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Alligation or Mixture problems


  • 1. 
    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
  • Discuss
  • 2. 
    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
  • Discuss
  • 3. 
    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
  • Discuss
  • 4. 
    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
  • Discuss
  • 5. 
    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
  • Discuss
  • 6. 
    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
  • Discuss
  • 7. 
    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
  • Discuss
  • 8. 
    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
  • Discuss
  • 9. 
    729 ml of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 7 : 2. How much more water is to be added to get a new mixture containing milk and water in ratio 7 : 3?

  • Options
  • A. 600 ml
  • B. 710 ml
  • C. 520 ml
  • D. None of these
  • Discuss
  • 10. 
    Currants at Rs. 50 per kg are mixed with currants at Rs. 90 per kg to make a mixture of 17 kg worth Rs. 70 per kg. How many kilograms of each are taken?

  • Options
  • A. 8 kg, 9 kg
  • B. 8 1 kg of each 2
  • C. 7 kg, 10 kg
  • D. None of these
  • Discuss

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