1. One litre of water was mixed to 3 litres of sugar.

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containing 4% of sugar. What is the percentage of sugar
in the solution?
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(a) 3 (b) 4 16
(c) 6 (d) Insuffficient data 7. In what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain 3 % on
(e) None of these selling the mixture at cost price?
2. A trader mixes 80 kg of tea at ` 15 per kg with 20 kg of (a) 1 : 6 (b) 6 : 1 (c) 2 : 3
tea at cost price of ` 20 per kg. In order to earn a profit of (d) 4 : 3 (e) None of these
25%, what should be the sale price of the mixed tea? 8. An alloy contains copper and zinc in the ratio 5 : 3 and another
alloy contains copper and tin in the ratio 8 : 5. If equal
(a) ` 23.75 (b) ` 22 (c) ` 20
weights of both the alloys are melted together, then the
(d) ` 19.20 (e) None of these
3. Alcohol cost ` 3.50 per litre and kerosene oil cost ` 2.50 weight of tin in the resulting alloy per kg will be:
per litre. In what proportion these should be mixed so that 26 5 7
(a) (b) (c)
the resulting mixture may be ` 2.75 per litre?
5 26 40
(a) 2 : 5 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 4 : 7
(d) 2 : 3 (e) None of these 40
(d) (e) None of these
4. Pure milk costs ` 3.60 per litre. A milkman adds water to 7
25 litres of pure milk and sells the mixture at ` 3 per litre. 9. The ratio of milk and water in 55 litres of adulterated milk
How many litres of water does he add? is 7 : 4. How much water must be added to make the
(a) 2 litres (b) 5 litres (c) 7 litres mixture’s ratio 7 : 6?
(d) 11 litres (e) None of these (a) 5 lt (b) 10 lt (c) 15 lt
5. In what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain (d) 25 lt (e) None of these
20% by selling the mixture at cost price? 10. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 1 : 5 (c) 1 : 7 mixing metals in the ratio 7 : 2 and 7 : 11 respectively. If
(d) 1 : 10 (e) None of these equal quantities of the alloys are melted to form a third alloy
6. A chemist has 10 litres of a solution that is 10 per cent C, then the ratio of gold and copper in alloy C will be
nitric acid by volume. He wants to dilute the solution to 4 (a) 5 : 7 (b) 5 : 9 (c) 7 : 5
per cent strength by adding water. How many litres of (d) 9 : 5 (e) None of these
water must he add ? 11. Sameer bought 10 kg of tea at ` 45 per kg and 8 kg at ` 50 per
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 18 kg. He mixed both the brands and sold it at a total profit of `
(d) 25 (e) None of these 32. What was the selling price per kg of the mixture?
(a) ` 48 (b) ` 50 (c) ` 49
(d) ` 47 (e) None of these
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12. How many litres of pure alcohol must be added to 10 litres 19. Two vessels A and B contain spirit and water mixed in the
of mixture which is 15% alcohol to make a mixture which ratio 5 : 2 and 7 : 6 respectively. Find the ratio in which
will be 25% alcohol? these mixture be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel
C contain-ing spirit and water in the ratio 8 : 5 ?
5 5 3
(a) (b) (c) (a) 4 : 3 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 5 : 6
4 2 4
(d) 7 : 9 (e) None of these
4 20. If 50% of a 2 : 3 solution of milk and water is replaced with
(d) (e) None of these 3 water, then the concentration of the solution is reduced by:
13. How many kg of custard powder costing ` 40 kg must be (a) 25% (b) 33.33% (c) 50%
mixed with 16 kg of custard powder costing ` 55 kg so that (d) 75% (e) None of these
25% may be gained by selling the mixture at ` 60 kg? 21. In a mixture of 45 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 3 : 2.
(a) 11 kg (b) 14 kg (c) 12 kg How much water must be added to make the ratio 9 : 11?
(d) 20 kg (e) None of these (a) 10 litres (b) 15 litres (c) 17 litres
14. 300 gm of sugar solution has 40% sugar in it. How much (d) 20 litres (e) None of these
sugar should be added to make it 50% in the solution? 22. Three containers A, B and C are having mixtures of milk
(a) 40 gm (b) 50 gm (c) 60 gm and water in the ratio 1 : 5, 3 : 5 and 5 : 7, respectively. If
(d) 70 gm (e) None of these the capacities of the containers are in the ratio 5 : 4 : 5, then
15. Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and copper 9 times. In find the ratio of the milk to the water if the mixtures of all
what ratio should these metals be mixed so that the mixture the three containers are mixed together.
may be 15 times as beavy as water? (a) 51 : 115 (b) 52 : 115 (c) 53 : 115
(a) 1:2 (b) 3 : 2 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 54 : 115 (e) None of these
(d) 4:5 (e) None of these 23. Five litres of water is added to a certain quantity of pure
16. In a mixture of 60 litres, the ratio of milk to water is 2 : 1. If the milk costing Rs. 3 per litre. If by selling the mixture at the
ratio of milk to water is to be 1 : 2, then amount of water same price as before, a profit of 20% is made, then what is
to be further added is ___________. the amount of pure milk in the mixture ?
(a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 60 (a) 20 litres (b) 30 litres (c) 25 litres
(d) 80 (e) None of these (d) 35 litres (e) None of these
17. In a mixture of milk and water the proportion of water by 24. How many kg of tea worth Rs 25 per kg must be blended
weight was 75%. If in 60 gm of mixture 15 gm water was with 30 kg of tea worth Rs 30 per kg so that by selling the
added, what would be the percentage of water? (Weight in blended variety at Rs 30 per kg there should be a gain of
gm) 10%?
(a) 75% (b) 88% (c) 90% (a) 32 kg (b) 40 kg (c) 36 kg
(d) 100% (e) None of these (d) 42 kg (e) None of these
18. In what ratio must tea at Rs. 62 per kg be mixed with tea at 25. How many kg of sugar costing Rs 5.75 per kg should be
Rs. 72 per kg so that the mixture must be worth Rs. 64.50 mixed with 75 kg of cheaper sugar costing Rs 4.50 per kg
per kg? so that the mixture is worth Rs 5.50 per kg ?
(a) 3:1 (b) 3 : 2 (c) 4 : 3 (a) 350 kg (b) 300 kg (c) 250 kg
(d) 5:3 (e) None of these (d) 325 kg (e) None of these