RATIO PROPORTION

1. If x:y=3:4 then (7x+3y): (7x-3y) is equal to:

1) 5 : 2 2) 4 : 3 3)11 : 3 4) 37 : 19

2. If a:b=2:3 then (5a-2b): (5a+2b) is equal to:

1) 3 : 7 2) 2 : 7 3)1 : 3 4) 1 : 4

3. If 𝒂:𝒃=𝟑:𝟐, then (𝟓𝒂+𝟐𝒃):(𝟑𝒂+𝟒𝒃) is equal to?

1) 16:15 2) 8:7 3) 19:17 4) 17:14

4. If 𝒂:𝒃:𝒄=𝟏:𝟑:𝟓, what is the value of 𝟒𝒂−𝒃+𝟐𝒄/3(𝒂+𝒃+𝒄)?

1) 𝟖/𝟐𝟕 2) 𝟏𝟎/𝟐𝟕 3) 𝟏𝟏/𝟐𝟕 4) 𝟏/𝟑

5. If A : B = 2 : 3 and B : C = 3 : 7, then A + B : B + C : C + A is

1) 4 : 8 : 9 2) 5 : 8 : 9 3) 5 : 10 : 9 4) 4 : 10 : 9

6. If 4x + 6. If 4x + 5y = 83 and 3x : 2y = 21 : 22, then (y – x)

equals

1) 3 2) 4 3) 7 4) 11

7. If (a + b)/ c = 6/5 and (b + c ) / a = 9/2 then what is the value of

(a + c )/b?

1) 9/5 2) 11/7 3) 7/11 4) 7/4

8. If a : (b+c)=1:3 ; c : (a + b) = 5 : 7, then 𝒃:(𝒂+c) is equal to?

1) 2 : 1 2) 2 : 3 3) 1 : 2 4) 1 : 3

9. If (𝟓𝒂−𝟑𝒃)∶(𝟒𝒂−𝟐𝒃)=𝟐∶𝟑 then a : b is equal to:

1) 3 : 4 2) 2 : 3 3) 5 : 8 4) 5 : 7

10. If (a + b) : (b + c) : (c + a) = 7 : 6 : 5 and a + b + c = 27, then

what will be the value of 𝟏/𝒂:𝟏/𝒃:𝟏/𝒄?

1) 4 : 3 : 6 2) 3 : 4 : 2 3) 3 : 2 : 4 4) 3 : 6 : 4
11. If (a+b) : (b+c) : (c+a) = 5 : 7 : 6 and 2a -3b + 4c = 66 then
value of c will be ?

1) 12 2) 18 3) 24 4) 𝟏𝟑 2/𝟕

12. If x, y, z are three positive numbers such that

(A - x): (A - y): (A - z) = 1: 7: 4 and 2A = x+y+z, then x:y:z= ?

1) 8: 5: 11 2) 9: 4: 12 3) 11: 5: 8 4) 12: 4: 9

13. If (x-2y+8z) : (y-3z+4w) : (4x+5z-7w) = 3 : 4 : 7 then find 𝟔x+

𝟐y- 𝟏𝟕w)/w= ?

1) 5 2) 6 3) 7 4) 8

14. The ratio of 252.5: 53 is same as?

1) 5:3 2) 5:6 3) 1: 25 4) 25:1

15. The ratio of 21.5: 20.5 is same as?

1) 2:1 2) 3:1 3) 6: 1 4) 3:2

16. If (4a + 7b) (4c – 7d) = (4a – 7b) (4c + 7d), then which one of
the following is correct?

1) 𝒂/𝒃=𝒄/𝒅 2) 𝒂/𝒅=𝒄/𝒃 3) 𝒂/𝒃=𝒅/c 4) 𝟒𝒂/𝟕𝒃=𝒄/𝒅

17. If a:b = c:d = e:f = 1:2, then (pa+qc+re) : (pb +qd + rf) = ?

1)1 : 3 2) 1 : 2 3)2 : 3 4) 3 : 2

18. If a:b = c:d = e:f = 4:5, then (pa3+q2c3-r3e3) : (pb3 +q2d3 -

r3f3) = ?

1) 4 : 5 2) 64 : 125 3) 25 : 63 4) 16 : 125

19. If a:(b+c) = b:(c+a) = c:(a+b) = k, then K is?

1)1 : 3 2) 1 : 2 3)2 : 3 4) 3 : 2
20. The ratio compounded of duplicate ratio of 4 : 5, triplicate ratio of
1 : 3, sub duplicate ratio of 81 : 256 and sub triplicate ratio of 125 :
512 is?

1) 4 : 512 2) 3 : 32 3) 1 : 120 4) 1 : 512

21. The ratio compounded of inverse ratio of 15 : 28, triplicate ratio of

5 : 4, sub duplicate ratio of 36 : 49 is?

1) 8 : 25 2) 3 : 23 3) 25 : 8 4) 7 : 23

22. If a : b = 5 : 8 and c : b = 4 : 3, then a : b : c is equal to:

1) 15 : 24 : 28 2) 5 : 6 : 8 3) 15 : 24 : 32 4) 5 : 8 : 6

23. If A : B = 1 : 2, B : C = 3 : 4, C : D = 2 : 3 and D : E = 3 : 4,
then what is B : E equal to?

1) 3 : 2 2) 1 : 8 3) 3 : 8 4) 4 : 1

24. If 6A = 4B = 9C; What is A : B : C?

1) 6 : 4 : 9 2) 9 : 4 : 6 3) 4 : 9 : 6 4) 6 : 9 : 4

25. If A/𝟑=B/𝟐 =C/𝟓, then what is the value of ratio (C + A)^2 : (A +

B)^2 : (B + C)^2?

1) 9 : 4 : 25 2) 25 : 4 : 9 3) 64 : 25 : 49 4) 49 : 25 : 64

26. If 𝟑/𝟓P = 𝟕/𝟐Q = 𝟕/𝟓R, then what is the ratio of P, Q and R

respectively?

1) 3 : 2 : 5 2) 3 : 35 : 14 3) 5 : 7 : 5 4) 35 : 6 : 15

27.Sita’s and Gita’s ages are in the ratio of 3:4, Gita’s and Lata’s ages
are in the ratio of 4:7 and Lata’s and Ram’s ages are in the ratio of
7:9. What is the ratio of Sita’s and Ram’s ages?

1) 3:5 2) 3:7 3) 1:3 4) 4:9

28. A and B shares are in the ratio of 4:5, B and C shares are in the
ratio of 15:13 and C and D shares are in the ratio of 26:3 and D and E
shares are in the ratio of 6:17. What is the ratio of A and E shares?

1) 43:17 2) 36:57 3) 48:17 4) 34:49

29. 5 cakes cost as much as 11 sweets, 4 sweets cost as much as 13

chocolates, 22 chocolates cost as much as 15 biscuits, 39 biscuits as
cost as much 24 fruits, if 1 fruit cost is 90. What is the cost of 1 cake?

1) 240 2) 250 3) 340 4) 270

30. Find the mean proportion of 25, 64?

1) 30 2) 20 3) 50 4) 40

31. The ratio of the sum of the salaries of A and B to the difference of
their salaries is 11:1 and the ratio of the sum of the salaries of B and
C to the difference of their salaries is also 11 : 1. If A’s salary is the
highest and C’s lowest then what is B’s salary (in Rs) given total of all
their salaries is Rs.1,82,000?

1) 72000 2) 60000 3) 50000 4) 86400

32. Rs.120 is distributed among A, B and C so that A’s share is Rs.20

more than B’s and Rs.20 less than C’s. What is B’s share?

1) Rs.10 2) Rs.15 3) Rs.20 4) Rs.25

33. Rs.710 is distributed among A, B and C such that A receives Rs.40

more than B, C receives Rs.30 more than A. What is C’s share?

1) Rs.270 2) Rs.200 3) Rs.240 4) Rs.250

34. An employer reduces the number of his employees in the ratio 9:8
and increases their wages in the ratio 14:15, State weather his bill of
total wages increases or decreases and in what ratio?

1) 19:20 2) 21:23 3) 21:20 4) 19:21

35. When ticket prices to a water park are increased in the ratio 11:12
then the number of daily visitors to the park fall in the ratio 8 : 7. If
the daily revenues before the increase in ticket price was Rs.176,000,
then find the daily revenues after increase in ticket price?

1) 2,64,000 2) 1,12,000 3) 1,92,000 4) 1,68,000

36. The entry ticket at a fun park was increased in the ratio 7 : 9 due
to which footfalls fell in the ratio 13 : 11. What is the new daily
collection (in Rs.) if the daily collection before the price hike was Rs.2
27 500?

1) 2,37,500 2) 2,47,500 3) 2,32,500 4) 2,42,500

KEY::RATIO PROPORTION

1. 3 2. 4 3. 3 4. 3 5. 3 6. 2 7. 4 8. 3 9. 4 10. 1

11. 3 12. 3 13. 1 14. 4 15. 1 16. 1 17. 2 18. 2 19. 2 20. 3

21. 3 22. 3 23. 3 24. 4 25. 3 26. 4 27. 3 28. 3 29. 4 30. 4

31. 2 32. 3 33. 1 34. 3 35. 4 36. 2