PREVIOUS QUESTIONS : RATIO & PROPORTION

Type 1
1.1. If a : b = 5 : 3, what percentage of 3a is (3a + 4b)?
(a) 50%
(b) 90%
(c) 55%
(d) 180%

1.8. The incomes of Jai and Parul are in the ratio 3 : 2 and
their expenditures in the ratio 5 : 3. If each saves Rs.
1000 Jais income is?
(a) 12000 (b) 3000 (c) 6000 (d) 9000

1.2. A : B = 6 : 4, B : C = 1 : 4. Now if C is 48, what is A?

(a) 28
(b) 18
(c) 36
(d) 42

1.9. When x is added to each term of 7 : 13 the ratio becomes 2 : 3. The value of x is?
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 3

1.3. The present ratio of students to teachers at a certain

school is 30 to 1. If student enrollment to increase by
50 students and the number of teacher were to increase by 5, the ratio of the teacher would then be 25
to 1. What is the present number of teachers?
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) 25

Type 2
2.1. At the end of 1994 Rohit was half as old as his grandmother. The sum of the years in which they were born
is 3844. How old Rohit was at the end of 1999?
(a) 48
(b) 55
(c) 49
(d) 53

1.4. The ratio between the number of sheep and the number of horses at the Stewarfarm is 4 to 7, if each horse
is fed 230 ounces of horse food per day and the farm
needs a total 12, 880 ounces of horse food per day.
What is the number of sheep in the farm?
(a) 18
(b) 28
(c) 32
(d) 56

2.2. After 6 years Rajus father will be twice that of his age
and two years ago, his mothers age was twice of that
of Rajus age. What is the sum of Rajus parents age?
(a) 4 less than four times Rajus age
(b) 2 more than four times Rajus age
(c) 4 more than four times Rajus age
(d) 2 less than four times Rajus age

1.5. Assume that the rate of consumption of a coal by a

locomotive engines varies as the square of is speed
and is 1000 kg per hour when d speed is 60 km/hr,
when in motion. If d coal cost d railway company Rs.
15 per 100 kg & if the other expenses of running train
is Rs. 12 per hour ,find a formula for the cost in paise
per kilometer when the is S km/hr?
(a)

1200 25652

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6

1200 25S

(c)
S
6

(b)

2.3. Roy is now 4 years older than Erik and half of that
amount older than Iris. If in 2 years, Roy will be twice
as old as Erik, then in 2 years what would be Roys age
multiplied by Iriss age?
(a) 28
(b) 48
(c) 50
(d) 52

1200 552

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18

2.4. In a psychology school the grade of the students is

determined by the following method: At the end of
the first year the grade equals to twice the age of the
student. From then on, the grade is determined by
twice the age of the students plus half of his grade
from the previous year. If Joeys grade at the end of
the first year is 40, what will be his grade at the end of
the third year?
(a) 44
(b) 56
(c) 62
(d) 75

(d) None of these

1.6. A factory employs skilled, unskilled workers and clerks

in the ratio 8 : 5 : 1 and the wages of them are in the
ratio of 5 : 2 : 3. When 20 unskilled workers are employed the total wages amount to 318 what is the daily
wages paid to each type of worker?
(a) 240, 60, 18
(b) 200, 90, 28
(c) 100, 108, 60
(d) 250, 50, 18

ZENITH

2.5. When I become as old as my father is now, I will be 5

times the age of my son. In addition, my son will be 8
years older than what I am now. If the sum of my
fathers age and my age is equal to 100. How old is my
son now?
(a) 21
(b) 13
(c) 18
(d) 25

1.7. Three vessels having volumes in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3

are full of mixture of coke and soda. In the first vessel
ratio of coke and soda is 2 : 3 in second, 3 : 7 & and in
the third 1 : 4 if the liquid in all the three vessels were
mixed in bigger container what is the resulting ratio
of coke and soda?
(a) 4 : 11
(b) 1.5 : 1
(c) 11 : 4
(d) 10 : 4

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2.6. Two years ago, a mans age was 3 times the square of
his sons age. In 3 years, his age will be 4 times his
sons age. Find the present age of man?
(a) 29
(b) 31
(c) 41
(d) 45

ZENITH
creating new dimensions

2.7. An old grandpa was asked about his age. His reply was,
My sons age in weeks is equal to my grandsons age
in days and my grandsons age in months is equal to
my age in years. The sum of the ages of the three of
them is 100 years. How old is the grandpa?
(a) 60 years
(b) 65 years
(c) 70 years
(d) Cannot be determined

3.5. Raj travels a part of his journey by taxi paying Rs. 15

per km and the rest by train paying Rs. 21 per km. If
he travels total 450 km and pays Rs. 8130, the distance travelled by rail is
(a) 220
(b) 230
(c) 210
(d) 240
3.6. Asha brought two verities of rice, costing 56/kg, and
60/kg each and mixed them in same ration, then he
sold the mixture at 70/kg making a profit of 20%. What
is the ratio of mixture?
(a) 3 : 4
(b) 5 : 7
(c) 1 : 2
(d) 3 : 5

2.8. In 10 years, A will be twice as old as B was 10 years

ago. If A is now 9 years older than B the present age of
B is
(a) 30
(b) 48
(c) 39
(d) 31

3.7. The milk and water in two vessel A and B are in the
ratio 4 : 3 and 2 : 3 respectively. In what ratio, the
liquids in both the vessels are mixed to obtain a new
mixture in vessel C containing half milk and half water?
(a) 5 : 7
(b) 7 : 5
(c) 1 : 1
(d) None

2.9. The ages of two friends are in the ratio of 6 : 5. If the

sum of their ages is 66. Then after how many years
will the ratio become 7 : 6?
(a) 44
(b) 22
(c) 11
(d) 33
2.10.The ratio of present ages of Rajesh and Naresh is 7 : 5.
If after 6 years their ages will be in the ratio of 4 : 3,
then what is the present age of Naresh?
(a) 56
(b) 28
(c) 30
(d) 40

3.8. A cask contains 12 gallons of mixture of wine and water

in the ratio 3 : 1. How much of the mixture must be
drawn off and water substituted so the wine and water become half and half?
(a) 2
(b) 10
(c) 8
(d) 4

Type 3
3.1. Two beakers are on the table. The capacity of the first
beaker is x litres and that of the second beaker is 2x
litres. Two thirds of the first beaker and one fourth of
the second beaker is filled with wine. The remaining
space is filled with water. If the content in both the
beakers are mixed in a large beaker of volume 3x litres,
what is the proportion of wine in the beaker?
(a) 11/12 (b) 11/36 (c) 7/ 6
(d) 7/18

3.9. In what ratio must a person mix 3 kinds of tea costing

Rs. 60/kg, 75/kg, 100/kg so that the resultant mixture when sold at 96/kg yields a profit of 20 %?
(a) 1 : 1 : 1 (b) 1 : 2 : 4 (c) 1 : 4 : 2 (d) 2 : 3 : 4
3.10.In zoo there are deer and peacocks. Total number of
heads 80 and total number of legs 200 then how many
peacocks are there?
(a) 20
(b) 60
(c) 10
(d) 70
3.11.A dealer buys dry fruit at Rs. 100, Rs. 90 and Rs. 70
per kg. He mixes them in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4 by weight
and sells them at a profit of 50%. At what price does
he sell the dry fruit (Rs. per kg)?
(a) 200
(b) 110.5 (c) 150
(d) 100

3.2. A Samsung duos and a Galaxy are bought for Rs. 40,
000. The Duos is sold at a profit of 33.33% and the
Galaxy is sold at a loss of 20%. There was no loss or
gain. Find the cost price of the Samsung duos?
(a) Rs. 15, 000
(b) Rs. 25, 000
(c) Rs. 20, 000
(d) Rs. 18, 000

3.12.Two alloys contain zinc and copper in the ratio of 2 : 1

and 4 : 1. In what ratio the two alloys should be added
together to get as new alloy having zinc and copper in
the ratio of 3 : 1?
(a) 4 : 1
(b) 3 : 5
(c) 5 : 3
(d) 1 : 4

3.3. A cow and a horse are bought for Rs. 2,00, 000. The
cow is sold at a profit of 20% and the horse sold at a
loss of 10%. The overall gain is Rs. 4,000. The cost price
of the cow is
(a) Rs. 1,30, 000
(b) Rs. 80, 000
(c) Rs. 70, 000
(d) Rs. 1,20, 000

ZENITH

3.13.A sum of Rs. 8.25 is made up of 100 coins which are

either 10 paise or 5 paise. Find the ratio of coins?
(a) 10 : 15 (b) 7 : 13 (c) 13 : 14 (d) 1 : 9

3.4. A merchant buys 20 kg of wheat at Rs. 30 per kg and

40 kg wheat at Rs. 25 per kg He mixes them and sell
one third of mixture at Rs. 26 per kg. The price at which
the merchant should sell the remaining mixture so that
he may earn a profit of 25% on his whole outlay is
(a) 37
(b) 38
(c) 39
(d) 40

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3.14.A 20 litre solution contains oil and kerosene in the ratio

3 : 5. If 4 litres of the mixture is replaced with 4 litres
of kerosene. What will be the ratio of oil and kerosene?
(a) 1 : 2
(b) 2 : 1
(c) 3 : 7
(d) 7 : 3

ZENITH
creating new dimensions