ALLIGATION OR MIXTURE PROBLEMS QUIZ

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?

24 litres

32 litres

42 litres

18 litres

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A mixture contains 25% milk and rest water. What percent of this mixture must taken out and replaced with milk so that in mixture milk and water may become equal.

31.8%

33.33%

29.85%

31%

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

160 liters

140 liters

170 liters

150 liters

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In a mixture of 35 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 4:1. If 7 litres of water is added to the mixture, the ratio of milk and water of the new mixture will be

4:5

1:2

5:4

2:1

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A mixture is composed of 11 parts of pure milk and 2 parts of water. If 35 litres of water were added to the mixture then the new mixture will contain twice as much pure milk as water, then how many litres of pure milk does the original mixture contain?

55

110

220

70

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The average monthly salary of employees, consisting of officers and workers, of an organisation is Rs. 3000. The average salary of an officer is Rs. 10,000 while that of a worker is Rs. 2000 per month. If there are total 400 employees in the organisation, find the number of officers and workers separately.

250 , 150

310 , 90

300 , 100

50 , 350

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A container contains 40 litres of milk. From this container 4 litres of milk was taken out and replaced by water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now contained by the container?

26.34 litres

28 litres

29.16 litres

27.36 litres

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

4 : 3

1 : 4

3 : 4

4 : 1

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729 ml. of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 7 : 2. How much more water is to be added to get a new mixture containing milk and water in ratio 7 : 3?

600 ml

None of these

520 ml

710 ml

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