Ratio & Proportion (Railway Maths) (Part – III)

Total Questions: 50

21. Ram and Rahim together have ₹1210. If 1/3 of Ram’s money is equal to 2/5 of Rahim’s amount, then what is the amount (in ₹) that Rahim has? [Level 4 (10/05/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (d) 550
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22. Sunit won 3/5 of the marbles that were there in the beginning of the game. Ravi won 2/3 of the remaining marbles while Sunny won the remaining 60 marbles. How many marbles did Sunita win? [Level 5 (12/06/2022) Shift 1 ]

Correct Answer: (c) 270
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23. A stick was broken in two parts which have lengths in the ratio 7 : 11. If the length of the smaller part was 77 cm, find the length (in m) of the unbroken stick. [Level 5 (12/06/2022) Shift 2]

Correct Answer: (b) 1.98
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24. John bought three items from a store. The price of item A was 2/3 of the price of item B, while the price of item C was 3/4 of the price of item B. If the price of item A was ₹88, then what was the price of item C? [Level 5 (12/06/2022) Shift 2]

Correct Answer: (b) ₹99
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25. If (x + 1) : (x + 5) :: (x + 17) : (x + 53), then what is the mean proportional between (x + 5) and (9x − 1) where x > 0? [Level 2 (13/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (d) 4√3
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26. The ratio of incomes of A and B is 5 : 7 and the ratio of their savings is 2 : 3. If A and B spend Rs 35,400 and Rs 48,600 respectively, what is the difference (in Rs) between the income of B and A? [Level 3 (14/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (d) 18,000
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27. In an office the number of male employees is 3/8 of the number of female employees. 1/3 of the males are non-graduates, whereas 4/9 of the females are non-graduates. If the number of non-graduate employees in the office is 164, then the total number of employees in the office is: [Level 3 (14/06/2022) Shift 2]

Correct Answer: (a) 396
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28. A sum of money is distributed by a father among his 4 sons A, B C, D in the ratio 3 : 6 : 8 : 5. After the distribution, it has been observed that the amount of money that C received is ₹1000 more than what B received. What is the total amount of money that has been distributed among the four ? [Level 3 (14/06/2022) Shift 2 ]

Correct Answer: (d) ₹11,000
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29. A pole is 405m long. It is painted in saffron, white and green colours one above the other in the ratio 8 : 9 : 10 respectively. What is the length of the white part of the pole (in meters) ? [Level 2 (16/06/2022) Shift 1 ]

Correct Answer: (d) 135
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30. In a class of 80 students, 1/10th of the class like Chocolate D and 1/20th of the class likes Chocolate E. What is the difference between the number of students who like Chocolate D and the number of students who like Chocolate E? [Level 3 (17/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (d) 4
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