Ratio and Proportion (All Questions)

SSC CGL 2020-21 Tier-1

By Shubham Jain (RBE)
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Q-1) The ratio of monthly incomes of A and B is 4 : 5 and that of their monthly expenditure is 3 : 8. If the
income of A is equal to the expenditure of B, then what is the ratio of savings of A and B?
[a] 8 : 3 (b) 2 : 5 (c) 5 : 2 (d) 3 : 8
Q.2) What is the ratio of the average of first eight prime numbers to the average of first ten even natural
numbers?
(a) 1 : 7 (b) 7 : 80 (c) 8 : 70 (d) 7 : 8
Q.3) Hridaya opened her piggy bank and found coins of denomination Rs.1, Rs.2, Rs.5 and Rs.10 in the ratio
10 : 5 : 2 : 1. If there are 72 coins in all, then how much money (in Rs.) was there in the piggy bank in the
form of coins?
(a) 160 (b) 90 (c) 72 (d) 100
Q -4) Atul purchased Bread costing Rs.20 and gave a 100 rupee note to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper
gave the balance money in coins of denomination 2, 5, and 10. If these coins in the ratio 5 : 4 : 1, then how
many 5 coins did the shopkeeper give?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
Q-5) Two numbers are in the ratio 2:3. If 5 is subtracted from the first number and six is added to the
second number, then the ratio becomes 5:12. What would the ratio become when eight is added to each
number?
(a) 14:11 (b) 14:19 (c) 11:14 (d) 19:14
Q.6) A sum of Rs.31866 is divided between A, B and C such that the ratio of shares of A and B is 9 : 8 and
that of A and C is 4 : 5. The share (in Rs.) of B is:
(a) 9024 (b) 8460 (c) 10152 (d) 12690
Q7. A sum of Rs.6342 is divided amongst A, B, C and D in the ratio 3 : 4 : 8 : 6. What is the difference
between the shares of B and D?
(a) 302 (b) 906 (c) 604 (d) 1510
Q-8) A certain sum is divided among A, B, C and D such that the ratio of the shares is A : B : C : D = 4 : 12 :
30 : 45. If the difference between the shares of A and D is ₹5,535, then the total sum (in ₹) is :
[a] 12285 (b) 11000 (c)12785 (d) 13550
Q9. Ratio of the present age of a mother to that of the daughter is 7 : 1. After 5 years the ratio will become
4 : 1. What is the difference (in years) in their present ages?
(a) 30 (b) 28 (c) 29 (d) 31
Q-10) The ratio of two numbers A and B is 5 : 8. If 5 is added to each of A and B, then the ratio becomes 2 :
3. The difference in A and B is:
[a] 15 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 20
Q.11 The ratio of two numbers A and B is 5 : 8. If 5 is added to each of A and B, then the ratio of A and B
becomes 2 : 3. The sum of A and B is:
(a) 42 (b) 78 (c) 65 (d) 91
Q-12) The ratio of present ages of A and B is 7 : 8. After 6 years from now, the ratio of their ages will be 8 :
9. If C’s present age is 10 years more than the present age of A, then the present age (in years) of C is:
[a] 56 (b) 52 (c) 59 (d) 45
Q.13 When X is subtracted from each of 19, 28, 55 and 91, the numbers so obtained in this order are in
proportion. What is the value of x?
(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 5
Q14 If x is subtracted from each of 24, 40, 33 and 57, the numbers, so obtained are in proportion. The
ratio of (5x + 12) to (4x + 15) is:
[a] 4 : 3 (b) 14 : 13 (c) 7 : 4 (d) 7 : 5
Q 15 When x is subtracted from each of the numbers 54,49, 22 and 21, the numbers so obtained are in
proportion. The ratio of (8x - 25) to (7x - 26) is:
[a] 29 : 24 (b)15 : 13 (c)27 : 26 (d) 5 : 4
[Q]16. Fourth proportion to 12, 18, 6 is equal to the third proportion to 4, k. What is the value of K?
[a] 6 (b) 4√3 (c)6.5 (d) 4
Q17 If p is the third proportional to 3, 9, then what is the fourth proportional to 6, p, 4?
3
[a] (b) 2√3 (c) 10 (d) 18
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Q 18 What is the difference in the mean proportional between 1.8 and 3.2 and the third proportional to 5
and 3?
(a) 0.6 (b) 0.4 (c) 0.5 (d) 0.7
Q19 Fourth proportion to 12, 18 and 6 is the same as the third proportion to k and 6. What is the value of
K?
(a) 3√6 (b) 13.5 (c) 4 (d) 3
Q20.Alloy A contains metal x and y in the ratio 5 : 2 and alloy B contains these metals in the ratio 3 : 4.
Alloy C prepared by mixing A and B in the ratio 4 : 5. The percentage of y in alloy C is:
4 4 4 5
[a] 44 % (b) 33 % (c) 66 % (d) 55 %
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Q.21 Keshav, Surjeet and Thomas started a business with investments in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. The ratio of
their period of investments is 5 : 6 : 9. Twenty percent of the profit was spent on rent and maintenance of
the office. Remaining profit was distributed among themselves. If the difference in the share of profit of
Keshav and Surjeet is Rs.7264 then how much is the total profit (in Rs.)?
[a] 51060 (b) 58112 (c) 46490 (d) 72640

1.(c) 5 : 2 2. (d) 7 : 8 3. (a) 160 4. (c) 8 5. b) 14:19 6. (a) 9024 7. (c) 604
8. [a] 12285 9. (a) 30 10. [a] 15 11. (c) 65 12. (b) 52 13. (b) 7 14. (b) 14 :
13
15. [a] 29 : 16. [a] 6 17. (d) 18 18. (a) 0.6 19. (c) 4 20. [a] 21. (d)72640
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24 44 %
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