1. If 7: x = 17.5: 22.

5, then the value of x is:

[Assistant grade]
A) 9*
B) 6
C) 7.5
D) 5.5
E) None of these
2. If p: q = 3: 4 and q: r= 8: 9, then p: r is:
[Assistant Grade]
A) 1: 3
B) 2: 3*
C) 3: 2
D) 1: 2
E) None of these
3. If 4A=6B=3C=6D, find A: B: C: D
A) 3:2:4:2*
B) 3:1:4:2
C) 3:1: 3:4
D) 1: 2:4:2
E) None of these
4. Find the third and mean proportion of 72 and 32.
A) 49 and 48
B) 32 and 162
C) 224 and 42
D) 42 and 184
E) None of these*
5. If A : B = 5:6, B:C=4:7, find A:B:C
A) 10:11:21
B) 10:12:21* C) 10:12:11
D) 11:12:10
E) None of these
6. If A: B = 7:8, B: C=10:11 C: D=4:5, find A: D
A) 7:11*
B) 5:7
C) 11:21
D) 11:12
E) None of these
7. If A : B = 3 : 4, C : B = 5 : 4, C : D = 10 : 9, then
A : B : C : D is:
A) 6: 8: 10: 9*
B) 8: 6: 9: 10
C) 8: 6: 10: 9
D) 6: 8: 9: 10
E) None of these
8. The compounded ratio of (2: 3), (6: 11) and (11:2)
is.
[Assistant Grade]
A) 1: 2
B) 11: 24
C) 2: 1 *
D) 36: 121
E) None of these
9. If 15% of x is the same as 20% of y, then x : y is :.
A) 3: 4
B) 17: 16
C) 4: 3*
D) 16:17
E) None of these
10. The ratio between two numbers is 3:4 and their
LCM is 180. Find the numbers.
A) 45, 60*
B) 90, 120
C) 15, 20
D) 30, 40
E) None of these
11. The ratio of two numbers is 3: 4 and their sum is
420. The greater of the two numbers is :
[Railways 1991]
A) 175
B) 240 *
C) 200
D) 315
E) None of these
12. A sum of money is to the divided among P, Q and
R in the ratio of 2: 3: 5. If the total share of P and

R together is Rs 400 more than that of Q, what is

Rs share in it?
A) Rs. 400
B) Rs. 600
C) Rs. 500*
D) Rs. 750
E) None of these
13. Pencils, Pens and Exercise books in a shop are in
the ratio of 10: 2: 3. If there are 120 pencils, the
number of exercise books in the shop is:
A) 36*
B) 72
C) 48
D) 400
E) None of these
14. A certain amount was divided between Salim and
Rahim in the ratio of 4: 3. If Rahims share was
Rs. 2400, the total amount was. [Bank P.O. 1988]
A) Rs. 5600*
B) Rs. 9600
C) Rs. 3200
D) Rs. 16800
E) None of these
15. A profit of Rs. 30000 is to be distributed among
A, B, C in the proportion 3: 5: 7. What will be the
difference between Bs and Cs shares?
[Bank P.O. 1993]
A) Rs. 2000
B) Rs.10000
C) Rs. 4000*
D) Rs. 14000
E) None of these
16. In a college, the ratio of the number of boys to
girls is 8: 5. If there are 160 girls, the total number
of students in the college is: [Central Excise]
A) 100
B) 260
C) 250
D) 416*
E) None of these
17. 14. X, Y and Z share a sum of money in the ratio
7: 8: 16. If Z receives Rs. 27 more than X, then
the total money shared was:[Central Excise]
A) Rs. 48
B) Rs. 279
C) Rs. 93*
D) Rs. 558
E) None of these