RATIO & PROPORTION, AGES, PARTNERSHIP

CLASS EXERCISE
1.
2.
3.

If A : B = 4 : 5, B : C = 3: 4, C : D = 7 : 11, then A : D is?

(a) 3 : 4
(b) 21 : 55
(c) 21 : 44
(d) 7 : 5
If a : b = 2 : 3, then (5a + b) : (3a + 2b) is?
(a) 13 : 12
(b) 15 : 17
(c) 12 : 13

5.

6.

8.

9.

(d) 13 : 11

(b) 3 : 5

(c) 5 : 11

(a) 9

(d) 1 : 2

A girl 1.2 metre tall casts a shadow 1.1 m at the time when a
building casts a shadow 6.6 m long. The height of the building
is?
(a) 2.7 m
(b) 7.2 m
(c) 6.0 m
(d) 5.5 m
In a mixture of 120 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 2 : 1.
If the ratio of milk and water is 1 : 2, then the amount of
water (in litres) is required to be added is?
(a) 20
(b) 40
(c) 80
(d) 120
The present ages of P and Q are in the ratio of 3 : 4. Twenty
years hence, their ages will be in the ratio of 5 : 6. Find the
present age of Q (in years)?
(a) 36

7.

(c) 1,60,000; 3,20,000; 2,40,000 (d) 1,60,000; 2,40,000; 3,20,000

12. Amit started a business by investing Rs. 30,000. Rahul joined
the business after some time and invested Rs. 20,000. At the
end of the year, profit was divided in the ratio of 2 : 1. After
how many months did Rahul join the business?

Two whole numbers, whose sum is 64, cannot be in the ratio?

(a) 1 : 7

4.

and R are respectively?

(a) 2,40,000; 3,20,000; 1,60,000 (b) 2,20,000; 2,40,000; 1,60,000

(b) 28

(c) 40

(d) 60

The monthly income of Komal and Asha are in the ratio of

4:3. Their monthly expenses are in the ratio of 3:2. However
both saves Rs. 600 per month. What is their total Monthly
income?
(a) Rs. 8400
(b) Rs. 5600
(c) Rs. 4200
(d) Rs. 2800
The ratio of the number of Re. 1 coins, Rs. 2 coins and Rs. 5
coins in a bag is 10 : 9 : 8. The total worth of these coins is Rs.
272. Find the number of Rs. 5 coins in it.
(b) 16

(c) 32

(d) 24

10. Amar wrote exams in four subjects : - Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Social Studies. The ratio of marks he got in these
exams was 2 : 3 : 4 : 5. He got an aggregate of 70% in these
exams. Each exam had the same maximum mark. In how many
of these exams did he get more than 50% ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(4) 4
11. A company make a profit of Rs. 9,00,000, 20% of which is
paid as taxes. If the rest is divided among the partners P, Q
1
and R in the ratio of 1 : 1 : 2, then the shares of P, Q
2

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(c) 4

(d) 5

HOME EXERCISE
13. If

b
4

c
5

(a) 2

then

a+b +c

=?

(b) 3

(c) 4

14. If a + b : a - b = 11 : 3, find
(a) 407 : 279

In 1930, a persons age was 8 times that of his son. In 1938,

the fathers age became ten times that of his sons age in
1930. The ages of the son and father in 1940 were,
respectively?
(a) 16 & 58 yrs (b) 15 & 50 yrs (c) 14 & 42 yrs(d) 13 & 34 yrs

(a) 8

(b) 3

a +b

a b

(b) 417 : 289

(d) 5

(c) 397 : 269 (d) 427 : 299

15. a = 2b = 3c = 4d, then a : b : c : d is?

(a) 12 : 3 : 6 : 4
(b) 8 : 4 : 6 : 12
(c) 6 : 12 : 4 : 3
(d) 12 : 6 : 4 : 3
16. If

2 : 1+

(a) 1 + 3

6 : x , then x is equal to?

(b)

3 -1

3 ::

(c)

3 +3

(d) 2 3

17. Rs. 3960 are divided among A, B and C so that half of As part,
one-third of Bs part and one-sixth of Cs part are equal. Then
Cs part is?
(a) 720
(b) 2160
(c) 1080
(d) 810
18. Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 be subtracted from
each, then they are in the ratio of 12:23. The second number
is?
(a) 53
(b) 54
(c) 55
(d) 52
19. Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4. The difference between
their squares is 28. Find the greater number?
(a) 12
(b) 8
(c) 24
(d) 16
20. A man is standing on the 8m long shadow of a 6 m pole. If the
length of his shadow is 2.4 m, what is the height of the man?
(a) 1.4 m

(b) 1.6 m

(c) 1.8 m

(d) 2 m

21. The ratio of the number of students in three classes A, B and C

is 3 : 7 : 8. If 10 students shifted from C to B, the ratio of the
number of students in B and C would be interchanged. Find
the total number of students in all the three classes.
(a) 240
(b) 210
(c) 270
(d) 180
22. Out of 120 applicants for a post, 70 are male and 80 have
drivers licence. What is the ratio between the minimum to

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maximum number of males having drivers licence?

(a) 1 to 2
(b) 2 to 3
(c) 3 to 7
(d) 5 to 7
23. In a rare coin collection, there is one gold coin for every three
non gold coins, 10 more gold coins are added to the collection
and the ratio of gold coins to non gold coins would be 1:2.
Based on the information, the total number of coins in the collection now becomes?
( a) 90

(b) 80

(c) 60

(d) 50

24. A person has only Rs. 1 and Rs. 2 coins with her. If the total
number of coins she has is 50 and the amount of money with
her is Rs. 75, then the number of Rs. 1 and Rs. 2 coins are respectively?
(a) 15 & 35

(b) 35 & 15

(c) 30 & 20

(d) 25 & 25

(a) Rs. 1200 (b) Rs. 4500

(c) Rs. 1000 (d) None
34. A started business with Rs. 45,000 and B joined afterward
with Rs. 30,000. If the profits at the end of one year were
divided in the ratio 2:1 respectively, then B would have joined
A for business after?
(a) 9 months (b) 2 months

35. A and B are partners in a business. They invest in the ratio 5 :

6. At the end of 8 months. A withdraws. If they receive profits
in the ratio of 5 : 9, find how long Bs investment was used?
(a) 12 months (b) 10 months (c) 15 months (d) 14 months
36. Suppose y varies as the sum of two quantities of which one
varies directly as x and the other inversely as x. If y = 6 when

25. The ratio of the monthly incomes of A and B is 5 : 4. The ratio of

the monthly expenditures of A and B is 3 : 2. Each of them has
monthly savings of Rs. 5000. Find the monthly income of A (in
Rs.)?
(a) 20000

(b) 30000

(c) 50000

10
3

when x = 3, then the relation between x and

y is?
(a) x = y + 4

(b) y = 2x +

8
x

32. Four milkmen rented a pasture. A put to graze 16 cows for 3

months, B 20 cows for 4 months, C 18 cows for 6 months and
D 42 cows for 2 months. If As share of rent be Rs. 2400, the
rent paid by C is?
(a) Rs. 3200 (b) Rs. 4200
(c) Rs. 4000 (d) Rs. 5400
33. A, B and C subscribe Rs. 47000 for a business. If a subscribes
Rs. 7000 more than B and B Rs. 5000 more than C, then out
of total profit of Rs. 4700, C receives :
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x = 4 and y =

(d) 12500

26. What should be subtracted from each of the numbers 23, 29,
35 and 45 so that the resulting numbers form a proportion?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 7
(d) 9
27. In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the
father is three times that of his daughter and the age of the
son is half of his mother. The wife is nine years younger to her
husband and the brother is seven years older than his sister.
What is the age of the mother?
(a) 40 years (b) 45 years
(c) 50 years (d) 60 years
28. The age of a man is three times the sum of the ages of his two
sons. Thirty years hence, his age will be the sum of the ages of
his sons. The fathers present age is?
(a) 40 years (b) 45 years
(c) 50 years (d) 55 years
29. The ratio of the number of marbles with P and Q is 3 : 2. If each
has 12 more marbles, which of the following can be the ratio
of the number of marbles with P and Q?
(a) 8 : 5
(b) 31 : 20
(c) 33 : 20
(d) 7 : 5
30. In 140 litres of acid solution water and acid are in the ratio of
9 : 1. How many mor litres of pure acid must be added so that
the ratio be comes 18 : 3?
(a) 7 litres
(b) 6 litres
(c) 8 litres
(d) 9 litres
31. In a class there are 60 students. The ratio of girls to boys is 2 : 3.
How many more girls must join so that the ratio of girls to the
total students of the class becomes 1 : 2?
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 16
(d) 12

(c) 3 months (d) 4 months

(c) y = 2x

(d) y = 2x

4
x

37. The total expenses of a hostel consist of two parts. One part is
fixed and the other part varies directly with the number of
occupants. When it had 180 occupants. Its total expense was
Rs. 192000. When it had 240 occupants, its total expense was
Rs. 216000. Find its total expense when it had 270 occupants
(in Rs.)?
(a) 228000
(b) 236000
(c) 232000
(d) 224000
38. The value of a precious stone varies directly with the square of
its weight. It had a value of Rs. 25000. It broke into two pieces
whose weights are in the ratio 2 : 3. Find the loss due to break
age (in Rs.)
(a) 12000
(b) 15000
(c) 9000
(d) 18000
39. The total expenditure for a party consists of two parts. One
part remains constant and the second part depends on the
number of guests. The expenditure of Rs. 650 for 7 guests and
Rs. 970 for 11 guests. Find the expenditure for 18 guests?
(a) Rs. 1700 (b) Rs. 1530
(c) Rs. 1800 (d) Rs. 2000
40. A father distributed a certain number of marbles among his
three sons i.e. P, Q and R. For every 5 marbles that P received,
Q received 4 marbles. For every 3 marbles that Q received, R
received?
(a) 18
(b) 20
(c) 24
(d) 16
41. Four vessels have equal capacities. The ratio of the quantities
of water in them is 3 : 4 : 5 : 6. The total quantity of water in
them is 60% ofthe total capacity of the vessels. How many
vessels have at least 60% water?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 1
42. A club has 108 members. Two-thirds of them are men and
the rest are women. All members are married except for 9
women members. How many married women are there in
the club?
(a) 20
(b) 24
(c) 27
(d) 30

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