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Q1)-A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are water and 5 parts syrup. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup?

1/3

1/4

1/5

1/7

Ans.- C

Q2)-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

27.36 litres

28 litres

29.16 litres

Ans.- D

Q3)-A merchant mixes three varieties of rice costing Rs.20/kg, Rs.24/kg and Rs.30/kg and sells the mixture at a profit of 20% at Rs.30/kg. How many kg of the second variety will be in the mixture if 2 kg of the third variety is present in the mixture?

1 kg

2 kg

4 kg

5 kg

Ans.- D

Q4)-A 20 litre mixture of milk and water contains milk and water in the ratio 3 : 2. 10 litres of the mixture is removed and replaced with pure milk and the operation is repeated once more. At the end of the two removals and replacement, what is the ratio of milk and water in the resultant mixture?

17 : 4

9 : 1

3 : 17

5 : 3

Ans.- B

Q5)-Two vessels A and B contain spirit and water in the ratio 5 : 2 and 7 : 6 respectively. Find the ratio in which these mixtures be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C containing spirit and water in the ratio 8 : 5 ?

3: 4

4 : 3

9 : 7

7 : 9

Ans.- D

Q6)-A jar full of whiskey 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

4/3

3/4

2/3

3/2

Ans.- C

Q7)-How many liters of oil at Rs.40 per liter should be mixed with 240 liters of a second variety of oil at Rs.60 per liter so as to get a mixture whose cost is Rs.52 per liter?

120 L

180 L

110 L

160 L

Ans.- D

Q8)-In what ratio,water must be mixed with fruit juice costing Rs.24 per litre so that the juice would be worth of Rs.20 per litre?

1 : 4

1 : 5

1 : 6

2 : 5

Ans.- B

Q9)-There are two varieties of tea worth Rs.90 per kg and Rs.70 per kg. If X kg of 1st kind is mixed with 56 kg of 2nd kind to get a profit 25% by selling the mixture at Rs.95 per kg then X equals to:

35

24

48

19

Ans.- B

Q10)-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?

4 litres, 8 litres

6 litres, 6 litres

5 litres, 7 litres

7 litres, 5 litres

Ans.- B