CAT Ratio and Proportion previous year questions

11 Ratio and Proportion questions from CAT 2021–2025 (Quant), each with its answer and a step-by-step solution.

• Q11The ratio of the number of students in the morning shift and afternoon shift of a school was 13 : 9. After 21 students…CAT 2025 Slot 1 · Quant · Ratio and Proportion
• Q13The ratio of expenditures of Lakshmi and Meenakshi is 2 : 3, and the ratio of income of Lakshmi to expenditure of…CAT 2025 Slot 2 · Quant · Ratio and Proportion
• Q8The ratio of the number of coins in boxes A and B was 17:7. After 108 coins were shifted from box A to box B, this…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Ratio and Proportion
• Q1A fruit seller has a total of 187 fruits consisting of apples, mangoes and oranges. The number of apples and mangoes…CAT 2024 Slot 1 · Quant · Ratio and Proportion
• Q22When Rajesh's age was same as the present age of Garima, the ratio of their ages was 3:2 . When Garima's age becomes…CAT 2024 Slot 2 · Quant · Ratio and Proportion
• Q19Rajesh and Vimal own 20 hectares and 30 hectares of agricultural land, respectively, which are entirely covered by…CAT 2024 Slot 3 · Quant · Ratio and Proportion
• Q13The price of a precious stone is directly proportional to the square of its weight. Sita has a precious stone weighing…CAT 2023 Slot 2 · Quant · Ratio and Proportion
• Q15The number of coins collected per week by two coin-collectors A and B are in the ratio 3:4 . If the total number of…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Ratio and Proportion
• Q8Pinky is standing in a queue at a ticket counter. Suppose the ratio of the number of persons standing ahead of Pinky…CAT 2022 Slot 1 · Quant · Ratio and Proportion
• Q13In a village, the ratio of number of males to females is 5:4 . The ratio of number of literate males to literate…CAT 2022 Slot 1 · Quant · Ratio and Proportion
• Q7The amount Neeta and Geeta together earn in a day equals what Sita alone earns in 6 days. The amount Sita and Neeta…CAT 2021 Slot 1 · Quant · Ratio and Proportion