Chapter - 9 Mixtures: 80 Questions With Hand Written Solutions by Nakul Sir
Chapter - 9 Mixtures: 80 Questions With Hand Written Solutions by Nakul Sir
Chapter - 9 Mixtures: 80 Questions With Hand Written Solutions by Nakul Sir
Chapter - 9 Mixtures
80 Questions With Hand Written
Solutions By Nakul Sir
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2. Profit Ratio Given Cases
3. Fraction and Percentage Based cases
4. Working and Sleeping partner Cases
5. Cases of withdraw & addition of Investment
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23. ‘X’ liters of a 30% alcohol solution is mixed with 40 liters of 60% alcohol solution and a resultant of 50%
alcohol solution is formed . Now ‘4x ‘ liters of Y % alcohol solution is added to 20 liters of 60 % of alcohol
solution which resulted in 44 % alcohol solution .The ratio Y : X is
a) 2:1 b) 6:5 c)7:15 d)15:14 e) none
24. There are three fruit sellers Harman, Vinay and Akhil. All of them have a mixture of two types of apple .
Harman has ( x +18) kg of apple , Vinay has 12 kg of apple more than that of Harman while Akhil has 3 kg of
more apple than that of Vinay . The two types of apples are mixed in the ratio of 5:3,2:3 and 4:3 for them
respectively. If Harman sold 16 kg of mixed apple and added 12kg of second type of apple then the new
ratio becomes 5:6 for him. Akhil added Y kg of second type of apple to his mixture and thus the new ratio of
both types for him is 6:7. Then find the value of Y .
a) 15 kg b)6kg c ) 9kg d) 7kg e) 10kg
25. Alloy P contains 40% gold and 60% silver. Alloy Q contains 35 % gold and 40 % silver and 25 % copper.
Alloy P and Q are mixed in the ratio 1:4 . what is the percentage of Copperin the newly formed Alloy is ?
a) 20% b) 25 c) 36% d) 22 % e) none
26. Dia and Urea are two chemicals fertilizers . Dia consists of N, P and K and urea consists of only N and P.
A mixture of Dia and Urea is prepared in which the percentage of N ,P and K is 26% , 68% and 6%
respectively. The percentage of N ,Pand K in Dia IS 30%, 60% and 10% respectively. what is the ratio of N
and P in the Urea ?
(a) 1:4 (b) 7:17 (c) 3:7 (d) cant be determined (e) None
28. Two container P and Q have mixture. In P three liquid A , B and C are mixee in the ratio of 2:1:1 and in Q
two liquid B and C are mixed in the Ratio of 3:2 . Mixture of both container P and Q poured into third
container X which show the quantity ratio of A , B and C is 8:13:10. Find the ratio of total quantity of Q and
P.
(a) 15:16 (b) 16:17 (c) 16:15 (d) cant be determined (e) None
29. 150 kg of alloy containing copper and zinc in the ratio 3:2 mixed with ‘X’ kg of alloy containing copper
and zinc in the ratio 2:3. If the overall alloy should contain copper between 45% to 55 %, what can be
minimum value of X?
A) 120kg b ) 150kg c) 100 kg d ) cannot be determined e) none
31. A mixture contains wine and water in the ratio 5 : 1. 12 liters of the mixture must be drawn off and
substituted by water so that the ratio of wine and water in the resultant mixture becomes 2 : 1. Original
quanity of the mixture was ?
a) 80 b) 60 c) 95 d) 85 e)90
32.A mixture contains wine and water in the ratio 5 : 3. 24 liters of the mixture must be drawn off and
substituted by water so that the ratio of wine and water in the resultant mixture becomes 5 : 11. Original
quanity of the mixture was ?
a) 72 b) 48 c) 36 d) 80 e)96
33. 40 liters of a mixture Contains wine and water in the ratio 3 : 5. How much of the mixture must be
drawn off and substituted by wine so that the ratio of wine and water In the resultant mixture in the barrel
be comes 5 : 3?
a) 12 b) 16 c) 3 d) 8 e)6
34. A mixture Contains wine and water in the ratio 5 : 1. What fractionof the mixture must be drawn off
and substituted by water so that the ratio of wine and water In the resultant mixture in the barrel be comes
1 : 1?
(a) 1/5 (b) 2/5 (c) ¾ (d) 2/3 e) 6/7
35. Mixture of petrol and water in vessel A are in the ratio of 4:1 and in vessel B are in the ratio of 5:3. If 20
liters of the mixture is taken out from vessel A and put in vessel B so new ratio of petrol to water in vessel B
becomes 19:10, then find initially quantity of water in vessel A, if new quantity of mixture in vessel B is 26
liters more than initial quantity of mixture in vessel A?
(a) 72 (b)18 (c) 63 d) 90 e)6
37. In vessel A 80% is milk and rest is water. Vessel B also contains same mixture in which milk 62.5 % of
total volume. 25 L of mixture taken out from vessel A and poured in vessel B so that milk becomes 100%
more than water in vessel B. If new quantity of mixture in vessel B is 16% less than initial quantity ofmixture
in vessel A ,then find initial quantity of water in vessel A?
(a) 100 (b) 125 (c) 105 (d) 25 (e) None of these
38. Two vessels A and B of equal capacities contain mixtures of milk and water in the ratio 4:1 and 3:2,
respectively. 50 % of the mixture from A is taken out and added to B. After mixing it thoroughly, an equal
amount is taken out from B and added back to A. The ratio of milk to water in vessel A after the second
operation is
(a) 79 : 21 (b) 41 : 50 (c) 11 : 4 (d) 81 : 19 (e) None of these
39. Two jars contain equal quantities of 40% alcohol. Neha changed the concentration of the first jar to 50%
by adding extra quantity of pure alcohol. Pinki changed the concentration of the second jar to 50% replacing
a certain quantity of the solution with pure alcohol. Find the ratio of the quantity of alcohol added by Neha
and the quantity replaced by Pinki?
(a) 79 : 21 (b) 6 : 5 (c) 11 : 4 (d) 81 : 19 (e) None
40. There are two vessels, vessel A and vessel B; Vessel A contains milk and water in theratio 5:4 and vessel
B contains Y litre of wine. 18 litre of mixture from vessel A is taken out and poured in vessel B. Now, 10 litre
of mixture from vessel B is taken out and poured in vessel A. If quantity of wine in vessel A is found to be 4
litres then, find the initial quantity of wine in vessel B.
(a)20 (b) 18 (c) 19 (d) 17 (e) None of these
42. A cistern contains 40 litres of pure milk. 4 litres of mixture is taken out of it and replaced by water. The
process is repeated 2 more times. Find the quantity of water in the resulting mixture?
(a) 87.48 (b) 30 (c) 32 (d) 17 (e) None of these
43. A container contains 150 litres of wine. 15 litres of wine is taken out of it and replaced by water. The
process is repeated again. Find the proportion of water and wine in the resulting mixture.
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 41 : 50 (c) 19 : 81 (d) 81 : 19 (e) None of these
44. A container has a capacity of 64 gallons and is full of spirit. 16 gallons of spirit is drawn out and the
container is again filled with water. This process is repeated 2 times. Find out how much spirit is left in the
resulting mixture finally?
(a) 36 gallons (b) 25 gallons (c) 35 gallons (d) 17 gallon (e) None of these
45. A mixture contains some quantity of pure milk. 8 litres from this mixture is taken out and is replaced by
water. This process is done 2 more times and after that the ratio of milk and water become 8:19. Find the
original quantity of the mixture?
(A ) 24 (b) 42 (c) 36 (d) 17 (e) None of these
46. Four gallons are drawn from a case full of wine. It is then filled with water. This process is done 2 more
times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in the cask to that of the mixture in it is 216 : 343. How
much does the cask hold?
(a) 30 gallons (b) 25 gallons (c) 28 gallons (d) 17 gallon (e) None of these
47. There is 1000 litres milk in a pot. 100 litres of milk is taken out and same amount of water is poured into
it. Again 200 litres of mixture is taken out and same amount of water is poured into it and finally 400 litres
of mixture is taken out and same amount of water is poured into it ,then what is the amount water in the
resulting mixture?
(a) 432 (b) 436 (c) 568 (d) 176 (e) None of these
48. A milkman makes 25% profit by selling milk mixed with water at Rs. 8 per litre. If the cost price of 1 litre
pure milk is Rs. 10 then the ratio of milk and water in the said mixture is
(a) 3 : 1 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 4 : 3 e) none
49. In what ratio water must be mixed with milk so as to get a profit of 12.5 % by selling the mixture at
cost price ?
(a) 1 : 6 (b) 1:2 (c) 1:8 (d)1:5 e) none
50. In what ratio water must be mixed with milk so as to get a profit of 62.5 % by selling the mixture at cost
price ?
(a) 1 : 6 (b) 5 : 8 (c) 1:4 (d)1:5 e) none
51. A trader mixes 25% kerosene to his petrol and then he sells the whole mixture at 20 % more than the
price of petrol. If the cost price of kerosene be 50% of the cost price of petrol, what is the net profit
percentage.
a)11.11 % (b) 33.33 % (c) 12.5 % (d) 20% e) none
52. A milkman purchases 10 litres of milk at Rs. 7 per litre and forms a mixture by adding freely available
water which constitutes 16.66% of the mixture. Later on he replaced the mixture by some freely available
water and thus the ratio of milk is to water is 2:1. He then sold the new mixture at cost price of milk and
replaced amount of mixture at thrice the cost milk then what is the profit percentage?
A ) 40 % b) 92% c) 68% (d) 20% e) none
53. Poornima has two types of fruits. One is the fresh fruits containing 80% water and dry fruits containing
25% water. She sells 20 kg dry fruits, by adding water to the dry fruits, at 20 % profit on cost price. What is
the total profit percentage when after adding water the weight of 20 kg dry fruits increased in the
proportion of water in fresh fruits?
a) 125% b) 350% c) 275% (d) 20% e) none
54. A shopkeeper has mixtures of Calcium oxide and water in two vessels A and B. Vessel A and vessel B
contains mixtures of Calcium oxide and water in the ratio of 7:2 & 5:2 respectively. The shopkeeper has
taken out the mixtures from vessels A and B in the ratio of 9:7 and mixed it in vessel C. If shopkeeper sold
168 gm of mixture from vessel C on the cost price of Calcium oxide, which is Rs. 40 per gm, find profit of
shopkeeper?
A ) 40 % b) 33.33% c) 37% (d) 20% e) none
55. Rice of x Rs. /kg is mixed with Rice of y Rs. /kg in the ratio 2:3. On selling the mixture at 49 Rs. /kg there
is a gain of 16.66 %. If the quantity in which they were mixed is reversed and selling price remains same,
then gain percent becomes 550/19 %. What is the volume of 'x'?
(a) 35 RS. /kg (b) 39 RS. /kg (C) 29 RS. kg (d) 21 RS. /kg (e) none
56. In what ratio must a grocer mix two types of rice costing Rs. 15 per kg and Rs. 27 per kg, respectively, so
as to get a mixture worth Rs. 20 per kg?
(a) 4 : 3 (b) 7 : 5 (c) 8 : 3 (d) 2 : 5 (e) None of these
57. In what ratio must a grocer mix wheat at Rs. 24 per kg and Rs. 36per kg so as to make a mixture worth
Rs. 33 per kg?
(a) 2 ; 3 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 5 : 3 (d) 3 : 4 (e) None of these
58. In what ratio should two qualities of coffee powder having the rates of Rs. 47 per kg and Rs. 32 per kg be
mixed in order to get a mixture that would have a rate of Rs. 37 per kg?
(a) 1 : 5 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 1 : 3 (d) 3 : 1
59. Two types of oils having the rates of Rs. 4/kg and Rs. 5/kg respectively are mixed in order to produce a
mixture having the rate of Rs. 4.60/kg. What should be the amount of the second type of oil if the amount
of the first type of oil in the mixture is 60 kg?
(a) 75 kg (b) 90 kg (c) 60 kg (d) 40 kg
60. A mixture of certain quantity of milk with water is worth 36 Rs per litre. If pure milk be worth 54 Rs. per
litre, What is the ratio of milk and water in the mixture?
(a) 5:1 (b) 2:1 (c) 2:7 (d) 3:5 (e) None of these
61. A mixture of certain quantity of milk with 12 L of water is worth 45 paise per litre. If pure milk be worth
54 paise per litre, how much milk is there in the mixture?
(a) 40 L (b) 60 L (c) 25 L (d) 45 L (e) None of these
62. A merchant has 4000 kg of rice, part of which he sells at 36% profit and the rest at 16% profit. He gains
24% on the whole. Find the quantity sold at 16%.
(a) 1400 kg (b) 1300 kg (c) 2400 kg (d) 1800 kg (e) None of these
63. A merchant has 2000 kg of rice, part of which he sells at 6% profit and the rest at 11% profit. He gains 8%
on the whole. Find the quantity sold at 6% profit ?
(a) 400 kg (b) 1200 kg (c) 900 kg (d) 800 kg (e) None of these
64.A trader has 60 kg of sugar, a part of which he sells at 10% profit and the rest at 5% loss. He gains 7% on
the whole. What is the quantity sold at 5% loss?
(a) 12 kg (b) 60 kg (c) 40 kg (d) 45 kg (e) None of these
65. The average income of employees in an office is Rs. 150 per month. The average income of officers is Rs.
450 and that of non-officers is Rs. 80. If the number of officers is 21, what is the number of non-officers.
(a) 65 (b) 55 (c) 60 (d) 90 (e) None of these
66. The average marks obtained by 75 students in an examination is 30. If the average marks of passed
students is 40 and that of the failed students is 25, what is the no. of the number of students who passed
the examination?
(a) 60 (b) 40 (c) 90 (d) 25 (e) None of these
67. The average marks obtained by 162 students is 18. If average marks of the passed students is 21 and
that of the failed students is 15, what will be the number of failed students?
(a) 51 (b) 52 (c) 61 (d) 81 (e) None of these
68. The average age of students of a class is 15 yrs. The average age of boys in the class is 18 yr and that of
the girls is 11 yr. Find out the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the class.
(a) 3 : 1 (b) 5 : 2 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 4 : 3 (e) None of these
69. Kuldeep Yadav whose bowling average was 12.4, takes 5 wicket for 26 runs in the final match and
thereby decreases his bowling average by 0.4. The number of wickets, taken by her before his final was ?
(a) 90 (b) 85 (c) 80 (d) 87 (e) None of these
70. There are two kinds of alloys of tin and copper. The first alloy contains tin and copper such that 94 % of
it is tin. In the second alloy there is 89% tin. In what ratio first alloy should be mixed with the second alloy
so as to make a alloy containing 8% of copper?
(a) 3 : 2 (b) 7 : 2 (c) 4 : 1 (d) 3 : 7 (e) None of these
71. There are two kinds of alloys of tin and copper. The first alloy contains tin and copper such that 15 % of
it is tin. In the second alloy there is 6 % tin. In what ratio first alloy should be mixed with the second alloy so
as to make a alloy containing 91 % of copper?
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 4 : 1 (d) 3 : 7 (e) None of these
72. Two solutions of 90% and 97% purity are mixed resulting in 28 litres of mixture of 94% purity. How
much is the quantity of the first solution in the resulting mixture?
(a) 12 litres (b) 15 litres (c) 9 litres (d) 6 litres (e) None of these
73. A goldsmith has two qualities of gold, one of 24 carats and another of 32 carats purity. In what
proportion should he mix both to make an ornament of 30 carats purity?
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 1 : 5 (e) None of these
74. Two vessels contain spirit and water mixed respectively in the ratio of 1 : 3 and 7 : 1. Find the ratio in
which these are to be mixed to get a new mixture in which the ratio of spirit to water is 3 : 5.
(a) 4 : 1 (b) 3 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 (d) 1 : 3 (e) None of these
75. Two vessels P and Q contain wine and water in the ratios of 9 : 5 and 11 : 3, respectively. Find the ratio
in which these mixtures are to be mixed to get a new mixture containing wine and water in the ratio of 5 : 7.
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 7 : 2 (c) 7 : 3 (d) 3 : 7 (e) None of these
76. Gold is 17 times as heavy as water and copper is 8 times as heavy as water. In what ratio should these
be mixed to get an alloy 14 times as heavy as water ?
(a) 2 : 7 (b) 3 : 2 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 3 : 7 (e) None of these
77. Gold is 45 times as heavy as water and copper is 18 times as heavy as water. In what ratio should these
be mixed to get an alloy 34 times as heavy as water ?
(a) 2 : 7 (b) 3 : 2 (c) 16 : 11 (d) 3 : 7 (e) None of these
78. P is 36 times as heavy as water and Q is 24 times as heavy as water. In what ratio should these be mixed
to get an alloy 27 times as heavy as water ?
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 3 : 2 (c) 1 : 3 (d) 3 : 7 (e) None of these
79. A jar full of whisky contains 40% alcohol. A part of this whisky is replaced by another containing 19%
alcohol and now the percentage of alcohol was found to be 26%. The quantity of whisky replaced, is
(a) 1/3 (b) 2/3 (c) 2/5 (d) 3/5 (e) None of these
80. A jar full of whisky contains 60% alcohol. A part of this whisky is replaced by another containing 35%
alcohol and now the percentage of alcohol was found to be 45%. The quantity of whisky replaced, is
(a) 1/3 (b) 3/5 (c) 2/5 (d) 3/5 (e) None of these