Alligation or Mixture problems
A man bought a certain quantity of sugar for Rs. 8000. He sells one-fourth of it at 20% loss. At what per cent profit should he sell the remainder stock so as to make an overall profit of 20%?

30%
20%
35%
40%

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Alligation or Mixture problems
The average monthly salary of employees, consisting of officers and workers, of an organisation is Rs. 3000. The average salary of an officer is Rs. 10,000 while that of a worker is Rs. 2000 per month. If there are total 400 employees in the organisation, find the number of officers and workers separately.

310 , 90
50 , 350
300 , 100
250 , 150

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Alligation or Mixture problems
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 :

can't be determined
99.09 ml
83.33 ml
90.90 ml

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Alligation or Mixture problems
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?

96 lit
52 lit
38 lit
48 lit

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Alligation or Mixture problems
Kantilal mixes 80 kg of sugar worth of Rs. 6·75 per kg with 120 kg worth of Rs. 8 per kg. At what rate shall he sell the mixture to gain 20 %?

Rs. 9
Rs. 8·85
Rs. 8·20
Rs. 7·50

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