Ratio & Proportion (SSC) (Part-5)

Total Questions: 50

1. The ratio of income of Jitendra, and Narendra is 4 : 7 and the ratio of their expenditure is 6 : 5 respectively. If Jitendra saves Rs.400 out of Rs.2,800 income, then find the savings of Narendra. [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) Rs. 2,900
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2. The ratio of incomes of P and Q is 1 : 2. Ratio of income of Q and R is 3 : 2. If one-third of P's income is Rs. 4400 less than the half of P's income, then what is Q's income? [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) Rs. 52800
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3. If the difference between the two numbers is 20 percent of their sum, then what is the ratio of larger number and smaller number ? [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 3 : 2
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4. The ratio of incomes of C and D is 3 : 4 respectively. The sum of their expenditure is Rs. 12000. Savings of C is the same as that of the expenditure of D. What is the sum of their savings? [SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) Rs. 16000
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5. The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 94 years. 8 years ago their respective ages were in the ratio of 2 : 1. After 10 years what will be the ratio of ages of father and son ? [SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 35 : 22
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6. Rs. 43,120 is divided among P, Q and R such that P's share is 4/7 of total share of Q and R together and Q's share is 2/5 of total share of P and R together. What is the share of R ? [SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) Rs.15120
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7. The ratio of the incomes of two employees is 7 : 4, and the ratio of their expenditures is 3 : 1. If each of them manages to save ₹4,800 per month, find the sum of their monthly incomes (in ₹). [SSC CGL Tier II (02/03/2023)]

Correct Answer: (a) 21120
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8. The ratio of marks obtained by Rajesh, Rakesh and Ramesh in an exam is 2 : 4 : 9. What are the marks obtained by Rakesh and Ramesh, if Rajesh scored 30 marks in the exam? [SSC CGL Tier II (03/03/2023)]

Correct Answer: (b) Rakesh = 60 , Ramesh = 135
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9. By mistake, instead of dividing ₹702 among Ram, Ramesh, and Naresh in the ratio 1/3 : 1/4 : 1/6, it was divided in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 6. Who gained the most and by how much? [SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) Naresh ₹168
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10. Which smallest positive number should be subtracted from each of 9 and 13 so that 18 is the third proportion to them ? [SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 1
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