RATIO & PROPORTION – PRACTICE QUESTIONS

By Subhash Vaddepally
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01. If Rs.782 be divided into three parts, proportional to ∶ ∶ , then the first part is:
2 3 4
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
17. After spending ⅔ of his salary on rent and food items and ¼ thof the remaining on transportation, Rajesh has Rs.6000 with
him. 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
21. If a:b=1:2, b:c=3:4 and c:d = 2:3 find a:b:c:d?
a) 3:6:8:24 b) 6:12:16:24 c) 6:18:24:16 d) 3:6:2:3
22. Three numbers are in the ratio 3:5:7. The largest number value is 42. Find difference between Smallest & largest
number is?
a) 16 b) 8 c) 12 d) 24
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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 21. b 22. d