Ratio Proportion And Variation (CAT 2018)

1) The ratio of two numbers is 5:8.If 15 is added to each of the two numbers, the ratio
becomes 8:11.What is the sum of two numbers ?

2) The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls studying at a school is 6:5 .If 24
more girls join the school , then the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls
studying at the school would be 54:49 . What is the total number of students studying at the
school ?

3) A,B and C play cricket. A's runs are to B's runs and B's runs are to C's as 2:5. They get
altogether 273 runs. How many runs did A make?

4) Fifteen years ago, the ratio of the ages of a mother and her daughter was 3:2 . Which of
the following can not be the ratio of their ages 10 years from now ?

A) 6:5 B ) 7:3 C) 8:7 D) 11:9

5) A student scored marks in the ratio 5:4:6:8:7 in five subjects having equal maximum
marks . He scored 50% of the maximum marks in all the five subjects taken together .In how
many subjects did he score more than 55% of the maximum marks ?

6) The ratio of incomes of A and B is 3:4 and the ratio of their expenditures is 5:6 . Who
saves more between A and B ?

7) The sum of four numbers is 253. The ratio of the first to the second is 2 : 3. The ratio of
the second to the third is 5 : 6. The ratio of the third to the fourth is 8 : 9. What is the average
of the second and the third number?

8) The monthly salaries of two persons A and B are in the ratio of 3 : 5 respectively. If both of
them received an increment of 250, then the ratio becomes 2 : 3. What were their respective
salaries before the increment?

9) A bag contains Rs. 600 in the form of one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio
of 3:4:12. Find the total value (in Rs.) of the 25 paise coins present in the bag?

10) 5 apples and 4 pears cost as much as 7 pears and 3 apples. Find out the ratio of the
cost of one apple to the cost of one pear?

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11) On a particular day, the ratio of the number of passengers travelled by first class and to
that of by second class between two railway stations was 1 : 50, whereas the ratio of fare of
first class to that of second class between the same stations was 3 : 1. The amount of 1,325
was collected from the passengers travelled between the two stations stations, what was the
amount collected from the passengers travelled by second class?

12) 729 ml of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 7 : 2. How much more water is to
be added to get a new mixture containing milk and water in the ratio of 7 : 3 ?

13) The ratio of the present ages of A and B is 3:7. Whereas after n years it will be 1:2. Find
the difference between their ages after 2n year's, if the ratio of their ages 15 years ago was
1:4.

14) A is directly proportional to B. B is inversely proportional to C. C is directly proportional to

the square of D. D is directly proportional to the cube root of E. Assuming all are positive
integers, as A increases, E
a. Increases b. Decreases c. remains constant d. doubles e. cannot say

15) Two dogs cost as much as 5 cats, 6 cats cost as much as 10 goats and 8 goats cost as
much as 2 horses. If the cost of a horse is Rs 48, then what is the cost of 5 dogs?

16) Rs 4830 is divided among Selena, Justin and Taylor such that if Selena's share
diminishes by Rs. 5, Justin's share diminishes by Rs. 10 and Taylor's share diminishes by
Rs. 15, then their share will be in the ratio 5:4:3. Find the Justin's original share.

17) By increasing the price of entry ticket to a fair in the ratio 7:17, the number of visitors
to the fair has decreased in the ratio 9:5. In what ratio has the total collection increased or
decreased?
a) decreased in the ratio 85:63
b) increased in the ratio 35:153
c) increased in the ratio 63:85
d) decreased in the ratio 153:35

18) The ratio of the present age of Manoj to that of Wasim is 3 : 11. Wasim is 12 years
younger than Rehana. Rehana's age after 7 years will be 85 years. What is the present age
of Manoj's father, who is 25 years older than Manoj?

(A) 43 years (B) 67years (C) 45 years (D) 69 years

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19) The sum of Rs. 600 is divided in A, B and C suchthat Rs. 40 is more than 2/5 of A's, Rs.
20 is morethan 2/7 of B's and Rs. 10 is more than 9/17 of C'sshare, they are equal. Then
what is the share of A, B,C respectively?

20) The monthly tariff of a DTH provider consists of two parts -a fixed part for providing the
service and a variable part which varies with the number of channels opted for. The monthly
tariffs of two customers who opted for 30 channels and 50 channels are 350 and 450
respectively . Find the monthly tariff of a customer who opted for 60 channels ?

21) The cost of a precious stone Varies directly as cube of its weight . The stone was broken
in four parts weighing in the ratio 1:2:3:4. As a result its overall cost decreases by 8100. Find
the initial cost?

22)The cost per kg of rice varies inversely with the square of the quantity of the rice
produced in a year.When the 7 million tons of rice was produced ,it’s cost was 36 per kg.
How much was the production in the year ,when the cost of the rice was RS 49 per kg?

23) X varies directly with Y as well as Z. When x=2 and y=3,z=5.What is the value of x when
y=9 and z=15?

24)The value of a bar weighing 400gm,varies inversely with the square root of the fraction of
impurity in it.If the value of the bar containing 25gm of impurities is Rs45000,then how many
grams of pure gold is there in a bar costing Rs 90,000?

25) The value of the silver coin varies directly as the square of its diameter ,when thickness
is constant and varies directly as it’s thickness when diameter remains constant.Two silver
coins have the diameter in the ratio 4:3.Find the ratio of the thickness if the value of the first
coin is 4 times the second coin?

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