Aptitude Questions: Partnership Set 7

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1. P, Q and R invested some amount to start a business. P invest 500 for 12 months, Q invest 600 for some months and R invested 540 more than 2 months invested by Q.At the end of the year total profit earned is Rs.2200 while Q received Rs.480 then Q invested foe how many months ?
   A.7 months
   B.9months
   C.10 months
   D.8 months
   E.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – D.8 months
   Explanation :
   500*12 : 600*x : 540*x+2
   500*12 : 600*8 : 540*10
   6000:4800:5400 = 60:48:54 = 10:6:9
   Q = 2000*6/25 = 480
   
   
   
2. A, B, C start a business. A contributes 1/5 of total capital invested in business. B contributes as much as A and C together. Total profit at the end of the year was Rs.7200.What was B’s Share in the profit ?
   A.Rs.4200
   B.Rs.2400
   C.Rs.3600
   D.Rs.2700
   E.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – C.Rs.3600
   Explanation :
   A = x/5
   Remaining = 4x/5 = B+C
   B = x/2 ,C = 4x/5 –x/2 =3x/10
   x/5 : x/2 : 3x/10 = 2:5:3
   P = 7200*5/10 = 3600
   
   
   
3. Prabu, Hari and Riya started a business in partnership by investing Rs.38500, Rs.49500 and X respectively. At the end of the year they earned a total profit of Rs.101500 and Riya’s share in the profit is 45500 find X ?
   A.Rs.71500
   B.Rs.50200
   C.Rs.40000
   D.Rs.75000
   E.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – A.Rs.71500
   Explanation :
   X = 71500
   38500*12:49500*12 : x*12 = 7:9:12x = 7:9:13
   Profit = 101500*13/29 = 45500
   
   
   
4. Vinay started a business by investing Rs. 32000.After 2 months Vardhan joined him with some investments. At the end of the year the total profit was divided in the ratio 8:5.How much capital was invested by Vardhan ?
   A.Rs.30,000
   B.Rs.28,000
   C.Rs.19,000
   D.Rs.24,000
   E.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – D.Rs.24,000
   Explanation :
   32000*12/x*10 = 8/5
   19,20,000 = 80x
   X = 1920000/80 = 24,000
   
   
   
5. A Company makes a profit of Rs.7,60,000, 20% of which is paid as taxes. If the rest is divided among the partners X, Y and Z in the ratio 5:3:4 then the share of X is
   A.Rs.1,40,000
   B.Rs.1,52,000
   C.Rs.1,20,000
   D.Rs.2,00,000
   E.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – B.Rs.1,52,000
   Explanation :
   20% = 760000*20/100 = 152000
   Remaining = Rs.6,08,000
   X = 6,08,000*3/12 = 1,52,000
   
   
   
6. Rs.9750 are divided among K,L and M so that K may receive one half as much as L and M together receive and L receive one fifth of what K and M together receive.How much did M recieve
   A.4875
   B.2760
   C.3505
   D.3875
   E.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – A.4875
   Explanation :
   K =L+M/2
   L = K+M/4
   2:1:3 = 9750*3/6 = 4875
   
   
   
7. Sahir started   a software business by investing Rs. 30,000 . After six months , Nikil Joined him with a capital of Rs. 50,000 . After 2 years , they earned a profit of Rs . 22,500 . What was Sahir’s share in the profit ?
   A.Rs.10,800
   B.Rs.9,700
   C.Rs.11,500
   D.Rs.10,000
   E.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – D.Rs.10,000
   Explanation :
   30,000*4 : 50,000*3 = 12:15 = 4:5
   Sahir = 22500*4/9 = 10000
   
   
   
8. In a business Ishu invested 4 times that of Kathir and the period of investment of Ishu is 1/2 times that of Kathir.Then their profit ratio is:
   A.1:2
   B.2:1
   C.3:1
   D.2:3
   E.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – B.2:1
   Explanation :
   4:1
   ½ :1 => 1:2
   Ratio of profit = 4:2 = 2:1
   
   
   
9. In a partnership, A invests 1 / 2 of the capital for 1 / 3 of the time, B invests 1 / 4 of the capital for 1 / 3 of the time and C invests for 1/5 for 1/4 of the time. Out of the profit of Rs. 17622 at the end of a year, find A’s share in the profit.
   A.Rs.9790
   B.Rs.8760
   C.Rs.1080
   D.Rs.7650
   E.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – A.Rs.9790
   Explanation :
   (1 / 2 × 1 / 3) : (1 / 4 × 1 / 3) : ( 1 / 5 × 1 / 4)
   (1 / 6) : (1 / 12) : (1 / 20) = (10 / 60) : (5 / 60) : (3 / 60)
   10 : 5 : 3
   A’s profit = 17622*10/18 = Rs.9790
   
   
   
10. M start a business with Rs.26000 after 3 months N joined with Rs.16000. After some more months K joined with Rs.25000. At the end of the year they earned a total profit of Rs. 17000 and K gets Rs.4208 as his share.After how many months K joined the business after N ?  
    A.3
    B.4
    C.5
    D.2
    E.None of these
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – A.3
    Explanation :
    26000*12 : 16000*9 : 25000*6
    312:144:150 = 156 : 72 : 75
    K’s share = 17000* 75/303 = 4208
    9-6 = 3