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Ratio and Proportion Questions
1. A got twice as many marks in English as in Science. His total marks in English, Science and Mathematics is 180. If the ratio of his marks in English and Mathematics is 2 : 3, what is his marks in Science?
10 20 30 40 50
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2. In a book store house, the ratio of English to hindi books is 7:2. If there are 1512 English books and due to increase in demand of English books, few English books are added by the shopkeeper and the said ratio become 15:4. The number of English books added is:
432 1620 3024 108 None of these
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3. 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, Rs. 28 B, Rs. 3 C, Rs. 20 C, Rs. 25 None of these
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4. Dhiraj have coins are in the ratio of Rs.1 coins, 50p coins and 25p coins can be expressed by three consecutive odd prime numbers that are in ascending order. The total value of coins in the bag is Rs 58. If the numbers of Rs.1, 50p, and 25p coins are reversed, find the new total value of coins in the bag of Dhiraj?
Rs.86 Rs. 83 Rs. 75 Rs. 82 None of these
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5. Karan, Hari and Kowshik play cricket. The runs got by Karan to Hari and Hari to Kowshik are in the ratio of 5:3. They get altogether 588 runs. How many runs did Karan get?
150 runs 300 runs 250 runs 200 runs None of these
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6. An outgoing batch of students wants to gift books worth Rs 4,200 to their teachers. If the boys, offer to pay 50% more than the girls and an external sponsors gives three times the boy’s contribution, then how much should the boys donate?
Rs 600 Rs 840 Rs 900 Rs 1,200 None of these
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7. Chiku, Tipu and Pinku have some candies with each. Five times the number of candies with Pinku equals seven times the number of candies with Chiku while five times the number of candies with Chiku equals seven times the number of candies with Tipu. What is the minimum number of candies that can be there with all three of them put together?
209 119 109 97 None of these
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8. The ratio of the number of UG students and PG students in a college is 5:4. If 40% of the UG students and 50 % of the PG students are scholarship holders. What percentage of the students does not get the scholarship?
54.60% 55.20% 55.50% 54.30% None of these
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9. The wages of Naveena and Menaka are in the ratio ratio 6:5. If the wages of each is increased by Rs.6000, the new ratio becomes 38:35. What is Menaka"™s present salary?
4000 5500 5000 4500 None of these
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10. One year ago the ratio between Lalitha's and Ganga's salary was 3 : 4. The ratios of their individual salaries between last year's and this year's salaries are 4 : 5 and 2 : 3 respectively. At present the total of their salary is Rs. 4160. The salary of Lalitha, now is
Rs. 1040 Rs. 1600 Rs. 2560 Rs. 3120 None of these
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11. Ratio of present age of Veer, Sameer, Divyaraj, Ayush and Sumit is 14 : 15 : 13 : 12 : 16 and sum of age of Veer, Divyaraj & Sumit four years hence will be 44 years more than sum of present age of Sameer & Ayush. Find the ratio of age of Veer, Sameer, Divyaraj, Ayush and Sumit after 10 years?
(19 : 20 : 18 : 16 : 21) (19 : 20 : 16 : 17 : 21) (19 : 20 : 22 : 17 : 21) (19 : 20 : 18 : 17 : 21) None of these
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12. Distance travelled by a train is 1830 km and the speed of train is one more than twice the time taken to travel the distance. Find the ratio of the speed of train and time taken by the train.
71 : 35 63 : 31 101 : 50 61 : 30 73 : 36
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13. If the digits of the age of Mr. Suman are reversed then the new age so obtained is the age of his wife. 1/11 of the sum of their ages is equal to the difference between their ages. If Mr. Suman is elder than his wife then find the ratio of their ages.
5 : 4 4 : 5 7 : 6 6 : 5 None of these
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14. The ratio of the density of 3 kinds of petrol A1, A2 and A3 is 13 : 17 : 19. The density of A1 is 39 gm/cc and A1, A2 and A3 are mixed in the ratio of 3 : 5 : 7 by weight. If a litre of A3 cost Rs. 38 then find the cost of A3 in 1050 kg of mixture of A1, A2 and A3.
Rs. 254.27 Rs. 326.67 Rs. 357.26 Rs. 345.84 None of these
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15. Sachin and Anurag have monthly incomes in the ratio 6 : 7 and Their monthly expenditures in the ratio 5 : 4. If they save Rs. 700 and Rs. 2100 respectively, find the monthly expenditure of Anurag.
3200 2480 2800 3140 None of these
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16. The ratio of salary of two persons X and Y is 5:8. If the salary of X increases by 60% and that of Y decreases by 35% then the new ratio of their salaries become 40:27. What is X's salary?
13000 16000 15000 14000 data inadequate
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17. Daniel had 10 paise, 25 paise and 50 paise coins in the ratio of 5 : 4: 9 respectively. After giving Rs. 30 his mother he has Rs. 30. How many 50 paise coins did he have?
50 60 90 80 70
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18. Two numbers are in the ratio of 1(1/2) : 2(2/3). When each of these is increased by 15, the ratio changes to 1(2/3) : 2(1/2). The larger of the numbers is,
48 27 36 64 56
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19. Out of three positive numbers, the ratio of the first and the second numbers is 4 : 3 that of the second and the third numbers is 6 : 5 if the product of the second and the third numbers is 4320. What is the sum of three numbers?
229 228 227 225 226
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20. Ratio of the salary of Balu& Peelu is 5:8. If the salary of Balu increase by 40% and those of Peelu decrease by 15%, the new ratio of their salary becomes 10:9. What is Balu 's salary?
12000 12500 13000 14000 Data inadequate
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