QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

gallons of A must be mixed with 90 gallons of B

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so that the resultant mixture contains 40% milk?
(Alligation method)
(a)100 gallon (b)125 gallon (c)122.50gallon
Ref: BQAHO15-1 (d) 120gallon (e)128.5gallon
1. Average
The average height of girls is 156cm and that of
boys is 174cm, if the average height of whole
class is 160cm. Calculate the ratio of boys and
girls in the class.
2. Profit and Loss
David bought a type of rice for 30 $ per pound
and other type at 50 $ per pound. If he mixed
the rice in a certain ratio and the mixture cost 33
$ per pound, Calculate the ratio in which the
quantities are mixed.
3. Simple Interest
Danny invested some part of his saving in
mutual fund which gave 6 % rate of return and
other part in gold which gave 13 % rate of
retuen. If he earned 10 % on his investments,
calculate the ratio in which investments were
made.
4. Mixture
John has a solution which has 60 % concentrated
Sulphuric acid. Jack's solution has 90 % of water
and rest Sulphuric acid. They both mix their
solution to get 50 lit. of 40 % concentrated
Sulphuric acid solution. Find the ratio in which
solutions were mixed.
5. Speed, Time and Distance
The speed of mars orbitar from earth to moon
was 1000 miles per hour while from moon to
mars it travelled at an average speed of 2300
miles per hour. If the overall average speed was
1800 miles per hour then calculate the ratio of
time taken to travel from Earth to Moon to the
time taken to travel to Mars from Moon.
6. Seed mixture X is 40 percent ryegrass and 60
percent bluegrass by weight; seed mixture Y is
25 percent ryegrass and 75 percent fescue. If a
mixture of X and Y contains 30 percent ryegrass,
what percent of the weight of this mixture is X ?
(GMAT OG 13th edition)
(a)10%
(b)33.33%
(c)40%(d)50%
(e)66.66%
7. A rabbit on a controlled diet is fed daily 300
grams of a mixture of two foods, food X and food
Y. Food X contains 10% protein and food Y
contains 15% protein. If the rabbit's diet
contains exactly 38 grams of protein daily, how
many grams of food X are in the mixture? ()
(a)100 (b)140 (c)150 (d)160 (e)200
8. Two mixtures A and B contain milk and water
in the ratio 2:5 and 5:4 respectively. How many

9. Three maths classes with different no.

students gave an algebra test.

The average score in class X is 83.

The average score in class Y is 76.
The average score in class Z is 85.
The average score of all students in classes X
and Y together is 79.
The average score of all students in classes Y
and Z together is 81.
What is the average score for all the three
classes, taken together?
(a)81.5
(b)80 (c)80.5(d)81 (e)none
10. The owner of Gada Electronics, Jethalal sold total
108 mobiles of two companies last month. Samsung
mobiles were sold at 36% profit and Nokia at 9%
profit. If he made total 17% profit on total sales of
these mobile phones, how many Samsung phones did
he sell?
(a)76 (b)32 (c)40 (d)60 (e)none
11. 400 people live in Gokuldham society. Average
weight of men is 80kg and women is 60 kg. If the
average weight of all people combined is 65 kg, how
many women live in this society?
(a)300 (b)250 (c)200 (d)350 (e)none
12. Dr.Haathi has taken some loan from State bank of
India at 8% interest rate per annum. He has also
borrowed some money from ICICI at 10% interest. The
total loan amount is Rs.10,000. He pays total Rs.950
as interest rate at the end of first year. How much
money did he borrow from the State bank of India?
(a)2500
(b)2750
(c)5000
(d)7500
(e)none
13. Roshan Singh Sodhi is the owner of a big hotel.
The average salary of all employees is Rs.8500. The
average salary of 7 cooks is Rs.10,000. If the average
salary of remaining employees is Rs. 7800, find the
total number of people employed by Roshan Singh
Sodhi.
(a)15 (b)12 (c)22 (d)20 (e)none
14. Bhide master bought a set of laptop and printer
for Rs.20000.He sold the laptop for 20% profit and
printer for 10% loss. Overall, he made 2% profit. Find
the cost price of laptop.
(a)8000
(b)12000 (c)8160
(d)12240
(e)none

15. 75 liter mixture of wine and water contains 80%

wine. How much water should be added to decrease
the concentration of wine to 75%?
(a)3
(b)7
(c)5
(d)10 (e)none
16. A man travels part of his journey by bicycle at 20
Km/h and remaining distance by car at speed of 70
Km/h covering the entire journey at an average speed
of 50 Km/h. What is the ratio of distance covered by
bicycle and car?
(a)2:5 (b)4:9
(c)2:3
(d)4:21 (e)none
17. A water tank contains 5% salt by weight. x
litres of fresh water is added to 40 litres of tank
water, so that the solution contains 2% salt.
What is the value of x?
Practice
Questions
(a)40
(b)50
(c)55
(d)60
(e)none
Case
Journalist
Popatlalwater
took be
some
loanwith
from Matkaa-King Mohanlal @36% interest rate and some
18. InI:what
ratio should
mixed
loan
Taarak
Mehta
@10%
interest
rate. Total money borrowed Rs.6000. At the end of first year,
winefrom
worth
Rs. 60
per litre
so that
the seller
Popat
total
of Rs.912.
Answer
following
questions
earns paid
a profit
ofinterest
25% after
selling the
mixture
for
(a)Total
amount
Rs. 50 per
litre? borrowed
(b)Money
borrowed
from
(a)2:1
(b)3:1
(c)3:2Mehta
(d)1:2
(e)none
(c)Money borrowed from Mohan
(d)Effective interest rate on total borrowing
Case II: Jethalal bought a chair+table set @Rs.6000. Later he sold Chair @10% loss and table @10
profit. Overall he gained Rs.100. Answer following questions
(a)Cost price of Chair
(b)Cost price of Table
(c)Selling price of Chair
19. A class of consists of 60 boys and 50 girls.
(d)Selling Price of Table
Average weight of boys is 60 kgs and of girls is
40 kgs. Calculate average weight of the class.
Case III: In Tappus class, the average weight of boys and
girls is(b)55
77.5kg,(c)56
70kg respectively.
Overall
(a)53
(d)57
(e)none
average weight of all students is 74 kg.
(a)Find Ratio of Boys: girls
20. Jethalal purchased some mobile phone
(b)If total number of students is 30, how many boys studymemory
in Tappus
class?
cards
for Rs.1000. He sold memory
(c)At present, total number of students is 60. If school administration
wants to
haveRs.400
equal number
of
cards worth rupees
worth
at 10% profit.
boys and girls in this class, how many new girls should beAtadmitted?
what percent profit should he sell the
remaining memory cards, to gain overall profit of
Case IV: In a state, total number of Desi-liquor dens and20%?
Land mafias is 100. They pay total Rs.1650
crores bribe to home minister every year. Average bribe paid
den and
mafia is
(a)15by each
(b)17Desi-liquor
(c)20 (d)26
2/3land
(e)none
15 crores and 20 crores respectively.
(a)Find total number of land mafias in this state
(b)Final total bribe paid by these land mafias
(c)Owing to media-pressure, the home minister orders police to close down some of the desi-liquor
dens. Now his total bribe income declined by 20%. What is the new ratio of liquor den: land mafias?
Case V: A parking lot has only cars and bikes. Average number of tires per vehicle is 2.9. There are 55
bikes in this parking plot.
(a)Find total number of cars
(b)If 5 cars are added and 5 bikes are removed, whatll be the new average number of tires per
vehicle?

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