Partnership Aptitude Questions and Answers
This section focuses on "Partnership" in Quantitative Aptitude. These Multiple Choice Questions (mcq) should be practiced to improve the Quantitative Aptitude skills required for various interviews (campus interviews, walk-in interviews, company interviews), placements, entrance exams and other competitive examinations.
1. P, Q, R invested in the ratio of 15:16:17. After the end of the business teram they receives the profit in the
ratio 9:10:11. Find the ratio of time in which they invested in the business.
A. 934:1699:1578
B. 1224:1275:1320
C. 1578:1668:8096
D. 1668:1275:8096
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Ans : B
Explanation: P, Q, R invest the amount in the ratio 15:16:17
T1, T2, T3 are time for investment profit gained =investment × time
Profit ratio= 9: 10: 11=15 × T1 :16 × T2 : 17 × T3
T1:T2:T3 =1224:1275:1320
2. 3 partners A , B, C starts a business. 4 times of A's capital is equal to 6 times of B's Capital and B's Capital
is 8 times of C's capital if profit of B is Rs.6300. Then find the average profit A and C.
A. 7000.5
B. 5118.75
C. 4475.25
D. 6475.25
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Ans : B
Explanation: Let the capital of C be y
Let the capital of B be 8y
Let the capital of A be 48y/4=12y
Ratio of their profit is ,
A:B:C = 12y : 8y :y
=12:8:1
Total of A&C =6300/8 *13
=Rs 10237.5
Average profit of A&C
=10237.5/2 =Rs.5118.75
3. X invested 13% more than Y's investment. Y invested 18% less than investment of Z. X's investment is
what percent of investment made by both Y and Z?
A. 47.5
B. 50.9
C. 56.5
D. 43.5
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Ans : B
Explanation: Let investment of Z be 100%
Let Y's investment is 82%
Also A's investment is 92.66%
Required % =92.66/182*100= 50.9%
4. X invested three- nineth, Y invested three-seventh of the remaining and Zth remaining. If Y earned
Rs.840 as profit pr each year. Find the average monthly profit of all.
A. 490
B. 510
C. 550
D. 570
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Ans : A
Explanation: Let total amount puts by X, Y& Z be P
X's investment = 3/9 P
Balance investment =6/9 p
Y's investment =6/9*P*3/7=2/7 P
Remaining investment =8 p/21 =Z's amounts
Profit ratio of X,Y &Z,
X:Y:Z=3/9 *P:2/7 *P:8/21*p=7:6:8
1month share =840/12=Rs .70
Average monthly profit of X, Y, Z=70/3 *21
=Rs.490
5. A Shop makes a profit of Rs. 85000 of which 15% as paid as taxes. If the rest is divided among the
partners A,B,C in the ratio 8:7:6 then the total share of A and B is
A. 45807
B. 49603
C. 516 7
D. 55431
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Ans : C
Explanation: Profit by company =Rs.85000
After paying tax of 15%
Remaining profit =85000*85/100
=Rs 72250
Profit ratio of X, Y, Z
=8:7:6
Total share of X & Y
=72250*15/21
=Rs.51,607
6. Rs.10500 is divided among P, Q and R. So that P receives half as much as Q and Q receives half as
much as R. Then then total share of P and R is
A. 6551
B. 6952
C. 7500
D. 8000
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Ans : C
Explanation: Let amount received by R is X
Amount received by Q is X/2
Amount received by P is X/4
Profit ratio of
P,Q & R =X/4:X/2:X
=1:2:4
Total share of P&R
=10500*5/7 =Rs 7500
7. Ajay and vivek are active partner in a particular work. Ajay receive 1/7th of the capital for 84 months and
vivek receives 1/8 th of the profit, for how long vivek amount was used?
A. 11
B. 8
C. 4
D. 2
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Ans : D
Explanation: Let total profit be A.
Profit earned by vivek =1/8*A.
Profit earned by Ajay =7/8 *A
Ratio of vivek & Ajay =1:7
Let total capital investment be Z Ajay receive 1/7th of Z for 84 months
Vijay receive 6/7th of Z for Y months
7/1=(1/7*Z*84)/(6/7*Z*Y) => Y = 2month
8. In a work A and B invested amounts in the ratio 7:9, whereas the ratio between amounts invested by A
and C was 5:11. If Rs. 12750 was their profit, how much amount did B gained?
A. 2842
B. 2562
C. 2918
D. 2756
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Ans : A
Explanation: A & B ratio =7:9
B & A post ratio = 9:7
A & C post ratio=5:11
A:B:C = 45:35:77
Amount received by B =35/157*12750=Rs.2842
9. Suja and Madhavi are partners in a business, Suja invests Rs.42000 for 9 months and Madhavi invests
Rs.54000 for 12 months. Then, out of a profit of 38750 find suja’s profit?
A. 14323
B. 14950
C. 14651
D. 14276
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Ans : D
Explanation: Ratio of their shares = (42000*9) : (54000*12)
= 378 : 648
= 7:12
Suja's share = Rs(38750 * 7/19)
= Rs.14276
10. X, Y, Z subscribe is Rs.25000 for a business. X subscribes Rs.2000 more than Y and Y Rs.2500 more
than Z. out of a total profit of Rs.17500, X receives
A. 7700
B. 7350
C. 7490
D. 7320
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Ans : B
Explanation: Let Z = y, then Y = y+2500, X = y+2500+2000
X= y+4500
So y+y+2500+y+4500 = 25000
3y = 18000 => y = 6000
X:Y:Z = 10500: 8500 : 6000
= 105 : 85 : 60
= 21:17 : 12
X's share = Rs.(17500*21/50)
= Rs.7,350
11. X, Y, Z are engaged to do a certain piece of work for Rs.8200.Y and Z are to execute 15/26 of the work
together. Amount to be paid to X is
A. 3350
B. 3654
C. 3469
D. 3369
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Ans : C
Explanation: Y and Z are execute 15/26 of week
Balance =1-15/26
11/26 of work completed by X
X's share of revenue
=11/26 *8200
=Rs 3469
12. Tarani and Ruba invest in a business ratio 7:8. If 24% of the total profit goes to charity and Ruba 's share
is Rs 1506. Then then profit goes to Tarani and Ruba is
A. 2823
B. 2963
C. 3145
D. 2664
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Ans : A
Explanation: Let total profit =X
Balance profit after =76%of X
Ruba's share =76/100 *x*8/15=1506
X=Rs.3715
Then the profit =3715*76/100=Rs2823
13. Jaya and sona invested amount of Rs 10000 and Rs 5000 respectively in their business. What
percentage of the share of the profit that should be given to Jaya such that ratio of income is equal for both at
the end of year?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
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Ans : D
Explanation: Ratio of invest of jaya & sona =10000:5000 =2:1
Income of both at end of year is equal, then
Income is divided into 50 parts.
Income be 100%, then 1st part =25 ,2nd part=25,
Percentage=100/25=4%
14. Murugan, Anwar, Joseph started a business by a share of 7:8:9. The time for which they invested was
4:2:3. The difference in the profit of Murugan and Joseph is what % of Anwar?
A. 5.25
B. 5.75
C. 6.25
D. 6.75
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Ans : C
Explanation: Ratio of investment =7:8:9
Ratio of time=4:2:3
Ratio of profit =28:16:27
= (Joseph - Murugan)/ Anwar =(28-27)/16*100
=6.25%
15. Among 3 persons, P, Q, R the profit of R is equal to two-fifth of the sum of one-third profit of P and onethird of Q. If at the end of the year total profit is Rs 12750, then find the average profit of P and Q?
A. 5575
B. 5925
C. 5625
D. 5375
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Ans : C
Explanation: R=2/5(1/3 P+1/3 Q)
15R=2(P+Q)
R/(P+Q)= 2/15
Take R=2x, P+Q=15x
Total profit =15x+2x =12750
=>X=Rs.750
Average profit of P&Q =750/2 *15=5625
16. X, Y, Z started a business by a share of 8:6:9. The time for which they invested was 6:7:8. The difference
in the profit of X and Z is what % of difference in the profit of Zand Y?
A. 75
B. 80
C. 85
D. 90
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Ans : B
Explanation: Ratio of investment =8:6:9
Ratio of time =6:7:8
Ratio of X,Y,Z=48:42:72
=8:7:12
(X-Z)/(Z-Y) = 4/5 *100 =80%
17. Saranya began a business with Rs 84000 and he joined by shalu with Rs 72000. At the end of the year
their profit ratio 14:4 then after how many months does shalu joins the business?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
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Ans : D
Explanation: Saranya invests Rs 84000 for 12 months
shalu invests Rs 72000 for X months
Ratio of both profits,
Saranya: shalu =84000*12:72000*x
=14:X
14/4=14/X => X = 4months
=12-4=>8months
18. Ajay and vijay entered into business with capital in ratio of 5:7.after 5 months Ajay withdraws 4/7 th of his
capital and vijay withdraws 2/7th of his capital. At the end of 8months there was a profit of Rs 4470. Then find
the profit.
A. 2000
B. 3000
C. 4000
D. 5000
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Ans : A
Explanation: Profit ratio of Ajay & vijay,
5x*5+3x*3 :7x*5+5x*3
=34:50=17:25
Profit of vijay =3360/42 *25
=Rs 2000
19. Keerthi and Kavi invest in a business in the ratio 7:5. If 10% of the total profit goes to charity and
Keerthi’s share is Rs.2625 the total profit is.
A. 4500
B. 5000
C. 5500
D. 6500
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Ans : B
Explanation: Let the total profit be Rs.100
After playing to charity, keethi's share = Rs(90 * 7/12)
=Rs.52.5
If keerthi's sghare is Rs.52.5 total profit = Rs 100
If keerthi's share is Rs. 2625
Total profit = (100/52.5 *2625)
=Rs.5000
20. Three partners shared the profit in a business in the ratio 7 :8 :9. They had partnered for 16 months, 10
months and 9 months respectively. What was the ratio of their investments?
A. 4032:2205:5030
B. 5033:4032:5031
C. 2205:4032:5032
D. 4032:5033:2205
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Ans : C
Explanation: Let their investments be Rs.x for 16 months, y for 10 months , Z for 9 months
Then 16x : 10y :9z = 7:8:9
Now 16x / 10y = 7/8
128x = 70y
Y=64/35x
16x/9z = 7/9
144x = 63z
Z = 144x/63
X:Y:Z = x:64x/35 :144x/63
X:Y:Z = 2205:4032:5032.
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