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  • 1. 
    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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  • 2. Tea worth of Rs. 135/kg & 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
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  • 3. 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
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  • 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 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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  • 6. 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
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  • 7. 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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  • 8. From a container of wine, a thief has stolen 15 litres 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 litres
  • B. 100 litres
  • C. 150 litres
  • D. 120 litres
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  • 9. A tin a mixture of two liquids A and B in the proportion 4 : 1. If 45 litres of the mixture is replaced by 45 litres of liquid B, then the ratio of the two liquids becomes 2 : 5. How much of the liquid B was there in the tin? What quantity does the tin hold?

  • Options
  • A. 58 l
  • B. 65 l
  • C. 50 l
  • D. 62 l
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  • 10. In a mixture of milk and water the proportion of water by weight was 75%. If in 60 gm of mixture 15 gm water was added, what would be the percentage of water ? (Weight in gm)

  • Options
  • A. 80%
  • B. 70%
  • C. 75%
  • D. 62%
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