1. In a football tournament, a player has played a certain number of matches and 10more matches are to be played. If he scores a total of one goal over the next 10matches, his overall average will be 0.15 goals per match. On the other hand, if he scores a total of two goals over the next 10 matches, his overall average will be 0.2goals per match. The number of matches he has played is ______ TITA
2. A person buys tea of three different qualities at ₹ 800, ₹ 500, and ₹ 300 per kg, respectively, and the amounts bought are in the proportion 2 : 3 : 5. She mixes all the tea and sells one-sixth of the mixture at ₹ 700 per kg. The price, in INR per kg, at which she should sell the remaining tea, to make an overall profit of 50%, is 1) 688 2) 692 3) 653 4) 675
3. From a container filled with milk, 9 litres of milk are drawn and replaced with water. Next, from the same container, 9 litres are drawn and again replaced with water. If the volumes of milk and water in the container are now in the ratio of 16 : 9, then the capacity of the container, in litres, is _____
4. Raj invested ₹ 10000 in a fund. At the end of first year, he incurred a loss but his balance was more than ₹ 5000. This balance, when invested for another year, grew and the percentage of growth in the second year was five times the percentage of loss in the first year. If the gain of Raj from the initial investment over the two year period is35%, then the percentage of loss in the first year is
1) 10 2) 5 3) 70 4) 15
5. The sides AB and CD of a trapezium ABCD are parallel, with AB being the smaller side. P is the midpoint of CD and ABPD is a parallelogram. If the difference between the areas of the parallelogram ABPD and the triangle BPC is 10 sq cm, then the area, in sqcm, of the trapezium ABCD is
1) 40 2) 30 3) 25 4) 20
6. Anil, Bobby and Chintu jointly invest in a business and agree to share the overall profit in proportion to their investments. Anil’s share of investment is 70%. His share of profit decreases by ₹ 420 if the overall profit goes down from 18% to 15%. Chintu’s share of profit increases by ₹ 80 if the overall profit goes up from 15% to 17%. The amount, in INR, invested by Bobby is
1) 2200 2) 2400 3) 1800 4) 2000
7. Amal purchases some pens at Rs. 8 each. To sell these, he hires an employee at a fixed wage. He sells 100 of these pens at Rs. 12 each. If the remaining pens are sold at Rs. 11 each, then he makes a net profit of Rs. 300, while he makes a net loss of Rs. 300 if the remaining pens are sold at Rs. 9 each. The wage of the employee, in INR, is ______ TITA
8. A basket of 2 apples, 4 oranges and 6 mangoes costs the same as a basket of 1 apple, 4 oranges and 8 mangoes, or a basket of 8 oranges and 7 mangoes. Then the number of mangoes in a basket of mangoes that has the same cost as the other baskets is
1) 13 2) 12 3) 11 4) 10
9. The amount Neeta and Geeta together earn in a day equals what Sita alone earns in 6 days. The amount Sita and Neeta together earn in a day equals what Geeta alone earns in 2 days. The ratio of the daily earnings of the one who earns the most to that of the one who earns the least is
1) 11 : 3 2) 3 : 2 3) 7 : 3 4) 11 : 7
10. Identical chocolate pieces are sold in boxes of two sizes, small and large. The large box is sold for twice the price of the small box. If the selling price per gram of chocolate in the large box is 12% less than that in the small box, then the percentage by which the weight of chocolate in the large box exceeds that in the small box is nearest to
1) 135 2) 124 3) 127 4) 144
11. The strength of an indigo solution in percentage is equal to the amount of indigo in grams per 100 cc of water. Two 800 cc bottles are filled with indigo solutions of strengths 33% and 17%, respectively. A part of the solution from the first bottle is thrown away and replaced by an equal volume of the solution from the second bottle. If the strength of the indigo solution in the first bottle has now changed to 21% then the volume, in cc, of the solution left in the second bottle is _______ TITA
12. Onion is sold for 5 consecutive months at the rate of Rs 10, 20, 25, 25, and 50 per kg, respectively. A family spends a fixed amount of money on onion for each of the first three months, and then spends half that amount on onion for each of the next two months. The average expense for onion, in rupees per kg, for the family over these 5 months is closest to
1) 16 2) 26 3) 20 4) 18
13. Suppose hospital A admitted 21 less Covid infected patients than hospital B, and all eventually recovered. The sum of recovery days for patients in hospitals A and B were 200 and 152, respectively. If the average recovery days for patients admitted in hospital A was 3 more than the average in hospital B then the number admitted in hospital A was _______ TITA
14. Anil invests some money at a fixed rate of interest, compounded annually. If the interests accrued during the second and third year are Rs. 806.25 and Rs. 866.72, respectively, the interest accrued, in INR, during the fourth year is nearest to
1) 931.72 2) 926.84 3) 929.48 4) 934.65
15. Bank A offers 6% interest rate per annum compounded half yearly. Bank B and Bank C offer simple interest but the annual interest rate offered by Bank C is twice that of Bank B. Raju invests certain amount in Bank B for a certain period and Rupa invests ₹ 10,000 in Bank C for twice that period. The interest that would accrue to Raju during that period is equal to the interest that would have accrued had he invested the same amount in Bank A for one year. The interest accrued, in INR, to Rupa is
1) 1436 2) 2346 3) 2436 4) 3436
16. The cost of fencing a rectangular plot is ₹ 200 per ft along one side, and ₹ 100 per ft along the three other sides. If the area of the rectangular plot is 60000 sq. ft, then the lowest possible cost of fencing all four sides, in INR, is
1) 120000 2) 100000 3) 160000 4) 90000
17. The arithmetic mean of scores of 25 students in an examination is 50. Five of these students top the examination with the same score. If the scores of the other students are distinct integers with the lowest being 30, then the maximum possible score of the toppers is _______
18. A park is shaped like a rhombus and has area 96 sq m. If 40 m of fencing is needed to enclose the park, the cost, in INR, of laying electric wires along its two diagonals, at the rate of ₹125 per m, is _______
19. If a certain weight of an alloy of silver and copper is mixed with 3 kg of pure silver, the resulting alloy will have 90% silver by weight. If the same weight of the initial alloy is mixed with 2 kg of another alloy which has 90% silver by weight, the resulting alloy will have 84% silver by weight. Then, the weight of the initial alloy, in kg, is
1) 3 2) 2.5 3) 3.5 4) 4
20. A shop owner bought a total of 64 shirts from a wholesale market that came in two sizes, small and large. The price of a small shirt was INR 50 less than that of a large shirt. She paid a total of INR 5000 for the large shirts, and a total of INR 1800 for the small shirts. Then, the price of a large shirt and a small shirt together, in INR, is
1) 150 2) 225 3) 175 4) 200
21. One part of a hostel’s monthly expenses is fixed, and the other part is proportional to the number of its boarders. The hostel collects ₹ 1600 per month from each boarder. When the number of boarders is 50, the profit of the hostel is ₹ 200 per boarder, and when the number of boarders is 75, the profit of the hostel is ₹ 250 per boarder. When the number of boarders is 80, the total profit of the hostel, in INR, will be
1) 20200 2) 20500 3) 20000 4) 20800
22. A tea shop offers tea in cups of three different sizes. The product of the prices, in INR, of three different sizes is equal to 800. The prices of the smallest size and the medium size are in the ratio 2 : 5. If the shop owner decides to increase the prices of the smallest and the medium ones by INR 6 keeping the price of the largest size unchanged, the product then changes to 3200. The sum of the original prices of three different sizes, in INR, is _______
In a football tournament, a player has played a certain number of matches and 10 more matches are to be played. If he scores a total of one goal over the next 10 matches, his overall average will be 0.15 goals per match. On the other hand, if he scores a total of two goals over the next 10 matches, his overall average will be 0.2 goals per match. The number of matches he has played is ______ TITA
Case 1: \(\frac{g + 1}{x + 10} = 0.15 \Rightarrow g = 0.15x + 0.5\)
Case 2: \(\frac{g + 2}{x + 10} = 0.2 \Rightarrow g = 0.2x\)
Equating: \( 0.2x = 0.15x + 0.5 \Rightarrow x = 10 \)
Answer: 10
A person buys tea of three different qualities at ₹800, ₹500, and ₹300 per kg, respectively, and the amounts bought are in the proportion 2:3:5. She mixes all the tea and sells one-sixth of the mixture at ₹700 per kg. The price, in INR per kg, at which she should sell the remaining tea, to make an overall profit of 50%, is
1) 688 2) 692 3) 653 4) 675
Sells 1/6 at ₹700 → revenue = ₹1166.67
Remaining = 8.333 kg → Let price = x
\( x \cdot \frac{50}{6} = 5733.33 \Rightarrow x = 688 \)
Answer: 688
From a container filled with milk, 9 litres of milk are drawn and replaced with water. Next, from the same container, 9 litres are drawn and again replaced with water. If the volumes of milk and water in the container are now in the ratio of 16:9, then the capacity of the container, in litres, is ______
\(\left(1 – \frac{9}{x}\right)^2 = \frac{16}{25} \Rightarrow x = 45\)
Answer: 45 litres
Raj invested ₹10000 in a fund. At the end of first year, he incurred a loss but his balance was more than ₹5000. This balance, when invested for another year, grew and the percentage of growth in the second year was five times the percentage of loss in the first year. If the gain of Raj from the initial investment over the two year period is 35%, then the percentage of loss in the first year is
1) 10 2) 5 3) 70 4) 15
\( (1 – \frac{x}{100})(1 + \frac{5x}{100}) = 1.35 \Rightarrow x = 10 \)
Answer: 10%
The sides AB and CD of a trapezium ABCD are parallel, with AB being the smaller side. P is the midpoint of CD and ABPD is a parallelogram. If the difference between the areas of the parallelogram ABPD and the triangle BPC is 10 sq cm, then the area, in sq cm, of the trapezium ABCD is
1) 40 2) 30 3) 25 4) 20
\( A – \frac{A}{2} = 10 \Rightarrow A = 20 \Rightarrow \text{Total area} = 30 \)
Answer: 30









