Ratios

Section-1
Q1. If a:b = 2:3 and the value of a=30, find ‘b’?
a) 20 b) 35 c) 40 d) 45

Q2. If x:y = 5:4 and x+y = 135, find ‘y’?

a) 75 b) 60 c) 50 d) 90

Q3. If p:q = 9:7 and p-q = 40, then find value of ‘p’?
a) 90 b) 140 c) 180 d) 320

Q4. If a:b = 2:5,then which of the following is equals to the given ratio?
a) 1:4 b) 5:2 c) 4:7 d) 14:35

Q5. If 3x:4y = 3:4, and 3x =75 then find the value of y?

a) 100 b) 75 c)25 d)40

Q6. If 2p:7q = 4:7 and the value of p = 20,then find the value of 10q?
a) 10 b) 70 c)40 d)100

Q7. If p:q = 2:3, q:r = 2:3 then find p:q:r ?

a) 2:3:3 b) 2:2:3 c) 2:6:3 d) 4:6:9

Q8. If p:q = 1:2 r:q = 2:3 then find q:r:p?

a)1:2:3 b) 3:1:2 c) 6:4:3 d)4:3:6

Q9. If p:r=3:5 the which of the following is the possible value of ‘p’?
a) 10 b) 11 c) 12 d)13

Q10. If p:q = 3:5 the what is difference between the p&q?

a) 20 b) 24 c) 30 d)none of these e) can’t be determined

Q11. If a:b = 3:4,find 3a+4b : 4a+5b ?

a) 1:1 b) 20:23 c)25:32 d)32:25

Q12. If the current age of a person is 27, then the age after 7 years and age 5 years ago is ?
a) 30,20 b) 25,35 c) 34,22 d)22,34

Q13. If the current age of a person A is double the age of a person B,whose 7 years younger to C.Then
what is the age of person A,if age of C is 20 years two years ago?
a) 26yrs b) 30yrs c)34 yrs d)15yrs

Q14. . If 0.75 : x :: 5 : 8, then x is equal to:

a) 1.12 b) 1.2 c) 1.25 d) 1.30
Q15. Sharad is 60 years old and Santosh is 80 years old. What is the ratio of their ages ?
a) 5:8 b) 3:4 c)10:12 d)15:16

Q16. There are 12 animals in a zoo, what is their head to leg ratio if there are 4 goats, 2 ducks and 6
gorillas?
a) 8:3 b) 3:8 c) 4:5 d) 7:9

Q17. A and B started a business with Rs.60000/- and Rs.80000/- respectively. What is the ratio of their
profits after 3 years?
a) 1:2 b) 1:1 c) 4:3 d) 3:4

Q18. Id 2.4P=0.08q then (p+q)/(q-p)= ?

a) 31/28 b)31/27 c)31/29 d)39/35

Q19. Kiran is younger than Bineesh by 7 years and their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9, how old
is Kiran?
a) 25 b)24.5 c)26 d)26.5

Q20. What is the duplicate ratio of 3:4 ?

a) 3:4 b) 4:3 c) 9:16 d) 27:64

Q21. What is the sub-triplicate ratio of 64:125?

a) 8:25 b) 4:5 c) 5:4 d) 4:25

Section – 2
Q1. The ratio of Boys & Girls is 10:3, when 36 girl more joined the ratio becomes 10:7. Find the no. of
boys?
a) 90 b)100 c)60 d)None

Q2.The income ratio of A & B is 5:8, if income of A increases by 60000, then the new ratio is 5:4, Find
current income of A.
a) 120000 b) 240000 c) 360000 d) None

Q3. Ratio of boys and girl is 4:5 when 100 girl left the ratio becomes 6:7, find no. of boys
a) 1200 b) 600 c) 800 d) None

Q4. The salaries A, B, C are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If the increments of 15%, 10% and 20% are allowed
respectively in their salaries, then what will be new ratio of their salaries?
a) 3 : 3 : 10 b) 10 : 11 : 20 c) 23 : 33 : 60 d) Cannot be determined

Q5. If Rs. 782 be divided into three parts, proportional to 1/2: 2/3 : 3/4, then the first part is:
a) Rs. 182 b) Rs. 190 c) Rs. 196 d) Rs. 204

Q6. If x:y = 3:4 and y:z = 8:9, z:a is 15:16, find x:y:z:a
a) 78:82:65:45 b) 30:40:45: 48 c) 76:90:56:80 d) None of these
Q7. A, B, C Started a business with capitals Rs.60,000, Rs.50,000 and Rs.40,000 respectively. After 9
months C left them. If profit after one year us Rs.14,000 then profit of C is
a) Rs.5000 b) Rs.4000 c) Rs.6000 d) Rs.3000

Q8. The ratio of marks obtained by Vinod and Basu is 6:5.If the combined average of their percentage is
68.75 and their sum of the marks is 275, find the total marks for which exam was conducted.
a)150 b)200 c)400 d)none of these

Q9. The ratio of ages of four members of a family is 9:8:3:2.The average age of the family is 22 years.
What is the age of eldest person in the family?
a)36yrs b)32yrs c)12yrs d)6yrs

Q10. P,Q,R are three quantities , P varies directly with the sum of Q and R.If both Q and R decreases by
1, find the change in P.?
a) No change b) A decrease of 2 c) An increase of 2 d) cannot be determined

Q11. X varies directly as Y2 and when Y=12,X=4.Find X when Y=18?

a)91/16 b)9 c)1/9 d) 16/9

Q12. Three positive numbers p,q,r satisfy q+r/p=p+r/q=p+q/r=K, K=?

a) 3/2 b) 5/2 c) 3 d) 2

Q13. Alok distributed a certain number of toffees among his brothers bala, chetan and david in the ratio
4:4:9. David distributed the toffees that he had received among his sisters Amitha, Bama and Chandra
in the ratio 1:7:8. If Amitha received 18 toffees, the number of toffees distributed by Alok is ?
a) 544 b) 324 c) 574 d) 600

Q14. Divide 66 into 3 parts such that the sum of first two parts equals to third part and second part is
three less than twice the first part. What is the ratio of the parts as arranged in the ascending order?
a) 14:17:19 b) 5:9:11 c) 11:7:4 d) 4:7:11

Q15. The present ages of A and B are as 6 : 4. Five years ago their ages were in the ratio 5 : 3. Find their
present ages.
a) 42, 28 b)36, 24 c) 30, 20 d) 25, 15

Q16. Among 3 men A,B,C ; the money of B is equal to half of the difference between the money of C and
double of A. If at the end of the year, total profit = 28000, How much did C gave ?
a) 11200 b)11000 c)11400 d)11600

Q17. Ayisha's age is 1/6th of her father's age. Ayisha 's father's age will be twice the age of Shankar's age
after 10 years. If Shankar's eight birthdays was celebrated two years before, then what is Ayisha 's
present age.
a) 6 yrs b) 5yrs c)15 yrs d) 16yrs

Q18. One year ago, the ratio of Sooraj's and Vimal's age was 6: 7 respectively. Four years hence, this
ratio would become 7: 8. How old is Vimal?
a) 34 b) 36 c) 38 d) 33
Q19. Rahul is 15 years elder than Rohan. If 5 years ago, Rahul was 3 times as old as Rohan, then find
Rahul's present age.?
a) 32.5 years b) 27.5 years c) 25 years d) 24.9 years

Q20. What is the compound ratio of 4:3,1:2,5:7 and 11:33?

a)20:128 b) 10:63 c) 20:25 d) none of these

Section-3
Q1. In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all, how
many 5 p coins are there?
a) 50 b)150 c)100 d)200

Q2. Ruby stone Rs. 6800 worth was dropped and broke into three pieces. The weight of the 3 pieces is 5,
7 and 8. The value Ruby is proportional to the square of its weight. Find the loss.
a) Rs. 4454 b) Rs. 7890 c) Rs. 6785 d) Rs. 4500

Q3. A and B invest in a business in the ratio 3 : 2. If 5% of the total profit goes to charity and A's share is
Rs. 855, the total profit is:
a) Rs. 1425 b) Rs.1500 c) Rs. 1537.50 d) Rs. 1576

Q4. Find A:E, if A:B=2:3,B:C=6:7,C:D=14:25 and D:E=1:2?

a) 1:9 b) 9:1 c)4:25 d)25:4

Q5.The ratio of the present ages of husband and wife is 5:4.Which of the following can be a possible
ratio of their ages 20 years ago?
a) 5:4 b) 6:5 c) 23:20 d)13:10

Q6. Raja and Anil had certain amounts with them. The ratio of the amounts with them is 8:5. Each day
Raja spends a certain amount and Anil saves one-sixth of the amount that Raja spends. After 9 days, the
ratio of the amounts with them is 10:11. After how many days, will the ratio of the amounts with them
be 18:35?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8

Q7.There are 2 two-digit numbers. Their product equals the product of the numbers formed by
reversing their digits. Which of the following holds true if the numbers are denoted by ab and cd?
a) a,b,d and c are in proportion b) a,b,c and d are in proportion
c) a,d,c and b are in proportion d) a,c,b and d are in proportion

Q8. A bus and a truck are available to cross a jungle. The speed of the truck is thrice that of the bus. The
capacity of the truck is 50 persons and that of bus is 30 persons. The average occupancy of the bus is
twice that of the truck. The tickets for the bus and the truck cost Re 1 and Re 1.50 respectively.
What is the ratio of the average rupee collection of the truck to that of the bus in a day? Assume
there is no wastage time between trips and the occupancy of the bus/truck is defined as the ratio of
the actual number of persons boarding it and its capacity.
a) 15:4 b) 15:2 c) 15:8 d) 15:7
Q9. A and B enter in to a partnership and A invests Rs.10,000 in the partnership. At the end of 4 months
he withdraws Rs.2000. At the end of another 5 months, he withdraws another Rs.3000. If B invests a
certain sum in the partnership at the beginning of the year and leaves it intact and receives Rs.9600 as
his share of the total profit of Rs.19,100 for the year, how much did B invest in the company?

1. Rs.12,000
2. Rs.96,000
3. Rs.8000
4. Rs.6000

Q10. Father is aged three times more than his son Sunil. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times
of Sunil's age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Sunil's age?
a) 4 times b) 2 times c) 1 time d) 3 times

Q11. If 6 years are subtracted from the present age of Ajay and the remainder is divided by 18, then the
present age of Rahul is obtained. If Rahul is 2 years younger to Denis whose age is 5 years, then what is
Ajay 's present age?
a) 54yrs b) 56yrs c)60yrs d)62yrs

Q12. Kamal was 4 times as old as his son 8 years ago. After 8 years, Kamal will be twice as old as his son.
Find out the present age of Kamal.
a) 44yrs b)40yrs c)48yrs d)45yrs

Q13. A starts business with a capital of Rs. 1200. B and C join with some investments after 3 and 6
months, respectively. If at the end of a year, the profit is divided in the ratio 2:3:5 respectively, what is
B's investment in the business?
(a) Rs. 2400 (c) Rs. 3600 (b) Rs. 1800 (d) Rs. 6000

Q14. Rohit, Lohit and Mohit started a business by investing in the ratio 1/3 : 2/4 : 2/5. After 8 months
Mohit withdrew 1/2 of his investment. If after 12 months from start of business Rohit and Lohit got a
share of Rs 16,000 out of the total profit, then find the share of Mohit?
a) Rs 7200 b) Rs 5700 c) Rs 6500 d) Rs 6400

Q15. Raksha invested an amount of Rs. 60000 to start of software business. After six months, Kamal
joined her with an amount of Rs. 90000. After one year from the commencement of the business,
Raksha put in an additional amount of Rs. 20000. At the end of 3 yr, they earned a profit of Rs. 7120000.
What is Raksha’s share in the profit?
(a) Rs. 3520000 (b) Rs. 2640000 (c) Rs. 2700000 (d) Rs. 3840000

Q16. The wages of laborers in a factory increased in the ratio 22 : 25 and there was a reduction in their
number in the ratio 15 : 11. Find the original wage bill if the present bill is Rs 5000.
(a) Rs 2500 (b) Rs 3000 (c) Rs 5000 (d) Rs 6000

Q17. When 30 percent of a number is added to another number the second number increases to its 140
per cent. What is the ratio between the first and the second number?
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 4 : 5
Q18. Rs 1104 is divided between 3 men, 4 women and 6 boys, so that the share of man, a women and a
boy are in the proportion of 3 : 2 : 1. How much does each boy get?
(a) Rs 48 (b) Rs 64 (c) Rs 96 (d) Cannot be determined

Q19. The ratio of the present ages of a son and his father is 1 : 5 and that of his mother and father is
4 : 5. After 2 years the ratio of the age of the son to that of his mother becomes 3 : 10. What is the
present age of the father?
(a) 30 years (b) 28 years (c) 37 years (d) 35 years

Q20. Two equal glasses are respectively 2/3 and 1/4 full of milk. They are then filled up with water and
the contents are mixed in a tumbler. The ratio of milk and water in the tumbler is
(a) 5 : 6 (b) 11 : 13 (c) 13 : 11 (d) Cannot be determined

Extra:
1.The students in 3 classes are in the ratio of 2:3:5,if 20 students are increased in each class the ratio
changes to 4:5:7. Find the total no.of students before increase.
a)120 b)150 c)80 d)100
2.Two numbers are in the ratio of 2:3.If 9 is added to each of them,the resultant ratio becomes 3:4.Find
the greatest number? 27
3.