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ratios and proportions
Three numbers A, B and C are in the ratio of 12 : 15 : 25. If sum of these numbers is 312, find the ratio between the difference of B and A and the difference of C and B. (a) 3 : 7 (b) 10 : 3 (c) 3 : 10 (d) 7 : 3 (e) None of these

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CAT 2003 | Question: 2-75
Using only $2, 5, 10, 25$ and $50$ paise coins, what will be the minimum number of coins required to pay exactly $78$ paise, $69$ paise and Rs $1.01$ to three different persons? $19$ $20$ $17$ $18$

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CAT 2001 | Question: 46
A change making machine contains $1$ rupee, $2$ rupee and $5$ rupee coins. The total number of coins is $300.$ The amount is Rs. $960.$ If the number of $1$ rupee coins and the number of $2$ rupee coins are interchanged, the value comes down by Rs. $40.$ The total number of $5$ rupee coins is $100$ $140$ $60$ $150$

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CAT 2001 | Question: 43
Ashish is given Rs. $158$ in one rupee denominations. He has been asked to allocate them into a number of bags such that any amount required between Re. $1$ and Rs. $158$ can be given by handing out a certain number of bags without opening them. What is the minimum number of bags required? $11$ $12$ $13$ None of these

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CAT 2001 | Question: 17
Three friends, returning from a movie, stopped to eat at a restaurant. After dinner, they paid their bill and noticed a bowl of mints at the front counter. Sita took $1/3$ of the mints, but returned four because she had a momentary pang of guilt. Fatima then ... $17$ mints left when the raid was over. How many mints were originally in the bowl? $38$ $31$ $41$ None of these

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CAT 2001 | Question: 6
Of $128$ boxes of oranges, each box contains at least $120$ and at most $144$ oranges. The number of boxes containing the same number of oranges is at least $5$ $103$ $6$ Cannot be determined

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CAT 2001 | Question: 1
A student took five papers in an examination, where the full marks were the same for each paper. His marks in these papers were in the proportion of $6: 7: 8: 9: 10.$ In all papers together, the candidate obtained 60% of the total marks. Then the number of papers in which he got more than $50\%$ marks is $2$ $3$ $4$ $5$

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CAT 2002 | Question: 94
Davji shop sells samosas in boxes of different sizes. The samosas are priced at Rs $2$ per samosa upto $200$ samosas. For every additional $20$ samosas, the price of the whole lot dows down by $10$ paisa per samosa. What should be the maximum size of the box that would maximize the revenue? $240$ $300$ $400$ None of these

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CAT 2002 | Question: 87
A rich merchant had collected many gold coins. He did not want anybody to know about them, One day, his wife asked, How many gold coins do we have? After pausing a moment, he replied, Well! If I divide the coins into two unequal numbers, then $48$ times ... puzzled. Can you help the merchant's wife by finding out how many gold coins the merchant has? $48$ $96$ $32$ $36$

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CAT 2002 | Question: 79
Three friends went for a picnic. First brought five apples and the second brought three. The third friend however brought only Rs. $8$. What is the share of the first friend? $8$ $7$ $1$ None of these

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CAT 2002 | Question: 78
A thief was stealing diamonds from a jewellery store. On his way out, he encountered three guards, each was given half of the existing diamonds and two, to cover it by the thief. In the end, he was left with one diamond. How many did the thief steal? $40$ $36$ $42$ $38$

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CAT 2002 | Question: 75
A man received a cheque. The amount in Rs. has been transposed for paise and vice versa. After spending Rs. $5$ and $42$ paise, he discovered he now had exactly $6$ times the value of the correct cheque amount. What amount he should have received? Rs. $5.30$ Rs. $6.44$ Rs. $60.44$ Rs. $16.44$

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CAT 2002 | Question: 66
Mayank, Mirza, Little and Jagbir bought a motorbike for $\$60.$ Mayank contributed half of the total amount contributed by others. Mirza contributed one-third of total amount contributed by other, and Little contributed one-fourth of the total amount contributed by others. What was the money paid Jagbir? $\$12$ $\$13$ $\$18$ $\$20$

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CAT 2002 | Question: 52
There are three pieces of cake weighing $9/2$ lbs, $27/4$ lbs and $36/5$ lbs. Pieces of the cake are equally divides and distributed in such a manner that every guest in the party gets one single piece of cake. Further the weight of the pieces of the ... heavy as possible. What is the largest number of guest to whom we can distribute the cake? $54$ $72$ $20$ None of these

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CAT 2014 | Question: 46
Suppose you have a currency, named Rubble, in three denominations: $1$ Rubble, $10$ Rubbles and $50$ Rubbles. In how many ways can you pay a bill of $95$ Rubbles? $15$ $16$ $18$ $19$

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CAT 2014 | Question: 25
From each of the two given numbers, half the smaller number is subtracted. Of the resulting numbers the larger one is three times as large as the smaller. What is the ratio of the two numbers? $2 : 1$ $3 : 1$ $3 : 2$ None

makhdoom ghaya asked in Quantitative Aptitude Jan 16, 2016

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CAT 2014 | Question: 4
The cost of diamond varies directly as the square of its weight. Once, this diamond broke into four pieces with weights in the ratio $1: 2 : 3 : 4$. When the pieces were sold, the merchant got $Rs.70,000$ less. Find the original price of the diamond. $Rs. 1.4$ lakh $Rs. 2$ lakh $Rs. 1$ lakh $Rs. 2.1$ lakh

makhdoom ghaya asked in Quantitative Aptitude Jan 13, 2016

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alligation
There are two glasses having mixtures of wine and water. In glass 1 the ratio of wine and water is 1:2 and in glass 2 the ratio of wine and water is 4:1. Find the amount of mixture that should be taken from glass 1 in order to make 280 ml of mixture containing equal amount of water and wine. (a) 180 ml (b) 140 ml (c) 200 ml (d) None of these

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mixture
In what proportion should milk and water be mixed to reduce the price of milk from Rs.18 per litre to Rs.16 per litre? (a) 8:1 (b) 10:1 (c) 6:1 (d) None of these

Pooja Palod asked in Quantitative Aptitude Dec 11, 2015

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mixture
A milkman has 50 litres of milk. Find quantity of water to be added in it so that he gets 20% profit by selling at its cost price?

Pooja Palod asked in Quantitative Aptitude Dec 11, 2015

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mixture
A drum is completely filled by mixture of milk n water. By replacing 12 litres of solution from drum by 12 litres of water, concentration of milk drops from 18% to 15%., find capacity of drum?

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CAT 2007 | Question: 22
A confused bank teller transposed the rupees and paise when he cashed a cheque for Shailaja, giving her rupees instead of paise and paise instead of rupees. After a buying a toffee for $50$ paise, Shalaja noticed that she was left with exactly three time as much as ... less than Rupees $23$ Over Rupees $18$ but less than Rupees $19$ Over Rupees $4$ but less than Rupees $5$

go_editor asked in Quantitative Aptitude Dec 7, 2015

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CAT 2007 | Question: 20
Suppose you have a currency, named Miso, in three denominations. $1$ Miso, $10$ Misos and $50$ Misos. In how many ways you can pay a bill of $107$ Misos? $17$ $16$ $18$ $15$ $19$

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A cube has a volume of 8 cubic metres.
A cube has a volume of 8 cubic metres. If each side is doubled in length what will its new volume be in cubic metres? 16 24 32 48 64

makhdoom ghaya asked in Quantitative Aptitude Jul 29, 2015

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