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Test On Ratio

The document contains a 30 question test on ratios and proportions. It includes multiple choice, short answer, and long answer questions testing concepts such as setting up ratios, determining ratios from given information, solving proportions, finding unit rates, and applying ratios and proportions to word problems involving speed, cost, mixtures, and shares of a total amount. Scores are out of 50 total marks and the test is designed to be completed in 1 hour.

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Test On Ratio

The document contains a 30 question test on ratios and proportions. It includes multiple choice, short answer, and long answer questions testing concepts such as setting up ratios, determining ratios from given information, solving proportions, finding unit rates, and applying ratios and proportions to word problems involving speed, cost, mixtures, and shares of a total amount. Scores are out of 50 total marks and the test is designed to be completed in 1 hour.

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Ratio and proportion

Marks: 50 Time: 01 Hr, 00 Mins

Student Name: …………………………………………………… Marks Obtained: ………………

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)


1. 10 g of caustic soda dissolved in 100 mL of water makes a solution of caustic soda. Amount of
caustic soda needed for 1 L of water to make the same type of solution is
(a) 100 g
(b) 50 g
(c) 1 kg
(d) 80 g [1]
2. Which of the following ratios does not form a proportion?
(a) 2/7 , 6/21
(b) 8/24 , 6/20
(c) 1m to 30 cm, 1 minute : 18 seconds
(d) 12/18 , 14/21 [1]
3. If x : y : : 2 : 3 and 2 : x : : 4 : 8, then the value of y is
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 4
(d) 12 [1]
4. At a factory, the ratio of defective parts to total number of parts is 3 : 200. Which is an equivalent
ratio?
(a) 6 : 1000
(b) 30 : 1000
(c) 150 : 10000
(d) 1000 : 10,000 [1]
5. If two-thirds of A is four-fifths of B, then A : B = ?
(a) 5 : 6
(b) 6 : 5
(c) 10 : 9
(d) 9 : 10 [1]
6. If xy = 72, which of the following is true?
(a) x : 9 = y : 8
(b) x : 8 = 9 : y
(c) x : 36 = y : 2

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(d) 18 : x = 4 : y [ 1 ]
7. A car can travel 240 km in 15 L petrol. How much distance will it travel in 25 L of petrol?
(a) 400 km
(b) 500 km
(c) 390 km
(d) 450 km [ 1 ]
8. The weight of 16 bundles is 200 kg. How many bundles will weigh 1250 kg?
(a) 96 bundles
(b) 100 bundles
(c) 150 bundles
(d) 125 bundles [ 1 ]
9. The monthly consumption of cereals of a hostel having 400 students is 5200 kg. Find the
consumption, if the number of students is 45.
(a) 950 kg
(b) 840 kg
(c) 585 kg
(d) 745 kg [1]
10. The greatest ratio among the ratios 2 : 3, 5 : 8, 75 : 121 and 40 : 25 is
(a) 2 : 3
(b) 5 : 8
(c) 75 : 121
(d) 40 : 25 [1]

Short Answer Type Questions (Any 5)

11. Explain what is wrong with each of the following statements? [1x2]

a) The ratio of 3 boys to 5 cricket balls is 3 : 5.

12. Use the figure to write the following ratios.

[1x2]

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a) Area of the shaded figure to the area of the whole figure.

13. In a sale, prices are reduced in the ratio 5 : 6. Find the sale prices of articles whose normal prices
are [1x2]

a) 531.72

14. There are 500 boys, 350 girls and 50 teachers in a school. Find the ratio of [1x2]

a) boys to girls

15. What multiplying factor decreases 72 to 60? [2]

16. Check whether the following ratios are in proportion or not. [1x2]

a) 64 kg : 56 kg and 80 : 70

17. Find which of the following sets of numbers are in proportion. [2x2]

a) 20, 8, 30, 9
b) 4, 7, 9, 17

Long Answer Type Questions (Any 10)


18. Two distances are in the ratio 15 : 9, the larger 180 km. Find the smaller distance. [3]

19. The scale of a map is 1 : 100000. Find (in km) the length of a road which is represented by a line
4.7 cm long on the map. [ 3 ]

20. Saturn and Jupiter take 9 h 56 min and 10 h 40 min respectively for one spin on their axes. Write
the ratio of these times in lowest form [ 3 ]

21. The shadow of a 3 m long stick is 4 m long. At the same time of the day, if the shadow of a
flagstaff is 24 m long, how tall is the flagstaff? [3]

22. A scooterist covers 48 km in 1 hour and a car driver covers 120 km in 2 hours. Find the ratio of
their speeds. [ 3 ]

23. The cost of 8 kg of potatoes is 46.56. Find the cost of 15 kg of potatoes. [3]

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24. A car travels 540 km in 30 L of petrol. How far will it travel in 20 L? [3]

25. In a factory, it was found that for every 15000 light bulbs produced, 60 were faulty. How many are
likely to be found faulty if 6000 are tested? [3]

26. The profit of 75000 of a business is divided among 3 partners in the ratios 3 : 4 : 8. Find the
share of each partner. [ 3 ]

27. The ratio of boys to girls in a school is 3 : 2. If there are 600 boys in the school, find the number of
girls. [ 3 ]

28. The three sides of a triangle are in the ratio 1 : 1.5 : 2. If the greatest side is 8 cm, find the other
two sides. [ 3 ]

29. The lengths of two wires are in the ratio 5 : 14. If the two wires are joined together, what is the
ratio of the length of each piece of wire to the total length? [3]

30. If 15 shares in a company are worth 3950, how many shares can be bought for 5530? [3]

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