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A milk seller pays Rs. 500 per kiloliter for his milk. He adds water to it and sells the mixture at 56 P a liter, thereby making altogether 40 % profit. Find the proportion of water to milk which his customers receive?
Options
A. 1 : 4
B. 2 : 3
C. 1 : 5
D. 4 : 1

Correct Answer

1 : 4

Explanation

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1.
15 liters of a mixture contains 20 % alcohol and the rest water. If 3 liters of water be mixed in it, the % of alcohol in the new mixture will be ?
Options
A. 17
B. 16 2 3
C. 18 1 2
D. 15

2.
A can contains a mixture of 2 liquids A and B in proportion 7 : 5 when 9 liters of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the proportion of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many liters of liquid A was contained by the can initially?
Options
A. 25
B. 10
C. 20
D. 21

3.
From a cask of wine, containing 64 liters, 8 liters are drawn out and the cask is filled up with water. If the same process is repeated a second, then a third time, what will be the number of liters of wine left in the cask?
Options
A. 42 1 kg 8
B. 42 3 kg 8
C. 48 7 kg 8
D. 42 7 kg 8

4.
3 glasses of capacity 2 liters, 5 liters and 9 liters contain mixture of milk and water with milk concentrations 90 %, 80 % and 70 % respectively. The contents of 3 glasses are emptied into a large vessel. Find the milk concentration and ratio of milk to water in the resultant mixture ?
Options
A. 121 : 39
B. 131 : 49
C. 39 : 121
D. 49 : 131

5.
A man buys milk at Rs. 5 a litre and mixes it with water. By selling the mixture at Rs. 4 a litre he gains 12¹/₂ % on his outlay. How much water did each litre of the mixture contain?
Options
A. 32 litre 45
B. 13 litre 45
C. 32 litre 13
D. None of these

6.
How many bananas at 5 for Re. 1�20 should be mixed with 300 bananas at 6 for Rs. 2�10, so that they should all be worth Rs. 3�60 a dozen?
Options
A. 350
B. 280
C. 320
D. 250

7.
Fresh fruit contains 72 % water and dry fruits contains 20 % water. How much dry fruit from 100 kg of fresh fruit can be obtained?
Options
A. 32 kg
B. 33 kg
C. 30 kg
D. 35 kg

8.
From a vessel filled with alcohol 1/5 of its contents is removed and the vessel is then filled up with water. If this be done 5 times in succession, what proportion of the alcohol originally contained in the vessel will have been removed from it?
Options
A. 1024 3125
B. 2101 3125
C. 1024 2101
D. None of these

9.
A solution of sugar syrup has 15 % sugar. Another solution has 5 % sugar. How many liter of the second solution must be added to 20 liters of the first solution to make a solution of 10 % sugar?
Options
A. 10
B. 5
C. 15
D. 20

10.
Two casks of 48 and 42 liters are filled with mixture of wine and water13 : 7 and 18 : 17. If the contents of the two casks be mixed and 20 liters of water added to the whole what will be the proportion of wine to water in the result?
Options
A. 13 : 12
B. 12 : 13
C. 21 : 31
D. 31 : 21

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