Alligation or Mixture problems
Currants at Rs. 50 per kg are mixed with currants at Rs. 90 per kg to make a mixture of 17 kg worth Rs. 70 per kg. How many kilograms of each are taken?

None of these
8 kg, 9 kg
8 1 kg of each 2
7 kg, 10 kg

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Alligation or Mixture problems
8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of water is 16 : 65. How much wine did the cask hold originally?

32 litres
24 litres
42 litres
18 litres

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A mixture of 150 liters of Petrol and Diesel contains 20% Diesel. How much more Diesel should be added so that Diesel becomes 25% of the new mixture?

10 liter
5 liter
20 liter
35 liter

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A shopkeeper has 50 kgs of rice. He sells a part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 40% profit. If he gains 25% on the whole, find the quantity of each part.

23.5 kgs and 21.5 kgs
37.5 kgs and 12.5 kgs
12.5 kgs and 37.5 kgs
21.5 kgs and 23.5 kgs

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