Alligation or Mixture problems
In what ratio must water be added to spirit to gain 25% by selling it at cost price?

4 : 3
4 : 1
1 : 4
3 : 4

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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 the water is 16 : 65. How much wine the cask hold originally?

18 litres
42 litres
32 litres
24 litres

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The cost of Type 1 rice is Rs. 15 per kg and Type 2 rice is Rs. 20 per kg. If both Type 1 and Type 2 are mixed in the ratio of 2 : 3, then the price per kg of the mixed variety of rice is:

Rs. 18.50
Rs. 19
Rs. 18
Rs. 19.50

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The average daily wages of staff, consisting of supervisors and labourers, of a company is Rs. 50. The average wages of supervisors is Rs. 150 while that of labourers is Rs. 40 per day. If the number of supervisors is 15, find the number of labourers in the company.

175
180
200
150

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A bucket contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the proportion 7: 5. If 9 litres of the mixture is replaced by 9 litres of liquid B, then the ratio of the two liquid becomes 7: 9. How much of the liquid A was there in the bucket?

15 litres
18 litres
21 litres
23 litres

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In a container, there is 960 ltr of pure milk from which 48 ltr of milk is replaced with 48 ltr of water, again 48 ltr milk is replaced by same amount of water, as this process is done once more. Now, what is the amount of pure milk?

901.54 ltr
823.08 ltr
821.54 ltr
719.64 ltr

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