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Prelims 2020 Special: Paper - Ii Quantitative Aptitude Ratio - Previous Year Questions

This document contains 14 multiple choice questions about ratios and proportions from previous year UPSC Civil Services Examination prelims papers from 2012 to 2019. The questions cover topics like ratios of mixtures, price to quantity relationships, work rates, and ratios derived from numerical relationships. The document provides the questions, answer options, and a link to a website for more practice questions on quantitative aptitude and ratios.

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Prelims 2020 Special: Paper - Ii Quantitative Aptitude Ratio - Previous Year Questions

This document contains 14 multiple choice questions about ratios and proportions from previous year UPSC Civil Services Examination prelims papers from 2012 to 2019. The questions cover topics like ratios of mixtures, price to quantity relationships, work rates, and ratios derived from numerical relationships. The document provides the questions, answer options, and a link to a website for more practice questions on quantitative aptitude and ratios.

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UPSC CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION

PRELIMS 2020 SPECIAL


CSAT
PAPER - II
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
Ratio – Previous Year Questions

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Q.1) A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals
in the proportion 7:2 and 7:11 respectively. If equal quantities of the alloy
are melted to form a third alloy C , the proportion of gold and copper in C
will be:
1)6:9 2)5:7 3) 7:5 4) 9:5

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Q.2) The contents of two vessels containing water and milk are in the
ratio 1:2 and 2:5 are mixed in the ratio 1:4. The resulting mixture will
have water and milk in the ratio –
1)35:75 2) 31:74 3) 41:65 4) 31:65

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Q.3) One man adds 3 liters of water to 12 liters of milk and another 4 liters
of water to 10 liters of milk. What is the ratio of the strengths of milk in
the two mixtures?

1)28:25 2) 27:25 3) 26:25 4) 25:26

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Q.4) Three glasses of equal volume are filled with the mixtures of spirit and
water. The ratio of spirit to water in each glass is 3:4, 4:5 and 5:6
respectively. The contents of these glasses are emptied in to a single vessel .
What is the ratio of the spirit to water in this vessel?
1)920:1159 b) 1159:920 c) 11:9 d) 1090:930

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Q.5) The cost of precious stone varies as the square of its weight. A
stone weighing 10 grams costs Rs. 2500.What is the loss if this stone
breaks into 2 pieces with weights in the ratio of 2:3?
1) Rs.1300 2) Rs.750 3) Rs.1200 4)Rs.900

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Q.6) Two glasses of equal volume are respectively half and three-
fourths filled with milk. They are then filled to the brim by adding
water. Their contents are then poured into another vessel. What will be 2012
the ratio of milk to water in this vessel?
A. 1:3
B. 2:3
C. 3:2
D. 5:3

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Q.7) In a rare coin collection, there is one gold coin for every three non-
gold coins. 10 more gold coins are added to the collection and the ratio of
gold coins to non-gold coins would be 1:2. Based on the information, the 2013
total number of coins in the collection now becomes
A. 90
B. 80
C. 60
D. 50

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Q.8) There are some balls of red, green and yellow colour lying on a table.
There are as many red balls are there are yellow balls. There are twice as
many yellow balls as there are green ones. The number of red balls 2013
A. Is equal to the sum of yellow and green balls
B. Is double the number of Green balls
C. Is equal to yellow balls minus green balls
D. Can not be ascertained

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Q.9) An automobile owner reduced his monthly petrol consumption
when the prices went up. The price-consumption relationship is as
follows: 2015

Price (in Rs. per litre) 40 50 60 75

Monthly consumption 60 48 40 32
(in litres)

If the price goes up to Rs. 80 per litre, his


expected consumption (in litres) will be
A. 30
B. 28
C. 26
D. 24
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Q.10) A father is nine times as old as his son and the mother is eight
times as old as the son. The sum of the father's and the mother's age
is 51 years. What is the age of the son? 2015
A. 7 years
B. 5 years
C. 4 years
D. 3 years

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Q.11) Two equal glasses of same type are respectively 1/3 and ¼ full of
milk. They are filled up with water and the contents are mixed in a pot.
What is the ratio of milk and water in the pot? 2015
A. 7:17
B. 1:3
C. 9:21
D. 11:23

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Q.12) The monthly incomes of Peter and Paul are in the ratio of 4:3.
Their expenses are in the ratio of 3:2. If each saves Rs. 6,000 at the end
of the month, their monthly incomes respectively are (in Rs.)
A. 24,000 and 18,000 2015
B. 28,000 and 21,000
C. 32,000 and 24,000
D. 34,000 and 26,000

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Q.13) P works thrice as fast as Q, whereas P and Q together can work
four times as fast as R. If P, Q and R together work on a job, in what
ratio should they share the earnings? 2017
A. 3:1:1
B. 3:2:4
C. 4:3:4
D. 3:1:4

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Q.14)The ratio of a two-digit natural number to a number
formed by reversing its digits is 4: 7. The number of such
pairs is
(a) 5 2019
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2

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