Ratio and Proportion

Type I –Basic Questions on Ratio /Proportion

16) If x/y = 2/3, then what is the ratio of (3x + 2y) and (3x
1) The total number of students in a school is 2140. If the – y)?
number of girls in the school is 1200, then what is the A) 4 : 1 B) 3 : 1 C) 2 : 1 D) 4 : 3
respective ratio of the total number of boys to the total
number of girls in the school? 17) What number should be added to each of the numbers
A)26 : 25 B)47 : 60 94, 24, 100 and 26, so that the resulting numbers are in
C)18 : 13 D)31 : 79 continued proportion?
A) 10 B) 11 C) 9 D) 8
2) 48% of the first number is 60% of the second number.
What is the ratio of the first number to the second number? 18) What is the sub-duplicate ratio of 16 : 25.
A)4 : 7 B)3 : 4 C)5 : 4 D)Can’t be determined A)2 : 3 B)4 : 5 C)3 : 7 D)None

3) If 2a=6b and 9b=7c, Find a:b:c? 19) Arrange the fractions in ascending order
A.) 42:18:14 B.) 3:9:7 A) 5/8 < 7/12 < 3/4 < 13/16
C.) 9:27:22 D.) 21:7:9 B) 5/8 < 7/12 < 13/16 < 3/4
C) 5/8 < 3/4 < 13/16 < 7/12
4) If a:b=5:3 and b:c=5:4 then find a:b:c D) 7/12 < 5/8 < 3/4 < 13/16
A.) 25:15:24 B.) 25:15:36
C.) 25:15:12 D.) 25:12:15 20) x and y are two numbers such that their mean
proportion is 8 and third proportion is 512. What is the
5)If a:b=1:2, b:c=3:4 and c:d = 2:3 find a:b:c:d? value of x and y?
A.) 3:6:8:24 B.) 6:12:16:24 A) 2 and 16 B) 2 and 32
C.) 6:18:24:16 D.) 3:6:2:3 C) 4 and 32 D) 4 and 16

6) If a:b=5:3, b:c=10:7 and c:d = 5:7 then find a : b : c : d Type II- Equation Based
A.) 250 : 150 : 105 : 147
B.) 250 : 105 : 150 : 147 1) The ratio of money with Ram and Gopal is 7:17 and with
C.) 250 : 150 : 105 : 174 Gopal and Krishan is 7:17. If Ram has 490, Krishan has
D.) 250 : 150 : 105 : 137 A) 2890 B) 2680
C) 2330 D) 1190
7) .If 0.75 : x :: 5 : 8, then x is equal to :
A.) 1.12 B.) 1.2 C.) 1.25 D.) 1.3 2) If Suresh distributes his pens in the ratio of 1/2 : 1/4 :
1/5 : 1/7 between his four friends A, B, C and D, then find
8) A fraction bears the same ratio to 1/27 as 3/7 does to the total number of pens Suresh should have?
5/9. The fraction is? A) 153 B) 150 C) 100 D) 125
A.) 7/45 B.) 1/35 C.) 45/7 D.) 5/21
3) Rs. 1278 is divided among 6 men, 5 women and 3 boys.
9) Find the mean proportional between 49 & 81? The ratio of share of a man, a woman and a boy is 8: 11:
A.) 16 B.) 10 C.) 63 D.) 12 13. What is the share of a man?
A) Rs85 B) Rs72 C) Rs90
10) The fourth proportional to 5, 8, 15 is: D) Rs110 E) None
A.) 24 B.) 20 C.) 18 D.) 16
4) Rs 1440 were distributed among A ,B,C and D in such
11) The compounded ratio of (2 : 3), (6: 11) and (11 :2) is a way that C and D together gets half of what A and B
A) 1:2 B) 2:1 C) 11:24 D) 36:121 together gets and C gets one third amount of B. Also D
gets 5/3 times as much as C. what is the amount of A?
12) If 3A = 2B = 4C; then what is A : B : C? A) Rs560 B) Rs420 C) Rs460
A) 3 : 2 : 4 B) 6 : 4 : 3 C) 4 : 6 : 3 D) 2 : 3 : 4 D) Rs545 E) None

13) Rs. 2600 is divided into three parts A, B and C. How 5) The students in three classes are in the ratio 8 : 9 : 11.
much A is more than C if their ratio is 1/2:1/3:1/4 ? If 15 students are increased in each class, the ratio
A) 600 B) 300 C) 150 D) 75 changes to 11 : 12 : 14. Then the total number of students
in the three classes before the increase is:
14) If Rs. 782 be divided into three parts, proportional to A) 105 B) 120 C) 140 D) 155 E) None
1/2:2/3:3/4, then the first part is:
A) Rs. 408 B) Rs. 204 6) The ratio between the ages of P and Q is 3:2
C) Rs. 412 D) Rs. 220 respectively. If the ratio between 1/5th of P’s age and 1/3rd
of Q’s age is 9:10. Find the age of Q
15) The ratio of speed of three racers is 3 : 4 : 6. What is A) 45 B) 30 C) 32 D) Data Inadequate E) None
the ratio of time taken by the three racers to cover the
same distance?
A) 3:4:6 B) 6:4:3 C) 4:3:2 D) 2:3:5
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7) If the ratio of the ages of Guna and Shekar is 6:7 at A) 10, 000 /- B) 12, 000 /-
present, and twelve years from now, the ratio will get C) 17, 500 / - D) 25, 000 /-
changed to 8:9, then find Guna’s present age.
A) 38 B) 46 C) 42 D) 36 E) None 2) A man, his wife and daughter worked in a graden. The
man worked for 3 days, his wife for 2 days and daughter
8) The ratio of male and female in a city is 7 : 8 respectively for 4 days. The ratio of daily wages for man to women is 5
and percentage of children among male and female is 25 : 4 and the ratio for man to daughter is 5 : 3. If their total
and 20 respectively. If number of adult females is 156800, earnings is mounted to Rs. 105, then find the daily wage
what is the total population of the city? of the daughter.
A) 400000 B) 386400 C) 367500 A) Rs. 15 B) Rs. 12 C) Rs. 10 D) Rs. 9
D) 412300 E) None
3) Amit, Raju and Ram agree to pay their total electricity
9) An employer reduces the number of his employees in bill in the proportion 3 : 4 : 5. Amit pays first day's bill of
the ratio of 7:4 and increases their wages in the ratio 3:5. Rs. 50, Raju pays second day's bill of Rs. 55 and Ram
State whether his bill of total wages increases or pays third day's bill of Rs. 75. How much amount should
decreases and in what ratio. Amit pay to settle the accounts?
a) increases 20:21 b) decreases 21:20 A) Rs. 15.25 B) Rs. 17 C) Rs. 12 D) Rs. 5
c) increases 21:22 d) decreases 22:21
e) None of these 4) Salaries of Ram and Sham are in the ratio of 4 : 5. If the
salary of each is increased by Rs. 5000, then the new ratio
10) Eight people are planning to share equally the cost of becomes 50 : 60. What is Sham's present salary?
a rental car. If one person withdraws from the arrangement A) Rs. 20,000 B) Rs. 25,000
and the others share equally the entire cost of the car, then C) Rs. 30,000 D) Rs. 35,000
the share of each of the remaining persons increased by
A.) One-seventh B.) Seven-eighths 5) One year ago the ratio between rahul salary and rohit
C.) One-eighth D.) One-ninth salary is 4:5. The ratio between their individual salary of
the last year and current year is 2:3 and 3:5 respectively.
Type III- Questions on Coins and values If the total current salary of rahul and rohit is 4300. Then
find the current salary of rahul.
1) Rs.630/- distributed among A,B and C such that on A)1200 B)1800 C)1600
decreasing their shares by RS.10,RS.5 and RS.15 D)2000 E)None of these
respectively, The balance money would be divided among
them in the ratio 3:4:5. Then, A’s share is:? Type V- Solution/ Mixture Based
A.) Rs.150/- B.) Rs.200/-
C.) Rs.160/- D.) Rs.255/- 1) A 50 litre of mixture contains milk and water in the ratio
2:3. How much milk must be added to the mixture so that
2) A bag contains 25p coins, 50p coins and 1 rupee coins it contains milk and water in the proportion of 3:2.
whose values are in the ratio of 8:4:2. The total values of A) 20 B) 25 C) 30 D) 35 E) None of these
coins are 840. Then find the total amount in rupees.
A) 220 B) 240 C) 260 D) 280 E) None of these 2) A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 7:3. On
adding 20 liters of water, the ratio of milk to water becomes
3) A bag contains 25p, 50p and 1Re coins in the ratio of 2 7:5. Total quantity of milk & water before adding water to
: 4 : 5 respectively. If the total money in the bag is Rs 75, it?
find the number of 50p coins in the bag. A) 10 B.) 100 C.) 70 D.) 30
A) 45 B) 50 C) 25 D) 40 E) None of these
3) Two vessels contains equal quantity of solution
4) A bag contains 25p coins, 50p coins and 1 rupee coins contains milk and water in the ratio of 7:2 and 4:5
whose values are in the ratio of 8:4:2.If the total values of respectively. Now the solutions are mixed with each other
coins is X and the total amount in rupees is Then which of then find the ratio of milk and water in the final solution?
the following is true A)11:7 B)11:6 C)11:5
A)X = 840; Y = 260 B)X = 966; Y = 345 D)11:9 E)None of these
C)X = 840; Y = 280 D)X = 740; Y = 260
4) A vessel contains milk and water in the ratio of 4:3. If 14
5) A purse contains 342 coins consisting of one rupees, litres of the mixture is drawn and filled with water, the ratio
50 paise and 25 paise coins. If their values are in the ratio changes to 3:4. How much milk was there in the vessel
of 11 : 9 : 5 then find the number of 50 paise coins? initially?
A) 180 B) 150 C) 162 D) 99 A) 24 B) 32 C) 40 D) 48 E) None of these

Type IV – Income and Expenditure 5) A bucket contains liquid A and B in the ratio 4:5. 36 litre
of the mixture is taken out and filled with 36 litre of B. Now
1) The annual income of Puja, Hema and Jaya taken the ratio changes to 2:5. Find the quantity of liquid B
together is Rs. 46,000. Puja spends 70 % of income, initially.
Hema spends 80 % of her income and Jaya spends 92 % A) 55ltr B) 56ltr C) 57ltr
of her income. If their annual savings are 15 : 11 : 10, find D) 58ltr E) None of these
the annual saving of Puja?

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6) Equal quantities of 3 mixtures of milk and water are 3) A father distributed some chocolates among his four
mixed in the ratio 1:3, 2:3 and 3:4.The ratio of water and children and kept some with him. The eldest three children
milk in the new mixture is got chocolates in the ratio 3 : 11 : 7. The total number of
A)45:76 B)151:269 C)123:154 chocolates with father and youngest child is three times
D)145:245 E)None of these the total chocolates with the three eldest children. The
ratio of chocolates with father and that with all the children
Type VI – Miscellaneous is 3 : 4. Find the total number of chocolates if the youngest
child has 81 chocolates with him?
1) A horse takes 8 steps for every 5 steps of a fox, but 6 A)273 B)252 C)278
steps of a fox are equal to the 3 steps of the horse. What D)303 E)None of these
is the ratio of the speed of horse to the fox ?
A)16:5 B)20:19 C)18:23 4) In a competitive exam, the number of passed students
D)17:21 E)None of these was four times the number of failed students. If ther had
been 35 fewer appeared students and 9 more had failed,
2) A Zoo has 66 fishes , some white and rest orange , the ratio of passed and failed students would have been 2
Which of the following could be the ratio of white to orange : 1, then the total number of students appeared for the
fishes in the zoo ? exam ?
A)1:7 B)2:9 C)3:7 D)2:5 E)None of these A) 170 B) 165 C) 180
D) 155 E) None

Answers:-

Type I Type II Type III Type IV Type V Type V

Q.No. Ans. Q.No. Ans Q.No. Q.No. Ans. Ans, Q.No. Ans. Q.No. Ans. Q.No. Ans.
1 B 11 B 1 1 B C 1 A 1 B 1 B
2 C 12 C 2 2 B D 2 D 2 B 2 B
3 D 13 A 3 3 A D 3 D 3 A 3 B
4 C 14 B 4 4 B C 4 C 4 B 4 D
5 B 15 C 5 5 B C 5 B 5 B
6 A 16 A 6 6 B 6 B
7 B 17 B 7 D
8 B 18 B 8 C
9 C 19 D 9 B
10 A 20 B 10 A

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