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Advanced Edge Material 1

Basic and Moderate


Ratio and Proportion CAT and
Practice Sheet OMET
Level - Basic + Moderate

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.

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RATIO & PROPORTION QUESTION LEVEL - II 12. 8640 is distributed among A, B C and D in such a way that
five times of A, four times of B, eight times of C and ten
1. The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 5:4 and their times of D are all equal. Find share of D.
expenditures in the ratio 3:2. If each of them saves a. 2560 b. 1,280 c. 3200 d. 1600
8000 at the end of the year, then what is the yearly income 13. A bag contains 100, 50 and 10 notes respectively. The
of B? [SSC MAINS-2000] ratio of number of 100 and 50 notes is 2 : 5 and the ratio
a. 16000 b. 12550 c. 12000 d. 13250 of number of 50 and 10 notes is 4:9 respectively. If the
2. A and B earn in the ratio 2:1. They spend in the ratio 5:3 and bag contains total amount of 1,12,500, then find the
saves in the ratio 4:1. If the total savings of A and B in a number of 50 notes.
month is 5000, then find the monthly earning of A a. 400 b. 2250 c. 1000 d. 1600
[SSC MAINS-2000] 14. A person distributed two amounts among his four sons R,
a. 8000 b. 14000 c. 12000 d. 7000 S, T and U. The ratio of first distributed amount is 4:3:2:1
3. If A:B = 2:3, B:C = 9 : 7 and C:D = 14:15, then find A:B:C:D. and that of second is 5:6:7:8 respectively. If the second
[SSC -2001] amount is twice the first amount, then which son received
a. 12:18:14:20 b.15:18:14:12 the largest part ?
c. 18:12:14:15 d. 12:18:14:15 a. S b. T c. U d. R
4. The ratio of incomes of A, B and C was 3:4:5 last year. The 15. If (a  b) : (a  b)  1 : 5, then what is ( a 2  b 2 ) : ( a 2  b 2 )
ratio of incomes of last year and this year is 4:5, 2:3 and 3:4
respectively. If the sum of their present incomes is 78, equal to ? [CDS-2010]
800, then find the present income of A. a. 2:3 b. 3:2 c. 5:13 d. 13:5
16. A certain amount of money has to be divided between two
[SSC MAINS-2002]
persons P and Q in the ratio 3:5. But it was divided in the
a. 18,000 b. 28,800 c. 32,000 d. 22,000
ratio of 2:3 and thereby Q loses 10. What was the amount?
5. If (x+y):(x–y) = 7:3, then the ratio of (x2+y2):(x2–y2) is:
[CDS-2011]
[SSC MAINS-2003, 2006]
a. 250 b. 300 c. 350 d. 400
a. 9:16 b. 16:9 c. 29:21 d. 21:29
17. When x is subtracted from the numbers 9, 15 and 27, the
6. A bag contains 1,50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio
remainders are in continued proportion. What is the value
5:6:8 respectively. If the total value of these coins is 210,
of x? [IBPS PO-2012]
then find the number of 50 paise coins.
a. 8 b.6 c. 4
[SSC MAINS-2005, 2006]
d. 5 e. None of these
a. 126 b. 105 c. 168 d. 140
18. A student took five papers in an examination, where the full
7. If (a  b) : ab  4 : 1 , then find the value of a:b. marks were the same for each paper. His marks in these
[SSC -2009] papers were in the proportion of 6:7:8:9:10. In all papers
a. 7 : 3 b. 3 : 7 together, the candidate obtained 60% of the total marks.
Then the number of papers in which he got more than 50%
c. (7  4 3 ) : 1 d. (7  2 3 ) : 1
marks is [CAT-2001]
8. In an examination, the number of passed students is four
a. 2 b.3 c. 4 d. 5
times the number of failed students. If there were 35
19. A sum of 1400 is divided amongst A, B, C and D such that
students less and 9 more students would have failed, then
A’s share: B’s share = B’s share : C’s share = C’s share:D’s
the ratio of passed students to failed students would have
been 2:1. Find the total number of students that appeared 3
share = . How much is C’s share ? [IIFT-2012]
in the examination. 4
[SSC MAINS-2009] a. 72 b. 288 c. 216 d. 384
a. 95 b. 125 c. 145 d. 155 20. Weekly incomes of two persons are in the ratio of 7:3 and
9. If A:B = 4:3, B:C = 3:5 and C:D = 4:5, then what is the ratio of their weekly expenses are in the ratio of 5:2. If each of them
the square of A, B, C and D. saves 300 per week, then the weekly income of the first
a. 144 : 256 : 400 : 625 b. 256 : 144 : 625 : 400 person is [SNAP-2009]
c. 256:144:400:625 d. 144 : 256 : 625 : 400 a. 7500 b. 4500 c. 6300 d. 5400
10. Five incomes a, b, c, d and e are such that a:b = b:c = 21. The ratio of boys and girls in a club is 3:2. Which of the
c:d=d:e and b:e = 64 : 125, then find the value of a:e. following could be the actual number of members ?
a. 128 : 625b. 256:625 c. 4 : 5 d. 5 : 4 [XAT-2006]
11. According to a Panchayat committee’s decision, some a. 16 b. 18 c. 24 d. 25
amount was distributed among Suresh, Dinesh, Mahesh
a b c
1 3 4 1 22. If   , the value of ( a  b  c )  c is :
and Brijesh in the ratio : : : . Dinesh received 1200 3 4 7
2 4 5 8
[FMS-2006]
as his part. Find the difference between the amount received
by Suresh and Brijesh. 1 1
a. 600 b. 1800 c. 800 d. 900 a. 7 b. 2 c. d.
2 7

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23. Two bags X and Y contains bullet in the ratio 2 : 3. 5 bullets 8. In an industry, the ratio of number of employees is reduced
from bag Y are taken out and put in bag X. Now, the number to the ratio 9:8 and income per employee labour is increased
of bullet in both the bags are equal. The number of bullet in to the ratio 14:15. Find in what ratio the total labour income
each bag now is : [SSC-2013] increased or decreased ?
a. 45 b. 20 c. 30 d. 25 a. 60 : 63 b. 63:60 c. 42 : 30 d. 30 : 42
24. If A:B =3:4 and B:C=6:5, then what is C:A equal to ? 9. 34,800 is distributed between A, B, C and D in such a way
[SSC-2013] that when A receives 1, B gets 80 paise but when B gets
a. 10 : 9 b. 9 : 10 c. 8 : 9 d. 9 : 8 1, C gets 1.20 and when C gets 1,
D gets 75 paise. Find the part of B.
x yz a. 10,000 b. 8000 c. 9600 d. 7200
25. If x:y = 3:4 and y:z = 3:4, then is equal to :
3z 10. 4300 is to be distributed among 45 people consisting of
[SSC-2013] males, females and children, and the ratio of the amount
earned by them is in the ratio 12:15:16. The individual ratio
13 1 17 37
a. b. c. d. of amount given to each male, female and child is 6:5:4.
27 2 24 48 Find the amount earned by each male.
a. 100 b. 80 c. 150 d. 120
RATIO & PROPORTION QUESTION LEVEL - III 11. Excise duty on the production of goods is inversely
proportional to the square of the number of goods
1. 4830 is distributed among P, Q and R in such a way that produced. A company produces some goods and has to
when 5, 10 and 15 respectively is subtracted, then the pay some tax in the form of excise duty. If that company
ratio of the remaining amount is in the ratio 3:4:5. What is distribute the goods produced in the ratio 4:3:1 and pay tax
the part of P? [SSC MAINS-2001] on each item produced, then they will have to pay 6670
a. 1610 b. 2025 c. 1205 d. 1210 more. Find the amount paid by the company initially in the
2. The fare of first class and second class between two station form of tax ?
is in the ratio 4:1 and the ratio of number of passengers a. 5760 b. 90 c. 180 d. 1440
travelling is in the ratio 1:40. If 1100 is earned as the total 12. If x: y = 1:3, y:z = 5:k, z:t = 2:5 and t: x = 3:4, then what is the
fare from the two classes, then find the amount earned as value of k ? [CDS-2009]
fare from the passengers travelling from first class.
[SSC -2004] 1 1
a. b. c. 2 d. 3
a. 200 b. 250 c. 150 d. 100 2 3
3. If a:(b+c) = 1:3 and c:(a+b) = 5:7, then find the value of 13. The wages of labourers in a factory has increased in the
b:(a+c). [SSC -2006] ratio 22:25 and their number decreased in the ratio 3:2. What
a. 2 : 1 b. 1 : 2 c. 3 : 2 d. 2 : 3 was the original wage bill of the factory if the present bill is
4. The ratio of the incomes of A, B and C is 4:5:6 and the ratio 5000? [CDS-2010]
of their expenditure is 9:8:7. If savings of A is one-fourth of a. 4000 b. 6000
his income, then what is the ratio of their savings ? c. 8000 d. None of the above
a. 7 : 3 : 11 b. 11 : 7 : 3 c. 3 : 11 : 7 d. 3:7:11 14. The ratio between the ages of A and B is 2:5. After 8 years,
5. The ratio of children in three classes is 7:8:4. If 20 children their ages will be in the ratio 1:2. What is the difference
between their present ages ? [CDS-2010]
are admitted to first class, 30 students leave the second
a. 20 years b. 22 years c. 24 years d. 25 years
class and number of children in third class remain the same,
15. A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 5:1. On adding
then the ratio of children in three classes become 9:5:4. 5 litres of water, the ratio of milk and water becomes 5:2.
Find the total number of children in the three classes at the What is the quantity of milk in the original mixture?
end. [CDS-2010]
a. 180 b. 90 c. 162 d. 144 a. 5 ltr. b. 25 ltr. c. 27.5 ltr. d. 32.5 ltr.
6. ‘a’is directly proportional to ‘b’ and inversely proportional 16. Two vessels are full of milk with milk-water ratio 1:3 and 3:5
to ‘c’. Value of a is 10, b is 5 and c is 6. If the value of ‘b’ and respectively. If both are mixed in the ratio 3:2, what is the
‘c’ are 40 and 60 respectively, then what will be the value of ratio of milk and water in the new mixture?
‘a’? [CDS-2011]
a. 5 b. 12 c. 8 d. 6 a. 4:15 b. 3:7
7. The total annual income of A, B and C is 66,000. A, B and c. 6:7 d. None of the above
1 17. The number of employees in Obelix Menhir Co. is a prime
C spend 80%, 85% and 87 % of their income. In this way,,
2 number and is less than 300. The ratio of the number of
their annual savings ratio becomes 64:60:75. Find the annual employees who are graduates and above, to that of
savings of B. employees who are not, can possibly be :
a. 3200 b. 3750 c. 2700 d. 3000 [CAT-2006]
a. 101 : 88 b. 87 : 100 c. 110 : 111
d. 85 : 98 e. 97:84

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18. From each of the given numbers, half the smaller number is certain station, tickets costing
subtracted. Of the resulting numbers, the larger one is three 3,55,600 were sold, then find the fare earned by first class.
times as large as the smaller. What is the ratio of the two a. 1,18, 800 b. 1,72, 800
numbers ? [CAT-1993] c. 64,000 d. 1,20, 800
a. 2 : 1 b. 3 : 1 3. At the start of the year, the ratio of the students less than
c. 3 : 2 d. None of these 12 years of age to that having more than 12 years of age, in
19. I have one rupee coins, fifty paise coins and twenty five a certain school was 5:4. In the mid of the year, 20 students
paise coins. The number of coins are in the ratio 2.5:3:4. If attained age more than 12 years which resulted in the
the total amount with me is 210, find the number of one- previous ratio as 7:8. Find the total number of students in
rupee coins. [CAT-1998] the school initially (in the beginning of the year).
a. 90 b. 85 c. 100 d. 105 a. 225 b. 175 c. 180 d. 210
20. The ratio of boys and girls in a University is 5:3. If 50 boys 4. In an election, a voter has to vote for two candidates. Half
leave the University and 50 girls join the University, then of the voters voted for A and the second vote for B, C and
their ratio becomes 9:7. What were the number of boys in D in the ratio 3:2:1 respectively. Of the remaining voters,
the University ? [SSC-2013] half voted for B and the second vote for C and D in the ratio
a. 300 b. 400 c. 500 d. 600 2:1 respectively. Of the remaining voters, half voted for C
21. 900 is distributed among A, B and C in such a way that and D equally and the remaining 840 voters do not vote at
all. Find the votes attained by A.
1 1 1 a. 3080 b. 1960 c. 1420 d. 3360
of A’s share = of B’s share = of C’s share, then what
2 3 4 5. A change making machine contains 1 rupee, 2 rupee and 5
is the amount received by A, B and C respectively? rupee coins. The total number of coins is 300. The amount
[SSC MAINS-2013] is 960. If the number of 1 rupee coins and the number of 2
a. 300, 400, 200 b. 350, 450, 100 rupee coins are interchanged, the value comes down by
c. 200, 300, 400 d. 400, 150, 350 40. The total number of 5 rupee coins is
22. Some amount is distributed among x, y and z in such a way [CAT-2001]
that x gets 25% more than y and y gets 25% less than z. a. 100 b. 140 c. 60 d. 150
Find the ratio of x:y:z. [SSC-2013] 6. A milkman mixes 20 litres of water with 80 litres of milk.
a. 14:12:13 b. 15:12:16 c. 10:9:12 d. 12:10:11 After selling one-fourth of this mixture, he adds water to
23. 7 years ago, the ratio of ages of A and B is 4:5. After 7 years, replenish the quantity that he has sold. What is the current
their ratio becomes 5:6. What is the present age of B? proportion of water to milk ? [CAT-2004]
[SSC MAINS-2010] a. 2 : 3 b. 3 : 2 c. 1 : 3 d. 3 : 4
a. 56 years b. 63 years e 1
a 1 b c 1 d 
c. 70 years d. 77 years 7. If  ,  2,  ,  3 and
b 3 c d 2 e f 4 , then what is
24. Two numbers are such that the ratio of their difference,
sum and product is in the ratio 1:7:24. The product of the abc
two numbers is : [SSC MAINS-2010] the value of def ? [CAT-2006]
a. 24 b. 36 c. 48 d. 60
25. Among three positive numbers, the ratio of first and second 3 27 3 27 1
is 8:9 and that of second and third is 3:4. The product of a. b. c. d. e.
first and third is 2400. What is the sum of the three numbers? 8 8 4 4 4
[SSC -2013] 8. Two liquids A and B are in the ratio 5:1 in container 1 and
a. 145 b. 185 c. 295 d. 155 1:3 in container 2. In what ratio should the contents of the
RATIO & PROPORTION QUESTION LEVEL - IV two containers be mixed so as to obtain a mixture of A and
1. The height to which a person can jump on a planet is B in the ratio 1:1? [CAT-1996]
inversely proportional to the gravitational force of the a. 2 : 3 b. 4 : 3 c. 3 : 2 d. 3 : 4
planet and gravitational force is in the ratio of the product 9. Kartik’s mother asked him to get the vegetables, milk and
of radius and density. Radius of Jupiter is 10 times the butter from the market and gave him the money in the
radius of Earth. The density of Jupiter and Earth is 1.75 and denomination of 1 rupee, 2 rupee and 5 rupee coins. Kartik
first goes to the grocery shop to buy vegetables. At the
5.67 respectively. If a person can jump to a height of 30
grocery shop he gives half of his 5 rupee coins and in
metres on Earth, then to what height he must jump on planet
return receives the same number of 1 rupee coins. Next he
Jupiter?
goes to a dairy shop to buy milk and butter and gives all 2
a. 0.925 m b. 9.72 m c. 92.5 m d. 97.2 m
rupee coins and in return gets thirty 5 rupee coins which
2. The ratio in the fare of first class, second class and third
increases the number of 5 rupee coins to 75% more than
class between two stations is 8:6:3. But later, first class and
the original number. If the number of 1 rupee coins now is
1 1 50, the number of 1 rupee and 5 rupee coins originally were
second class fare was reduced by part and part
6th 12th [IIFT-2009]
respectively. In a year, the ratio of number of passengers of a. 10,60 b. 10,70
first class, second class and third class was 4:9:24. If at a c. 10,80 d. None of the above

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10. The ratio of metal 1 and metal 2 in alloy A is 3:4. In alloy B 19. If A scored x runs, B scored y runs and C scored z runs,
same metals are mixed in the ratio 5:8. If 26 kg of alloy B and then x:y= y:z = 3:2. If the total runs scored by A, B and C
14 kg of alloy A are mixed, then find out the ratio of metal 1 together is 342, then the runs scored individually by each
and metal 2 in the new alloy. [IIFT-2011] of them is : [SSC MAINS-2013]
a. 3 : 2 b. 2 : 5 a. 144, 96, 64 b. 162, 108, 72
c. 2 : 3 d. None of the above c. 180, 120, 80 d. 189, 126, 84
11. There are two types of employees in Sun Metals, general
graduates and engineers. 40% of the employees in Sun  a  3b  a  3b 
20. If y    , then the value of
Metals are general graduates and 75% of the engineers  a  3b  a  3b 
earn more than 5 lakh/year. If 50% of the organisation’s
employees earn more than 5 lakh/year, what proportion 3by2-2ay+3b
of the general graduates employed by the organisation earn a. 1 b. 2 c. 0 d. - 1
5 lakh or less ? [XAT-2010] 1 1 2
21. If p + r = 2q and   , then the value of ps is
3 3 1 2 q s r
a. b. c. d.
5 4 2 5 a. r b. q c. qr d. q2r2
e, None of the above
x  7  x 1
12. Three equal glasses are filled with mixtures of spirit and 22. If  2 , then the value of x is
water. The ratio of the spirit to water is as follow : x  7  x 1
In the first glass as 3:4, in the second glass as 4:5 and in the a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
third glass as 5:6. The contents of the three glasses are
emptied into a single vessel. What is the ratio of the spirit x y z x 3 y3 z3
23. If   , then the value of   is
to water in the mixture now ? [IIFT-2006] a b c a 3 b3 c3
a. 920:1159b. 820:1149 c. 1120:1134 d. 1010:1122
3
13. The ratio of student in three classes is 4:6:9. On adding 12 xyz  xyz 
a. b.   c. 0 d. -1
student to each of the three classes, their ratio becomes abc  abc 
7:9:12. What was the total number of student in the three
24. If b is mean proportion between a and c, then the value of
class initially? [SSC MAINS-2012]
a. 95 b. 76 c. 100 d. 114 a 2  b2  c2
14. If (a+b):(b+c):(c+a)= 6:7:8 and (a+b+c)=14, then what is is
a  2  b  2  c 2
the value of c? [SSC -2013]
a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 14 a. b b. b2 c. b4 d. 1
15. The yearly income of Amit and Veera is in the ratio 3:2 Directions for questions 25 and 26: Refer to the data below
whereas their expenditure is in the ratio 5:3. If the savings and answer the questions that follows. The ratio of white
of each of them at the end of the year is collar to blue collar employees in a firm is 8: 3. Also ratio of
1000, then what is the annual income of Amit? male employees to female employees is 7: 4. It is observed
[SSC MAINS-2012] that 60% of the white collar employees are males.
a. 9,000 b. 8,000 25. What is the ratio of female white collar employees to
c. 7,000 d. 6,000 male blue collar employees?
16. An employer decreases the number of workers (employees) a. 16:11 b. 24: 11
in the ratio 9:8 and increases their wages (salary) in the c. 3:1 d. Data insufficient
ratio 14:15. If the initial salary bill was 26. If there are 48 females blue collar workers, what is the
18,900, then in what ratio is the salary bill decreased? difference between male white collar employees and
[SSC MAINS-2011] female blue collar employees?
a. 20 : 21 b. 21:20 c. 20:19 d. 19:21 a. 288 b. 240
17. A person bought some rice and wheat for 380 in which c. 220 d. Data insufficient
the ratio of the weight of rice and wheat is in the ratio 4:3. 27. The ratio of the age of a man and his wife is 4: 3. After 4
The cost of equivalent amount of rice and wheat is in the years this ratio will be 9: 7. If at the time of the marriage,
ratio 5:6. What is the price at which rice is bought? the ratio was 5:3. Then how many years before were they
[SSC -2013] married?
a. 380 b. 300 c. 200 d. 180 a. 12 b. 8 c. 10 d. 15
18. Ram got twice the marks in English as compared to Science.
4 15
The total marks obtained in English, Science and 28. If x  , then the value of
Mathematics is 180. If the ratio of marks obtained in English 5 3
and Mathematics is 2:3, then the marks obtained in Science
is : [SSC MAINS-2013] x  20 x  12
 is
a. 30 b. 60 c. 72 d. 90 x  20 x  12
[SSC CGL/LDC 2011, 12, 13]
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

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Advanced Edge Material 6
29. Let a, b, c, d and e be integers such that a = 6 b = 12 c and 2
b = 9 d = 12 e. Then which of the following pairs contains a
number that is not an integer.
 a b  a c
a.  ,  b.  , 
 27 e   36 e 

 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

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