Alligations and Mixtures Problems Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: An alloy contains zinc, copper and tin in the ratio 2:3:1 and an other contains copper, tin and lead in the ratio 5:4:3. If equal weights of both alloys are melted together to form a third alloy, then the weight of lead per kg in the new alloy will be.
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5d71ec041a67ca48146828b7- 1½ kgfalse
- 21/8 kgtrue
- 33/14 kgfalse
- 47/9 kgfalse
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Answer : 2. "1/8 kg"
Q: Ankit has three varieties of rice costing 18 Rs/kg,25 Rs/kg and 36 Rs/kg, In what possible ratio he should mix these three varieties so that on selling whole mixture at 23.10 Rs/kg he may get a profit of 10%?
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5ebbd58a8dce175b2cbaea71- 15 : 4 : 2false
- 29 : 3 : 1true
- 33 : 2 : 1false
- 47 : 4 : 3false
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Answer : 2. "9 : 3 : 1"
Q: A sample of 50 litres of glycerine is found to be adulterated to the extent of 20 % . How much pure glycerine should be added to it so as to bring down the percentage of impurity to 5 %?
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5ef5b4d0dc58d02c6fe6adea- 1155 litresfalse
- 2149 litresfalse
- 3150 litrestrue
- 4150.4 litresfalse
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Answer : 3. "150 litres "
Q: In one glass, milk and water are mixed in the ratio 3:5 and in another glass they are mixed in the ratio 6:1.In what ratio should the content of the two glasses be mixed together so that new mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 1:1?
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5d71ec7ae70d464ce7164acd- 120:7true
- 28:3false
- 327:4false
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Answer : 1. "20:7"
Q: 200 litres of mixture contains 15% water and the rest is milk. The amount of milk that must be added so that the resulting mixture contains 87.5 % milk is:
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5f6328f5f894324f90f8aff8- 130 litresfalse
- 235 litresfalse
- 340 litrestrue
- 445 litresfalse
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Answer : 3. "40 litres"
Q: Alcohol and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 5:3 and 5:4 respectively. In what ratio, the liquid of in both the vessels be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C in the ratio 7:5?
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5d71ed5b24421948066452dc- 12:3true
- 23:2false
- 33:5false
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Answer : 1. "2:3"
Q: Rahul purchased two different kinds of alcohol. In the first mixture the ratio of alcohol to water is 3:4 and in the second mixture it is 5:6. If he mixes the two given mixture and makes a third mixture of 18 litres in which the ratio of alcohol to water is 4:5, the quantity of first mixture (whose ratio is 3:4) is required to make the 18 litres of the third kind of mixture is:
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5f2e3e2db6a1cb7a831ba277- 15false
- 29false
- 36false
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Answer : 4. "7"
Q: Three containers contain mixture of milk and water in the ratio 5 : 3,2 : 1 and 7 : 5 respectively . The measurement of containers are in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6. Mixture of all the containers are mixed to get a new mixture . Find the ratio of water and milk in the new mixture .
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5ef1881f7fed557ba2ab1096- 139:56false
- 217:28true
- 317:23false
- 421:29false
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