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BASIC QUESTIONS
Q1) If x:y = 3:1, then 𝑥 ! − 𝑦 ! : 𝑥 ! + 𝑦 ! =?
a) 13:14 b) 14:13 c) 10:11 d) 11:10
Q2) The ratio of 2"·$ : 2%·$ is the same as:
2:1 3:1 6:1 3:2
Q3) If m:n= 3:2, then (4m+5n):(4m-5n) is equal to
a) 4:9 b) 9:4 c) 11:1 d) 9:1
Q4) If a:b=5:7 and c:d=2a:3b, then ac:bd is:
a) 20:38 b) 50:147 c) 10:21 d) 50:15
Q5) For any two numbers m,n; (m+n): (m-n):mn= 7:1:60
Find the value of 1/m: 1/n
4:3 8:6 3:4 7:8
Q6) If A:B:C = 2:3:4, then the ratio A/B:B/C:C/A is equal to
a) 8:9:16 b) 8:9:12 c) 8:9:24 d) 4:9:16
Q7) A:B=1:2, B:C=3:4, C:D=6:9,
Find A:B:C:D
3 : 6 : 8 : 12 1:2:8:9 15 : 25 : 1: 3 1 : 2: 3: 9
Q8) If A:B=1:2, B:C=3:4, C:D=6:9 and D:E=12:16 then A:B:C:D:E is equal to
a) 1:3:6:12:16 b) 2:4:6:9:16 c) 3:4:8:12:16 d) 3:6:8:12:16

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Q9) If a:b:c=& : ! : ', then ) : * : (=?
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(a) 9:12:8 (b) 8:9:24 (c) 12:9:8 (d) 9:8:24
Q10) If a:b=2/9:1/3, b:c=2/7:5/14 and d:c=7/10:3/5
Then a:b:c:d is
a) 4:6:7:9 b) 16:24:30:35 c) 8:12:15:7 d) 30:35:24:16
Q11) If A:B =3:4, B:C=5:7 and C:D =8:9 then A:D is equal to
a) 3:7 b) 7:3 c) 21:10 d) 10:21
Q12) Rs 6200 divided into three parts proportional to ½:1/3:1/5. The three parts are respectively
a) 3000, 2000, 1200 b) 3500, 1500, 1200 c) 2500, 2000, 1700 d) 2200, 3000,
1000
Q13) If 3x=5y=4z, then x: y: z is equal to
a) 9:12:16 b) 20:12:15 c) 15:10:9 d) 8:5:3
Q14) If a:(b+c)=1:3 and c:(a+b)=5:7, then b:(a+c) is equal to
a) 1:2 b) 2:3 c) 1:3 d) 2:1
Q15) If (a+b):(b+c):(c+a)=6:7:8 and (a+b+c)=14, then the value of c is
a) 6 b) 7 c) 18 d) 14
Q16) If (a + b):(b + c):(c + a) = 7:6:5 and a + b + c = 7 : 6 : 5 = 27 ,then what will be the value of
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3:2:4 3:4:2 4:3:6 3:6:4
Q17) The ratio between land and water in southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere
respectively is 2:3 and 1:2. Find the ratio of land and water on the earth?
11:10 11:19 20:11 21:12
Q18) The ratio of land and water in Northern Hemisphere is 2:3 and on the earth, it is 5:7. Find the
ratio of land and water In the Southern Hemisphere
12:17 11:17 13:17 12:15
Q19) If (a+b):√𝑎𝑏 = 4:1, where a>b>0, then a:b is
a) (2+ √𝟑): (2- √𝟑) b) ( 2 – √3) : (2 + √3) c) ( 3 + √3) : ( 3 – √3)

d) (3 – √3) : ( 3 + √3)
Q20) If 2r= h + √𝑟 ' + ℎ' then the ratio r:h (r not equal to 0) is
a) 1:2 b) 2:3 c) 4:3 d) 3:5
Q21) The compound ratio of the inverse ratios of the ratios
x:yz, y:zx, z:xy is

a) 1: xyz b) xyz:1 c) 1:1 d) x:yz
Q22) Find the value of 3 times of 3 tenths of 3 hundredths of 3 thousandths of 30.
(a) 0.00243 (b) 0.0243 (c) 0.000243 (d) 0.0000243
Q23) The ratio of two numbers is 3:8 and their difference is 115.
The smaller of the two numbers is:
a) 184 b) 194 c) 69 d) 59
Q24) Four numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3:4. Their sum is 16.
The sum of the first and fourth number is equal to
a) 5 b) 8 c) 10 d) 80
Q25) In a school, the ratio of boys to girls is 4:3 and the ratio of girls to
teachers is 8:1. The ratio of students to teachers is:
a) 56:3 b) 32:3 c) 49:3 d) 56:1
Q26) (x-a): (x-b) : (x-c) = 11:9:5, where x = (a+b+c)/2. What is the ratio of a,b,c.
10:8:7 3:5:9 7:8:10 6:5:3
Q27) There is a triangle with sides a, b and c and semi-perimeter s.
(s-a): (s-b): (s-c) = 12:15:22
Find the ratio of a, b and c?
3:4:5 37:34:27 5:6:9 37:27:34
Q28) 94 is divided into 2 parts in such a way that the fifth part of the
first and the eight part of the second are in the ratio 3:4.
The first part is:
a) 30 b) 36 c) 40 d) 28
Q29) There is a ratio of 5:4 between two numbers.
If 40 percent of the first is 12, then 50% of the second number is
a) 12 b) 24 c) 18 d) 20
Q30) The ratio of the radii of two cylinders is 2:3 and the ratio
of their heights is 5:3. The ratio of their volumes will be
a) 9:4 b) 20:27 c) 4:9 d) 27:20
Q31) Two numbers are in the ratio 17:45. One-third of the smaller is
less than 1/5 of the bigger by 15. The smaller number is

a) 25 ½ b) 67 ½ c) 76 ½ d) 86 ½
Q32) Of three positive numbers, the ratio of 1st and 2nd is 8:9, that of 2nd and 3rd is 3:4.
The product of 1st and 3rd is 2400. The sum of the three numbers is
a) 145 b) 185 c) 295 d) 155
Q33) Priyaʼs marks in History and Geography are in the ratio 5:7.
If she got 14 marks more in geography than in history, what are her History marks?
a)49 b)42 c)56 d)35
Q34) The ratio of number of cans of orange, pineapple and mixed fruit juices kept in a store is
8:9:15. If the store sells 25%,33.33% and 20% of orange, pineapple and mixed fruit juices cans
respectively, then what is the ratio of number of cans of these juices in the remaining stock?
1:1:2 6:6:13 12:15:19 4:9:13
Q35) A and B have money in the ratio 2:1. If A gives Rs 2 to B, the money will be in the ratio 1:1. What are
the initial amounts they had?
a) Rs 12 and Rs 6 b) Rs 16 and Rs 8 c) Rs 8 and Rs 4 d) Rs 6 and Rs

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Q36) A, B and C have amounts in the ratio of 3:4:5. First B gives 1/4th to A and 1/4th to C, then C gives 1/6th
to A. Find the final ratio of amounts of A, B, and C respectively?
4:3:5 5:4:3 6:4:2 5:2:5
Q37) Three numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3. By adding 5 to each of them, the new numbers are in the
ratio 2:3:4. The numbers are
a) 10, 20, 30 b) 15, 30, 45 c) 1, 2, 3 d) 5, 10, 15

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Q38) Two numbers are in the ratio 1 1/3 : 2 !, when each of these is increased by 15, they are in the
ratio 1 2/3: 2 ½. The greatest of the numbers is:
a) 27 b) 36 c) 48 d) 30
Q39) A sum of Rs 730 is divided among A, B and C in such a way that if A gets Rs 3, then B gets Rs 4 and if B
gets Rs 3.50 then C gets Rs 3. The share of B exceeds that of C by
a) 30 b) 40 c) 70 d) 210
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Q40) Raju ate +part of a pizza and Adam ate"%part of the remaining pizza. Then Renu ate ,part of
the pizza that was left. What fraction of the pizza is still left?
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(a) & (b) + (c) 𝟏𝟔 (b) +
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Q41) From certain number of apples, a man sells !of the apples to the first customer. He sells 'of
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the remaining apples to the second customer, and !of the remaining apples plus 5 to the third
customer. He then finds himself left with 3 apples. How many apples did the man have initially?

(a) 24 (b) 30 (c) 36 (d) 18

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Q42) "%
of a pole is coloured red, '%is white, !%is blue, &%is black and the rest is green. If the length
of the green portion of the pole is 4.75 m, then the length of the pole is:
(a) 8 m (b) 6 m (c) 10 m (d) 12 m
Q43) A certain sum is divided between A, B, C and D such that the ratio of the shares of A and B is
1:3, that of B and C is 2:5, and that of C and D is 2:3. If the difference between the shares of A and C
is ₹3,510, then the share of D is:
(a) ₹6,075 (b) ₹4,050 (c) ₹4,320 (d) ₹3,240
Q44) The sum of three numbers is 280. If the ratio between the first and second numbers is 2:3 and
the ratio between second and third numbers is 4:5, then find the second number.
(a) 90 (b) 86 (c) 96 (d) 80
Q45) The ratio of boys and girls in a school is 27:23. If the difference between the number of boys
and girls is 200, then find the number of boys
(a) 1250 (b) 1200 (c) 1350 (d) 1300

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Q46) The sum of weights of A and B is 80 kg. 50% of A’s weight is 0times the weight of B. Find the difference
between their weights.
(a) 20 kg (b) 10 kg (c) 25 kg (d) 15 kg
Q47) Find the sub-triplicate ratio of 64:27
3:4 4:3 2:1 8:9
Q48) Find the sub-duplicate ratio of 64:81
3:4 4:3 2:1 8:9
Q49) The flight fare between two cities is increased in the ratio 11:13. What is the increase(in Rs) in
the fare, if the original fare was 12100?
14300 2200 22000 1430
Q50) A person bought some rice and wheat for Rs 380. The ratio of weight of rice and wheat is 4:3
and the price of equal amount of rice and wheat is in the ratio 5:6. The rice was bought of worth:
a) 380 b) 300 c) 200 d) 180
Q51) In an office, salary of each employee is increased in the ratio 5:6 and the number of employees
reduced in the ratio 10:9. Find the percentage increase or decrease in the expenditure of the
company to give salary to the employees?
8 % increase 8% decrease 20% increase No change
Q52) A’s income is Rs 140 more than B’s income and C’s income is Rs 80 more than D’s. If the ratio of A’s
and C’s income is 2:3 and the ratio of B’s and D’s incomes is 1:2, then the incomes of A, B, C and D are
respectively

a) Rs 260, Rs 120, Rs 320 and Rs 240 b) Rs 300, Rs 160, Rs 600 and Rs 520 c) Rs
400, Rs 260, Rs 600 and Rs 520 d) Rs 320, Rs 180, Rs 480 and Rs 360
Q53) The ratio of the number of boys in sections A and B of a class is 2 : 3 and the ratio between
the total number of boys and girls in sections A and B is 3 : 4. If the number of girls in B is 50% of
the number of boys in B, then what will be the ratio between the number of girls in A and B ?
25:49 31:9 11:31 43:89

( * 2 4 &
Q54) ) = 1 = 3 = 5 = ! : Find
'(6&*6,26"&4
.')6&16,36"&5 =?
𝟒 " 0 !
1) 𝟑 2) 0 3) + 4) &
( * 2 4 &
Q55) ) = 1 = 3 = 5 = ! : Find
8 ! (69! *6:! 2 6<! 4

. 8! )69! 16:! 36<! 5 =?
2/5 46/29 4/3 96

( * 2 4 &
Q56) = = = = : Find
) 1 = 5 !
8( " 69* " 6:2 "

.8)" 691" 6:3" = ?
16/9 45/3 89/111 11/2

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Q57) )6* = *6( = (6) = 𝑘 . Find K?
1 ½ -1 -1,1/2
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Q58) '(6) * = (6')6* = (6)6* = 𝑘 . Find k
1,1/4 5,6/5 9,2/3 1,6/9

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Q59) (6)6 * = (6)6* = (6)6* = 𝑘 . Find k
1/3 6/5 2/3 6/9
Q60) If (a – b): (b-c): (c - d) = 3:4:7
Find 4(a + d)/c ?
2 4 8 cnd
Q61) X – 2y: 5y + 2 : x + 2z = 11 : 16 :27
Find 6y/z?
2 4 5 8
= =6> > !>6'=
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>?' @ = A
½ 4 3 16/3

Q63) The ratio of ages of two students is 3:2. One is older to the other by 5 years. What is the age
of the youngest student?
a) 2 years b) 10 years c) 2 ½ years c) 15 years
Q64) The ratio of present ages of Rahul and his sister is 3:4. Before 10 years the ratio of their ages
was 13:19. What is Rahulʼs present age (in years)?
36 48 42 54
Q65) The ratio of the ages of a father and his son 10 years hence will be 5:3, while 10 years ago, it was 3:1.
The ratio of the age of the son to that of the father today is
a) 1:2 b) 1:3 c) 2:3 d) 2:5
Q66) The ratio of a manʼs age to his fatherʼs age is 4:5, and the ratio of his age to his sonʼs age is
6:1. Four years ago these ratios were 11:14 and 11:1, respectively. The ratio of the age of the age of
the grandfather to that of the grandson 12 years from now will be:
12 : 5 18 : 5 14 : 3 18 : 7
Q67) The annual income of A and B are in the ratio of 4:3 and the ratio of their expenditures is 3:2. If each
of them saves Rs 600 in the year, the annual income of A is
a) Rs 4800 b) Rs 1800 c) Rs 1200 d) Rs 2400
Q68) The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 9:4 and the ratio of their expenditures is 7:3. If each of them
saves 2000.Find their expenditures.
7000 and 6000 70000 and 30000 12000 and 3200 7000 and 3000
Q69) Income for the month of January for Ajay and Vijay are in the ratio 3:2 and the expenditures
are in the ratio 5:3. If the savings of Ajay is 5000, and the saving of Vijay is 4000, Then the income for
the month of January of each are
15000 and 12000 18000 and 12000 12000 and 8000 15000 and 10000
Q70) The ratio of the incomes of A and B is 2:1 and the ratio of their expenditure is 5:3. If the ratio of
savings is 4:1 and their total monthly saving is 50,000. Find the monthly salary of B
70,000 50,000 60,000 55,000
Q71) Between two consecutive years my income are in the ratio of 2:3 and expenses in the ratio 5:9.
If my income in the second year is Rs 45000 and my expenses in the first year is Rs 25000, my total
savings for the two years is:
a) Nil b) 15000 c) 10000 d) 5000
Q72) The ratio of the monthly incomes of X and Y is 5:4 and that of their monthly expenditures is 9:7. If the
income of Y is equal to the expenditure of X, then what is the ratio of the savings of X and Y?
(a) 8:9 (b) 7:6 (c) 9:8 (d) 6:7
Q73) Q) The income of A is 60% less than that of B, and the expenditure of A is equal to 60% of B’s
expenditure. If A’s income is equal to 70% of B’s expenditure, then what is the ratio the savings of A and B?

2 : 15 4:7 3:8 5:9
Q74) The ratio of income of Anil and Mukesh is 2:3. The sum of their expenditure is Rs 8000 and the
amount of savings of Anil is equal to the amount of expenditure of Mukesh. What is the sum of their
savings?
22,000 4,000 16,000 12,000
Q75) Income of A and B is in the ratio 3:4 and their expenditure are in the ratio 4:7, then their savings are
equal. If A saves 800 more and B increase his expenditure by 400, the savings are in the ratio 7:4. Find the
average of incomes of A and B.
2800 3500 4200 4000
Q76) The salaries of A, B and C are in the ratio 1:3:4. If the salaries are increased by 5%, 10% and 15%
respectively, then the increased salaries will be in the ratio
a) 20:66:95 b) 21:66:95 c) 21:66:92 d) 19:66:92
Q77) The sum of the incomes of A, B and C is 6060 and they spend 80%, 85% and 75% of their income. If
the ratio of their savings is 5:6:9. Find their incomes.
1500, 2400, 2160 2000, 2000,2060 1500, 2500, 2050

3000,2000,1200
Q78) Combined incomes of A, B and C is 1530. If they save 20%, 25% and 40% of their incomes, then their
expenditures would be in the ratio 16:12:9.
Find the combined income of B and C.
930 1120 830 940
Q79) Three persons A, B and C whose salaries together amount to Rs 72000 spend 80,85 and 75
percent of their salaries respectively. If their savings are in the ratio 8:9:20, then Aʼs salary is
a) 20,000 b) 16,000 c) 22,000 d) 18,000
Q80) The ratio of the incomes of A, B and C is 7:9:12 and the ratio of their expenditures is 8:9:15. If A saves
(1/4)th of his income. Find the ratio of their savings.
a) 56:99:69 b) 69:56:99 c) 99:56:69 d) 99:69:56
Q81) One year ago, the ratio between the salaries of A, B and C was 3:4:5. The individual ratio of
their salaries of the last year and the present year are 4:5, 2:3 and 3:4. If the sum of their present
salaries are 78,800. Find the salary of A at present.
18000 22000 20000 10000
Q82) One year ago, the ratio between the salaries of A, B and C was 4:2:3. The individual ratio of
their salaries of the last year and the present year are 4:5, 2:3 and 3:4. If the sum of their present
salaries are 24,000. Find the salary of B at present.
8000 6000 20000 12000
Q83) Profit of Rs 1,03,500 has to be divided between three partners A, B and C in the ratio 11:7:5. How
much amount (in Rs) does B get?

22,500 49,500 50,500 31,500
Q84) If a sum of money is to be divided among A, B and C such that Aʼs share is equal to twice Bʼs
share and Bʼs share is 4 times Cʼs share, then their shares are in the ratio?
a) 1:2:4 b) 1:4:1 c) 8:4:1 d) 2:4:1
Q85) A, B and C divide a certain sum of money among themselves. The average of the amounts with them is
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4520. Share of A is 10 !% more than share of B and 33 !% less than share of C. What is the share of B (in
rupee)?
(a) 3500 (b) 5976 (c) 3600 (d) 3984
Q86) By mistake, instead of dividing Rs 117 among A, B and C in the ratio 1/2:1/3:1/4 it was divided
in the ratio of 2:3:4. Who gains the most and by how much?
a) A, Rs 28 b) B, Rs 3 c) C, Rs 20 d) C, Rs 25
Q87) A person divided a certain sum between his three sons in the ratio 3:4:5. Had he divided the
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sum in the ratio ! : & : $, the son, who got the least share earlier, would have got ₹1188 more. The
sum (in ₹) was:
5640 6768 6840 7008
Q88) M, N, O, and P divided Rs 44352 among themselves. M took 3/8th of the money, N took 1/6th of the
remaining amount, and the rest was divided among O and P in the ratio of 3:4 respectively. How much did O
get as his share?
(a) 9600 (b) 10600 (c) 10300 (d) 8700 (e) 9900
Q89) A man has in all Rs 640 in the denominations of one rupee, five rupee and ten rupee notes.
The numbers of each type of notes are equal. What is the total number of notes he has?
a) 150 b) 120 c) 100 d) 90
Q90) Rs 180 contained in a box consists of one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio 2:3:4.
What is the number of 50 paise coins?
a) 60 b) 120 c) 150 d) 180
Q91) A bag contains Rs 90 in coins of denominations of 50 paise, 25 paise and 10 paise. If coins of
50 paise, 25 paise and 10 paise are in the ratio 2:3:5, then the number of 10 paise coins in the bag is
a) 80 b) 200 c) 100 d) 135
Q92) 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
Q93) A bag contains Rs 1, 50p and 25p coins. Their amounts are in the ratio 2:3:5. If the total number of
coins are 1960, then find the difference between the number of 50p coins and Rs.1 coins.
a) 280 b) 120 c) 320 d) 480

Q94) A bag contains Rs 1, 50p and 25p coins. Their amounts are in the ratio 2:3:5. If the total
number of coins are 1960, then find the difference between the number of 50p coins and Rs.1 coins.
280 320 240 480
Q95) In the Sitaʼs wallet there are only Rs 16, consisting of 10 paise, 20 paise and Rs 1 coins. The
ratio of the number of coins of 10 paise and 20 paise is 6:1. The minimum number of Rs 1 coin is:
4 12 6 8
Q96) Rs. 2368 is distributed between 8 men, 10 women and 12 children in such a way that a man
gets 25% more than a woman gets, and each women get 25% more that a child. Find the money
received by each women?
40 80 20 160
Q97) Rs 430 is distributed between 45 persons in which men, women and children are included. The money
received by all men, women and children are in the ratio 12:15:16 respectively while the money received by
each are in the ratio 6:5:4. Find
a) The number of men, women and children = 10,15,20
b) Money received by each man, women and child.= 12,10,8
Q98) Rs. 500 is distributed between A, B and C in such a way that Rs 16 more than (2/5)th part of A, Rs 70
less than (3/4)th part of B and Rs 4 less than (3/5)th part of C are all equal. Find the money received by B.
200 300 400 150
Q99) Rs. 750 is distributed between A, B and C in such a way that Rs 60 more than (2/5)th part of A, Rs 80
less than (3/5)th part of B and Rs 35 more than (5/4)th part of C are all equal. Find the money received by
B+C.
400 300 500 550
Q100) A shopkeeper sells his articles at 20% profit. If he reduces his cost price and selling price both
by Rs 100. His profit increases by 4%. Find cost price.
a) 600 b) 2500 c) 1200 d) 800
Q102) Among 132 examinees of a certain school, the ratio of successful to unsuccessful students is
9:2. Had 4 more students passed, then the ratio of successful to unsuccessful students would have
been
a) 14:3 b) 14:5 c) 28:3 d) 28:5
Q103) In a regiment the ratio between the numbers of officers to soldiers was 3:31 before battle. In
a battle 6 officers and 22 soldiers were killed and the ratio became 1:13, the number of officers in
the regiment before battle was
a) 31 b) 38 c) 21 d) 28
Q104) The ratio of numbers of boys to the number of girls in a group becomes 2:1 when 15 girls
leave. But afterwards, when 45 boys also leave, the ratio becomes 1:5. Originally the number of boys
in the group was

a) 20 b) 30 c) 40 d) 50
Q105) In an office, 5/8 of the total number of employees are males and the rest are females. 2/5 of
the number of males are non-technical workers while 2/3 of the number of females are technical
workers. What fraction of the total number of employees are technical workers?
3/8 5/8 ½ 2/5
Q106) In a school, 4/9 of the number of students are girls and the rest are boys.3/5 of the number of boys
are below 12 years of age and 5/12 of the number of girls are 12 years or above 12 years of age.
If the number of students below 12 years of age is 480, then 5/18 of the total number of students in the
school will be equal to:
270 240 225 315
Q107) Two – third of the number of employees of a company are males and the rest are females. If 3/8 of
the male employees and 2/5 of the female employees are temporary employees and the total number of
permanent employees is 740, then 7/15 of the total number of employees exceeds the number of
temporary female employees by:
308 320 400 340
Q108) x is directly proportional to the square of y and inversely proportional to the cube of z. x= 20 when y
and z are
10 and 5 respectively. Find the value of y when x= 10 and z= 10.
20 30 10 15
Q109) The value of a diamond is directly proportional to the square of its weight. If the diamond
breaks into three pieces with the weight in the ratio 1:2:3. Total value of the three pieces is Rs 49000.
Find the actual value of diamond.
1,15,000 1,26,000 1,20,000 1,25000
Q110) Price of a diamond is directly proportional to square of its weight. A man broke the diamond
accidently in three pieces in the ratio of 3:5:7 and thus loses 42600. What was the original price (in
Rs) of the diamond?
11786 60000 67500 75000
Q111) Price of a diamond is directly proportional to square of its weight. A man broke the diamond
accidently in three pieces in the ratio of 2:5:3. If the three pieces were broken in the ratio 1:2:2, the
difference in the values in the first case and the second case would have been Rs. 10,000. What was
the original price (in Rs) of the diamond?
2.75 Lakhs 5 Lakhs 4.5 Lakhs 6 Lakhs
Questions Based on Proportion

Q112) What is the mean proportional between 18 and 8?

1) 15 2) 14 3) 10 4) 12
Q113) What is the third proportional to 10 and 25?
1) 125 2) 150 3) 62.5 4) 225
Q114) What is the fourth proportional to 72, 168 and 150?
1) 450 2) 300 3) 350 4) 400
Q115) Find the third proportional of

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> =
G=H + G> H ; (𝑥 ' + 𝑦 ' )"
1) xy 2) x+y 3) x-y 4) 2x+y
Q116) Fourth proportion to 12, 18, 6 is equal to the third proportion to 4, k. What is the value of K?
1) 6 2) 4 3) 6.5 4) 4√3
Q117) If p is the third proportional to 3, 9, then what is the fourth proportional to 6, p, 4?
1) 18 2) 3/2 3) 10 4) 2√3
Q118) Fourth proportion to 12, 18 and 6 is the same as the third proportion to k and 6. What is the value of
K?
1) 13.5 2) 4 3) 3 4) 3√6
Q119) What is the ratio of the mean proportional between 4.8 and 10.8 and the third proportional to 0.4
and 2.4?
2:1 3:2 1:2 2:3
Q120) What is the ratio of the third proportional to 0.4 and 0.8, to the mean proportional between 13.5 and
0.24?
7:8 9 : 10 8:9 5:4
Q121) If x is the mean proportional between 12.8 and 64.8 and y is the third proportional to 38.4
and 57.6, then 2x : y is equal to:
2:3 4:5 3:4 1:2
Q122) If the mean proportional between a and b is 27 times the third proportional of a and b. Find
the value of a:b
9 3 27 4.5
Q123) If 2x + 1, x + 2 , 2 and 5 are in proportion, then what is the mean proportional between 3.5(1 - x) and
8(1 + x)?
5.5 5.25 4.25 4.5
Q124) 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?
8 7 9 5

Q125) 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:
4:3 14:13 7:4 7:5
Q126) When x is subtracted from each of 21, 22, 60 and 64, the number so obtained, in this order,
are in proportion. What is the mean proportional between (x+1) and (7x+8)?
18 21 24 27
Q127) If x is subtracted from each of 23,39,32 and 56, the numbers so obtained, in this order are in
proportion. What is the mean proportion between (x+4) and (3x + 1)?
15 14 10 12
Q128) If x is added to each of 12,28,21 and 45, the numbers so obtained in this order are in
proportion. What is the mean proportion between (x+3) and (4x+1)?
12 18 10 15
Q129) When x is added to each of 10, 16, 22 and 32, the numbers so obtained in this order are in
proportion? What is the mean proportional between the numbers (x + 1) and (3x +1)?
9 12 10 15
Q130) When x is added to each of 2,3,30 and 35, then the numbers obtained in this order, are in
proportion. What is the mean proportional between (x + 7) and (x - 2)?
6 4 5 7
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Q1) If x:y = 3:1, then 𝑥 ! − 𝑦 ! : 𝑥 ! + 𝑦 ! =?

a) 13:14 b) 14:13 c) 10:11 d) 11:10

Q2) The ratio of 2"·$ : 2%·$ is the same as:

2:1 3:1 6:1 3:2

Q3) If m:n= 3:2, then (4m+5n):(4m-5n) is equal to

a) 4:9 b) 9:4 c) 11:1 d) 9:1

Q4) If a:b=5:7 and c:d=2a:3b, then ac:bd is:

a) 20:38 b) 50:147 c) 10:21 d) 50:15

Q5) For any two numbers m,n; (m+n): (m-n):mn= 7:1:60

Find the value of 1/m: 1/n

4:3 8:6 3:4 7:8

Q6) If A:B:C = 2:3:4, then the ratio A/B:B/C:C/A is equal to

a) 8:9:16 b) 8:9:12 c) 8:9:24 d) 4:9:16

Q7) A:B=1:2, B:C=3:4, C:D=6:9,

Q8) If A:B=1:2, B:C=3:4, C:D=6:9 and D:E=12:16 then A:B:C:D:E is equal to

a) 1:3:6:12:16 b) 2:4:6:9:16 c) 3:4:8:12:16 d) 3:6:8:12:16

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(a) 9:12:8 (b) 8:9:24 (c) 12:9:8 (d) 9:8:24

Q10) If a:b=2/9:1/3, b:c=2/7:5/14 and d:c=7/10:3/5

a) 4:6:7:9 b) 16:24:30:35 c) 8:12:15:7 d) 30:35:24:16

a) 3:7 b) 7:3 c) 21:10 d) 10:21

Q13) If 3x=5y=4z, then x: y: z is equal to

a) 9:12:16 b) 20:12:15 c) 15:10:9 d) 8:5:3

Q14) If a:(b+c)=1:3 and c:(a+b)=5:7, then b:(a+c) is equal to

a) 1:2 b) 2:3 c) 1:3 d) 2:1

Q15) If (a+b):(b+c):(c+a)=6:7:8 and (a+b+c)=14, then the value of c is

3:2:4 3:4:2 4:3:6 3:6:4

11:10 11:19 20:11 21:12

12:17 11:17 13:17 12:15

Q19) If (a+b):√𝑎𝑏 = 4:1, where a>b>0, then a:b is

a) (2+ √𝟑): (2- √𝟑) b) ( 2 – √3) : (2 + √3) c) ( 3 + √3) : ( 3 – √3)

a) 1:2 b) 2:3 c) 4:3 d) 3:5

Q21) The compound ratio of the inverse ratios of the ratios

x:yz, y:zx, z:xy is

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a) 1: xyz b) xyz:1 c) 1:1 d) x:yz

Q22) Find the value of 3 times of 3 tenths of 3 hundredths of 3 thousandths of 30.

(a) 0.00243 (b) 0.0243 (c) 0.000243 (d) 0.0000243

The smaller of the two numbers is:

The sum of the first and fourth number is equal to

teachers is 8:1. The ratio of students to teachers is:

a) 56:3 b) 32:3 c) 49:3 d) 56:1

10:8:7 3:5:9 7:8:10 6:5:3

Q27) There is a triangle with sides a, b and c and semi-perimeter s.

(s-a): (s-b): (s-c) = 12:15:22

Find the ratio of a, b and c?

3:4:5 37:34:27 5:6:9 37:27:34

The first part is:

Q29) There is a ratio of 5:4 between two numbers.

If 40 percent of the first is 12, then 50% of the second number is

of their heights is 5:3. The ratio of their volumes will be

a) 9:4 b) 20:27 c) 4:9 d) 27:20

less than 1/5 of the bigger by 15. The smaller number is

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a) 145 b) 185 c) 295 d) 155

a)49 b)42 c)56 d)35

1:1:2 6:6:13 12:15:19 4:9:13

a) Rs 12 and Rs 6 b) Rs 16 and Rs 8 c) Rs 8 and Rs 4 d) Rs 6 and Rs

4:3:5 5:4:3 6:4:2 5:2:5