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Alligation or Mixture problems


  • 1. 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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  • 2. The average weight of boys in a class is 30 kg and the average weight of girls in the same class is 20kg. If the average weight of the whole class is 23.25 kg, what could be the possible strength of boys and girls respectively in the same class?

  • Options
  • A. 14 and 16
  • B. 13 and 27
  • C. 17 and 27
  • D. None of these
  • Discuss
  • 3. Find the ratio in which rice at Rs. 7.20 a kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70 a kg to produce a mixture worth Rs. 6.30 a kg.

  • Options
  • A. 1:3
  • B. 2:3
  • C. 3:4
  • D. 4:5
  • Discuss
  • 4. The ratio of water and alcohol in two different containers is 2:3 and 4:5. In what ratio we are required to mix the mixtures of two containers in order to get the new mixture in which the ratio of alcohol and water be 7:5?

  • Options
  • A. 7:3
  • B. 5:3
  • C. 8:5
  • D. 2:7
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  • 5. In the 75 litres of mixture of milk and water, the ratio of milk and water is 4:1. The quantity of water required to make the ratio of milk and water 3:1 is

  • Options
  • A. 1 litre
  • B. 3 litres
  • C. 4 litres
  • D. 5 litres
  • Discuss
  • 6. From a container, 6 liters milk was drawn out and was replaced by water. Again 6 liters of mixture was drawn out and was replaced by the water. Thus the quantity of milk and water in the container after these two operations is 9:16. The quantity of mixture is:

  • Options
  • A. 15
  • B. 16
  • C. 25
  • D. 31
  • Discuss
  • 7. In a pot, there is a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 4 : 5. If it is filled with an additional 8 litres of milk, the pot would be full and ratio of milk and water would become 6 : 5. Find the capacity of the pot ?

  • Options
  • A. 11 lit
  • B. 22 lit
  • C. 33 lit
  • D. 44 lit
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  • 8. In a mixture of milk and water, there is only 26% water. After replacing the mixture with 7 liters of pure milk , the percentage of milk in the mixture become 76%. The quantity of mixture is:

  • Options
  • A. 65 liters
  • B. 91 liters
  • C. 38 liters
  • D. None of these
  • Discuss
  • 9. Ratio of water and milk in a container is 2 : 3. If 40 liter mixture removed from the container and same quantity of milk is added to it then the ratio of water to milk becomes 1 : 4. Find the initial quantity of mixture ?

  • Options
  • A. 75 lit
  • B. 80 lit
  • C. 85 lit
  • D. 90 lit
  • Also asked in: AIEEE, Bank Exams, CAT, GATE, Analyst, Bank Clerk, Bank PO

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  • 10. From a container of wine, a thief has stolen 15 liters of wine and replaced it with same quantity of water.He again repeated the same process. Thus in three attempts the ratio of wine and water became 343:169. The initial amount of wine in the container was:

  • Options
  • A. 75 liters
  • B. 100 liters
  • C. 150 liters
  • D. 120 liters
  • Discuss

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