QA-05

Ratio - 1
Ratio and Proportions
 a 1 b c 1 d e 1
1. If b  3 , c  2 , d  2 , e  3 and f  4 , then what 3. Rs.74,000 is distributed among x, y and z in the ratio 1 : 1 : 1
4 5 6
abc
is the value of ?
def . The share of y is

(1) 3 (1) Rs.36,000

8 (2) Rs.24,000
(2) 27 (3) Rs.27,000
8
3 (4) Rs.30,000
(3)
4 (5) Rs.20,000

(4) 27
4
(5) 1
4

2. If a box containing two dozen mirrors is dropped, which of the 4. The ratio of the surface areas of two spheres A and B is 9 : 4.
following can be the ratio of broken to unbroken mirrors? What is the ratio of their volumes?
(1) 5 : 4
(2) 3 : 7
(3) 4 : 1
(4) 5 : 3
5. A person has a total of Rs. 210 in the form of one-rupee, 50- 7. Some amount is divided among A, B, C and D such that A/B
paisa and 25-paisa coins. The number of the three types of = B/C = C/D = 3/4. If B gets Rs. 308 less than D, find the
coins are in the ratio 2.5 : 3 : 4 respectively. How many Re. 1 individual amount with A, B, C and D.
coins does the person have?
(1) 89
(2) 103
(3) 92
(4) 105
(5) 110

6. One year ago, the ratio of Harsha’s and Mandar’s salaries

8. Three friends A, B and C went on a picnic. A brought 5
was 3 : 5. The ratios of their individual salaries of last year
apples and B brought 3 apples, and C had Rs. 80. They
and present year are 2 : 3 and 4 : 5 respectively. If their
divided the apples equally among themselves and C gave all
combined salary for the present year is Rs.86,000, find the
his money to A and B for their contributions. What are the
present salary of Harsha.
respective shares of A and B from that money?
(1) Rs.38,000
(1) 50, 30
(2) Rs.24,000
(2) 70, 10
(3) Rs.39,000
(3) 40, 40
(4) Rs.36,000
(4) 33.33, 66.66
(5) Rs.28,000
9. Incomes of A and B are in the ratio 6 : 5 and their 11. Ratio of income of A and B is 7 : 4 and ratio of expenditure is
expenditures are in the ratio 17 : 14. If each saves Rs. 2,500, 5 : 4. Which of the following is true?
then find the income of A.
(1) A saves more than B
(2) B saves more than A
(3) Saving of A and B is equal
(4) Nothing can be said about their saving

10. Incomes of A, B and C are in the ratio 7:9:12 and their

12. If a – b : b – c : c – d = 1 : 2 : 3, then what is the ratio of
expenditures are in the ratio 8:9:15. If A saves 1/4th of his
income, find the ratio of their savings. (a + d) : c?
(1) 1 : 2
(2) 2 : 1
(3) 3 : 1
(4) None of these
13. A student scored marks in the ratio 5:4:6:8:7 in five subjects 15. If a : b = c : d = e : f, then
having equal maximum marks. He scored 50% of the
2a2 + 3c2 – 5e2: 2b2 + 3d2 – 5f 2 is equal to
maximum marks in all the five subjects taken together. In
how many subjects did he score more than 55% of the ab
maximum marks? (1)
ef
(1) 4 ae
(2)
(2) 3 bf

(3) 2 (3) bf
ae
(4) 1
ef
(5) None (4)
ab
(5) None of these

a b c
a b c 2a  3b  5c 16. If   = r, then r cannot take any value
14. If    , where a, b and c are not equal bc c a ab
2 3 4 k
except:
to zero , then 'k' is

(1) 15 (1) 1
2
(2) 17
(2) –1
(3) 13
(4) Cannot be determined (3) 1 or –1
2
(4) 1 or 1
2
Direct/Inverse Proportions
17. Abu, Ibrahim and Khaled inherited few gold coins. If they 19. Y is the sum of three quantities which are directly
share those coins in the ratio 1 : 5 : 8, then 1 coin remains proportional to X, X2, X3 respectively. When X = 1, Y = 4;
left out. But, if they share the coins in the ratio 1 : 3 : 7, then when X = 2, Y = 8, and when X = 3, Y = 18. What is the value
no coin is left. Comparing both the cases, what is the of Y when X = 7?
minimum possible difference in number of coins that Khaled
(1) 98
can get?
(2) 128
(1) 6
(3) 198
(2) 11
(4) 448
(3) 9
(5) 238
(4) 7

20. The height of Santosh is proportional to the square root of his

18. A person buys some apples and mangoes from the market.
age. What will be the height of Santosh at 16 years, if he is 4
Cost price of a mango is twice that of an apple and the
ft tall at the age of 9 years?
selling price of a mango is thrice that of an apple. By selling
an apple at twice its cost price, he makes 150% profit on the (1) 5 ft 4 inches
whole. Find the ratio of mangoes to apples.
(2) 5 ft 2 inches
(1) 1 : 1
(3) 5 ft
(2) 3 : 4
(4) 5 ft 3 inches
(3) 1 : 2
(5) 5 ft 5 inches
(4) Cannot be determined
21. The value of a diamond is directly proportional to the square 23. The value of a gold plate is directly proportional to the square
of its weight. If a diamond weighing 4 kg breaks into 2 pieces, of its diameter, while the thickness remains the same. It is
its total value decreases by 37.5%. The weights of the two also directly proportional to its thickness, while its diameter
pieces are remains the same. Two gold plates have their diameters in
the ratio of 4:3. Find the ratio of their thickness if the value of
(1) 2 kg, 2 kg
the first is four times that of the second.
(2) 2.5 kg, 1.5 kg
(1) 3 : 5
(3) 3 kg, 1 kg
(2) 3 : 2
(4) None of these
(3) 9 : 4
(4) 16 : 9
(5) None of these

22. The cost of a precious stone varies directly as cube of its

24.
weight. The stone was broken in four parts weighing in the
ratio 1 : 2 : 3 : 4. As a result its overall cost decreases by
81000. Find the initial cost.
The speed of a railway engine is 40 kmph when no
compartment is attached, and the reduction in speed is
directly proportional to the square root of the number of
compartments attached. If the speed of the train carried by
this engine is 24 kmph when 8 compartments are attached,
the maximum number of compartments that can be carried
by the engine is
25. Total expenses of a boarding house are partly fixed and
partly varying linearly with the number of boarders. The
average expense per boarder is Rs. 600 when there
are 20 boarders and Rs. 500 when there are 40 boarders.
What is the average expense per boarder when there
are 100 boarders?
27. The working efficiency of three person A, B and C is in the
ratio 1 : 3 : 5 and their wages in rupees per unit are in the
ratio 3 : 5 : 7 per day respectively. A, B and C get Rs.
4,29,300, if they start the work together and finish the work
together. How much amounts will they get respectively?
(1) Rs. 47,700, Rs. 1,43,100, Rs. 2,38,500
(2) Rs. 85,860, Rs. 1,43,100, Rs. 2,00,340
(3) Rs. 24,300, Rs. 1,21,500, Rs. 2,83,500
(4) None of these

26. 1000 soldiers confined in Kalaa-Quila can survive for 13 days

with the remaining stock of cereals if they consume half-
meal-a-day. How many soldiers may survive for 78 days if
they consume full-meal-a-day but have 3 times the stock of
cereals?
(1) 3000
(2) 500
(3) 250
(4) 125
(5) 175
 For questions 28 and 29
Answer questions on the basis of the information given below.
An airline has a certain free luggage allowance and charges for excess luggage at a fixed rate per kg. Two passengers, Ramu and Pooja have 80
kg of luggage between them, and are charged Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 3,000 respectively for excess luggage. Had the entire luggage belonged to one
of them, the excess luggage charge would have been Rs. 6,000.

28. What is the weight (in kg) of Pooja’s luggage? 29. What is the free luggage allowance (in kg)?
30. 100 million bacteria can completely decompose a garbage dump in 15 days and 60 million bacteria can do so in 30 days. If same
quantity of garbage is added to the initial quantity of the dump, everyday how many bacteria will be required to completely
decompose the dump in 10 days?
(1) 150 Mn.
(2) 180 Mn.
(3) 140 Mn.
(4) 120 Mn.
(5) 125 Mn.
Thanks!