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TYPE-1
Ex 1. If a:b = 7:5, b:c = 9:11, find a:b:c?
(a) 63: 14: 55 (b) 63: 45: 55
(c) 14: 14: 15 (d) 7: 14: 15

Ex 2. If a : b = 3 : 4, b : c = 2 :3, c : d = 5 : 7,
d : e = 12: 5. Then a : e = __ ? (Kerala 2016)
(a) 1:1 (b) 2:7
(c) 3:2 (d) 5:11

Q.1) If A:B = 6:7 and B:C = 8:9, the value of C:A is (PPSC 2011)
9 16
(a) (b)
6 21

21 6
(c) (d)
16 9

Q.2) If x, y, z are positive integers such that x : y = 1:2 and y : z = 3 : 5, then which one of the following will
be possible value of 5x – 3y + z? (UPPCS 2018)
(a) 180 (b) 190
(c) 196 (d) 200

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Q.3) 8 Oranges cost as much as 5 apples, 5 apples as much as 3 mangoes, 4 mangoes as much as 8
pineapples. If 3 pineapples cost Rs.36, then an orange’s cost is : (CAPF 2009)
(a) 18 (b) 9
(c) 6 (d) 10

Q.4) The ratio of areas of two triangles is 4 : 3 and the ratio of their heights is 3 : 4, then the ratio of their
bases is (UPPSC 2014)
(a) 7: 16 (b) 16 : 9
(c) 9 : 16 (d) 9 : 8

Q.5) Ram is twice as fast as Akhil. Akhil is thrice as fast as Akshay. What time will Ram require travelling a
distance double the travelled by Akshay in one hour and 18 min.? (MPSC 2012)
(a) 13 min. (b) 26 min.
(c) 36 min. (d) 2 hours 36 min.

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TYPE-2
Ex 3.If a : b = 2:5, then the value of (2a + 3b) : (7a + 5b) is: (PPSC 2010)
(a) 19/39 (b) 99/13
(c) 31/19 (d) 19/30

Q.6) If x:y = 7:5, then what is (5x – 2y) : (3x + 2y) equal to? (CDS 2012)
(a) 5/4 (b) 6/5
(c) 25/31 (d) 31/42

Q.7) If A:B = 3 : 4, then what is the value of the expression ? (CDS 2017)
(a) 43/55 (b) -43/55
(c) 47/55 (d) Cannot be determined

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Q.8) If , then each of them is equal to (PPSC 2013)

(a) (a + b + c)2 (b) ¼
(c) 0 (d) ½

Q.9) If (MPSC 2017)

32 15
(a) (b)
7 8
𝟐𝟑 𝟖
(c) (d)
𝟕 𝟏𝟓

TYPE-3
Ex 4. If the fractions 5/6, 7/8, 6/7, 8/9 are arranged in descending order, then the correct sequence is:
(PPSC 2010)
(a) 5/6, 7/8, 6/7, 8/9 (b) 5/6, 6/7, 7/8, 8/9
(c) 8/9, 7/8, 5/6, 6/7 (d) 8/9, 7/8, 6/7, 5/6

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Q.10) Which one among the following is the largest? (CDS 2017)
(a) 7/9 (b) 11/14
(c) 3/4 (d) 10/13

TYPE-4
Ex 5. 16 : 64 : : 10 : ? (MPPSC 2018)
(a) 4 (b) 40
(c) 400 (d) 4000
Ex 6. The third proportion of 1 and 2 is?
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 1

Q.11) The fourth proportion to 12, 14 and 18 is?

(a) 21 (b) 20
(c) 22 (d) 28/3

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Q.12) The mean proportional between 4 and 9 is?

(a) 9 (b) 3
(c) 6 (d) 4

TYPE-5
Ex 7. Two numbers are in the ratio 2:3. If 9 is added to each number, they will be in the ratio 3:4. What is
the product of the two numbers? (CDS 2012)
(a) 360 (b) 480
(c) 486 (d) 512
Ex 8. Two numbers are in the ratio 1:2. If 15 is added to both the numbers, the ratio changed to 4:5. The
smaller of the two number is? (Karnataka 2006)
(a) 2 (b) 5
(c) 10 (d) 15
Ex 9. In a class of 49 students, the ratio of girls to boys is 4:3. If 4 girls leaves the class, the ratio of girls to
boys would be (CDS 2017)
(a) 11:7 (b) 8:7
(c) 6:5 (d) 9:8

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Q.13) What number must be substracted from both the numerator and the denominator of the fraction
27/35 so that it becomes 2/3? (CDS 2017)
(a) 6 (b) 8
(c) 9 (d) 11

Q.14) The ratio of two complementary angles is 1:5. What is the difference between the two angles? (CDS
2012)
(a) 60
(b) 90
(c) 120
(d) Can’t be determined

TYPE-6
Ex 10. 96 is divided into two parts in such a way that seventh part of first and ninth part of second are
equal. Find the smaller part?
(a) 38 (b) 40
(c) 42 (d) 48

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1 2 3
Q.15) Rs.782 is divided into three parts, proportional to the fractions , and Then the first part is:- (CAPF
2 3 4
2003)
(a) Rs.182 (b) Rs.190
(c) Rs.196 (d) Rs.204

Q.16) A gentleman left a sum of 39,000 to be distributed after his death among his widow, five sons and
four daughters. If each son receives 3 times as much as a daughter receives, and each daughter receives
twice as much as their mother receives, then what is the widow’s share? (CDS 2018)
(a) Rs. 1,000 (b) Rs. 1,200
(c) Rs. 1,500 (d) None of the above

Q.17) A sum of Rs. 2,500 is distributed among X, Y and Z in the ratio 1/2 : 3/4 : 5/6 . What is the difference
between the maximum share and the minimum share? (CSAT 2020)
(a) Rs. 300 (b) Rs. 350
(c) Rs. 400 (d) Rs. 450

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Ex 11. Aman, Anil and Atul agree to buy Rs. 10 worth of lottery ticket with Aman contributing Rs 5, Anil Rs 3
and Atul Rs 2. They agree that if they win anything with this ticket, it should be shared out in the same
ratio as their contributions. If they win Rs 25,000, how much does Anil get? (MPPSC 2018)
(a) Rs 4,000 (b) Rs 5,000
(c) Rs 6,500 (d) Rs 7,500

Q.18) Ravi has one and a half times as many Rs. as Raj, and Raj has one and a half times as many Rs. as
Rakesh. Altogether they have Rs 76,000. How much Raj has? (MPPSC 2018)
(a) Rs 12,000 (b) Rs 16,000
(c) Rs 24,000 (d) Rs 36,000

Q.19) If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 4:3:2, then the triangle (UPSC 1999)
(a) is obtuse
(b) has one angle greater than 80o
(c) is a right triangle
(d) is acute

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TYPE-7
Ex 12. Rs.160 contained in a box consists of one rupee, 50 paisa and 25 paisa coins in the ratio 4:5:6. What is
the number of 25 paisa coins?
(a) 100 (b) 115
(c) 120 (d) 110

Ex 13. The student strength of a composite college is given in the following table
Boys Girls
Degree 250 450
PUC 300 --
The raio of girls of P.U. College to the total strength of the college is 1:3. The number of girls is P.U. College
is (Karnataka 2006)
(a) 300 (b) 500
(c) 1000 (d) 1500

Q.20) Rs 49 have been divided among 150 children. If each girl gets 50 paise and each boy gets 25 paise,
then the number of boys is (UPPSC 2013)
(a) 100 (b) 104
(c) 102 (d) 106

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Q.21) The ratio of boys and girls in sections A, B, C, and D of class VI is respectively 7:5, 5:3, 3:2 and 2:1. If
the number of students in each of the sections is equal. Then find out the maximum number of boys are
enrolled in which selection in that class. (UPSC IAS 1987)
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D

TYPE-8
Ex 14. The incomes of two persons A and B are in the ratio 5:7. If each save Rs.1200 per month, the ratio of
their expenditure is 1:2. Find their incomes?
(a) 1000, 2000 (b) 2000, 2800
(c) 1500, 2000 (d) 2500, 3000

Q.22) The monthly incomes of X and Y are in the ratio of 4: 3 and their monthly expenses are in the ratio of
3: 2. However, each save Rs 6,000 per month. What is their total monthly income? (CSAT 2017)
(a) 28,000 (b) 42,000
(c) 56,000 (d) 84,000

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Q.23) The monthly income of Komal and Asha are in the ratio of 4 : 3. Their monthly expenses are it the
ratio of 3: 2. However, both save Rs. 600/- per month. What is their total monthly income? (UPSC 2000)
(a) Rs. 8,400 (b) Rs. 5,600
(c) Rs. 4,200 (d) Rs. 2,800

Q.24) The monthly incomes of Peter and Paul are in the ratio of 4 : 3. Their expenses are in the ratio of 3 : 2.
If each save Rs.6,000 at the end of the month, their monthly incomes respectively are (in Rs.) (CSAT 2015)
(a) 24,000 and 18,000
(b) 28,000 and 21,000
(c) 32,000 and 24,000
(d) 34,000 and 26,000

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Q.25) The expenses of A and B are in the ratio 2:3. A sum of Rs.2800 is equally divided between them. If A
saves Rs.600, then B saves. (UPSC IAS 1987)
(a) Rs.200 (b) Rs.300
(c) Rs.400 (d) Rs.500

TYPE-9
Ex 15. The ratio of the earnings of P and Q is 9:10. If the earnings of P increase by one-fourth and the
earnings of Q decreases by one-fourth, then find the new ratio of their earnings?
(a) 2:3 (b) 3:2
(c) 4:3 (d) 3:4

Q.26) The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7:8. If the percentage increase in the number
of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively. What will be the new ratio?
(a) 8:9 (b) 17:18
(c) 21:22 (d) Cannot be determined

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TYPE-10
Ex 16. 64 boys and 40 girls form a group for social work. During their membership drive equal number of
boys and girls joined the group. How many members does the group have now, if the ratio of boys to girls
is 4:3?
(a) 150 (b) 172
(c) 136 (d) 168
Ex 17. If Rs.510 be divided among A, B, and C in such a way that A gets 2/3 of what B gets and B gets 1/4 of
what C gets, then their shares are respectively:
(a) Rs. 120, Rs. 240, Rs. 150
(b) Rs. 60, Rs. 90, Rs. 360
(c) Rs. 150, Rs. 300, Rs. 60
(d) None of these

Q.27) 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. (CSAT 2013)
(a) 90 (b) 80
(c) 60 (d) 50

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Q.28) In a college survey, 3/16 students said that they prefer online method to pay their mobile bills, 5/8
said they prefer to go to a mobile shop for the bill payment. The remaining 75 students said they had no
clear choice. How many students preferred online method and what is the total number of students?
(MPSC2005)
(a) 75 and 400 (b) 125 and 300
(c) 75 and 300 (d) 150 and 400

TYPE-11
Ex 18. In a class there are 18 boys who are over 160 cm tall. If these boys constitute three-fourths of the
boys and the total number of boys is two-third of the number of students in the class, then what is the
number of girls in the class? (UPSC 2000)
(a) 6 (b) 12
(c) 18 (d) 24

Q.29) In a class, there are 18 very tall boys. If these constitute three-fourths of the boys and the total
number of boys is two-thirds of the total number of students in the class, what is the number of girls in the
class? (CSAT 2016)
(a) 6 (b) 12
(c) 18 (d) 21

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Q.30) In a group of persons, 70% of the persons are male and 30% of the persons are married. If two-
sevenths of the males are married, what fraction of the females is single? (CSAT 2011)
(a) 2/7 (b) 1/3
(c) 3/7 (d) 2/3

Q.31) Out of 120 applications for a post, 70 are male and 80 have a driver's license. What is the ratio
between the minimum to maximum number of males having driver's license? (CSAT 2013)
(a) 2 to 1 (b) 3 to 7
(c) 7 to 3 (d) 3:1

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Directions for Q32-36: These questions are based on the information given below. (CAPF 2011)
In a class of 84 students, boys and girls are in the ratio 5:7. Among the girls 7 can speak Hindi and English.
50% of the total students can speak only Hindi. The ratio of the number of students speaking only Hindi to
that speaking only English is 21:16. The ratio of the number of boys speaking English only to that of girls
speaking English only is 3:5.
Q.32) What is the number of boys who speak both the languages?
(a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 3 (d) 2
Q.33) What is the number of girls who speak English only?
(a) 10 (b) 12
(c) 20 (d) 22
Q.34) What is the ratio of number of boys who speak Hindi only to that of girls who speak Hindi only?
(a) 10: 11 (b) 11:10
(c) 2 : 5 (d) 3 : 5
Q.35) How many girls can speak Hindi?
(a) 22 (b) 23
(c) 27 (d) 29
Q.36) What is the ratio of the number of boys who speak English to that of girls who do so?
(a) 5 : 9 (b) 5 : 8
(c) 3 : 5 (d) 9 : 5

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TYPE-12
Ex 19. 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? (UPSC 2002)
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 5
Ex 20. Nasar invested Rs.3000 and Narayana invested Rs.4000 to set up a partnership. In one years they
got Rs.2800 profit. If they split this in the rario of their investment, how much would Nasar got? (Kerala
2014)
(a) 1200 (b) 1144
(c) 1000 (d) 800

Q.37) A and B entered into a partnership investing Rs.16,000 and Rs.12,000 respectively. After 3 more
months, A withdrew Rs.5,000 while B invested Rs. 5,000 more. After 3 more months, C joins the business
with a capital of Rs. 21,000. After 1 year they received a profit of Rs. 26,400. The share of B exceeds that of
C by how much? (PPSC 2013)
(a) Rs.3200 (b) Rs.3400
(c) Rs.3600 (d) Rs.3800

Q.38) A, B and C together hired a pasture on payment of Rs 888. In the pasture, 20 sheep of A grazed for 2.5
months, 30 sheep of B grazed for 4 months and 36 sheep of C grazed for 3.5 months. How much should C
pay as his share?
(UPPSC 2012)
(a) Rs 358 (b) Rs 360
(c) Rs 378 (d) Rs 396

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Q.39) The efficiency of P is twice that of Q, whereas the efficiency of P and Q together is three times that
of R. If P, Q and R work together on a job, in what ratio should they share their earnings? (CDS 2015)
(a) 2:1:1 (b) 4:2:1
(c) 4:3:2 (d) 4:2:3

TYPE-13
Q.40) If the numerator and denominator of a proper fraction are increased by the same positive quantity
which is greater than zero, the resulting fraction is (CSAT 2019)
(a) always less than the original fraction
(b) always greater than the original fraction
(c) always equal to the original fraction
(d) such that nothing can be claimed definitely

Q.41) There are three points P, Q and R on a straight line such that PQ : QR = 3 : 5. If n is the number of
possible values of PQ : PR , then n is equal to (CSAT 2021)
(a) 1 (b) 2
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Q.42) An amount of money was distributed among A, B and C in the ratio p : q : r. Consider the following
statements
1. A gets the maximum share if p is greater than (q + r).
2. C gets the minimum share if r is less than (p + q)
Which of the above statements is/ are correct? (CSAT 2021)
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q.43) The cost of a diamond varies directly as the square of its weight. A diamond broke into four piece
with their weights in the ratio of 1:2:3:4. If the loss in total value of the diamond was Rs.70000, what was
the price of the original diamond? (CDS 2017)
(a) 100000 (b) 140000
(c) 150000 (d) 175000

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CSAT Classes for Prelims 2024

Ratios and Proportions Batch 1 - #009

Forum Learning Centre: Delhi - 2nd Floor, IAPL House, 19 Pusa Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi - 110005 | Patna - 2nd floor, AG Palace, E Boring Canal
Road, Patna, Bihar 800001 | Hyderabad - 1st & 2nd Floor, SM Plaza, RTC X Rd, Indira Park Road, Jawahar Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500020
9311740400, 9311740900 | https://academy.forumias.com | admissions@forumias.academy | helpdesk@forumias.academy