Partnership — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations
Practice high-yield Mathematics & Quantitative Ability MCQs on Partnership — Part 2 with worked academic solutions for CSS, NTS, PPSC, FPSC, PMS.
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Question 1 of 40
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Question 2 of 40
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Shankar starts a business with an investment of Rs. 120000. After three months, Aniket joined him with an invesment of Rs. 190000. They earned a profit of Rs. 1750000 after one year. What is Aniket's share in the profit ?
Question 3 of 40
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Arun started a business investing Rs. 38000. After 5 months Bakul joined him with a capital of Rs. 55000. At the end of the year the total profit was Rs. 22000. What is the approximate difference between the share of profits Arun and Bakul ?
Question 4 of 40
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Goutam started a business with a sum of Rs. 60000. Jatin joined him 8 months later with a sum of Rs. 35000. At what respective ratio will the two share of profit after two years ?
Question 5 of 40
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Dilip, Ram and Avtar started a shop by investing Rs. 2700, Rs. 8100 and Rs. 7200 respectively. At the end of one year, the profit earned was distributed. If Ram's share was Rs. 3600, what was their total profit ?
Question 6 of 40
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A, B and C invested Rs. 47000 for a business. If A subscribes Rs. 7000 more than B and B Rs. 5000 more than C, then out of total profit of Rs. 4700, C receives ?
Question 7 of 40
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A and B started a business investing amount of Rs. 185000 and Rs. 225000 respectively. If B's share in the profit earned by them is Rs. 9000 then what is the total profit earned by them together ?
Question 8 of 40
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A and B stared a boutique investing amounts of Rs. 35000 and Rs. 56000 respectively. If A's share in the profit earned by them need is Rs. 45000, then what is the total profit earned ?
Question 9 of 40
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Sonia started a business investing Rs. 60000. After 6 months Vivek joined him with an amount of Rs. 140000. After 1 year Kirti also joined them with Rs. 120000. After 2 years the business yielded a total profit of Rs. 450000. What is the share of Vivek in the profit ?
Question 10 of 40
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P and Q started a business in the ratio of 2 : 3. After 1 year P left the business but Q continues. After 2 years he had profit of Rs. 26000. What is the profit of Q?
Question 11 of 40
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A, B and C enter into a partnership. A invests some money at the beginning, B invests double the amount after six months and C invest thrice the amount after eight months. If the annual profit be Rs. 27000; C's share (in Rs.) is ?
Question 12 of 40
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X and Y enter into a partnership with capitals in the ratio 5 : 6 and at the end of 8 months, X withdraws. If they receive profit in the ratio of 5 : 9. Find how long Y's capital was used.
Question 13 of 40
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Two partners invest Rs. 125000 and Rs. 85000 respectively in a business and agree that 60% of the profit should be divided equally between them and the remaining profit is to be divided into ratio of their capitals. If one partner gets Rs. 300 more than the other. Find the total profit made in the business ?
Question 14 of 40
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Two brother invested Rs. 50000 and Rs. 70000 respectively in a business and agreed that 70% of the profits should be divided equally between them and the remaining profit in the ratio of investment. If one brothers gets Rs. 90 more than the other. Find the total profit made in the business ?
Question 15 of 40
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A, B and C enter into a partnership. They invest Rs. 40000, Rs. 80000 and Rs. 120000 respectively. At the end of the first year, B withdraws Rs. 40000, while at the end of the second year, C withdraws Rs. 80000. In what ratio will the profit be shared at the end of 3 years ?
Question 16 of 40
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A, B and C enter into a partnership. A initially invests Rs. 25 lakhs and adds another Rs. 10 lakhs after one year. B initially invests Rs. 35 lakhs and withdraws Rs. 10 lakhs after 2 years and C invests Rs. 30 lakhs. In what ratio should the profits be divided at the end of 3 years ?
Question 17 of 40
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Subhash starts a business by investing Rs. 25000. 6 months later Aditya joins him by investing Rs. 15000. After another 6 months Aditya invests an additional amount of Rs. 15000. At the end of 3 years they earn a profit of Rs. 247000. What is Aditya's share in the profit ?
Question 18 of 40
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A, B and C enter into a partnership with capitals in the ratio 5 : 6 : 8. At the end of the business term, they received the profit in the ratio 5 : 3 : 12. Find the ratio of time for which they contributed their capitals ?
Question 19 of 40
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X and Z invest capital in the ratio of 2 : 1 while X and Y invest capital in the ratio of 3 : 2. If their annual profit is Rs. 157300 then what is Y share ?
Question 20 of 40
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A and B start a business with investments of Rs. 5000 and Rs. 4500 respectively. After 4 months, A takes out half of his capital. After two more months B takes out one-third of his capital while C joins them with a capital of Rs. 7000. At the end of a year, they earn a profit of Rs. 5080. Find the share of each member in the profit ?
Question 21 of 40
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A, B and C subscribe Rs. 50000 for a business. A subscribes Rs. 4000 more than B and B Rs. 5000 more than C. Out of a total profit of Rs. 35000, A receives ?
Question 22 of 40
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A, B and C are three partners. They altogether invested Rs. 14000 in business. At the end of the year, A got Rs. 337.50, B Rs. 1125 and C Rs. 637.50 as profit. The difference between the investments of B and A was ?
Question 23 of 40
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A and B are two partners in a firm sharing the profit in the ratio 4 : 5. If the firm earns a profit of Rs. 14130, then profit to be received by B ?
Question 24 of 40
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A and B started a business investing amounts in the ratio of 2 : 3. If A has invested an additional amount of Rs. 10000, their ratio of investment would have been 3 : 2. The amount invested by A was ?
Question 25 of 40
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A, B and C started a business investing amounts in the ratio of 5 : 6 : 8 respectively. After one year, C withdrew 50% of the amount and A invested an additional amount of 60% of the original amount invested by him. In what ratio, the profit earned at the end of 2 years should be distributed among A, B and C respectively ?
Question 26 of 40
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Jhon, Mona and Gordon, three US based business partners, jointly invested in a business project to supply nuclear fuel to India. As per their share in the investment, Gordon will receive $$\frac{2}{3}$$ of the profits whereas Jhon and Mona divided the remainder equally. It is estimated that the income of Jhon will increase by $ 60 million when the rate of profit rises from 4% to 7%. What is Mona's capital ?
Question 27 of 40
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Anu is a working partner and Bimla is a sleeping partner in a business. Anu puts Rs. 5000 and Bimla putes in Rs. 6000. Anu receives 12.5% of the profit for managing the business and the rest is divided in proportion to their capitals. What does each get put of a profit of Rs. 880 ?
Question 28 of 40
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The ratio of investments of two partners X and Y is 11 : 12 and the ratio of their profit is 2 : 3. If X invested the money for 8 months, then the time for which Y invested the money is ?
Question 29 of 40
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A and B enter into partnership. At the end of 9 months B withdraws but A's capitals is used for one month more. If they receive profit in the ratio of 5 : 6, then the ratio of their capital is ?
Question 30 of 40
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Two partners invested Rs. 125000 and Rs. 85000 respectively in a business. They distribute 60% of the profit equally and decide to distribute the remaining 40% as the interest on their capitals. If one partner received Rs. 3000 more than the other, the total profits is ?
Question 31 of 40
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Nonad, Vikas and and Manav enter into a partnership. Ninad invest some amount at the beginning. Vikas invest double the amount after 6 months and Manav invests thrice the amount invested by Ninad after 8 months. They earn a profit of Rs. 45000 at the end of the year. What is Manav's share in the profit ?
Question 32 of 40
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Four milkmen rented a pasture. A grazed 15 cows for 4 months, B grazed 12 cows for 2 months, C grazed 18 cows for 6 months and D grazed 16 cows for 5 months. If A's share of rent is Rs. 1020, what is C's share of rent ?
Question 33 of 40
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A, B and C are three partners in a business. The profit share of A is $$\frac{3}{{16}}$$ of the total profit and B's share is $$\frac{1}{{4}}$$ of the total profit. If C receives Rs. 243, then the amount received by B will be ?
Question 34 of 40
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A is a active partner and B is a inactive partner in business. A puts in Rs. 5000 and B puts in Rs. 6000. A received 15% of the profit for managing the business and the rest is divided in proportion to their capitals. The amounts received by A out of the profit of Rs. 880 in all is ?
Question 35 of 40
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A, B and C are partners in a business. Their shares are in the proportion of $$\frac{1}{3}:\frac{1}{4}:\frac{1}{5}$$ . A withdraws half of his capital after 15 months and after another 15 months, a profit of Rs. 4340 is divided. The share of C is ?
Question 36 of 40
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A, B, C started a business with their investments in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5. After 4 months, A invested the same amount as before and B as well as C withdrew half of their investments. The ratio of their profits at the end of the year is ?
Question 37 of 40
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In a partnership, A invests $$\frac{1}{6}$$ of the capital $$\frac{1}{6}$$ for of the time, B invests $$\frac{1}{3}$$ of the capital for $$\frac{1}{3}$$ of the time and C, the rest of the capital for the whole time. Out of a profit of Rs. 4600, B's share is ?
Question 38 of 40
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A starts business with a capital of Rs. 14000. Five months later B joins and further two months later C joins them. If the profit sharing ratio in the end of year is 4 : 3 : 2, then the money invested by C was ?
Question 39 of 40
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A, B and C become partners in a business. A contributes $$\frac{1}{3}$$ rd of the capital for $$\frac{1}{4}$$ th of the time. B contributes $$\frac{1}{5}$$ th of the capital for $$\frac{1}{6}$$ th of the time and C the rest of the capital for the whole time. If the profit is Rs. 1820, then the A's share in profit is ?
Question 40 of 40
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A, B and C entered into a partnership. A invested Rs. 2560 and B invested Rs. 2000. At the end of the year, they gained Rs. 1105, out of which A got Rs. 320. C's capital was ?
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