Basic Assignment on Alligation & Mixtures

1. In what proportion should a variety of rice at Rs 40 per kg should be mixed with another variety of rice
of 60 per kg to get a mixture worth Rs 52 per kg?
(a) 2:3 (b) 3:2 (c) 4:3 (d) 3:4 (e) 1:1
2. 5 litres of water is added to a certain quantity of milk costing Rs3 per litre. If by selling the mixture at
the same price as before, a profit of 20% is made, what is the amount of pure milk in the mixture?
(a) 15 litres (b) 25 litres (c) 20 litres (d) 10 litres (e) 30 litres
3. A butler stole wine from a butt of sherry 36% spirit and then replaced what he had stolen, by wine
containing only 22% spirit. The butt was then 28% strength only. How much of the butt he had stolen?
(a) 3/7 (b) 2/7 (c) 4/7 (d) 4/5 (e) 2/5
4. Aman has 60 pens, a part of which he sells at 5% loss and the rest at 10% profit. He earned a profit of
8% overall. How man pens he sold at 5% loss?
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 6 (e) 52
5. The average monthly salary of labourers and supervisors in a factory is Rs 1250 per month, whereas
the average monthly salary of all the six supervisors is Rs 2450. If the average monthly salary labourers
is Rs 950. Find the number of labourers
(a) 12 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 24 (e) 20
6. What will be selling price of the mixture, if the two quantities costing Rs 5 and Rs 7.5 are mixed in the
ratio 17:8 and a profit of 20% is made:
(a) Rs 6.96 (b) Rs 5.80 (c) Rs 6.80 (d) Rs 5.94 (e) Rs 5.90
7. 2 kg of sugar having a cost price of Rs 4 per kg should be mixed with how many kgs of sugar worth Rs 5
per kg to be sold at Rs 5 per kg gaining 100/9% ?
(a) 2 kg (b) 2.5 kg (c) 3 kg (d) 3.5 kg (e) 4 kg
8. By investing Rs 5000, a merchant gets Rs 390 as interest. How much does he invest at 7% interest if the
other part is invested at 9% interest?
(a) Rs 2500 (b) Rs 3000 (c) Rs 2800 (d) Rs 2400 (e) Rs 3200
9. The mixture of two quantities costing Rs 6 and Rs 9 are mixed in the ration 3:2. Find the selling price at
10% loss.
(a) Rs 6.48 (b) Rs 6.72 (c) Rs 6.40 (d) Rs 5.50 (e) Rs 5.25
10. How many kgs of salt at 42 paisa per kg must a person mix with 25 kg of salt at 24 paisa per kg, so that
he may, on selling mixture at 40 paisa per kg, gain 25% on the outlay?
(a) 25 kg (b) 15 kg (c) 20 kg (d) 30 kg (e) 40 kg
11. A man buys milk at Rs 5 per litre and after adding water, sells it at Rs 6 per litre, thereby making a
profit of 33.33%. Find the proportion of water to milk in the mixture.
(a) 1:9 (b) 1:10 (c) 5:9 (d) 4:9 (e) None
12. A milkman purchases pure milk at Rs 3 per litre and makes a profit of 12.5 % by adultering the milk
with water and selling the mixture at Rs 3.15 per litre. What is the proportion of milk to water that the
customer receives?
(a) 10:1 (b) 11:1 (c) 12:1 (d) 13:1 (e) 14:1
13. Nitin travelled 300 kms. A part of journey was covered at 20 kmph and the rest at 70 kmph, taking a
total of 6 hours. For how much time he was travelling at 20 kmph?
 (a) 2 hrs 24 min (b) 2 hrs 36 min (c) 3 hrs 24min (d) 3 hrs 36 min (e) None
14. There are two alloys A and B. Alloy A contains Zinc, copper and silver as 80%, 15% and 5% respectively,
whereas alloy B contains the same materials with 70%, 20% and 10% respectively. If these two alloys
are mixed, such that the resultant will contain 8% silver, what is the ratio of these three materials in
the resultant alloy?
(a) 25:9:4 (b) 27:9:8 (c) 37:9:4 (d) 37:9:8 (e) None
15. In a mixture of wheat and barley, the wheat is 60%. To 400 quintals of a mixture, a quantity of barley is
added and then wheat is 53.33%. How much quintals of barley are added?
(a) 25 kg (b) 50 kg (c) 30 kg (d) 40 kg (e) 45 kg

Answer Key:
1 (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (a) 5 (d) 6 (a) 7 (a) 8 (b)
9 (a) 10 (c) 11 (a) 12 (e) 13 (a) 14 (a) 15 (b)

II. Mixtures

1. In a mixture of 420 litres, the ration of milk is to water is 6:1. Now, 120 litres of water is added to the
mixture. What is the ratio of milk is to water in the final mixture?
(a) 1:2 (b) 2:1 (c) 3:4 (d) 7:4 (e) None
2. How many litres of water should be added to a 30-litre mixture containing milk and water in the ratio
of 7:3 such that the resultant mixture has 40% water in it?
(a) 5 litres (b) 6 litres (c) 7.5 litres (d) 10 litres (e) 12 litres
3. 2 litres of pure spirit is added to 6 litres of a spirit solution containing 16.67% spirit. What is the
concentration of the spirit in the resultant solution?
(a) 12.5% (b) 25% (c) 37.5% (d) 50% (e) None
4. Two equal glasses filled with mixtures of alcohol and water in the proportions 2:1 and 1:1 respectively
was emptied into a third glass. What is the proportion of milk and water in the third glass?
(a) 7:5 (b) 5:7 (c) 3:4 (d) 4:3 (e) None
5. If two vessels A and B contain milk and water in the ratio of 3:7 and 13:7, then to form a new mixture,
where milk and water are in the ration 8:7. What should be the ratio of the quantities of A to B?
(a) 2:1 (b) 1:2 (c) 3:2 (d) 2:3 (e) 1:1
6. Two casks contain mixtures of liquids A and B in the first cask A:B :: 7:3 and in the second cask A:B ::
3:1. In what ration must the mixture from the two casks be taken to give a mixture in which A:B ::
11:4?
(a) 2:1 (b) 1:2 (c) 3:2 (d) 2:3 (e) 1:1
7. A cask contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 7:5. When 9 litres of the mixture are drawn
off and the cask is fitted with liquid B, the proportion of A:B becomes 7:9. How many litres does the
cask hold?
(a) 36 litres (b) 56 litres (c) 48 litres (d) 60 litres (e) 40 litres
8. A cask is filled with a mixture of two liquids A and B in the proportion A:B :: 5:3. When 16 litres of the
mixture is drawn off and the cask is filled with liquid B, the proportion A:B :: 3:5, how many litres does
the cask hold?
 (a) 36 litres (b) 56 litres (c) 48 litres (d) 60 litres (e) 40 litres
9. Two cans of a capacity 3 litres and 5 litres are filled with mixture of alcohol and water. In the smaller
can, 25% of the mixture is alcohol and the rest is water and in the larger can 25% of the mixture is
water. The cans are emptied in a 9-litre jar and the remaining volume is filled with water. What is the
percentage of alcohol in the jar?
(a) 37.5% (b) 50% (c) 60% (d) 62.5% (e) 75%
10. How many litres of a 12-litre mixture containing milk and water in the ratio 2:3 be replaced with pure
milk so that the resultant mixture contains milk and water in the ratio of 1:1?
(a) 3 litres (b) 2 litres (c) 4 litres (d) 6 litres (e) 5 litres
11. From a container containing 30 litres of milk, 6 litres are drawn, and the container is filled with water.
If the same process is repeated two more times, what will be the ratio of milk is to water after the
processes.
(a) 61:64 (b) 64:61 (c) 16:9 (d) 9:16 (e) None
12. In the above problem, find the how many litres of milk is left in the container?
(a) 15 litres (b) 15.20 litres (c) 15.24 litres (d) 15.36 litres (e) None
13. Nine litres are drawn from a cask containing milk. It is replaced with similar quantity of water. This
operation is done twice. The ratio of milk to water in the cask now is 16:9. How much does the cask
hold?
(a) 35 litres (b) 40litres (c) 45litres (d) 50litres (e) None
14. Three containers A, B and C have mixtures of milk and water in the ratio 1:5, 3:5 and 5:7 respectively.
The capacities of the containers are in the ratio 5:4:5. Find the ration of milk to water, if the mixtures
of all the three containers are mixed.
(a) 52:95 (b) 51:110 (c) 53:115 (d) 35:97 (e) None
15. The percentage of alcohol in two wine tanks are 20% and 40% respectively and the rest is grape juice. If
a wine glass is filled to its half by tank 1 and 2 in the ratio 2:3 and the rest is filled by pure alcohol, then
what is the ration of the grape juice to alcohol in the wine glass?
(a) 17:16 (b) 16:33 (c) 17:33 (d) 17:50 (e) 33:13

Answer Key:

1 (b) 2 (a) 3 (d) 4 (a) 5 (b) 6 (b) 7 (a) 8 (e)