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Partnership questions for SSC CGL, Bank PO and all competitive exams

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         1.         Nikita and Nishita enter into a partnership investing Rs.50000 and Rs.40000 respectively. Find the share of Nikita in a profit of Rs.22500 after 1 year?
a) 12500                     b) 10000
c) 15000                     d) 7500

         2.         Niki, Nisha and Anu formed a partnership with investments of Rs.75000, Rs.60000 and Rs.40000 respectively. After 3 years of operation they had a net profit of Rs.26250. What was the share of Anu in the profit?
a) 1125                       b) 9000
c) 6000                       d) none

         3.         A, B, C and D enters into a partnership. A subscribes 1/3rd of the capital, B 1/4th, C 1/5th and D the rest. What is the share of D out of a profit of Rs.6000?
a) 2000                       b) 1500
c) 1200                       d) 1300

         4.         Mahesh, Suresh and Ganesh entered into a partnership. Mahesh invested Rs.16000 for 9 months. Suresh invested Rs.12000 for 6 months and Ganesh invested Rs.8000 for 12 months. At the end of a year there was a profit of Rs.26000. Find the share of Suresh in the profit?
a) 12000                     b) 6000
c) 8000                       d) 10000

         5.         A, B and C rented a pasture. A puts in 12 oxen for 6 months, B 8 oxen for 7 months and C 6 oxen for 8 months. If the rent of the field is Rs.396, what rent is paid by A?
a) 108                              b) 18      
c) 126                    d) 162

         6.         A and B enters into partnership for a year. A contributes Rs.1500 and B Rs.2000. After 4 months they admitted C who contributes Rs.2250. If B withdraws his contribution after 9 months, at the end of year they share profit in the ratio:
a) 1:2:3                       b) 1:1:2
c) 1:1:1                       d) can’t say

         7.         Sita and Gita enter into a partnership. Sita contributes Rs.5000 while Gita contributes Rs.4000.After 1 month Gita withdraws 1/4th part of her contribution and after 3 months from starting Sita put Rs.2000 more. When Gita withdraws her money at the same time Rita also joined them with Rs.7000. If at the end of 1 year there is a profit of Rs.1920. What will be the share of Rita in the profit?
a) 770                       b) 780
c) 370                       d) none

         8.         A, B and C enters into a partnership with shares in the ratio 7/2:4/3:6/5. After 4 months A increases his share by 50%. If the total profit by the end of the 1 year be Rs.21600, then B’s share in the profit is:
a) 4000                      b) 3600 
c) 14000                   d) none

         9.         A starts business with Rs.3500 and 5 months later B join as his partner. After a year the profits are divided in the ratio of 2:3. How much did B contributed?
a) 8000                       b) 7000
c) 9000                       d) none

      10.       Gupta and Bansal enters into a partnership with their capitals in the ratio 5:6. At the end of 8 months, Gupta withdraws his capital. If they receive the profit in the ratio 5:9, find how long Bansal’s capital was used?
a) 9 months                  b) 8 months
c)  year                    d) 1 year

      11.       Amrinder began a business with Rs.550 and was joined afterwards by Balwinder with Rs.330. After how many months did Balwinder join if the profit at the end of year were divided in ratio 10:3?
a) 6 months                  b) 8 months
c) 9 months                  d) none

      12.       A began business with Rs.3750 and was joined afterwards by B with Rs.5000. After how many months did B join if the profits at the end of the year were divided equally?
a) 6 months                  b) 8 months
c) 9 months                  d) 3 months

      13.       Jatinder and Harinder entered into a partnership with their capitals in the ratio 5:9. At the end of 8 months Jatinder withdraws his capital. If they received the profit in the ratio 4:9, find how long Harinder capital was used?
a) 9 months                  b) 10 months
c) 2 months                  d) 1 year
      14.       A, B and C invested capitals in the ratio 3:5:9, the timing of their investment being in the ratio 2:3:1. In what ratio would their profits be distributed?
a) 3:2:5                        b) 3:5:2
c) 2:5:3                        d) 5:2:3

      15.       Sumit, Punit and Ramit started a business by investing their capitals in the ratio 1:2:3. At the end of business term, they received the profits in the ratio 4:5:6. Find the ratio of their periods of investment.
a) 8:5:4                       b) 4:5:8
c) 8:4:5                       d) 5:4:8

      16.       A, B and C started a business. If the ratio of their periods of investment is 2:3:6 and their profits are in the ratio of 4:5:6, then the ratio of capitals of A, B and C is:
a) 5:6:3                       b) 6:3:5
c) 3:5:6                       d) 6:5:3

      17.       A and B invested in a business in the ratio 3:2. If 5% of total profit goes to charity and A’s share is Rs.855. Find the total profit?
a) 570                        b) 1425
c) 1500                       d) can’t say

      18.       A and B jointly invested Rs.2100 and Rs.3100 respectively in a firm. A is an active partner and hence he gets 25% of the profit separately. If their business yields them total Rs.1040 as a profit, what will be the gain of A?   
a) 465                         b) 315
c) 575                         d) 725

      19.       Two persons invested Rs.12500 and Rs.8500, respectively in a business and decided that 60% of the profits incurred from the business will be equally divided between them while remaining profit will be assumed as interest on their capitals. If one of the partners gets Rs.800 more profit than the other, what is the total profit in the business?
a) 10500                     b) 9200
c) 8000                       d) can’t say

1.a
2.c
3.d
4.b
5.d
6.c
7.a
8.a
9.c
10.d
11.a
12.d
13.b
14.c
15.a
16.d
17.c
18.c
19.a