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1. Rs. 10000 are divided among three workers in 17 8, 24, 36 find fourth proportion?
the ratio 2:3:5. The share of second worker is: 1.108 2.72 3.144 4.64
(1) 2560 (2) 3000 (3) 3200 (4) Rs. 3840 18. If 7: x::17.5:22.5, then x=?
(1) 5.5 (2) 7.5 (3) 6 (4) 9
2. If A: B=1:2 and B: C = 2:3, then A: B: C =?
1. 1:2:3 2. 1:3:2 3. 3:2:1 4. 2:3:1 19. If 0.4: 1.4:: 1.4: x, then x=?
(1) 49 (2) 4.9 (3) 0.49 (4) 0.4
3. If A: B=1:2, B: C = 2:3, C: D = 3:4, then A: B: C:
D=? 20. What should be added to each of the four
1. 1:2:3:4 2. 1:3:2:4 3. 3:2:1:4 4. 2:3:1:4 numbers 6,14,18,38, to make them
proportional?
4. If A: B=5:7 and B: C=6:11, then A: B: C=? (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
(1) 55:77:66 (2) 30:42:77 (3) 35:49:4 (4) none
21. What should be subtracted from each of the
5. If A: B=1:3, B: C=5:7, C: D=9:7, then A: B: C: D=? numbers 54, 71, 75, 99 so that the remainders
(1) 15:45:63:49 (2) 15:49:45:63 may be proportional?
(3) 45:15:63:49 (4) 49:15:45:63 (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4)4
1 3 1 5 5 3 22. The ratio between two numbers is 3:4. If each
6. If A:B = : , B:C = : and C:D = : , then
2 8 3 9 6 4 number is increased by 6, the ratio becomes
A:B:C:D=?
4:5. The difference between the numbers is:
(1) 3:2:4:5 (2)6:8:9:10 (3)8:6:10:9 (4)2:3:4:5
(1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 6 (4) 8
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
7. If A: B: C=2:3:4, then : : : =? 23. The ratio of Mona’s and Vikas’s present ages is
𝑏 𝑐 𝑎
(1)8:9:16 (2) 8:9:12 (3) 8:9:24 (4) 4:9:24 9:10. After 4 years the ratio of their ages
becomes 11:[Link] is Mona’s present age?
8. If x: y=3:4, then (7x+3y) :( 7x-3y) =? (1) 18 yrs (2) 22 yrs (3) 20 yrs (4) none
(1) 4:3 (2) 5:2 (3) 11:3 (4) 37:19
24. The monthly incomes of A and B are in the ratio
9. If 2A=3B=4C, then A: B: C=? 2:3 and their monthly expenses are in the ratio
(1) 2:3:4 (2) 6:4:3 (3) 3:2:6 (4) 3:4:6 5:9. If each of them saves Rs. 600 per month
then their monthly incomes are:
10. If 2A=3B and 4B=5C, then A: C=? (1) Rs.1500, Rs.2250 (2) Rs.1200 Rs. 1800
(1) 3:5 (2) 8:15 (3) 15:8 (4) 4:3 (3) Rs. 1600, Rs. 2400 (4) Rs. 1400, Rs. 2100
𝐴 𝑩 𝐶 25. A man age was 5 times his son’s age 5 years ago
11. If = = , then A: B: C=?
3 4 5 and will be three times his son’s age after 3
(1) 3:4:5 (2) 4:3:5 (3) 5:4:3 (4) none
years. The ratio of their present ages is:
1 1
(1) 5:2 (2) 45:13 (3) 10:3 (4) 11:5
12. If A = B and B = C, then A: B: C=?
3 2
(1) 1:3:6 (2) 2:3:4 (3) 3:2:6 (4) 3:1:2 26. The ratio of boys and girls in a school is 3:2.
When 6 more girls join this ratio becomes 6:7.
13. If 15% of A=20% of B, then A: B=? How many boys are there in the school?
(1) 3:4 (2) 4:3 (3) 17:16 (4) 16:17 (1) 24 (2) 30 (3) 42 (4) 12
14. If 20% of (P+Q) =50% of (P-Q), then P: Q=? 27. In a school the ratio of boys and girls is 4:5.
(1) 5:7 (2) 7:5 (3) 7:3 (4) 7:8 When 100 girls leave the school, the ratio
becomes 6:7. How many boys are there in the
15. 4, 9 find mean proportion? school?
1. 6 2. 8 3. 12 4. 36 (1) 1300 (2) 1500 (3) 1600 (4) 1200
16. 6, 24 find third proportion? 28. A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio
1. 30 2. 48 3.96 4. 36 5:1. On adding 5 litres of water the ratio of milk
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to water becomes 5:2. The quantity of milk in (1) 96 (2) 114 (3) 141 (4) 144
the original mixture is: 39. A bag contains Rs. 20, Rs. 10 and Rs. 5 notes in
(1) 16 ltr (2) 22.75 ltr (3) 25 ltr (4) 32.5 ltr the ratio 1:2:4. If their total value is Rs. 3000,
then number of Rs. 5 notes is:
29. If A exceeds b by 40% and B is less than C by (1) 50 (2) 100 (3) 150 (4) 200
20%, then A: C=? 40. Rs. 53 are divided among A,B and C in such a
(1) 3:1 (2) 3:2 (3) 26:25 (4) 28:25 way that A gets Rs. 7 more than what B gets and
B gets Rs. 8 more than what C gets. The ratio of
30. If the income of A is 10% more than that of B their shares is:
and the income of B is 20% less than that of C, (1)16:9:18 (2)25:18:10 (3)10:18:25 (4) none
then the incomes of A, B, C are in the ratio:
(1)11:10:8 (2)22:20:25 (3)10:9:7 (4) 22:18:25 41. Rs. 355 were divided among A,B,C in such a way
that A had Rs. 20 more than B and C had Rs. 15
31. In a mixture of 60 ltrs the ratio of milk and water more than A. How much was C’s share?
is 2:1. If this ratio is to be 1:2 the quantity of (1)100 (2) 120 (3) 135 (4) 150 (5) none
water to be further added is:
(1) 20 ltrs (2) 30 ltrs (3) 40 ltrs (4) 60 ltrs 1 1 1
42. If : : = 2:3:5, then x: y:z=?
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
32. In a mixture of 100 ltrs the ratio of milk and (1) 2:3:5 (2) 15:10:6 (3) 5:3:2 (4) 6:10:15
water is 2:3. If this ratio is to be 1:2 the quantity 3𝑎+5𝑏
of water to be further added is: 43. IF = 5, then a: b=?
3𝑎−5𝑏
(1) 20 ltrs (2) 30 ltrs (3) 40 ltrs (4) 60 ltrs (1) 2:1 (2) 3:2 (3) 5:2 (4) 5:3
33. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper 44. 43.5: 25=?
prepared by mixing metals in the proportion 7:2 (1) 4:1 (2) 2:1 (3) 7:5 (4)7:10
and 7:11 respectively. If equal quantities of the
alloy are melted to form a third alloy C, 45. If x2+4y2=4xy, then x: y=?
the proportion of gold and copper in C will be: (1) 2:1 (2) 1:2 (3) 1:1 (4) 1:4
(1) 5:9 (2) 5:7 (3) 7:5 (4) 9:5
46. If 5x2-13xy+6y2=0, then x: y=?
34. Two equal glasses are respectively 1/3 and ¼ full (1) (5:3) or (1:2) (2). (3:5) or (2:1)
of milk. They are then filled up with water and (3) only (2:1) (4) only (3:5)
the contents are mixed in a tumbler, the ratio of
milk and water in the humbler is: 47. If a: b=c: d=e: f=1:2, then
(1) 7:5 (2) 7:17 (3) 3:7 (4) 11:23 (3a+5c+7e) :( 3b+5d+7f) =?
(1) 1:2 (2) 1:4 (3) 2:1 (4) 8:7
35 A man had some hens and cows. If the number
of heads be 48 and the number of feet equals 48. What number has to be added to each term of
140, then the number of hens is: 3:5 to make the ratio 5:6?
(1) 22 (2) 23 (3) 24 (4) 26 (1) 6 (2) 7 (3) 12 (4) 13
36. A man had some hens and cows. If the number 49. Rs. 6400 are divided among three workers in
of heads be 60 and the number of feet equals the ratio 3/5:2: 5/3. The share of the second
160, then the number of cows is: worker is:
(1) 40 (2) 23 (3) 20 (4) 28 (1) 2560 (2) 3000 (3) 3200 (4) 3840
37. A man had some 10 Rs, 20 Rs notes. If their total 50. instead of dividing Rs. Rs. 117 among P, Q, R in
no of notes 50 and total value is 800, then the the ratio ½: 1/3: 1/4., by mistake it was decided
number of 10 Rs notes is: in the ratio 2:3:4. Who gained in the
(1) 20 (2) 25 (3) 30 (4) 26 transaction?
(1)Only P (2) Only Q (3) Only R (4) Both Q and R
38. A bag contains Rs. 216 in the form of one rupee,
50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio of 2:3:4. 51. The ratio of the number of students studying in
The number of 50- paise coins is schools A, B and C is 5:6:8. If the number of
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students in each of the schools in increased by 62. The sum of the squares of three numbers which
30%, 25% and 25% respectively, what will new are in the ratio 2:3:4 is 725. What are these
ratio of the students in schools A, B and C? numbers?
(1)14:15:20 (2)13:15:2 (3)13:14:15 (4)15:17:19 (1)10, 15, 20 (2)14, 21, 28 (3)20, 30, 40 (4)
none
52. In a class number of girls is 20% more than that
of boys. The strength of the class is 66. If 4 more 63. Rs 680 is divided among A, B, C such that a gets
girls are admitted to class, what will be ratio of 2/3 of what B gets and B gets ¼ of what C gets.
the number of boys to that of the girls? Then their shares are respectively:
(1) 1:2 (2) 1:4 (3) 3:4 (4) 3:5 (1)75, 325, 28 (2)80,120,480
(3) 90, 210, 380 (4)100,200,380
53. Two numbers are in the ratio of 3:[Link] each 64. The salary of A, B and C together amounts to Rs.
number is increased by 10, the ratio becomes 333. If they spend 80%, 85% and 75% of their
5:7. The numbers are: respective incomes their saving are as 7:6:9. The
(1) 3, 5 (2) 7, 9 (3) 13, 22 (4) 15, 25 salary of B is:
(1) 105 (2) 108 (3) 115 (4) 120
2 65. The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 3:2 and
54. Two numbers are in the ratio 1 ½: 2 . When
3 their expenditures are in the ratio 5:3. If each
each one of these is increased by 15, their ratio
2 saves Rs 1000, then A’s income is:
becomes 1 : 2 ½. The larger of numbers is: (1) 3000 (2) 4000 (3) 6000 (4) 9000
3
(1) 27 (2) 80 (3) 48 (4) 64 66. Rs. 1050 are divided among P, Q and R in such a
way that the share of P is 2/5 of the combined
55. What must be added to each term of the ratio share of Q and R. Thus P gets:
7:13 so that the ratio becomes 2:3? (1) 200 (2) 300 (3) 320 (4) 420
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 5 67. Some money is divided among A,B and C in such
a way that 5 times A’s share, 3 times B’s and 2
56. If a carton obtaining a dozen mirrors is dropped, times C’s share are all equal. The ratio between
which of the following cannot be the ratio of the shares of A, B, C is:
broken mirrors to unbroken mirrors? (1)5:3:2 (2)2:2:5 (3)15:10:6 (4)6:10:15
(1) 2:1 (2) 3:1 (3) 3:2 (4) 7:5 68. A sum of money is divided among A, B and C in
such a way that A gets one rupee, B gets 65
57. Two whole numbers whose sum is 64, cannot paise and C gets 35 paisa. If C’s share is Rs. 28,
be in the ratio the sum is:
(1) 5:3 (2) 7:1 (3) 3:4 (4) 9:7 (1) 120 (2) 140 (3) 160 (4) 180
69. Rs.1300 are divided among A, B, C and D in such
58. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% 𝐴′𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝐵′𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝐶′𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 2
a way that: = 𝐶′𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 = 𝐷′𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 =3, what
more than a third number. These two number 𝐵′ 𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒
is A’s share?
are in ratio.
(1) 320 (2) 240 (3) 160 (4) 140
(1) 2:5 (2) 4:5 (3) 3:2 (4) 5:2
70. Vessels A and B contain mixtures of milk and
water in the ratio 4:5 and 5:1 respectively. In
59. 94 is decided into two parts in such a way that
what ratio should quantities of mixtures be
fifth part of the first and eighth part of the
taken from A to B to form a mixture in which
second are in the ratio 3:4. The first part is:
milk to water is in the ratio 5:4?
(1) 27 (2) 30 (3) 36 (4) 48
(1) 2:5 (2) 2:3 (3) 4:3 (4) 5:2
Answer -:
60. Which of the following is the lowest ratio?
1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (1) 4. (2) 5. (1) 6. (3) 7. (3) 8. (3) 9.
(1) 7: 13 (2) 17:25 (3) 7:15 (4) 15:23
(2) 10. (3) 11. (1) 12. (1) 13. (2) 14. (3) 15. (1) 16.
(3) 17. (1) 18. (4) 19. (2) 20. (2) 21. (3) 22. (3) 23.
61. Three numbers are in the ratio 3:4:5. The sum
(1) 24. (3) 25. (2) 26. (4) 27. (4) 28. (3) 29. (3) 30.
of the largest and the smallest equals the sum
(2) 31. (4) 32. (1) 33. (3) 34. (2) 35. (4) 36. (3) 37.
of the third and 36 the smallest numbers is:
(1) 38. (4) 39. (4) 40. (2) 41. (3) 42. (2) 43. (3) 44.
(1) 20 (2) 27 (3) 39 (4) 52
(1) 45. (1) 46. (3) 47. (1) 48. (2) 49. (2) 50. (4) 51.
(2) 52. (3) 53. (4) 54. (3) 55. (4) 56. (3) 57. (3)
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58. (2) 59. (2) 60. (3) 61. (2) 62. (1) 63. (2) 64. (4)
65. (3) 66. (2) 67. (4) 68. (3) 69. (3) 70. (4)
