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1. At present the ratio of the fathers age and

the sons age is 2:1. 15 years ago fathers
age was 25 years. What will be the sons
age after 15 years (in years) ?
a) 25

b) 30

c) 35

d) 40

2. The ratio of the ages of Naren, Kiran and

Jeevan is 5:4:3. If Kirans age is 28 years,
then the sum of the ages of the three (in
years)
a) 72

b) 84

c) 60

d) 105

3. The ratio of ages of Geetha and Sita is 9:5.

After 8 years Sita would reach the present
age of Geetha. Find the present age of Sita
(in years).
a) 10

b) 18

c) 9

d) 5

4. The respective ratio of the length and

breadth of a rectangular plot is 3:2. If the
length of the plot is 40 metres more than
its breadth. What is the perimeter of the
rectangular plot?
a) 200 metres

b) 400 metres

c) 500 metres d) Cannot be determined

5. The respective ratio between the angles of

a quadrilateral is 1: 2: 3: 4. What is the sum
of the twice the smallest angle and half the
largest angle together?
a) 1800
c) 160

b) 2160

d) 144

6. The smallest angle of a triangle is equal to

two thirds of the smallest angle of a
quadrilateral.
The ratio between the

angles of the quadrilateral is 3:4:5:6.The

largest angle of the triangle is twice its
smallest angle. What is the sum, in
degrees, of the second largest angle of the
triangle and the largest angle of the
quadrilateral? (GATE 2014)

7. Two-fifth of the money with Naren is

equal to two-third of that with Raghu. If
both of them together have Rs.2400, what
is the difference between the amounts
they have (in rupees)?
a) 300

b) 450

c) 600

d) 750

a) Rs.90

b) Rs.105

8. A sum is divided among P, Q and R in

such a way that for each rupee P gets, Q
gets 45 paise and R gets 30 paise. If the
share of Q is Rs.27. What is the total
amount?
c) Rs.96

d) Rs.120

9. The speeds of three cars are in the ratio of

4:3:2. The ratio between the time taken by
the cars to cover the same distance will be
a) 2:3:4

c) 3:4:6

b) 6:8:12

d) 6:4:3

10. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio of

1 1 1
: :
3 5 7

. If the perimeter of the triangle is

142 cm, find the shortest side of the

triangle
a) 30 cm

c) 28 cm

b) 42 cm

d) 70 cm

11. It was intended that Rs.117 be divided

among Chinky, Pinky and Rinky in the

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ratio 4:3:2, but by mistake the distribution
was made in the proportion of

1 1 1
: :
4 3 2

How much does Rinky gain by the error?

a) Rs.54

b) Rs.26

c) Rs.28

d) Rs.52

12. The total number of boys and girls in a

class is 70.Which of the following cannot
represent the ratio of boys and girls in the
class?
a) 1:4

b) 4:3

c) 1:6

d) 1:3

13. In a class of 70 students, the ratio of the

number of boys and girls is 4:3. Among
the girls, the ratio of the number of rich
and poor is 1:4.If the ratio of the number
of rich and poor students is 8:27, find the
ratio of number rich and poor boys in the
class
a) 1:2

b) 1:3

c) 1:4

d) 2:3

14. The ratio between two positive integers is

4:3 and their product is 300, the sum of
the integers is
a) 28

b) 35

c) 42

d) 49

15. Rs.160 contained in a box consists of one

rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the
ratio of 4:5:6. What is the number of 25
paise coins?
a) 80

c) 120

b) 50

d) 30

16. A sum of money is divided among 160

males and some females in the
ratio16:21,individually each male gets Rs.4
and each female Rs.3.The number of
females is:

a) 280

b) 198

c) 284

d) 270

17. Rs.1180 is divided among A, B and C such

that 5 times of As, 6 times of Bs and 8
times of Cs shares are equal. What is the
share of A?
a) Rs.480

c) Rs.300

18. If A is

A:B:C is

b) Rs.400

a) 20:12:21

d) Rs.280

of B and B is

of C, then

b) 5:3:7

c) 5:4:7

d) 21:12:20

a) Rs.240

b) Rs.2400

19. The ratio of the money with Rita and Sita

is 7:15 and that with Sita and Kavita is
7:16. If Rita has Rs.490, how much money
does Kavita have?
c) Rs.490

d) Rs.1050

20. The ratio of two natural numbers is 8:11.If

a number is added to both the numbers,
the ratio becomes 13:16.If the larger
number exceeds the smaller number by
36, find the number added.
a) 5

c) 60

b) 36
d) 30

21. Annual incomes of A and B are as 4:3 and

their expenses are as 3:2.If each saves
Rs.600 per annum, the annual income of
A is:
a) Rs.1,800

c) Rs.2,400

b) Rs.2,200

d) Rs.2,600

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22. Two numbers are in the ratio 5:11. If 6 is
added to both the numbers, they will be in
the ratio 1:2. What is the sum of the two
numbers?
a) 64

c) 96

b) 80

d) 108

23. Pinkys mother was four times her age 10

years ago. She will be twice as old as Pinky
10 years from now. What is the present
age of Pinkys mother?
a) 40 years

c) 60 years

b) 45 years

d) 50 years

24. Four years ago, the ratio of the ages of A

and B was 13:9 and eight years hence it
would be 4:3. The difference of their
present ages is
a) 20 years

c) 16 years

b) 8 years

d) 24 years

25. The annual incomes of two persons are in

the ratio 9:7 and their expenses are in the
ratio 4:3.If each of them saves Rs.2000 per
year, then their annual incomes are
a) Rs.18,000 and Rs.14,000

b) Rs.27,000 and Rs.21,000

c) Rs.36,000 and Rs.28,000

d) Rs.45,000 and Rs.35,000

26. In a mixture of 63 litres, the milk and

water are in the ratio 7:2. If 7 litres of
water is added to the mixture, find the
ratio of milk and water respectively in the
resulting mixture

a) 3:1

b) 4:1

c) 7:3

d) 7:5

a) 80

b) 48

c) 40

d) 60

a) 48

b) 60

c) 30

d) 40

a) 9

b) 27

c) 36

d) 48

27. Income of two companies A and B are in

the ratio of 5:8. Had the income of
company A been more by Rs.30 lakhs, the
ratio of their incomes would have been
5:4 respectively. What is the income of
company B (in Lakhs)?
28. The number of men and women in a
conference hall are in the ratio 5:4. If 3
men and 6 women are joined in the
conference hall then the number of men
and women in the conference hall will be
in the ratio 7:6. Find the original number
of men present in the conference hall.
29. The ratio of number of girls to boys at a
party was 1:3.When four girls and two
boys left, the ratio became 1:5. Find the
number of people originally present in the
party.
30. Two candles of the same length are
lighted at 7 p.m. The first is consumed in
6 hours and the second in 4 hours.
Assuming that each candle burns at a
constant rate, in how many hours after the
candle is being lighted, was the first candle
twice the length of the second?
a) 3 hours

c) 1 hr 30 min

b) 2 hours

d) 2 hr 30 min

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