Two vessel contain milk water in the ratio 5:3 and 7:9 .

If
both vessel are mixed in ratio 1:2. Find the ratio of milk and
water in new mixture?
a)11:13
b)17:8
c)1:1
d)14:17

In vessels X and Y, the ratios of acid and water are 3: 7 and

1:3, respectively. The contents of X and Y are mixed in the
ratio of 1:2 to get a solution in which acid and water are in
the ratio a: b. What is the value of (b+a)/(b-a)?
(a) 15/7
(b) 12/7
(c) 13/7
(d) 11/7

Two vessel contain milk water in the ratio 13:11 and 5:7. If
both vessel are mixed in ratio 1:1. Find the ratio of milk and
water in new mixture?
b)22:23
c)18:17
d)22:27
Two vessel contain milk water in the ratio 5:9 and 7:11. If
both vessel are mixed in ratio 4:3. Find the ratio of milk and
water in new mixture?
a)141:131
b)107:89
c)109:185
d)114:175

Two vessel contain mixture of milk and water. In 1st mixture

milk is 46.66% and in 2nd mixture water is 55.55% .If both
vessel are mixed in ratio 7:6. Find the ratio of milk and water
in the new mixture?
a)89:106
b)79:116
c)98:119
d)87:111

Two vessel contain mixture of milk and water. In 1st mixture

milk is 43.75% and in 2nd mixture milk is 18.75% .If both
vessel are mixed in ratio 5:7. Find the ratio of milk and water
in the new mixture?
a)56:136
b)136:56
c)78:136
d)136:78
Alloys A and B contain copper and zinc in the ratio 7: 8 and
4: 1, respectively. In what ratio should A and B be mixed to
obtain a new alloy C containing copper and zinc in the ratio
2:1?
(a) 4:5
(b) 5:6
(c) 2:3
(d) 3:4

Milk and water are in 5:2 in one vessel and in another it is

8:5. In what ratio should both vessels get mixed to achieve
milk and water as 9:4?
7:2
2:7
4:3
5:4

Milk and water are in 7:22 in one vessel and in another it is

21:37. In what ratio should both vessels get mixed to achieve
milk and water as 25:62?
11:8
13:8
13:7
13:5

The ratio of acid and water in solutions A and B is15: 11 and

4: 9, respectively. 6 litres of A is mixed with 4 litres of B.
How much acid (in ml) should be added to 390 ml of the
resulting solution so that the ratio of acid and water in it
becomes 3:2?
(a) 126.5
(b) 130
(c) 128
(d) 127.5
X and Y are the two alloys which were made by mixing zinc
and copper in the ratio 6:9 and 7:11, respectively. If 40g of
alloy X and 60 g of alloy Y are melted and mixed to form
another alloy Z, then what is the ratio of Zinc and copper in
the new alloy Z?
a) 6:9
b) 59:91
c) 5:9
d) 59:90

The ratio of milk to water in 3 containers of equal capacity

is 3:2, 7:3 and 11:4 respectively. The contents of 3 containers
are mixed together. What is the ratio of milk to water after
mixing?
a)19:4
b)7:3
c)61:29
d)41:18

In 3 vessels , each of 49.6ltr of capacity, mixture of milk and

water is filled. The ratio of milk to water in 3 containers is
3:2, 7:3 and 11:4 respectively. The contents of 3 containers
are mixed together. What is the ratio of milk to water after
mixing?
a)19:4
b)7:3
c)61:29
d)41:18

Three containers have their volumes in the ratio 3: 4: 5. They

are full of mixtures of milk and water. The mixtures contain
milk and water in the ratio of (4 :1),(3: 1) and (5 : 2)
respectively. The contents of all these three containers are
poured into a fourth container. The ratio of milk and water
in the fourth container is ?
a)4:1
b)151:48
c)157:53
d)5:2
There are 3 mixture contain milk and water. In 1st mixture
milk is 37.5% of mixture and in 2nd mixture milk is 28.56%
less than water, in 3rd mixture the ratio of milk and water is
5:4 If 12.4ltr of 1st mixture , 15.5 ltr of 2nd mixture and 9.3ltr
of 3rd mixture are mixed together then find the ratio of milk
and water in new mixture?
a)7:6
b)7:9
c)9:7
d)11:5

Three vessels whose capacities are as 1:3:5 are completely

filled with milk mixed with water. The ratio of milk to water
in the mixture of vessels are as 9:1, 2:3 and 4:5 respectively.

Find the % of water in the new mixture obtained when

66.66% of 1st, 83.33% of 2nd and 70% of the 3rd vessel is
taken out and mixed together?
a)63.33%
b)60%
c)50%
d)52.66%
There are 3 bottles of mixture of spirit and water of ratio 2:3,
3:4 and 7:5. If 10 litre of first, 21 litre of 2nd bottles are
taken. How much quantity from 3rd bottle is to be taken out
so that final mixture of 3 bottles will be 1:1?
27
30
33
36

The ratio of milk and water in a vessel is 4:7 .if 25 ltr water
is added then ratio becomes 6:13 .find the initial quantity of
mixture(in ltr)?
150
132
165
175

200 litres of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio

17 : 3. After the addition of some more milk to it, the ratio of
milk to water in the resulting mixture becomes 7 : 1. The
quantity of milk added to it was ?
a) 20 litres
b) 40 litres
c) 60 litres
d) 80 litres
The ratio of milk and water in a vessel is 8:5 if we added 44
ltr milk and 44 ltr water then quantity of milk becomes
28.56% more than water. Find the initial quantity of water?
a) 48ltr
b) 45ltr
c) 40ltr
d) 60ltr

The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is 1:3. We added x

ltr of milk to the mixture then ratio becomes 7:15 and we
added 50 ltr water to the mixture, then ratio becomes 2:5.
Find the value of x?
a)28ltr
b)32ltr

In a vessel milk is 60% less than water. when x litre milk is

added to mixture then ratio of milk and waterbecomes 3:5.
Now y litre water is extracted from mixture then this ratio
becomes 7:10.now 30 litre milk is added again then new ratio
of milk and water becomes 4:5.find the value of (x+y)?
120
140
135
180
In a vessel ratio of milk and water is 7:3. When x ltr milk is
added then ratio of milk and water becomes 17:6 Now in this
mixture 3.5 ltr milk and 3 ltr water is added then ratio of milk
and water becomes 5:2 find the value of x?
4
5
6
7

There is a mixture of milk and water 120 Itr. 1/6th part of

this mixture is milk. We took out 30ltr mixture and added ‘p’
ltr milk to this mixture and the ratio was reversed. Then we
added ‘q’ ltr water to this mixture then again the ratio was
reversed. Find the value of (q-p)?
a)1440lt
b)14281t
c)720 It
d)960 It
A vessel contains 2.5 liters of water and 10 liters of milk 20%
of the contents of the vessel are removed. To the remaining
contents, x liters of water is added to reverse the ratio of
water and milk. Then y liter of milk is added again to reverse
the ratio of water and milk. Find y?
a)100
b)110
c)120
d)130

Ratio of milk and water in the mixture is 5:3. How much

fraction of the mixture must be drawn off and substitute by
water so that ratio become 1:1?
1/4
1/5
1/6
1/3

Ratio of milk and water in the mixture is 7:1. How much

fraction of the mixture must be drawn off and substitute by
water so that ratio become 2:3?
16/35
18/35
19/35
17/35
A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B is the ratio
7: 5. When 9 liters of mixture are drawn off and the can is
filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7:9. How many
liters of liquid A was contained by the can initially?
a) 14ltr b) 21ltr
c) 28ltr d) 35lt

A mixture contain milk and water in ratio 6: 5. When 33 liters

of mixture is replaced by same quantity of water then ratio
becomes 3:4. find initial quantity of water.
70
84
82
96

A vessel contains 120 liters of milk. 30 liters of milk taken

out from the vessel and replaced by water and this operation
repeated two more times. Find the ratio of milk and water in
resulting mixture?
A 71:23
B 23:47
C 23:77
D 27:37
A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B is the ratio
4:3. When 14 liters of mixture are drawn off and the can is
filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 1:2 . How many
liters of liquid A was contained by the can initially?
a) 19.2 ltr b) 17.2 ltr
c) 18.1 ltr d) 18.5 ltr

A container contains 71.2L of pure milk. 20% of the milk

(sol) is taken out and replaced with water. This process is
repeated ‘n’ number of times. Find the min value of ‘n’ for
which the milk concentration becomes less than 46.8%?
a) 6 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

A vessel is full of 90ltr milk, 18ltr milk is taken out and

replaced by water and again this process is repeated 2 more
times, the amount of milk left after the 3rd replacement is?
a) 11.52ltr b) 46.08ltr
c) 23.04ltr d) 69.12ltr
From a container of vegetable oil 13L of vegetable oil is
taken out and replaced by another type of vegetable oil. This
process is repeated 3 times more. Find the initial amount of
vegetable oil in the container if at the end the ratio of
vegetable oil and another type of vegetable oil becomes
2401:1695.
a) 91L b) 65L
c) 104L d) 84.5

A vessel contains certain quantity of pure milk. 120 litres

pure milk is taken out of the vessel and replaced with same
quantity of water. Again 120 litres mixture is taken out of the
vessel and replaced with same quantity of water. Now, the
resultant mixture having 36% water is poured into a jar
having 72 litres water. Find the ratio of the quantities of milk
to water in the jar finally.
A 5:3
B 7:4
C 3:2
D 4:3

Two vessel of capacity 9 liter and 6 ltr having acid of

different concentration. Same quantity of mixture is drawn
off from each vessel and put into each other now the
concentration of acid in both vessel is same. Find the
quantity of same drawn off mixture from each vessel.
(A) 5 ltr (B) 3.6ltr (C) 3 ltr (D) 7.5 ltr
Two vessels A and B contains acid of different concentration
ie 27:43 and 29:37 of capacity of 6 liter and 3 liter
respectively. We take out same quantities from both vessels
put into one another simultaneously, Now the concentration
of acid in both vessels are same. Find the taken out quantity?
1.8
2
2.4
2.8

Two vessels A and B contains acid of different concentration

i.e 37:43 and 19:67 of capacity of 140 liter and 60 liter
respectively. We take out same quantities from both vessels
put into one another simultaneously, Now the concentration
of acid in both vessels are same. Find the taken out quantity?
48
46
42
44

Two vessels A and B contains acid of different concentration

ie. 71:93 and 21:29 of capacity of 6 litre and 12 litre
respectively. We take out same quantities from both vessels
put into one another simultaneously, Now the concentration
of acid in both vessels are same. Find the taken out quantity?
2
3
4
5
Two vessels containing mixture of acid having different
concentration. A contains 8 liter of acid and B contains 6 liter
of acid. if 2X liter was taken out from vessel A and X liter
was taken out from vessel B poured into each other and
concentration becomes equal ? Find x?
1.6
2
2.4
2.8

Two vessels A and B contain acid of different concentration.

The capacity of A and B are 12ltr and 8ltr. we take out 3x
from A and 2x from B and put into each other now the
concentration in both vessel are same? Find the x?
2
2.4
2.8
3.2

Two vessels A and B contain acid of different concentration.

The capacity of A and B are 15ltr and 4ltr. We take out 5x
from A and 2x from B and put into each other now the
concentration in both vessel are same? Find the x?
8
10
12
14
Vessel A has 88 liters of pure milk and vessel B has 88 litres
of water. 22 liters milk is transferred from A to B. Then 22
litres is transferred from B to A. This process is repeating
two more times. What is the ratio of milk and water in A at
the end?
76:48
64:63
64:61
61:64

From a cask filled with wine, 108.75 litres are first drawn
and replaced with water. From this mixture 87 litres are
drawn and replaced with water. The ratio of wine to water
inthe cask is now 3: 2. How many litres of wine did the cask
initially hold?
A.522
B.348
C.470
D.435

A vessel contains a solution of acid and water in the ratio 5:

7. When 9 litres of the solution are taken out and the vessel
is filled with equal quantity of acid, the ratio of acid and
water in the vessel becomes 9: 7. How many litres of solution
was there in the vessel, initially?
A.36
B. 24
C. 30
D.42
The ratio of alcohol and water in solutions A and B is 3: 5
and 5: 7, respectively. Two litres of A is mixed with 5 litres
of B and 3 litres of alcohol is also added to it to get a new
solution C. In 1.5 litres of solution C, how much alcohol (in
ml) should be mixed so that the ratio of alcohol and water in
the final solution becomes 2:1?
A. 385
B. 405
C. 375
D. 395

From a cask filled with 867 litres of wine, y litres are first
drawn and replaced with water. After the first replacement
the ratio of wine and water in the cask, when expressed in
the lowest form, is given as a b. From this mixture y litres
aredrawn and replaced with water. The ratio of wine to water
in the cask after the second replacement, when expressed in
the lowest form, is given as 169: 120. Find the value of (y +
a+ b).
A. 220
B. 222
C. 221
D. 224

In a 60-liter mixture of milk and water, the water content is

40%. How many litres of water should be added to increase
the water content to 60%?
A. 25 litres
B. 30 litres
C. 15 litres
D. 20 litres
A container is full of mixture (40% water) of milk and water.
A part of this mixture is replaced by another containing 81%
milk and now the percentage of milk was found to be 74%.
Find quantity of mixture replaced.
66.66%
72%
72%
62.5%

A vessel of 80 L is filled with milk and water in parts

separately. 75% of milk and 25% of water is taken out of the
vessel. It is found that the vessel is vacated by 60%. Find the
initial quantity of water.
24 litres
27 litres
32 litres
36 litres

A mixture contains wine and water in the ratio 3: 2 and

another mixture contains them in the ratio 4: 5. How many
litres of Mixture II must be mixed with 3 litres of the former
so that the resulting mixture may contain equal quantities of
wine and water?
2.7
3.6
5.4
8.1
A milkman mixed two solutions A and B of milk and water
in the ratio of 4: 5 respectively, then a new solution obtained
in which the concentration of milk was 75%. In 5 litres
solution A, the quantity of water was 2 litres, then in 15 litres
solution B, what was the quantity (in ml) of milk?
11.05
12.05
13.05
14.05

A wall has only yellow and white colors painted on it. The
ratio of white and yellow parts on the wall is 2 : 1 and the
ratio of white and yellow parts on the upper half is 4: 1. What
is the ratio of white and yellow in the lower half?
4:7
4:11
7:8
8:7

560 ml of mixture contains 45% of milk in it. Find the

quantity of milk that must be added into the mixture so that
quantity of milk in the resultant mixture becomes 60%.
180
200
210
230
An alloy 'A' of Iron and Aluminium contains 75% Iron and
rest Aluminium. When alloy 'A' is mixed with 25% of alloy
'B' which contains 80 kg Iron and 144 kg Aluminium, the
ratio of the Iron to Aluminium in the final alloy becomes 5:3,
Find total quantity of alloy 'A'.
A 180 kg
B 150 kg
C 120 kg
D 100 kg

A mixture of honey water has 30% honey. Another mixture

has 15% honey. How many litres of the second mixture must
be added to 80 litres of the first mixture to make a mixture
of 25% honey ?
A. 15 liters
B. 40 liters
C. 80 liters
D. 20 liters

A container of capacity 80 liters is filled with the mixture of

milk and water. If certain quantity of mixture is taken out
then 70% of milk and 30% of water is removed out from the
mixture and overall 55% percent of the container will be
vacant then find the initial quantity of water and milk in the
container.
A 30L, 50L
B 50L, 25L
C 25L, 55L
D 55L, 25L
A milkman has 2 types of milk. In the first container the %
of milk is 80% and in the 2nd container the % of milk is 60%.
If he mixes 28L of milk of the 1st container to the 32L of
milk of the 2nd container, then the % of milk in the mixture
is:
62.5
66.66
69.33
67.5

An alloy contains 40% of silver, 30% of copper and 30% of

nickel. How much silver (in kg) should be added to 25 kg of
the alloy so that the new alloy contains 50% of silver?
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 20

80% and 90% pure acid solutions are mixed to obtain 20

litres of 87% pure acid solution. Find the quantity (in litres)
of 80% pure acid solution taken to form the mixture.
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 6
(d) 9
If 49 litres of a milk solution has 63% milk in it, then how
much milk should be added to make the concentration of
milk 70% in the solution?
(a) 11(13/30) litres
(b) 14(7/30) litres
(c) 12(13/30)litres
(d) 13(13/30) litres

700 grams of cane sugar solution has 60% of sugar in it. How
much sugar should be added to make it 75% in the solution?
(a) 320 gm
(b) 480gm
(c) 380 gm
(d) 420 gm

A beaker contains acid and water in the ratio 1:x. when 300
ml of the previous mixture and 50ml of water are mixed, the
ratio of acid and water becomes 2:5. what is the value of x?
a)2 b)4 c)3 d)1
If x beakers of 100ml containing 1:4 acid water solution are
mixed with y beakers of 200 ml containing 3:17 acid water
solution, then the ratio of acid to water in the resulting
mixture becomes 19:91. Find x:y?
a)5:3 b)3:5
c)7:13 d) 13:7

A vessel contains 64L of mixture of milk and water in the

ratio 7:3 respectively. 8L of mixture is replaced by 12L milk.
What is the ratio of milk and water in the resulting mixture?
a)64:21
b)35:22
c)64:23
d)65:21

A liquid P is 15/8 times heavier than water. Water is 20/13

times heavier than another liquid Q. How many litre of P
should be mixed with 22. 5 litre of liquid Q so that weight of
the mixture is equal to that of water?
A liquid P is 10/7 times heavier than water. Water is 7/5
times heavier than another liquid Q. How many litre of P
should be mixed with 7 litre of liquid Q so that weight of the
mixture is equal to that of water ?
A) 14/3 litres B) 5 litres C) 31/6 litres D) 7 litres

Two tins of equal dimension have 1/5 & 1/6 portions filled
with acid. If the remaining portion of the tins are filled with
water and the resultant contents are mixed in tumbler, then
how many units of acid should be added to the tumbler so
that the ratio of acid and water becomes 1:1 in the resulting
solution?
A) 32
B) 38
C) 35
D) 30

The ratios of alcohol and water in solutions A and B are 5: 4

and 7: 11, respectively. Five litres of A is mixed with 6 litres
of B. Furthermore, 1 litre of alcohol and 3 litres of water are
also added in the resulting mixture. What is the ratio of
alcohol and water in the final mixture?
A) 46:53
B) 11:16
C) 27:32
D) 47:59
A solution of 60 liters is made of dye and water in the
proportion 2:3. Water is added to the solution so as to make
the proportion of dye to water as 3:5. One fourth of the
solution is to be removed, and dye is to be added to make dye
and water in the proportion 2:3 in the final solution. Find
how many liters of dye is to be added?
A) 2
B) 6
C) 8
D) 4

The ratios of alcohol and water in solutions A and B are 7: 8

and 3: 2, respectively. If 9 litres of A is mixed with 6 litres
of B and then 1 litre of alcohol and 2 litres of water are added
to the resulting mixture, what is the percentage of alcohol in
the final mixture so obtained (correct to one decimal place)?
A) 46.7%
B) 47.8%
C) 47.4%
D) 48.9%

A can contains 50 litres of a solution of spirit and water with

40% spirit in it. 5 litres of the solution is removed and 5 litres
of spirit is added. The same process is done two more times.
Find the percentage of water in the solution at the end
(rounded off to the nearest integer).
B) 44%
C) 54%
D) 48%
80 litres of a mixture of spirit and water in the ratio 7: 9 is
present in a container A. 20 litres of the mixture is transferred
to another container B. Then the container A is filled with 20
litres of water. Then 32 litres of the mixture is again
transferred to container B. The ratio of water to spirit of the
mixture in container B is equal to:
1. 41:87
2. 87:41
3. 131:77
4. 77: 131

100 litres of a mixture of spirit and water in the ratio 3:4 is

present in a container A. 30 litres of the mixture is
transferred to another container B. Then the container A is
filled with 30 litres of water. Then 40 litres of the mixture is
again transferred to container B. The ratio of water to spirit
of the mixture in container B is equal to:
87:158
158:87
1:2
2:1

75 litres of a mixture of Milk and water in the ratio 3:2 is

present in a container A. 25 litres of the mixture is transferred
to another container B. Then the container A is filled with 25
litres of water. Now If X litres of the mixture A is mixed with
B to get the ratio of 7:8. Find X
25
50
75
100
Vessel A has 121 litres of pure milk and vessel B has 121
litres of water. 33 litres milk is transferred from A to B. Then
33 litres is transferred from B to A. This process is repeating
one more times. What is the ratio of milk and water in A at
the end?
65:33
33:65
17:47
47:17

There are two containers A and B that contain equal

quantities of milk and water respectively. One-third of the
contents of A are poured into B, then the same quantity of
the mixture is transferred back from B to A. This is done four
times. What is the ratio of milk and water in the A now?
17:15
15:17
19:11
11:19