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EXERCISE # 1
Multiple choice questions 15. Three containers have their volumes in the ratio
1. If a : b = 3 : 4 and b : c = 5 : 9, then a : b : c is 3 : 4 : 5. They are full of mixtures of milk and
(1) 15 : 20 : 36 (2) 20 : 36 : 15 water. The mixtures contain milk and water in the
(3) 3 : 20 : 9 (4) None of these ratio of (4 : 1), (3 : 1) and (5 : 2) respectively. The
2. If a : b = 8 : 9, b : c = 18 : 40, then a : c is ratio of milk and water in the fourth container con-
tains all the above three mixtures is
(1) 1 : 5 (2) 5 : 2 (3) 2 : 5 (4) None
(1) 4 : 1 (2) 151 : 48
3. What number shall be added to each of the numbers
(3) 157 : 53 (4) 5 : 2
4, 7, 14, 22 to form the terms in a proportion?
16. x varies inversely as square of y. Given that y = 2 for
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
x = 1. The value of x for y = 6 will be equal to
4. What is the correct order in which 4, 12, 15, 5 be
written so as to form the terms in proportion? 1 1
(1) 3 (2) 9 (3) (4)
(1) 4, 15, 12, 5 (2) 4, 15, 5, 12 3 9
(3) 15, 5, 4, 12 (4) 15, 12, 5, 4 17. If the cost of "x" metres of wire is "d" rupees, then
5. If the cost of 48 bags of paddy is ` 16800, then what is the cost of "y" metres of wire at the same

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cost of 36 bags of paddy is rate?
(1) ` 12000 (2) ` 12600 æ xy ö
(1) ` çè ÷ø (2) ` (xy)
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6. If A : B = 5 : 7 and B : C = 6 : 11, then A : B : C is æ yd ö
(1) 55 : 77 : 66 (2) 30 : 42 : 77 (3) ` (yd) (4) ` ç ÷
è x ø
(3) 35 : 49 : 42 (4) None of these 18. If the price of 6 toys is ` 264.37, what will be the

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A B C approximate price of 5 toys?
7. If A : B : C = 2 : 3 : 4, then : : is equal to
B C A (1) ` 140 (2) ` 100
(1) 4 : 9 : 16 (2) 8 : 9 : 12 (3) ` 200 (4) ` 220

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(3) 8 : 9 : 16 (4) 8 : 9 : 24 19. The price of 357 mangoes is ` 1517.25. What will
be the approximate price of 49 dozens of such
1 3 1 5 5 3
8. If A : B = : , B : C = : and C : D = : , mangoes?
2 8 3 9 6 4

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(1) ` 3000 (2) ` 3500
then the ratio A : B : C : D is (3) ` 4000 (4) ` 2500
(1) 4 : 6 : 8 : 10 (2) 6 : 4 : 8 : 10 20. If a quarter kg of green chillies cost 60 paise, how
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(3) 6 : 8 : 9 : 10 (4) 8 : 6 : 10 : 9 many paise will 200 g cost?

1 1 1 1 (1) 48 paise (2) 54 paise
9. If : = : , then the value of x is (3) 56 paise (4) 72 paise
5 x x 1.25
21. If 11.25 m of a uniform iron rod weighs 42.75 kg,
(1) 1.5 (2) 2 (3) 2.5 (4) 3.5
what will be the weight of 6 m of the same rod?
10. If 0.75 : x : : 5 : 8, then x is equal to
(1) 22.8 kg (2) 25.6 kg
(1) 1.12 (2) 1.20 (3) 1.25 (4) 1.30
(3) 28 kg (4) 26.5 kg
11. If 76 is divided into four parts proportional to 7, 5,
22. On a scale of map, 0.6 cm represents 6.6 km. If
3, 4, then the smallest part is the distance between the points on the map is 80.5
(1) 12 (2) 15 (3) 16 (4) 19 cm, the actual distance between these points is
12. What least number must be subtracted from each (1) 9 km (2) 72.5 km
of the numbers 14, 17, 34 and 42 so that the (3) 190.75 km (4) 885.5 km
remainders may be proportional? 23. A flagstaff 17.5 m high casts a shadow of length
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 7 40.25m. The height of the building which casts a
13. The ratio of third proportional to 12 and 30 and shadow of length 28.75 m under similar conditions
the mean proportional between 9 and 25 is will be
(1) 2 : 1 (2) 5 : 1 (3) 7 : 15 (4) 9 : 14 (1) 10 m (2) 12.5 m
14. The average age of three boys is 25 years and their (3) 17.5 m (4) 21.25 m
ages are in the ratio 3 : 5 : 7. The age of the youngest 24. 36 men can complete a piece of work in 18 days.
boy is In how many days will 27 men complete the same
(1) 21 years (2) 18 years work?
(3) 15 years (4) 9 years (1) 12 (2) 18 (3) 22 (4) 24

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25. A rope makes 70 rounds of the circumference of a 28. If 3 : 5 = 30 : x, then x is
cylinder whose radius of the base is 14 cm. How (1) 16 (2) 50
many times can it go round a cylinder of radius (3) 2 (4) 25
20 cm? 29. A can do a piece of work in 8 days and B can do it
(1) 40 (2) 49 in 4 days. Both of them working together will finish
(3) 100 (4) None of these it in
26. Indicate in which of the following equations, y is (1) 12 days (2) 4 days
neither directly nor inversely proportional to x
(1) 3x + y = 10 (2) x = 5y 2
(3) 2 days (4) 2 days
(3) x ¸ y = 10 (4) 3xy = 10 3
27. Given two quantities x and y. If an increase in x 30. If 45 students can consume a stock of food in
cause a proportionate decrease in y (and vice-verse) 2 months, then for how many days the same stock
such that their product remains constant then x and of food will last for 27 students?
y are said to be (1) 100 days (2) 144 days
(1) Independent (2) Directly related (3) 160 days (4) 180 days
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EXERCISE # 1 ANSWER KEY

Multiple choice questions

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. 1 3 2 4 2 2 4 4 3 2 1 3 2 3 3
Que. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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EXERCISE # 2
Very short answer type questions 14. Meena, Neena and Raveena can knit a shawl in 6,
4 and 8 hours respectively. What portion of the
1. Find the ratio in the simplest form
shawl will they knit in 1 hour if they work together?
(a) 5 minutes to 15 minutes
15. If 72 men can do a certain piece of work in
(b) 16 years to 18 years 25 days, in how many days will 30 men do it.
(c) 8 months to 2 years 16. A and B together can do a piece of work in
2. If one score oranges cost ` 45, how many oranges 15 days, while B alone can finish it 20 days. In how
can be bought for ` 72? many days can A alone finish the work?
3. If a car covers 82.5 kms in 5.5 litres of petrol, how 17. Two taps A and B fill an overhead water tank in 12
much distance will it cover in 13.2 litres of petrol? hours and 8 hours respectively. If both of them are
4. If 5 men or 7 women can earn ` 875 per day, how opened together, how long would they take to fill
much would 10 men and 5 women earn per day? the tank completely?
5. Simplify the following ratios. Long answer type questions

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1 7 1 3 18. 1000 soldiers in a fort had enough food for 20
(i) 10 :1 (ii) 6.5 : 5.2 (iii) 16 : 6 days. But some soldiers were transferred to another
5 10 2 2
fort and the food lasted for 25 days. How many
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(iv) 100 : 4 (v) 4 : 4 (vi) 3.75 : 1.25 soldiers were transferred?

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Short answer type questions 19. A consignment of fodder feeds 1260 cattle for 50
days. Given that each cattle eats the fodder at a
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constant rate, find.
80 chocolate cakes. Write down each of the
following ratios in the simplest form : (i) The number of days the same consignment of
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(i) Number of sandwiches to the number of
chocolate cakes. (ii) The number of cattle that can be fed for 75 days.
(ii) Number of pastries t o the number of 20. A cistern can be filled by two taps A and B in
sandwiches. 12 hours and 16 hours respectively. The full cistern

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can be emptied by a third tap C in 8 hours. If all
(iii) Number of chocolate cakes to the number of
the taps are turned on at the same time, in how
pastries.
much time will the empty cistern be filled
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7. If 52 men can do a piece of work in 35 days, in completely?

how many days 28 men will do it?
21. A train leaves Kanyakumari for Warangal on
8. If 15 workers can build a wall in 48 hours, how Tuesday at 10:30 am. If Warangal is 1586 km from
many workers will be required to do the same work Kanyakumari, when will it reach there if its speed
in 30 hours? is 39 km/hr?
9. 12 persons can dig 324 cubic metres earth in a day.
22. Shalu cycles to her school at an average of 12 km/hr.
How many persons will be required to dig 270 cubic
It takes her 20 minutes to reach the school. If she
metres earth?
wants to reach her school in 15 minutes, what should
10. The daily consumption of rice in a hostel with 240 be her average speed?
students is 12 kg. Find the consumption of rice if
23. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr. It crosses
the number of students is reduced to 170.
a certain pole that is in the way in 9 seconds. What
11. A building 15 m high, casts a shadow 1.8 m long. is the length of the train?
What would the height of a pole be, if at the same
24. Two trains 163 m and 187 m long are running on
time, its shadow is 60 cm?
parallel tracks in the opposite directions with a
12. A garrison of 300 men had food for 20 days. speed of 47 km/hr and 43 km/hr in. How long will
However, 50 men leave. How many days the food it take to cross each other?
will last now?
25. Two trains 130 m and 140 m long are running on
13. Tinku pours 105 granules of sand per second in a parallel tracks in the same direction with a speed
bottle and it takes him 320 seconds to fill it. How of 68 km/hr and 50 km/hr. How long will it take
much time will he take to fill that bottle, if he pours to clear off each other from the moment they meet?
106 granules per second?

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EXERCISE # 2 ANSWER KEY
Very short answer type questions

1. (a) 1 : 3, (b) 8 : 9 (c) 1 : 3

2. 32

3. 198 kms

4. ` 2375

5. (i) 6 : 1 (ii) 5 : 4 (iii) 11 : 5 (iv) 25 : 1 (v) 20 : 21 (vi) 3 : 1

Short answer type questions

6. (i) 9 : 16 (ii) 4 : 3 (iii) 4 : 3

7. 65 days

8. 24 workers

9. 10 persons

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11. 5 m

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12. 24 days

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15. 60 days

16. 60 days

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17. 4 hours
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Long answer type questions

18. 200

19. (i) 40 days (ii) 840 cattle

20. 48 hrs

21. Thursday, 3 : 10 am

22. 16 km/hr

23. 150 metres

24. 14 seconds

25. 5 m/sec

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