A mixture of 20 kg of spirit and water contains 10 % water. How much water must be added to this mixture to raise the percentage of water to 25 %? 8 kg 5 kg 30 kg 4 kg TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
In what ratio must a merchant mix two varieties of oils worth Rs. 60/kg and Rs. 65/kg, so that by selling the mixture at Rs. 68.20/kg, he may gain 10%? 4:3 3:4 2:3 3:2 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
In what ratio must a grocer mix sugar at 72 paise per kg with sugar at 48 paise per kg. So that by selling the mixture at 63 paise per kg he may gain 1 of his out-lay? 6 3 : 2 2 : 3 3 : 1 1 : 3 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
In what proportion should water and wine at Rs. 22·50 a liter be mixed to reduce the price to Rs. 18 a liter? 3 : 2 2 : 3 1 : 4 4 : 1 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
In a mixture, the ratio of juice and water is 4 : 3. By adding 6 litre water the ratio of juice and water will be 8 : 7. What is the amount of juice in the original mixture? 96 lit 52 lit 48 lit 38 lit TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
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. 16 : 34 34 : 16 33 : 17 17 : 33 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A container contains 120 lit of Diesel. From this container, 12 lit of Diesel was taken out and replaced by kerosene. This process was further repeated for two times. How much diesel is now there in the container? 87.48 lit 87.62 lit 87.51 lit 88.01 lit TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are water and 5 parts syrup. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup? 1 5 1 4 1 3 1 7 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A man bought a certain quantity of sugar for Rs. 8000. He sells one-fourth of it at 20% loss. At what per cent profit should he sell the remainder stock so as to make an overall profit of 20%? 40% 30% 20% 35% TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The diluted wine contains only 8 liters of wine and the rest is water. A new mixture whose concentration is 30%, is to be formed by replacing wine. How many liters of mixture shall be replaced with pure wine if there was initially 32 liters of water in the mixture? 8 None of these 4 5 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?