R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | Aptitude Aptitude Ratio and Proportion Set 1

1: 3 = 1 2/3: x. The value of x is? A. 1B. 3C. 4 D. 5

1. 1
2. 3
3. 41/6
4. 5

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What number has a 5:1 ratio to the number 10?

1. 42
2. 50
3. 55
4. 62

✅ Correct Answer: 2

If a: b = 7: 5, b: c = 9: 11, find a: b: c?

1. 63: 14: 55
2. 63: 45: 55
3. 14: 14: 15
4. 7: 14: 15

✅ Correct Answer: 2

If a: b = 3:4, b:c = 7:9, c:d = 5:7, find a:d?

1. 5:12
2. 7:12
3. 3:11
4. 5:11

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The duplicate ratio of 3:4 is?

1. 4:3
2. 6:8
3. 9:16
4. 3:4

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The triplicate ratio of 1:2 is?

1. 8:1
2. 1:8
3. 2:1
4. 1:2

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The sub-duplicate ratio of 1:4 is

1. 1:2
2. 2:1
3. 1:4
4. 1:3

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The greatest ratio out of 2:3, 5:4, 3:2 and 4:5 is?

1. 4:5
2. 3:2
3. 5:4
4. 2:3

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The smallest ratio out of 1:1, 2:1, 1:3 and 3:1 is?

1. 3:1
2. 1:3
3. 2:1
4. 1:2

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The third proportional to 1 and 2 is?

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 1

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The fourth proportional to 12, 14 and 18 is?

1. 21
2. 20
3. 22
4. 28/3

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The mean proportional between 4 and 9 is?

1. 9
2. 3
3. 6
4. 4

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The proportion of copper and zinc in the brass is 13:7. How much zinc will there be in 100 kg of brass?

1. 20 kg
2. 35 kg
3. 55 kg
4. 14 kg

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The ratio of two numbers is 2:3 and the sum of their cubes is 945. The difference of number is?

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The ratio of the number of ladies to gents at a party was 1:2 but when 2 ladies and 2 gents left, the ratio became 1:3. How many people were at the party originally?

1. 36
2. 24
3. 12
4. 6

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The first three terms of a proportion are 3, 9 and 12. The fourth term is?

1. 4
2. 6
3. 18
4. 36

✅ Correct Answer: 4

A 70 cm long wire is to be cut into two pieces so that one piece will be 2/5th of the other, how many centimeters will the shorter piece be?

1. 10cm
2. 20cm
3. 25cm
4. 30cm

✅ Correct Answer: 2

96 is divided into two parts in such a way that seventh part of first and ninth part of second are equal. Find the smallest part?

1. 38
2. 40
3. 42
4. 48

✅ Correct Answer: 3

1000 men have provisions for 15 days. If 200 more men join them, for how many days will the provisions last now?

1. 10.5
2. 11.5
3. 12.5
4. 10.4

✅ Correct Answer: 3

A garrison of 400 men had a provision for 31 days. After 28 days 280 persons re-enforcement leave the garrison. Find the number of days for which the remaining ration will be sufficient?

1. 3 days
2. 8 days
3. 10 days
4. 6 days

✅ Correct Answer: 3

An amount of money is to be divided between P, Q and R in the ratio of 3:7:12. If the difference between the shares of P and Q is Rs.2400, what will be the difference between Q and R's share?

1. Rs.2800
2. Rs.3000
3. Rs.2400
4. Rs.3200

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The compound ratio of 2/3, 6/7, 1/3 and 1/8 is given by?

1. 1/32
2. 1/42
3. 1/16
4. 12/71

✅ Correct Answer: 2

A, B and C play a cricket match. The ratio of the runs scored by them in the match is A:B = 2:3 and B:C = 2:5. If the total runs scored by all of them are 75, the runs scored by B are?

1. 15
2. 18
3. 21
4. 24

✅ Correct Answer: 2

A sun is divided among X, Y and Z in such a way that for each rupee X gets, Y gets 45 paisa and Z gets 30 paisa. If the share of Y is RS. 27, what is the total amount?

1. Rs.90
2. Rs.105
3. Rs.96
4. Rs.120

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The marks obtained by Vijay and Amith are in the ratio 4:5 and those obtained by Amith and Abhishek in the ratio of 3:2. The marks obtained by Vijay and Abhishek are in the ratio of?

1. 2:1
2. 5:3
3. 6:5
4. 5:6

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Sushil got thrice as many marks in English as in Science. His total marks in English, Science and Maths are 162. If the ratio of his marks in English and Maths is 3:5, find his marks in Science?

1. 18
2. 24
3. 30
4. 28

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Two same glasses are respectively 1/4th 1/5th full of milk. They are then filled with water and the contents mixed in a tumbler. The ratio of milk and water in the tumbler is?

1. 3:8
2. 9:31
3. 8:21
4. 10:27

✅ Correct Answer: 2

. Divide Rs. 1500 among A, B and C so that A receives 1/3 as much as B and C together and B receives 2/3 as A and C together. A's share is?

1. Rs.600
2. . Rs.525
3. Rs.375
4. Rs.0

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Rs.1170 is divided so that 4 times the first share, thrice the 2nd share and twice the third share amount to the same. What is the value of the third share?

1. Rs.260
2. Rs.270
3. Rs.360
4. Rs.540

✅ Correct Answer: 4

A, B and C have Rs.500 between them, A and C together have Rs.200 and B and C Rs.350. How much does C have?

1. Rs.50
2. Rs.7
3. Rs.100
4. Rs.150

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The average monthly salary of laborers and supervisors in a factory is Rs.1250 per month; where as the average monthly salary of 6 supervisors is Rs.2450. If the average monthly salary of the laborers is Rs.950 find the number of laborers? A. 18B. 20C. 22D. 24

1. 18
2. 20
3. 22
4. 24,

✅ Correct Answer: 4

In a bag there are coins of 50 paisa, 25 paisa and one rupee in the proportion 5:6:2. If there are in all Rs.42, the number of 25 paisa coins is?

1. 32
2. 42
3. 52
4. 60

✅ Correct Answer: 2

There are some pigeons and hares in a zoo. If heads are counted, there are 200. If legs are counted, there are 580. The number of hares in the zoo is?

1. 110
2. 110
3. 90
4. 85

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The compound ratio of 5:6, 3:2 and 4:5?

1. 12:1:4
2. 1:4
3. 1:5
4. 1:1

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Two numbers are in the ratio 3:5. If 9 be subtracted from each, they are in the ratio of 9:17. The first number is:

1. 36
2. 27
3. 18
4. 30

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The simple form of the ratio 2/3:2/5 is?

1. 10:6
2. 6:10
3. 3:5
4. 5:3

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Two numbers are in the ratio of 5:7. If 25 be subtracted from each, they are in the ratio of 35:59. Find the numbers?

1. 55,77
2. 45,63
3. 40,56
4. 60,84

✅ Correct Answer: 4

In a mixture of 60 liters, the ratio of milk and water is 2:1. What amount of water must be added to make the ratio of milk and water as 1:2?

1. 42 liters
2. 56 liters
3. 60 liters
4. 77 liters

✅ Correct Answer: 3

1600 men have provisions for 28 days in the temple. If after 4 days, 400 men leave the temple, how long will the food last now?

1. 28 days
2. 30 days
3. 32 days
4. 35 days

✅ Correct Answer: 3

A garrison of 2000 men has provisions for 54 days. At the end of 15 days, a reinforcement arrives, and it is now found that the provisions will last only for 20 days more. What is the reinforcement?

1. 3900 men
2. 2300 men
3. 900 men
4. 1900 men

✅ Correct Answer: 4

A fort of 2000 soldiers has provisions for 50 days. After 10 days some of them left and the food was now enough for the same period of 50 days as before. How many of them left?

1. 400
2. 600
3. 800
4. 1000

✅ Correct Answer: 1

There is food for 760 men for 22 days. How many more men should join after two days so that the same food may last for 19 days more? A. 60 25 menD.

1. 60 men
2. 40 men
3. 25 men
4. 20 men

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Rs. 1300 is divided into three parts A, B and C. How much A is more than C if their ratio is 1/2:1/3:1/4?

1. Rs.100
2. Rs.200
3. Rs.300
4. Rs.600

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Rs.525 among A, B and C such that B may get 2/3 of A and C together get. Find the share of C?

1. Rs.210
2. Rs.315
3. Rs.105
4. not possible to find

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Rs.590 is divided amongst A, B, C so that 5 times A's share, six times B's share and eight times C's share are all equal. Find C's share?

1. Rs.130
2. Rs.150
3. Rs.170
4. Rs.175

✅ Correct Answer: 2

A certain sum of money is divided among A, B and C so that for each Rs. A has, B has 65 paisa and C 40 paisa. If C's share is Rs.40, find the sum of money?

1. Rs.410
2. Rs.315
3. Rs.485
4. Rs.205

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Divide Rs.32000 in the ratio 3:5?

1. 12000, 20000
2. 18000, 14000
3. 30000, 2000
4. 10000, 22000

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Divide Rs.118000 among three persons A, B and C such that the ratio of the shares of A and B is 3:4 and that of B:C is 5:6?

1. A = 30000 B = 40000 C = 48000
2. A = 40000 B = 48000 C = 30000
3. A = 30000 B = 48000 C = 40000
4. A = 48000 B = 40000 C = 30000

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The incomes of two persons A and B are in the ratio 3:4. If each saves Rs.100 per month, the ratio of their expenditures is 1:2 . Find their incomes?

1. 100, 200
2. 200, 300
3. 150, 200
4. 250, 300

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Find the fraction which has the same ratio to 2/13 that 5/34 has to 7/48.

1. 218/1547
2. 376/1547
3. 240/1547
4. 150/1547

✅ Correct Answer: 3