type 9 coins & rupees based ratio & proportion problems Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 11 [SSC CHSL 2014]

A box contains 280 coins of one rupee, 50-paise and 25-paise. The values of each kind of the coins are in the ratio of 8 : 4 : 3. Then the number of 50-paise coins is

a) 80

b) 90

c) 60

d) 70

Question : 12 [SSC SO 2006]

A man has in all 640 in the denominations of one-rupee, five rupee and ten-rupee notes. The number of each type of notes are equal. What is the total number of notes he has ?

a) 100

b) 90

c) 120

d) 150

Question : 13 [SSC CGL Prelim 1999]

180 contained in a box consists of one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. What is the number of 50 paise coins?

a) 150

b) 180

c) 120

d) 60

Question : 14 [SSC MTS 2013]

A box contains 420 coins in rupee, 50 paise and 20 paise coins. The ratio of their rupee values being 13 : 11 : 7. The number of 50 paise coins is

a) 66

b) 132

c) 78

d) 42

Question : 15 [SSC CHSL 2011]

Three persons A, B, C whose salaries together amount to 72000 spend 80, 85 and 75 percent of their salaries respectively. If their savings are in the ratio 8 : 9 : 20, then A’s salary is

a) 22,000

b) 18,000

c) 16,000

d) 20,000