Ratio & Proportion - Important Maths For Bank
Ratio & Proportion - Important Maths For Bank
Mixture
84. A container holds 4 quarts of alcohol and 4 quarts of water. How many quarts of water must be
added to the container to create a mixture that is 3 parts alcohol to 5 parts water by volume?
[IBBL (PO) 2017]
4 5 7 8
A. B. C. D. Ans: D
3 3 3 3
85. In a mixture of 50 liters, milk and water are in the ratio of 3 : 2. How much water would be added
to the mixture to make the ratio of the two equal? [Agrani Bank (SO) 2017]
A. 14 liters B. 12 liters C. 10 liters D. 8 liters Ans: C
86. In a mixture 60 liters, the ratio of milk and water 2 : 1. If the this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then the
quantity of water to be further added is: [=]
A. 20 liters B. 30 liters C. 40 liters D. 60 liters Ans: D
87. A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4 : 3. If 5 liters of water is added to the mixture,
the ratio becomes 4 : 5. Find the quantity of alcohol in the given mixture.
A. 10 liters B. 30 liters C. 40 liters D. 20 liters Ans: A
88. In a sugar-water solution, the ratio of water to sugar is 8 : 3. If you add 2 kgs of sugar, the ratio
become 2 : 1. What is the amount of sugar in the original solution in kg? [MBA Admission Test 2002-03]
A. 3 B. 4.5 C. 6 D. 8 Ans: C
89. 729 liters mixture of milk & water, the ratio of milk to water in 7 : 2. To get a new mixture
containing milk and water in the ratio 7 : 3, the amount of water to be added is-
[BB (AD) 2010; Combined 5 Banks (Cash) 2019]
A. 71 liters B. 81 liters C. 56 liters D. 50 liters Ans: B
90. 100 kg of solution A is mixed with 60 kg of solution B. If solution A has tin and copper in the ratio 1
: 4 and solution B has lead and tin in the ratio 3 : 2, then what is the amount of tin in the new
solution? [Sonali Bank (Officer-Cash) 2019 (FF-quota)]
A. 70 kg B. 36 kg C. 44 kg D. 56 kg Ans: C
Ashraful Sir Bank Math (Preli)
91. Given that 24 carat gold is pure gold, 18 carat gold is 3/4th of pure gold and 20 carat gold is 5/6th of
pure gold, the ratio of the pure gold is 18 carat gold to the pure gold in 20 carat gold is-
[Sonali Bank (Officer-Cash) 2019 (FF-quota)]
A. 5:8 B. 10:9 C. 8:5 D. 9:10 Ans: D
1 1
92. If 2 kg metal, of which is zinc and the rest of copper, be mixed with 3 kg of metal, of which is
3 4
zinc and the rest is copper, then what will be the ratio of zinc to copper in the mixture?
[Combined 4 Banks (Officer) 2019; Sonali Bank (Officer-FF) 2019]
A. 13:42 B. 19:43 C. 15:42 D. 17:43 Ans: D
93. A milkman pays Tk. 6.40 per liter of milk. He adds water and sells the mixture at Tk. 8 per liter. By
doing this, he makes 37.5% profit. Find the proportion of water to milk received by the customers?
[Sonali Bank (Officer-FF) 2019]
A. 1:12 B. 1:10 C. 1:15 D. 1:20 Ans: B
94. How many liters of pure acid are there in 8 liters of a 20% solution?
A. 1.5 B. 1.6 C. 1.7 D. 1.8 Ans: B
95. A drink contains 20% cranberry juice, 20% raspberry juice and the rest is apple juice. You added
250 mL water in 750 mL of the drink. Now, what is the ratio of water to apple juice in the drink?
[Exim Bank T. Officer 2014]
A. 6:5 B. 9:5 C. 5:12 D. 5:9 Ans: D
96. How much salt must be add to 10 grams of a 20% salt solution to strengthen in it into 50%
solution?
A. 5 gm B. 3 gm C. 6 gm D. 4 gm Ans: C
97. A solution that contains 20% sugar by weight is made sweeter by doubling the amount of sugar.
The percent of sugar, by weight, in the new solution is- [Dhaka Bank Ltd. (MTO) 2011]
A. 50% B. 40% C. 33.33% D. 30% Ans: C
98. In a solutions of 60 liter of sugar and water, 20% is sugar. How much water (in liter) must be
added to make a solution that is 8% sugar? [FSIB Pro. Off. 2014; DBBL (PO 2017]
A. 60 B. 72 C. 90 D. None Ans: C
99. 300 grams of sugar solution has 40% sugar in it. How much sugar should be added to make it 50%
in the solution? [BD House Building FC (SO) 2017]
A. 40 grams B. 60 grams C. 80 grams D. 90 grams Ans: B
100. 125 gallons of a mixture contains 20% water. What amount of additional water should be added
such that water content be raised to 25%? [Sonali Bank (Officer-Cash) 2018; Sonali Bank (Officer-FF) 2019]
15 17 19 1
A. gallons B. gallons C. gallons D. 8 gallons Ans: D
2 2 2 3
101. A mixture of 20 kg of sprit and water contains 10% water. How much water must be added to this
mixture to raise the percentage of water to 25%?
[IFIC Bank (PO) 2009; PKB (EO-Cash) 2018; Combined 4 Banks (Officer) 2019]
A. 2 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 Ans: B
102. A 180 liter mixture of milk and water contains 20% water. How much milk, in liters, must be
added to the mixture will contain water and milk in the ratio of 1 : 7? [Dhaka Bank Ltd. (MTO) 2011]
A. 100 B. 108 C. 144 D. 252 Ans: B
103. A milkman purchases the milk at Tk. x per liter and sells it at Tk. 2x per liter still be mixes 2 liters
water with every 6 liters of pure milk. What is the profit percentage? [Basic Bank (AM) 2018]
A. 116% B. 166.66% C. 60% D. 100% Ans: B
104. A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and thereby
gains 25%. The percentage of water in the mixture is: [Janata Bank (AEO) 2019]
A. 8% B. 10% C. 20% D. 15% Ans: C
Ashraful Sir Bank Math (Preli)
105. How many liters of a 90% of concentrated acid needs to be mixed with a 75% solution of
concentrated acid to get a 30 liter solution of 78% concentrate acid? [Janata Bank (AEO-Teller) 2019]
A. 8 B. 6 C. 7 D. 9 Ans: B
106. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of pulses costing Tk. 15 and Tk. 20 per kg
respectively so as to get a mixture worth Tk. 16.50 kg? [Combined 5 Banks (Cash) 2019]
A. 3:7 B. 5:7 C. 7:3 D. 7:5 Ans: C
107. In water ratio should a 20% sugar solution be mixed with a 50% sugar solution so that the
resultant solution has 40% sugar in it? [IBA-MBA Admission Test June 2012]
A. 1:2 B. 2:1 C. 1:3 D. 2:3 Ans: A
108. In what ratio should a 20% methyl alcohol solution be mixed with a 50% alcohol solution so that
the resultant solution has 40% methyl alcohol in it? [Mutual Trust Bank MTO 2014]
A. 1:2 B. 2:1 C. 1:3 D. 3:1 Ans: A
109. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He
gains 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is:
[BD House Building FC (OF) 2015, 2017; Pubali Bank (TAT) 2017]
A. 600 kg B. 560 kg C. 400 kg D. 640 kg Ans: A
110. Solution Y is 40 percent sugar by volume, and solution X is 20 percent sugar by volume. How many
gallons of solution X must be added to 150 gallons solution Y to create a solution that is 25 percent
sugar by volume? [DBBL (AO) 2017]
A. 75 B. 150 C. 240 D. 450 Ans: D
111. In what ratio must tea at Tk. 62 per kg be mixed with tea at Tk. 72 per kg so that the mixture must
be worth Tk. 64.50 per kg? [Uttara Bank (PO) 2017]
A. 3:1 B. 3:2 C. 4:3 D. 5:3 Ans: A
112. In a club 50% of the male voters and 80% of the female voters voted for candidate A. If candidate
A received 70% of the total votes, what is the ratio of male to female voters?
[PKB (EO-Cash) 2018; Combined (SO) 3 Banks 2018]
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D. Ans: B
3 2 4 5
113. Akash/Josim bought two varieties of rice, costing Tk. 50 kg and Tk. 60 kg each, and mixed them in
some ratio. Then he sold the mixture at Tk. 70 kg, making a profit of 20%. What was the ratio of
the mixture? [Union Bank (MTO) 2015; IBA-MBA Admission Test (November) 2014]
A. 1:10 B. 1:5 C. 2:7 D. 3:8 Ans: B
114. How many kilogram of sugar costing Tk. 9 per kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar costing Tk. 7
per kg so that there may be a gain of 10% by selling the mixture at Tk. 9.24 per kg?
[Exim Bank Ltd. (Officer) 2013]
A. 36 B. 42 C. 56 D. 63 Ans: D
115. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of tea worth Tk. 60 a kg and Tk. 65 a kg so that by
selling the mixture at Tk. 68.20 a kg he may gain 10%? [IBBL (PO) 2017]
A. 3:2 B. 3:4 C. 3:5 D. 4:5 Ans: A
116. Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and copper is 9 times as heavy as water. In what ratio should
these be mixed to get alloy 15 times as heavy as water? [Pubali Bank Ltd. (SO) 2017]
A. 1:1 B. 2:3 C. 1:2 D. 3:2 Ans: D
117. Solution X is 10 percent alcohol by volume and solution Y is 30 percent alcohol by volume. How
many milliliters of solution Y must added to 200 milliliters of solution X to create a solution that is
25 percent alcohol by volume? [UCBL (PO) 2017]
A. 600 B. 800 C. 300 D. 250 Ans: A
118. A 19 liter mixture consists by volume of 1 part juice to 18 parts water. If x liters of juice and y liters
of water are added to this mixture to make a 54 liter mixture consisting by volume of 1 part juice to
2 parts water, then what is the value of x? [Basic Bank Ltd. (MTO) 2011]
A. 36 B. 35 C. 27 D. 17 Ans: D
Ashraful Sir Bank Math (Preli)
119. Two equal glasses are respectively one-third and one fourth full of milk. They are then filled up
with water and the contents are mixed in a tumbler. Ratio of milk and water in tumbler is:
[IFIC Bank Ltd. (MTO) 2013]
A. 7:5 B. 7:17 C. 3:7 D. 11:23 Ans: B
120. Solution X contains 7% (by weight) of liquid M and solution Y contains 14.5% (by weight) of liquid
M. If 3 grams of solution X is mixed with 2 grams of solution Y, then liquid M accounts for what
percent of the weight of the resulting solution? [Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd. (RTPO) 2011]
A. 6.09% B. 10% C. 10.75% D. 21.5% Ans: B
121. Of 24 kgs of salt water 8% is salt; of another mixture 4% is salt. How many kgs of the second
mixture should be added to the first mixture in order to get a mixture that is 5% salt?
[MBA Admission Test 2001-2002]
A. 48 B. 56 C. 64 D. 72 Ans: D
122. Coffee A normally costs 100 taka pound. It is mixed with coffee B, which normally costs 70 taka per
pound, to form a mixture which costs 88 taka per pound. If there are 10 pounds of the mix, how
many pounds of coffee A are used in the mix? [MBA Admission Test 2001-2002]
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7 Ans: C
123. In a mixture, the ratio of the milk and water is 6 : 5. Which 22 liter mixture is replaced by water,
the ratio becomes 9 : 13. Find the quantity of water after replacement? [Combined 2 Banks (Off.) 2018]
A. 62 liter B. 50 liter C. 40 liter D. 52 liter Ans: D
124. A jar contains a mixture of oil and water in the ratio 22:3, 50 liters of the mixture was taken out
and 25 liters of water was added to it. If water was 34% in the resultant mixture, what was the
initial quantity of the mixture (in liters) in the jar? [Sonali Bank (Officer-Cash) 2019 (FF-quota)]
A. 175 B. 150 C. 75 D. 125 Ans: D
125. A container contains 40 liters of milk. From this container 4 liters of milk was taken out and
replaced by water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now contained
by the container? [Rupali Bank (SO) 2019]
A. 26.34 liters B. 27.36 liters C. 28 liters D. 29.16 liters Ans: D
126. There are deer and peacock in zoo. The total number of their heads is 80 and the total number of
their legs is 200. How many peacocks are there? [IFIC Bank (MTO) 2017]
A. 20 B. 30 C. 50 D. 60 Ans: D
127. The average age of students of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in the class is 16.4 years
and that of the girls is 15.4 years. The ratio of number of boys to the number of girls in the class is-
A. 2:4 B. 2:3 C. 3:3 D. None Ans: B
128. Halim purchased brand A pen for Taka 200 each and brand B pen for Taka 100 each. If he
purchased a total of 8 of these pens for Taka 1,200, how many pens of brand A did he purchase?
[Janata Bank (AEO-RC) 2017]
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 Ans: B
129. A sum of Tk. 4000 is lent out in two parts, one at 8% simple interest and the other at 10% simple
interest. In the annual interest is Tk. 352, the sum lent at 8% is-
A. 3600 B. 2400 C. 1200 D. None Ans: B
130. A merchant buys two articles for Tk. 1400. He sells one of them at a profit of 20% and the other at
a loss of 8%. He makes no profit or loss in the end. What is the selling price of the article that he
sold at a loss?
A. 1000 B. 1200 C. 800 D. 900 Ans: A