (A) 2 years (B) 10 years
(C) 32 litres (D) 42 litres (C) 2 years (D) 15 years
Q.27 A and B start a business with capital of Rs. Q.31 The ratio between Sumits and Prakash’s
20,000 and Rs. 10,000 respectively. They age at present is 2 : 3. Sumit is 6 years
get the profit after one year in ratio? younger than Prakash. The ratio of Sumit’s
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 3 : 2 age to Prakash’s age afters 6 years will be
(C) 4 : 3 (D) 1 : 1 (A) 2 : 3 (B) 1 : 2
Q.28 A start a business with Rs. 25,000. After 6
(C) 4 : 3 (D) 3 : 4
months B Joins A with 15,000. Find their
Q.32 The ratio of the ages of two persons is 4 : 7
profit sharing ratio after 1 year.
and the age of one of then is greater than
(A) 7 : 3 (B) 5 : 3
that of the other by 30 years. The sum of
(C) 10 : 3 (D) 10 : 6
their ages (in years) is
Q.29 A, B and C start a business. A invests 3
(A) 110 (B) 100
times as much as B invest. B invest 2/3rd of
(C) 70 (D) 40
what C invests. At the end of the year, they
Q.33 Four years ago the ratio of the age of A &
get Rs. 6600 as a profit. Find B’s share in
B was 2 : 3 and afters four years it will
the profit.
become 5 : 7. Find their present age.
(A) 800 (B) 1000
(A) 36 yrs & 40 yrs
(C) 1200 (D) 1500
(B) 32 yrs & 48 yrs
(C) 40 yrs & 56 yrs
(D) 36 yrs & 52 yrs
A Answer Keys

1. D 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. B
6. C 7. D 8. C 9. C 10. B
11. C 12. D 13. A 14. A 15. C
16. A 17. 8:7 18. A 19. C 20. C
21. B 22. 1:5 23. 7:5 24. A 25. D
26. B 27. A 28. C 29. C 30. B
31. D 32. A 33. D
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S Smart Course Questions Q.3 Following table gives data on tourists from
different countries visiting India in the year
Q.1 Mola taxi offers 3 rides pool, mini, prime. 2011.
Table given for number of rides for past 4
Country Number of Tourists
months mola platform earns 1 $ per ride.
USA 2000
%share of revenue contributed by prime to
England 3500
total revenue of mola for entire duration is
Germany 1200
[GATE 2019 : IIT Madras]
Italy 1100
Months
Type Japan 2400
Jan Feb Mar Apr
Australia 2300
Pool 170 320 215 190
France 1000
Mini 110 220 180 70
Which two countries contributed to the one
Prime 75 180 120 90 third of the total number of tourists who
(A) 16.24 (B) 23.97 visited India in 2011? [GATE 2013 :
(C) 38.74 (D) 25.86 IIT Bombay (CH)]
Q.2 Following table provides figures (in rupees) (A) USA and Japan
on annual expenditure of a firm for two (B) USA and Australia
years – 2010 and 2011. (C) England and France
Category 2010 2011 (D) Japan and Australia
Raw material 5200 6240 Q.4 An electric bus has onboard instruments
Power & fuel 7000 9450 that report the total electricity consumed
since the start of the trip as well as the total
Salary & wages 9000 12600
distance covered. During a single day of
Plant & 20000 25000
operation, the bus travels on stretches M, N,
machinery
O and P, in that order. The cumulative
Advertising 50000 19500 distance travelled and the corresponding
Research & 22000 26400 electricity consumption are shown in the
development Table below :
In 2011, which of the following two Cumulative Electricity
Stretch
categories have registered increase by same distance (km) used (kWh)
percentage? M 20 12
(A) Raw material and Salary & wages N 45 25
(B) Salary & wages and Advertising O 75 45
(C) Power & fuel and Advertising P 100 57
(D) Raw material and Research & The stretch where the electricity
Development consumption per km is minimum is
[GATE 2013 : IIT Bombay (CE)] [GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur, (EC-2, ME-2)]
(A) M (B) N (A) 2005 (B) 2004

(C) O (D) P (C) 2007 (D) 2006
Q.5 [GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (EC Set-1, ME
Set-1)]
Sunday 65 Q.7 The following graph represents the
55
installed capacity for cement production (in
Saturday 50 tonnes) and the actual production (in
60
tonnes) of nine cement plants of a cement
Friday 35 company. Capacity utilization of a plant is
20
defined as ratio of actual production of
Thursday 55 cement to installed capacity. A plant with
60
installed capacity of at least 200 tonnes is
Wednesday 50 called a large plant and a plant with lesser
60
capacity is called a small plant. The
65
Tuesday
55 difference between total production of large
plants and small plants, in tonnes is ______.
70
Monday
45 [GATE 2016 : IISc Bangalore EE
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 - 2]
300 Installed Capacity Actual Production
Y X
250
The number of minutes spent by two
250 230
220
200 200
Students, X and Y, exercising every day in a 190 190 190
Capacity/Production (tonnes)
200
180
given week are shown in the bar chart

160 150 160 160 150
150 140
above. 120
100
120
100
The number of days in a given week in
which one of the student spent a minimum 50
of 10% more than the other student, on a 0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
given day, is [[GATE 2021 : IIT Plant Number
Bombay (EC)] Q.8 The following figure shows the data of

(A) 5 (B) 4 students enrolled in 5 years (2014 to 2018)
(C) 7 (D) 6 for two schools P and Q. During this period,
Q.6 The exports and imports (in crores of Rs.) the ratio of the average number of the
of a country from 2000 to 2007 are given in students enrolled in school P to the average
the following bar chart. If the trade deficit of the difference of the number of students
is defined as excess of imports over exports, enrolled in schools P and Q is
in which year is the trade deficit l/5th of the [GATE 2020 : IIT Delhi (EC)]
exports? School P
120 School Q
Number of students (in thousands)
110 Exports Imports 8

100 7
90 6
80 5
70 4
3
60 2
50 1
40 Year
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
30
20 (A) 31 : 23 (B) 23 : 8
10
0 (C) 23 : 31 (D) 8 : 23
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
GATE ACADEMY ® DATA Interpretation 15
Q.9 The revenue and expenditure of four following year. Students always pass the
different companies P. Q, R and S in 2015 exam in their second attempt. The number
are shown in the figure. If the revenue of of students who took the exam for the first
company Q in 2015 was 20% more than time in the year 2nd and the year 3rd
that in 2014 and company Q had earned a respectively are ______.
profit of 10% on expenditure in 2014, then [GATE 2021 : IIT Bombay (EE)]
its expenditure (in million rupees) in 2014 70
60
was ________. 60
50 50
[GATE 2020 : IIT Delhi (EE)] 50
Revenue and Expenditure (in million Rupees) of four companies 40
P, Q, R and S in 2015
55
Revenue Expenditure
30
50
Revenue/Expenditure (in million Rupees)
20
45 10
40 10 5 3
35 0
30 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
25 Pass Fail
20 (A) 53 and 48 (B) 55 and 53
15
10
(C) 55 and 48 (D) 60 and 50
5 Q.12 40% of deaths on city roads may be
0
Company P Company Q Company R Company S attributed to drunken driving. The number
(A) 34.1 (B) 35.1 of degrees needed to represent this as a slice
(C) 33.7 (D) 32.7 of a pie chart is
Q.10 The profit shares of two companies P and Q (A) 120 (B) 144
are shown in the figure. If the two (C) 160 (D) 212
companies have invested a fixed and equal [GATE 2017 : IIT Roorkee (EC, BT, PI Set –
amount every year, then the ratio of the total 1)]
revenue of company P to the total revenue Q.13 The multi-level hierarchical pie chart
of company Q, during 2013 – 2018 is shows the population of animals in a
______. reserve forest.
[GATE 2020 : IIT Delhi (CH, BT)]
70
Company P Beetle Tiger
60
Re
Company Q
d-
an
50
t
Profit percentage
Ele
Honey-bee
40
pha
Mammal
nt
30
Insect
20
ard
Leop
10 Reptile
Moth Snake
Bird
0
Cr
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

oc
Bu
od
Hawk
Drongo
ile
Year
lb
Butterfly
ul
(A) 15 : 17 (B) 16 : 17
(C) 17 : 15 (D) 17 : 16 The correct conclusions from this
Q.11 The number of student passing or failing in information are :
an exam for a particular subject is presented (i) Butterflies are birds.
in the bar chart above. Students who pass (ii) There are more tigers in this forest than
the in exam cannot appear for the exam red ants.
again. Students who fails the exam in the (iii)All reptiles in this forest are either
first attempt must appear for the exam in the snakes or crocodiles.
(iv) Elephants are the largest mammals in
Tran 0%
this forest.
sport
1
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (EC-3, Labour
15%
at
ME-3)]
ion
(A) (i) and (ii) only.
Plant and
Raw Material
(B) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv). machinery 30%
20%
(C) (i), (iii) and (iv) only.
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii) only.
Energy
Q.14 The total exports and revenues from the 25%
exports of a country are given in the pie
charts below. The pie chart for exports
shows the quantity of each item as a Q.16 The pie chart below has the breakup of the
percentage of the total quantity of exports. number of students from different
The pie chart for the revenues shows the departments in an engineering college for
percentage of the total revenue generated the year 2012. The proportion of male to
through export of each item. The total female students in each department is
5 : 4. There are 40 males in Electrical
quantity of exports of all the items is 5 lakh
Engineering. What is the difference
tons and the total revenues are 250 crore between the number of female students in
rupees. What is the ratio of the revenue the Civil department and the female
generated through export of item 1 per students in the Mechanical department?
kilogram to the revenue generated through [GATE 2015 IIT Kanpur (CS-1, EE-1)]
export of the item 4 per kilogram?
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (CE-2, IN, PI)]
Exports Revenues Electrical
20% Computer
Item 6
Item 1
Item 6
Item 1 Science
16%
11%
16%
12% Mechanical 40%
Item 2 Item 2 10%
Item 5 20% Item 5 20%
12% 20% Civil
Item 4 Item 3 Item 3 30%
19% Item 4 23%
22% 6%
(A) 1:2 (B) 2:1 Q.17 The two pie-charts given below. Show the
(C) 1:4 (D) 4:1 data of total students and only girls
registered in different streams in a
Q.15 A firm producing air purifiers sold 200 university. If the total number of students
units in 2012. The following pie chart registered in the university students is 5000,
presents the share of raw material, labour, and the total number of the registered girls
energy plant and machinery, and is 1500; then the ratio of boys enrolled in
transportation costs in the total Arts to the girls enrolled in the Management
is ______.
manufacturing cost of the firm in 2012. The
expenditure on labour in 2012 is Rs. [GATE 2020 : IIT Delhi (ME-2, PI)]
Percentage of students enrolled Percentage of girls enrolled
450000. In 2013, the raw material expenses in different streams in a University in different streams
increased by 30% and all other expenses Arts

En 10
gin % Arts
ee
increased by 20%. What is the percentage 30%
Engineering
20% rin
g
30%
15% 20% Man 15%
increase in total cost for the company in Management
Commerce agem
ent
2013? 15% 20%

Commerce Science
25%
Science
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (EC-4, ME-4)]
GATE ACADEMY ® DATA Interpretation 17
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 9 : 22 Q.20

(C) 11 : 9 (D) 22 : 9 C6 Company Ratio
C1
Q.18 The monthly distribution of 9 Watt LED 15% 20% C1 3:2
C5 C2 C2 1:4
bulbs sold by two firms X and Y from 5%
20% C3
January to June 2018 is shown in the pie- 8% C3 5:3
32%
chart and the corresponding table. If the C4 2:3
C4
total number of LED bulbs sold by two C5 9:1
firms during April-June 2018 is 50000, then C6 3:4
the number of LED bulbs sold by the firm The distribution of employees at the rank
Y during April-June 2018 is _________. of executives, across different companies
[GATE 2020 : IIT Delhi (CE-2)] C1, C2, ….., C6 is presented in the chart
given above. The ratio of executives with a
management degree to those without a
management degree in each of these
companies is provided in the table above.
The total number of executives across all
companies is 10,000.
The total number of management degree
holders among the executives in companies
C2 and C5 together is _________ .
[GATE 2021 : IIT Bombay ME-1]
Ratio of LED bulbs
(A) 2500 (B) 600
Month sold by two firms
(C) 1900 (D) 225
(X:Y) Q.21 The bar graph in Panel (a) shows the
January 7:8 proportion of male and female illiterates in
February 2:3 2001 and 2011. The proportions of males
March 2:1 and females in 2001 and 2011 are given in
Panel (b) and (c), respectively. The total
April 3:2 population did not change during this
May 1:4 period. The percentage increase in the total
June 9:11 numbers of literates from 2001 to 2011 is
(A) 8250 (B) 9750 ___________.
(C) 8750 (D) 11250
Q.19 In a company P, Q, R, S, T categories of
employees’ work. In 2010, total number of
2001
employees were 600. From 2010 to 2016
2011
2011
total number of employees increased by
15%. In S category number of employees
were increased by 40% however, there is
no change in number of employees in P, Q
and R categories. Calculate number of T Panel (a)
category employees in 2016?
[GATE 2019 : IIT Madras]
Panel (b) Panel (c)

(A) 35.43 (B) 33.43 following line graph. If the number of

(C) 30.43 (D) 34.33 female students doubled in 2009, by what
Q.22 The fuel consumed by a motorcycle during percent did the number of male students
a journey while traveling at various speeds increase in 2009? [CS-2, EE-2]
is indicated in the graph below.
Ratio of male to female students

120 3.5
3
(kilometres per litre)
90
Fuel consumption
2.5
60
2
30 1.5
0 1
0 15 30 45 60 75 90
Speed 0.5
(Kilometers per hour)
The distances covered during four laps of 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
the journey are listed in the table below : Q.24 The ratio of male to female students in a
college for five years is plotted in the
Average Speed
Distance following line graph. If the number of
Lap (Kilometers per
(Kilometers) female students in 2011 and 2012 is equal,
hour)
what is the ratio of male students in 2012 to
P 15 15 male students in 2011?
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (CS-3, EE-3)]
Q 75 45
Ratio of male to female students
R 40 75 3.5
3
S 10 10
2.5
From the given data, we can conclude that
2
the fuel consumed per kilometers was least
1.5
during the lap
1
[GATE 2011 : IIT Madras (EC, EE, IN, MT)]
0.5
(A) P (B) Q
(C) R (D) S 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Q.23 The ratio of male to female students in a (A) 1 : 1 (B) 2 : 1
college for five years is plotted in the (C) 1.5 : 1 (D) 2.5 : 1
A Answer Keys

1. B 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. D
120
6. D 7. 8. B 9. A 10. B
tonne
11. C 12. B 13. D 14. D 15. Rs.20000
16. 32 17. D 18. B 19. 60 20. C
21. C 22. B 23. 140% 24. C
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(A) M (B) N (A) 2005 (B) 2004

given week are shown in the bar chart

of 10% more than the other student, on a 0

Bombay (EC)] Q.8 The following figure shows the data of

110 Exports Imports 8

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

(iv) Elephants are the largest mammals in

increased by 30% and all other expenses Arts

2013? 15% 20%

(A) 2 : 1 (B) 9 : 22 Q.20

Panel (b) Panel (c)

(A) 35.43 (B) 33.43 following line graph. If the number of

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