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Problems on Mixtures and Alligations

1. One type of liquid contains 25% of benzene, the other contains 30% of benzene.
A can is filled with 6 parts of the first liquid and 4 parts of the second liquid.
Find the percentage of benzene in the new mixture.

a. 28%

b. 25%

c. 30%

d. 27%
2. A housewife has 11 litre of solution that contains sodium carbonate solution
and benzene solution in the ratio 3 : 1. She adds 250 ml of 3 : 2 solution of
sodium carbonate and benzene solution to it and then uses 250 ml of the
combined mixture to make strong organic solution How much of pure sodium
carbonate solution is she left with?

a. 1000 ml

b. 912.5 ml

c. 750 ml

d. 720 ml
3. There are two alloys made up of copper and aluminium. In the first alloy copper
is half as much as aluminium and in the second alloy copper is thrice as much
as aluminium. How many times the second alloy must be mixed with first alloy
to get the new alloy in which copper is twice as much as aluminium?

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5
4. A jar contains a mixture of two liquids Acid (Nitric acid) and Base (Ammonium
chloride) in the ratio 4 : 1. When 10 litres of the mixture is taken out and 10
litres of liquid Base is poured into the jar, the ratio becomes 2 : 3. How many
litres of liquid Acid was contained in the jar?

a. 14
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b. 18

c. 20

d. 16
5. A solution of cough syrup has 15% alcohol. Another solution has 5% alcohol.
How many litres of the second solution must be added to 20 litres of the first
solution to make a solution of 10% alcohol?

a. 10

b. 5

c. 15

d. 20
6. In a mixture of 45 litres, the ratio of acid to base is 4 : 1. How much base must
be added to make the mixture ratio 3 :2?

a. 72 lts

b. 24 lts

c. 15 lts

d. 1.5 lts
7. In a mixture of 45 litres, the ratio of acid to base is 3 : 2. How much base must
be added to make the ratio 9: 11?

a. 10 lts

b. 15 lts

c. 17 lts

d. 20 lts

8. In a mixture of 60 litres, the ratio of acid to base is 2 : 1. If this ratio is to be 1 :

2, then the quantity of base (in litres) to be further added is
a. 20
b. 30
c. 40
d. 60
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9. Ajay pays Rs 6.4 per litre of spirit, He adds water and sells the mixture at Rs 8
per Iitre, thereby making 37.5% profit. Find the proportion of the water to that
of the spirit received by the customers.
a. 1:15
b. 1:10
c. 1:20
d. 1:12
10. Ajay pays Rs 8.0 per litre of spirit. He adds water and sells the mixture at Rs 9
per litre, thereby making 40 % profit. The proportion of water to spirit received
by the customers is
a. 45:11
b. 11:45
c. 2:45
d. 45:2
11. A trader has 50 kg of pulses, part of which he sells at 8 per cent profit and the
rest at 18 per cent profii. He gains 14 per cent on the whole. What is the
quantity sold at 18 per cent profit?
a. 30 kg
b. 25 kg
c. 20 kg
d. 40 kg
12. A trader has 50 kg of rice, apart of which he sells at 10 per cent profit and the
rest at 5 per cent loss. He gains 7 per cent on the whole. What is the quantity
sold at 10 per cent gain and 5 per cent loss?
a. 30kg, 10kg
b. 40kg, 15kg
c. 35kg, 40kg
d. 40kg, 10kg
13. Several litres of acid were drawn offa 54 litre vessel full of acid and an equal
amount of water was added. Again the same volume of the mixture was drawn
off and replaced by water. As a result, the vessel contained 24 litres of pure
acid. How much of the acid was drawn off initially?
a. 12 lts
b. 16 lts
c. 18 lts
d. 24 lts
14. Mira’s expenditure and sayings are in the ratio 3: 2. Her income increases by 10
percent. Her expenditure also increases by 12 percent. By how much per cent
does her saving increase?

a. 7%
b. 10%
c. 9%
d. 13%
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15. 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
empty, it is again filled with water. What percentage of container is alcohol
now?

a. 81/2%
b. 113/4%
c. 93/8 %
d. 143/8%
16. Mr X mixed 10 kg of variety A rice with 15 kg of variety B rice and sold the
mixture at a price 40% more than that of A. He did not get any profit.What is
the ratio of the cost price of variety A to that of B per kg?
a. 2:5
b. 3:5
c. 4:5
d. 5:8
17. A vessel contains a 105 ml mixture of milk and water. 3/7 of the mixture is
alcohol, the remainder is water. An additional quantity of 105 ml of milk
is poured into the mixture. What is the ratio of the volume of milk to water in
the new mixture?
a. 3:7
b. 3:4
c. 5:2
d. 1:1
18. How much water must be mixed in 300 ml of sugar solution which contains
40% sugar by Weight, such that it becomes a 30% sugar solution?
a. 50 ml
b. 75 ml
c. 90 ml
d. 100 ml
19. Two vessels A and B contain mixtures of spirit and water. A mixture of 3 parts
from A and 2 parts from B is found to contain 29% of spirit and a mixture of 1
part from A and 9 parts from B is found to contain 34 per cent of spirit. Find
the percentage of spirit in A and B.
a. 35, 25
b. 40, 20
c. 25, 35
d. 50, 50
20. Two jars contain milk and water in the ratio 5: 4 and 2: 1 regpectively. What
volume should be taken out from the first jar if volumes have to be taken out
from both jars so as to fill up a third 30 l jar with milk to water in the ratio 1: 1
?
a. 7.5 l
b. 15 l
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c. 22.5 l
d. It is impossible
21. Three bottles whose capacities are as 5 : 3 : 2 are completely filled with milk
mixed with water. The ratio of milk to water in the mixture of bottles are as 3 :
2, 2 : 1 and 3 : 1 respectively. Find the percentage of water in the new mixture
obtained when 1/3rd of first, 1/2 of second and 2/3rd of the third bottle is taken
out and mixed together

a. 66.66%

b. 50%

c. 16.66%

d. 33.33%
22. Three bottles contain equal mixtures of spirit and water in the ratio 6 : 1, 5 : 2
and 3 : 1 respectively. If all the solutions are mixed together, the ratio of spirit
to water in the final mixture will be
a. 64 : 65
b. 65 : 64
c. 19 : 65
d. 65 : 19

23. Two bottles A and B contain diluted ammonium nitric acid. In bottle A, the
amount of water is double the amount of acid while in bottle B, the amount of
acid is 3 times that of water. How much mixture Should be taken from each
bottle in order to prepare 5 litres of diluted sulphuric acid containing equal
amount of acid and water?
a. 1, 4
b. 3, 2
c. 2, 3
d. 4, 1
24. The ratio of sodium chloride to ammonium in 100 kg of mixed ammonium
normally used by three chemists is 7: 25. The amount of sodium chloride to be
added to 100 kg of mixed ammonium to make the ratio 9 :25 is
a. 5 kg
b. 6.625 kg
c. 6.25 kg
d. 6.35 kg
25. Three beakers namely A, B and C each contain 100 ml of spirit and water
solution. The ratio of spirit to water in the beakers A, B and C is 1 : 3, 1 : 4 and
2 : 3 respectively. 40 ml of solution is transferred from beaker A to beaker C
and than 28 ml of solution is transferred from beaker C to beaker B. Find the
final ratio of spirit in the beakers A, B and C.

a. 3 : 6 : 8
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b. 6 : 15 : 20

c. 15 : 28 : 42

d. None of these
26. An alloy contains only zinc and copper. One such alloy weighing 15-gm
contains zinc and copper in the ratio of 2: 3 by weight. If 10 gm of zinc is added
then find what amount of copper has to be removed from the alloy such that
the final alloy has zinc and copper in the ratio of 4:1 by weight?
a. 5 gm
b. 5.5 gm
c. 6 gm
d. 4.8 gm
27. Aqua regia is a mixture containing 50 per cent concentrated HCL and 70 per
cent concentrated HNo3 in the ratio 1 : 3 respectively. Aqua regia is to be
formed with 15 l of HCl of 80 percent concentration and 56 l of HNO3 of 90 per
cent concentration by adding water as a diluting agent. Another mixture ’X’
having 40 percent concentrated HCL and 30 percent concentrated H2SO4 in
the ratio 5 : 7 respectively is added to the Aqua regia to form a solution of 111 l.
Find the ratio of HCL to water in the solution. Only water is used as a diluting
agent
a. 3 : 8
b. 4 : 7
c. 1 : 3
d. 2 : 5
28. Two equal containers are filled with a mixture of water and petrol. One of them
contains three times as much petrol as in the other. The mixtures in the two
containers are then mixed and it is found that the ratio of water to petrol is 3:
2: Find the ratio of water to petrol in each of the original containers.
a. 2:1, 3:4
b. 1:3, 1:2
c. 2: 3, 4: 1
d. None of the above
29. Platinum is 19 times as heavy as bronze and silver is 9 times as heavy as
bronze. In what ratio these two metals be mixed so that the alloy is 15 times as
heavy as bronze is
a. 2:1
b. 3:2
c. 1:2
d. 2:3
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Answers
1 D 2 D 3 C 4 D 5 D 6 C 7 B
8 D 9 B 10 B 11 A 12 D 13 C 14 A
15 C 16 B 17 A 18 D 19 C 20 D 21 D
22 D 23 B 24 C 25 A 26 A 27 B 28 C
29 A