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  • 1. Tea worth of Rs. 135/kg and Rs. 126/kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1: 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, the price of the third variety per kg will be____?

  • Options
  • A. Rs. 169.50
  • B. Rs.1700
  • C. Rs. 175.50
  • D. Rs. 180
  • Also asked in: CAT, Bank Exams, AIEEE

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  • 2. A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are water and 5 parts of syrup. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup?

  • Options
  • A. 1/3
  • B. 1/4
  • C. 1/5
  • D. 1/7
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  • 3. In what proportion water must be added to spirit to gain 20% by selling it at the cost price?

  • Options
  • A. 1:5
  • B. 1:6
  • C. 1:7
  • D. 1:8
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  • 4. The ratio of expenditure and savings is 3 : 2 . If the income increases by 15% and the savings increases by 6% , then by how much percent should his expenditure increases?

  • Options
  • A. 25
  • B. 21
  • C. 12
  • D. 24
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  • 5. A mixture of 150 liters of wine and water contains 20% water. How much more water should be added so that water becomes 25% of the new mixture?

  • Options
  • A. 10 liters
  • B. 20 liters
  • C. 30 liters
  • D. 40 liters
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  • 6. How many kilograms of sugar costing Rs. 9 per kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar costing Rs. 7 per Kg so that there may be a gain of 10 % by selling the mixture at Rs. 9.24 per Kg?

  • Options
  • A. 36 Kg
  • B. 42 Kg
  • C. 54 Kg
  • D. 63 Kg
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  • 7. The cost of Type 1 rice is Rs. 15 per kg and Type 2 rice is Rs.20 per kg. If both Type 1 and Type 2 are mixed in the ratio of 2 : 3, then the price per kg of the mixed variety of rice is

  • Options
  • A. Rs. 19.50
  • B. Rs. 19
  • C. Rs. 18
  • D. Rs. 18.50
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  • 8. The diluted wine contains only 8 liters of wine and the rest is water. A new mixture whose concentration is 30%, is to be formed by replacing wine. How many liters of mixture shall be replaced with pure wine if there was initially 32 liters of water in the mixture?

  • Options
  • A. 4
  • B. 5
  • C. 8
  • D. None of these
  • Also asked in: CAT, Bank Exams, Bank PO, Bank Clerk

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  • 9. The ratio of petrol and kerosene in the container is 3:2 when 10 liters of the mixture is taken out and is replaced by the kerosene, the ratio become 2:3. Then total quantity of the mixture in the container is:

  • Options
  • A. 25
  • B. 30
  • C. 45
  • D. cannot be determined
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  • 10. A milk man sells the milk at the cost price but he mixes the water in it and thus he gains 9.09%. The quantity of water in the mixture of 1 liter is :

  • Options
  • A. 83.33 ml
  • B. 90.90 ml
  • C. 99.09 ml
  • D. can't be determined
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