A Special Class on Aggarwal Math Book

Class-03 Topic: Ratio & Proportion (MCQ)

01. A man spends Tk. 500 in buying 12 tables and chairs. The cost of one table is Tk. 50 and that of
one chair is Tk. 40. What is the ratio of the numbers of the chairs and tables purchased?
2 1 2 5 7 3
02. If a : b = : , b:c= : and d : c = : , then find a : b : c : d.
9 3 7 14 10 5
03. When 20% of a number is added to another number the number increases by 50%. What is the
respective ratio between the first and the second numbers?
04. If A exceeds B by 40%, B is less than C by 20%, then find A : C.
05. A sum of Tk. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C is such a way that 3 times A’s share, 4
times B’s share and 7 times C’s share are all equal. Find the share of each.
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06. A sum of Tk. 1290 is divided between A, B and C such that A’s share is 1 times that of B and
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B’s share is 1
times that of C. What is C’s share?
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07. Three numbers are in the ratio : : . The difference between the greatest and the smallest
2 3 4
numbers is 36. Find the numbers.
08. The ratio of incomes of A and B is 3 : 4. The ratio of their expenditures is 4 : 5. Find the ratio of
their savings if the savings of A is one-fourth of his income.
09. What must be added to each term of the ratio 7 : 11 so as to make it equal to 3 :4 ?
10. The ratio of milk and water in 64 litres of a mixture is 5 : 3. What amount of water is added to
make the ratio 3 : 5?
11. A bag contains one-rupee 50-paise and 25-paise coins in the ratio 5 : 6 : 8. If the total amount of
money in the bag is Tk. 210, find the number of coins of each kind.
12. The ratio of the number of students studying in schools A, B and C is 6 : 8 : 7 respectively. If
the number of students studying in each of the schools is increased by 20%, 15% and 20%
respectively, what will be the new ratio of the number of students in schools A, B and C?
13. The cost of manufacturing a car is made up of three items : cost of materials, labour and
overheads. In a year, the cost of these items were in the ratio 4 : 3 : 2. Next year the cost of
materials rose by 10%, cost of labour increased by 8% but the overheads reduced by 5%. Find
the increase percent in the price of the car.
14. In a mixture of three varieties of tea, the ratio of their weights is 4 : 5 : 8. If 5 kg tea of the first
variety, 10 km tea of the second variety and some, quantity of tea of the third variety are added
to the mixture, the ratio of the weights of three varieties of tea becomes 5 : 7 : 9. Find the
quantity of the third variety of tea in the final mixture.
15. A shopkeeper mixes two varieties of tea – one costing Tk. 75 per kg and the other costing Tk.
50 per kg in the ratio 3 : 2. If the sells the mixed variety at Tk. 62.40 per kg, find his gain or loss
percent.
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 Topic: Ratio & Proportion (Written)
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01. Initially two cups of same volume are filled with milk upto th and th of their volumes. Water is
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then filled. Then two mixtures are mixed and poured into a jug. Find the ratio of water to milk in the
mixture.
02. Three equal jugs are filled with a mixture of milk and water. The proportion of milk water in each glass
is in the ratio 1 : 2, 2 : 3 and 3 : 4. The contents of the three jugs are emptied into a single vessel. What is
the proportion of milk and water in it?
03. Ratio of the incomes of A, B and C last year was 3 : 4 : 5. The ratio of their individual incomes of the
last year and this year are 4 : 5, 2 : 3 and 3 : 4 respectively. If the sum of their present incomes is Tk.
78800, then find the present individual incomes of A, B and C.
04. Two identical vessels A and B contain mixtures of milk and water in the ratios 4 : 5 and 5 : 1
respectively. In what ratio should quantities of mixtures be taken from A and B to form a mixture in
which milk to water is in the ratio 5 : 4?
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05. A pot contains 81litres of pure milk. of the milk is replaced by the same amount of water. Again,
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of the mixture is replaced by that amount of water. Find the ratio of milk and water in the new mixture.
06. The salary of A, B and C together amounts to Tk. 33300. If they spend 80%, 85% and 7% of their
respective incomes, their savings are as 7 : 6 : 9. Find the salary of B.
07. Divide Tk. 1050 among A, B and C such that A receives 2 as much as B and C together and B receives
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3 as much as A and C together.
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08. In a class of 60 students, the number of boys and girls participating in the annual sports is in the ratio 3:2
respectively. The number of girls not participating in the sports is 5 more than the number of boys not
participating in the sports. If the number of boys participating in the sports is 15, than how many girls
are there in the school?
09. The ratio of the numbers of boys and girls in a school was 5:3. Some new boys and girls were admitted
to the school, in the ratio 5:7. At this, the total number of students in the school became 1200 and the
ratio of boys to girls changed to 7:5. The number of students in the school before new admissions was?
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4 05. Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2 : 3.
01. A and B together have Rs. 1210. If of A's If the salary of each is increased by Rs. 4000, the
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2 new ratio becomes 40 : 57. What is Sumit's
amount is equal to of B's amount, how much salary?
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a. Rs. 17,000 b. Rs. 20,000
amount does B have?
c. Rs. 25,500 d. Rs. 38,000
a. Rs. 460 b. Rs. 484
06. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of
c. Rs. 550 d. Rs. 664
the first to second is 2 :3 and that of the second
02. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50%
to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is:
more than a third number. The ratio of the two
a. 20 b. 30
numbers is:
c. 48 d. 58
a. 2 : 5 b. 3 : 5
07. If Rs. 782 be divided into three parts,
c. 4 : 5 d. 6 : 7
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03. A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, proportional to : : , then the first part is:
C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets 2 3 4
Rs. 1000 more than D, what is B's share? a. Rs. 182 b. Rs. 190
a. Rs. 500 b. Rs. 1500 c. Rs. 196 d. Rs. 204
c. Rs. 2000 d. None of these 08. In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in
04. In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all, how
2 : 1. If this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then the quantity many 5 p coins are there?
of water to be further added is: a. 50 b. 100
a. 20 litres b. 30 litres c. 150 d. 200
c. 40 litres d. 60 litres
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