Alligation or Mixture MCQ

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• The ratio of spirit and water in the two vessels is 5 : 1 and 3 : 7 respectively. In what ratio the liquid of both the vessels should be mixed such that a new mixture containing half spirit and half water is obtained?
  ক

  \3 : 5

  খ

  \5 : 7\

  গ

  3) 1 : 1
• 7 litres mixture of milk and water contains 30% water. 3.5 litres of milk is added to this mixture. What is the percentage of water in the new mixture?
  ক

  10

  খ

  15

  গ

  20

  ঘ

  25
• A mixture of 240 litres of juice and water contains 15% water. How much more water (in litres) should be added to this so that the strength of water will become 25% in the new mixture?
  ক

  28

  খ

  \32

  গ

  \26

  ঘ

  \34
• A natural number, when divided by 5,6,7 or 8,leaves a remainder of 4 in each case. what is the smallest of all such numbers?
  ক

  214

  খ

  424

  গ

  844

  ঘ

  1264
• In a bucket, paint and oil are in the ratio 7 : 5. 24 litres of mixture is drawn off and 24 litres of oil is added. If the ratio of paint and oil becomes 1 : 1, then how many litres of paint was contained in the bucket initially?
  ক

  49 \

  খ

  \63 \

  গ

  \84 \

  ঘ

  98
• In what ratio rice costing Rs 14/kg mixed with another rice costing Rs 11/kg to get the mixture costing Rs 11.6/kg?
  ক

  2 : 5

  খ

  1 : 4

  গ

  1 : 3

  ঘ

  1 : 5
• Two water-squash mixtures, the first having a water-to-squash ratio of 4 : 1 and the other having a ratio of 3 : 1, are blended in the ratio 1 : 2. What is the water : squash ratio in the blend?
  ক

  19:11

  খ

  23:7

  গ

  17:13

  ঘ

  4:3
• A mixture contains liquid A and liquid B in the ratio of 5 : 4. If 2 litres of liquid B is added to it, then the ratio of liquid A and liquid B becomes 7 : 6. What is the quantity (in litres) of liquid A in the mixture?
  ক

  32

  খ

  35

  গ

  40

  ঘ

  42
• If 4/7 of P is equal to 12/14 of Q, then what is P : Q?
  ক

  15 : 8 \

  খ

  14 : 9 \

  গ

  7 : 8 \

  ঘ

  3 : 2
• In what ratio wheat costing Rs 17/kg mixed with another wheat costing Rs 12/kg to get a mixture costing Rs 13.5/ kg?
  ক

  1 : 2 \

  খ

  2 : 5 \

  গ

  3 : 7 \

  ঘ

  4 : 9
• Two water squash mixtures, the first with a water-to-squash ratio of 5:1 and the letter with a ratio of 3:1 are blended in the ratio 3:2. What is the final water : squash ratio in the blend?
  ক

  4:1

  খ

  10:9

  গ

  5:3

  ঘ

  6:1
• In a mixture 25 liters, the ratio of milk and water is 4:1. How many liters of milk must be added to make the ratio 16:1?
  ক

  21

  খ

  25

  গ

  60

  ঘ

  36
• 5 litres of honey contains 80% sugar. 3 litres of water is added to this honey. What is the percentage of sugar in the new mixture?
  ক

  40

  খ

  50

  গ

  60

  ঘ

  75
• Wheat costing Rs 30/kg, Rs 35/kg and a third variety of wheat are mixed in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 2. If the mixture is costs Rs 34/kg, then what will be the cost (in Rs/kg) of the third variety of wheat?
  ক

  46

  খ

  42

  গ

  32

  ঘ

  38
• A mixture contains acid and water in the ratio of 7 : 3. If 4 litres of water is added to it, then the ratio of acid and water becomes 7 : 4. What is the quantity (in litres) of acid in the mixture?
  ক

  28

  খ

  22

  গ

  20

  ঘ

  32
• X and Y are two alloys which are prepared by mixing zinc and aluminium in the ratio of 1 : 4 and 11 : 8 respectively. If equal quantities of alloys are melted to form a third alloy Z then what is the ratio of zinc and aluminium in alloy Z?
  ক

  32:47

  খ

  37:58

  গ

  37:95

  ঘ

  74:95
• In what ratio must a mixture of 11% sugar strength be mixed with that of 25% sugar strength so as to get a new mixture of 13% sugar strength?
  ক

  5:1

  খ

  6:1

  গ

  7:2

  ঘ

  10:3
• The ratio of sand to gravel in a mixture is 7 : 8 while that between gravel and cement is 6 : 7. What is the ratio of sand to cement in the mixture?
  ক

  49 : 48

  খ

  7 : 7

  গ

  8 : 6\

  ঘ

  3 : 4
• An 80 litre mixture of water and acid contains 20% acid. How much acid should be added to make the acid 60% in the new mixture?
  ক

  60

  খ

  80

  গ

  70

  ঘ

  90
• In a mixture of 45 litres, the ratio of liquid A and liquid B is 7 : 2. If 11 litres of liquid B is added to the mixture, then what will be the ratio of liquid A and liquid B in the new mixture?
  ক

  7 : 4

  খ

  8 : 5

  গ

  6 : 5 \

  ঘ

  5 : 3
• Ramesh uses a weight of 930 gm instead of 1 kg and sells sugar on its cost price. What will be his profit percentage on selling 15 kg sugar?
  ক

  9.21

  খ

  7

  গ

  7.53

  ঘ

  8.54
• In an alloy, aluminium and tin are in the ratio of 4 : 5. In the second alloy, the ratio of same elements is 4 : 7. If equal quantities of these two alloys be mixed to form a new alloy, then what will be the ratio of both of these elements in the new alloy?
  ক

  2 : 3

  খ

  16 : 35

  গ

  4 : 5

  ঘ

  40 : 59
• Two vessels of equal capacity contains juice and water in the ratio of 5 : 1 and 5 : 7 respectively. The mixture of both the vessels are mixed and transferred into a bigger vessel. What is the ratio of juice and water in the new mixture?
  ক

  3 : 2

  খ

  5 : 3

  গ

  5 : 4

  ঘ

  1 : 2
• The initial ratio of sugar to flour in a dough was 2 : 7. To 9 kg of the dough John added more sugar to make the sugar to flour ratio 2 : 5. How much sugar did John later add?
  ক

  800 g

  খ

  1.2 kg

  গ

  750 g

  ঘ

  1 kg
• A shop keeper purchased 15 kg of sugar and 20 kg of wheat at Rs. 50 and Rs. 75 per kg respectively. On selling them, he gained 10% on sugar and 20% on wheat. What was the total sale vale?
  ক

  Rs. 2550

  খ

  Rs. 2625

  গ

  Rs. 1800

  ঘ

  Rs. 1575
• 35% of an alloy was silver. If in the quantity of alloy there was 119 g of silver, what was the quantity of the elements in the alloy?
  ক

  273 g

  খ

  204 g

  গ

  221 g

  ঘ

  340 g
• In a mixture, sugar and milk are in the ratio 4 : 5. If 7 litres of milk is added to it, then the ratio of sugar and milk in the new mixture becomes 2 : 3. What is the total quantity (In litres) of sugar in new mixture?
  ক

  35

  খ

  28

  গ

  42

  ঘ

  24
• The ratio of sand to gravel in a mixture is 17:8 while that between gravel and cement is 6:17. What is the ratio of sand to cement in the mixture?
  ক

  17:17

  খ

  289:48

  গ

  8:6

  ঘ

  3:4
• In a mixture, water and milk are in the ratio of 3 : 5. In the second mixture, the ratio of water and milk is 9 : 11. If these two mixtures be mixed to form anew mixture in which water and milk are in ratio 5 : 7, then what is the ratio of these two mixtures in the new mixture?
  ক

  1 : 2

  খ

  3 : 2

  গ

  4 : 5

  ঘ

  4 : 7
• A mixture of alcohol and water contains 7% alcohol. How much mixture (in litres) is required to get 357 litres of alcohol?
  ক

  6300

  খ

  4200

  গ

  4900

  ঘ

  5100