1. If 50% of x = 30% y, then x : y is ?

2 : 3

5 : 3

3 : 2

3 : 5

Answer: 3 : 5

Explanation:


2. The prices of a school bag and a shoe are in the ratio 7 : 5. The price of a school bag is 200 more than the price of a shoe. Then the price of a shoe is ?

200

700

500

1,200

Answer: 500

Explanation:


3. Rama’s expenditures and savings are in the ratio 5 : 3. If her income increases by 12% and expenditure by 15%, then by how much per cent do her savings increase ?

12%

7%

8%

13%

Answer: 7%

Explanation:


4. In a class, the number of girls is 20% more than that of the boys. The strength of the class is 66. If 4 more girls are admitted to the class, the ratio of the number of boys to that of the girls is ?

1 : 2

3 : 4

1 : 4

3 : 5

Answer: 3 : 4

Explanation:


5. The ratio of the number of boys to that of girls in a school is 4 : 1. If 75% of boys and 70% of the girls are scholarship-holders, then the percentage of students who do not get scholarship is ?

50%

28%

75%

26%

Answer: 26%

Explanation:


6. 8 litres of water is added to 32 litres of a solution containing 20% of alcohol in water. What is the approximate concentration of alcohol in the solution now ?

24%

16%

8%

12%

Answer: 16%

Explanation:


7. 300 grams of sugar solution has 40% of sugar in it. How much sugar should be added to make it 50% in the solution ?

40 gram

10 gram

60 gram

80 gram

Answer: 60 gram

Explanation:


8. The ratio in which two sugar solutions of the concentrations 15% and 40% are to be mixed to get a solution of concentration 30% is ?

2 : 3

3 : 2

8 : 9

9 : 8

Answer: 2 : 3

Explanation:


9. How much pure alcohol has to be added to 400 ml of a solution containing 15% of alcohol to change the concentration of alcohol in the mixture to 32% ?

60 ml

100 ml

128 ml

68 ml

Answer: 100 ml

Explanation:


10. In one litre of a mixture of alcohol and water, water is 30%. The amount of alcohol that must be added to the mixture so that the part of water in the mixture becomes 15% is ?

1000 ml

700 ml

300 ml

900 ml

Answer: 1000 ml

Explanation: