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Q1easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
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Two numbers are and , respectively, more than a third number. The ratio of the second number to the first number is:
Q2mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Rishi and Sarita have ₹4,760. If of Rishi's amount is equal to of Sarita's amount, how much does Sarita have?
Q3mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A sum of money was divided between Cyrus, Rohan and Mishti. The ratio of the sums received by Cyrus and Rohan was , while the ratio of the sums received by Rohan and Mishti was . If the sum received by Cyrus was ₹1,800 less than the sum received by Mishti, how many rupees did Rohan receive as his share?
Q4mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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If and are in the ratio and and are in the ratio , then and will be in the ratio :
Q5mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The ratio of the ages of and is . Ten years hence, the sum of their ages will be . What are their respective present ages (in years)?
Q6mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The ratio of milk and water in a pot is . If we add milk and water, then the ratio becomes . How much quantity of total mixture was present initially?
Q7easymcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A student made twice as many mistakes as he got correct answers. If he attempted questions in total, how many questions did he get right?
Q8mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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The third proportional to (5
2
−3
2
) and (5−3) is:
Q9mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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The fourth proportional of 64, 80 and 88 is:
Q10mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Two types of rice rates are and . Find the ratio of the two types of rice to obtain a mixture of rate .
Q11mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 6:7. If the percentage increase in the number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will be the new ratio?
Q12mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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In a bag there are coins of 25 paisa, 50 paisa and 1 rupee in the ratio of 3:4:5. If there are in all ₹ 31, then how many 1 rupee coins are there in the bag?
Q13mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam 20262026
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The lengths of the three sides of a triangle are given as 3cm, 4cm and 5cm. The ratio of their corresponding altitudes to the opposite vertices will be:
Q14mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam 20262026
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Four distinct positive numbers, 'a', 'b', 'c' and 'd', in the order given, are in proportion. 'b' is 35 more than 'a' and 'd' is 60 more than 'c'. The product of 'a' and 'c' is 5376. What is the sum of 'a', 'b', 'c' and 'd'?
Q15mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice Paper2026
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Nikhil and Reetu earn in the ratio . They spend in the ratio and save in the ratio . Find the monthly income of each, if the total monthly savings of both Nikhil and Reetu together is .
Q16mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
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The fourth proportional of , , and is . What is the value of ?
Q17mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
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The sum of two numbers and (where ) is equal to four times their difference. Find the value of .
Q18mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2018 Higher Secondary Level2026
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1,500 रुपये की धनरा शि को A और B के बी च वि भा जि त कि या जा ता है। A को प्रा प्त हुआ 4/5 भा ग, B के 2/5 भा ग के बरा बर है, तो B के द्वा रा प्रा प्त धनरा शि क्या थी ?
Q19mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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Two numbers are in the ratio of . If the sum of numbers is , find the numbers?
Q20mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2018 Higher Secondary Level2026
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A, B से ती न गुना अधि क का र्य कुशल है। यदि B कि सी का म को पूरा करने में 45 दि न का समय लेता है, तब समा न का म को पूरा करने में A कि तने दि न लेगा ?
Q21mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice Paper2026
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A group of individuals, consisting of teachers and students, is attending a conference. For every students, there is one teacher. How many teachers are in the group?
Q22mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Two containers of equal capacity are full of mixture of milk and water. In the first, the ratio of milk to water is 3:7 and in the second it is 7:9. Now both the mixtures are mixed in a bigger container. What is the resulting ratio of milk to water?
Q23mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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The mean of and is , and the ratio of to is . What is the value of ?
Q24mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
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of Ranita's weekly income is equal to of Bhaskar's weekly income. If Ranita's weekly income is decreased by while Bhaskar's weekly income remains unchanged, the ratio of the weekly incomes of Ranita and Bhaskar becomes respectively. What is the weekly income of Bhaskar (in )?
Q25mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CPO 20242026
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Two numbers are in the ratio . If is subtracted from each, the ratio between the numbers becomes . Find the smaller number.
Q26easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 20212026
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What is the fourth proportional to 0.6, 0.12, 0.04?
Q27mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 20212026
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The ratio of boys and girls in the class is 4:3. If 5 more boys join the class and 3 girls leave the class, then the ratio of boys and girls becomes 11:6. What is the number of girls in the class now?
Q28mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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In a partnership business, A invests of the capital for of the total time, B invests of the capital for of the total time and C, the rest of the capital for the whole time. Find the share of B, out of a profit of Rs. 1940.
Q29easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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The prices of a school bag and a school dress are in the ratio of . The price of the school bag is ₹ more than the price of the school dress. Find the price of the school dress.
Q30mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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The ratio of the sums of money Arun and Ahaan had is . If Arun gives ₹ from his share to Ahaan, then the ratio will change to . How much money did Arun have initially?
Q31easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
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What is the third proportional to 12 and 54?
Q32mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The ratio of speed of 3 cars are . What is the ratio of time taken by these cars to cover the same distance?
Q33mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
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The ratio of the incomes of A and B is 5:7 and their savings are ₹5,000 and ₹9,000, respectively. If the ratio of their expenditures is 3:4, then what is the sum of the incomes (in ₹) of A and B?
Q34mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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Two numbers are in the ratio . If is subtracted from each, the new numbers are in the ratio . If is added to each of the original numbers, then the ratio becomes:
Q35hardmcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
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The ratio of the incomes of A and B is 3:4. The ratio of their expenditure is 7:10. If A and B save ₹2,500 and ₹3,000, respectively, then what is the ratio of the income of B to the combined expenditure of A and B?
Q36mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The data from the given bar graph showing the sales of books (in thousands) from six branches ( to ) of a publishing company during two consecutive years and is tabulated below:

What is the ratio of the total sales of branch for both years to the total sales of branch for both years?
Q37easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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If a car covers using litres of petrol, how much distance (in km) will it cover using litres of petrol?
Q38mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
The sum of the four numbers A, B, C and D is 875. If the ratio of A to B is 1:2, the ratio of B to C is 3:1 and the ratio of C to D is 2:3, find the value of C.
Q39mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
If 80 is the fourth proportional to 10, 16 and x, then the value of x is:
Q40mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
Three boys, on an average, are years old, and their ages are in the ratio of . What is the age of the youngest boy?
Q41mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Four years ago, the ratio of the ages of A and B was 3: 5. Six years hence, the ratio of the ages of A and B will be 2: 3. What is the sum (in years) of the present ages of A and B?
Q42mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
Study the given table and answer the question that follows.
The table shows the percentage population of four states below poverty line and the proportion of male to female.

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If the population of states A and D is each, then what is the total number of females below the poverty line in these states combined?
Q43mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
A mixture of of alloy of copper and tin contains tin. How much tin must be added so that it becomes of the mixture?
Q44easymcqQuantitative AptitudeAdda2472026
The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is . If we add of water to the mixture, then the ratio becomes . Find the initial quantity of milk.
Q45mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC GD Constable2026
The fourth proportional to 12,15,24 is:
Q46mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
₹5,580 is divided among P, Q and R in the ratio of 7:11:13, respectively. What is the difference (in ₹) between the one-third of the largest share and two-fifth of the smallest?
Q47mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC GD Constable2026
The total number of students in three sections A, B and C of a class in a school is 340. The number of students in sections A and B are in the ratio 3:5 and those in sections B and C are in the ratio 3:2. What is the mean proportional between the number of students in section A and the number of students in section C?
Q48mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC GD Constable2026
The mean proportional between 0.012 and 0.027 is:
Q49mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
There are green, red, and blue marbles in a bag. Their ratio is 5:4:6, respectively. If there are 135 marbles in the bag, what is the difference between the number of blue marbles and that of the red marbles?
Q50mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Mock2026
If X and Y have incomes in the ratio 5:3 and expenditures in the ratio 3:1 and each one of them saves ₹27,000, then what is the income of X?
Q51mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Mock2026
Raju can complete a piece of job in 15hours, Vinay in 20hours and Vardhan in 30hours. If they work together and they are paid Rs. 7,200 for the job, then what amount would Vinay receive?
Q52easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
What is n if 16, n and 49 are in continued proportion?
Q53mediummcqQuantitative Aptitude@NUM: 58Competitive Exam2026
If , what is ?
Q54mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Competitive Exams2026
Find the third proportional to 6 and 24.
Q55mediummcqQuantitative Aptitude@NUM: 75Competitive Exam2026
A certain sum is divided among A, B and C in such a way that the ratio of shares of A and B is and that of shares of C and B is . If the difference between the shares of A and C is ₹, then the sum (in ₹) is:
Q56mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
of Ranita’s weekly income is equal to of Bhaskar’s weekly income. If Ranita’s weekly income was reduced by , while Bhaskar’s weekly income did not change, the ratio of the weekly incomes of Ranita and Bhaskar, respectively, would have been . What is Bhaskar’s weekly income (in )?
Q57easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
Find the fourth proportion of the following numbers:
3
1
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rd of 27,
5
4
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th of 30,
7
3
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th of 35.
Q58mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Paper2026
litres of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio of . After the addition of some more milk to it, the ratio of milk to water in the resulting mixture becomes . The quantity of milk added to it was:
Q59mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
The fourth proportional to , and is . What is the value of ?
Q60mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Two numbers A and B are respectively 80% and 50% more than the third number C. What is the ratio of A and B?
Q61easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
What is the mean proportional between and ?
Q62mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Two numbers are in the ratio of . If is subtracted from each, the ratio between the numbers becomes . Find the smaller number.
Q63mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
The sum of the ages of Mary and Jane is . If the ratio of Mary’s age to Jane’s age is respectively, what is Jane’s age?
Q64easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
The present ages of Ramu and Ravi are in the ratio of 4:3. After 5 years the ratio of their ages will be 5:4. Find their present ages, respectively.
Q65mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
In a bag of coloured candies, the ratio of red candies to blue candies is respectively. If there are red candies, how many blue candies are there?
Q66mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 3:5 and their savings are ₹14,000 and ₹20,000, respectively. If the ratio of their expenditures is 4:7, then the income (in ₹) of A is:
Q67mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
If is of , then what percent of is ?
Q68mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
In a class, the numbers of boys and girls are in the ratio of . What is the percentage of boys in the class?
Q69mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
The ratio of the incomes of A and B is 5: 7 and the ratio of their expenditures is 3: 4. If A and B save ₹5,000 and ₹9,000, respectively, then what is the difference (in ₹) between the income of A and two times the savings of B?
Q70mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
Find the fourth proportion to , , and .
Q71mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Set2026
A container contains a mixture of milk and water in the ratio . When of mixture is drawn off and the container is filled with water, the ratio of milk and water becomes . How many litres of milk was contained by the container initially?
Q72mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
When x is subtracted from each of the numbers 64,81,85 and 109, the numbers so obtained in this order are in proportion. What is the mean proportional between (x+3) and (2x−1)?
Q73easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
The mean proportional between and is:
Q74mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A sum of ₹8,520 is divided between A, B, C and D in the ratio . What is the difference between shares of B and D?
Q75mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC GD Constable2026
A, B and C are three numbers. If A exceeds B by 70% and B is 20% less than C, then A : C is:
Q76mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
If two numbers are in the ratio
5
4
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:
6
5
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, then by what percentage is the first number more or less than the second number?
Q77mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Mock2026
6 men earn as much as 7 women, 2 women earn as much as 3 boys, 4 boys earn as much as 5 girls. If 5 girls earn Rs. 400 a week, how much does a man earn in a week?
Q78mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Mock2026
The third proportional to 7
6
1
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and 11 is:
Q79mediummcqQuantitative Aptitude@NUM: 55Competitive Exam2026
There are girls and boys in a music club. new girls join the club. What is the percentage of girls in the club now?
Q80mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Mock2026
In an election, there were three candidates - A, B and C. The winner, A, got five times the votes received by C. B got 240 votes which was 1.5 times the votes of C. How many total votes were polled in the election if there were no bogus votes?
Q81easymcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
If the cost of mangoes is , what is the cost of mangoes?
Q82mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
The ratio of boys to girls in a school having 1440 students is . Thirty girls were shifted to the other branch of the school. How many more boys should be admitted to the school to make this ratio ?
Q83mediummcqNumerical AbilityUP Police Constable2026
If 164 is divided in the ratio 32 : 9, what is the value of the smaller part?
Q84mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
The average age of 4 members of a family is 35 years. Their ages are in the ratio . What is the age of the oldest member of the family (in years)?
Q85mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
In a medical institute, the strength of the students in the first two classes are in the ratio of 8:17. The ratio of the number of students in the second and the third classes is 2:3. What is the average of the number of students in the first and third classes, if the number of students in the second class is 612?
Q86mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
What is the reciprocal ratio of 4:5:8?
Q87mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeAdda2472026
What are the current ages of Antony and Betty if their ages are in the ratio now and will be in the ratio four years from now?
Q88mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Three partners decided to start a business. They decided to donate 10% of the profit to a charity organisation and then the remaining profit would be shared among first, second and third partner in the ratio 1: 2: 2. The total profit received was ₹1,80,000. Find the share of the first partner.
Q89easymcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Four numbers are in the ratio of 2:3:4: 5, and their sum is 56. Find the sum of the first and third numbers.
Q90mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Find the third proportional to 5 and 15 which is equal to the fourth proportional of 2, 5 and 18.
Q91mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
The price of a television set and a washing machine are in the ratio of 8:7. If the cost of the television set is ₹4,800 more than the cost of the washing machine, then find the price of the washing machine.
Q92mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Two numbers are in the ratio of and their HCF is . Find their LCM.
Q93easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
Find the third proportional of 9, 7, ?, 14.
Q94mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
enter into a partnership by investing a total of . invests , while invest the remaining amount in the ratio of respectively. If the annual profit is , find ’s share of the profit.
Q95mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeUP Police Constable Re-Exam2026
There are Senior officers and Secretaries in an office. If went on leave, then every Secretary has two Senior officers. After that went on leave and now every Senior officer has . Then find out how many Secretaries were there initially.
Q96mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeAdda2472026
, and enter into a partnership by investing their capitals in the ratio of . After months, increased his capital by , but decreased his capital by . What is the share of in the total profit of at the end of a year?
Q97mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Find the ratio between the fourth proportional of 42, 56, 63 and the fourth proportional of 189, 273, and 153.
Q98easymcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
What is the mean proportional of 45x
4
and 5y
2
?
Q99mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A bag contains rupee, 50-paise and 25-paise coins in the ratio 3:4:6. If the total amount is ₹143, the number of 50-paise coins is:
Q100easymcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
The ages of A and B are in the ratio 4:7, respectively. After 8 years, the ratio of their ages will be 2:3. What is the sum of the present ages of A and B (in years)?
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