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Alligation or Mixture problems


  • 1. If a man buys 1 lt of milk for Rs.12 and mixes it with 20% water and sells it for Rs.15, then what is the percentage of gain?

  • Options
  • A. 25%
  • B. 30%
  • C. 17%
  • D. 19%
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  • 2. Manideep purchases 30kg of barley at the rate of 11.50/kg and 20kg at the rate of 14.25/kg. He mixed the two and sold the mixture in the shop. At what price per kg should he sell the mixture to make 30% profit to him?

  • Options
  • A. 15.84
  • B. 14.92
  • C. 13.98
  • D. 16.38
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  • 3. Shiva purchased 280 kg of Rice at the rate of 15.60/kg and mixed it with 120 kg of rice purchased at the rate of 14.40/kg. He wants to earn a profit of Rs. 10.45 per kg by selling it. What should be the selling price of the mix per kg?

  • Options
  • A. Rs. 22.18
  • B. Rs. 25.69
  • C. Rs. 26.94
  • D. Rs. 27.54
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  • 4. Two bottles contains mixture of milk and water. First bottle contains 64% milk and second bottle contains 26% water. In what ratio these two mixtures are mixed so that new mixture contains 68% milk?

  • Options
  • A. 3 : 2
  • B. 2 : 1
  • C. 1 : 2
  • D. 2 : 3
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  • 5. 640 ml of a mixture contains milk and water in ratio 6:2. How much of the water is to be added to get a new mixture containing half milk and half water?

  • Options
  • A. 360 ml
  • B. 320 ml
  • C. 310 ml
  • D. 330 ml
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  • 6. 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. 5 lit
  • B. 10 lit
  • C. 15 lit
  • D. 20 lit
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  • 7. In a mixture, the ratio of juice and water is 4 : 3. By adding 6 litre water the ratio of juice and water will be 8 : 7. What is the amount of juice in the original mixture?

  • Options
  • A. 38 lit
  • B. 96 lit
  • C. 48 lit
  • D. 52 lit
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  • 8. A bucket contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the proportion 7: 5. If 9 litres of the mixture is replaced by 9 litres of liquid B, then the ratio of the two liquid becomes 7: 9. How much of the liquid A was there in the bucket?

  • Options
  • A. 21 litres
  • B. 15 litres
  • C. 23 litres
  • D. 18 litres
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  • 9. From container A containing 54 liter of mixture of milk and water in ratio of 8 : 1 , 18 liter of the mixture is taken out and poured into container B in which ratio of milk to water is 3 : 1. If difference between total milk and total water in container B is 30 liter then find the quantity of initial mixture in container B.

  • Options
  • A. 30 Liter
  • B. 28 Liter
  • C. 32 Liter
  • D. 36 Liter
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  • 10. 
    A vessel contains 20 liters of a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 3:2. 10 liters of the mixture are removed and replaced with an equal quantity of pure milk. If the process is repeated once more, find the ratio of milk and water in the final mixture obtained?

  • Options
  • A. 5:3
  • B. 1:4
  • C. 4:1
  • D. 9:1
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