CAT workshop 7- Mixture & Alligation, Simple & Compound Interest

Question: There are two bottles A and B with 40 litres of 80% concentrated milk and 20 litres of 60%
concentrated milk, respectively. If half of the content of B is added to A, what is the ratio of milk to water
in bottle A now?
1) 3:2 2) 4:3 3) 3:1 4) 19:6

Question: The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is 3 : 2. If 10 litres of water is added to it, the ratio gets
reversed. What is the amount of the total mixture now?
A.10 litres B. Rs. 20 litres C. 24 litres D. 30 litres

Question: Divide Rs. 6000 into two parts so that the simple interest on the first part for 2 years at 6% p.a.
may be equal to the simple interest on the second part for 3 years at 8% p.a. (in Rs.).
A. 4000, 2000 B. 3500, 2500 C. 3800, 2200 D. 3600, 2400

Question: For a loan of Rs. 32,400 that I gave to my friend Anil, he promised to pay me the amount in
monthly installments, starting with a certain amount and increasing the installments every month with a
fixed amount of Rs. 100. In this way, he could clear off the loan in 24 months. How much was the first
installment?

Question: A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio of 3 : 2. When 5 litres of the mixture
is drawn and replaced with liquid B, the ratio of A to B becomes 1 : 1. What quantity of liquid A was there
in the can initially?

Question: 'A' buys 20 kg of sugar at the rate of Rs. 8.50 per kg and 30 kg of sugar at the rate of Rs. 9.75 per
kg. He mixes both the types of sugar. At what price (per kg) should he sell the mixture to get a profit of
25% on the cost price?
(a) Rs. 11.56 (b) Rs. 12.5 (c) Rs. 10.5 (d) Rs. 10

Question: The concentration of milk in bottle A is 80%, in bottle B is 50% and in bottle C is 60%. 10 litres of
bottle-B milk is mixed with 20 litres of bottle-C milk and this mixture is mixed with 10 litres of bottle-A milk.
The resultant mixture is kept in bottle D.
What is the concentration of bottle-D milk?
1. 42.5% 2. 59.5% 3. 62.5% 4. CBD
Question: Amit invested two equal sums of Rs. 5000 for 2 years at 10%, one at compound interest payable
yearly and the other at compound interest payable half-yearly. Find the difference between amounts that
he will get at the end of 2 years.
A. Rs. 23.50 B. Rs. 24.50 C. Rs. 25.50 D. Rs. 27.50

Question: Ritesh deposited Rs. 8000 in State Bank of India. He had to pay 10% of the interest of the first
year as his college fees, after which Rs. 900 of the interest amount was left. Find the rate percentage at
which the interest was paid.
A. 13.5% B. 12.5% C. 11.5% D. 10.5%

Question: A gold biscuit weighing 11 kg contained only 82% gold and the rest copper. If it was alloyed with
another gold biscuit and the resulting alloy had a mass of 28 kg and contained 90% gold, then find the
percentage of gold in the second biscuit.
A. 93.2% B. 94.5% C. 95.2% D. 96%

Question: A vessel contains 40 litres of milk. A milkman delivers 10 litres to the first house and adds an
equal quantity of water. He does the same with the second and the third houses. What is the ratio of milk
to water when he has finished delivering at the third house?
A. 27:37 B. 26:38 C. 1:4 D. 27:64

Question: A giant watermelon weighs 30 kg, of which 90% is water. After remaining in the sun for one
hour, some of the water evaporates such that water makes up 80% of the weight. What is the weight of
the watermelon now?
A. 15 kg B. 17 kg C. 22 kg D. 28 kg

Question: Cask I contains wine and water in the respective ratio 6 : 7 and cask II contains wine and water in
the respective ratio 9 : 4. In what ratio must the contents of the two casks be mixed to get a mixture of
wine and water in the respective ratio 8 : 5?
A. 2:5 B. 3 : 5 C. 1:5 D. 1:2

Question: A father left a will that his capital of Rs. 18,750 should be divided between his two sons aged 12
years and 14 years, respectively, when they attain maturity at the age of 18 years. The amount received by
each at 5% simple interest would be the same. Find the sum allotted to the elder son.
A. Rs. 9,750 B. Rs. 9,450 C. Rs. 9,000 D. Rs. 8,700

Question: A sum of Rs. 39,00,000 is allotted for providing compensation to the victims of a train accident.
The authorities have decided to sanction an amount of Rs. 30,000 to the injured and Rs. 80,000 to the
families of the dead passengers. If there are total 65 victims, then find the number of injured passengers.
 (a) 24 (b) 26 (c) 32 (d) 39

Question: A milkman has 48 litres of mixture of milk and water in the ratio 5 : 1, respectively. He withdraws
some amount of the mixture from the vessel and replaces it with milk. The ratio of the mixture of milk and
water now becomes 7 : 1. What amount of the mixture is withdrawn?

Question: A man borrowed Rs. 12,000 at 5% simple interest, Rs. 15,000 at 8% simple interest and Rs.
20,000 at 12% simple interest. He lent all this money to another person at the rate of 10% compounded
annually. How much money will the man gain after 2 years?

Question: An alloy is composed of copper, tin and zinc in the ratio 8 : 9 : 4, respectively. Another alloy
contains these metals in the ratio 21 : 8 : 13, respectively. Equal weights of these two alloys are taken and
fused together. What is the ratio of these ingredient metals in the resulting alloy?
(a) 37 : 16 : 21 (b) 37 : 26 : 31 (c) 37 : 26 : 21 (d) 27 : 26 : 21

Question: A container is full of sugar syrup. 4 gallons of syrup is drawn out of the container and replaced
with water. From this water-syrup mixture, 4 gallons of mixture is again withdrawn and replaced with
water. The ratio of the sugar syrup to water in the container was then found to be 36 : 13. How many
gallons does the container hold?
(a) 8 gallons (b) 12 gallons (c) 15 gallons (d) 28 gallons

Question: A man invests Rs. 10,000 for a year, out of which Rs. 4000 are invested at the rate of 5%, Rs.
3500 at the rate of 4% and the remaining at the rate of x%. If at the end of the year, he gets Rs. 500 as
interest, then find the value of x.
1. 6.2 2. 6.4 3. 6.3 4. 6.5

Question: A owes B Rs. 456.75 payable 4.5 months hence and B owes A Rs. 455.51 payable 3 months
hence. If they agree to settle their accounts by a ready money payment, then what sum should be paid
over and to whom, reckoning the rate of true discount at 4 percent per annum?
A. Rs. 2 paid to A B. Re. 1 paid to A C. Rs. 2.5 paid to B D. Rs. 3.5 paid to B
Question: Two metals X and Y are to be used for making two different alloys. If the ratio by weight of X : Y
in the first alloy is 6 : 5 and that in the second is 7 : 13, then how many kilograms of X metal must be
melted along with 11 kg of the first alloy and 20 kg of the second, so as to produce a new alloy containing
40% of metal Y?
(a) 11 kg (b) 13 kg (c) 14 kg (d) 20 kg

Question: John stole some whisky from a bottle which his father had kept in the cupboard. This bottle of
whisky contained 50% alcohol. John replaced what he had drunk by another brand of whisky which
contained only 25% alcohol. The whisky in the bottle now has only 35% alcohol. How much quantity from
the bottle did John steal?
(a) 3/5 (b) 2/5 (c) 4/5 (d) 2/3

Question: Out of his total savings, Ram invested Rs. 12000 in Scheme 1 that was offering compound
interest at the rate of 10% for two years and the remaining amount in Scheme 2, offering simple interest at
15% per annum for two years. The ratio of interests received in both the schemes is 14 : 25. What amount
was invested by Ram in Scheme 2?
(A) Rs. 13000 (B) Rs. 14000 (C) Rs. 15000 D) Rs. 16000

Question: A lent B Rs. 900 for a certain time at a certain rate per annum which was equal to the square
root of the number of months of time. After the time, B wanted to return the money, but A instead of
taking the interest, which amounted to Rs. 48, asked for a certain sum of money at the same rate for a
certain number of years which was equal to the square root of the rate. Find the sum of money so that
neither of them ends up as a loser. (Take simple interest)
A. Rs. 720 B. Rs. 640 C. Rs. 600 D. Rs. 580

Question: A sum of money is accumulating at a compound interest at a certain rate of interest. If simple
interest instead of compound is reckoned, the interest for the first two years would be diminished by Rs.
20 and that for the first three years would be diminished by Rs. 61. Find the sum.
(a) Rs. 7500 (b) Rs. 7000 (c) Rs. 6500 (d) Rs. 8000

Question: A merchant mixes three varieties of rice costing Rs. 20/kg, Rs. 24/kg and Rs. 30/kg, and sells the
mixture at Rs. 30/kg with a profit of 20%. How many kilograms of the second variety will be in the mixture,
if 2 kg of the third variety is there in the mixture?
(a) 1 KG (b) 3 KG (c) 5 KG (d) 6 KG

Question: The amount of Rajat's annual salary increments each of Rs. 3600 every year and that of Mangat's
salary increments each of Rs. 7200 every alternate year, were placed in a savings account earning 6%
simple interest. Rajat received his first increment on March 1, 1997, whereas Mangat received his first
increment on March 1, 1998. After receiving their increments on March 1, 2000, the total amount held by
Rajat as compared to that held by Mangat is
(a) Rs. 523 more (b) Rs. 216 less (c) Rs. 432 more (d) Rs. 216 more

Question: There are two solutions of HCl in water. The first is 40% strong and the second is 60% strong. The
two solutions are mixed. Some amount of pure water is added and a 20% strong solution is obtained. If
instead of adding pure water, the same amount of an 80% strong solution had been added to the mixture,
then a 70% strong solution would have been obtained. What was the initial quantity of the 40% and the
60% solutions?
(a) 2 kg, 1 kg (b) 1 kg, 2 kg (c) 3 kg, 2 kg (d) Cannot be determined

Question: Mixtures A and B are contained in two separate vessels. Mixture A contains ingredients P, Q and
R in a ratio of 3 : 5 : 2 and mixture B contains ingredients P and Q in a ratio of 4 : 5. We have to make 540
litres of a new mixture by adding the mixtures A and B in a ratio of 1 : 2. What will be the quantity of
ingredient P in the final mixture?
(a) 201 litres (b) 210 litres (c) 214 litres (d) 231 litres

Question: A father left a will of Rs. 35 lakh for his two daughters, aged 8.5 years and 16 years, such that
they may get equal amounts when each of them reaches the age of 21 years. The original amount of Rs. 35
lakh has been instructed to be invested at 10% p.a. simple interest. How much did the elder daughter get?
(a) Rs. 17 lakh (b) Rs. 21 lakh (c) Rs. 25 lakh (d) Rs. 30 lakh

Question: There are three investment schemes P, Q and R available in Bank Y. Schemes P and Q
respectively offer 14% and 18% interest rates compounded annually, while scheme R offers 16% simple
interest. Rakesh invests Rs. 16,000 in scheme R and Rs. 18,000 in scheme Q for two years, while Dharmesh
invests Rs. 15,000 in scheme Q and Rs. 29,000 in scheme P for two years.
What percent more interest will Dharmesh receive in comparison to Rakesh?
(a) 14.35% (b) 16.58% (c) 19.63% (d) 20.35%