Mixtures and Alligation

Question 1

There are two types of sugar. One is priced at Rs 62 per kg and the other is priced at Rs 72 per kg. If the two types are mixed together, the price of new mixture will be Rs 64.50 per kg. Find the ratio of the two types of sugar in this new mixture.

• 2:5
• 3:1
• 6:7
• 3:2

Question 2

A certain quantity of water is mixed with milk priced at Rs 12 per litre. The price of mixture is Rs 8 per litre. Find out the ratio of water and milk in the new mixture.

• 3:2
• 1:2
• 5:2
• 2:1

Question 3

A drum contains forty liters of whisky. Four liters of whisky is taken out and replaced by soda. This process is carried out twice further. How much whisky is now contained by the container?

• 30 Lt
• 29.16 Lt
• 28.70 Lt
• 27.60 Lt

Question 4

Rice of rate Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per kg and 3^rd variety in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2. If the final mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, what is the rate of the third variety per kg?

• 165.4
• 170
• 169
• 175.5

Question 5

A sikanji vendor has two drums of sikanji. The first contains 75% of sikanji. The second contains 50% sikanji. How much sikanji should he mix from each of the drum so as to get twelve litres of sikanji such that the ratio of sikanji to soda is 5 : 3?

• 8
• 6
• 10
• 9

Question 6

There are two drums of vanaspati gee. One of them contains 25% of oil (and rest 75% gee) and the another contains 50% oil (and rest 50% gee). How much vanaspati gee (approx) should one mix from each of the drum so as to get 14 litres of vanaspati gee such that the ratio of gee to oil is 5 : 2?

• 6, 8
• 7, 7
• 12, 2
• 10, 4

Question 7

Two solutions S1 and S2 contain whisky and soda in the ratio 2 : 5 and 6 : 7 respectively. In what ratio these solutions be mixed to get a new solution S3,  containing whisky and soda in the ratio 5 : 8 ?

• 7:9
• 21:5
• 23:6
• 6:23

Question 8

8 liters of wine is replaced by water from a pot full of wine and repeated this two more times. The ratio of the wine:total left in pot is 8 : 27. 

How much wine was there in the pot originally?

• 32

• 26

• 28

• 24

Question 9

A vessel full of orange juice contains 40% orange pulp. A part of juice is replaced by another juice containing 19% orange pulp and now the percentage of orange pulp is found to be 26%. What quantity of juice is replaced?

• 3:2
• 5:4
• 4:5
• 2:3

Question 10

How many kg of rice, of cost 9 Rs/kg must be mixed with 27 kg of rice of cost 7 Rs/kg get a gain of 10 % by selling the mixture at 9.24 Rs/kg?

• 60
• 71
• 63
• 65