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  • Question
  • A bag contains 25 paise, 10 paise and 5 paise coins in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 . If their total value is ? 60, then the number of 5 paise coins is?


  • Options
  • A. 10
  • B. 50
  • C. 30
  • D. 40

  • Correct Answer
  • 30 

    Explanation

    Let the number of 25 paise, 10 paise and 5 paise coins be N, 2N and 3N, respectively. Then ,
    N + 2N + 3N = 60
    ? N = 10
    ? The number of 5 paise coins = 3 x 10 = 30


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    • 1. 
      The strength of a school is 840. The ratio of the number of students talking English to the number of students not talking English is 4 : 3. How many of the students take English?

    • Options
    • A. 480
    • B. 360
    • C. 270
    • D. 540
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      If 3/4th of the employees in a super market are not college graduates What is the ratio of the number of college graduates to those who are not college graduates?

    • Options
    • A. 1 : 4
    • B. 3 : 1
    • C. 1 : 3
    • D. 3 : 4
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      A right cylinder and a right circular cone have the same radius and the same volume. The ratio of the height of the cylinder to that of the cone is?

    • Options
    • A. 3 : 5
    • B. 2 : 5
    • C. 3 : 1
    • D. 1 : 3
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      The cost of making an article is divided between materials, labour and overheads in the ratio 3 : 4 : 1. If the materials cost Rs. 67.50, the cost of article is?

    • Options
    • A. Rs. 180
    • B. Rs. 122.50
    • C. Rs. 380
    • D. Rs. 540
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      The speed of three cars are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. The ratio between times taken by them to travel the same distance is?

    • Options
    • A. 3 : 4 : 5
    • B. 5 : 4 : 3
    • C. 12 : 15 : 20
    • D. 20 : 15 : 12
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      Some money is divided amongst three workers A, B and C such that 5 times A's share is equal to 12 times B's share which is equal to 6 times C's share. The ratio between the shares of A, B and C is?

    • Options
    • A. 5 : 10 : 12
    • B. 12 : 5 : 10
    • C. 10 : 12 : 5
    • D. 5 : 12 : 10
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      ? 750 is distributed among A, B and C such that A : B = 5 : 2, B : C = 7 : 13, then what is A's part?

    • Options
    • A. ? 140
    • B. ? 250
    • C. ? 260
    • D. ? 350
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      A, B and C started a business by investing ? 28000, ? 35000 and ? 14000, respectively, At the end of a year, they got a total profit of ? 5225. Find A's share?

    • Options
    • A. ? 1740
    • B. ? 1850
    • C. ? 1900
    • D. ? 1650
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      A, B and C started a business by investing ? 45000, ? 55000 and ? 60000, respectively, At the end of the year, they got a total profit of ? 11200. Find how much B gets more than A in the profit?

    • Options
    • A. ? 700
    • B. ? 750
    • C. ? 710
    • D. ? 780
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      If 2A = 3B = 4C then, find A : B : C?

    • Options
    • A. 2 : 3 : 4
    • B. 4 : 3 : 2
    • C. 6 : 4 : 3
    • D. 3 : 4 : 6
    • Discuss


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