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QA-06
Ratio - 2
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Mixtures and Alligation
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A solution of 20 L of wine and water contains 80% wine. How much water (in L) must be added to this solution in
order to make it a 40% wine solution?

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In a mixture of 120 L, the ratio of milk and water is 2 : 3. If 30 L of mixture is replaced by 18 L of milk and 12 L of
water, then new ratio of milk to water is

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(1) 7 : 9
(2) 9 : 11
(3) 2 : 3
(4) 11 : 9
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In a mixture of 105 L, the ratio of milk and water is 8 : 7. If some amount of mixture is removed in which 14 L was

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water and 5 L of water is added afterwards into the remaining mixture, then the new ratio of milk to water is

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(1) 19 : 20
(2) 4 : 5
(3) 1 : 1
(4) 2 : 3
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4.

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A milkman mixes 20 litres of water with 80 litres of milk. After selling one-fourth of this mixture, he adds water to
replenish the quantity that he had sold. What is the current ratio of water to milk?

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(1) 2 : 3
(2) 1 : 2
(3) 1 : 3
(4) 3 : 4
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After the addition of 35 liters of water to a can of diluted milk, the concentration of milk in the can becomes 30%.
Now, further 40 liters of water is added to the can and the concentration of milk in the can gets reduced by 10
percentage points. How many more liters of water must be added to the can now such that the concentration of
milk in the can becomes 8%?

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A can contains a solution of two liquids A and B in the ratio of 7 : 5. When 9 L of solution is drawn off from the
solution and the can is filled with B, the proportion of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many litres of liquid A was there
in the can initially?

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Product M is produced by mixing chemical X and chemical Y in the ratio of 5 : 4. Chemical X is prepared by mixing
two raw materials, A and B, in the ratio of 1 : 3. Chemical Y is prepared by mixing raw materials, B and C, in the
ratio of 2 : 1. Then the final mixture is prepared by mixing 864 units of product M with water. If the concentration of
the raw material B in the final mixture is 50%, how much water was added to product M?
(1) 328 units

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(2) 368 units
(3) 392 units
(4) 616 units
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A beaker contains milk and water in the ratio 5 : 3. If a person removes 6 L of this mixture and replaces it with pure

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water, the ratio of milk to water becomes 1 : 1. What is the amount of milk present in beaker initially?

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(1) 18.75 L
(2) 16.25 L
(3) 20 L
(4) 18 L
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Two liquids A and B are mixed in the ratio of 3 : 2 respectively and the mixture is sold at Rs. 11 per litre at 10%

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profit. If the first liquid costs Rs. 2 per litre more than the second, the cost (rupees per litre) of first liquid is

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(1) 10.8
(2) 8.8
(3) 18.8
(4) 5
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solution has 50% Phenyl Alcohol in it?

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10. In what ratio should 30% Phenyl Alcohol should be mixed with 60% of Phenyl Alcohol solution so that the resultant

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(1) 1 : 2
(2) 2 : 1
(3) 1 : 3
(4) 3 : 1
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mixed so that the mixture is 15 times as heavy as water, is

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11. Gold is 18 times as heavy as water and copper is 8 times as heavy as water. The ratio in which copper to gold be

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(1) 3 : 2
(2) 7 : 3
(3) 3 : 7
(4) 2 : 3
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12. A 20% ethanol solution is mixed with another ethanol solution, say, S of unknown concentration in the proportion
1:3 by volume. This mixture is then mixed with an equal volume of 20% ethanol solution. If the resultant mixture is a
31.25% ethanol solution, then the unknown concentration of S is
(1) 50%

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(2) 48%
(3) 55%

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(4) 52%

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13. There are two alloys of copper and aluminium in the ratio 7 : 2 and 7 : 11 respectively. If equal quantities of the two
alloys are melted to form a third alloy, then find the ratio of copper to aluminium in newly fomed alloy.

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(1) 3 : 4
(2) 5 : 3
(3) 7 : 3
(4) 7 : 5
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content gets reduced to 70%. How much copper and zinc does the new alloy contain?

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14. An alloy of copper and zinc contains 82% copper. After 18 kg of zinc had been added to the alloy, the copper

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(1) Copper 88 kg, zinc 35 kg
(2) Copper 86.1 kg, zinc 36.9 kg
(3) Copper 80.5 kg, zinc 42.5 kg
(4) Copper 70 kg, zinc 30 kg
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CA > CB > CC (C indicates concentration). The volume of the containers are VA, VB and VC.

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15. The concentrations of the milk solutions in three containers A, B and C are in an arithmetic progression, such that

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
I. If VA : VB : VC = 1 : 1 : 1, then the volumes of milk are also in arithmetic progression.

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II. If the amount of milk in the containers is in AP, it implies that the volumes of the containers are all equal.
III. There exists situations when the concentration of a combined mixture can be independent of the volume

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VB (i.e. not affected by VB).

(1) Statements I and II are correct

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16. The volume of a sugar solution in three different vessels form an arithmetic progression with a common difference
of 5 kg. All the three sugar solutions have the same percentage concentration of sugar. The difference between the
numerical values of the concentration (in percentage) of sugar in the sugar solution and the volume of sugar

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solution in the vessel having the least quantity is 8. The total quantity of sugar in the three vessels is 5.4 litres.
What are the quantities of sugar solution in the three vessels?

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(1) 5 kg, 10 kg and 15 kg
(2) 6 kg, 11 kg and 16 kg
(3) 7 kg, 12 kg and 17 kg

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(4) 8 kg, 13 kg and 18 kg

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17. Three milkmen Ramu, Kamu and Namu had 5L, 10L and 15L of milk-water solution respectively. In the solution that
Kamu and Namu had, the ratio of milk and water were 2 : 3 and 1 : 4 respectively. All of them sat together and
mixed their respective solutions together. They sold the combined mixture at Rs. 20 per litre and Ramu got Rs. 2.5

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for every litre of mixture sold. What was the milk-water ratio in the solution that Ramu had with him? (Assume water
comes free of cost and they share the revenue earned in the ratio of milk content)

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(1) 1 : 4
(2) 2 : 3
(3) 1 : 5

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(4) 3 : 5

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18. Beaker A and beaker B contains methanol, ethanol and phenyl in the ratio 1 : 3 : 2 and 2 : 1 : 5 respectively. Some
parts of the solutions from beaker A and beaker B are thoroughly mixed and put into another beaker C. Which of
the following cannot be the ratio of methanol, phenyl and ethanol in beaker C?
(1) 10 : 23 : 15

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(2) 7 : 15 : 16
(3) 6 : 13 : 13

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(4) 9 : 20 : 18

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19. Two alloys of iron have different percentages of iron in them. The first of them weighs 6 kg and the second one
weighs 12 kg. One piece each, of equal weight, was cut off from both the alloys. The piece from the first was mixed
with the leftover part of the second alloy and the piece from the second with the leftover part of the first alloy. As a

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result the percentage of iron became the same in both the alloys. What was the weight of each cut out pieces?
(1) 4 kg
(2) 3.5 kg
(3) 3 kg
(4) None of these
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20. Pipe X pours a mixture of acid and water, and pipe Y pours pure water into a bucket. After 1 hour, the bucket got
filled and the concentration of acid in the bucket was noted to be 8%. If pipe Y was closed after 30 minutes and
pipe X continued to pour the mixture, concentration of acid in the bucket after 1 hour would have been 10%. What
is the ratio of acid to water in the mixture coming out of pipe X?
(1) 13 : 2

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(2) 2 : 15
(3) 3 : 20
(4) 2 : 13
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21. 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
3/4 empty, it is again filled with water. Find the percentage of alcohol in the container now.
(1) 37.5%

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(2) 11.75%
(3) 9.375%

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Replacement
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22. Two jars contain milk and water in the ratio 5 : 4 and 2 : 1 respectively. What volume should be taken out from the
first jar and second jar so as to fill up a third 30 L jar with milk to water in the ratio 1 : 1?

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(1) 7.5 L
(2) 15 L
(3) 22.5 L
(4) Impossible situation
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23. One-litre can is full with a mixture of water and alcohol, and alcohol content is 20% of the total mixture. If 10% of
this liquid is taken out and pure alcohol is added to fill the can, what will be the percentage of alcohol in the new
mixture?

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What volume of wine remains in the vessel at the end of 3 days?

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24. A vessel contains 180 L wine. 60 L is taken out of the vessel every day and an equal volume of water is put in it.

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(1) 160/3 L
(2) 20/3 L
(3) 80 L
(4) 35 L
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25. Some amount of acid is taken out of a 54 L vessel full of acid and then an equal amount of water is added to it. The
process is repeated once more. As a result, the vessel now contains 24 L pure acid. How much of the acid was
taken out initially (in L)?

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further repeated once. How much milk is there in the container now?

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26. A container has 80 L of milk. From this container, 8 L of milk was taken out and replaced by water. The process was

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(1) 64.8 L
(2) 62.8 L
(3) 62 L
(4) 64 L
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27. A solution contains 20 L of pure milk. 20% of this is taken out. Another 20% of the remaining solution is taken out
and finally 20% of the solution left is taken out. The total amount of solution taken out is replaced with water. Find
the ratio of milk to water in the final solution.
(1) 1 : 5

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(2) 12 : 38
(3) 488 : 512

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(4) 512 : 488

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28. A cylindrical container is having the top surface of a liquid at a level of 4/7 of its full level. From this, if x litres is
removed, the container is one-fourth full. Finally, 35 L is added to the container from this position, making it half full.
Find the value of x and the capacity of the container respectively.
(1) 45 L and 210 L

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(2) 25 L and 140 L
(3) 45 L and 140 L

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(4) 40 L and 210 L

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29. Two identical vessels are filled with alcohol. From the first vessel ‘a’ litres of the solution is taken out and replaced
with ‘a’ litres of water. From the resulting mixture ‘a’ litres of the mixture is removed and again replaced with ‘a’ litres
of water. Same operation is done in the second vessel the same number of times, but the amount of solution
removed and replaced with water is ‘2a’ litres.

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What fraction of the volume of the vessels is ‘a’ if the strength of alcohols in the two vessels finally is in the ratio

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30. There are infinite number of containers each of capacity 1 L numbered A0, A1, A2, ... A. A0 contains 1L alcohol
while the other containers are empty. In first operation, half of the contents of A0 are poured in A1 and then water is
added to A0 to fill it to the brim. In the 2nd operation, half of the contents of A0 are equally distributed in A1 and A2,

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and again water is poured in A0 to fill it up. Subsequently, in (n+1)th operation, half of the contents of A0 are
distributed equally in A1, A2, ......, An and A0 is filled with water after that. What is the final concentration of alcohol

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(approx.) in A1 after infinite number of such operations?
(1) 62%
(2) 66%

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(4) 80%

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