Dear Readers, Important Ratio and Proportion Problems for upcoming competitive Exams with Solutions. Ratio and Proportion is an important topic from banking exam point of view. We could solve Ratio & Proportion problems easily if we understand the basic concepts. Aspirants preparing for SBI Clerk, SBI PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS PO, Insurance, RBI and other competitive examination can make of use these ratio and proportion problems. We have included some important ratio & proportion problems that are repeatedly asking in competitive exams. Practice lot of questions to become an expert in solving ratio and proportion problems and learn to use shortcuts.
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1). Saranya,sunil,kavitha are friends. Saranya recevies 7/10 of profit and other 2 people share their profit equally. If saranya’s income is increased by 420 when the profit rises from 12% to 18%. Find the capital invested by sunil and kavitha ?
- 5000
- 1000
- 3000
- 1500
- none of these
2). Out of 240 applications for the post, 160 will get a driving license. The total no of males applied was 140. What is the ratio between minimum to maximum number of males having driving license?
- 3:8
- 5:4
- 3:7
- 4:3
- none of these
3). 25380 is divided among p ,q and r in such a way that p recevied 2/7 of q and r received. q received 3/5 of p and r together received. what is the amount recevied by p?
- 5440
- 5710
- 5640
- 6600
- none of these
4). A woman ordered 8 pair of diamond earings and some pair of gold earings. The price of diamond pair is double that of gold one. While preparing the bill the jeweller interchanged the count of gold and diamond pair. It increased the bill by 200%. Then what is the ratio of diamond and gold pair of earing in the original order?
- 5:8
- 7:2
- 8:5
- 2:7
- none of these
5). A batsman played three matches in a tournament. The ratio of score of the 1st and 2ndmatches was 3:4 and 3rd and 1st was 2:3. Then the difference between the score of second and third person is 24. what is the average score of the batsman in that series?
- 156
- 175
- 184
- 186
- none of these
6). There were 18 students in a class. If the ages of a teacher and a new boy are added, the average age is increased by 15% while it remains the same when the new boy age is added. If the teacher’s age is 9 years more than twice the age of the new boy, then the initial average age of the class.
- 4.5 yrs
- 5 yrs
- 6.2 yrs
- 7 yrs
- None of these
7). if p:q:r=9:8:7 then (p/q):(q/r):(r/p) is equal to:
- 567:576:392
- 576:567:392
- 392:567:576
- 476:567:576
- none of these
8). In retail shop, the shopkeeper having some quantity of oil, in which purity is 70% only. If 9kg original oil is mixed,the purity becomes 80%. The original quantity was?
- 15
- 18
- 21
- 22
- None of these
9). The ratio between number of girls and boys in a school is 5: 6. If 40 percent of the boys and 20 percent of the girls are scholarship holders, what percentage of the students does not get scholarship?
- 68%
- 69%
- 71%
- 80%
- None of these
10). 360 is contained in a box. The box has 1 rs, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio of 2:3:4. Find the total number of 25 paise and 50 paise coins.
- 570
- 640
- 560
- 520
- None of these
