Common Admission Test (CAT 2021)

Alligations

Class Sheet

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1) A group of 45 people have an average height of 173 cm and another
group of 75 people have an average height of 197 cm. What is the

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average height of both groups combined?
2) Two groups of students took a test. 38 students of 1st group averaged

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438 marks and 95 students of the 2nd group averaged 487 marks. What

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is the overall average?
3) A solution of alcohol and water contains 30% alcohol by concentration.
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If 20 ml of water is added to the solution, concentration of alcohol
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becomes 24%. Find the initial quantity of alcohol and water in the
solution.
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4) Fresh grapes contain 90% water and dry grapes contain 28% water.
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What quantity of dry grapes can be prepared by 36 kg of fresh grapes?

5) The students of 3 classes X, Y and Z wrote a test. The average marks of
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the students of X, Y and Z are 70, 81 and 90 respectively. The average

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marks of the students of X and Y is 76. The average marks of the

students of Y and Z is 86. Find the average marks of all the 3 classes to
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the nearest integer.

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6) 2 varieties of rice are mixed in the proportion 3:4, and the mixture is
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sold at Rs 28/kg at 40% profit. If the 2nd variety of rice costs Rs 3 more
than the 1st variety of rice, find the cost price of the 1st variety of rice.
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7) An amount of Rs 194 was collected from 150 students. Each boy gives
Rs 1.20 and each girl gives Rs 1.40. Find the number of boys and girls
in the class.
8) In an examination, a student had to attempt all 60 questions. Every
right answer carries 4 marks and every wrong answer carries -1 mark.
If his final score is 165, how many question did he attempt correctly?
9) A person travels 285 km in 6 hours. He travels by bus at 40 km/h and
train at 55 km/h. What is the distance travelled by the person by bus
and train?
10) If goods are purchased for Rs 450, 1/3rd of them are sold at 10%
less. What profit percentage should he sell the remaining to gain 20%
on the whole?