Alligation or Mixture problems
An alloy contains gold and silver in the ratio 5 : 8 and another alloy contains gold and silver in the ratio 5 : 3. If equal amount of both the alloys are melted together, then the ratio of gold and silver in the resulting alloy is?

105/103
113/108
108/115
103/113

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and thereby gains 25%. The percentage of water in the mixture is:

4%
25%
6¼%
20%

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A piece of an alloy of two metals (A and B) weighs 15 gms and costs Rs. 150. If the weights of the two metals be interchanged, the new alloy would be worth Rs. 120. If the price of metal A is Rs. 6 per gm, find the weight of the other metal in the original piece of alloy.

10 gms
12 gms
8 gms
5 gms

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A container of 90 liters with two liquids A and B, 60% of liquid A and 30% of liquid B are taken out of the vessel. This leaves the container 40% empty. Find the initial quantity of both liquids.

50 litres
57 litres
54 litres
60 litres

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