Ashraful Sir Bank Math (Preli)

Ratio & Mixture

01. Two number are in the ratio 3 : 4 and the sum of the numbers is 420. What is the greater number?
A. 240 B. 300 C. 250 D. 125 Ans: A
02. The ratio of pens and pencils in a shop is 3 : 2 respectively. The average number of pens and pencils
is 180. What is the number of pencils in the shop? [Janata Bank (AEO) 2019]
A. 444 B. 244 C. 344 D. 144 Ans: D
03. Two number are in the ratio 5 : 4 and their difference is 10. What is the largest number?
[IFIC Bank (MTO) 2017]
A. 40 B. 30 C. 50 D. 45 Ans: C
04. There are 120 engineers and technicians working in a project. If the ratio of engineers to technician
is 3 to 5, how many technicians are working in the project? [Exim Bank (TAO) 2018]
A. 45 B. 60 C. 75 D. 90 Ans: C
05. The ratio of boys and girls in a school is 3 to 7. If there are 150 boys and girls, how many boys are
there? [Sonali, Janata, Agrani & Rupani Bank Officer 2008; Exim Bank (TAO) 2018]
A. 75 B. 45 C. 25 D. 95 Ans: B
06. The ratio of two number is 7 : 3 and their difference is 36. What is the largest number?
[Jamuna Bank (PO) 2017]
A. 45 B. 54 C. 63 D. 72 Ans: C
07. A man had property worth Tk. 26,540. He gave Tk. 9200 to his wife and divided the remaining
amount among his three sons in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. How much more money did the third son get
over the first son? [Al-Arafah Islami Bank (MTO) 2017]
A. 2890 B. 5780 C. 5980 D. None Ans: B
08. Three boys have marbles in the ratio of 19 : 5 : 3. If the boy with the least number has 9 marbles,
how many marbles does the boy with the highest number have? [ICB (AE-IT) 2017; PKB (SEO) 2018]
A. 57 B. 45 C. 76 D. 38 Ans: A
09. A jar contains white, red and green marbles in the rations 2 : 3 : 5. Six more green marbles are
added to the jars, and then the ratio becomes 2 : 3 : 7. How many white marbles are there in the
jar? [Basic Bank (AM) 2018]
A. 5 B. 6 C. 9 D. 10 Ans: B
10. A man left Tk. 5000 to his three sons X, Y and Z. For every Taka X received, Y received Tk. 1.5
and Z received Tk. 2.5. How much money was left to Y? [Modhumoti Bank Ltd. (PO) 2017]
A. Tk. 750 B. Tk. 1000 C. Tk. 1200 D. Tk. 1500 Ans: D
11. X is greater than Y by 13 and Z is less than Y by 7. If the ratio of X : Z is 9 : 5, what is the value of
Z? [IBA-MBA Admission Test, December 2012]
A. 12 B. 17 C. 25 D. 32 Ans: C
12. The salary of X is Tk. 7,000 more than that of Y. The salary of Y is Tk. 5000 more than that of Z. If
the ratio of X's salary to Z's salary is 9 : 5, what is the salary of X? [IBA-MBA Admission Test Dec-2011]
A. 12,000 B. 15,000 C. 20,000 D. 27,000 Ans: D
13. The ratio of quality of water in fresh fruit to that of dry fruits is 7 : 2. A 400 kg of dry fruits
contains 50 kg of water then find the weight of the water in same fruits when there were fresh?
[Janata Bank (AEO) 2019]
A. 100 kg B. 150 kg C. 175 kg D. 125 kg Ans: C
14. The ratio of girls to boys in a class is 3 : 4. The number of students in the class could be any of the
following except. [DBBL Pro. Off. 2015]
A. 36 B. 28 C. 42 D. None Ans: A
15. If the ratio of boys and girls in a school is 5 : 3. Which of the following could not be the number of
students in the school? [Dhaka Bank Ltd. (MTO) 2011]
A. 512 B. 416 C. 224 D. 178 Ans: D
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16. Two whole numbers whose sum is 72 cannot be in the ratio: [PKB Executive Officer (Cash) 2014]
A. 5:7 B. 3: 5 C. 3:4 D. 4:5 Ans: C
17. Pallab has exactly 3 times as many Bangladeshi as non-Bangladeshi stamps in his collection. Which
of the following cannot be the number of stamps in Pallab's collection? [Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd. RTPO 2011]
A. 54 B. 68 C. 96 D. 72 Ans: A
18. Taka 3660 is divided among X, Y and Z in such a way that if Tk. 10, Tk. 20 and Tk. 30 are removed
from the sums that X, Y and Z received respectively, then the share of the sums that they will get
will be the ratio of 3 : 4. How much did X receive? [IBA-MBA Admission Test June 2013]
A. 890 B. 905 C. 910 D. 915 Ans: C
19. If 32 students in a class are female and in this class male female ratio is 16 : 9, what % of the class is
female? [AB Bank (MTO) 2014]
A. 32% B. 64% C. 36% D. 72% Ans: C
20. The salaries of A, B and C are in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. The salary of B and C together is Tk. 6000.
By what percent is the salary of C more than that of A? [PKB (EO) 2019]
A. 100% B. 150% C. 200% D. 250% Ans: C
21. In an office, the ratio of female to male employees is 1 : 4. What percentage of the employees are
male? [Uttara Bank Ltd. Asst. Officer (Cash) 2011]
A. 20% B. 80% C. 75% D. 40% Ans: B
22. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3 : 2. If 20% of the boys and 25% of the
girls are scholarship holders, what percent of the students are not scholarship holders?
[DBBL Pro. Offi. 2015]
A. 56 B. 70 C. 78 D. None of these Ans: C
23. Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a university are in the ratio of 5 : 7 : 8. There is a
proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of
increase seats? [Jamuna Bank Ltd. (MTO) 2013]
A. 2:3:4 B. 6:7:8 C. 6:8:9 D. None Ans: A
24. The ratio of red and black marbles in a jar is 3 : 5. If the number of red marbles is increased by
20% and the number of black marbles is increased by 5 units then the new ratio of red and black
marbles remains the same. How many red marbles were in the jar? [IBA-MBA Admission Test June 2015]
A. 12 B. 15 C. 24 D. 30 Ans: B
25. The ratio of the cost of two article is 7 : 3. The first one was sold at a loss of 20% and the second
one was sold at a gain of 40%. What is the overall percentage of gain/loss?
[IBA-MBA Admission Test December 2011]
A. 2% loss B. 2% gain C. 4% loss D. 4% gain Ans: A
26. Seats for Computer Science, Mechanical and Electronics in a university are in the ratio 7:5:8.
There is a planning to increase these seats by 50%, 40% and 75% respectively. Find the ratio of
increased seats? [Sonali Bank (SO-FF-quota) 2019]
A. 6:7:8 B. 8:6:9 C. 3:4:5 D. 3:2:4 Ans: D
27. The price of 2 pencils is less than 20% of the price of a pen. What is the ratio of the price of a pen to
that of a pencil? [BD Tourism Board (AC) 2017]
A. 5:2 B. 5:3 C. 7:5 D. None Ans: A
28. If Marie has twice as much money as Curie has, who has three times as much money as Sunny has,
what is the ratio of the amount of money Sunny has to the amount of money Marie has?
[Bangladesh Bank Asst. Director 2006]
A. 1:8 B. 1:6 C. 1:4 D. 1:2 Ans: B
29. a : b = 2 : 3 and a + b = 4. What is the value of (a + b) : (b – a)? [Agrani Bank Ltd. (SO) 2011]
A. 3 : 2 B. 4 : 7 C. 5 : 1 D. 2 : 5 Ans: C
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30. If the income of A is 10% more than that of B and the income of B is 20% less than that of C, then
the income of A, B and C respectively are in the ratio: [BD House Building FC (OF) 2017]
A. 10 : 9 : 7 B. 22 : 20 : 25 C. 11 : 10 : 8 D. 22 : 18 : 25 Ans: B
1
31. If 20% of A = 30% of B = of C, then A : B : C is- [Uttara Bank (PO) 2017]
6
A. 2 : 3 : 16 B. 3 : 2 : 16 C. 10 : 15 : 18 D. 15 : 10 : 18 Ans: D
32. If 'a' and 'b' are integers greater than 100 such that a + b = 300, which of the following could be the
exact ratio of a to b? [Pubali Bank Ltd. (SO) 2013; Agrani Bank (Cash) 2017]
A. 9 to 1 B. 5 to 2 C. 5 to 3 D. 3 to 2 Ans: D
33. Some money is divided among 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 is- [PKB (EO-Cash) 2019]
A. 5 : 10 : 12 B. 10 : 12 : 5 C. 12 : 5 : 10 D. 5 : 12 : 10 Ans: C
34. A salesman usually makes 45% profit on every TV he sells. During a sale, he reduced his margin of
profit to 40% and his sales increased by 10%. What is the ratio of his new profit to his usual profit?
[Dhaka Bank Ltd. (MTO) 2011]
A. 9 : 8 B. 9 : 10 C. 11 : 10 D. 44 : 45 Ans: D
35. A dog takes 4 leaps for every 5 leaps of a hare but 3 leaps of the dog is equal to 4 leaps of the hare.
Compare their speeds: [Agrani Bank (SO) 2017]
A. 16 : 15 B. 18 : 17 C. 19 : 18 D. 20 : 19 Ans: A
1 2
36. The ratio of to is- [BB Asst. Director 2008]
5 7
A. 3 : 5 B. 5 : 7 C. 7 : 9 D. 7 : 10 Ans: D
1 2 3
37. Tk. 782 be divided into three parts, proportional to : : then the first part is:
2 3 4
A. Tk. 182 B. Tk. 190 C. Tk. 196 D. Tk. 204 Ans: D
38. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two
numbers is:
A. 2 : 5 B. 3 : 5 C. 4 : 5 D. 6 : 7 Ans: C
1 1
39. For any two numbers m, n; (m + n) : (m – n) : mn = 7 : 1 : 60. Find the value of :
m n
[Janata Bank (AEO-Teller) 2019]
A. 4 : 3 B. 8 : 7 C. 3 : 4 D. 7 : 8 Ans: C
40. If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of another number, what is the ratio of first number to the
second number?
A. 2 : 5 B. 3 : 7 C. 5 : 3 D. 7 : 3 Ans: C
41. 35% of Nadia's income is equal to 25% of Nuru's income. The ratio of their income is-
[BB Cash Officer 2011; Sonali Bank Officer General 2018]
A. 2 : 5 B. 7 : 5 C. 5 : 7 D. 7 : 3 Ans: C
2 5
42. If X is of Y and Y is of Z, what is the ratio of Z : X? [RAKUB Senior Officer 2015]
5 7
A. 5 : 7 B. 2 : 7 C. 7 : 5 D. 7 : 2 Ans: D
1
43. If 30% of A = 0.25 of B = th of C, the ratio of A, B and C is- [Agrani Bank Ltd. (SO) 2010]
5
A. 6 : 5 : 4 B. 6 : 5 : 4 C. 4 : 5 : 6 D. 3 : 5 : 6 Ans: B
44. The fourth proportional to 5, 8, 15 is:
A. 18 B. 24 C. 19 D. 20 Ans: B
45. If 2 : 9 :: x : 18, then find the value of x
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6 Ans: C
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46. What is the fourth proportional of 3, 9 and 4? [IFIC Bank (TSO) 2018]
A. 12 B. 16 C. 8 D. 6 Ans: A
47. An iron rod that weights 24 kg is cut into two pieces so that one of these pieces weights 16 kg and 34
m long. If the weight of each piece is proportional to its length, how long is the other piece?
[PKB (EO-Cash) 2018]
A. 11 m B. 17 m C. 34 m D. 68 m Ans: B
1 1 1 1
48. If : = : then the value of N is: [Janata Bank (AEO-Teller) 2019]
5 N N 1.25
A. 1.25 B. 1.5 C. 2.25 D. 2.5 Ans: D
49. The ratio of y to x is equal to 3 and the sum of y and x is 80, what is the value of y?
[Southeast Bank (PO) 2017]
A. – 10 B. – 20 C. 5 D. 60 Ans: D
50. Let x : y = 3 : 4 and x : z = 6 : 5, then z : y = is? [BB Asst. Director 2008]
A. 5 : 3 B. 6 : 7 C. 4 : 2 D. 5 : 8 Ans: D
51. A : B = 4 : 5, A : C = 10 : 9. Then A : B : C = ? [Sonali, Janata and Agrani Bank (Senior Officer) 2004]
A. 20 : 35 : 16 B. 14 : 17 : 16 C. 4 : 7 : 6 D. 20 : 25 : 18 Ans: D
52. If a : b = 4 : 7 and b : c = 5 : 6, then a : b : c = ? [Agrani Bank Ltd. (SO) 2010; IFIC Bank (MTO) 2017]
A. 4 : 7 : 6 B. 20 : 35 : 24 C. 20 : 35 : 42 D. 24 : 35 : 30 Ans: C
53. If K : L = 4 : 3 and L : M = 5 : 3, then find K : L : M? [Rupali Bank (SO) 2019]
A. 20 : 15 : 9 B. 18 : 24 : 11 C. 9 : 15 : 1 D. 21 : 7 : 3 Ans: A
54. If A and B are in the ratio 3 : 4, and B and C in the ratio 12 : 13, then A and C will be in the ratio-
[Combined 5 Banks (Cash) 2019]
A. 3 : 13 B. 36 : 13 C. 13 : 9 D. 9 : 13 Ans: D
55. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 : 3 and that of the second to
the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is- [Rupali Bank (SO) 2019]
A. 10 B. 20 C. 40 D. 30 Ans: D
56. A jar contains only marbles of three colors: red, green and yellow. The red and green marbles are
in the ratio of 2 : 5 and the yellow and red marbles are in ratio of 5 : 6. Which of the following
could be the total number of marbles? [BGDCL (AM) 2017]
A. 52 B. 64 C. 100 D. None Ans: A
57. If A : B = 3 : 4, B : C = 5 : 6, C : D = 2 : 3 then A : D equal to-
A. 5 : 12 B. 6 : 17 C. 17 : 5 D. 12 : 5 Ans: A
58. If A : B = 3 : 4, C : B = 5 : 4, C : D = 10 : 9 then A : B : C : D is- [Janata Bank (AEO-RC) 2017]
A. 8 : 6 : 9 : 10 B. 8 : 6 : 10 : 9 C. 6 : 8 : 10 : 9 D. 6 : 8 : 9 : 10 Ans: C
59. If A : B = 2 : 3, B : C = 4 : 5 and C : D = 6 : 7, then find the value of A : D
A. 11 : 35 B. 16 : 35 C. 17 : 35 D. 18 : 35 Ans: B
60. Kamal has a collection of red, blue and green marbles. If the ratio of red to blue marbles is 5 : 2
and the ratio of green to blue marbles is 10 : 3, what is the ratio of red to green marbles?
[FSIB Ltd. (PO) 2013]
A. 2 : 3 B. 4 : 1 C. 3 : 4 D. None of these Ans: C
61. At XYZ company, the ratio of sales to gross profit is 4 : 3 and the ratio of gross profit to net profit
is 3 : 1, what is the ratio of net profits to sales? [Exim Bank (T.Offi.) 2014]
A. 1 : 4 B. 4 : 1 C. 2 : 1 D. 1 : 2 Ans: A
62. Reza's collection contains US, Indian and British stamps. If the ratio of US to Indian stamps is 5 to
2 and the ratio of Indian to British stamps is 5 to 1, what is the ratio of US to British stamps?
[Mercantile Bank Ltd. (MTO) 2013]
A. 5 : 1 B. 10 : 5 C. 15 : 2 D. 25 : 2 Ans: D
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63. Last year, the ratio of salary of X and Y was 1 : 2 and that of X and Z was 1 : 3. This year everyone
got an increment of Tk. 1000. If Z is now drawing Tk. 25,000, what is the salary in Tk. of Y this
year? [IBA-MBA Admission Test June 2013]
A. 15000 B. 17000 C. 17500 D. 18000 Ans: B
x y
64. If = then (x + 5) : (y + 8) is equal to: [Pubali Bank (TAT) 2017]
5 8
A. 3 : 5 B. 13 : 8 C. 8 : 5 D. 5 : 8 Ans: D
65. If x : y = 5 : 3, then (8x – 5y) : (8x + 5y) = ?[Agrani Bank Ltd. (SO) 2013; Sonali Bank (SO) 2018; BB Officer (2019)]
A. 5 : 11 B. 6 : 5 C. 5 : 6 D. 3 : 8 Ans: A
66. If x : y = 5 : 2, then (8x + 9y) : (8x + 2y) is- [Combined 6 Banks & FIs (SO) 2019]
A. 29 : 22 B. 22 : 29 C. 26 : 61 D. 61 : 26 Ans: A
67. There are two numbers, 1st number is 12 more than the 2nd number. The average of the two
numbers is 19. If 2 is added in both numbers, find the ratio of the numbers?
[Combined 2 Banks (Officer) 2018]
A. 5 : 9 B. 11 : 9 C. 4 : 9 D. 9 : 5 Ans: D
68. There are 2 numbers in the ratio of 4 : 5. If 4 is subtracted from both numbers the ratio becomes 3 :
4. What will be the ratio if 4 is added in the both numbers? [BSC Combined exam (SO-8 Banks) 2018]
A. 1 : 2 B. 2 : 3 C. 5 : 6 D. 1 : 4 Ans: C
69. Two numbers are in the ratio 2 : 5. If 16 is added to both the numbers, their ratio becomes 1 : 2.
The numbers are- [Rupali Bank Officer 2019]
A. 16, 40 B. 20, 50 C. 28, 70 D. 32, 80 Ans: D
70. The ratio of two numbers is 7 : 4. If 8 is added to both the numbers ratio becomes 13 : 8, what is the
smaller number? [BSC Combined Exam (SO-8 Banks) 2018]
A. 40 B. 56 C. 38 D. 52 Ans: A
71. In a class, the number of girls is 20% more than that of the boys. The strength of the class is 66. If 4
more girls are admitted to the class, the ratio of the number of boys to that of the girls is-
[Combined 6 Banks & 2 FIs (SO) 2019]
A. 1 : 2 B. 1 : 4 C. 3 : 5 D. 3 : 4 Ans: D
72. The ratio of boys and girls in a class is 1 : 2 the class has 24 students. How many boys would have
to be admitted to the class in order to make the ratio of boys to girls is 1 : 1? [IFIC Bank (MTO) 2017]
A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. 12 Ans: B
73. The least whole number which subtracted from both the terms of the ratio 6 : 7 gives a ratio less
then 16 : 21 is: [Janata Bank (EO) 2017 (Afternoon)]
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6 Ans: B
74. The ratio of three numbers is 3 : 4 : 5 and the sum of their square is 1250. The sum of the numbers
is: [Agrani Bank (SO) 2017 (Morning) Canceled]
A. 30 B. 60 C. 50 D. 90 Ans: B
75. The ratio of three numbers is 3 : 4 : 7 and their product is 18144. The numbers are: [PKB (SO) 2014]
A. 9, 12, 21 B. 15, 20, 25 C. 18, 24, 42 D. None Ans: C
76. The cost of preparing a cricket ground of rectangular shape at 70 paisa per square meter is Tk.
420. Find the perimeter of the field if its sides are in the ratio of 3 : 2. [National Bank (PO) 2015]
A. 100m B. 50m C. 110m D. 600m Ans: A
77. The present ratio of students to teachers at a certain school is 30 to 1. If the student enrollment
were to increase by 50 students and the number of teachers were to increase by 5, the ratio of
students to teacher would then be 25 to 1. What is the present number of teacher?
[Midland Bank (MTO) 2015; Agrani Bank Ltd. (SO) 2013]
A. 15 B. 10 C. 12 D. 8 Ans: A
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78. The salary of x and y are Tk. 26000 and Tk. 5000 respectively. If their salaries were increased by
Tk. x then the ratio of their salary would become 5 : 2. What is the value of x in Taka?
[IBA-MBA Admission Test (December) 2015]
A. 3000 B. 4500 C. 6000 D. 9000 Ans: D
79. The current ratio of boys to girls at a certain school is 2 to 5. If 12 additional boys were added to
the school, the new ratio of boys to girls would be 4 to 5. How many boys do currently attend the
school? [Janata Bank Officer 2009]
A. 27 B. 54 C. 72 D. None of these Ans: D
80. A man has Tk. 210 in coins alone. The coins consist of one take, 50 paisa and 25 paisa whose
numbers form a ratio of 5 : 6 : 8 respectively. How many coins are there in the 50 paisa
denomination? [National Bank Pro. Officer 2015]
A. 210 B. 168 C. 126 D. 105 Ans: C
81. The ratio of marbles collected by Amir, Babu and Enam is 1 : 2 : 5. If Babu gives 3 marbles to
Amir and receives 6 marbles from Enam the ratio becomes 3 : 5 : 8. How many marbles did Enam
have?
A. 10 B. 30 C. 40 D. 20 Ans: B
82. The number of pens possessed by x, y and z is the ratio 2 : 4 : 7. If the total cost of the pens is Tk.
1170 and the average cost of one pen was Tk. 30, how many pens does Y has?
[IBA-MBA Admission Test (December) 2012]
A. 8 B. 12 C. 15 D. 16 Ans: B
83. In a certain population there are three times as many people aged 21 or under as there are people
over 21. The ratio of those 21 or under to the total population is: [National Bank Ltd. (PO) 2013]
A. 1 to 2 B. 1 to 3 C. 1 to 4 D. 3 to 4 Ans: D

Mixture
84. A container holds 4 quarts of alcohol and 4 quarts of water. How many quarts of water must be
added to the container to create a mixture that is 3 parts alcohol to 5 parts water by volume?
[IBBL (PO) 2017]
4 5 7 8
A. B. C. D. Ans: D
3 3 3 3
85. In a mixture of 50 liters, milk and water are in the ratio of 3 : 2. How much water would be added
to the mixture to make the ratio of the two equal? [Agrani Bank (SO) 2017]
A. 14 liters B. 12 liters C. 10 liters D. 8 liters Ans: C
86. In a mixture 60 liters, the ratio of milk and water 2 : 1. If the this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then the
quantity of water to be further added is: [=]
A. 20 liters B. 30 liters C. 40 liters D. 60 liters Ans: D
87. A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4 : 3. If 5 liters of water is added to the mixture,
the ratio becomes 4 : 5. Find the quantity of alcohol in the given mixture.
A. 10 liters B. 30 liters C. 40 liters D. 20 liters Ans: A
88. In a sugar-water solution, the ratio of water to sugar is 8 : 3. If you add 2 kgs of sugar, the ratio
become 2 : 1. What is the amount of sugar in the original solution in kg? [MBA Admission Test 2002-03]
A. 3 B. 4.5 C. 6 D. 8 Ans: C
89. 729 liters mixture of milk & water, the ratio of milk to water in 7 : 2. To get a new mixture
containing milk and water in the ratio 7 : 3, the amount of water to be added is-
[BB (AD) 2010; Combined 5 Banks (Cash) 2019]
A. 71 liters B. 81 liters C. 56 liters D. 50 liters Ans: B
90. 100 kg of solution A is mixed with 60 kg of solution B. If solution A has tin and copper in the ratio 1
: 4 and solution B has lead and tin in the ratio 3 : 2, then what is the amount of tin in the new
solution? [Sonali Bank (Officer-Cash) 2019 (FF-quota)]
A. 70 kg B. 36 kg C. 44 kg D. 56 kg Ans: C
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91. Given that 24 carat gold is pure gold, 18 carat gold is 3/4th of pure gold and 20 carat gold is 5/6th of
pure gold, the ratio of the pure gold is 18 carat gold to the pure gold in 20 carat gold is-
[Sonali Bank (Officer-Cash) 2019 (FF-quota)]
A. 5:8 B. 10:9 C. 8:5 D. 9:10 Ans: D
1 1
92. If 2 kg metal, of which is zinc and the rest of copper, be mixed with 3 kg of metal, of which is
3 4
zinc and the rest is copper, then what will be the ratio of zinc to copper in the mixture?
[Combined 4 Banks (Officer) 2019; Sonali Bank (Officer-FF) 2019]
A. 13:42 B. 19:43 C. 15:42 D. 17:43 Ans: D
93. A milkman pays Tk. 6.40 per liter of milk. He adds water and sells the mixture at Tk. 8 per liter. By
doing this, he makes 37.5% profit. Find the proportion of water to milk received by the customers?
[Sonali Bank (Officer-FF) 2019]
A. 1:12 B. 1:10 C. 1:15 D. 1:20 Ans: B
94. How many liters of pure acid are there in 8 liters of a 20% solution?
A. 1.5 B. 1.6 C. 1.7 D. 1.8 Ans: B
95. A drink contains 20% cranberry juice, 20% raspberry juice and the rest is apple juice. You added
250 mL water in 750 mL of the drink. Now, what is the ratio of water to apple juice in the drink?
[Exim Bank T. Officer 2014]
A. 6:5 B. 9:5 C. 5:12 D. 5:9 Ans: D
96. How much salt must be add to 10 grams of a 20% salt solution to strengthen in it into 50%
solution?
A. 5 gm B. 3 gm C. 6 gm D. 4 gm Ans: C
97. A solution that contains 20% sugar by weight is made sweeter by doubling the amount of sugar.
The percent of sugar, by weight, in the new solution is- [Dhaka Bank Ltd. (MTO) 2011]
A. 50% B. 40% C. 33.33% D. 30% Ans: C
98. In a solutions of 60 liter of sugar and water, 20% is sugar. How much water (in liter) must be
added to make a solution that is 8% sugar? [FSIB Pro. Off. 2014; DBBL (PO 2017]
A. 60 B. 72 C. 90 D. None Ans: C
99. 300 grams of sugar solution has 40% sugar in it. How much sugar should be added to make it 50%
in the solution? [BD House Building FC (SO) 2017]
A. 40 grams B. 60 grams C. 80 grams D. 90 grams Ans: B
100. 125 gallons of a mixture contains 20% water. What amount of additional water should be added
such that water content be raised to 25%? [Sonali Bank (Officer-Cash) 2018; Sonali Bank (Officer-FF) 2019]
15 17 19 1
A. gallons B. gallons C. gallons D. 8 gallons Ans: D
2 2 2 3
101. A mixture of 20 kg of sprit and water contains 10% water. How much water must be added to this
mixture to raise the percentage of water to 25%?
[IFIC Bank (PO) 2009; PKB (EO-Cash) 2018; Combined 4 Banks (Officer) 2019]
A. 2 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 Ans: B
102. A 180 liter mixture of milk and water contains 20% water. How much milk, in liters, must be
added to the mixture will contain water and milk in the ratio of 1 : 7? [Dhaka Bank Ltd. (MTO) 2011]
A. 100 B. 108 C. 144 D. 252 Ans: B
103. A milkman purchases the milk at Tk. x per liter and sells it at Tk. 2x per liter still be mixes 2 liters
water with every 6 liters of pure milk. What is the profit percentage? [Basic Bank (AM) 2018]
A. 116% B. 166.66% C. 60% D. 100% Ans: B
104. A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and thereby
gains 25%. The percentage of water in the mixture is: [Janata Bank (AEO) 2019]
A. 8% B. 10% C. 20% D. 15% Ans: C
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105. How many liters of a 90% of concentrated acid needs to be mixed with a 75% solution of
concentrated acid to get a 30 liter solution of 78% concentrate acid? [Janata Bank (AEO-Teller) 2019]
A. 8 B. 6 C. 7 D. 9 Ans: B
106. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of pulses costing Tk. 15 and Tk. 20 per kg
respectively so as to get a mixture worth Tk. 16.50 kg? [Combined 5 Banks (Cash) 2019]
A. 3:7 B. 5:7 C. 7:3 D. 7:5 Ans: C
107. In water ratio should a 20% sugar solution be mixed with a 50% sugar solution so that the
resultant solution has 40% sugar in it? [IBA-MBA Admission Test June 2012]
A. 1:2 B. 2:1 C. 1:3 D. 2:3 Ans: A
108. In what ratio should a 20% methyl alcohol solution be mixed with a 50% alcohol solution so that
the resultant solution has 40% methyl alcohol in it? [Mutual Trust Bank MTO 2014]
A. 1:2 B. 2:1 C. 1:3 D. 3:1 Ans: A
109. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He
gains 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is:
[BD House Building FC (OF) 2015, 2017; Pubali Bank (TAT) 2017]
A. 600 kg B. 560 kg C. 400 kg D. 640 kg Ans: A
110. Solution Y is 40 percent sugar by volume, and solution X is 20 percent sugar by volume. How many
gallons of solution X must be added to 150 gallons solution Y to create a solution that is 25 percent
sugar by volume? [DBBL (AO) 2017]
A. 75 B. 150 C. 240 D. 450 Ans: D
111. In what ratio must tea at Tk. 62 per kg be mixed with tea at Tk. 72 per kg so that the mixture must
be worth Tk. 64.50 per kg? [Uttara Bank (PO) 2017]
A. 3:1 B. 3:2 C. 4:3 D. 5:3 Ans: A
112. In a club 50% of the male voters and 80% of the female voters voted for candidate A. If candidate
A received 70% of the total votes, what is the ratio of male to female voters?
[PKB (EO-Cash) 2018; Combined (SO) 3 Banks 2018]
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D. Ans: B
3 2 4 5
113. Akash/Josim bought two varieties of rice, costing Tk. 50 kg and Tk. 60 kg each, and mixed them in
some ratio. Then he sold the mixture at Tk. 70 kg, making a profit of 20%. What was the ratio of
the mixture? [Union Bank (MTO) 2015; IBA-MBA Admission Test (November) 2014]
A. 1:10 B. 1:5 C. 2:7 D. 3:8 Ans: B
114. How many kilogram of sugar costing Tk. 9 per kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar costing Tk. 7
per kg so that there may be a gain of 10% by selling the mixture at Tk. 9.24 per kg?
[Exim Bank Ltd. (Officer) 2013]
A. 36 B. 42 C. 56 D. 63 Ans: D
115. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of tea worth Tk. 60 a kg and Tk. 65 a kg so that by
selling the mixture at Tk. 68.20 a kg he may gain 10%? [IBBL (PO) 2017]
A. 3:2 B. 3:4 C. 3:5 D. 4:5 Ans: A
116. 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 alloy 15 times as heavy as water? [Pubali Bank Ltd. (SO) 2017]
A. 1:1 B. 2:3 C. 1:2 D. 3:2 Ans: D
117. Solution X is 10 percent alcohol by volume and solution Y is 30 percent alcohol by volume. How
many milliliters of solution Y must added to 200 milliliters of solution X to create a solution that is
25 percent alcohol by volume? [UCBL (PO) 2017]
A. 600 B. 800 C. 300 D. 250 Ans: A
118. A 19 liter mixture consists by volume of 1 part juice to 18 parts water. If x liters of juice and y liters
of water are added to this mixture to make a 54 liter mixture consisting by volume of 1 part juice to
2 parts water, then what is the value of x? [Basic Bank Ltd. (MTO) 2011]
A. 36 B. 35 C. 27 D. 17 Ans: D
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119. Two equal glasses are respectively one-third and one fourth full of milk. They are then filled up
with water and the contents are mixed in a tumbler. Ratio of milk and water in tumbler is:
[IFIC Bank Ltd. (MTO) 2013]
A. 7:5 B. 7:17 C. 3:7 D. 11:23 Ans: B
120. Solution X contains 7% (by weight) of liquid M and solution Y contains 14.5% (by weight) of liquid
M. If 3 grams of solution X is mixed with 2 grams of solution Y, then liquid M accounts for what
percent of the weight of the resulting solution? [Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd. (RTPO) 2011]
A. 6.09% B. 10% C. 10.75% D. 21.5% Ans: B
121. Of 24 kgs of salt water 8% is salt; of another mixture 4% is salt. How many kgs of the second
mixture should be added to the first mixture in order to get a mixture that is 5% salt?
[MBA Admission Test 2001-2002]
A. 48 B. 56 C. 64 D. 72 Ans: D
122. Coffee A normally costs 100 taka pound. It is mixed with coffee B, which normally costs 70 taka per
pound, to form a mixture which costs 88 taka per pound. If there are 10 pounds of the mix, how
many pounds of coffee A are used in the mix? [MBA Admission Test 2001-2002]
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7 Ans: C
123. In a mixture, the ratio of the milk and water is 6 : 5. Which 22 liter mixture is replaced by water,
the ratio becomes 9 : 13. Find the quantity of water after replacement? [Combined 2 Banks (Off.) 2018]
A. 62 liter B. 50 liter C. 40 liter D. 52 liter Ans: D
124. A jar contains a mixture of oil and water in the ratio 22:3, 50 liters of the mixture was taken out
and 25 liters of water was added to it. If water was 34% in the resultant mixture, what was the
initial quantity of the mixture (in liters) in the jar? [Sonali Bank (Officer-Cash) 2019 (FF-quota)]
A. 175 B. 150 C. 75 D. 125 Ans: D
125. A container contains 40 liters of milk. From this container 4 liters of milk was taken out and
replaced by water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now contained
by the container? [Rupali Bank (SO) 2019]
A. 26.34 liters B. 27.36 liters C. 28 liters D. 29.16 liters Ans: D
126. There are deer and peacock in zoo. The total number of their heads is 80 and the total number of
their legs is 200. How many peacocks are there? [IFIC Bank (MTO) 2017]
A. 20 B. 30 C. 50 D. 60 Ans: D
127. The average age of students of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in the class is 16.4 years
and that of the girls is 15.4 years. The ratio of number of boys to the number of girls in the class is-
A. 2:4 B. 2:3 C. 3:3 D. None Ans: B
128. Halim purchased brand A pen for Taka 200 each and brand B pen for Taka 100 each. If he
purchased a total of 8 of these pens for Taka 1,200, how many pens of brand A did he purchase?
[Janata Bank (AEO-RC) 2017]
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 Ans: B
129. A sum of Tk. 4000 is lent out in two parts, one at 8% simple interest and the other at 10% simple
interest. In the annual interest is Tk. 352, the sum lent at 8% is-
A. 3600 B. 2400 C. 1200 D. None Ans: B
130. A merchant buys two articles for Tk. 1400. He sells one of them at a profit of 20% and the other at
a loss of 8%. He makes no profit or loss in the end. What is the selling price of the article that he
sold at a loss?
A. 1000 B. 1200 C. 800 D. 900 Ans: A