General Aptitude

Ratio and Proportion

247 questions in this chapter, page 3 of 5.

Study loop for Ratio and Proportion

1. Practise the PYQsPrevious-year questions, with answers

General

ABC26GN3037 · The mean proportional between 234 and 104 is
ABC26GN3038 · The mean proportional between 0.02 and 0.32 is
ABC26GN3039 · The mean proportional between (3+√(2)) and (12-√(32)) is
ABC26GN3040 · The ratio between the third proportional of 12 and 30 and mean proportional of 9 and 25 is
ABC26GN3041 · The product of the duplicate ratio of 2 a: 6 b and the reciprocal ratio of 4 a2: 25 b2 is
ABC26GN3042 · Find the two numbers whose mean proportion is 12 and the third proportional is 324. · 2006
ABC26GN3043 · The present ages of A, B and C are in the ratio of 8 : 14 : 22 respectively. The present ages of B, C and D are in the ratio of 21 : 33…
ABC26GN3044 · When 30% of one number is subtracted from another number, the second number reduces to its four-fifths. What is the ratio of the first to… · 2010
ABC26GN3045 · Rita invested 25% more than Sunil. Sunil invested 30% less than Abhinav, who invested ₹ 6000. What is the ratio of the amount that Rita… · 2010
ABC26GN3046 · One-fourth of sixty percent of a number is equal to two-fifths of twenty percent of another number. What is the respective ratio of the… · 2008
ABC26GN3047 · The total number of boys in a school is 16% more than the total number of girls in the school. What is the respective ratio of the total… · 2008
ABC26GN3048 · The number of students in two sections A and B having different heights is shown in the table given below. [t]|l|l|l| 2*Height (in metres)…
ABC26GN3050 · Five mangoes and four oranges cost as much as three mangoes and seven oranges. What is the ratio of the cost of one mango to the cost of… · 2009
ABC26GN3051 · The ratio of urea and potash in a mixed fertilizer is 7 : 3. Express the quantity of urea present as percentage of the total amount of… · 2008
ABC26GN3053 · The bus fare and train fare of a place from Kolkata were ₹ 20 and ₹ 30 respectively. Train fare has been increased by 20% and the bus fare… · 2007
ABC26GN3055 · In a class the number of girls is 20% more than that of the boys. The strength of the class is 66. If 4 more girls are admitted to the…
ABC26GN3056 · If the income of A is 10% more than that of B and the income of B is 20% less than that of C, then the incomes of A, B and C respectively…
ABC26GN3057 · Two numbers are respectively 20 percent and 50 percent more than a third number. These two numbers are in the ratio
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.
ABC26GN3061 · Given that 24 carat gold is pure gold; 18 carat gold is 3/4 gold and 20 carat gold is 5/6 gold, the ratio of the pure gold in 18 carat gold…
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…
ABC26GN3066 · A person divided ₹10800 among his three sons in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. Second son kept ₹1000 for himself, gave ₹600 to his wife and divided…
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…
ABC26GN3081 · ` 33630 are divided among A, B and C in such a manner that the ratio of the amount of A to that of B is 3 : 7 and the ratio of the amount…
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…
ABC26GN3086 · ` 2010 are to be divided among A, B, C in such a way that if A gets ` 5, then B must get ` 12 and if B gets ` 4, then C must get ` 5.50… · 2007
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