Advanced Edge Material 1

Level - I 11. A solution of 60 litre of milk and water contain 20%

1. In what ratio two rice costing `6.20 per kg and `7.20 water. How much water should be added to this, to
respectively should be mixed to get mixture at `6.50 make a solution with 40% water?
per kg. a. 10 litre b. 15 litre c. 20 litre d. 25 litre
a. 3 : 7 b. 7 : 3 c. 6 : 4 d. 2 : 5 12. How much water should be added to 25 litre of pure
2. In what ratio a shopkeeper mixes two rice costing `60 milk costing `30 / litre so that a profit of 40% is made
per kg and `65 per kg, so that by selling mixture at by selling the mixture at `35 / litre
`68.20 per kg he earns a profit of 10%. a. 4 litre b. 5 litre c. 5.5 litre d. 6 litre
a. 3 : 2 b. 3 : 4 c. 4 : 3 d. 4 : 5 13. A vessel has 120 litre of a mixture of milk and water.
3. A shopkeeper mix two types of rice in the ratio 3 : 2. If The ratio of the quantities of milk and water is 1 : 3.
cost price of two rice is `35 and `45 per kg respec- How much milk must be added to the vessel to reverse
tively, Find his profit or loss percent. If he sell mixture the ratio of milk and water in in the resulting mixture?
at `41.60 per kg. a. 240 litre b. 210 litre c. 180 litre d. 150 litre
2 2 14. Alloy A has gold & Zinc in the ratio 7 : 5 where as alloy
a. 6 % profit b. 6 % loss B has gold and zinc in the ratio 11 : 7. Equal weights of
3 3
c. 4% profit d. 4% loss both the alloys are taken and mixed to form a third
4. A shopkeeper mixes some rice of C.P. `15 per kg with alloy C. What part of C is gold?
10 kg rice of C.P. `10 per kg. He sell mixtures at `14 per 47 43 53 49
kg. If he get a profit of 5%, find the quantity of first a. b. c. d.
72 72 72 72
kind of rice. 15. Two cans contain wine in 0.6 and 0.45 concentrations
a. 10 kg b. 15 kg c. 20 kg d. 30 kg respectively. Two litre of the first solution and 4 litre of
5. In what ratio should 84% milk solution and water be second solution are mixed. What is the ratio of wine
mixed to obtain 48% milk solution? and water in the resulting solution?
a. 4 : 3 b. 9 : 13 c. 2 : 3 d. 3 : 4 a. 2 : 1 b. 1 : 1 c. 1 : 2 d. 4 : 3
6. If 30 litre of 20% milk is mixed with 20 litre of 25% milk,
then find the concentration of milk in the resulting 2
16. Gita buys a plot of land for `9600. She sells of it at
solution. 5
a. 21% b. 22% c. 23% d. 24% loss of 6%. She wants to make a profit of 10% on the
7. A solution of 140 litre of acid contains 10% of acid and whole transaction by selling the remaining land. The
remaining is water. How many litre of acid must be gain % on the remaining land is?
1 2
added so that the concentration of acid becomes of a. 20 b. 20 c. 14 d. 7
8 3
the solution? 17. In what ratio two alloys containing zinc and copper in
a. 5 litre b. 4 litre c. 10 litre d. 11 litre the ratio 2 : 1 and 4 : 1 should be mixed so that ratio of
8. A sum of `410 was divided among 50 boys and girls. respective metals in the resultant alloy is 3 : 1?
Each boy got `9 and each girl got `6.5. Find the num- a. 2 : 3 b. 3 : 5 c. 5 : 3 d. 3 : 2
ber of girls. 18. Two varieties of rice which cost `20 per kg and `30 per
a. 18 b. 12 c. 20 d. 16 kg are mixed in the ratio 3 : 2 and sold at the cost of the
9. A shopkeeper has 50 kg of rice, part of which he sells costlier variety. What is the profit percentage?
at 8% profit and rest at 18% profit. On the whole, he 1
gains 14% . What quantity of rice is sold at 18% profit? a. 20% b. 50% d. 33 %
c. 25%
3
(in kgs.)
19. Two varieties of sugar are mixed in the ratio 3 : 2 and
a. 40 b. 35 c. 30 d. 45
sold for `60 per kg by making a profit of 25%. If the
10. In 729 ml of solution, the ratio of acid to water is 7 : 2.
cost of sugar whose quantity is more is `40 per. kg.
How much more water should be mixed so that the
What is the cost of the other variety of sugar?
resulting mixture contains acid and water in the ratio
a. `60 b. `48 c. `50 d. `75
7 : 3?
20. A man purchased a sofa and a computer for `60,000.
a. 100 ml b. 40 ml c. 37 ml d. 81 ml
He sold sofa at 20% profit and computer at 40% profit.

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If he earns profit of 35% on the whole. What is the 6. A vessel contains milk and water in the ratio 5:3. Vol-
cost of computer? ume of mixture is 80 litres. Some mixture is replaced
a. `45,000 b. `15,000 c. `40,000 d. `20,000 with water, the ratio of milk and water becomes 7:9.
21. A mixture of milk and water contain 30% milk. What How many litres of mixture was replaced.
percent of the mixture should be replaced with milk a. 24 litre b. 12 litre c. 20 litre d. 10 litre
such that the resultant mixture contains milk and water 7. A container of wine contains 32 % alcohol. Some part
in the ratio 11 : 14? of liquid is replaced by another liquid containing 18 %
1 alcohol. The concentration of alcohol in the container
a. 33 % b. 25% c. 20% d. 28% becomes 28 %. What part of the liquid was replaced?
3
22. A milk vendor purchased 20 litre of milk at `20 per litre 3 3 1 2
a. b. c. d.
How many litre of water he must mix with that 20 litre of 8 7 4 7
milk to make a profit of 20% by selling the mixture at 8. In a mixture of 40 litre, ratio of milk and water is 2:3.
the price of milk. How many litre of milk should be mixed in it to make
a. 6 litre b. 10 litre c. 4 litre d. 5 litre ratio of milk and water 4:3?
23. A vessel contains milk and water in the ratio 3 : 2. If 15 a. 12 litre b. 16 litre c. 10 litre d. 4 litre
litre of water is added to it, the milk water ratio will be 9. Three vessels contain alcohol and water in the ratio of
reversed. Find the initial quantity of mixture in the ves- 3:4, 2:5 and 4:7. Volume of mixture in the vessels are 21
sel, in litre? litre, 35 litre and 44 litre. If the content of all three ves-
a. 15 b. 30 c. 31 d. 35 sels are mixed into a fourth vessel, then find part of
24. Two solutions of acid and water with ratio 2 : 7 and 4 : alcohol present in the fourth vessel.
5 are mixed in 2 : 1 ratio. What is the ratio of acid to
7 8 77 2
water in the resulting mixture? a. b. c. d.
a. 8 : 19 b. 1 : 2 c. 3 : 4 d. 4 : 5
20 19 100 7
25. The average marks scored by 120 students is 35. The 10. A milk man mixes water in milk and sell the mixture at
average marks of the students who passed is 39 and 2
that of the failed students is 15. What is the number of cost price. If he earns a profit of 16 % , find the ratio
3
students who passed the exam?
in which he mixes milk and water.
a. 50 b. 96 c. 80 d. 100
a. 2:1 b. 3:1 c. 6:1 d. 5:2
Level - II
11. Ratio of alcohol & water in three container of equal
1. A sum of ` 18000 was lent under simple interest partly
volume are 4:3, 5:2 & 7:3 respectively. The contents of
at 15 % p.a. and partly at 20 % p.a. for one year. If the
these container are poured into a fourth container. Find
total interest earned is ` 3330, what is the ratio of
the ratio of alcohol and water in the fourth container.
amounts invested at these two rates?
a. 139:71 b. 71:139 c. 130:71 d. 71:130
a. 4:5 b. 3:4 c. 2:5 d. 3:7
12. Capacity of two containers are in the ratio 1:2. Ratio of
2. A vessel contain liquid A & B in the ratio 5:3. If 16 litre
milk and water in the containers are in the ratio 4:5 and
of mixture is replaced by liquid B, then the ratio of A
3:2 respectively. Half part of IInd container is poured
and B becomes 3:5. Find the volume of the vessel?
into the first container. Find ratio of milk and water in the
a. 30 litre b. 40 litre c. 20 litre d. 10 litre
first container.
3. 70 litre mixture of milk and water contain 90 % milk.
a. 47:45 b. 43:47 c. 47:43 d. 45:47
How much water should be mixed in it that the new
13. Ratio of milk and water in a container is 5:7. 24 litre of
mixture contains 25 % water?
this mixture replaced by water. Now the ratio of milk
a. 14 litre b. 12 litre c. 15 litre d. 18 litre
and water in the container becomes 1:3. Find the vol-
4. Two types of steel A & B are available. Type A con-
ume of the mixture
tains 5 % Nickel and type B contains 40% Nickel. In
a. 60 litre b. 40 litre c. 48 litre d. 72 litre
what ratio A & B are mixed so that the final alloy con-
14. The ratio of expenditure and saving is 3:2. If income is
tains 30% Nickel?
increased by 15 % and saving increase by 6 %, then
a. 5:2 b. 3:5 c. 2:5 d. 5:3
by how much percent should the expenditure increase?
5. A vessel contains milk and water in the ratio 4:1. If 10
a. 25 b. 21 c. 12 d. 24
litres milk and 20 litres water are poured in the vessel,
15.15. How many kilograms of an ore containing 95% iron
the ratio of milk and water become 5:3. Find the quan-
and 5% nickel should be mixed with 120 kg of an ore
tity of milk in the initial mixture?
having iron and nickel in the proportion 7:3 such that
a. 30 litre b. 20 litre c. 40 litre d. 10 litre

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th replaced by an inferior quality oil (cost price = ` 200
4
the resultant ore contains part iron? per litre). The mixture is then sold at the price of the
5 superior quality oil resulting in a gain of 19%.If the
a. 90 b. 180 c. 80 d. 60
3
Level - III ratio of the inferior to the superior quality oil is ,
8
1. The ratio of milk and water in three mixtures are 1:2, 5:1
determine the cost of the superior quality oil?
and 7:2 respectively. If the mixtures are mixed in the
a. ` 500 b. ` 483 c. ` 525 d. ` 456
ratio 1:2:3, what is the ratio of milk to water in the re-
10. Selling price of milk depends on the fat content of the
sultant mixture?
milk. Normal fat content in pure milk is 60% and normal
a. 5:4 b. 11:7 c. 1:5 d. 13:5
selling price is ` 20 per litre. If the fat content falls
2. A vessel contains 300 litre of pure wine. From this 30
below 55%, then the selling price decrease by 20%. A
litres of wine is replaced with water. This process is
milk man process pure milk at ` 16 per litre. How much
repeated two more times. Find the concentration of
water as a percentage of pure milk can be added so
wine in the resultant solution.
that his selling price is not affected?
a. 72.9% b. 81% c. 90% d.66.66%
a. 9.09% b. 8.33% c. 10.63% d. 15%
3. From a barrel containing 150 litres of pure wine, 30
litres of wine is replaced by water. This process is Level - IV
repeated two more times. Find the quantity of wine in 1. In what ratio must two kinds of tea of rates ` 60 per kg
the resultant solution. and ` 65 per kg be mixed such that by selling mixture at
a. 51.2 litre b. 96 litre c. 76.8 litre d. 84.2 litre ` 68.20 it earns a profit of 10% [SSC CGL 2004]
4. By replacing 12 litres of an alcohol solution from a a. 3:2 b. 3:4 c. 4:3 d. 4:5
beaker (filled to the brim) by 12 litres of water, the con- 2. An alloy of 200gm contains copper and zinc in the
centration of alcohol drops from 18% to 15%, then ratio 2:3. How much copper (in gram) should be mixed
find the capacity of the beaker (in litres)? with it to make ratio of copper and zinc 3:2
a. 54 b. 36 c. 84 d. 72 [SSC tax assistant 2009]
5. A & B are two varieties of tea which are mixed in the a. 100 b. 120 c. 125 d. 150
ratio of 3:5 and the mixture is then sold at ` 35 per kg 3. A vessel contains 400ml, 15% alcohol. Find the quan-
making 25% profit in the process. If the first variants tity of pure alcohol which should be mixed in this ves-
of tea costs ` 10 per kg more than the cost of second sel to make the concentration of alcohol 32%?
variants of tea ( in ` per kg). Find the cost of B quality [SSC CGL 2002]
of tea. a. 60ml b. 100ml c. 128ml d. 68ml
a. 24.25 b. 26 c. 34.25 d. 36 4. A 40litre solution of milk and water has 10% water.
6. We have 100 litre solution of milk and water in which How much water must be mixed in this to make solu-
ratio of milk and water is 3:2. We add 25 litre of milk to tion of 20% water. [SSC CGL 2002]
this solution and flushed 25 litre of the solution. If the a. 6 b. 6.5 c. 5.5 d. 5
same process is done two more times, what would be 5. An alloy of 17.5kg contains copper and zinc in the
the percentage of milk in the final solution? ratio 5:2. Find the ratio if 1.25kg zinc is mixed to this
a. 83.65% b. 74.4% alloy.
c. 79.52% d. 86.75% [SSC CGL 2002]
7. From a 3:5 solution of milk and water, 20% is taken out a. 2:1 b. 2:3 c. 3:2 d.1:2
and replaced by milk. How many times should this 6. A 100litre milk solution contains 10% water. How much
process be repeated to make the ratio of milk and water water must be mixed in it to make it 50% water.
17:8? [SSC CGL 2002]
a. one time b. two time a. 70 litre b. 72 litre c. 78 litre d. 80 litre
c. three time d. four time 7. A special type fertilizer contains chemical A & B in the
8. Milk solution A contains 10% milk and milk solution B ratio 2:5. If 21 kg of this fertilizer is mixed with 3kg
contain 9 litres of milk. When the two solutions are chemical A. Find the ratio of chemical A & B in the final
mixed, the resultant mixture contains 12% milk. If vol- mixture. [SSC CGL 2006]
ume of solution B is one third the volume of solution a. 1:1 b. 2:3 c. 3:5 d. 4:5
A, what is the combined volume of the resultant mix- 8. Three equal containers contain milk and water in the
ture? ratio 2:3, 4:5 and 6:7 respectively. If all the three con-
tainers are poured into a bigger container, then find
100 400
a. litre b. litre the ratio of milk and water in the bigger container?
3 3
c. 200 litre d. 180 litre
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[Railway 2004] [SSC mains 2000]
a. 12:15 b. 3:5 c. 764:991 d. 8:9 a. 9litre, 12litre, 8litre b. 12litre, 8litre, 7litre
9. Two cans contain milk and water in the ratio 4:1 and 5:2 c. 7litre, 8litre, 12litre d. 8litre, 7litre, 12litre
respectively. Find ratio in which quantity of these two 17. Two alloy of copper has total weight 50 kg. Percentage
cans be mixed together to have milk and water in the of copper in first alloy is 40% less than the second
ratio 7:2. [Railway 2004] alloy. Find concentration of copper in first alloy if it is
a.20:7 b. 5:2 c. 15:7 d. 9:5 given that copper content in these alloy is 6 kg and 12
10. A milk man contain two containers. First container has kg respectively. [SSC mains 2000]
25% water and second container has 50% milk. Find a. 26.4% b. 44% c. 52.2% d. 50%
the quantity of mixture mixed from each container to 18. 2 litre spirit and water solution contain 12% water. This
have a third mixture having ratio of milk and water 5:3. solution is mixed with 3 litre solution containing 5%
[Delhi metro 2003] water. Find concentration of water in final mixture?
a. 6litre, 6litre b. 4litre, 8litre c. 5litre, 7litre d. 7li- [SSC mains 2005]
tre, 5litre a. 8% b. 7.8% c. 6.4% d. 8.2%
11. Ratio of milk and water in a glass is 3:5 and another 19. 6 litre sugar solution contains 4% sugar. 1 litre water
glass contain milk and water in the ratio 6:1. In what vaporize on heating. Find concentration of sugar in
ratio quantity of each glass be mixed to have ratio of the final solution?
milk and water 1:1. [SSC DEO a. 5% b. 4.2% c. 4.8% d. 4.5%
2009] 1
a. 20:7 b. 8:3 c. 27:4 d. 25:9 20. A vessel contain 81 litre pure milk. part of milk is
3
12. 20litre milk solution contain milk and water in the ratio
1
5:3. If 4litre of mixture is replaced by pure milk then find replaced by water. Again part of mixture is replaced
3
the ratio of milk and water in the final mixture?
[SSC CGL 2002] by water. Find ratio of milk and water in the final mix-
a. 2:1 b. 6:5 c. 7:3 d. 8:3 ture.
13. A vessel has 15% sugar and another vessel has 5% [SSC mains 2006]
sugar. How many litre of sugar second solution mixed a. 5:4 b. 4:5 c. 7:4 d. 4:7
with 20litre of first solution to have 10% sugar solu- 21. A vessel contains acid and water. Concentration of
tion? [Railway 2001] acid is 36%. 4 litre mixture is replaced by water. Con-
a. 10litre b. 15litre c. 5litre d. 20litre centration of acid in final mixture is 30%. Find the vol-
14. 5litre water (freely available) mixed in pure milk costing ume of the container.
` 3per litre,. If mixture sold for ` 3per litre profit is 20%. [SSC mains 2007]
Find quantity of pure milk in the mixture. a. 21 litre b. 28 litre c. 30 litre d. 24 litre
[Railway 2004] 22. A shopkeeper mixed two variety of tea costing Rs 75
a. 30litre b. 20litre c. 28litre d. 25litre and Rs 50 per kg in the ratio 3:2. He sold mixture at Rs
15. A vessel contains 5 part milk and 3 part water. How 62.40 per kg. Find his profit or loss percent.
much part of mixture be replaced by water to have a. 4% profit b. 5% profit c. 5% loss d. 4% loss
equal milk and water. [Railway 2001] 23. Salt solution contain 15% salt. If 30 litre water vaporize
from this solution, concentration of salt becomes 20%.
2 1 1 1 Find initial volume of the solution?
a. b. c. d.
3 3 4 5 [SSC mains 2009]
1 a. 90 litre b. 100 litre c. 60 litre d. 120 litre
16. Three container contains some water. part of first 24. The ratio of land and water on whole earth is 1:2. And
3
this ratio on northern hemisphere is 2:3. Then the ratio
container is poured into second container. After this of land and water on southern hemisphere is.
1 [SSC mains 2012]
of total part of second container is poured into a. 4:11 b. 4:15 c. 11:4 d. 15:4
4
25. Sourav purchased 30 kg of rice at the rate of Rs 10 per
1 kg and 35 kg at the rate of Rs 11 per kg. He mixed the
third container and then of total part of third con-
10 two. At what price per kg (in Rs) should he sell the
tainer poured into the first container. Now each con- mixture to make 30% profit in the transaction?
tainer contain 9litre of water, Find initial quantity of [SSC mains 2013]
water in each container. a. 12.5 b. 13 c. 13.7 d. 14.25

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ANSWERS

Level - I Level - III

1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (b) 1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (c)
8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (d) 11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (a) 14. (b) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (a)
15. (b) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (a) 21. (c)
22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (d)
Level - IV
Level - II

1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (c)

1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (d)
8. (c) 9. (a) 10. (a) 11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (d)
8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (b)
15. (d) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (b) 21. (d)
15. (c)
22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (c)

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