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RATIO & PROPORTIONS
(Set – 1)
1) In a college there are 286 students and ratio of boys and girls are 8 : 5. If 22 more girls are admitted
in school then, what is the ratio of boys and girls?
a) 5 : 6 b) 6 : 5 c) 4 : 3 d) 3 : 4 e) None
2) Divide Rs. 1540 among A, B, C so that A shall receive 2/9 as much as B and C together, and B
3/11 of what A and C together do. Find the share of C?
a) 960 b) 920 c) 930 d) 784 e) None
3) Divide Rs. 2430 among three person P, Q and R such that if their shares be diminished by Rs 5,
10 and 15 respectively, the remainders shall be in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. Find the share of R?
a) 1060 b) 1020 c) 1030 d) 1015 e) None
4) How many one-rupee coins, fifty-paise coins and twenty-five paisa coins of which the numbers
are proportional to 2(1/2), 3 and 4, are together worth 210?
a) 102, 126, 168 b) 120, 103, 126 c) 105, 126, 168 d) 101, 125, 160
e) None
5) The salary of Amit is 3/4th of the salary of Raju; while the salary of Raju is 25% less than the
salary of Sohan. The difference of the salaries of Amit and Sohan is Rs.9800; find 14(2/7) % of the sum of the salaries of Raju and Sohan.
a) 6000 b) 5400 c) 5600 d) 6400 e) None of these