Alligation or Mixture problems A container contains 50 litres of milk. From that 8 litres of milk was taken out and replaced by water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now contained by the container? 24.52 litres 28.21 litres 25.14 litres 29.63 litres 24.52 litres 28.21 litres 25.14 litres 29.63 litres ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Alligation or Mixture problems A milkman buys milk at Rs 25 per litre and adds 1/4 of water to it and sells the mixture at Rs 26 per litre. His gain (in %) is? 20 15 25 30 20 15 25 30 ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Let initial quantity be Q, and final quantity be F F = Q(1 - 8/Q) 4 => Q = 20
Alligation or Mixture problems 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? 17 and 27 14 and 16 None of these 13 and 27 17 and 27 14 and 16 None of these 13 and 27 ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Total no.of boys : no. of girls = 13:27 27 : 13
Alligation or Mixture problems A container is full of milk. One-third of milk is taken out of it and replaced by same quantity of water. Then again one-third of the mixture is taken out of it and replaced by the same quantity of water. The process is repeated 4 times. If 16 litres of milk is left in the container at the end of 4th operation, find the capacity of the container. 85 litres 81 litres 76 litres 82 litres 85 litres 81 litres 76 litres 82 litres ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Let capacity of the container be P liter; then P(1 ? 1/3)4 = 16 ? P (2 / 3)4 = 16 ? P(16 / 81) = 16 liters? P = 81 liters
Alligation or Mixture problems A shopkeeper has 100 kgs of tea. He sells a part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 5% loss. If his overall profit is 10%, find the quantity for each part. 25 kgs 30 kgs 40 kgs 20 kgs 25 kgs 30 kgs 40 kgs 20 kgs ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP As per figure, we can calculate as below.Quantity sold at 20% profit = 3 / (3 + 2) × 100 = 60 kgs. Quantity sold at 5% loss = (100 ? 60) = 40 kgs.
Alligation or Mixture problems 80 litre mixture of milk and water contains 10% milk. How much milk (in litres) must be added to make water percentage in the mixture as 80%? 9 10 12 8 9 10 12 8 ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Let initial quantity be Q, and final quantity be F F = Q(1 - 8/Q) 4 => Q = 20
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