462 + Mcqs in Ratio Page 5 McqOptions

201.	If 5 person together can make 5 mats in 5 hours, then 10 person in 10 hours will make = ?
A.	0 mats
B.	0 mats
C.	5 mats
D.	mats
Answer» B. 0 mats

Discussion

202.	Railway fares of 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes between two stations were in the ratio of 8 : 6 : 3. The fares of 1st and 2nd class were subsequently reduced by $$\frac{1}{6}$$ and $$\frac{1}{12}$$ respectively. If during a year the ratio between the passengers of 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes was 9 : 12 : 26 and the total amount collected by the sale of tickets was Rs. 1088, then find the collection from the passengers of 1st class.
A.	s. 260
B.	s. 280
C.	s. 300
D.	s. 320
Answer» E.

Discussion

203.	Mrs. Richi Rich inherits 3224 gold coins and divides them amongst her 3 daughters Lalita, Palita and Salita in a certain ratio. Out of the total coins each of them received, Lalita sells her 50 coins, Palita donates 85 of her coins and Salita makes jewellery out of her 39 coins. Now the ratio of gold coins with them is 24 : 21 : 16 respectively. How many coins did Lalita receive from her mother ?
A.	050
B.	135
C.	200
D.	250
E.	one of these
Answer» E. one of these

Discussion

204.	The weights of two persons A and B are in the ratio of 3 : 5. A's weight increases by 20%and the total weight of A and B together becomes 80kg, with an increase of 25%. By what percent did the weight of B increase ?
A.	0%
B.	5%
C.	8%
D.	0%
Answer» D. 0%

Discussion

205.	Three numbers are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 12. If the sum of the first and the third is greater than the second by 50. The sum of the three numbers is = ?
A.	25
B.	20
C.	5
D.	5
Answer» C. 5

Discussion

206.	A profit of Rs. 960 is divided between A and B in the ratio $$\frac{1}{3}$$ : $$\frac{1}{5}$$. The difference of their profit is = ?
A.	s. 120
B.	s. 160
C.	s. 180
D.	s. 240
Answer» E.

Discussion

207.	A mixture contains spirit and water in the ratio of 3 : 2. If it contains 3 litres more spirit than water, the quantity of spirit in the mixture is = ?
A.	2 litres
B.	0 litres
C.	litres
D.	litres
Answer» D. litres

Discussion

208.	Ratio of earnings of A and B is 8 : 9 respectively. If the earnings of A increase by 50%and the earnings of B decrease by 25%, the new ratio of their earnings becomes 16 : 9 respectively. What are A's earnings?
A.	s. 22000
B.	s. 28500
C.	s. 37000
D.	annot be determine
E.	one of these
Answer» E. one of these

Discussion

209.	The cost of a table and a chair are in the ratio of 5 : 7. If the cost of chair and table is increased by 20%and 10%respectively, then what will be the new ratio?
A.	6 : 17
B.	5 : 84
C.	0 : 77
D.	ata inadequate
E.	one of these
Answer» C. 0 : 77

Discussion

210.	The boys and girls in a college are in the ratio 3 : 2. If 20%of the boys and 25% of the girls are adults, the percentage of students who are not adults is -
A.	7.5%
B.	8%
C.	8%
D.	2.5%
Answer» D. 2.5%

Discussion

211.	Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 6 is added to both of them, the ratio becomes 2 : 3. The numbers are = ?
A.	1 and 35
B.	0 and 50
C.	4 and 40
D.	8 and 30
Answer» E.

Discussion

212.	Ratio of A's age to B's age is 4 : 3. 'A' will be 26 years old after 6 years. The age of B now is = ?
A.	1 years
B.	1 years
C.	2 years
D.	5 years
Answer» E.

Discussion

213.	If 4 years ago the ratio between the ages of P and Q was 5 : 6 and the sum of their ages at present is 52, what is the ratio of their present ages ?
A.	: 6
B.	: 7
C.	: 8
D.	: 5
Answer» C. : 8

Discussion

214.	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 x = 4 and y = $${\text{3}}\frac{{\text{1}}}{{\text{3}}}$$ when x = 3, then the relation between x and y is -
A.	$y = 2x - \frac{8}{x}$$
B.	$y = x + \frac{4}{x}$$
C.	$y = 2x + \frac{4}{x}$$
D.	$y = 2x + \frac{8}{x}$$
Answer» B. $y = x + \frac{4}{x}$$

Discussion

215.	The falling height of an object is proportional to the square of the time. One object falls 64 cm in 2 sec then in 6 sec from how much height the object will fall ?
A.	92 cm
B.	76 cm
C.	36 cm
D.	76 cm
Answer» E.

Discussion

216.	A box has 1 rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5 worth Rs. 252. The number of 25 paise coins in the box is = ?
A.	6
B.	44
C.	40
D.	8
Answer» D. 8

Discussion

217.	A man spends his two months income in three months time, if his monthly income is 6000 , then his annual savings is = ?
A.	s. 18000
B.	s. 24000
C.	s. 12000
D.	s. 36000
Answer» C. s. 12000

Discussion

218.	Arrange the number a = $$\frac{7}{{10}},$$ b = $$\frac{5}{8},$$ c = $$\frac{2}{3}$$ in descending order = ?
A.	> b > c
B.	> c > b
C.	> c > a
D.	> b > a
Answer» C. > c > a

Discussion

219.	If A varies directly proportional to C and B also varies directly proportional to C, which one of the following is not correct ?
A.	$\left( {A + B} \right)\alpha \,C$$
B.	$\left( {A - B} \right)\alpha \,\frac{1}{C}$$
C.	$\sqrt {AB} \,\alpha \,C$$
D.	$\frac{A}{B} = {\text{constant}}$$
Answer» C. $\sqrt {AB} \,\alpha \,C$$

Discussion

220.	Rs. 900 is divided among A, B, C the division is such that $$\frac{1}{2}$$ of A's money = $$\frac{1}{3}$$ of B's money = $$\frac{1}{4}$$ of C's money. Find the amount ( in rupees) received by A, B, C = ?
A.	00, 400, 200
B.	50, 450, 100
C.	00, 300, 400
D.	00, 150, 350
Answer» D. 00, 150, 350

Discussion

221.	Two natural numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5 and their product is 2160. The smaller of the numbers is -
A.	2
B.	8
C.	4
D.	6
Answer» E.

Discussion

222.	Two numbers x and y are in the ratio 5 : 7 and their sum is 36. Then x is -
A.	2
B.	5
C.	8
D.	9
Answer» C. 8

Discussion

223.	Rs. 1087 is divided among A, B and C such that if Rs. 10, Rs. 12 and Rs. 15 are diminished from the shares of A, B and respectively, the remainders will be in the ratio of 5, 7 and 9. What is the share of B ?
A.	s. 260
B.	s. 355
C.	s. 362
D.	s. 465
Answer» D. s. 465

Discussion

224.	A sum of Rs. 53 is divided among A, B and C in such a way that A gets Rs. 7 more than what B gets and B gets Rs. 8 more than what C gets. The ratio of their share is gets. The ratio of their share is = ?
A.	6 : 9 : 18
B.	5 : 18 : 10
C.	8 : 25 : 10
D.	5 : 8 : 30
Answer» C. 8 : 25 : 10

Discussion

225.	A man ordered 4 pairs of black socks and some pairs of brown socks. The price of a pair of black socks is double that of a brown pair. While preparing the bill the clerk interchanged the number of black and brown pairs by mistake which increased the bill by 50% . The ratio of the number of black and brown pairs of socks in the original order was = ?
A.	: 1
B.	: 4
C.	: 2
D.	: 1
Answer» C. : 2

Discussion

226.	Seema and Meena divide a sum of Rs. 25000 in the ratio of 3 : 2 respectively. If Rs. 5000 is added to each of their shares, what would be in the new ratio formed ?
A.	: 3
B.	: 4
C.	: 4
D.	: 3
Answer» E.

Discussion

227.	Find the fraction which will bear the same ratio to $$\frac{1}{27}$$ that $$\frac{3}{11}$$ does to $$\frac{5}{9}$$
A.	$\frac{1}{{55}}$$
B.	$\frac{{15}}{{99}}$$
C.	$\frac{{40}}{{33}}$$
D.	5
Answer» B. $\frac{{15}}{{99}}$$

Discussion

228.	If x runs scored by A, y runs by B and z runs by C, then x : y = y : z = 3 : 2. If total number of runs scored by A, B and C is 342, the runs scored by each would be respectively = ?
A.	44, 96, 64
B.	62, 108, 72
C.	80, 120, 80
D.	89, 126, 84
Answer» C. 80, 120, 80

Discussion

229.	The ratio of 252.5 : 53 is same as = ?
A.	: 3
B.	: 6
C.	: 25
D.	5 : 1
Answer» E.

Discussion

230.	If 5.5 of a = 0.65 of b, then a : b is equal to = ?
A.	3 : 11
B.	1 : 13
C.	3 : 110
D.	10 : 13
Answer» D. 10 : 13

Discussion

231.	What is the ratio whose terms differ by 40 and the measure of which is $$\frac{2}{7}$$ ?
A.	: 56
B.	4 : 56
C.	6 : 56
D.	6 : 72
Answer» D. 6 : 72

Discussion

232.	Two numbers are respectively 20 percent and 50 percent more than a third number. These two numbers are in the ratio.
A.	: 5
B.	: 5
C.	: 5
D.	: 7
Answer» D. : 7

Discussion

233.	In a class the number of girls is 20%more than that of the boys. The strength of the class is 66. If 4 more girls are admitted to the class, the ratio of the number of boys to that of the girls is -
A.	: 2
B.	: 4
C.	: 4
D.	: 5
Answer» D. : 5

Discussion

234.	Two numbers are such that the square of one is 224 less than 8 times the square of the other. If the numbers are in the ratio of 3 : 4, then their values are = ?
A.	2, 16
B.	, 8
C.	, 12
D.	2, 9
Answer» C. , 12

Discussion

235.	A box filled with paper bundles weights 36kg. If the weight of the box and paper bundles respectively are in the ratio of 3 : 22 then the weight of the papers (in grams) is = ?
A.	0680 grams
B.	0710 grams
C.	1500 grams
D.	1680 grams
Answer» E.

Discussion

236.	The monthly incomes of two families A and B are shown by the following diagrams:If the income of the family B is Rs. 12000, then the income of family A would be:
A.	s. 15000
B.	s. 20000
C.	s. 25000
D.	s. 30000
Answer» E.

Discussion

237.	The bus fare and train fare of a place from kolkata were Rs. 20 and Rs. 30 respectively. Train fare has been increased by 20%and the bus fare has been increased by 10%. The ratio of new train fare to new bus fare is.
A.	: 5
B.	: 3
C.	1 : 18
D.	8 : 11
Answer» E.

Discussion

238.	Profits of a business are divided among three partners A, B and C in such a way that 4 times the amount received by A is Equal to 6 times the amount received by B and 11 times the amount received by C. The ratio in which the three received the amount is.
A.	: 6 : 11
B.	1 : 6 : 4
C.	3 : 22 : 12
D.	3 : 6 : 14
Answer» D. 3 : 6 : 14

Discussion

239.	The ratio of the income of A and B as well as B and C is 3 : 2. If one - third of A's income exceeds one - fourth of C's income by Rs. 1000, what is B's income in Rs = ?
A.	s. 3000
B.	s. 2500
C.	s. 3500
D.	s. 4000
Answer» B. s. 2500

Discussion

240.	Annual income of Amit and Veer are the ratio 3 : 2, while the ratio of their expenditure is 5 : 3. If at the end of the year each saves Rs. 1000. The annual income of Amit is = ?
A.	s. 9000
B.	s. 8000
C.	s. 7000
D.	s. 6000
Answer» E.

Discussion

241.	If the annual income of A, B and C are in the ratio 1 : 3 : 7 and the total annual income of A and C is Rs. 800000, then the monthly salary of B (in Rs. ) is = ?
A.	s. 20000
B.	s. 25000
C.	s. 30000
D.	s. 15000
Answer» C. s. 30000

Discussion

242.	The ratio of urea and potash in a mixed fertilizer is 7 : 3. Express the quantity of urea present as percentage of the total amount of fertilizer.
A.	0%
B.	0%
C.	0%
D.	0%
Answer» E.

Discussion

243.	The total number of boys in a school is 16%more than the total number of girls in the school. What is the respective ratio of the total number of boys to the total number of girls in the school ?
A.	5 : 21
B.	9 : 35
C.	5 : 29
D.	annot be determine
E.	one of these
Answer» F.

Discussion

244.	One - fourth of sixty percent of a number is equal to two - fifths of twenty percent of another number. What is the respective ratio of the first number to the second number ?
A.	: 7
B.	: 9
C.	: 13
D.	annot be determine
E.	one of these
Answer» F.

Discussion

245.	In two types of stainless steel the ratio of chromium and steel are 2 : 11 and 5 : 21 respectively. In what proportion should the two types be mixed so that the ratio of chromium to steel in the mixed type becomes 7 : 32 = ?
A.	: 3
B.	: 4
C.	: 2
D.	: 3
Answer» D. : 3

Discussion

246.	Two vessels A and B contain milk 8 : 5 and 5 : 2 respectively. The ratio in which these two mixtures be mixed to get a new mixture containing $$69\frac{3}{{13}}$$ % milk is =?
A.	: 5
B.	: 2
C.	: 7
D.	:7
Answer» E.

Discussion

247.	The students of three classes are in the ratio 4 : 6 : 9. If 12 students are increased in each class the ratio changes to 7 : 9 : 12. Then the total number of students in the three classes before the increase is = ?
A.	5
B.	6
C.	00
D.	14
Answer» C. 00

Discussion

248.	Rita invested 25%more than sunil. Sunil invested 30%less than Abhinav, who invested Rs. 6000. What is the ratio of the amount that Rita invested to the total amount by all of them together ?
A.	5 : 104
B.	3 : 29
C.	01 : 36
D.	5 : 103
E.	one of these
Answer» E. one of these

Discussion

249.	The present of A, B and C are in the ratio of 8 : 14 : 22 respectively. The present ages of B, C and D are in the ratio of 21 : 33 : 44 respectively. Which of the represents the ratio of the present ages of A, B, C and D respectively?
A.	2 : 21 : 36 : 44
B.	2 : 21 : 33 : 44
C.	2 : 22 : 31 : 44
D.	annot be determine
E.	one of these
Answer» C. 2 : 22 : 31 : 44

Discussion

250.	The ratio between the third proportional of 12 and 30 and mean proportional of 9 and 25 is -
A.	: 1
B.	: 1
C.	: 15
D.	: 14
Answer» C. : 15

Discussion

Explore topic-wise MCQs in Arithmetic Ability.

If 5 person together can make 5 mats in 5 hours, then 10 person in 10 hours will make = ?

The weights of two persons A and B are in the ratio of 3 : 5. A's weight increases by 20%and the total weight of A and B together becomes 80kg, with an increase of 25%. By what percent did the weight of B increase ?

Three numbers are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 12. If the sum of the first and the third is greater than the second by 50. The sum of the three numbers is = ?

A profit of Rs. 960 is divided between A and B in the ratio $$\frac{1}{3}$$ : $$\frac{1}{5}$$. The difference of their profit is = ?

A mixture contains spirit and water in the ratio of 3 : 2. If it contains 3 litres more spirit than water, the quantity of spirit in the mixture is = ?

Ratio of earnings of A and B is 8 : 9 respectively. If the earnings of A increase by 50%and the earnings of B decrease by 25%, the new ratio of their earnings becomes 16 : 9 respectively. What are A's earnings?

The cost of a table and a chair are in the ratio of 5 : 7. If the cost of chair and table is increased by 20%and 10%respectively, then what will be the new ratio?

The boys and girls in a college are in the ratio 3 : 2. If 20%of the boys and 25% of the girls are adults, the percentage of students who are not adults is -

Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 6 is added to both of them, the ratio becomes 2 : 3. The numbers are = ?

Ratio of A's age to B's age is 4 : 3. 'A' will be 26 years old after 6 years. The age of B now is = ?

If 4 years ago the ratio between the ages of P and Q was 5 : 6 and the sum of their ages at present is 52, what is the ratio of their present ages ?

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 x = 4 and y = $${\text{3}}\frac{{\text{1}}}{{\text{3}}}$$ when x = 3, then the relation between x and y is -

The falling height of an object is proportional to the square of the time. One object falls 64 cm in 2 sec then in 6 sec from how much height the object will fall ?

A box has 1 rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5 worth Rs. 252. The number of 25 paise coins in the box is = ?

A man spends his two months income in three months time, if his monthly income is 6000 , then his annual savings is = ?

Arrange the number a = $$\frac{7}{{10}},$$ b = $$\frac{5}{8},$$ c = $$\frac{2}{3}$$ in descending order = ?

If A varies directly proportional to C and B also varies directly proportional to C, which one of the following is not correct ?

Rs. 900 is divided among A, B, C the division is such that $$\frac{1}{2}$$ of A's money = $$\frac{1}{3}$$ of B's money = $$\frac{1}{4}$$ of C's money. Find the amount ( in rupees) received by A, B, C = ?

Two natural numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5 and their product is 2160. The smaller of the numbers is -

Two numbers x and y are in the ratio 5 : 7 and their sum is 36. Then x is -

Rs. 1087 is divided among A, B and C such that if Rs. 10, Rs. 12 and Rs. 15 are diminished from the shares of A, B and respectively, the remainders will be in the ratio of 5, 7 and 9. What is the share of B ?

A sum of Rs. 53 is divided among A, B and C in such a way that A gets Rs. 7 more than what B gets and B gets Rs. 8 more than what C gets. The ratio of their share is gets. The ratio of their share is = ?

Seema and Meena divide a sum of Rs. 25000 in the ratio of 3 : 2 respectively. If Rs. 5000 is added to each of their shares, what would be in the new ratio formed ?

Find the fraction which will bear the same ratio to $$\frac{1}{27}$$ that $$\frac{3}{11}$$ does to $$\frac{5}{9}$$

If x runs scored by A, y runs by B and z runs by C, then x : y = y : z = 3 : 2. If total number of runs scored by A, B and C is 342, the runs scored by each would be respectively = ?

The ratio of 252.5 : 53 is same as = ?

If 5.5 of a = 0.65 of b, then a : b is equal to = ?

What is the ratio whose terms differ by 40 and the measure of which is $$\frac{2}{7}$$ ?

Two numbers are respectively 20 percent and 50 percent more than a third number. These two numbers are in the ratio.

In a class the number of girls is 20%more than that of the boys. The strength of the class is 66. If 4 more girls are admitted to the class, the ratio of the number of boys to that of the girls is -

Two numbers are such that the square of one is 224 less than 8 times the square of the other. If the numbers are in the ratio of 3 : 4, then their values are = ?

A box filled with paper bundles weights 36kg. If the weight of the box and paper bundles respectively are in the ratio of 3 : 22 then the weight of the papers (in grams) is = ?

The monthly incomes of two families A and B are shown by the following diagrams:If the income of the family B is Rs. 12000, then the income of family A would be:

The bus fare and train fare of a place from kolkata were Rs. 20 and Rs. 30 respectively. Train fare has been increased by 20%and the bus fare has been increased by 10%. The ratio of new train fare to new bus fare is.

Profits of a business are divided among three partners A, B and C in such a way that 4 times the amount received by A is Equal to 6 times the amount received by B and 11 times the amount received by C. The ratio in which the three received the amount is.

The ratio of the income of A and B as well as B and C is 3 : 2. If one - third of A's income exceeds one - fourth of C's income by Rs. 1000, what is B's income in Rs = ?

Annual income of Amit and Veer are the ratio 3 : 2, while the ratio of their expenditure is 5 : 3. If at the end of the year each saves Rs. 1000. The annual income of Amit is = ?

If the annual income of A, B and C are in the ratio 1 : 3 : 7 and the total annual income of A and C is Rs. 800000, then the monthly salary of B (in Rs. ) is = ?

The ratio of urea and potash in a mixed fertilizer is 7 : 3. Express the quantity of urea present as percentage of the total amount of fertilizer.

The total number of boys in a school is 16%more than the total number of girls in the school. What is the respective ratio of the total number of boys to the total number of girls in the school ?

One - fourth of sixty percent of a number is equal to two - fifths of twenty percent of another number. What is the respective ratio of the first number to the second number ?

In two types of stainless steel the ratio of chromium and steel are 2 : 11 and 5 : 21 respectively. In what proportion should the two types be mixed so that the ratio of chromium to steel in the mixed type becomes 7 : 32 = ?

Two vessels A and B contain milk 8 : 5 and 5 : 2 respectively. The ratio in which these two mixtures be mixed to get a new mixture containing $$69\frac{3}{{13}}$$ % milk is =?

The students of three classes are in the ratio 4 : 6 : 9. If 12 students are increased in each class the ratio changes to 7 : 9 : 12. Then the total number of students in the three classes before the increase is = ?

Rita invested 25%more than sunil. Sunil invested 30%less than Abhinav, who invested Rs. 6000. What is the ratio of the amount that Rita invested to the total amount by all of them together ?

The present of A, B and C are in the ratio of 8 : 14 : 22 respectively. The present ages of B, C and D are in the ratio of 21 : 33 : 44 respectively. Which of the represents the ratio of the present ages of A, B, C and D respectively?

The ratio between the third proportional of 12 and 30 and mean proportional of 9 and 25 is -