type 4 income & expenditure based ratio & proportion problems Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 1 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2011]

The income of A, B and C are in the ratio 7 : 9 : 12 and their spendings are in the ratio 8 : 9 : 15. If A saves $1/4$ th of his income, then the savings of A, B and C are in the ratio of :

a) 99 : 56 : 69

b) 99 : 69 : 56

c) 69 : 56 : 99

d) 56 : 99 : 69

Question : 2 [SSC CGL Tier-1 2011]

The ratio of the income to the expenditure of a family is 10 : 7. If the family’s expenses are Rs.10,500, then savings of the family is

a) Rs.4, 000

b) Rs.5, 000

c) Rs.10, 000

d) Rs.4, 500

Question : 3 [SSC CAPFs SI 2015]

Incomes of x and y are in the ratio 4:3. Their expenditures are in the ratio 12:7. Both save Rs.3200 at the end of the month, then the income of x is

a) Rs.2000

b) Rs.4000

c) Rs.6000

d) Rs.8000

Question : 4 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2015]

The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 2 and their expenditures are in the ratio 5 : 3. If each saves Rs.1000, then A’s income is

a) Rs.2000

b) Rs.5000

c) Rs.4000

d) Rs.6000

Question : 5 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2016]

A man spends a part of his monthly income and saves the rest. The ratio of his expenditure to the savings is 61 : 6. If his monthly income is Rs.8710, the amount of his monthly savings is

a) Rs.980

b) Rs.780

c) Rs.690

d) Rs.870