Mixture and Allegation Questions and answers

  1. Aptitude
    1. Compound interest
    2. Boat and Stream
    3. Trains
    4. Percentage
    5. Discount
    6. Mixture and Allegation
    7. Unitary Method
    8. Work and Wages
    9. Pipes and Cisterns
    10. Linear Equations
    11. Approximation
    12. Word problems
    13. Number System
    14. Time and Distance
    15. Average
    16. Ratio and Proportions
    17. Profit and Loss
    18. Partnership
    19. Permutation and combination
    20. Probability
    21. Problem on ages
    22. Time and work
    23. Simple and compound interest
    24. Mensuration
    25. Number series
41). A merchant sells 40 kgs of rice, part of it at 4% profit and the remaining at 12% profit. If he has a net gain of 10%, what is the quantity of rice sold at 4% profit?
A). 20 Kgs.
B). 10 Kgs.
C). 15 Kgs.
D). 5 Kgs.
42). 6 litres from a 30 litre mixture of milk and water in the ratio 3 : 2 is replaced with milk. The operation is repeated once. What will be the ratio of milk and water in the resultant mixture?
A). 22.32 : 7.68
B). 24.24 : 5.76
C). 25.25 : 4.75
D). 21.35 : 8.65
43). Two alloys of aluminium and copper have aluminium and copper in the ratio 3 :2 and 3 :4 respectively. In what proportion should these two alloys be mixed to get a new alloy in which the ratio of aluminium to copper is 5 : 4?
A). 16 : 11
B). 14 : 13
C). 20 : 7
D). 19 : 8
44). 20 liters of 30% sulphuric acid is mixed with 10 liters of 90% sulphuric acid. What is the strength of sulphuric acid in the resultant mixture?
A). 0.45
B). 0.06
C). 0.5
D). 0.7
45). Five liters are taken off from a vessel full of water and replaced with pure milk. Again, five more liters of the mixture is taken and replaced with pure milk After this process, if the vessel contains water and milk in the ratio 9:16 what is the capacity of the vessel?
A). 15 Liters
B). 20 Liters
C). 12.5 Liters
D). 14.6 Liters


46). How many kilograms of tea worth Rs. 3. 60 per kg. must be mixed with 8 kg. of tea worth Rs. 4.20 per kg. so that by selling the mixture at Rs. 4.40 per kg. There may be a  of 10%.
A). 4 kg.
B). 3 kg.
C). 6 kg.
D). 8 kg.
47). A mixture of 50 liters of milk and water contains 10% of water. How much water must be added to make the water 20% in the new mixture.
A). 6 litres.
B). 6.25 litres.
C). 4 litres.
D). 10 litres.
48). Kartilal mix 80 kg. of sugar worth of Rs.6. 75 per kg. with 120 kg. worth of Rs.8 per kg. At what rate shall he sell the mixture to gain 20%.
A). Rs.7.50
B). Rs.9.00
C). Rs.8.20
D). Rs.8.85
49). 20 litres of mixture contains 20% of alcohol and the rest water. If 4 litres of water be mixed with it, the percentage of alcohol in the new mixture will be
A). 15%
B). \( \Large 16\frac{2}{3} \)%
C). 18%
D). 20%
50). A mixture of 30 kg. of spirit and water contains 20% water. How much water must be added to this mixture to raise the percentage of water to 25%.
A). 2 kg.
B). 4 kg.
C). 3 kg.
D). None of these.
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