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1. The following table shows the number of students enrolled (in students) of 6 departments over 4 periods. Department 2018 2019 2020 2021 R&D 315 539 1504 1181 Finance 703 1179 1849 549 Marketing 1228 996 734 1032 HR 243 1754 1917 1104 Logistics 1926 573 1913 916 Operations 850 1877 1589 1068 What is the ratio of the number of students enrolled of Marketing to that of HR in 2020?

  1. A734:1917
  2. B736:1915
  3. C732:1919
  4. D735:1916
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Answer: A

Ratio = Marketing : HR = 734 : 1917 = 734:1917 (in simplest form).

2. The following table shows the number of employees (in employees) of 5 cities over 5 periods. City 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Lucknow 451 219 289 310 357 Raipur 170 343 195 105 103 Dehradun 411 416 139 192 196 Patna 268 433 200 83 171 Jaipur 239 438 353 325 55 What is the ratio of the number of employees of Jaipur to that of Lucknow in 2021?

  1. A27:179
  2. B53:358
  3. C55:357
  4. D27:178
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Answer: C

Ratio = Jaipur : Lucknow = 55 : 357 = 55:357 (in simplest form).

3. The following table shows the number of students enrolled (in students) of 6 departments over 5 periods. Department 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Finance 586 1632 862 454 623 HR 1859 1862 963 1030 1145 Operations 1564 1304 1584 704 898 Sales 1467 361 1428 538 1217 IT 532 494 1455 843 1250 Logistics 257 1021 1808 1874 1233 What is the ratio of the number of students enrolled of Logistics to that of Sales in 2019?

  1. A90:71
  2. B451:356
  3. C451:359
  4. D452:357
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Answer: D

Ratio = Logistics : Sales = 1808 : 1428 = 452:357 (in simplest form).

4. The following table shows the profit (in lakh rupees) of 4 cities over 4 periods. City 2019 2020 2021 2022 Dehradun 59 144 11 104 Jaipur 12 45 115 37 Lucknow 26 80 53 63 Raipur 159 179 58 117 What is the ratio of the profit of Dehradun to that of Jaipur in 2022?

  1. A104:37
  2. B105:38
  3. C35:13
  4. D106:39
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Answer: A

Ratio = Dehradun : Jaipur = 104 : 37 = 104:37 (in simplest form).

5. The following table shows the profit (in lakh rupees) of 4 schools over 5 periods. School Jan Feb Mar Apr May Sunrise School 106 11 13 146 199 Vidya Mandir 118 186 66 110 171 City Convent 166 192 28 26 150 National Academy 65 89 102 37 132 What is the ratio of the profit of Vidya Mandir to that of City Convent in Apr?

  1. A56:15
  2. B53:12
  3. C55:13
  4. D19:4
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Answer: C

Ratio = Vidya Mandir : City Convent = 110 : 26 = 55:13 (in simplest form).

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