Ratio and Proportion
217 questions in this chapter, page 3 of 5.
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ABC26GN3058 · What is the ratio whose terms differ by 40 and the measure of which is 2/7?
ABC26GN3059 · ₹ 16000 are to be distributed between B and A such that B gets ₹ 4000 less than A. The ratio of the amount received by A to that received…
ABC26GN3060 · Find the fraction which will bear the same ratio to 1/27 that 3/11 does to 5/9.
ABC26GN3062 · A, B, C and D have ₹ 40, ₹ 50, ₹ 60 and ₹ 70 respectively when they go to visit a fair. A spends ₹ 18, B spends ₹ 21, C spends ₹ 24 and D…
ABC26GN3063 · The ratio of the arithmetic mean of two numbers to one of the numbers is 3 : 5. What is the ratio of the smaller number to the larger one?
ABC26GN3064 · Seema and Meena divide a sum of ₹ 25000 in the ratio of 3 : 2 respectively. If ₹ 5000 is added to each of their shares, what would be the… · 2010
ABC26GN3065 · Of 132 examinees of a certain school, the ratio of successful to unsuccessful candidates is 9 : 2. If 4 more students passed, what would…
ABC26GN3068 · The numbers x, y, z are proportional to 2, 3, 5. The sum of x, y, z is 100. If y=p x-10, then p is equal to · 2011
ABC26GN3069 · A, B and C are boxes containing marbles in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. Total number of marbles is 60. The above ratio can be changed to 3 : 4 : 5…
ABC26GN3070 · An amount of ₹ 53 is divided among A, B and C such that A gets ₹ 7 more than B and B gets ₹ 8 more than C. What is the ratio of their… · 2009
ABC26GN3071 · A sum of money is shared in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5. The smallest share is divided again in the ratio of 1 : 2. What fraction of the total…
ABC26GN3072 · If an amount of ₹ 1,50,000 is shared among A, B and C in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 5, then A receives the same amount as he would receive if…
ABC26GN3073 · In an alloy, the ratio of copper and zinc is 5 : 2. If 1.250 kg of zinc is mixed in 17 kg 500 g of alloy, then the ratio of copper and zinc…
ABC26GN3074 · A sum of ₹ 650 is divided between A and B in such a manner that in every 100 rupees A gets 30 rupees more than B. How much does B get?
ABC26GN3075 · A sum of ₹ 731 is divided among A, B and C such that A receives 25% more than B and B receives 25% less than C. What is C′ s share in the… · 2006
ABC26GN3076 · A sum of ₹ 6400 is divided among three workers in the ratio 3/5: 2: 5/3. The share (in rupees) of the second worker is · 2007
ABC26GN3077 · If ₹ x are divided between A and B in the ratio a/b: c/d, then A gets rupees
ABC26GN3078 · A man distributes ₹ 165000 among his daughter, wife and son in such a manner that 1/2 of the daughter's share, 1/4 of the wife's share and…
ABC26GN3079 · A sum of ₹ 1250 is divided among A, B, C so that A gets 2/9 of B′ s share and C gets 3/4 of A′ s share. The share of C is
ABC26GN3080 · Instead of dividing ₹ 117 among P, Q, R in the ratio 1/2: 1/3: 1/4, by mistake it was divided in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Who gained in the…
ABC26GN3082 · In an innings of a cricket match, three players A, B and C scored a total of 361 runs. If the ratio of the number of runs scored by A to…
ABC26GN3083 · ₹ 8400 are divided among A, B, C and D in such a way that the shares of A and B, B and C as well as C and D are in the ratios of 2: 3,4: 5…
ABC26GN3084 · A sum of ₹ 1300 is divided among P, Q, R and S such that (P′ s share)/(Q′ s share)=(Q′ s share)/(R′ s share)=(R′ s share)/(S′ s share)=2/3…
ABC26GN3087 · ₹ 600 are divided among A, B, C so that ₹ 40 more than 2/5 of A′ s share, ₹ 20 more than 2/7 of B′ s share and ₹ 10 more than 9/17 of C 's… · 2007
ABC26GN3088 · ₹ 1050 are divided among P, Q and R. The share of P is 2/5 of the combined share of Q and R. P gets
ABC26GN3089 · A sum of ₹ 12540 is divided among A, B and C so that A may receive 3/7 of what B and C together receive and B may receive 2/9 of what A and…
ABC26GN3091 · If ₹ 1066 are divided among A, B, C and D such that A: B=3: 4, B: C=5: 6 and C: D=7: 5, who will get the maximum?
ABC26GN3093 · A person distributes his pens among four friends A, B, C and D in the ratio 1/3: 1/4: 1/5: 1/6. What is the minimum number of pens that the… · 2010
ABC26GN3096 · ₹ 1087 is divided among A, B and C such that if ₹ 10, ₹ 12 and ₹ 15 are diminished from the shares of A, B and C respectively, the…
ABC26GN3099 · The ratio of income and expenditure of a person is 11 : 10. If he saves ₹ 9000 per annum, his monthly income is (S.S.C., 2010) · 2010
ABC26GN3100 · A man spends a part of his monthly income and saves a part of it. The ratio of his expenditure to his savings is 26 : 3. If his monthly…
ABC26GN3092 · The ratio of the incomes of Ram and Shyam is 7 : 17 and that of Shyam and Sohan is 7 : 17. If the income of Ram is ₹ 490, what is the…
ABC26GN3101 · 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
ABC26GN3102 · The sum of four numbers A, B, C and D is 110. C is twice A, sum of A and D is equal to that of B and C and A: B is 3: 5. The numbers are
ABC26GN3103 · The expenses of A and B are in the ratio 2 : 3. A sum of ₹ 2800 is equally divided between them. If A saves ₹ 600, then B saves
ABC26GN3104 · Three numbers A, B and C are in the ratio of 12 : 15 : 25. If the sum of these numbers is 312, the ratio between the difference of B and A… · 2010
ABC26GN3105 · Incomes of A, B and C are in the ratio 7: 9: 12 and their respective expenditures are in the ratio 8: 9: 15. If A saves 1/4 of his income… · 2009
ABC26GN3106 · The total emoluments of A and B are equal. However, A gets 65% of his basic salary as allowances and B gets 80% of his basic salary as… · 2009
ABC26GN3107 · The incomes of Mr. Gupta and Mr. Verma are in the ratio 9 : 4 and their expenditures are in the ratio 7: 3. If each saves ₹ 2000, then Mr… · 2009
ABC26GN3108 · A and B have incomes in the ratio 5 : 3. The expenses of A, B and C are in the ratio of 8: 5: 2. If C spends ₹ 2000 and B saves ₹ 700, then…
ABC26GN3109 · In a bank, monthly salary of clerks and officers are in the ratio of 3 : 5. Each clerk contributes 2% and each officer contributes 3% of…
ABC26GN3110 · Salaries of A and B are in the ratio of 9: 4 respectively. When A 's salary is increased by 15%, it becomes ₹ 5175. What is B's salary?
ABC26GN3111 · Between two consecutive years my incomes are in the ratio of 2 : 3 and expenses in the ratio 5 : 9. If my income in the second year is ₹…
ABC26GN3112 · The sum of the salaries of A and B is ₹ 2100. A spends 80% of his salary and B spends 70% of his salary. If their savings are in the…
ABC26GN3113 · The ratio of incomes of two persons is 5 : 3 and that of their expenditures is 9 : 5. If they save ₹ 2600 and ₹ 1800 respectively, their…
ABC26GN3114 · The monthly incomes of A and B are in the ratio of 5 : 4, their monthly expenses are in the ratio of 19 : 21, and their monthly savings are…
ABC26GN3115 · The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school of 720 students is 7 : 5. How many more girls should be admitted to make the ratio 1… · 2009
ABC26GN3116 · In a college the students in Arts and Commerce faculties were in the ratio of 4 : 5 respectively. When 65 more students joined Commerce… · 2009
ABC26GN3117 · Two numbers are in the ratio 7 : 11. If 7 is added to each of the numbers, the ratio becomes 2 : 3. The smaller number is · 2010
ABC26GN3118 · The ratio of boys and girls in sections A, B, C and D of class VI is respectively 7: 5,5: 3,3: 2 and 2: 1. If the number of students in…