Tea worth of Rs. 135/kg & Rs. 126/kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1: 1 : 2.

If the mixture is
worth Rs. 153 per kg, the price of the third variety per kg will be__?

A) Rs. 169.50

B) Rs.1700

C) Rs. 175.50

D) Rs. 180

Answer Rs. 175.50

How many kilograms of sugar costing Rs. 9 per kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar costing Rs. 7 per Kg
so that there may be a gain of 10 % by selling the mixture at Rs. 9.24 per Kg ?

A) 36 Kg

B) 42 Kg

C) 54 Kg

D) 63 Kg

Answer: D) 63 Kg

The cost of Type 1 rice is Rs. 15 per kg and Type 2 rice is Rs.20 per kg. If both Type 1 and Type 2 are
mixed in the ratio of 2 : 3, then the price per kg of the mixed variety of rice is

A) Rs. 19.50

B) Rs. 19

C) Rs. 18

D) Rs. 18.50

Answer C) Rs. 18

A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off
and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many litres of liquid A was contained
by the can initially?

A) 10
B) 20

C) 21

D) 25

Answer C) 21

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?

A) 18 litres

B) 24 litres

C) 32 litres

D) 42 litres

A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains
14% on the whole. The Quantity sold at 18% profit is

A) 400 kg

B) 560 kg

C) 600 kg

D) 640 kg

Answer C) 600 kg

Find the ratio in which rice at Rs. 7.20 a kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70 a kg to produce a mixture
worth Rs. 6.30 a kg.

A) 1:3

B) 2:3

C) 3:4
D) 4:5

Answer B) 2:3

A vessel contains 20 liters of a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 3:2. 10 liters of the mixture are
removed and replaced with an equal quantity of pure milk. If the process is repeated once more, find
the ratio of milk and water in the final mixture obtained ?

A) 5:3

B) 1:4

C) 4:1

D) 9:1

Answer D) 9:1

The ratio of petrol and kerosene in the container is 3:2 when 10 liters of the mixture is taken out and is
replaced by the kerosene, the ratio become 2:3. Then total quantity of the mixture in the container is:

A) 25

B) 30

C) 45

D) Cannot be determined

Answer B) 30

A container contains 50 liters of milk. From those 8 liters 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?

A) 24.52 liters

B) 29.63 litres

C) 28.21 litres

D) 25.14 litres

Answer B) 29.63 litres

The ratio of expenditure and savings is 3 : 2 . If the income increases by 15% and the savings increases
by 6% , then by how much percent should his expenditure increases?

A) 25

B) 21

C) 12

D) 24

Ans B) 21

Find the ratio in which rice at Rs. 7.20 a kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70 a kg to produce a mixture
worth Rs. 6.30 a kg.

A) 1:3

B) 2:3

C) 3:4

D) 4:5

Ans B) 2:3

Find the ratio in which rice at Rs. 7.20 a kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70 a kg to produce a mixture
worth Rs. 6.30 a kg.

A) 1:3

B) 2:3

C) 3:4

D) 4:5

Ans B) 2:3

A milk man sells the milk at the cost price but he mixes the water in it and thus he gains 9.09%. The
quantity of water in the mixture of 1 liter is :

A) 83.33 ml
B) 90.90 ml

C) 99.09 ml

D) can't be determined

Answer A) 83.33 ml

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 filled with the sugar solution. The initial amount of honey in the jar was:

A) 1.25 kg

B) 1 kg

C) 1.5 kg

D) None of these

Answer A) 1.25 kg

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 filled with the sugar solution. The initial amount of honey in the jar was:

A) 1.25 kg

B) 1 kg

C) 1.5 kg

D) None of these

Answer A) 1.25 kg

The ratio of water and alcohol in two different containers is 2:3 and 4:5. In what ratio we are required to
mix the mixtures of two containers in order to get the new mixture in which the ratio of alcohol and
water be 7:5?

A) 7:3

B) 5:3
C) 8:5

D) 2:7

Answer 5:3

From a container of wine, a thief has stolen 15 liters of wine and replaced it with same quantity of
water.He again repeated the same process. Thus in three attempts the ratio of wine and water became
343:169. The initial amount of wine in the container was:

A) 75 liters

B) 100 liters

C) 150 liters

D) 120 liters

Answer D) 120 liters

Two equal containers are filled with a mixture of water and petrol. One of them contains three times as
much petrol as in the other. The mixtures in the two containers are then mixed and it is found that the
ratio of water to petrol is 3: 2: Find the ratio of water to petrol in each of the original containers.

2:1, 3:4

1:3, 1:2

2: 3, 4: 1

None of the above

Platinum is 19 times as heavy as bronze and silver is 9 times as heavy as bronze. In what ratio these two
metals be mixed so that the alloy is 15 times as heavy as bronze is

2:1

3:2

1:2

Three bottles whose capacities are as 5 : 3 : 2 are completely filled with milk mixed with water. The ratio
of milk to water in the mixture of bottles are as 3 : 2, 2 : 1 and 3 : 1 respectively. Find the percentage of
water in the new mixture obtained when 1/3rd of first, 1/2 of second and 2/3rd of the third bottle is
taken out and mixed together
66.66%

50%

16.66%

33.33%

Three bottles contain equal mixtures of spirit and water in the ratio 6 : 1, 5 : 2 and 3 : 1 respectively. If all
the solutions are mixed together, the ratio of spirit to water in the final mixture will be

64 : 65

65 : 64

19 : 65

65 : 19

Two bottles A and B contain diluted ammonium nitric acid. In bottle A, the amount of water is double
the amount of acid while in bottle B, the amount of acid is 3 times that of water. How much mixture
Should be taken from each bottle in order to prepare 5 litres of diluted sulphuric acid containing equal
amount of acid and water?

1, 4

3, 2

2, 3

4, 1

Ajay pays Rs 8.0 per litre of spirit. He adds water and sells the mixture at Rs 9 per litre, thereby making
40 % profit. The proportion of water to spirit received by the customers is

45:11

11:45

2:45

45:2

A trader has 50 kg of rice, apart of which he sells at 10 per cent profit and the rest at 5 per cent loss. He
gains 7 per cent on the whole. What is the quantity sold at 10 per cent gain and 5 per cent loss?

30kg, 10kg

40kg, 15kg
35kg, 40kg

40kg, 10kg

Several litres of acid were drawn offa 54 litre vessel full of acid and an equal amount of water was
added. Again the same volume of the mixture was drawn off and replaced by water. As a result, the
vessel contained 24 litres of pure acid. How much of the acid was drawn off initially?

12 lts

16 lts

18 lts

24 lts

Mira’s expenditure and sayings are in the ratio 3: 2. Her income increases by 10 percent. Her
expenditure also increases by 12 percent. By how much per cent does her saving increase?

7%

10%

9%

13%

An empty container is filled with pure alcohol. The alcohol is slowly allowed to run out and when the
container is 1/4 empty ,it is replaced with water . Next, when the container is half empty it is again filled
with water. Finally, when it is empty, it is again filled with water. What percentage of container is
alcohol now?

81/2%

113/4%

93/8 %

143/8%

Mr X mixed 10 kg of variety A rice with 15 kg of variety B rice and sold the mixture at a price 40% more
than that of A. He did not get any profit.What is the ratio of the cost price of variety A to that of B per
kg?

2:5
3:5

4:5

A vessel contains a 105 ml mixture of milk and water. 3/7 of the mixture is alcohol, the remainder is
water. An additional quantity of 105 ml of milk is poured into the mixture. What is the ratio of the
volume of milk to water in the new mixture?

3:7

3:4

5:2

1:1

How much water must be mixed in 300 ml of sugar solution which contains 40% sugar by Weight, such
that it becomes a 30% sugar solution?

50 ml

75 ml

90 ml

100 ml

Two vessels A and B contain mixtures of spirit and water. A mixture of 3 parts from A and 2 parts from B
is found to contain 29% of spirit and a mixture of 1 part from A and 9 parts from B is found to contain 34
per cent of spirit. Find the percentage of spirit in A and B.

35, 25

40, 20

25, 35

50, 50

Two jars contain milk and water in the ratio 5: 4 and 2: 1 regpectively. What volume should be taken out
from the first jar if volumes have to be taken out from both jars so as to fill up a third 30 l jar with milk to
water in the ratio 1: 1 ?

7.5 l

15 l

22.5 l
It is impossible

One type of liquid contains 25% of benzene, the other contains 30% of benzene. A can is filled with 6
parts of the first liquid and 4 parts of the second liquid. Find the percentage of benzene in the new
mixture.

28%

25%

30%

27%

A housewife has 11 litre of solution that contains sodium carbonate solution and benzene solution in the
ratio 3 : 1. She adds 250 ml of 3 : 2 solution of sodium carbonate and benzene solution to it and then
uses 250 ml of the combined mixture to make strong organic solution How much of pure sodium
carbonate solution is she left with?

1000 ml

912.5 ml

750 ml

720 ml

There are two alloys made up of copper and aluminium. In the first alloy copper is half as much as
aluminium and in the second alloy copper is thrice as much as aluminium. How many times the second
alloy must be mixed with first alloy to get the new alloy in which copper is twice as much as aluminium?
2

There are two alloys made up of copper and aluminium. In the first alloy copper is half as much as
aluminium and in the second alloy copper is thrice as much as aluminium. How many times the second
alloy must be mixed with first alloy to get the new alloy in which copper is twice as much as aluminium?

4
5

A solution of cough syrup has 15% alcohol. Another solution has 5% alcohol. How many litres of the
second solution must be added to 20 litres of the first solution to make a solution of 10% alcohol?

10

15

20