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

Question : 6 [SSC MTS 2011]

Ratio between the monthly incomes of A and B is 9 : 8 and the ratio between their expenditures is 8 : 7. If they save Rs.500 each, find A’s monthly income.

a) Rs.4,500

b) Rs.5,000

c) Rs.4,000

d) Rs.3,500

Question : 7 [SSC CGL Prelim 2002]

The ratio of income of two persons is 5 : 3 and that of their expenditures is 9 : 5. Find the income of each person, if they save Rs.1,300 and Rs.900 respectively.

a) Rs.5,000, Rs.3,000

b) Rs.4,500 Rs.2,700

c) Rs.3,000, Rs.1,800

d) Rs.4,000, Rs.2,400

Question : 8 [SSC CGL Prelim 2007]

The ratio of incomes of A and B is 5 : 6. If A gets Rs.1,100 less than B, their total income (in rupees) is

a) 14,400

b) 10,000

c) 12,100

d) 9,900

Question : 9 [SSC CGL Tier-1 2011]

The ratio of weekly income of A and B is 9 : 7 and the ratio of their expenditures is 4 : 3. If each saves Rs.200 per week, then the sum of their weekly income is

a) Rs.4,800

b) Rs.5,600

c) Rs.3,200

d) Rs.3,600

Question : 10 [SSC CGL Prelim 2002]

A and B have monthly incomes in the ratio 5 : 6 and monthly expenditures in the ratio 3 : 4. If they save Rs.1800 and Rs.1600 respectively, find the monthly income of B :

a) Rs.1720

b) Rs.7200

c) Rs.2700

d) Rs.3400