1) A jar contains a mixture of 175 ml water and 700 ml alcohol.

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10% of the mixture and substitutes it by water of the same amount. The process is
repeated once again. The percentage of water in the mixture is now? (CAT-18)
A) 20.5 B) 25.4 C) 30.3 D) 35.2
2) A chemist mixes two liquids 1 and 2. One litre of liquid 1 weighs 1 kg and one litre of liquid 2
weighs 800 gm. If half litre of the mixture weighs 480 gm, then the percentage of liquid 1 in the
mixture, in terms of volume, is
3) Bottle 1 contains a mixture of milk and water in 7 : 2 ratio and Bottle 2 contains a mixture of
milk and water in 9 : 4 ratio. In what ratio of volumes should the liquids in Bottle 1 and Bottle 2
be combined to obtain a mixture of milk and water in 3 : 1 ratio ?
A) 27 : 14 B) 27 : 13 C) 27 : 16 D) 27 : 18
4) A 20% ethanol solution is mixed with another ethanol solution, say, S of unknown
concentration in the proportion 1:3 by volume. This mixture is then mixed with an
equal volume of 20% ethanol solution. If the resultant mixture is a 31.25% ethanol
solution, then the unknown concentration of S is ?
A) 50 B) 55 C) 48 D) 52
5) There are two drums, each containing a mixture of paints A and B. In drum 1, A and B are in
the ratio 18 : 7. The mixtures from drums 1 and 2 are mixed in the ratio 3 : 4 and in this final
mixture, A and B are in the ratio 13 : 7. In drum 2, then A and B were in the ratio
A) 220:149 B) 229:141 C) 239:161 D) 251:163
6) The strength of a salt solution is p% if 100 ml of the solution contains p grams of salt. Each of
three vessels A, B, C contains 500 ml of salt solution of strengths 10%, 22%, and 32%,
respectively. Now,100 ml of the solution in vessel A is transferred to vessel B. Then, 100 ml of the
solution in vessel B is transferred to vessel C. Finally, 100 ml of the solution in vessel C is
transferred to vessel A. The strength, in % , of the resulting solution in vessel A is
A) 14 B) 12 C) 15 D) 13
7) If a certain weight of an alloy of silver and copper is mixed with 3 kg of pure silver, the
resulting alloy will have 90% silver by weight. If the same weight of the initial alloy is mixed
with 2 kg of another alloy which has 90% silver by weight, the resulting alloy will have 84%
silver by weight. Then, the weight of the initial alloy, in kg, is (CAT-21)
A) 3.5 B) 2.5 C) 3 D) 4
8) The strength of an indigo solution in percentage is equal to the amount of indigo in grams per 100 cc of water. Two
800 cc bottles are filled with indigo solutions of strengths 33% and 17%, respectively. A part of the solution from the
first bottle is thrown away and replaced by an equal volume of the solution from the second bottle. If the strength of
the indigo solution in the first bottle has now changed to 21% then the volume, in cc, of the solution left in the second
bottle is (CAT-21)
9) From a container filled with milk, 9 litres of milk are drawn and replaced with water. Next,
from the same container, 9 litres are drawn and again replaced with water. If the volumes of milk
and water in the container are now in the ratio of 16 : 9 , then the capacity of the container , in
litres , is (CAT-21)
10) Two alcohol solutions, A and B, are mixed in the proportion 1:3 by volume. The volume of the
mixture is then doubled by adding solution A such that the resulting mixture has 72% alcohol. If
solution A has 60% alcohol, then the percentage of alcohol in solution B is (CAT-20)
A) 94% B) 92% C) 90% D) 89%
11) A glass contains 500 cc of milk and a cup contains 500 cc of water. From the glass,150 cc of
milk is transferred to the cup and mixed thoroughly. Next, 150 cc of this mixture is transferred
from the cup to the glass. Now, the amount of water in the glass and the amount of milk in the
cup are in the ratio
A) 1 : 1 B) 3 : 10 C) 10 : 13 D) 10 : 3
12) There are two containers of the same volume, first container half-filled with sugar syrup and the second container
half-filled with milk. Half the content of the first container is transferred to the second container, and then the half of
this mixture is transferred back to the first container. Next, half the content of the first container is transferred back to
the second container. Then the ratio of sugar syrup and milk in the second container is
A) 6 : 5 B) 5 : 6 C) 5 : 4 D) 4 : 5
13) Two alcohol solutions, A and B, are mixed in the proportion 1:3 by volume. The volume of the mixture is then
doubled by adding solution A such that the resulting mixture has 72% alcohol. If solution A has 60% alcohol, then the
percentage of alcohol in solution B is
A) 94% B) 92% C) 90% D) 89%
14) From a container filled with milk, 9 litres of milk are drawn and replaced with water. Next, from the
same container, 9 litres are drawn and again replaced with water. If the volumes of milk and water in the
container are now in the ratio of 49 : 51, then the capacity of the container, in litres, is
15) A mixture of liquids P, Q and R, contains the three in the ratio 2 : 4 : 7 respectively. P and Q are added till the ratio
becomes 7 : 4 : 2. Find the ratio of the amounts of P and Q added.
A) 49 : 16 B) 9 : 4 C) 5 : 2 D) 7 : 4
16) A mixture comprises water and liquids A and B. The volume of water is 1/3rd of the total mixture and the volume of liquids A
and B are in the ratio 5:3. To remove the water, the mixture is passed through a porous medium which completely absorbs the
water and partially absorbs liquid A. Altogether this porous medium absorbs 200 ml of the initial mixture. If the ratio of volume of
liquids A and B in the residual concentrated mixture becomes 7:9 then find the volume of water absorbed by the porous medium.
(A) 60 ml (B) 200/3 ml (C) 80 ml (D) 120 ml
17) Milk Solutions A contains 10 % milk and milk solution B contains 9 litres of milk. When the
two solutions are mixed , the resultant mixture contains 12 % milk. If the volume of solution B is
one third the volume of solution A , what is the combined volume of the resultant mixture ?
A ) 180 litres B ) 240 litres C) 300 litres D) 200 litres
18) An alloy of gold and silver weighs 50 gms. It contains 80% gold. How much gold should be added to the alloy so that
percentage of gold is increased to 90?
A) 50 gms B) 60 gms C) 30 gms D) 40 gms
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20) The students in class X of a school are divided into three sections A, B and C. They wrote a Talent Search Test. The average
scores of A, B and C in that test were 67, 83 and 95 respectively. If the average score of the students of sections A and B together
is 73 and that of sections B and C together is 89, then find the average score of the students of sections A and C together.
A) 72.5 B) 67.5 C) 77.5 D) 83.5
21) Solution A contains water and milk in the ratio 9 : 11. Solution B contains water and Milk in
the ratio 11 : 9. These two solutions are mixed to get a solution of milk and water containing 48%
water. What percentage of final mixture is the solution B?
A) 40 % B) 55 % C) 30 % D) 70 %
22) In a bowl containing 60 ml orange juice, 40 ml of water is poured. Thereafter, 100 ml of apple juice is poured to
make a fruit punch. Madhu drinks 50 ml of this fruit punch and comments that the proportion of orange juice needs to
be higher for better taste. How much orange juice should be poured into the fruit punch that remained, in order to
bring up the level of orange juice to 50 percentage?
A) 100 ml B) 40 ml C) 80 ml D) 60 ml
23) A container contains 40 litres of milk. From this container, 4 litres of milk was taken out and
replaced by water. This process should be repeated how much time so that resultant mixture
contain more water than milk.
24) What fraction of orange juice of 50 % strength should be removed and replaced with orange
juice of 20 %, So that the mixture is of 40 % strength.
25) 6 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
the water is 16 : 65. How much wine did the cask originally hold?