Worksheet (Old QuestionS)

1 INFOMATHS/MCA/ARITHMETIC (Preveious year questions)

PARTNERSHIP

1.A sum of money is divided among A, B and C such that for each rupee A and B gets 65 paise and C gets 35 paise .If C’s share is Rs.560, the sum is :

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(a) 2400(b) 2800(c) 1600(d) 3800

2.Four transport companies A, B, C, D rented a parking place. A Kept 18 cars for 4 months, B Kept 24 cars for 2 months; C kept 28 cars for 6 months and D kept 28 cars for 3 months in the parking place. If A’s share of rent is Rs.3600, the total rent of parking place in rupees is MCA: ICET-2007

(1)18000(2) 18600(3) 21000(4) 24000

3.In a business, A invested 3 times as much of B invested and B invested 2/3 of what C invested. If the annual profit Rs.55000, The share of B in thousands of rupees is MCA: ICET-2007

(1) 12(2) 10(3) 15(4) 30

4.A, B, C invest a total sum of Rs.10000000 in a business. A invests Rs.30 lacs more than C, and B invests Rs.10 lacs more than C. Then, the share of B out of a total profit of Rs. 20 lacs in lacs of Rupees is

(1) 2(2) 5(3) 6(4) 10

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5.In a joint venture, three persons. A, B, C invest respectively 1/4 of the capital, 1/5 of the capital and the rest. Then the share of B in the total Profit of Rs.600000/- in rupees is MCA: ICET -2005

(1) 150000 (2) 330000

(3) 120000(4) 100000

6.Rs.650 has to be distributed between A & B. For every 100 Rs., A get Rs.30 more than B, then how much does B get in the end ?

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(a) Rs.227.50(b) Rs.282.60

(c) Rs.400(d) Rs.22.78

7.A and B invest Rs.200 and Rs.300 respectively in a business for a period of 3 years respectively. Then the profit will be divided in the ratio

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(a) 4 : 3(b) 2 : 3(c) 1 : 1 (d) 6 : 5

8.Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and copper is 9 times as heavy as water. In what ratio should these be mixed to get an alloy 15 times as heavy as water?

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(1) 1:2(2) 2:3(3) 3:2(4) 1:1

SIMPLE INTEREST

1.The interest on a certain loan is Rs.100 in the first year and Rs.205 in the first two years. What is the rate percentage?

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(a) 5%(b) 4%(c) 10%(d) 6%

2.A man had Rs.2000. He lent a part of it at 5 % interest and the rest at 4 % interest.

The total interest he received in one year was Rs.92 The money he lent at 5% interest was

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(a) Rs.1200(b) Rs.1250

(c) Rs.1300(d) Rs.1350

TIME AND WORK

1.A child can do a piece of work 15 hours slower than woman. The child works, for 18 hours on the job and then the women takes charge for 6 hours. In this manner, 3/5 of the work can be completed. To complete the job now, how much time the women take? NIMCET-2010

(a) 24 hours(b) 18 hours

(c) 12 hours (d) 30 hours.

2.A and B can reap a field in 8 days, B and C in 12 days and C and Ain 16 days. How long will they take to reap the field, if they work together?

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(a) (b) (c) (d) 11 days

3.Twelve men can complete a work in 8 days, three days after they started the work, 3 more men joined them. In how many days will all of them together complete the remaining work?

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(a)2(b)4(c)5(d)6

4.Computer A takes 3 minutes to process an input while computer B takes 5 minutes. If computers A,B and C can process an average of 14 inputs in one hour, how many minutes does computer C alone take to process one input? NIMCET : MCA -2009

(a) 10(b) 4(c) 6(d) N.O.T

5. A does a work in 10 days and B does the same work in 15 days. In how many days they together will do the same work? MCA: KARNATAKA-2007

(a) 5 days(b) 6 days(c) 8 days(d) 9 days

6.Ram, who is half a efficient Gopal, will take 24 days to complete a work if he worked alone. If Ram and Gopal worked together, how long will they take to complete the work? MCA: KARNATAKA-2007

(a) 10 days (b) 16 days

(c) 8 days(d) 18 days

7.Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 6 hrs. and 8 hrs. respectively. If they are opened in alternate hours starting in A, the number of hours needed to fill the tank is. MCA: ICET-2007

(a) (b) 6(c) (d)

8. A can complete a piece of work in 18 days. B is 20% more efficient than A. The number of days B takes to complete the same piece of work is…

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(a) 15(b) 12(c) 10(d) 9

9.One man or two women or 3 part-timers can complete a piece of work in 90 days. How many days will it take for 2 men, 3 women and 3 part-timers to complete the same piece of work?

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(a) 12(b) 18(c) 20(d) 24

10.A and B can do a work individually in 12 and 8 days respectively. If C also Joins them, the work can be completed in 4 days. The number of days required for C alone to do the work is. MCA: ICET -2005

(a) 20(b) 22(c) 24(d) 25

11.A sum of money is sufficient to pay A’s wages for 21 days are B’s wages for 28 days. The number of days for which the money is sufficient to pay the wages of both A and B are . MCA: ICET -2005

(a) 12(b) 15(c) 11(d) 14

12.x men can do a piece of work in y days. How many men are required to do it in z days?

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(a) (b) (c) (d)

13.Badri can do a piece of work in 10 days Sriram can do the same work in 8 days. Both work together for 2 days and Badri stops working. How long will it take Sriram to complete the remaining work.

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(a) 18 days(b) 16 days

(c) 4.4 days(d) 6 days

14.If 9 men and 5 boys do in a day as much work as 5 men and 11 boys. How many men can do the work of 9 boys? PUNE : MCA PAPER -2007

(a) 6 men (b) 9 men

(c) 12 men(d) 8 men

15.If 12 boys can earn Rs.240 in 5 days, how many boys can earn Rs.420 in 21 days?

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(a) 9 boys(b) 5 boys

(c) 12 boys(d) 6 boys

16.Twenty men can finish a piece of work in 30 days. When should 5 men leave the work so that it may be finished in 35 daysTANCET : MCA PAPER-2005

(a) 10 days(b) 20 days

(c) 25 days(d) 15 days

17.If 18 persons can build a wall 140 m long in 42 days, the number of days that 30 persons will take to complete a similar wall 100 m long is

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(a) 18 days(b) 21 days

(c) 24 days(d) 28 days

18.A man works for 5 days a week and binds 35 sets of books each week. If there are 7 books in a set, what is the number of books he binds each day?

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(a) 1(b) 49(c) 25(d) 35

19.Mr. John can move his lawn in x hours. After 2 hours, it begins to rain. What part of the lawn is left unmowed? TANCET : MCA PAPER -2004

(a) (x-2)/x(b) (2-x)/x(c) x/2(d) (x-2)/2

Directions (20-22) : Choose the correct answer to the following questions.

A software project can be completed ‘by priya in 40 days. If Bama joins with Priya, then they can complete the project in 24 days. If Hema joins with priya and Bama, then they can complete the project in 15 days. If Kavitha also joins with these three girls, then the project can be completed just in 9 days.

20.Among these four girls, which pair ha equal efficiency?TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

(a) Priya and Hema(b) Kavitha and Bama

(c) Bama and Hema (d) Priya and Kavitha

21.Which girls is more efficient? TANCET -2003

(a) Priya (b) Bama

(c) Hema (d) Kavitha

22.If Bama alone does the project, in how many days will she complete the project? TANCET -2003

(a) 60 days(b) 45 days

(c) 40 days(d) 30 days

23If 10 machines can produce 10 thousand identical items in 10 days by operating for 10 hrs/day. How many days does it take of 5 machines to produce 5 thousand such items by operating for 5 hrs/day?

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(a) 5 days(b) 10 days

(c) 20 days(d) 40 days

24A can do a piece of work in 40 days. He worked at-it for 5 days. Then B alone finished it in 21 days. The number of days that A and B together take to finish the work is TANCET : MCA PAPER-2003

(a) 15(b) 14(c) 13(d) 10

25.A and B were cutting apples. Together they cut 780 apples. A cuts at the rate of 4 apples per minute and B buts only 2 in a minute. B worked 30 minutes longer than A. How many hours did A work?

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(a) 2(b) 2.5(c) 4

(d) 1.5(e) None of the above

26.A and B can do a job together in 10 days. A and C together can do the same job in 15 days. B and C together require 30 days to do the same job. The number of day required to do the job individually by A, B and C respectively is HCU-2006

(a) 15, 30 never (b) 30, 15 never

(c) never, 15, 30 (d) 15, 30, 100

(e) None of the above

TIME & WORK

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
C / C / B / C / B / C / D / A / C / C
11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
A / B / C / A / B / D / A / B / A / A
21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
D / A / C / A / A / A

SIMPLE INTEREST

1 / 2
A / A

PARTNERSHIP

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
C / B / B / C / C / A / B / C

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