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1. Two vessels are full of milk with milk water ratios 1 : 4 and 3 : 8, respectively. If both are mixed in the ratio
3: 2, what is the ratio of milk and water in the new mixture?
(a) 4:15
(b) 3: 7
(c) 63 : 212
(d) NOT.

2. Two mixtures contain milk and water in the ratios 3:2 and 4: 5. How many litres of the second mixture must
be mixed with 3 litres of the first mixture so that the new mixture thus formed contain equal quantities of milk
and water?
(a) 51tr
(b) 5.4 1tr
(c) 5.51tr
(d) 6 ltr

3. Them up milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 4:3 and 2:3 respectively. In what ratio, the
liquids in both the vessels be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C containing half milk and half water?
(a) 7:5
(b) 5:2
(c) 3: 11
(d) 1:2

4. In two blends of mixed tea, the ratios of Darjeeling and Assam tea are 4 : 7 and 2 : 5. The ratio in which these
two blends should be mixed to get the ratio of Darjeeling and Assam tea in the new mixture as 6 : 13 is
(a) 22:35
(b) 26:35
(c) 35: 78
(d) 13:22

5. Acid and water are mixed in a vessel A in the ratio of 5 : 2 and in the vessel B in the ratio 8 : 5. In what
proportion should quantities be taken out from the two vessels so as to form a mixture in which the acid and
water will be in the ratio of 9 : 4?
(a) 7:2
(b) 2:7
(c) 7:4
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(d) 2:3

6. Solution A contains 10% acid and solution B contains 30% acid. In what ratio should solution A be mixed
with Solution B to obtain a mixture with 25% acid?
(a) 1:2
(b) 3: 1
(c) 1:3
(d) 2:1

7. Two alloys are both made up of copper and tin. The ratio of copper and tin in the first alloy is 1 : 3 and in the
second alloy is 2: 5. In what ratio should the two alloys be mixed to obtain a new alloy in which the ratio of tin
and copper be 8 : 3?
(a) 3: 5 (c) 3 : 8
(b) 4:7 (d) 5:11

8. The ratio of two liquids in a mixture is 3 : 5 and that in another mixture is 6 : 1. The ratio in which these two
mixtures should be mixed so as to make the ratio of the liquids 7 : 3 is
(a) 44:71
(b) 44: 81
(c) 44:91
(d) 44:61

9. In an alloy 80% is copper and remaining is tin. In another alloy, copper is 85% and tin is 12%, In what ratio
should the two alloy be mixed so that the new mixture must have 15% tin. Also find the percentage of copper in
the new mixture?
(a) 3:5 (b) 5:3
(c) 2: 3 (d) 3:4

10. If a dairy mixes cow's milk which contains 10% fat with buffalo's milk which contains 20% fat, then the
resulting mixture has fat 120/7%of fat. What ratio was the cow's milk mixed with buffalo's milk?
(a) 2:5
(b) 1:5
(c) 2: 3
(d) 2 : 1

11. 40 litres of a mixture of milk and water contains 10% of water, the amount of water to be added, to make the
water content 20% in the new mixture is :
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(a) 6 litre
(b) 6.5 litre
(c) 5.5 litre.
(d) 5 litre

12. 300 gram of sugar solution has 40% of sugar in it. How much sugar should be added to make it 50% in the
solution ?
(a) 60 gm
(b) 80 gms
(c ) 10 gms
(d) 40 gms

13 An alloy contains copper and tin the ratio 3 : 2. If 250 gm of copper is added to this alloy then the copper in
it becomes double the quantity of tin in it. What is the amount (in gms) of tin in the alloy?
(a) 250
(b) 750
(c) 1000
(d) 500

14.A jar full of 60 litres syrup contains 40% honey. A part of this syrup is replaced by another containing 19%
of honey and now ratio of honey and other would be 13: 37. Find the quantity syrup is replaced.
(a) 40 (c) 35
(b) 45 (d) 80

15. A jar full of 70 litres syrup contains 50% honey. A part of this syrup is replaced by another containing 29%
of honey and now ratio of honey and other would be 8: 25. Find the quantity syrup is replaced.
(a) 10 (c) 60
(b) 50 (d) 80

16. In what ratio should coffee powder costing ₹2500 / kg be mixed with coffee powder costing ₹1500 / kg so
that the cost of the mixture is ₹2250 / kg ?
(a) 1 : 4
(b) 4:1
(c) 3: 1
(d) 1:3

17. In what ratio, sugar costing ₹60 per kg be mixed with sugar costing ₹42 per kg such that by selling the
mixture at ₹56 per kg there is a gain of 12% ?
(a) 5: 7
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(b) 8:9
(c) 5:6
(d) 4:5

18. How many kg of salt costing 28 per kg must be mixed with 39.6 kg of salt costing ₹ 16 per kg, so that
selling the mixture at ₹ 29.90, there is a gain of 15%?
(a) 198
(b) 133
(c) 132
(d) 135

19. A student bought 10 pencils and 8 pens at ₹ 150. He sells pencil at 4% profit and pen at 7% profit. Overall
he gains ₹9. Find the cost price of each pencil and pen.
(a) 3, 6
(b) 5, 10.5
(c) 5, 12.5
(d) 3, 6

20. A sum of ₹ 15,600 is invested partly at 7% per annum and the remaining at 9% per annum simple interest. If
the total interest at the end of 3 years is ₹ 3738, how much money was invested at 7% per annum?
(a) ₹7800
(b) ₹7900
(c) 7600
(d) 7700

21. A sum of ₹ 10, 200 is invested partly at 8% per annum and remaining at 6% per annum for 3 years at simple
interest. If the total interest is ₹2,124, how much money was invested at 6% per annum?
(a) ₹4900
(b) ₹ 5200
(c) ₹4800
(d) ₹5400

22. A man has ₹10,000. He lent a part of it vat 15% simple interest and the remaining at 10% simple interest.
The total interest he received after 5 years amounted to ₹6,500. The difference between the parts of the amounts
he lent is:
(a) ₹2,000
(b) ₹2,500
(c) ₹1,500
(d) ₹1,750
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23. Average run per wicket of a bowler is 11.5. In his next inning bowler took 5 wickets and conceded 40 run,
there by he reduced his bowling average by 0.5. Find the total number of wickets.
(a) 25
(b) 35
(c) 24
(d) 23

24. A cricketer whose bowling average is 12.4 runs per wicket takes 5 wickets for 26 runs and thereby
decreases his average by 0.4. Find total runs scored by him ?
(a) 2500
(b) 1050
(c) 2400
(d) 1080

25. The number of students in classes A and B are 60 and 70, respectively. The average score in mathematics of
students in B is 57 and that of all students in A and B is 63. What is the average score of students in A?
(a) 69
(b) 70
(c) 68
(d) 71

26. A canister holds 36 litres of mixture of milk and water in the ratio 3: 1. 15 litres of milk is added to the
canister. The new ratio of the mixture is :
(a) 12:5
(b) 14:3
(c) 7:4
(d) 9:4

27. In a mixture of 25 litres, the ratio of acid to water is 4: 1. Another 3 litres of water is added to the mixture.
The ratio of acid to water in the new mixture is
(a) 5:2
(b) 2:5
(c) 3:5
(d) 5:3

28. In 30 litres mixture of acid, the ratio of acid and water is 2:3. What amount of water should be added to the
mixture so that the ratio of acid and water becomes 2:5?
(a) 10 litres (c) 18 litres
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(b) 15 litres (d) 12 litres

29. 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

30.In a 729 litres mixture of milk and water, the ratio of milk to water is 7: 2. To get a new mixture containing
milk and water in the ratio 7 : 3, the amount of water to be added is
(a) 81 litres
(b) 71 litres
(c) 56 litres
(d) 50 litres

Answer

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C B A A A C B C A A
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D A D A C C D A C B
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D A B D B B A D B A