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Mixture and Alligation

1. Two varieties of sugar are mixed in the

proportion of 4:7 and the mixture is sold at

Rs. 39 per kg at a profit of 30%. If the second

variety of sugar cost Rs. 5.5 more than that

of first variety of sugar. Find the cost price of

the first variety of sugar.

A. 31 Rs/kg

B. 35.5 Rs/kg

C. 37.5 Rs/kg

D. None of these

2. In what ratio must a person mix three kinds

of wheat costing him 1.20, 1.44 and 1.74 per

kg, so that mixture may worth 1.41 per kg?

A. 12:43:29

B. 11:77:7

C. Both A and B

D. 12:7:7

3. In a zoo, there are Rabbits and Pigeons. If

heads are counted, there are 200 and if legs

are counted, there are 580. How many

pigeons are there?

A. 90

B. 100

C. 110

D. 120

4. In my pocket there are Rs. 25 consisting of

only the denomination of 20p and 50p. Thus

there are total 80 coins in my pocket. The

number of coins of the denomination of 50p?

A. 30

B. 70

C. 50

D. 25

5. How many kg of salt at 42 paise per kg must

a man mix with 25 kg of salt at 24 paise per

kg, so that he may, on selling the mixture at

40 paise per kg. gain 25% on the outlay?

A. 20

B. 30

C. 40

D. 50

6. The ratio of the quantities of acid and water

in a mixture is 1:3. If 5 litres of acid is further

added to the mixture, the new ratio becomes

1:2. The quantity of new mixture in litres is

A. 32

B. 40
C. 42

D. 45

7. A mixture contains spirit and water in the

ratio 3 : 2. If it contains 3 litres more spirit

than water, the quantity of spirit in the

mixture is

A. 10 litres

B. 12 litres

C. 8 litres

D. 9 litres

8. A barrel contains a mixture of wine and

water in the ratio 3 : 1. How much fraction of

the mixture must be drawn off and

substituted by water so that the ratio of wine

and water in the resultant mixture in the

barrel becomes 1 : 1 ?

A. 1/4

B. 1/3

C. 2/3

D. 3/2

9. There are 81 litres pure milk in a container.

One-third of milk is replaced by water in the

container. Again one-third of mixture is

extracted and equal amount of water is

added. What is the ratio of milk to water in

the new mixture?

A. 1 : 2

B. 1 : 1

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C. 2 : 1

D. 4 : 5

10. The ratio of milk and water in mixture of

four containers are 5:3, 2:1, 3:2 and 7:4

respectively. In which container is the

quantity of milk, relative to water,

minimum?

A. First

B. Second

C. Third

D. Fourth

11. Three vessles whose capacities are 3:2:1 are

completely filled with milk mixed with

water. The ratio of milk and water in the

mixture of vessels are 5:2, 4:1 and 4:1

respectively. Taking 1/3 of first, 1/2 of

second and 1/7 of third mixtures, a new

mixtures, kept in a new vessel is prepared.

The percentage of water in the new mixture

is

A. 32

B. 28

C. 30

D. 24

12. Three containers whose volumes are in the

ratio of 2:3:4 are full of mixture of spirit and

water. In the 1st container the ratio of spirit

and water is 4:1 in 2nd container the ratio is

11:4 and in the 3rd container ratio is 7:3. All

the three mixtures are mixed in a big

container. The ratio of spirit and water in the

resultant mixture is :

A. 4:9

B. 9:5

C. 11:4

D. 5:10

13. 60 kg of an alloy A is mixed with 100 kg of

alloy B. If alloy A has lead and tin in the ratio

3:2 and alloy B has tin and copper in the

ratio 1:4, the amount of tin in the new alloy

is

A. 44 kg

B. 53 kg

C. 80 kg

D. 24 kg

14. Bottles 1 contains a mixture of milk and

water in 7:2 ratio and Bottle 2 contains a

mixture of milk and water in 9:4 ratio. In

what ratio of volumes should the liquids in

Bottle 1 and Bottle 2 be combined to obtain

a mixture of milk and water in 3:1 ratio?

A. 27:14

B. 27:13

C. 27:16

D. 27:18

15. Two liquids A and B are in the ratio 5:1 in

containers 1 and 1:3 in container 2. In what

ratio should the contents of the two

containers be mixed so as to obtain a

mixture of A and B in the ratio 1:1?

A. 2:3

B. 4:3

C. 3:2

D. 3:4

16. There are two alloys P and Q made up of

silver, copper and aluminium. Alloy P

contains 45% silver and rest aluminum.

Alloy Q contains 30% silver, 35% copper

and rest aluminium. Alloys P and Q are

mixed in the ratio of 1 : 4.5. The approximate

percentages of silver and copper in the

newly formed alloy is

A. 33% and 29%

B. 29% and 26%

C. 35% and 30%

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D. None of the above

17. A milk vendor sells 10 litres of milk from a

can containing 40 litres of pure milk to the

1st customer. He then adds 10 litres of water

to the milk can. He again sells 10 litres of

mixture to the 2nd customer and then adds

10 litres of water to the can. Again he sells

10 litres of mixture to the 3rd customer and

then adds 10 litres of water to the can and so

on. What amount of pure milk will the 5th

customer receive?

A. (510/128) Litres

B. (505/128) Litres

C. (410/128) Litres

D. (405/128) Litres

18. X and Y are the two alloys which were made

by mixing Zinc and Copper in the ratio 6 9

and 7:11 respectively. If 40 grams of alloy X

and 60 grams of alloy Y are melted and

mixed to form another alloy Z, what is the

ratio of Zinc and Copper in the new alloy Z?

A. 6:9

B. 59:91

C. 5:9

D. 59:90

19. Jar A has 36 litres of mixture of milk and

water in the respective ratio of 5:4. Jar B

which had 20 litres of mixture of milk and

water, was emptied into jar A, and as a result

in jar A, the respective ratio of milk and

water becomes 5:3. What was the quantity

of water in jar B?

A. 5 litres

B. 3 litres

C. 8 litres

D. 2 litres

20. The ratio of metal 1 and metal 2 in alloy A is

3:4. In alloy B same metals are mixed in the

ratio 5:8. If 26 kg of alloy B and 14 kg of alloy

A are mixed then find out the ratio of metal

1 and metal 2 in the new alloy.

A. 3:2

B. 2:5

C. 2:3

D. None of these

21. A vessel contains 100 litres mixture of milk

and water in the respective ratio of 22:3.40

litres of the mixtures is taken out from the

vessel and 4.8 litres of pure milk and pure

water each is added to the mixture. By what

percent is the quantity of water in the final

mixture less than the quantity of milk?

A. 781

B. 791

C. 725

D. 76

22. From a container of milk, 5 litres of milk is

replaced with 5 litres of water. This process

is repeated again. Thus in two attempts the

ratio of milk and water became 81 : 19. The

initial amount of milk in the container was

A. 50 litres

B. 45 litres
C. 40 litres

D. 25 litres

23. A vessel contains a mixture of milk and

water in the respective ratio of 14:3. 25.5

litres of the mixture is taken out from the

vessel and 2.5 litres of pure water and 5

litres of pure milk is added to the mixture. If

the resultant mixture contains 20% water,

what was the initial quantity of mixture in

the vessel before the replacement? (in

litres)

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A. 51

B. 102

C. 68

D. 85

24. A Jar ‘A’, 140 litre milk was mixed with 40

litre water. Some of this mixture was taken

out from Jar ‘A’ and put in Jar ‘B’. If before the

operation, there was 17 litres of milk in Jar

‘B’, and afterwards the resultant ratio

between milk and water in Jar ‘B’ was 19:3

respectively, what was the amount of

mixture that was taken out from Jar ‘A’? ( in

litre)

A. 21

B. 36
C. 46

D. 18

E. 27

25. In Jar A, 180 litre milk was mix with 36 litre

water. Some of this mixture was taken out

from Jar A and put it in Jar B. If after adding

6 litres of water in the mixture, the

respective ratio between milk and water in

Jar B was 5:2 respectively, what was the

amount of mixture that was taken out from

Jar A? (in litres)

A. 24

B. 54

C. 30

D. 36

26. A vessel contains a mixture of grape,

pineapple and banana juices in the

respective ratio of 4 : 6 : 5. 15 litres of this

mixture is taken out and 8 litres of grape

juice and 2 litres of pineapple juice is added

to the vessel. If the resultant quantity of

grape juice is 10 litres less than the resultant

quantity of pineapple juice, what was the

initial quantity of mixture in the vessel ?

A. 120

B. 150

C. 105

D. 135

27. 18 litres of pure water was added to a vessel

containing 80 litres of pure milk. 49 litres of

the resultant mixture was then sold and

some more quantity of pure milk and pure

water was added to the vessel in the

respective ratio of 2:1. If the resultant

respective ratio of milk and water in the

vessel was 4:1, what was the quantity of

pure milk added in the vessel ? (in litres)

A. 4

B. 8

C. 10

D. 12

28. Suresh is having three brands of whisky with

him White Dog, Renders Pride, MAT49

having ratio of alcohol to water 2:3, 5:7, 6:11

respectively. If he mixes equal quantity of

each brand. Find the ratio of water to alcohol

in the resultant mixture?

A. 1867 : 1193

B. 1193 :1867

C. 1857 :1183

D. 1183 : 1867

29. Equal quantities of three mixtures of milk

and water are mixed in the ratio 1:2, 2:3 and

3:4. The ratio of water and milk in the

mixture is

A. 193:122

B. 97:102

C. 115:201
D. 147:185

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30. Container P contains V litres of pure water.

Container Q contains V litres of pure milk. X

litres are taken out from container P and

poured into container Q. Now, X litres are

taken from container Q and poured into

container P. Which of the following

statement is true.

I. % of milk in container P = % of water

in Container Q

II. % of water in container P = % of milk

in Container Q

III. % of milk in container Q < % of

water in container P

IV. % of milk in container P > % of water

in container Q

A. Both I and II

B. Both III and Iv

C. Only One statement is true in among

all

D. None of these

Answers keys :-

1 D 11 D 21 B

2 D 12 C 22 A

3 C 13 A 23 C

4 A 14 B 24 E
5 A 15 D 25 D

6 D 16 A 26 D

7 B 17 D 27 A

8 B 18 B 28 A

9 D 19 A 29 A

10 C 20 C 30 A

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