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RATIO & PROPORTION QUESTION LEVEL - I 14. Three numbers are in the ratio 3:2:5 and the sum of their
squares is 1862. What are the three numbers?
1. Find the fourth proportion of 12, 15 and 48? [CDS-2010]
a. 60 b. 72 c. 90 d. 96 a. 18,12,30 b. 24, 16, 40
1 1 c. 15, 10, 25 d. 21, 14, 35
2. What is the third proportion of and ? 15. The ratio of A to B is x:8 and the ratio of B to C is 12:z. If the
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ratio of A to C is 2:1, then what is the ratio of x:z?
1 2 27 [CDS-2010]
a. b. c. d. 27
27 27 2 a. 2:3 b. 3:2 c. 4 : 3 d. 3:4
3. What is the mean proportion of 64 and 4?
a. 12 b. 8 c. 16 d. 32
4. What least number must be added to 11, 26, 36 and 76 so 16. If 2600 is divided among three persons A, B and C in the
that they are in proportion ? 1 1 1
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 ratio : : , how much does A get ?
2 3 4
5. Two numbers are in the ratio 9:13. If 25 is subtracted from
each of them, then the numbers obtained are in the ratio [CDS-2011]
1:2. Find the numbers. a. 600 b. 800 c. 1000 d. 1200
a. 36, 52 b. 63, 91 c. 81, 117 d. 45, 65 17. Two numbers are in the ratio 3:5. If 9 is subtracted from
6. The ratio of two numbers is 5:8. If 20 is added to the first each number, then they are in the ratio 12:23. What is the
second number ? [CDS-2011]
and 15 subtracted from the second, then the ratio becomes
a. 44 b. 55 c. 66 d. 77
14 : 13. Find the numbers.
18. If x:y = 7:5, then what is (5x–2y):(3x+2y) equal to ?
a. 80, 128 b. 25, 40 c. 85, 136 d. 50, 80
[CDS-2012]
7. On adding 5 and 15 respectively to the two numbers, their
ratio becomes 5:4. If 20 and 15 is respectively subtracted 5 6 25 31
from the two numbers, the ratio becomes 5:2. Find the a. b. c. d.
4 5 31 42
numbers. 19. Two numbers are in the ratio 2:3. If 9 is added to each
a. 45, 25 b. 25, 45 c. 20, 40 d. 40, 20 number, they will be in the ratio 3:4. What is the product of
8. What is the ratio of the mean proportion and the third the two numbers ? [CDS-2012]
proportion of 64 and 16? a. 360 b.480 c. 486 d.512
a. 4 : 1 b. 8 :1 c. 2 : 1 d. 1 : 4 20. The ratio 252.5:53 is equivalent to which of the following
9. A bag contains 1, 50 paise, 25 paise and 10 paise coins in alternatives ? [SSC-2013]
the ratio 10:6:3:2 respectively. The total amount accounts a. 5 : 3 b. 5 : 6 c. 1 : 25 d. 25 : 1
to 27.90. Find the difference between the number of 50 21. The ratio of price of school bags and shoes are in the ratio
paise and 10 paise coins. 7:5. The price of school bag is 200 more than the shoes.
a. 8 b. 12 c. 4 d. 6 Then the price of the shoes is : [SSC-2013]
1 1 1 a. 200 b. 700 c. 500 d. 1200
10. If a : b 1 : 2 and b : c 2 : 3 , then what is a:b:c 22. The ratio of two numbers is 5:4. If 40% of first number is 12,
2 4 2
equal to ? [CDS-2009] then what is 50% of the second number ?
a. 12:8:21 b. 8:21:12 c. 8:12:21 d. 21:8:12 [SSCMAINS-2012]
11. A bag contains 114 in the form of 1 rupee, 50 paise and 10 a. 12 b. 24 c. 18 d. 20
paise coins in the ratio 3:4:10. What is the number of 50 23. What is the third proportion of 12 and 18?
paise coins ? [CDS-2009] [SSC MAINS-2013]
a. 3 b. 6 c. 27 d. 144
a. 76 b. 72 c. 56 d. 48
24. If one star equals four circles and three circles equal
12. If the ratio of x to y is 25 times the ratio of y to x, then what
four diamonds, then what is the ratio of star : diamond?
is the ratio of x to y? [CDS-2009]
a. 3 : 16 b. 1 : 3 c. 3 : 4 d. 16 : 3
a. 1 : 5 b. 5 : 1 c. 25:1 d. 1:25
25. Gun powder is composed of nitre, sulphur and
13. In a class, the number of boys is more than the number of
charcoal in the ratio of 32: 4: 8. How many kg. of
girls by 12% of the total strength. What is the ratio of
sulphur is there in 242 kg. of powder?
number of boys to that of girls ? [CDS-2010]
a. 44 kg. b. 22 kg.
a. 11:14 b. 14:11 c. 28:25 d. 25:28
c. 176 kg. d. None of these.
a bd a e
c. , d. ,
12 18 6 d
30. Price of a diamond is directly related to its surface area. A
cubical diamond of side 6 mm is priced Rs.10,000. It broke
down into small spheres of radius 0.7 mm each. What is the
change in the price?
a. Increased by 32700 b. Decreased by 8546
c. Decreased by 38900 d. Increased by 38900