Alligation or Mixture problems
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?

2 : 3
1 : 5
1 : 4
4 : 1

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A cask full of wine from which 8 litres are drawn and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of quantity of wine left in the cask to that of the water is 16: 81. How much wine did the cask hold originally?

18 litres
42 litres
32 litres
24 litres

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Alligation or Mixture problems
From the 50 liters of milk, 5 liters of milk is taken out and after it 5 liters of water is added to the rest amount of milk. Again 5 liters of milk and water is drawn out and it was replaced by 5 liters of water. If this process is continued similarly for the third time, the amount of milk left after the third replacement:

42.5L
40.5L
36.45L
45L

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Alligation or Mixture problems
Find the quantity of rice @ Rs. 10 per kg. which should be mixed with 25 kgs of rice @ Rs. 8 per kg, so that on selling the mixture @ Rs. 15 per kg there is 80% profit.

5 kgs
7 kgs
3 kgs
6 kgs

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