TISS-NET (PG) Ratio and Proportion — practice questions
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Practice TISS-NET (PG) Ratio and Proportion in the app →Which of the following is equivalent to the ratio $4 : 5$?Find the fourth proportional to $4$, $9$ and $12$.Find the mean proportional between $16$ and $25$.If $\dfrac{a}{b} = \dfrac{3}{5}$, find the value of $\dfrac{a+b}{a-b}$.Find the compounded ratio of $(2 : 3)$, $(5 : 7)$ and $(4 : 9)$.₹$5400$ is divided among A, B and C in the ratio $3 : 5 : 7$. How much does B receive?A recipe uses dal and rice in the ratio 2:5. If 35 cups of rice are used, how many cups of dal are needed?₹8400 is divided among A, B, C in the ratio 3:4:5. What is B's share?The sides of two cubes are in the ratio 2:3. What is the ratio of their VOLUMES?If a:b = 3:2, what is (a+b)/(a−b)?A vendor mixes ₹40/kg rice with ₹60/kg rice to sell at ₹52/kg. What is the ratio of cheap to costly rice?Speed and time are __________ proportional for a fixed distance.Three partners invest ₹6000, ₹8000, and ₹12,000 in a business for the same duration. They earn a total profit A 100-litre tank contains milk. 10 litres are drawn out and replaced with water. This is done 3 times. How mucIn a 200-metre race, A beats B by 20 metres. What is the ratio of A's speed to B's speed?A : B = 1/4 : 1/5 and B : C = 1/8 : 1/7. Find (4A + 2B + 2C) / (3B + C).Ratio of two numbers is 3 : 5. If x is added to each, the new ratio is 7 : 5. Sum of squares of the original nIn mathematics, a ratio is used to:A basket holds 20 apples and 5 oranges. The ratio of oranges to apples in simplest form is:Out of 25 fruits, 5 are oranges. What percentage of the fruits are apples?An amount of 1200 is divided between two people in the ratio 3 : 5. The larger share is:If a : b = 2 : 3 and b : c = 4 : 5, then a : c equals:Two numbers are in the ratio 5 : 7 and differ by 12. Their sum is:A car uses 4 litres of petrol to travel 60 km. How far will it travel on 12 litres?Two quantities are in direct proportion when, as one increases:If A : B = 3 : 4 and B : C = 6 : 5, then A : B : C equals: