UGC NET Proportion Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 5 previous-year questions on Proportion from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 5: Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude, drawn from 5 of the 130 exam papers in the bank (2019–2025). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Proportion
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Fourth and third proportional | 1 |
| Solving a proportion | 1 |
| Fourth proportional with algebraic terms | 1 |
| Chained inverse proportion | 1 |
| Chained proportionality | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Proportion appears in 5 of 130 papers (4%), which JRFSmart rates as low frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
Find the fourth proportional to 4, 9, 12 and third proportional to 16 and 36.
If 7:x = 17.5 : 22.5, find the value of x.
A Fourth proportional to st^5, s^2 t^3, s^3 t^2 (Where s, t are non zero) is
If 'a' is inversely proportional to 'b' and 'b' is inversely proportional to 'c', then
If A is directly proportional to B; B is inversely proportional to C and C is directly proportional to D, then (a) A is inversely proportional to D (b) A is directly proportional to D (c) A is directly proportional to C (d) A is inversely proportional to C…
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