PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALLIGATION & MIXTURES

1. Two vessels contain spirit of 0.5 and 0.75 concentrations. If 2 litres from the first vessel and 3
litres from the second vessel are mixed, then what will be the ratio of the spirit and the water in
the resultant solution ?
(a) 15 : 17 (b) 7 : 17 (c) 13 : 7 (d) 17 : 15 (e) None of these

2. There is a mixture of alcohol and water of 120 litre. The ratio of alcohol to water is 5 : 3. If 30%
of mixture is taken out and same amount of water is added then find the new ratio of alcohol and
water in the mixture.
(a) 7:3 (b) 5:8 (c) 7:9 (d)11:4 (e) None of these

3. In a mixture of 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 2 : 1. If the ratio of the milk and water is
to be 1 : 2, then the amount of water to be further added must be
(a) 40 litres (b) 30 litres (c) 20 litres (d) 60 litres (e) None of these

4. A person has a chemical of Rs. 25 per litre. In what ratio should water be mixed in that
chemical so that after selling the mixture at Rs. 20 per litre he may get a profit of 25% ?
(a) 13 : 16 (b) 12 : 15 (c) 16 : 9 (d) 19 : 22 (e) None of these

5. How many kg of sugar costing Rs. 5.75 per kg should be mixed with 75 kg of cheaper sugar
costing Rs. 4.50 per kg so that the mixture is worth Rs. 5.50 kg ?
(a) 350 kg(b) 300 kg (c) 250 kg(d) 325 kg (e) None of these

6. The wheat sold by a grocer contained 10% low quality wheat. What quantity of good quality
wheat should be added to 150 kg of wheat so that the percentage of low quality wheat becomes
5% ?
(a) 85 kg (b) 50 kg (c) 135 kg(d) 150 kg (e) None of these

7. In a vessel there is a certain quantity of mixture of milk and water in the ratio 5 : 1 respectively.
24 litres of mixture is taken out and same quantity of milk is added to the vessel. The ratio of milk
and water now becomes 13 : 2 respectively. Again 15 litres of mixture is taken out. What is the
quantity of milk in the resulting mixture? (in litres)
(a) 85 litres (b) 80 litres (c) 81 litres (d) 91 litres (e) None of these

8. A producer of rice mixes two varieties of rice from two fields one costing Rs 18 per kg and
another Rs 20 per kg in the ratio 5 : 3. If he sells the mixed variety at Rs 21 per kg, then his gain
percent is
(a) 12% (b) 13% (c) 14% (d) 15% (e) None of these

9. 600 g of sugar solution has 40% sugar in it. How much sugar should be added to make it 50% in
the solution?
(a) 160 g (b) 120 g (c) 130 g (d) 140 g (e) None of these
10. A milk seller has milk of Rs 100 per litre, in what ratio should water be mixed in that milk so
that after selling the mixture at Rs 80 per litre, he may get a profit of 50%?
(a) 7 : 8 (b) 7 : 9 (c) 9 : 7 (d) 7 : 5 (e) None of these

11. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar part of which is sold at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit.
On the whole transaction, he gains 14% profit. The quantity sold at 18% profit is
(a) 400 kg(b) 600 kg (c) 300 kg(d) 150 kg

12. The ratio of expenditures and savings is 3:2. If the income increases by 15% and savings
increases by 6%. Then, by how much percent should he increase his expenditure?
(a) 25% (b) 12% (c) 21% (d) 15%

ANSWERS
1.C 2.C 3.D 4.C 5.B
6.D 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.A
11. B 12. C