MIXTURE AND ALLIGATION

1. A 150 litres of mixture contains 20% of water and remaining wine. How many litres of water should be mixed to
make 50% of water in the mixture?

a) 78 litres

b) 84 litres

c) 74 litres

e) 80 litres

d) 90 litres

2. A 300 g mixture of acid and base contains 55% of acid. If 30 g of base is added, then what percentage of acid wei
ght is in the new mixture?

a) 60%

d) 55%

b) 50%

c) 40%

e) None of these

3. In 60 litres of a mixture, the ratio of milk to water is 1:3. If 12 litres of water is added to the mixture, then the new
ratio would be

a) 15:37

d) 14:57

b) 3:5

c) 15:57

e) None of these

4. A man purchases milk at 50 per litre and mixes 11 litres of water in it. By seiling the resultant mixture at the rate o
f 35 per litre, he earns a profit of 25%. What was the total amount of mixture he had with him to sell?

a) 15 litres

b) 25 litres

c) 20 litres

d) 14 litres

e) None of these

5. A mixture of 60 litres contains milk and water in the ratio of 2: 1. When some of the mixture is taken out and the s
ame amount of water is added to the mixture, the ratio becomes 3:2. How much amount of water is added in the mixt
ure?

a) 12 litres

b) 8 litres

c) 6 litres

d) 4 litres

e) Cannot be determined

6. To make a new alloy 240 kg of an alloy A is mixed with 400 kg of alloy B. If alloy A has lead and tin in the ratio
of 3:2 and alloy B has tin and copper in the ratio of 1:4,then what will be the amount of tin in the new alloy?

a) 148 kg

b) 124 kg

c) 172 kg

d) 176 kg

e) 160 kg

7. A milkman buys 20 litres of milk at RS.25 per litre and also buys some amount of milk at RS.15 per litre. If he mi
xes and sells the mixture at RS.24 per litre at a profit of 20%, then how many litres of milk he buys for RS.15 per litr
e?

a) 15 litres

b) 25 litres

c) 20 litres

d) 30 litres

e) None of these

8. Two containers have milk and water in the ratio of 3:5 and 7:9, respectively. If whole mixture from both the conta
iners is mixed in another container, find the ratio of water to milk in the new container.

a) 11:13

b) 13:19

c) 17:19

d) 19:17

e) 19:13

9. Two vessels A and B contain milk and water in the ratio of 3:4 and 3:2. Calcu- late the ratio in which these to be
mixed to obtain a new mixture in which the ratio of milk and water is 4:5.
a) 5:43

b) 3:29

c) 49:5

d) 7:47

e) 49:6

10. Mixture A contains milk and water in the ratio of 5:3 and mixture B contains milk and water in the ratio of 3:1.
A and B are mixed in the ratio of 2:3. If the quantity of milk in the resultant mixture is 70 litres, find the total quantit
y of resultant mixture.

a) 90 litres

b) 100 litres

c) 140 litres

d) 105 litres

e) 84 litres

11. There are two boxes A and B. Box A contains 30 kg Rava and box B contains 25 kg of sugar. Now 5 kg of Rava
is taken from box A and poured into box B, and then 12 kg of mixture is taken from box B and poured into box A.
What is the ratio of the quantity of Rava in box A to the quantity of sugar in box B?

a) 11:9

c) 9:5

b) 7:3

d) 8:3

e) 9:7

12. Average weight of elephants in a zoo is 1.3 tonnes. Average weight of tigers in the zoo is 200 kg. The average w
eight of elephants and tigers in the zoo is 0.8 tonnes. The number of elephants in the zoo is 30 more than the number
of tigers in the zoo. How many elephants are there in the zoo?

a) 120

b) 150

c) 180

d) 210

e) 240

13. A container contains 40 litres of Mango juice. Now 5 litres of mango juice is drawn off and the same amount of
water is replaced in the container. This process is repeated for one more time. Find the ratio of mango juice to water