ALLIGATION OR MIXTURE PROBLEMS QUIZ

A tin a mixture of two liquids A and B in the proportion 4 : 1. If 45 litres of the mixture is replaced by 45 litres of liquid B, then the ratio of the two liquids becomes 2 : 5. How much of the liquid B was there in the tin? What quantity does the tin hold?

65 l

58 l

50 l

62 l

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How many liters of oil at Rs.40 per liter should be mixed with 240 liters of a second variety of oil at Rs.60 per liter so as to get a maximum whose cost is Rs.52 per liter?

120

180

160

110

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In a 40 litre mixture of alcohol & water, the ratio of alcohol and water is 5 : 3. If 20% of this mixture is taken out and the same amount of water is added then what will be the ratio of alcohol and water in final mixture?

2:1

1:2

3:1

1:1

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A milk vendor has 2 cans of milk. The first contains 25% water and the rest milk. The second contains 50% water. How much milk should he mix from each of the containers so as to get 12 litres of milk such that the ratio of water to milk is 3 : 5?

7 litres, 5 litres

5 litres, 7 litres

6 litres, 6 litres

4 litres, 8 litres

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Two vessels A and B contain mixture of milk and water in the ratio 4 : 1 and 9 : 11 respectively. They are mixed in the ratio of 3 : 2. Find the ratio of milk and water in the resulting mixture.

34 : 16

33 : 17

17 : 33

16 : 34

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The amount of water (in ml) that should be added to reduce 9 ml lotion, containing 50% alcohol, to a lotion containing 30% alcohol is?

11 ml

6 ml

9 ml

15 ml

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A sum of Rs. 70 is divided among 10 children. Each boy gets Rs. 10 whereas a girl gets Rs. 5. If the number of boys is 4, find the number of girls.

6

9

8

7

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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

719.64 ltr

823.08 ltr

821.54 ltr

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A can contains a mixture of 2 liquids A and B in proportion 7 : 5 when 9 liters of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the proportion of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many liters of liquid A was contained by the can initially?

20

21

10

25

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A container is full of milk. One-third of milk is taken out of it and replaced by same quantity of water. Then again one-third of the mixture is taken out of it and replaced by the same quantity of water. The process is repeated 4 times. If 16 litres of milk is left in the container at the end of 4th operation, find the capacity of the container.

76 litres

81 litres

85 litres

82 litres

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