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# free Online Test Ratio and Proportion Questions and Answers Quiz 5

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 "I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done." - Marie Curie
1 . A couple got married 9 years ago when the age of wife was 20% less than her husband. 6 years from now the age of wife will be only 12.5% less than her husband. Now they have six children including single, twins and triplets and the ratio of their ages is 2 : 3 : 4 respectively. What can be the maximum possible value for the present age of this family?
 110 years 103 years 105 years 83 years
2 . Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2 : 3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs.4000, the new ratio becomes 40 : 57. What is Sumit’s present salary?
 Rs.17,000 Rs.20,000 Rs.25,500 None
3 . Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively, what will be the ratio of increased seats?
 2 : 3 : 4 6 : 7 : 8 6 : 8 : 9 None
4 . The third proportional to ($x^ 2$ - $y^ 2$ ) and (x - y) is :
 (x + y) (x - y) $(x + y)\over (x - y)$ $(x - y)\over (x + y)$
5 . Which of the following ratios is greatest?
 7:15 15:23 17:25 21:29
6 . In three vessels, each of 25 litres capacity, mixture of milk and water is filled. The ratio of milk and water are 3 : 1, 2 : 3, 4 : 3 in the respective vessels. If all the three vessels are emptied into asingle large vessel, then what will be the ratio of water to milk in the resultant mixture?
 179:241 197:214 219:117 179:234
8 . If Rs.782 be divided into three parts, proportional to $1 \over 2$ : $2\over 3$ : $3 \over 4$ , then the first part is :