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Ratio Proportion &

CPP Variation
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1. ` 1225 is distributed among A, B and C such that if share of each is reduced by ` 5, then A : B
= 5 : 4 and B : C = 9 : 10. Find C’s share.
(A) 405 (B) 410 (C) 415 (D) 420

2. 3 cars have their speed in ratio 5 : 4 : 6. Find ratio of time taken if they travel same distance.
(A) 12 : 15 : 8 (B) 14 : 12 : 10 (C) 12 : 15 : 10 (D) 14 : 16: 8

3. Two numbers are in ratio 3 : 5. If each number is subtracted by 9, ratio becomes 12 : 23. Find
the numbers.
(A) 37 & 39 (B) 33 & 55 (C) 31 : 33 (D) 35 : 37

4. 85 kg of a mixture contains milk & water in ratio 27 : 7. How much more water is to be added
to get new mixture containing milk and water in ratio 3 : 1.
(A) 4 litre (B) 3 litre (C) 2 litre (D) 5 litre

5. Ratio of income of A & B is 5 : 4. Expenditure is 3 : 2. If each save ` 1600. Find income.

(A) 3000 & 2200 (B) 4000 & 3200 (C) 5000 & 3400 (D) 4000 & 3600

6. A and B are two alloys of gold & copper, 7 : 2 and 7 : 11 respectively. If equal quantities of
alloys are milted to form alloy C. Find ratio of gold & copper in C.
(A) 7 : 5 (B) 5 : 3 (C) 4 : 2 (D) 9 : 7

7. 3 containers have volumes in ratios 3 : 4 : 5. They are full of mixtures of milk and water in ratio
2 : 1, 3 : 1 and 5 : 2 respectively. All container pour into in 4 th ratio?
(A) 3 : 2 (B) 6 : 5 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 5 : 4

8. Seats for maths, physics, biology is 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by
40%, 50% and 75%. Find ratio of increased seats
(A) 3 : 4 : 5 (B) 2 : 3 : 4 (C) 4 : 5 : 6 (D) 7 : 8 : 9

9. Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If the ratio of their ages is 7 : 9, find the age of
Sachin.
(A) 26.5 (B) 23.5 (C) 24.5 (D) 22.5

10. The age of mother one decade ago was three times the age of her daughter. 10 years hence,
mother’s age will be two times that of her daughter. Find ratio of their current ages.
(A) 5 : 2 (B) 7 : 3 (C) 9 : 7 (D) 7 : 5

11. If a : b = 7 : 9 and b : c = 15 : 7, then what is a : c?

(A) 5:3 (B) 3:5(C) 7:21 (D) 7:15

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12. Rs. 6200 divided into three parts proportional to : : are respectively
2 3 5
(A) Rs 3000, Rs 2000, Rs 1200 (B) Rs 3500, Rs 1500, Rs 1200
(C) Rs 2500, Rs 2000, Rs 1700 (D) Rs 2200, Rs 3000, Rs 1000

13. 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 younger student?
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(A) 2 years (B) 10 years (C) 2 years (D) 15 years
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14. The ratio of the ages of Ram and Rahim 10 years ago was 1:3. The ratio of their ages five
years hence will be 2:3. Then the ratio of their present ages is
(A) 1:2 (B) 3:5 (C) 3:4 (D) 2:5

15. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to the second is 2:3 and that of the
second to the third is 5:8, then the second number is
(A) 49 (B) 48 (C) 30 (D) 20

16. The ratio of the numbers of boys and girls of a school will 504 students is 13:11. What will be
the new ratio if 12 more girls are admitted?
(A) 91:81 (B) 81:91 (C) 9:10 (D) 10:9

17. A and B together have Rs.1210. If 4/15 of A’s amount is equal to 2/5 of B’s amount. How much
amount does B have?
(A) Rs.460 (B) Rs.484 (C) Rs.550 (D) Rs.664

18. 60 kg of alloy A is mixed with 100 kg of alloy B. If alloy A has lead and tin in the ratio 3 : 2 and
alloy B has tin and copper in the ratio 1 : 4, then the amount of tin in new alloy is
(A) 36 kg (B) 44 kg (C) 53 kg (D) 80 kg

19. 20 litres of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 5 : 3. If 4 litres of this mixture be
replaced by 4 litres of milk, the ratio of milk to water in the new mixture would be:
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 7 : 3 (C) 8 : 3 (D) 4 : 3

20. A sum of Rs.53 is divided among A, B, C in such a way that A gets Rs.7 more than what B
gets and B gets Rs.8 more than what C gets. The ratio of their shares is:
(A) 16 : 9 : 18 (B) 27 : 18 : 10 (C) 18 : 25 : 10 (D) none of these
21. The students in three batches at Mindwordzz are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If 20 students are
increased in each batch, the ratio changes to 4 : 5 : 7. The total number of students in the
three batches before the increases were
(A) 10 (B) 90 (C) 100 (D) 150
21. C
22. The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. The ratio between the times taken by these
cars to travel the same distance is
(A) 2 : 3 : 4 (B) 4 : 3 : 2 (C) 4 : 3 : 6 (D) 6 : 4 : 3

23. After an increment of 7 in both the numerator and denominator, a fraction changes to 3/4. Find
the original fraction.
(A) 5/12 (B) 7/9 (C) 2/5 (D) 3/8

24. A cat takes 5 leaps for every 4 leaps of a dog, but 3 leaps of the dog are equal to 4 leaps of
the cat. What is the ratio of the speed of the cat to that of the dog?
(A) 11 : 15 (B) 15 : 11 (C) 16 : 15 (D) 15 : 16

25. The present ratio of ages of A and B is 4 : 5. 18 years ago, this ratio was 11 : 16. Find the sum
total of their present ages.
(A) 90 years (B) 105 years (C) 110 years (D) 80 years

26. Four numbers in the ratio 1 : 3 : 4 : 7 add up to give a sum of 105. Find the value of the biggest
number.
(A) 42 (B) 35 (C) 49 (D) 63

27. A dishonest milkman mixed 1 litre of water for every 3 litres of milk and thus made up 36 litres
of milk. If he now adds 15 litres of milk to the mixture, find the ratio of milk and water in the
new mixture.
(A) 12 : 5 (B) 14 : 3 (C) 7 : 2 (D) 9 : 4

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28. If the ratio of the ages of Maya and Chhaya is 6 : 5 at present, and fifteen years from now, the
ratio will get changed to 9 : 8, then find Maya’s present age.
(A) 24 years (B) 30 years (C) 18 years (D) 33 years

29. If ` 58 is divided among 150 children such that each girl and each boy gets 25 p and 50 p
respectively. Then how many girls are there?
(A) 52 (B) 54 (C) 68 (D) 62

30. If 391 bananas were distributed among three monkeys in the ratio 1/2 : 2/3 : ¾, how many
bananas did the first monkey get?
(A) 102 (B) 108 (C) 112 (D) 104

31. A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 5 : 1. On adding 5 litres of water, the ratio of milk
to water becomes 5 : 2. The quantity of milk in the mixture is:
(A) 16 litres (B) 25 litres (C) 32.5 litres (D) 22.75 litres

32. A beggar had ten paise, twenty paise and one rupee coins in the ratio 10 : 17 : 7 respectively
at the end day. If that day he earned a total of `57, how many twenty paise coins did he have?
(A) 114 (B) 171 (C) 95 (D) 85

33. If two numbers are in the ratio 5 : 8 and if 9 be added to each, the ratio becomes 8 : 11. Now
find the lower number.
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) None of these

34. A varies jointly as B and C; and A = 6 when B = 3, C = 2; find A when B = 5, C = 7.

(A) 17.5 (B) 35 (C) 70 (D) 105

35. A cask contains a mixture of 49 litres of wine and water in the proportion 5 : 2. How much
water must be added to it so that the ratio of wine to water may be 7 : 4?
(A) 3.5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) None of these

36. A cask contains 12 gallons of mixture of wine and water in the ratio 3 : 1. How much of the
mixture must be drawn off and water substituted, so that wine and water in the cask may
become half and half.
(A) 3 litres (B) 5 litres (C) 6 litres (D) None of these

ANSWER KEY
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D
5. B 6. A 7. D 8. B
9. C 10. B 11. A 12. A
13. B 14. B 15. C 16. A
17. B 18. B 19. B 20. D
22. D 23. C 24. D 25. A
26. C 27. B 28. B 29. C
30. A 31. B 32. D 33. C
34. B 35. B 36. D

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