Mixture and Allegations

1. A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 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

2. In what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain 20% by selling the mixture at cost price?
a. 5/6 b. 6/5 c. 1/3 d. 2/5

3. How many kgs. of wheat costing Rs. 8 per kg must be mixed with 86 kg of rice costing Rs. 6.40 per kg so that
20% gain may be obtained by belling the mixture at Rs. 7.20 per kg ?
a. 5.2 kg b. 6.4 kg c. 8.5 kg d. 10.8 kg

4. Coffee worth Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2. If the
mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, the price of the third variety per kg will be?
a. Rs 180 b. Rs 175.50 c. Rs 170 d. Rs 169.50

5. How many kilograms of sugar costing Rs.6.10 per kg must be mixed with 126 kg of sugar costing Rs. 2.85 per
kg so that 20% may be gained by selling the mixture at Rs. 4.80 per kg?
a. 61 kg b. 63 kg c. 65 kg d. 69 kg

6. In what ratio must a person mix three kind of tea each of which has a price of 70, 80 and 120 rupees per kg,
in such a way that the mixture costs him 100 rupees per kg?
a. 1: 1: 1 b. 2 : 1 : 3 c. 2: 2: 5 d. 3 : 1 : 2

7. A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B is the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture 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

8. The average weekly salary per head of the entire staff of a factory consisting of supervisors and the
labourers is Rs. 60. The average salary per head of the supervisors is Rs. 400 and that of the labourers is Rs.
56. Given that the number of supervisors is 12, find the number of labourers in the factory.
a. 1020 b. 1000 c. 850 d. 500

9. A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and thereby gains
25%. The percentage of water in the mixture is:
a. 4% b. 20% c. 22% d. 25%

10. 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

11. Find the ratio in which rice at Rs. 7.20 a kg 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

12. The cost of Type 1 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 of 2 : 3, then the price per kg of the mixed variety of rice is :
a. Rs 19.50 b. Rs 19 c. Rs 18.50 d. Rs 18

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13. 8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three
more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of water is 16 : 65. How much wine did
the cask hold originally?
a. 24 litres b. 32 litres c. 42 litres d. 52 litres

14. 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 quantity sold at 18% profit is:
a. 550 kg b. 600 kg c. 650 kg d. 700 kg

15. A mixture of 150 litres of wine and water contains 20% water. How much more water should be added so
that water becomes 25% of the new mixture?
a. 10 litres b. 9 litres c. 8 litres d. 7 litres

16. How many litres of oil at Rs.40 per litre should be mixed with 240 litres of a second variety of oil at Rs.60 per
litre so as to get a mixture whose cost is Rs.52 per litre?
a. 140 litres b. 150 litres c. 160 litres d. 180 litres

17. Two varieties of wheat - A and B costing Rs. 9 per kg and Rs. 15 per kg were mixed in the ratio 3 : 7. If 5 kg of
the mixture is sold at 25% profit, find the profit made?
a. Rs 13.50 b. Rs 14.50 c. Rs 15.50 d. Rs 16.50

18. In a mixture of milk and water, the proportion of milk by weight was 80%. If, in a 180 gm mixture, 36 gm of
pure milk is added, what would be the percentage of milk in the mixture formed?
a. 80 % b. 82% c. 84 % d. None of these

19. A mixture of 70 litres of milk and water contains 10% water. How many litres of water should be added to
the mixture so that the mixture contains 12 1/2% water?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 8 d. 10

20. In what ratio should two varieties of sugar of Rs.18 per kg and Rs.24 kg be mixed together to get a mixture
whose cost is Rs.20 per kg?
a. 2: 3 b. 2:1 c. 1:2 d. 1:3

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