Alligations and Mixtures Problems Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Two equal vessels are filled with the mixture of water and milk in the ratio of 3:4 and 5:3 respectively. If the mixtures are poured into a third vessel, the ratio of water and milk in the third vessel will be
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64105efea37bb1a5e17cc12e- 115:12false
- 253:59false
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Answer : 3. "59:53"
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
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Answer : 2. "1/8 kg"
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
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Answer : 3. "40 litres"
Q: A jar was full with honey. A person used to draw out 20% of the honey from the jar and replaced it with sugar solution. He has repeated the same process 4 times and thus there was only 512 gm of honey left in the jar, the rest part of the jar was filled with the sugar solution. The initial amount of honey in the jar was: 30825 25b5cc7d7e4d2b41977751515
5b5cc7d7e4d2b41977751515- 11.25 kgtrue
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- 31.5 kgfalse
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Answer : 1. "1.25 kg"
Explanation :
Answer: A) 1.25 kg Explanation: Let the initial amount of honey in the jar was k, then 512 = k1 - 154 or 512 = k454 => k = 512 × 625256 => k = 1250 Hence initially the honey in the jar = 1.25 kg
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
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Answer : 1. "20:7"
Q: In a mixture of milk and water milk is found to be 28%. When 16 litre water is added in the mixture new percentage of milk in mixture becomes 20%. Find the initial quantity of mixture.
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5ebbd02e8dce175b2cbae5b3- 142 litrefalse
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Answer : 4. "40 litre"
Q: Vessels A and B contain mixture of milk and water in the ratios 4 : 5 and 5 : 1 respectively. In what ratio should quantities of mixture be taken from A and B to from a mixture in which milk to water is in the ratio 5 : 4 ?
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5ef40b987c1ec61320b5842b- 15 : 2true
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Answer : 1. "5 : 2 "
Q: X liters of milk is taken out and replaced with water from a container having 240 liters milk. Now, 20% of the mixture is taken out and replaced with water. In final mixture, the difference in quantity of milk & water is 128 liters. Find X.
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