PACE III – Allegation or Mixture 06/06/2016

1. In what ratio must coffee at Rs.3.20 per kg be mixed 7. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he
with coffee at Rs.2.90 per kg so that the mixture be sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains
worth Rs.3.08 per kg? 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is:
[a] 3:4 [a] 400 kg
[b] 2:3 [b] 560 kg
[c] 4:3 [c] 600 kg
[d] 3:2 [d] 640 kg
2. The cost of Type 1 material is Rs.15 per kg and Type 2 8. Ten litres of wine are drawn from a vessel full of wine.
material is Rs.20 per kg. If both Type 1 and Type 2 are It is then filled up with water. Ten litres of the mixture
mixed in the ratio of 2 : 3, then what is the price per kg are drawn and the vessel is again filled up with water.
of the mixed variety of material? The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in the vessel
is to that of the water in it as 144:25. Find the capacity
[a] Rs.19
of the vessel.
[b] Rs.16
[a] 135 litres
[c] Rs.18
[b] 120 litres
[d] Rs.17
[c] 130 litres
3. A grocer buys two kinds of barley at Rs.1.60 and
[d] None of these
Rs.0.90 per kg respectively. In proportion should these
be mixed so that by selling the mixture at Rs.1.44 per 9. Two vessels A and B contain milk and water mixed in
kg, 20% may be gained? the ratio 8:5 and 5:2 respectively. The ratio in which
these 2 mixtures be mixed to get a new mixture
[a] 3 : 4
containing 69 3/13 % milk is:
[b] 3 : 2
[a] 3 : 4
[c] 4 : 3
[b] 2 : 7
[d] 2 : 3
[c] 7 : 9
4. How many kilograms of coffee costing Rs.9 per kg
[d] 4 : 3
must be mixed with 27 kg of coffee costing Rs.7 per kg
so that there may be gain of 10% by selling the 10. 150 litres of a 20% alcohol solution is mixed with 200
mixture at Rs.9.24 per kg? litres of another solution. If the resulting solution is
18% alcohol, what is the percent of alcohol in the 200
[a] 60 kg
litre solution?
[b] 63 kg
[a] 21 %
[c] 50 kg
[b] 16.5 %
[d] 77 kg
[c] 15.2 %
5. In what proportion must water be mixed with spirit to
[d] 18 %
gain 33% by selling it at cost price?
11. One quality of wheat at Rs.9.30 per kg is mixed with
[a] 1 : 1
another quality at certain rate in the ratio 8 : 7. If the
[b] 1 : 2 mixture so formed be worth Rs.10 per kg, what is the
rate per kg of the second quality of wheat?
[c] 3 : 2
[a] Rs.10.30
[d] 1 : 4
[b] Rs.10.60
6. How much water must be added to 60 litres of milk at
1 1/2 litres for Rs.20 So as to have a mixture worth [c] Rs.10.80
Rs.10 2/3 a litre?
[d] Rs.11
[a] 16 litres
12. Two vessels contain spirit of 0.5 and 0.75
[b] 15 litres concentrations. If two litres from the first vessel and
three litres from the second vessel are mixed, then
[c] 17 litres
what will be the ratio of the spirit and the water in the
[d] 14 litres resultant solution?
[a] 13:7

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[b] 7:17
[c] 15:17
[d] 17:15
13. 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] 23.64 litres
[b] 27.36 litres
[c] 28 litres
[d] 29.16 litres
14. A jar full of whisky contains 40% alcohol. A part of this
whisky is replaced by another containing 19% alcohol
and now the percentage of alcohol was found to be
26%. The quantity of whisky replaced is:
[a] 1/3
[b] 2/3
[c] 2/5
[d] 3/5
15. A sum of Rs.41 was divided among 50 boys and girls.
Each boy gets 90 paise and a girl 65 paise. Find the
number of boys and girls
[a] 8 : 17
[b] 17 : 8
[c] 8 : 16
[d] 9 : 16

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Answer Key

Question No Answer Key

1 D

2 C

3 A

4 B

5 B

6 B

7 C

8 C

9 B

10 B

11 C

12 A

13 D

14 B

15 B

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