Ratio & Proportion – 1 - Practice Questions

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01. If Rs.782 be divided into three parts, proportional to ∶ ∶ , then the first part is:
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a. Rs.182 b. Rs.190 c. Rs.204 d. None
02. Two numbers are in the ratio 3: 5. If 9 is subtracted from each, the new numbers are in the ratio 12 : 23. The smaller number
is:
a. 27 b. 33 c. 49 d. None
03. In a bag, there are coins of 50 p, 25 p and 10 p in the ratio of 1: 2: 3. If there is Rs.195 in all, how many 50 p coins are there?
a. 150 b. 100 c. 90 d. None
04. Salaries of Sita and Geetha are in the ratio 3: 4. If the salary of each is increased by Rs.5500, the new ratio becomes 14: 15.
What is Sita’s salary?
a. Rs.1700 b. Rs.2000 c. Rs.1650 d. None
05. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 :3 and that of the second to the third is 5 : 8, then the
second number is
a. 20 b. 30 c. 48 d. None
06. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two numbers is:
a. 4:5 b. 5:8 c. 3:5 d. None
07. A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets Rs.1000 more than D, what is
B's share?
a. Rs.500 b. Rs.1500 c. Rs.2500 d. None
08. If 30% of a number is equal to one-fifth of another number, what is the ratio of first number to the second number?
a. 1:2 b. 2:1 c. 2:3 d. None
09. The fourth proportional to 5, 8, 15 is:
a. 18 b. 24 c. 20 d. None
10. The proportion of milk and water in 3 samples is 2:1, 3:2 and 5:3. A mixture comprising of equal quantities of all 3 samples is
made. The proportion of milk and water in the mixture is:
a. 227:133 b. 133:227 c. 7:3 d. 9:5
11. In a class of 70 students, the ratio of boys and girls is 4:3. Among the girls the ratio of the number of rich and poor is 1:4. If
the ratio of the number of rich and poor students is 8:27. Find the ratio of the number of rich and poor boys in the class.
a. 1:3 b. 1:4 c. 1:2 d. 2:3
12. The monthly income ratio of A and B is 6:5. The ratio of their monthly expenditures is 3:2. If A saves one-fourth of this
income, find the ratio of their monthly savings.
a. 3:5 b. 3:4 c. 1:2 d. None
13. The volumes of two spheres are in ratio 8:27. The ratio of their surface areas is?
a. 27:8 b. 8 : 27 c. 2:3 d. None
14. A number is twice the second and thrice the third. The ratio of three numbers is?
a. 6:3:2 b. 1:3:2 c. 2:3:6 d. None
15. 60 ltrs of mixture contains alcohol and water in ratio 4:1. How much water has to be added to make the ratio 3:2?
a. 24 b. 28 c. 20 d. None
16. The ratio between two numbers is 5:7 and their product is 560.What is the difference between these two numbers?
a. 8 b. 12 c. 6 d. 21
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17. After spending of his salary on rent and food items and ¼ th of the remaining on transportation, Rajesh has 6000 with him.
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How much did he pay on transportation?
a. Rs.2000 b. Rs.4000 c. Rs.6000 d. Rs.1000
18. A sporting goods store ordered an equal number of white and yellow balls. The tennis ball company delivered 45 extra white
balls, making the ratio of white balls to yellow balls 1/5 : 1/6. How many white tennis balls did the store originally order for?
a. 450 b. 270 c. 225 d) None
19. In what ratio should 20% of methyl alcohol be mixed with 50% of methyl alcohol solution so that the resultant solution has
40% methyl alcohol in it?
a. 5 : 2 b. 3 : 1 c. 1 : 2 d. 2 : 3
20. The certain number of cooks to the number of waiters is 3 to 13. When 12 more waiters are hired, the ratio of number of
cooks to the number of waiters changes 3 : 16. How many cooks are there?
a. 4 b. 12 c. 15 d. 9
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Key: 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. d 5. b 6. a 7. d 8. c 9. b 10. a 11. a 12. b 13. d

14. a 15. c 16. a 17. a 18. c 19. c 20. b

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 Ratio & Proportion – 2 - Practice Questions
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01. if x:y = 1:3, then find the value of (7x+3y):(2x+y)
a. 14:5 b. 15:5 c. 16:5 d. 17:5
02. The salaries of A, B and C are of ratio 2:3:5. If the increments of 15%, 10% and 20% are done to their respective salaries, then
find the new ratio of their salaries.
a. 20:33:60 b. 21:33:60 c. 22:33:60 d. 23:33:60
03. Rs.120 are divided among A, B, C such that A's share is Rs. 20 more than B's and Rs. 20 less than C's. What is B's share?
a. Rs.10 b. Rs.20 c. Rs.24 d. Rs.28
04. In a college, the ratio of the number of boys to girls is 8 : 5. If there are 200 girls, the total number of students in the college
is
a. 420 b. 520 c. 620 d. 720
05. In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water 2 : 1. If the this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then the quantity of water to be further
added is
a. 20 liters b. 30 liters c. 50 liters d. 60 liters
06. If three numbers in the ratio 3 : 2: 5 be such that the sum of their squares is 1862, the middle number will be
a. 10 b. 14 c. 18 d. 22
07. A dog takes 3 leaps for every 5 leaps of a hare. If one leap of the dog is equal to 3 leaps of the hare, the ratio of the speed of
the dog to that of the hare is
a. 4:5 b. 9:5 c. 8:5 d. 9:2
08. The least whole number which when subtracted from both the terms of the ratio 6 : 7 to give a ratio less than 16 : 21, is
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
09. Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by
40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats?
a. 2 : 3 : 4 b. 6 : 7 : 8 c. 6 : 8 : 9 d. None of these
10. The length and breadth of a rectangle are increased in the ratio 3:4 and 4:5 respectively. What is the ratio of the old area to
the new one?
a. 3:4 b. 3:5 c. 1:2 d. 5:3
11. 2A = 3B = 4C then A:B:C?
a. 1:2:3 b. 3:2:1 c. 6:4:3 d. 8: 4:3
a b c a+b+c
12. = = then =? a/3 = b/4 = c/7 then (a+b+c)/c =
3 4 7 c
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
13. Find the ratio between Rs.6 to 25paise.
a. 25:2 b. 24:5 c. 24:1 d. 25:10
14. A packet of sweets is distributed among A,B,C,D in the proportion of 6:8:5:4. If B gets 10 sweets more than D then what is
A’s share?
a. 16 b. 17 c. 15 d. 18
15. Rs.850 was divided among three sons Prashanth, Bhaskar, Chandra. If each of them had received Rs.35 less, their shares
would have been in the ratio of 2:3:5. What was the amount received by Prashanth?
a. 184 b. 174 c. 164 d. 154
16. Find the mean proportional between 49 & 81?
a. 16 b. 10 c. 63 d. 12
17. If 2a = 6b and 9b = 7c, Find a:b:c?
a. 42:18:14 b. 3:9:7 c. 9:27:22 d. 21:7:9
18. The ratio of two numbers is 3:4 and their sum is 28. The greater of the two numbers is?
a. 8 b. 12 c. 14 d. 16
19. A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 5:2. On adding 10 liters of water, the ratio of milk to water becomes 5:3.
The quantity of milk in the original mixture is?
a. 70 b. 50 c. 30 d. 40
20. Five apples and four oranges cost as much as three apples and seven oranges. Find out the ratio of the cost of one apple to
the cost of one orange.
a. 3:1 b. 1:3 c. 3:2 d. 2:3
21. Find the number that must be subtracted from the terms of the ratio 5: 6 to make it equal to 2: 3.
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
22. The ratio between two numbers is 3 : 4. If each number is increased by 6, the ratio becomes 4 : 5. The difference between
the numbers is
a. 1 b. 3 c. 6 d. 8
23. A company reduces his employee in the ratio 14 : 12 and increases their wages in the ratio 16:18, Determine whether the
bill of wages increases or not and in what ratio.
a. Decreases, 28: 27 b. Increases, 27:28 c. Decreases, 29:28 d. Increases, 28:29 e. None
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Key: 1.c 2. d 3. b 4. b 5. d 6. b 7. b 8.a 9. a 10. b 11. c 12. b 13. c 14. c
15. a 16. c 17. d 18. d 19. a 20. c 21. c 22. c 23. a
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