RBI Grade B

Quant
Lecture 5
Ratio & Proportion
 Agenda of these live sessions

▪ Understanding of basic concepts.

▪ Match the exam level – Basics to Advance

▪ Practice through MCQ’s

▪ Cover PYQ’s
 Ratio & Proportion

▪ Direct questions can be asked.

▪ Also used in Partnership, Ages, Time & Work, Time & Distance, Data Interpretation.
 What we have to cover in Ratio & Proportion

▪ Meaning and difference between Ratio & Proportion

▪ Formation of ratio
▪ Data interpretation based on Ratio.
Q1.Quantity I: Three numbers are in the ratio 4:6:9. If the sum of the first and third numbers
is greater than the second number by 49. Find the sum of three numbers?

Quantity II: Ratio of three numbers is 2:3:4. Difference between the first two numbers is 15.
Find the sum of the three numbers.
A) Quantity I < Quantity II
B) Quantity I ≥ Quantity II
C) Quantity I > Quantity II
D) Quantity I ≤ Quantity II
E) Quantity I = Quantity II
Q2. Quantity I: In a 40 litres mixture of milk and water, water is 10% only. Find how much
water should be added to solution so that ratio of milk and water becomes 1:1

Quantity II: In a 100 litres mixture of petrol and spirit, spirit is only 2%, then find the amount
of spirit to be added to make spirit concentration is 30%.
A. Quantity I > Quantity II
B. Quantity I < Quantity II
C. Quantity I ≥ Quantity II
D. Quantity I ≤ Quantity II
E. Quantity I = Quantity II or No relation
Q3. Quantity I: A milkman has 45 liters mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 5: 4. If 10 liters
water is added, then what is percentage of water in the final mixture?

Quantity II: A vessel contains 40 liters mixture of water and acid in the ratio of 3: 2. If 20 liters
of mixture is taken out and replaced by water, then what percentage of acid in the final
mixture?
A. Quantity I > Quantity II
B. Quantity I ≥ Quantity II
C. Quantity II > Quantity I
D. Quantity II ≥ Quantity I
E. Quantity I = Quantity II or Relation cannot be established
Q4. In a mixture of milk and water, the quantity of water is 40% less than the quantity of
milk. When 5 liters of pure milk were added then the quantity of milk becomes 80% more
than the quantity of water.
Quantity I: what is the quantity of water in the mixture?
Quantity II: 27 liters.
A. Quantity I > Quantity II
B. Quantity I ≥ Quantity II
C. Quantity II > Quantity I
D. Quantity II ≥ Quantity I
E. Quantity I = Quantity II or Relation cannot be established.
Q.5) Quantity I: Salaries of Raman and Velu are in the ratio 2: 5. If the salary of each is
increased by Rs.2000, then the new ratio becomes 4: 9. What is Velu’s salary?

Quantity II: Anu, Bala and Prem started a business with the investment in the ratio of 5: 4: 6
respectively. At the end of the year, they earned a profit of Rs.75000. What will be Anu’s
share?
[1] Quantity I > quantity II
[2] Quantity I < quantity II
[3] Quantity I ≥ quantity II
[4] Quantity I ≤ quantity II
[5] Quantity I = quantity II or no relation can be established.
Q6. A _____ litres mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 7:5 respectively. The milkman sold
48litres of the mixture and added 12 litres of milk and10 litres of water to the remaining mixture.
The milkman again sold ____ litres of the mixture and added six litres of milk in the remaining
mixture. The final mixture contains milk to water in the ratio is 5: 3.
Which of the following satisfies the two blanks given in the questions?
I. 96 litres, 28 litres
II. 216 litres, 38 litres
III. 144 litres, 59 litres
a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Only III
d) Only I and II
e) Only II and III
Q7. Ratio of the number of boys and girls in the class A is 4:5. The difference between the boys and
girls in the class A is ----- and the total number of students in class B is 180. If the number of boys in
B is 16 more than the number of boys in A, then the total number of
girls in B is -----.
i) 21, 80
ii) 20, 84
iii) 26, 60
A. Only i and ii
B. All i, ii and iii
C. Only i
D. Only i and iii
E. None of these
Q8. Income of Raju and Suresh are in the ratio 27 :22 and ratio of their expenditure is 5:4
respectively. Raju saves Rs._____ and Suresh save Rs._____. Mahesh spends 50% of his income for
rent, food and medicine. Amount he spent for medicine is Rs.4000 which is two-ninth of the
remaining income. Income of Raju is 75% of Mahesh’s income. Which of the following satisfies the
two blanks given in the questions?
I. Rs.2000, Rs.2000
II. Rs.3000, Rs.2800
III. Rs.7000, Rs.6000
a) Only I
b) b) Only II
c) Only III
d) Both I and II
e) All I, II and III
Direction ( 9-11) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions.
890 professors are there in three different colleges i.e. A, B and C in the year 2020. The ratio of the
total number of professors in colleges B and C is 7:10 respectively. The total number of professors in
college A is 125 more than the average number of professors in colleges B and C. Out of the total
number of professors in colleges B and C, 4/7 and 8/15 are males. The number of female professors
in college A is 60 more than the number of male professors in college B.
Q.9) If the number of male and female professors in college
D is 30 and 60 more than that of college B and then find the
ratio of the total number of professors in colleges D and C?
[1] 3:2
Q.11) Find the difference between the number of male professors
[2] 1:1 in colleges A and B together and the number of female professors
[3] 4:5 in colleges B and C together.
[4] 7:6 [1] 60.
[5] None of these [2] 80
[3] 70
[4] 90
Q.10) The number of female professors in colleges A and B together [5] None of these
is what percentage more than the number of male professors in
college A.
[1] 35%
[2] 40%
[3] 55%
[4] 10%
[5] None of these
Based on the following table, answer the given questions:
Books sold through online mode and offline mode in a city
Year Number of books sol Percentage of books Respective ratio of Q.12) What is the respective ratio of the total number
(in thousand) sold through online number of non-
of books sold through online mode in the years 2010
[Online mode + mode fiction books sold
Offline mode] to number of and 2011 together and the total number of books sold
fiction books through offline mode in the same years together?
[Online mode + [1] 20:43
Offline mode]
2010 690 40 2:3
[2] 22:67
2011 720 57.5 4:5 [3] 23:24
2012 945 60 7:8 [4] 17:35
2013 1240 75 1:3
2014 1600 79 3:5 [5] 11:78
Based on the following table, answer the given questions:
Books sold through online mode and offline mode in a city
Year Number of books sol Percentage of books Respective ratio of Q.13) What is the approximate percentage decrease in
(in thousand) sold through online number of non-
[Online mode + mode fiction books sold
the number of books sold through offline mode in the
Offline mode] to number of year 2014 from the year 2010?
fiction books [1] 15%
[Online mode +
[2] 19%
Offline mode]
2010 690 40 2:3 [3] 21%
2011 720 57.5 4:5 [4] 23%
2012 945 60 7:8
2013 1240 75 1:3
[5] 25%
2014 1600 79 3:5
Study the following pie charts and table to answer the questions that
follow -
State-wise details of the adult population of a country

Q.14) What is the difference between graduate male

population and 12th std. male population from state A?
[1] 23000
[2] 14000
[3] 12000
[4] 16000
Total number of graduate and above = 24 lakh [5] 15600
Total number of students up to 12th std. pass = 32 lakh
M:F ratio [ M = male and F = female]
Study the following pie charts and table to answer the questions that
follow -
State-wise details of the adult population of a country

Q.15) What is the ratio of graduate female population of State

E to 12th std. female population from state D?

[1] 12:17
[2] 8:9
[3] 12:13
[4] 13:14
Total number of graduate and above = 24 lakh [5] 15:16
Total number of students up to 12th std. pass = 32 lakh
M:F ratio [ M = male and F = female]
Study the following pie charts and table to answer the questions that
follow -
State-wise details of the adult population of a country

Q.16) Graduate female population of State C is what per cent

of the 12th std. female population of that state?
[1] 50%
[2] 56%
[3] 34%
[4] 89%
Total number of graduate and above = 24 lakh [5] 23%
Total number of students up to 12th std. pass = 32 lakh
M:F ratio [ M = male and F = female]
Given below is the summary of fixed and consumption charges of electricity consumption. Study the
instructions and data carefully and answer the following questions.
Note: All other charges of Fixed and Consumption charges are taken on their base charges respectively.

Q.17) What will be the bill amount if a person usage for

August is 700 kWh on a 4 KW load connection?
[1] Rs. 3138

[2] Rs. 3396

[3] Rs. 4000

[4] Rs. 3594

[5] Rs. 4194

Q.18) What will be the average rate per unit for 800 units
consumption? (not taking load into consideration)
[1] Rs. 5.87
[2] Rs. 5.49
[3] Rs. 7.02
[4] Rs. 6.32
[5] None of these

Q.19) Bill amount for July of Mr. Jagdish was Rs. 10000. By
what percent his expenditure on electricity bill will increase in
August if he has taken 6 KW connection and consumes 1400
units of electricity?
[1] 3.54%
[2] 1.1%
[3] 5.82%
[4] 6.82%
[5] 6.42%
Q.20) What is the ratio of fixed charges for a person opting for 4 KW
connections to that of person having 10 KW connection?

[1] 9 : 20
[2] 3969 : 9856
[3] 189 : 440
[4] 189 : 448
[5] 99 : 244

Q.21) What is the average of fixed charges for Deepak & Ranjan if
they have taken 6 KW & 8 KW connections respectively?
[1] Rs. 225
[2] Rs. 259
[3] Rs. 241
[4] Rs. 243
[5] Rs. 260.28
The following Table DI shows the quantity of waste (Dry and Wet) picked by a truck on 5 different days.
The capacity of the truck from Monday to Wednesday is 180 kg and for rest two days is 150 kg

Note:- If the waste produce in a day is greater than the capacity of the
truck, then the extra amount of waste will be picked on next day.
Q.22) If on Wednesday the truck picks only 80% of the waste of his
capacity, then find the difference between the quantity picked of wet
waste and dry waste on the same day? (priority given to wet waste)
[1] 64 kg
[2] 48 kg
[3] 62 kg
[4] 54 kg
[5] 42 kg
The following Table DI shows the quantity of waste (Dry and Wet) picked by a truck on 5 different days.
The capacity of the truck from Monday to Wednesday is 180 kg and for rest two days is 150 kg

Q.23) What is the value of ‘y’?

[1] 4
[2] 5
[3] 6
[4] 3
[5]8
Note:- If the waste produce in a day is greater than the capacity of the
truck, then the extra amount of waste will be picked on next day.
The following Table DI shows the quantity of waste (Dry and Wet) picked by a truck on 5 different days.
The capacity of the truck from Monday to Wednesday is 180 kg and for rest two days is 150 kg

Q.24) Find the ratio of total dry waste produced

on Monday, Tuesday and Friday together to wet
waste produced on Wednesday and Thursday
together?
[1] 194 : 218
[2] 185 : 212
[3] 183 : 224
Note:- If the waste produce in a day is greater than the capacity of the
[4]212 : 185
truck, then the extra amount of waste will be picked on next day.
[5] 224 : 183
The following Table DI shows the quantity of waste (Dry and Wet) picked by a truck on 5 different days.
The capacity of the truck from Monday to Wednesday is 180 kg and for rest two days is 150 kg

Q.25) What is the amount of waste left by the end

of the Wednesday?
[1] 18 kg
[2] 16 kg
[3] 14 kg
[4] 20 kg
[5] 12 kg
Note:- If the waste produce in a day is greater than the capacity of the
truck, then the extra amount of waste will be picked on next day.
The following Table DI shows the quantity of waste (Dry and Wet) picked by a truck on 5 different days.
The capacity of the truck from Monday to Wednesday is 180 kg and for rest two days is 150 kg

Q.26) Find the total quantity of dry

waste on all the five days together?
[1] 381 kg
[2] 413 kg
[3] 361 kg
[4] 337 kg
[5] 321 kg
Note:- If the waste produce in a day is greater than the capacity of the
truck, then the extra amount of waste will be picked on next day.
Following questions contain two statements as statement I and
statement II. You have to determine which statement/s is/are
necessary to answer the question.

Q10. How many people are travelling in the bus?

Statement I: There are 25% women and 35% children passengers in

the bus.

Statement II: There are 148 men passengers are there in the bus.

A. The data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the

question, while the data in statement II alone is not sufficient to
answer the question
B. The data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question,
while the data in statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the
question
C. The data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone is
sufficient to answer the question
D. The data given in both statements I and II together are not
sufficient to answer the question
E. The data given in both statements I and II together are necessary
to answer the question.
Q22. Meena got 420 marks in an exam which is 20% less than the passing marks. Teena got ______
marks which is 60% of the total marks in the examination. Passing marks is ________% of the total
marks in the examination. Which of the following options satisfy the given condition?
I. 750, 40
II. 600, 30
III. 900, 48
A. Both I and II
B. Both II and III
C. Both I and III
D. All I, II and III
E. Only III
Q23. There are totally _____________ students in a class. Some students like only Hindi, some
students like only English and some students like both subjects. 80% of the students like Hindi, 45% of
the students like English. Number of students who like both the subjects is _____________. Which of
the following option satisfy the given condition?

A.800, 200
B.1200, 400
C.1000, 200
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Q24. Monthly salary of Ramu is Rs.____________. He spent 30% of his salary on household
expenditure, ____________% on children’s education and 10% on other expenditure. He saved
Rs.30800.

A.40000, 2
B.56000, 5
C.60000, 6
D. 80000, 10
E. None of these
Read the following information carefully and answers the questions based on it. The bar graph given below
shows the expenditure of five companies in two quarters (T1 and T2) of a year out of total income in these two
quarters.

100% Q.26) For company P, if the income of P in T1 and T2 is in the ratio of

2:1 and Income of P in T2 is Rs. ________ and the difference between
80% savings of T1 and T2 is ________. Find which of the following
statement(s) is/are will satisfy the blanks in the same order.
60%
I. 25000, 20000 Let income of P in T2 = Rs. a
40% II. 40000, 32000 So, income of P in T1 = 2 x a = 2a
III. 72000, 57600 Savings of P in T1 = 60% of 2a = 1.2a
20% Savings of P in T2 = 40% of a = 0.4a
[1] I only So difference of savings = 0.8a
0% [2] III only Statement I: If income of P in T2 = Rs. 25000
P Q R S T [3] I and II only Required difference = 0.8 x 25000 = Rs. 20000
T1 T2 [4] II and III only This statement will satisfy the blanks in the same
*[5] None of these order.
Statement II: If income of P in T2 = Rs. 40000
Required difference = 0.8 x 40000 = Rs. 32000
This statement will satisfy the blanks in the same
order.
Statement III: If income of P in T2 = Rs. 72000
Required difference = 0.8 x 72000 = Rs. 57600
This statement will satisfy the blanks in the same
order.
Hence answer is option 5
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on it. The following table gives partial
information about the number of students pursuing Masters from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
(IIM A). Students are categorized as engineers and non – engineers based on their graduation background.
Total students = total male students + total female students.

Q.28) Find the total number of students belongs to Calcutta?

[1] 4800
[2] 5000
[3] 4500
[4] 5200
[5] None of these