Sreedhar’s CCE RATIO AND PROPORTION

RATIO AND PROPORTION

1. If A : B = 7 : 5 and B : C = 9 : 11 then A : B : C =
1) 55 : 45 : 63 2) 63 : 45 : 55 3) 45 : 63 : 55 4) 55 : 63 : 45 5) 55 : 44 : 83
2. If A : B = 1 : 2, B : C = 3 : 4, C : D = 5 : 6 then A : B : C : D =

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1) 15 : 30 : 40 : 48 2) 48 : 30 : 15 : 40
3) 30 : 40 : 48 : 15 4) 15 : 48 : 40 : 30 5) 15 : 30 : 48 : 40
3. If A : B = 3 : 4, B : C = 4 : 5, C : D = 5 : 6 then A : D =
1) 2 : 3 2) 4 : 3 3) 1 : 2 5) 3 : 5 5) 4 : 5
4. The fourth proportional to 2, 12 and 3 is
1) 24 2) 16
ha 3) 18 4) 20 5) 14
5. The third proportional to 8 and 2 is

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1) 6 2) 0.05 3) 7
The mean proportional between 64 and 81 is

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1) 48 2) 68 3) 72 4) 27 5) 18
7. The compound ratio of 2 : 3, 9 : 4 and 2 : 5 is
1) 3 : 5 2) 5 : 3 3) 2 : 7 4) 7 : 2 5) 5 : 4
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4 5 1 3 2
8. Out of the fractions , , , and which is the second highest fraction ?
9 14 2 4 3
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1 5 4 3 2
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
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2 14 9 4 3
9. Monthly incomes of Ravi and Anurag are in the ratio 5 : 4 and their expenses are
in the ratio 4 : 3. If each of them saves Rs. 1200 at the end of the month, their
monthly incomes respectively are
1) Rs. 6000, Rs. 4800 2) Rs. 8000, Rs. 6400
3) Rs. 9000, Rs. 7200 4) Rs. 2000, Rs. 1600 5) Rs. 7000, Rs. 5000
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10. The incomes of P and Q are in the ratio 3 : 5, and their expenditure in the ratio
1 : 2, If P saves Rs. 1200/- and Q saves Rs. 800/- find the income of P.
1) Rs.8000 2) Rs.4800 3) Rs.1600 4) Rs.3200 5) Rs.2400
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11. A bag of fruits was distributed among 4 students P, Q, R and S. P took 8 th of the

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fruits, Q took 5 th of the remaining fruits and the remaining fruits were equally

distributed among R and S What fraction of fruits did R get ?

1 1 5 1 3
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
2 8 16 4 8

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12. 7 of the girls and 5 of the boys of a primary school participated in the annual
sports If the number of participating students is 420 out of which 124 are boys,
what is the total number of students in the primary school ?
1) 802 2) 828 3) 834 4) 854 5) 816
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13. Rs. 1050 is divided among P, Q and R. The share of P is of the combined share
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of Q and R. Thus, P gets :

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1) Rs. 200 2) Rs. 300 3) Rs. 320 4) Rs. 420 5) Rs.500
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14. Rs. 5625 is divided among A, B and C so that A may receive as much as B and
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C together receive and B receives of what A and C together receive. The share
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of A is more than that of B by :
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1) Rs. 750 2) Rs. 775 3) Rs. 1500 4) Rs. 1600 5) Rs. 700
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Rs. 535 is divided among A, B and C so that if Rs 15, Rs 10, Rs 30 be subtracted
from their respective shares, the remainders may be in the ratio 4 : 5 : 7. What
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was their intail shares?
1) 135, 160, 240 2) 160, 280, 310 3) 150, 210, 325
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4) 325, 210, 150 5) 180, 210, 325

16. An amount of Rs. 1450 is to be divided among 800 boys and girls. So that each boy
gets Rs. 2 and each girl gets Rs. 1.50 what is the ratio of no. of boys and girls.
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1) 5 : 4 2) 5 : 3 3) 3 : 5 4) 4 : 5 5) 2 : 3
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17. In a box there are on rupee, 50ps and 25ps coins are in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4. If the
total value of the amount is Rs. 72. Find the total no. of coins
1) 140 2) 144 3) 150 4) 180 5) 160
18. The ratio between the angles of a quadrilateral is 7 : 2 : 5 : 6, respectively. What
is the sum of double the smallest angle and half the largest angle of the
quadrilateral ?
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1) 1620 2) 1980 3) 990 4) 1350 5) 450
19. If x varies inversely as y2 + 1 and x equal to 6 when y = 8 find x when y = 7.
1) 7.8 2) 11.3 3) 12 4) 9 5) 10
20. 10 stools cost as much as 27 chairs, 16 chairs cost much as 5 tables, 9 tables cost
as much as 2 benches. If one bench cost Rs. 480. Find the cost of each stool.
1) 75 2) 90 3) 80 4) 100 5) 70
21. Three vessel of equal capacity contains mixtere of milk and water in the ratio of
2 : 1, 1 : 2, & 3 : 1 respectively if all the solution are mixed. Find the ratio of the
resulting mixture.
1) 5 : 7 2) 7 : 5 3) 7 : 4 4) 6 : 5 5) 6 : 7
22. In a mixture of 60lt, the ratio of milk and water is 2 : 1. what amount of water
must be added to make the ratio of milk and water is 1 : 2.
1) 75lt 2) 55 lt 3) 60 lt 4) 70 lt 5) 65 lt

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23. A milkman diluted 42 litres of milk with water. The percentage of milk in the
solution after adding water was 60%. How many litres of water did he add ?
1) 35 2) 14 3) 21 4) 28 5) 7
24. There was 40 litres of pure milk in a vessel 16 litres of pure milk was taken out
and replaced with equal amount of water Again 10 litres of mixture was taken out
and replaced with equal amount of water What is the amount of water in the
vessel now ? (in litres)
1) 23 2) 22 3) 24 4) 25 5) 21
25. Ratio of earnings of A and B is 4 : 5, respectively, if the earnings of A is increased

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by 20% and the earnings of B is decreased by 20% the new ratio of their earnings
became 6 : 5, respectively. What are A’s earnings
1) Rs. 22000 2) Rs. 27500 3) Rs. 26400
4) Cannot be determained 5) Rs. 20000
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The respective ratio between 52% of x and 30% of y is 12 : 5. If x is 50 more than
y, what is the value of 2x + y

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1) 390 2) 260 3) 230

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The respective ratio between the monthly salary of Om ad Pihu is 7 : 9. Om and
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Pihu, both save 20% and 40% out of their respective monthly salary. Om invests
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of his savings in PPF and Pihu invests th of his savings in PPF. If Om and
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Pihu together save Rs. 17500 in PPF, what is Pihu’s monthly’s salary?
1) Rs. 72000 2) Rs. 36000 3) Rs. 45000 4) Rs. 32000 5) Rs. 35000
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28. A certain sum is divided among A, B and C in such a way that A gets Rs. 221 more
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than th of the sum, B gets Rs. 40 less than th of the sum and c gets Rs. 300.
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What os the total sum invested?
1) Rs. 1110 2) Rs. 1120 3) Rs. 1220 4) Rs. 1320 5) Rs. 1000

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29. Rakesh added 12% of his salary in PPF, th of the remianing amount is spent on
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clothes and the difference between PPF and clothes expenses is Rs. 10500.
Remaining amount is spent on house rent and other expenses. If house rent
expenses is Rs. 1500 less than other expenses, then what is the house rent
expenses?
1) Rs. 12000 2) Rs. 10000 3) Rs. 13000 4) Rs. 11000 5) Rs. 15000
30. 2 candles of the same height are lighted at the same time. The first is to be
consumed in 5 h and seconds in 4 h. Assuming that they burn at constant rates,
in how many hours their height will be in ratio 3 : 2 ?

20 1 2 2
1) 2) 3 3) 4 4) 3 5) 6
7 3 3 3