Ratio and Proportion

1. If a : b = b : c then, a4 : b4 is equal to ratio of their ages after 5 years ?

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a) ac : b2 b) a2 : c2 a) 1 : 4 b) 2 : 3
c) 3 : 5 d) 5 : 6

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c) c2 : a2 d) b2 : ac
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2. If x : y = 3 : 2 then the ratio 2x2 + 3y2 : 3x2 – 2y2 is
equal to : average marks 25 and 40 respectively, the overall

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a) 12 : 5 b) 6 : 5 average obtained is 30. Find the ratio of the students
in the classes A and B.
c) 30 : 19 d) 5 : 3

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a) 2 : 1 b) 5 : 8
3. The numerator and denominator of a fraction are in

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the ratio of 2 : 3. If 6 is subtracted from the c) 5 : 6 d) 3 : 4
numerator. The result is a fraction that has a value 10. The average of two numbers is 62. If 2 is added to

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the smallest number, the ratio between the numbers
2 becomes 1 : 2. The difference of the numbers is
of the original fraction. The numerator of the
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a) 62 b) 40
original fraction is : c) 84 d) 44
a) 6 b) 18 11. Two numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. If 2 is subtracted

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c) 27 d) 36 from the first and 2 is added to the second, the ratio
4. The sum of 5% of a number and 4% of the other becomes 1 : 2. The sum of the numbers is :
2 a) 30 b) 28
number is of the sum of 6% of the first number c) 24 d) 10

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and 8% of the second. The ratio of the first number 1 2 3
12. Three numbers are in the ratio : : . The

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to the second is : 2 4 4
a) 2 : 3 b) 3 : 2

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difference between the greatest and the smallest
c) 3 : 4 d) 4 : 3 numbers is 36. The numbers are

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5. There is a ratio of 5 : 4 between two numbers. If 40 a) 72, 84, 108 b) 60, 72, 96
per cent of the first is 12, then 50% of the second c) 72, 84, 96 d) 72, 96, 108

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number is 13. The sum of three numbers is 68. If the ratio of the
a) 12 b) 24

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first to the second be 2 : 3 and that of the second to
c) 18 d) 20 the third 5 : 3, then the second number is
6. Four years ago, the ratio of A’s age to B’s age was a) 30 b) 58

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11 : 14 and four years later their ages will be in the c) 20 d) 48
ratio 13 : 16. The present age of A is 14. Of three positive numbers, the ratio of 1st and 2nd
a) 48 years b) 26 years is 8 : 9, that of 2nd and 3rd is 3 : 4. The product of
c) 44 years d) 28 years 1st and 2rd is 2400. The sum of the three numbers
7. The sum of the ages of a father and his son is 100 is
years now, 5 years ago their ages were in the ratio a) 145 b) 185
of 2 : 1. The ratio of the ages of father and son after c) 295 d) 155
10 years will be 15. The ratio of two numbers is 3 : 4 and their LCM is
a) 5 : 3 b) 4 : 3 48. The sum of the two numbers is :
c) 10 : 7 d) 3 : 5 a) 32 b) 28
8. The ratio of present ages of two brothers is 1 : 3 and c) 26 d) 24
5 years back, the ratio was 1 : 3. What will be the

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16. Three numbers are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. By adding 5 24. A container contains two liquids A and B in the ratio
to each of them, the new numbers are in the ratio 2 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the
: 3 : 4. The numbers are : container is filled with B, the ratio of A and B
a) 10, 20, 30 b) 15, 30, 45 becomes 1 : 1. How many litres of liquid A was in
c) 1, 2, 3 d) 5, 10, 15 the container initially ?
17. The students in three classes are in the ratio 4 : 6 : 9. 1
If 12 students are increased in each class, the ratio a) 26 b) 16
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changes to 7 : 9 : 12. Then the total number of students
in the three classes before the increases is 3 3

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a) 95 b) 76 c) 36 d) 26
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c) 100 d) 114
25. In 30 litres mixture of acid, the ratio of acid and water

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18. The number of students in three classes are in the is 2 : 3. What amount of water should be added to
ratio 2 : 3 : 4. If 12 students are increased in each the mixture so that the ratio of acid and water

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class, this ratio changes to 8 : 11 : 14. The total becomes 2 : 5?
number of students in the three classes in the a) 10 litres b) 15 litres

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beginning was
c) 18 litres d) 12 litres
a) 162 b) 108
26. The ratio of monthly incomes of A, B is 6 : 5 and

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c) 96 d) 54 their monthly expenditures are in the ratio 4 : 3. If
19. The students in three classes are in the ratio 2 : 3 : each of them saves Rs. 400 per month, find the sum

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5. If 20 students are increased in each class, the of their monthly incomes
ratio changes to 4 : 5 : 7. Originally the total number
a) 2300 b) 2400
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c) 2200 d) 2500
a) 50 b) 90
27. Annual incomes of Amit and Veeri are in the ratio 3
c) 100 d) 150 : 2, while the ratio of their expenditures is 5 : 3. If at
20. The ratio of the number of students in three classes the end of the year each saves Rs 1,000, the annual

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is 2 : 3 : 5. If 20 students are increased in each class, income of Amit is
the ratio becomes 4 : 5 : 7, what was the total number a) Rs 9000 b) Rs 8000

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of students before the increase ?
c) Rs 7000 d) Rs 6000
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28. The ratio of income of P and Q is 3 : 4 and the ratio
c) 100 d) 110
of their expenditures is 2 : 3. If both of them saves

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21. Zinc and copper are in the ratio of 5 : 3 in 200 gm of Rs 6000, the income of P is
an alloy. How much grams of copper be added to
a) Rs 20000 b) Rs 12000

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make the ratio as 3 : 5?
c) Rs 18000 d) Rs 24000
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a) 133 b) c) 72 d) 66 29. A man spends a part of his monthly income and saves
3 200 a part of it. The ratio of his expenditure to his saving
22. In an alloy, the ratio of copper and zinc is 5 : 2. If is 26 : 3. If his monthly income is Rs 7250, what is

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1.250 kg of zinc is mixed in 17 kg 500 g of alloy, then the amount of his monthly savings ?
the ratio of copper and zinc will be a) Rs 350 b) Rs 290
a) 2 : 1 b) 2 : 3 c) Rs 750 d) Rs 780
c) 3 : 2 d) 1 : 2 30. The ratio of incomes of two persons is 5 : 3 and that
23. There are three containers of equal capacity. The of their expenditures is 9 : 5. If they save Rs 2600
ratio of Sulphuric acid to water in the first container
and Rs 1800 respectively, their incomes are :
is 3 : 2, that in the second container is 7 : 3 and in the
third container it is 11 : 4. If all the liquids are mixed a) Rs 8000 : Rs 48000 b) Rs 6000 : Rs 6000
together , then the ratio of Sulphuric acid to water in c) Rs 10000 : Rs 6000 d) Rs9000 : Rs 5400
the mixture will be : 31. A box contains Rs 56 in the form of coins of one
a) 61 : 29 b) 61 : 28 rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise. The number of 50 paise
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four times the number of one rupee coins. How many
50 paise coined are there in the box ? c) Rs 34.50 d) Rs 33.50
a) 52 b) 64 40. The smallest integer, which subtracted from both
the terms of 6 : 7 gives a ratio less that 16 : 21, is :
c) 32 d) 16
a) 5 b) 4 c) 3 d) 2
32. A boy has a few coins of denominations 50 paise,
25 paise and 10 paise in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. If the total 41. Same quantity of rice is required for each member
of a family of 15 members. On a particular day, due

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amount of the coins is Rs 6.50, the number of 10
paise coins is to the absence of some members of the family, the
consumption of rice was reduced in the ratio 5 : 3.

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a) 5 b) 10
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c) 15 d) 20
a) 3 b) 6 c) 8 d) 9
33. A box has 210 coins of denominations one – rupee

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and fifty paise only. The ratio of their respective
values is 13 : 11. The number of one – rupee coins is
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The ratio of the first and second class train fares
between two stations is 3 : 1 and that of the numbers

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of passengers travelling between the two stations
a) 65 b) 66
by first and second classes is 1 : 50. If on a particular

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c) 77 d) 78
day, Rs 1,325 are collected from passengers
34. A box contains 1 – rupee, 50 – paise and 25 – paise travelling between the two stations, then the amount

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coins in the ratio 8 : 5 : 3. If the total amount of collected from the second class passengers is
money in the box is Rs 112.50, the number of 50 –
a) Rs 1,250 b) Rs 1000

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paise coins is
c) Rs 85 d) Rs 750
a) 80 b) 50
43. In an innings of a cricket match, three players A, B
c) 30 d) 42

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and C scored a total of 361 runs. If the ratio of the
35. If a sum of money is to be divided among A, B, C number of runs scored by A to that scored by B and
such that A’s share is equal to twice B’s share and also number of runs scored by B to that scored by
B’s share is 4 times C’s share, then their shares are be 3 : 2, the number of runs scored by A was
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a) 171 b) 181 c) 185 d) 161
a) 1 : 2 : 4 b) 1 : 4 : 1
44. The total marks obtained by Arun in English and

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c) 8 : 4 : 1 d) 2 : 4 : 1 Mathematics are 170. If the difference between his
36. Rs 750 are divided among A, B and C in such a marks in these two subjects is 10, then the ratio of

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manner that A : B = 5 : 2 and B : C = 7 : 13. What is his marks in these subjects is

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A’s share? a) 7 : 8 b) 8 : 7
a) Rs 350 b) Rs 260 c) 9 : 8 d) 9 : 7

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c) Rs 140 d) Rs 250 45. A person ordered 4 shirts of brand A and some shirts
37. Rs 3400 is divided among A, B, C, D in such a way of brand B. The price of one shirt of brand A was

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that the share of A and B, B and C and D may be as twice that of brand B. When the order was executed,
2 : 3. 4 : 3 and 2 : 3 respectively. The sum of shares it was found that the numbers of the two brands has

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of B and D is been interchanged. This increased the bill by 40%.
a) Rs 2040 b) Rs 1680 The ratio of the number of brand A shirts to that of
c) Rs 2000 d) Rs 1720 brand B shirts in the original order was
38. Rs 6,400 are divided among three workers in the a) 1 : 2 b) 1 : 3
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ratio : 2 : The share (in rupees) of the second
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worker is
a) 3,200 b) 3,840
c) 2,560 d) 3,000
39. If Rs 126.50 is divided among A, B and C in the
ratio of 2 : 5 : 4, the share of B exceeds that of A by

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