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Ratio and Proportion MCQs with Answers for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all One Paper Exams — page 2

Ratio and proportion MCQs (direct, inverse, mixture) sit next to percentages in every general maths section. Reduce the ratio before you multiply.

Ratio and Proportion MCQs (11–20)

10 questions on this page, with a one-liner under each answer. Hide answers to attempt; questions you already answered stay revealed. This is a sample of 30 Ratio and Proportion MCQs — the full Mathematics bank is in the study app.

Answers and one-liners are hidden. Tap an option to check that question, or show all. Questions from previously asked papers carry a Past Paper MCQ badge.

  1. 11.

    Past Paper MCQ

    If $y$ is inversely proportional to $x$, and $y = 10$ when $x = 2$, find $y$ when $x = 5$.

  2. 12.

    Past Paper MCQ

    A car that gets 15 miles per gallon of gasoline can travel 250 miles on a full tank. If the same car got 20 miles per gallon, how many miles could it travel on a full tank?

  3. 13.

    Past Paper MCQ

    A garrison has provisions for 30 days for a certain number of men. If $\frac{2}{3}$ of them do not attend the mess, then the food will last for how many days?

  4. 14.

    Past Paper MCQ

    If the price of a carpet 8 meters long and 3 meters wide is Rs. 6288, what will be the price of a carpet 12 meters long and 6 meters wide?

  5. 15.

    Past Paper MCQ

    12 water pumps can empty a water tank in 20 minutes. However, 2 pumps are out of order. How long will the remaining pumps take to empty the tank?

  6. 16.

    Past Paper MCQ

    What is the equation type for A and B working together problems?

  7. 17.

    Past Paper MCQ

    If $40\%$ of a number is equal to $\frac{2}{3}$ of another number, what is the ratio of the first number to the second number?

  8. 18.

    Past Paper MCQ

    The salaries of A, B and C are in the ratio $1 : 3 : 4$. If the salaries are increased by $5\%$, $10\%$ and $15\%$ respectively, then the increased salaries will be in the ratio?

  9. 19.

    Past Paper MCQ

    The ratio of ages of two students is $3 : 2$. One is older than the other by 5 years. What is the age of the younger student?

  10. 20.

    Past Paper MCQ

    What is the ratio of 8 inches to 7 feet?

Ratio and Proportion MCQs — common questions

Are these Ratio and Proportion MCQs with answers?
Yes. Each question on this page can be attempted here. The correct option and a one-liner are in the HTML. This is a sample set of 30 Ratio and Proportion MCQs across 3 pages. The full Mathematics bank is in the study app.
Are Ratio and Proportion MCQs asked in FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all One Paper Exams?
Yes. Ratio and Proportion is part of the Mathematics portion of most Pakistani one-paper job tests. Weighting still depends on the advertisement — use the official syllabus for your post.
Are these past paper Ratio and Proportion MCQs?
Where a question came from a previously asked paper, it carries a Past Paper MCQ badge. The rest are general practice from the same topic. The study app lets you drill past papers on their own.
How should I practise Ratio and Proportion MCQs?
Hide answers and attempt the samples on this page first. Then open Mathematics in the study app and drill this area until your correction rate rises. Mix a full paper only after the topic is stable.
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