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QUANTITATIVE ABILITY BOOKLET

Ref: QT2403
(Ratio, Proportion & Variation)

Fast solving Questions

1. The salaries of David and John are in the ratio of 59. 9. Two numbers are in the ratio 4: 7. If 14 is added to
The sum of their salaries is 35,000. Find their each, they are in the ratio 5: 7. Find the numbers.
individual salaries.
10. Find the value of x, if (3x - 2) : (2x - 1) = (4x + 8) :
2. If a: b = 3:5, then find (2a + 4b): (3a + 5b). (7x - 2).

3. The runs scored by Rahul and Ramesh are in the 11. x varies inversely as y2 - 6 and is equal to 2 when
ratio of 13: 7. If Ramesh scored 48 runs less than y = 16, find x when y = 6.
Rahul, then find their individual runs.
12. The volume of a cylinder varies jointly as its height
4. What number shall be added to or subtracted from and the area of its base. When the area of the base is
each term of the ratio 7: 16, so that it becomes equal 64 sq.ft. and the height is 10 ft, the volume is 640 cu.ft.
to 2:3? What is the height of the cylinder, whose volume is 360
cu.ft and area of base is 72 sq.ft?
5. Divide 784 into four parts such that 4 times the first
part, three times the second part, twice the third part 13. The incomes of A and B are in the ratio of 3: 4 and
are each equal to twelve times the fourth part. their expenditures in the ratio of 4: 5. Find the ratio of
their savings, given that B saves a third of his income.
6. Divide 4200 into four parts such that a fourth of the
first part, a sixth of the second part, an eighth of the 14. If x varies directly with y check whether (x + y)2
third part and a tenth of the fourth part are all equal. varies directly with (x - y)².

7. If a: b = 2:3 and b : c = 4:3, then find the value of a: 15. The expenses per month of Ravi's car are partly
b: c. constant and partly vary with the number kilometers he
travels in that month. When he travels 100 km in a
8. If x/y = 2/5, then find (2x+3y)/(3x+7y) month, the total expenses come to Rs. 3200. If he
travels 150 km, it is Rs. 3800. Find the total expenses,
if he travels 250 km in a month.

Concept Based Questions

1. Twenty-five chocolates are distributed in the ratio 2: (A) 3:1 (B) 2:1 C) 5:3 (D) 7:5
3 between Sita and Rita. How many chocolates did
Rita get? 7. There are a total of 30 employees in a company. The
ratio of male employees to the female employees is
2. If a: b = 2: 7 then find 2a: 3b. 8:7 How many female employees have to be recruited
(A) 4:21 (B) 21:4 (C) 3:7 (D) 7:3 so that the ratio becomes 1:1?

3. If x: y = 3: 7 and y: z = 7: 4 find x: z. 8. The weights of Arun and Bala are in the ratio 4: 5. If
(A) 4:3 (B) 3:2 (C) 2:3 (D) 3:4 their total weight is 45 kg, find the weight of Bala.
(A) 15 kg (B) 20 kg C) 30 kg (D) 25 kg
4. Ratio of two numbers is 3: 7 and their sum is 20.
Find the smaller of the two numbers. 9. The present ages of two persons are in the ratio
3: 5. Five years hence, the ratio of their ages will be
5. If a: b = 7: 4, then find (a + b): (a - b). 2: 3. Find the present age of the younger person.
(A) 11:3 (B) 3:11 C) 4:7 (D) 7:4 (A) 15 years (B) 20 years (C) 25 years (D) 30 years

6. If p: q = 4:1, p = a + b and q = a - b, then find a : b.

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10. The marks obtained by Raju in Maths, Physics and

Chemistry are in the ratio 2: 3: 4. If the total marks that 16. Quantities x and y are inversely proportional.
Raju obtained in these three subjects is 189, how When x = 9. then y = 30. Find the value of y when x =
many marks did Raju score in Maths? 6.
(A) 45 (B) 20 (C) 27 (D) 33
11. The salaries of A and B are in the ratio 2: 3. The
expenditures of A and. B are in the ratio 3:4. What is 17. There are two variables x and y, where x varies
the ratio of the savings of A and B? directly as the cube root of y. When y = 8, x = 2. Find
(A) 3:5 (B) 1:1 x when y = 216.
(C) 1:2 (D) Cannot be determined
18. Quantity A varies directly as the product of B and
12. If 8:27 is the triplicate ratio of a : b, then find a:b. C. A = 300 when B = 20 and C = 50. What is the value
(A) 4:9 (B) 9:4 (C) 2:3 (D) 3:2 of B when A = 900 and C = 60?
(A) 40 (B) 45 (C) 50 (D) 60
13. If 2: 3 is the sub-duplicate ratio of a: b, then find
the duplicate ratio of a: b. 19. A quantity P varies directly as the sum of Q and Rs
(A) 81:16 (B) 4:9 (C) 9:4 (D) 16: 81 If Q increases by 2 and R increases by. 2, then how
much does P increase by?
14. If a = 50b/100 and b = 25c/100, then find a:c. (A) 0 (B) 2
(A) 1:2 (B) 1:4 (C) 3:4 (D) 1:8 (C) 4 (D) Cannot be determined

15. Salary of A in a month varies directly with the 20. A quantity x varies inversely as the product of y and
number of working days in the month. A got a salary of z. When y = 7 and z = 8, then x value of x when y = 4
Rs. 10,000, in a month which had 25 working days. and z = 10?
What salary will he get in a month which has 26
working days?

Exercise – 3(a)

1. Given a: b = 3: 4, find
2𝑎 + 3𝑏 (A) 4:3 (B) 3:5 (C) 5:3 (D) 2:1
За + 4𝑏
(A) 14:25 (B) 16:25 (C) 9:25 (D) 18: 25 7. There are five vessels, with equal capacities, each
containing some milk. The quantities of milk in the 5
2. P. Q, R, S, T and U are natural numbers. P : Q = 4, vessels are in the ratio 4: 5: 6: 7: 8. The total quantity
Q : R = 1/2, R : S = 1/9, S : T= 3 and T : U = 1/8 Find of milk in the five vessels is equal to 75% of the total
the value of PQR: STU. capacities of the 5 vessels. How many of the vessels
(A) 1: 324 (B) 1:216 (C) 1:432 (D) 1:648 are at least 64% full of milk?

3. A bag has coins in the denominations of 50 p, 25р 8. A number is divided into five parts. Twice the first
and 20 p in the ratio 4: 2: 1. If the total value of the part, thrice the second part and four times the fourth
coins is Rs. 54, find the number of 25 p coins in the part are equal. Twice the second part, five times the
bag. third part and six times the last part are equal. Which
of the following is always true if all the parts are
4. In an exam, the ratio of Ajay's marks and Balu's integers?
marks is 4: 5. If each of them had scored 36 more (A) The first part is a multiple of 72.
marks, the ratio of their marks would be 7: 8. Find (B) The second part is divisible by the fourth part.
Balu's (C) The first part is a factor of the last part.
(A) 60 (B) 56 (C) 64 (D) 36 (D) The product of the first and fourth parts is divisible
by 30.
5. A party is attended by a total of 60 persons. If the
ratio of men and women is 3: 2, how many more men 9. Three friends, Aravind, Bharath and Chandu are
must join the party so that the ratio becomes 7: 3? about to have their breakfast. Aravind has 7 apples;
(A) 10 (B) 15 C) 20 (D) 25 Bharath has 5 apples and Chandu has no apples but
has 12 coins. He offers to pay for some apples. They
6. The ratio of earnings to expenditure of A is 5: 3 and agree to share the 12 apples equally among
that of B is 7 : 6. If the savings of A are twice that of B, themselves and agree that Chandu would pay 12
then what is the ratio of the total earnings of A and B coins for his share. Bharath suggests that he be paid
to the total expenditure of A and B? 5 coins and Aravind be paid 7 coins. Aravind says that

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he should get more than 7 coins. How much should 18. If heat radiated by a certain body per unit time
Aravind get coins? varies directly with the square root of the excess of the
temperature of the body over the ambient
Directions for questions 10 and 11: temperature. The heat radiated by the body in 1
There are two villages P and Q. The population of second is 12 joules, when the temperature of the body
village P exceeds that of village Q by 100. The ratios is 34°C. Find the temperature of the body when the
of the number of males and that of females in villages heat radiated in 1 second was 20 joules. (Assume the
P and Q are 5 : 7 and 3 : 7 respectively. Each person ambient temperature to be 25°C).
in the village belongs to exactly one category - (A) 60°C (B) 45°C (C) 40°C (D) 50°C
employed, unemployed and studying. The ratios of the
number of the employed, the unemployed and those 19. A quantity Q is obtained by adding three quantities.
who are studying in the two villages P and Q are 1 : 2 The first is a constant, the second varies directly as the
: 3 and 1 : 3 : 6 respectively. The number of those who square root of y and the third varies directly as the
are studying in the two villages are equal. cube root of y. When y = 1, Q = 90, when y = 64, Q =
450 and when y = 729, Q = 1270. Find the constant.
10. Find the population of village P.
(A) 500 (B) 600 (C) 550 (D) 650 20. The time taken by a group of workers to complete
a piece of work varies directly with the amount of work
11. How many more / less unemployed people are to be done by them when the number of workers is
there in village Q when compared to that in village P? constant and inversely as the number of workers in the
(A) 50 more (B) 50 less (C) 20 more (D) 20 less group when the amount of work is constant. If 8
workers take 1/2 a day to plough 2 acres of a field, find
12. An old man makes a will to divide his property the time taken by 16 workers to plough 8 acres of the
among his wife and his two sons such that his wife gets field.
half of the total amount received by his sons. His (A) 1/2 days (B) 1/4 days (C) 3/4 days (D)1 day
younger son gets a third of the total amount received
by his wife and his elder son. If his wife gets Rs. 60000 21. The value of a diamond varies directly with the
worth of property more than the youngest son, find the square of its weight. A diamond broke into three pieces
total value of the property of the man. (in lakhs of whose weights were in the ratio 32 : 24 : 9. The loss
rupees). caused due to the breakage was Rs. 25.44 lakhs. Find
the initial value of the diamond (in lakhs of rupees).
𝑝+𝑞 𝑞+𝑟 𝑝+𝑟
13. If = = = k, then find k.
𝑟 𝑝 𝑞 22. The expenses for yoga classes in a colony are
(A) 1 (B) -1 (C) 2 (D) Either (B) or (C) partly constant and partly varying with the number of
members. If there are 50 members, then each of the
14. A string is cut into two parts such that the ratio of members has to bear Rs. 220 per month and if there
the lengths of the complete string and the smaller part are 10 more members, then the share of each of the
is 20 times the ratio of the lengths of the smaller part members comes down by Rs. 15 per month. How
and the larger part. Find the ratio of the length of the many members would be there if the share of each
string and the square of the length of the smaller part member is Rs. 160?
(taken in cm) if the longer part is 4 cm long (A) 150 (B) 130
(A) 5:3 (B) 5:4 (C) 5:2 (D) 5:1 (C) 90 (D) Cannot be determined

15. The mean proportional between two numbers is 12 23. Spice Airline has a free luggage allowance of f kg.
The third proportional of the same numbers is 96. Find If any passenger carries excess luggage, it is charged
the greater of the two numbers. at a constant rate per kg. The total luggage charge
paid by two passengers Mohan and Sohan is Rs.
16. If a - b varies directly with a + b, a2 – b2 will vary 1050. If each of Mohan and Sohan had carried twice
directly with the luggage he actually did, their luggage charges
(A) a2 + b2 (B) ab would have been Rs. 2400 and Rs. 900 respectively.
(C) a2 + b2 + 3ab (D) More than one Find Mohan's luggage charge.

17. The volume of cube is directly proportional with the Directions for questions 24 and 25:
cube of its side. If three cube of sides 6cm, 8cm, and Thomas and Lala who live in a remote location, use
10 cm are taken together and melted to form a fourth special services under a particular scheme from a
cube, find the side of the fourth cube. special provider in which the bill depends on the
(A) 10 cm (B) 12 cm (C) 14 cm (D) 16 cm number of outgoing calls made and the number of
incoming calls received. For every outgoing call made,

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the charge is Rs. 2.50 and for every incoming call 4

equal to ( )th of what Koushik ate, and also equal to
received the charge is Re. 1. In a particular month, the 5
number of calls received by Thomas was 10 more than 4
( )th of what Vamsi ate. What portion of the biryani did
that received by Lala. 9
Vamsi eat, if the three together ate the complete pack?
24. If the number of outgoing calls made by Lala was (A) 4/9 (B) 5/9 (C) 4/5 (D) 1/2
70 and the total number of calls (i.e., incoming calls
received and outgoing calls made) for Lala was 150, 28. The amounts of money with Baahu and Bhalla
what was the bill for Lala? were in the ratio 7 : 6. Every day, Baahu spends a fixed
(A) Rs. 255 (B) Rs. 250 amount while Bhalla, being more prudent, doesn't
(C) Rs. 245 (D) Rs. 260 spend anything but instead earns an amount, which is
one-sixth of what Baahu spends. After six days, the
25. If Thomas received a bill of Rs. 250 and the amounts with them are in the ratio 10 : 9. After how
number of calls received by Lala is 60, then what is the many more days will that ratio be less than one for the
total number of calls (i.e., incoming calls received and first time?
outgoing calls made) for Thomas and Lala together, if
the number of calls made by Lala is 20 more than that 29. Naveen distributed a certain amount of money
made by Thomas? among his sons Ram, Venky and Nag in the ratio 3: 4:
(A) 324 (B) 314 (C) 304 (D) 294 5. Nag distributed the total amount with him among his
daughters Priya, Rekha and Jhansi in the ratio 6: 7: 8.
26. The consumption of diesel per hour of a bus varies If Priya got an amount of Rs. 3000, find the amount (in
directly as the square of its speed. When the bus is Rs.) that Venky got from his father.
travelling at 40 kmph its consumption is 1 litre per hour.
If each litre costs 740 and other expenses per hour 30. Cindy eats a certain quantity of rice daily and she
cost Rs. 40, then what would be the minimum has a rice bag which would last her 153 days. The
expenditure required to cover a distance of 400 km? same rice bag would last Shivani 136 days if she eats
a certain quantity of rice every day. For how many days
27. Mahesh, Koushik and Vamsi ordered a family pack rice bag last if both ate from it?
of biryani. The quantity, of biryani that Mahesh ate was

Exercise – 3(b)
Level of Difficulty – 1

1. Number 85 is divided into two parts such that thrice (A) 35 (B) 40 (C) 45 (D) 50
the first part and twice the second part are in the ratio
18: 5. Find the first part. 3. If x : y : z = 3 : 5 :7 and a = 2x, b = 3y and c = 6z,
(A) 48 (B) 55 (C) 45 (D) 60 then a: b: c is equal to.
(A) 2 : 3 : 6 (B) 2 : 5 : 14
2. When Ganesh was asked about his score in the last (C) 5 : 8 : 13 (D) 1 : 2 : 1
classroom test in which the maximum marks were 50,
he replied, "The ratio of 15 less than my score to 15 𝑎 2 +𝑏2 𝑏 2 +𝑐 2
4. If a ≠ c an = = k, find k.
more than three times my score is 1: 5". What is his a+b b+c
ac
score? (A) a + c (B) a - c (C) c - a (D)
a+c

Level of Difficulty – 2

5. The number of 10-Star chocolates with Ramesh and 6. A certain number of chocolates are divided among
Suresh are in the ratio 15 : 17. They also have Dairy Ajay, Sujay and Vijay such that Ajay gets 1/5th of what
Silk chocolates which are in the ratio 25 : 19. If the total Sujay and Vijay together get. Sujay gets 1/4th of what
number of chocolates with them is in the ratio 25 : 21, Ajay and Vijay together get. If Sujay got 2 chocolates
find the ratio of the number of 10-Star chocolates with more than Ajay, then how many chocolates did Vijay
Ramesh and the number of Dairy Silk chocolates with get?
Suresh. (A) 22 (B) 60 (C) 38 (D) 48
(A) 33 : 19 (B) 75 : 209
(C) 75 : 19 (D) 33: 209 7. (i) 6x + y : 7x + 3y equals the duplicate ratio of 2:3.
Find x : y.
(A) 8 : 19 (B) 3 : 14

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(C) 4: 13 (D) 3: 26 25 men to complete five times as much work working

12 hours a day.
(ii) If a and b are two distinct positive numbers and a: (A) 30 days (B) 36 days
b is the duplicate ratio of the positive ratio (a - p) : (b - (C) 72 days (D) 90 days
p), where a, b, p are real numbers, then find the value
of p in terms of a and b. 14. The monthly telephone bill has a fixed tariff of Rs.
(A) - √𝑎 − 𝑏 (B) √𝑎 − 𝑏 250 for upto 50 outgoing calls. For each call after the
(C) - √𝑎𝑏 (D) √𝑎𝑏 first 50 calls, there is a charge of Rs. 1.25 per call. The
ratio of the bills paid by Aravind and Prasad for a
(iii) If 4 : 9 is the duplicate ratio of (4 + k) : (9 + k), then particular month is 2 : 3 and the number of outgoing
find a possible value of k. calls made by Aravind is 90. What is the number of
(A) 36 (B) -6 (C) 13 (D) 6 or -6 outgoing calls made by Prasad?

(iv) If x + 16 : 4x + 20 is the triplicate ratio of 3 : 4. find 15. The electricity bill for a month varies directly as the
x. number of units consumed. The charge per unit is Rs.
(A) 11 (B) 27 (C) 38 (D) 65 1.35 upto 50 units consumed. If the number of units
consumed is more than 50, then the cost of each
8. The total surface area of a cylinder having a certain additional unit is Rs. 2.70. If the consumption in the
height is the sum of two parts. One of the parts varies first month is 97 units, then what should the
directly with the radius and the other parts varies consumption in the second month be such that the
directly with the square of the radius. The total surface average bill for the two months combined is Rs. 135
area is 7200 units when the radius is 30 units and 3600 per month?
units when the radius is 20 units. Find the total surface (A) 46 (B) 56 (C) 59 (D) 53
area when the radius is 10 units.
(A) 1040 (B) 1200 (C) 1260 (D) 1170 16. A salesman for a company gets an incentive for
every unit of product. he sells apart from his fixed
9. The cost of a bar of a precious metal varies directly salary. He gets Rs. 8,000 and Rs. 9,000 for 150 units
as the square of the weight of the bar. Metal bars of and 200 units he sold respectively. If he sells 400 units,
weights in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6 were bought from three what is his income per unit? (In Rs)
different places and melted together to form a big bar.
The big bar costed Rs. 4440 more than the total cost 17. If p = 9, q = 18 and r = 36, then which of the
of the metal bars. What was the cost of the lightest following is/are true?
bar? (A) p: r= p2: q2 (B) p: r= (p2+q2): (r2 + q2)
2 2
(A) Rs. 750 (B) Rs. 1080 (C) Rs. 480 (D) Rs. 600 (C) p: r= q : r (D) All of the above

10. The distance through which a freely falling body 18. There are three unequal quantities x, y and z in
pulls is directly proportional to the square of the time continued proportion. Which of the following equals z:
for which it pulls. If a body falls through 320 m in the x?
first 8 seconds, then find the distance that the body (A) y2 : x2 (B) (z2 - y2) : (y2 - x2)
falls through in the next 2 seconds. (C) z2 : y2 (D) All of the above
(A) 160 m (B) 180m (C) 95 m (D) 120 m
19. p, q, r; s and t are five integers satisfying p = 3q =
11. The radii of cylinders of equal heights vary directly 4г and 2q = 5s = 12t. Which of the following pairs
with the square root of their volumes. The radii of contains a number that can never be an integer?
cylinders of equal volumes vary inversely with the (A) (2p/15, q/t) (B) (p/t, 4г/t)
square root of their heights. The radius of a cylinder is (C) (p/4, rs/180) (D) (p/8, s/r)
10 cm, its volume is 1500 cm3 and height is 5 cm. Find
the radius of the cylinder whose volume is. 2400 cm3 20. If p : q : r: s is 3 : 4 : 7 : 6 and p + q = 84, then r +
and height is 2 cm. s is.
(A) 10 cm (B) 15 cm (C) 20 cm (D) 25 cm (A) 294 (B) 156 (C) 147 (D) 303

12. The mass of a liquid varies directly with its volume 21. The earnings of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 7 and
(when all other parameters are constant). The mass of that of B and C is 4 : 9 and that of D and C is 7 : 6. If
a liquid is 12 gm when its volume is 15 cm 3. Find the the sum of the earnings of A, B, C and D is Rs. 52950,
mass of the liquid if its volume is 25 cm3. (in gm) then what are the earnings of D? (in Rs.)

13. Eighteen men take 30 days to complete a piece of 22. (i) If b/a is a proper fraction satisfying the equation
work working 10 hours a day. Find the time taken by 15a2 - 26ab + 8b2 = 0, find b : a.

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(A) 2 : 5 (B) 1 : 5 (C) 4 : 5 (D) 3 : 4 𝑚𝑥+𝑛𝑦

(A)
y+x
𝑚𝑥+𝑛𝑦
(ii) If a/b is an improper fraction satisfying the equation (B)
y−x
16a2 - 26ab + 9b2 = 0, find the value of a: b. 𝑚𝑦+𝑛𝑥
(A) 9 : 4 (B) 9 : 8 (C) 25 : 16 (D) 16 : 9 (C)
x−y
𝑚𝑦+𝑛𝑥
Directions for questions 23 to 25: These questions (D)
y+x
are based on the data given below.
29. If in an examination the scores of Shruthi and
There are two software companies in a city "Smart Tanuja are in the ratio 7 : 11, then the ratio of the sum
Softcom" and "Fast Softcom". The ratio of the number of Tanuja's score and 2 times Shruthi's score to the
of male employees to the number of female sum of Shruthi's score and 3 times Tanuja's score is
employees in "Smart Softcom" is 5 : 3 "Fast Softcom" (A) 29 : 32 (B) 32 : 29 (C) 5 : 8 (D) 14 : 33
is 7: 5. The ratios of and that in employees in the age
groups (in completed number of 33. years) 21 to 30, 30. A student took 6 papers in an examination, where
31 to 40 and 41 to 50 in "Smart Softcom" and "Fast the maximum marks were the same for each paper. In
Softcom" are 4 : 5 : 7 and 2 : 1 : 3 respectively. The all papers together, the candidate obtained 58% of the
number of employees in the age group 21 to 30 in both total marks. His marks in these papers were in the ratio
the companies is the same and "Smart Softcom" has of 12 : 13 : 14 : 15 : 16 : 17. Then the number of papers
400 employees more than "Fast Softcom". in which he got more than 55% is.

23. How many male employees are there in the two 60𝑞 25𝑟 40𝑠
31. If p = ,q= ,r= , then find p: s.
companies together? 100 100 100
(A) 1100 (B) 1300 (C) 1500 (D) 1700 (A) 3 : 25 (B) 3 : 50 (C) 9 : 40 (D) 9 : 20

24. What is the difference in the number of employees 32. If a : b = 2 : 3 and p : q = 3 : 2, what is the value of
in the age group 41 to 50 in Smart Softcom and Fast (2a2p3 + 3b2q3) : (3abpq2 + 4а2р2q)?
Softcom? (A) 1 : 1 (B) 2 : 3
(A) 300 (B) 200 (C) 100 (D) 160 (C) 6 : 7 (D) Cannot be determined

25. What is the ratio of the number of male employees 33. Find a possible value of p: q given that
in Fast Softcom to the number of female employees in 21𝑝2 +𝑝𝑞
= 15
Smart Softcom? 3pq−𝑞2
(A) 7: 6 (B) 2:1 (C) 1:2 (D) 7:10 (A) 5 : 4 (B) 7 : 3 (C) 3 : 7 (D) 5 : 6

26. A stone is dropped from a height of one km. The 34. Anitha divided some chocolates among her three
distance it falls through varies directly with the square sons such that for every 4 chocolates that her eldest
of the time taken to fall through that distance. If it son got, her second son got 3 chocolates. For every 2
travels 64 m in 4 seconds, find the distance it covers chocolates that her second son got, her third son got
in the 5th second. (in m) 3 chocolates. If her second son got 12 chocolates, find
the total number of chocolates received by the other
27. What should be added to the two numbers which two sons.
are in the ratio 4: 5 so that their ratio becomes 5: 6?
(A) 8 (B) 9 35. Find a : b : c, given 3a + 2b = 7c and b = a + c.
(C) 12 (D) Cannot be determined (A) 3 : 8 : 5 (B) 1 : 6 : 5
(C) 1 : 2 : 1 (D) 3 : 10 : 7
28. There are two numbers m and n. Which of the
following must be added to the numbers m and n so
that their ratio becomes x: y?

Level of Difficulty – 3

36. The kinetic energy that a body acquires when. it 25 kilojoules. Find the kinetic energy of a body with
falls freely for a time t varies directly with the square mass 2.5 kg which is under free fall for 3 seconds (in
of t for a given mass. For bodies of different masses kilojoules)
for a given value of t, the kinetic energy varies (A) 102.5 (B) 1.175 (C) 125 (D) 1.125
directly as the mass. The kinetic energy of a body of
mass 5 kg which is under free fall for 10 seconds is

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37. The cost (C) of a certain type of marble varies

directly as the square root of its surface area. (A) 39. The kinetic energy of a moving body varies
when its thickness (T) is constant and C varies directly with its mass when the velocity is constant
directly as the square of T when A is constant. If the and the kinetic energy of a particular body varies
cost of a piece of a marble of surface area 1600 directly with the square of its velocity. A body having a
sq.cm. and thickness 3 cm is Rs. 360, what is the mass of 7.2 kg and a velocity of 0.2 m/s has a kinetic
cost of a marble piece of area 900 sq.cm. and energy of 0.144 joules. Find the kinetic energy of a
thickness 4 cm? (in Rs.) body having a mass of 3.6 kg and a velocity of 0.8
m/s. (in joules)
38. The lateral surface area of a right square pyramid
varies directly with the edge of its base when the 40. The expenses of a hostel are partly fixed and
slant height (the shortest distance from the vertex to partly varying directly with the number of occupants.
any one of its edges) is constant. Also the lateral If the number of occupants is 60, each of the
surface area of the pyramid varies directly with the occupants has to bear Rs. 1200 per month and if
slant height when the edge of its base is constant. there are 30 more occupants, then the share of each
The edge of the base of a right square pyramid is 7 of the occupants comes down by Rs. 200 per month.
cm, its slant height is 14 cm and its lateral surface How many occupants should be there if the share of
area is 196 sq. cm. Find the lateral surface area of a each occupant is Rs. 900 per month?
right square pyramid which has the edge of its base
as 12 cm and slant height as 20 cm. (in cm2)

Answer Key

Fast Solving Questions

1. 12500, 22500 5. 168, 224, 336 8. 19/41 12. H= 5ft

2. 13/17 6. Rs600, Rs900, 9. 16,28 13. 13:20
3. 104,56 Rs1200, Rs1500 10. X= 2 or 6/13 14. Proof
4. 11 7. A:B:C = 8:12:9 11. X= 50/3 15. Rs. 5000

Concept Based Questions

Exercise – 3(a)

Exercise – 3(b)

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