Quantitative Apitude-Alligation or Mixture

Quantitative Apitude-Alligation or Mixture
21. 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
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22. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of pulses costing Rs. 15 and Rs. 20 per kg respectively so as to get a mixture worth Rs. 16.50 kg?
  • 3 : 7
  • 5 : 7
  • 7 : 3
  • 7 : 5
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23. A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and thereby gains 25%. The percentage of water in the mixture is:
  • 4%
  • 6%
  • 20%
  • 25%
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24. How many kilogram 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?
  • 36 kg
  • 42 kg
  • 54 kg
  • 63 kg
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25.  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.l6 litres
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26. 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:
  • 1/3
  • 2/3
  • 2/5
  • 3/5
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27. In what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain 16% on selling the mixture at cost price?
  • 1 : 6
  • 6 : 1
  • 2 : 3
  • 4 : 3
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28. 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.
  • 1 : 3
  • 2 : 3
  • 3 : 4
  • 4 : 5
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29. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of tea worth Rs. 60 a kg and Rs. 65 a kg so that by selling the mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg he may gain 10%?
  • 3 : 2
  • 3 : 4
  • 3 : 5
  • 4 : 5
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30. 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:
  • Rs. 18
  • Rs.18.50
  • Rs. 19
  • Rs. 19.50
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