Mixtures and Alligation

Mixture and Alligation

• Introduction of Alligation and Mixture

• Problems using Alligation Rule
• Finding the quantities being mixed in a mixture
• Continuous replacement problems
• Data Sufficiency Questions
 ALLIGATION
Input-Output
AND MIXTURE

Alligation:
It is the rule that enables us to find the ratio in which two or more
ingredients at the given price must be mixed to produce a mixture of
desired price.

Mean Price:
The cost of a unit quantity of the mixture is called the mean price.
ALLIGATION
Input-Output
AND MIXTURE
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Q1. If Rs.85 is divided among 100 students such that each boy got a
rupee and each girl got 50 P, find the number of girls.
A) 50 B) 60 C) 30
D) 70 E) 40
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Q2. Mixture of alcohol and water contains 35% of alcohol by volume.

Then, 40 ml of water is added to such a mixture of 100 ml. The
percentage of alcohol in the new mixture is
A) 30% B) 35%
C) 25% D) 20%
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Q3. In what ratio must tea worth Rs.9 per kg be mixed with tea worth
Rs.14 per kg so that the resultant mixture costs Rs.10 per kg?
A) 1 : 4 B) 4 : 1 C) 3 : 2
D) 2 : 5 E) None of these
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Q4. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of pulses costing Rs.15

and Rs.20 per kg respectively so as to get a mixture worth Rs.16.50 per
kg?
A) 3: 7                B) 5: 7                           C) 7: 3                       
D) 7: 5                E) None of These
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Q5. Find the ratio in which rice sold at Rs.7.20 a kg must be mixed with
rice at Rs.5.70 a kg to produce a mixture worth Rs.6.30 a kg.       
A) 1: 3                      B) 2: 3                       C) 3: 4                   
D) 4: 5                      E) None Of These
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Q6. In what ratio must tea at Rs.62 per kg be mixed with tea at Rs.72 per
kg so that the mixture must be worth Rs.64.50 per kg?
A) 3: 1             B) 3: 2                 C) 4: 3                 
D) 5: 3                 E) None Of These
 
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Q7. In what ratio must water be mixed with milk costing Rs.12 per litre
to obtain a mixture worth of Rs.8 per litre?
A) 1: 2                     B) 2: 1                    C) 2: 3                     
D) 3: 2                      E) None of These
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Q8. The cost of Type I rice is Rs.15 per kg and Type 2 rice is Rs.20 per kg.
If both Type 1 and Type 2 are mixed in the ratio 2: 3, then the price per
kg of the mixed variety of rice (in Rs.)is:         
A)18                   B)  18.50                    C)  19                 
D)  19.50                     E) None Of These
 
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Q9. A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at some cost price but

he mixes it with water and thereby gains 25%. The percentage of water in
the mixture is:
A) 4%                    B) 6(1/4)%                    C) 20%                       
D) 25%                  E) None Of These
 
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Q10. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at

8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole.
The quality sold at 18% profit is:
A) 400 kg                    B) 560 kg                        C) 600 kg                         
D) 640 kg                    E) None Of These
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Q11. A jar full of solution contains 40% alcohol. A part of this solution is
replaced by another containing 19% alcohol and now the percentage of
alcohol was found to be 26%. The quantity of solution replaced is:
A) 1/3                         B) 2/3                          C) 2/5                         
D) 3/5                       E) None Of These
 
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Q12. A container contains 40 litres of milk. From this container, 4 litres of

milk was taken out and replaced by water. this process was repeated
further two times. How much milk is now contained by the container?
A) 26.34 litres                        B) 27.36 litres                     
C) 28 litres                    D) 29.16 litres                 
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Q13. How many kilograms of sugar costing Rs.9 per kg must be mixed
with 27 kg of sugar costing Rs 7 per kg so that there may be a gain of
10% by selling the mixture at Rs.9.24 per kg?
A) 36 kg                             B) 42 kg                        C) 54 kg               
D) 63 kg                E) None Of These
 
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Q14. A vessel is filled with liquid, three parts of which are water and 5
parts syrup. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced
with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup?
A) 1/3                       B) 1/4                         C) 1/5                           
D) 1/7                       E) None Of These
 
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Q15. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of tea worth Rs.60 a
kg and Rs.65 a kg so that by selling the mixture at Rs.68.20 a kg he may
gain 10%? 
A) 3: 4                    B) 3: 2                           C) 3: 5                       
D) 4: 5                    E) None Of These
 
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Q16. A grocer wishes to sell a mixture of two variety of pulses worth

Rs.16 per kg. In what ratio must he mix the pulses to reach this selling
price without profit, when cost of one variety of pulses is Rs.14 per kg
and the other is Rs.24 per kg?
A) 2:5 B)4:3 C)2:1
D)4:1 E)7:6
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Q17.  Metal A costs Rs.8.40 per gm and Metal B Rs.0.21 per gm. In what
proportion must these metals be mixed so that gram of the mixture may
be worth Rs.5.67?
A) 1 : 2 B) 1 : 3
C) 2 : 1 D) 2 : 3
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Q18. A grocer buys two kinds of rice at Rs.1.80 and Rs.1.20 per kg
respectively. In what proportion should these be mixed, so that by selling
the mixture at Rs.1.75 per kg 25% may be gained?
A) 2 : 1 B) 3 : 2
C) 3 : 4 D) 1 : 2
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Q19. A trader mixes two varieties of tea costing Rs 40 per kg and rupees
50 per kg in the ratio 7: 3. If the mixture is sold at rupees 48 per kg
question, then what is the approximate gain percentage?
A) 7.5 % B) 8%
C) 2.5 % D) 12%
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Q20. A vessel is full of a mixture of kerosene and petrol in which there is

18% kerosene. Eight litre are drawn off and then the vessel is filled with
petrol. If the kerosene is now 15%, how much does the vessel hold ?
A) 40 B) 32
C) 36 D) 48
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Q21. A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 7: 5. When

9 litres of mixtures are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A
and B becomes 7: 9. How many litres of liquid A was contained by the can
initially?
A) 10                         B) 20                                     C) 21                               
D) 25                         E) 36
 
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Q22. A milk vendor has two cans of milk. The first contains 25% water
and the rest milk. The second contains 50% water. How much milk
should he mix from each of the containers so as to get 12 litres of milk
such that the ratio of water to milk 3: 5?
A) 4 litres, 8 litres                          B) 6 litres, 6 litres
C) 5 litres, 7 litres                          D) 7 litres, 5 litres                               
E) None Of These
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Q23. From two ornament Weighing 18 gram and 24 gram containing

gold and silver in the ratio of 2: 1 and 5: 1 respectively, a new ornament
is made. What is the amount of gold in the new ornament?
A) 10 gram B) 12 gram
C)32 gram D) 28 gram
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Q24. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in
proportions 5: 3 and 5: 11 respectively., what would be the proportion of gold and
copper in the alloys thus formed?
To answer this questions which statement is/are required.
I. If equal quantities of this alloys are melted to a third alloy C.
II. If quantities in the ratio of 2:3 of this alloys are melted to a third alloy C

A) Only I B) Only II
C)Both I and II D) Either I or II
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Q25. In what ratio should a 20% methyl alcohol solution be mixed with a
50% methyl alcohol solution.
To answer this questions which statement is/are required.
I. The resultant solution has 40% methyl alcohol in it.
II. The resultant solution is 80 liters.

A) Only I B) Only II
C)Both I and II D) Either I or II
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Q26. A person purchased a cupboard and a cot for Rs 18,000. find the
cost price of the cupboard ?
To answer this questions which statement is/are required.
I. He sold the cupboard at a profit of 20% and the cot at a profit of 30%.
II. His total profit was 25.83%.

A) Only I B) Only II C)Both I and II D) Either I or II

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Q27. A bonus was divided among 300 workers of a factory. Find the
number of male workers in the factory ?
To answer this questions which statement is/are required.
I. Bonus was of Rs.9,85,000.
II. Each male workers gets 5000 rupees and each female worker gets 2500
gets.

A) Only I B) Only II C)Both I and II D) Either I or II

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Q28. A dishonest grocer professes to sell pure butter at cost price, but he
mixes it with adulterated fat. Find the percentage of adulterated fat in
the mixture assuming that adulterated fat is freely available ?
To answer this questions which statement is/are required.
I. Grocer earns profit of 25%.
II. Grocer earns profit of Rs.3000 on the sale of Rs.15000.

A) Only I B) Only II C)Both I and II D) Either I or II

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There are 10 mixtures A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J of Alcohal and
Water. Read the data given in the graphs.
Bar graph given below shows the amount of Alcohol in first 5
mixtures A, B, C, D and E as a per cent of amount of Water in these
mixtures. Line graph given below shows the amount of Water in
last 5 mixtures F, G, H, I and J as a per cent of amount of Alcohal in
these mixtures.
Q29:-If the difference between the quantity of Alcohol and Water
in the mixture E is 40 litres and ‘x’ litres of mixture J is mixed with
the total quantity of this mixture E to form a final mixture. Now,
the ratio of Alcohol to Water in the final mixture becomes 15: 11.
Then what is the difference between the quantity of Alcohol and
Water in the mixture J?
a) 48 litres
b) 40litres
c) 30 litres
d) 45 litres
e) None of these
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There are 10 mixtures A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J of Alcohal and
Water. Read the data given in the graphs.
Bar graph given below shows the amount of Alcohol in first 5
mixtures A, B, C, D and E as a per cent of amount of Water in these
mixtures. Line graph given below shows the amount of Water in
last 5 mixtures F, G, H, I and J as a per cent of amount of Alcohal in
these mixtures.
Q30:- If mixtures A and C are mixed in the ratio 1: 9 to form
mixture P and mixtures B and D are mixed in the ratio 7: 48 to
form mixture Q. Finally, mixtures P and Q are mixed in the ratio 3:
11 to form a final mixture, then total amount of Water in the final
mixture is what per cent of total amount of Alcohol in it?
a) 166(2/3)%
b) 150%
c) 87(1/3)%
d) 75%
e) None of these
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