MIXTURE 2025

1. 135 kg of an alloy A is mixed with 72 kg of alloy B to get a new alloy. If alloy A has zinc and copper in the
ratio 4:5 and alloy B has zinc and copper in ratio 7:5, then what is the weight of zinc in the new alloy? (a)
102 kg (b) 85 kg (c) 115 kg (d)92 kg

2. In two alloys, the ratio of Aluminium to Zinc are 5 : 6 and 3 : 5. If 242 kg of the first alloy and 144 kg of
the second alloy are mixed, then the ratio of Aluminium and Zinc in the new alloy will be: (a) 93 : 100 (b)
82 : 111 (c) 68 : 125 (d) 76 : 117 SSC CHSL 2023 PRE

3. Alloy X contains 70% copper & 30% zinc. Alloy Y contains 40% copper, 25% zinc and 35% aluminum.
Alloy X and Y are mixed in the ratio of 1: 3. What is the ratio of copper and zinc in the newly formed alloy?
(a) 19 : 33 (b) 38 : 21 (c) 19 : 21 (d) 11 : 32

4. Two different quantities of the same solution having ingredients A and B are stored in two different
containers. In the first container, there are 252 litre of A and 441 litre of B. In the second container, the
total quantity of the solution was 1188 litre. How much (in litre) of the solution in the second container
was made up of ingredient B? A) 765 B) 756 C) 752 D) 760 SSC CGL 2024 Pre

5. An alloy is prepared by mixing three metals A, B and C in the proportion 3 : 4 : 7 by volume. Weights of
the same volume of the metals A,B and C are in the ratio 5 : 2 : 6 . In 130 kg of the alloy , the weight , in kg
of the metal C is ? (A) 96 (B) 84 (C) 70 (D) 48

6. While making a sugar solution of 3 litres containing 40% sugar for a sweet, 1 litre of water is added.
The percentage of sugar in the new solution is? (a) 33.33 % (b) 25 % (c) 30 % (d) 20 %

7. A beaker contains acid and water in the ratio 1 : x. When 300 ml of the mixture and 50 ml of water are
mixed, the ratio of acid and water becomes 2:5. What is the value of x? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1

8. A jar contains a blend of a fruit juice and water in the ratio 15 : x. When 4 litre of water is added to 16
litres of the blend the ratio of fruit juice to water becomes 1 : 1. the value of x is? (a) 9 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 10
CGL TIER-2 2017

9. A container has 20% milk and 80% water in it. It is mixed with another sample (in equal quantity)
having 80% milk and 20% water. What would be the milk content in the final mixture? Ans :

10. Three bottles of the same capacity are 30%, 40% and 25% full of orange juice, respectively. They are
filled up completely by adding apple juice. The contents of the three bottles are emptied into another
vessel. What is the percentage of apple juice in the mixture? Ans : 68⅓%

11. A milkman has 2 types of milk. In the first container the % of milk is 80% and in the 2nd container
the % of milk is 60%. If he mixes 28L of milk of the 1st container to the 32L of milk of the 2 nd container,
then the % of milk in the mixture is: a) 69.33% b) 70.14% c) 67.21%

12. Pomegranate juice contains 10% sugar solution and orange juice contains 30% sugar solution. What
is the percentage of sugar solution in a mixture of two litres of pomegranate juice and three litres of
orange juice? A) 22% B) 25% C) 20% D) 40% SSC CHSL 2024]

13. Ramu mixes 2 liters of water at 100°𝑪 and 18 liters of water at 32°𝑪. What temperature will the water
have after mixing? A) 66°𝑪 B) 20°𝑪 C) 38.8°𝑪 D) 40°𝑪 [SSC CHSL 2024]
14. Three milk bottles of 1 liter, 750 milliliters and 650 milliliters with milk percentage respectively 45%,
50% and 60% are emptied in a same container simultaneously . What is the percentage of milk in the
mixture? (a) 50.625% (b) 52.625% (c) 56.225% (d) 55.625%

15. Solution A contains liquids X, Y & Z in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4; solution B contains liquids X & Y in the ratio 5 :
7, while solution C contains liquids Y & Z in the ratio 5 : 4. Three litres of A, 2 litres of B & 5 litres of C are
mixed to form a new solution. What is the percentage of liquid Y in the new solution? (Correct to one
decimal) A) 45.2% B) 49.4% C) 48.5% D) 46.8% ICAR Assistant 2022

16. A vessel contains a 32litre solution of acid and water in which the ratio of acid and water is 5:3. If
12litres of the solution are taken out and 7½ litres of water are added to it, then what is the ratio of acid
and water in the resulting solution? CGL 2018 TIER-2 [Next Type]

17. A milkman has a 15L drum with 9L milk. He filled the drum with water & now takes out ½ litre of the
mixture. What is the quantity of milk (in ml) in the mixture taken out? (a) 250 (b) 333 (c) 300 GD 2024

18. 3 boxes of capacity 208 kg, 312 kg & 832 kg are completely filled with three varieties of wheat A1, B1
and C1 respectively. All the three boxes were emptied and the three types of wheat were thoroughly
mixed and the mixture was put back in the boxes. How many kg of type A1 wheat would be there in the
third box? A) 124 kg B) 112 kg C) 104 kg D) 128 kg [CGL 2017] [CGL 2021 PRE] [CGL 2022 PRE]

19. The concentration of three acids, P, Q & R, is given as 15%, 25% & 35%, respectively. They are mixed
in the ratio of x : 3: 5, resulting in a 28% concentration solution. Then the value of x? A) 2 B) 1 C) 4 D) 3

[Next Type]

20. Two containers of equal capacity are full of mixture of milk and water. In the first, the ratio of milk to
water is 3 : 7 & in the 2nd it is 7 : 9. Now both the mixtures are mixed in a bigger container. What is the
resulting ratio of milk to water? A) 59:101B) 57:107 [Next Imp. Type] SSC PHASE XII (10th Level)

21. One cup has juice and water in the ratio 5 : 2, while another cup of the same capacity has them in the
ratio 7: 4, respectively. If contents of both the cups (when full) are poured in a vessel, then what will be
the final ratio of water to juice in the vessel? [CGL 2020 TIER-2]

22. An alloy contains the metals A, B & C in the ratio 2 : 3 : 1 and another contains the metals B, C & D in
the ratio 5 : 4 : 3. If equal weights of both alloys are mixed together to form a 3rd alloy, then how much
part of the metal B is in new alloy? [A]1/8 [B] 1/6 [C]3/24 [D] 11/24 SSC CPO Pre 2024

23. The ratios of copper to zinc in alloys A & B are 3 : 4 and 5 : 9, respectively. A & B are taken in the ratio
2 : 3 and melted to form a new alloy C. What is the ratio of copper to zinc in C? CGL 2018 TIER-2

(a) 27 : 43 (b) 8 : 13 (c) 3 : 5 (d) 9 : 11

24. Alloy A contains copper and zinc in the ratio of 5:2 and alloy B contains copper and zinc in the ratio of
1:3. A and B are taken in the ratio of 9:8 and melted to form a new alloy. The percentage of zinc in the new
alloy is closest to: Ans : _______ CGL 2018 TIER-2

25. Alloy A contain metals x & y in the ratio 5 : 2 & alloy B contains these metals in the ratio 3 : 4. Alloy C
is prepared by mixing A & B in the ratio 4 : [Link] percentage of y in alloy C is:
26. Two jars A & B are containing the solution of two liquids P & Q. The ratio of the liquids P & Q in the
jars A and B are 2:19 and 1:11, respectively. If 7 liters of the solution of jar A & 4 liters of the solution of
jar B are mixed, what is the ratio of the solutions P & Q in the new mixture? CHSL 2023 PRE

27. Ratio of Copper and Gold in first and second alloy are 3 : 4 and 2 : 5 respectively. 26 kg of the first alloy
is mixed with 39 kg of the second alloy. Find the ratio of Copper and Gold, respectively, in the new
mixture. (a) 23 : 12 (b) 17 : 13 (c) 5 : 9 (d) 12 : 23

28. The ratios of alcohol and water in solutions A and B are 7 : 8 and 3 : 2, respectively. If 9 litres of A is
mixed with 6 litres of B & then 1 litre of alcohol and 2 litres of water are added to the resulting mixture,
what is the percentage of alcohol in the final mixture? (A) 46.7% B) 47.8% C) 47.4% D) 48.9%

29. The ratio of acid and water in solution A is 5:4 and 7:11 in solution B. 10 liters of A is mixed with 8
liters of B. In 324 ml of the resulting solution, how much water (in ml) should be added to get a solution
containing 33⅓ % acid? A) 145 B) 148 C) 144 D) 162 [ICAR Assistant 2022]

30. The ratio of alcohol and water in solutions A and B is 3:5 and 5:7, respectively. Two liters of A is mixed
with 5 liters of B and 3 liters of alcohol is also added to it to get a new solution C, how much alcohol in
1.5L of solution C (in ml) should be mixed so that the ratio of alcohol and water in the final solution
becomes 2:1? A) 405 B) 385 C) 395 D) 375 (IB ACIO 2023)

31. Three bottles of equal capacity have mixture of milk and water in ratio 5 : 7, 7 : 9 & 2 : 1 respectively.
These three bottles are emptied into a large bottle. What is the percentage of milk in the new mixture? (a)
49.6 (b) 52.3 (c) 51.2 (d) 50.7 (CGL 2017)

32. Three containers A, B and C are having mixture of milk and water in the ratio 1:3, 2:3 and 2:5
respectively. If the capacities of the containers are in the ratio 2:3:5, find the ratio of milk to water, if the
mixture of all 3 containers are mixed together.

a) 143:296 b) 438:962 c) 348:962 d) 481:219

33. The capacities of three containers P, Q and R are in the proportion of 5 : 4 : 8. They are completely
filled with a mixture of milk and water in the proportions of 1 : 4, 2 : 3 & 3 : 5, respectively. If the mixtures
of all the three containers are mixed together, then what will be the proportion of milk to water in the
final mixture? (a) 1 : 2 (b) 16 : 81 (c) 25 : 64 (d) 28 : 57 MTS 2020

34. There are two drums, each containing a mixture of paints A and B. In drum 1, A and B are in the ratio
18 : 7. The mixtures from drums 1 and 2 are mixed in the ratio 3 : 4 and in this final mixture, A & B are in
the ratio 13 : 7. In drum 2, then A and B were in the ratio:

(a) 229 : 141 (b) 220 : 149 (c) 239 : 161 (d) 251 : 163

35. A mango juice is made by mixing water and mango concentrate in the ratio 9 : 7. If x litres of water &
3x litres of mango concentrate is mixed in 160 litres of mango juice, then the new ratio becomes 13 : 14.
What is the quantity of the new mango juice (in litres)? A) 197 B) 212 C) 206 D) 216 CGL 2024 PRE

36. In some quantity of water, four times the quantity of milk is added & the quantity of the mixture is
now 7.5 litres. How much more milk is to be added to the mixture to have 90% milk in the mixture? (SSC)
(a) 9 liters (b) 9.5 liters (c) 6 liters (d) 7.5 liters MTS 2023
37. 200 liters of a mixture contains milk & water in the ratio 17 : 3. After the addition of some more milk
to it, the ratio of milk to water in the resulting mixture becomes 7 : 1. The quantity of milk added to it
was? a) 20 liters b) 40 liters c) 60 liters d) 80 liters

38. In a mixture of 178 liters, the ratio of water and milk is 5:7. How much water should be added to make
the ratio of water and milk 3:4? CHSL 2023 PRE

39. Ravi has 1458 litres of a mixture of milk & water. The ratio of milk to water in this mixture is 8 : 1.
How much water (in litres) should Ravi add into the mixture so that the ratio of milk and water becomes
6 : 5? A) 918 B) 909 C) 927 D) 900 RRB RPF SI 2024

40. In 65 litres of a mixture of kerosene and petrol, the ratio of kerosene to petrol is 3 : 2. In order to make
this ratio 4 : 5, how many litres of petrol should be added to the given mixture?

(a) 29.25 (b) 24.5 (c) 23.25 (d) 22.75

41. The ratio of milk and water in a vessel is 4:7. If 25ltr water is added then ratio becomes 6:13. Find the
initial quantity of mixture (in ltr)? a) 150 b) 132 c) 165 d) 175

42. The ratio of milk & water in a vessel is 8:5. If we added 44ltr milk and 44ltr water then quantity of
milk becomes 28.56% more than water. Find the initial quantity of water?

43. Babulal runs a juice corner outside a park and sells giloy juice (giloy + water) in the morning. Initially
he had 19 litres juice, which had giloy and water in the ratio 2 : 9. He sold 2½ litres juice. Later, in order to
dilute it, he added some water and the ratio of giloy and water became 1 : 5. How much water was added?

44. When 1ltr water is added to a mixture of milk and water, the new mixture contains 25% milk when 2
ltr. milk is added to the new mixture, the resultant mixture contains 40% milk. What is the % of milk in
the original mixture? a) 33.33% b) 50% c) 28.57% d) 30%

45. In an x L solution of alcohol and water, the ratio of alcohol and water is 5:7. If 5 L of alcohol and 11 L of
water are added to the solution, the percentage of alcohol in the resulting solution becomes 40%. What
will be the value of x? A) 84 B) 60 C) 96 D) 72 ICAR Technician 2022

46. A vessel contains a mixture of acid and water in ratio 13:4. Now 15.5liters of mixture is taken out from
the mixture and 1.5litre of pure water & 3liter acid is added to the mixture. If resultant mixture contains
25% water, then what was the initial quantity of mixture in the vessel before the replacement?

a) 34ltr b) 41ltr c) 51ltr d) 49.5ltr

47. A vessel contains 2.5liters of water and 10liters of milk. 20% of the contents of the vessel are
removed. To the remaining contents, x liters of water is added to reverse the ratio of water and milk. Then
y liter of milk is added again to reverse the ratio of water and milk. Find y. a) 100 b) 110 c) 120 d) 130

48. A bottle is full of Dettol. One third of it is taken out and then equal amount of water is poured into the
bottle to fill it. This operation is done four times. Find the final ratio of Dettol and water in the bottle?

A) 8:30 C) 36:44 B) 16:65 D) 32:65 CHSL 2023 PRE

50. From a container having pure milk, 40% is replaced by water and the process is repeated thrice. At
the end of the third operation, the purity of milk is: [A]22.7% [B] 21.6% [C]18.6% [D] 23.4% Phase-12

51. From a container having pure milk, 35% is replaced by water and the process is repeated thrice. At
the end of the third operation, the purity of the milk is? MTS 2023

52. A container contains 25 litre of milk. From this container, 5 litre of milk is taken out and replaced by
water. This process is further repeated two times. How much milk is there in the container now?

(a) 11.5 litre (b) 14.8 litre (c) 13.5 litre (d) 12.8 litre (SSC CGL 2022)

53. A vessel is full of 90ltr milk, 18ltr milk is taken out and replaced by water and again this process is
repeated 2 times, the amount of milk left after the 3rd replacement is?

a) 11.52ltr b) 46.08ltr c) 23.04ltr d) 69.12ltr

54. A drum contains 165 litres of ethanol. 44 litres of this liquid is removed and replaced with water.
44litres of this mixture is again removed and replaced with water. How much water (in litres) is present
in this drum now? (a) 80.55 (b) 88.73 (c) 76.26 (d) 71.66 CGL 2017 MAINS

55. A vessel is full of 80L milk. If 10L milk is taken out and replaced by same amount of water and further
16L mixture is taken out and replaced by same amount of water and again further 8L mixture is taken out
and replaced by same amount of water again further 20L mixture is taken out replaced by same amount
of water then at the end of 4th process the amount of water in the mixture?

a) 37.8L b) 52.4L c) 42.2L d) 27.6L

56. A jar is filled with milk. A person replaces 25% of milk with water. He repeats the same process 5
times and as a result there is 1458 ml of milk left in the jar. The remaining part of jar is filled with water.
The initial quantity of milk in the jar was? a) 4.096L b) 6.144L c) 5.12L d) 9.216L

57. From a container of wine, a thief has stolen 15 lit of wine and replaced it with same quantity of water.
He again, repeated the same process. Thus in 3 attempts ratio of wine and water becomes 343 : 169.
Initial amount of wine. a) 90 b) 135 c) 105 d) 120

58. A cask having a capacity of 600 litres is initially filled with win. From this cask y litres of wine are first
drawn and replaced with water. From this mixture, 120 litres are drawn and replaced with water. From
this further diluted mixture, 120 litres are drawn again and replaced with water. The ratio of wine to
water in the cask in now 12 : 13 . What is the value of y ?(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 150 (d) 125 CHSL 2023 PRE

59. From a cask filled with wine, 75 liters are first drawn and replaced with water. From this mixture, 60
liters are drawn and replaced with water. The ratio of wine to water in the cask is now 3:2. How many
liters of wine did the cask initially hold? A) 225 B) 375 C) 250 D) 300 CHSL 2023 PRE

60. A vessel is completely filled with milk. 27litres of milk is taken out and replaced by water. Again15ltr
of mixture is taken out and vessel is filled with water again. Now concentration of milk in the mixture
becomes 71.11%. What is the capacity of container? a) 105ltr b) 162ltr c) 180ltr d) 135ltr
61. A container contains 71.2L of pure milk. 20% of the milk (sol) is taken out and replaced with water.
This process is repeated ‘n’ number of times. Find the min value of ‘n’ for which the milk concentration
becomes less than 46.8%? a) 6 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

62. 10% of a 50% alcohol sol is replaced with water. From the resulting sol, again 20% is replaced with
water. Finally half the sol is replaced with water. What is the concentration of alcohol in the final solution
this obtained? a)10% b)18% c)20% d)36%

63. A solution contains 75L petrol,110L diesel and 100L kerosene. 30% of this solution is replaced by
kerosene and then 2/7 of the obtained solution is replaced by diesel. Find the quantity of petrol in the
mixture now. a)40.5L b)50L c)37.5L d)32.5L

64. A jar contains a mixture of 175 ml water and 700 ml alcohol. Rohit takes out 10% of the mixture and
substitutes it by water of the same amount. The process is repeated once again. The percentage of water
in the mixture is now? (a) 35.2 (b) 30.3 (c) 40.5 (d) 25.4

65. The ratio of milk to water in a 100 litres mixture is 2: 3. 10 litres of this mixture is withdrawn and
replaced with milk. This process is repeated 2 more time. What is the percentage of mild in final mixture?
(a) 56.26% (b) 58.21% (c) 51.24% (d) 54.27%

66. A solution contains acid and water in the ratio of 4: 5 If 20% of the solution is replaced by water, then
what will be the ratio of acid and water in the new solution? (a) 10 : 7 (b) 5 : 17 (c) 16 : 29 (d) 8 : 15

67. A large container has a 50 litre mixture of juice and water in the ratio of 3 : 2. To this, a 60 litre juice
and water mixture is added, that has a juice to water ratio of 2 : 1. After this, 11 litre of the solution is
replaced with pure juice. What is the ratio of water to juice in the final mixture? MTS 2020

(a) 37 : 18 (b) 29 : 81 (c) 4 : 7 (d) 18 : 37

68. A vessel contained a solution of acid and water, in which water was 64%. Four litres of the solution
was taken out of the vessel and the same quantity of water was added. If the resulting solution contains
30% acid, the quantity (in litres) of the water in the solution, at the beginning in the vessel, was:

(a)11.36 (b)15.36 (c)8.64 (d)12.64

69. A vessel has 45 liters of solution of alcohol and water, having 60% alcohol. How many liters of the
solutions must be withdrawn from the vessel and replaced by the same quantity of water so that the
resulting solution would have 35% alcohol? ICAR Technician 2022

A) 20.25 B) 15.25 C) 18.75 D) 17.5

70. A vessel contains a mixture of O2 and N2. The quantity of O2 is 36% of total mixture. Some quantity of
mixture taken out from it and replaced by N2. This process is repeated once more. Now the quantity of O²
is 16% of total mixture. If total quantity of mixture was 18 it then find the quantity of mixture which is
taken out? a) 12L b) 4.5L c) 9L d) 6L

71. The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is 7:5. How much part of the mixture should be replaced by
water so hat ratio of milk and water is 2:3?
72. A bottle is filled with liquid of which 4 parts are water and 5 parts are fruit extract. How much of the
mixture must be drawn off and replaced with so that the mixture may be half water and half fruit extract?
Ans : ⅒ SSC CHSL 2023 PRE

73. A vessel contains a solution of two liquids A and B in the ratio 5:3. When 10 litres of the solution is
taken out and replaced by the same quantity of B, the ratio of A and B in the vessel becomes 10:11. The
quantity (in litres) of the solution, in the vessel was. (a) 42 (b) 48 (c) 52 (d) 44

74. A beaker contains a mixture of two liquids X and Y in the ratio 5 : 3. When 6 litres of the mixture is
drawn offer and then replaced with Y, the ratio of X and Y becomes 5 : 7. How many litres of liquid X was
contained in the beaker initially? (a) 18.25 (b) 22.5 (c) 11.25 (d) 15.5

75. In a mixture, the ratio of a chemical X and water is 15 : 9. When 48 litres of this mixture is replaced
with water, the ratio becomes 11 : 13. Find the quantity of water after replacement.

(a) 99 litres (b) 97.5 litres (c) 92 litres (d) 102.5 litres SSC CHSL 2023 PRE

76. In a mixture of 48 liters of milk and water, the ratio of milk and water is 2:3. If some of the mixture is
taken out and the same amount of water is added, the ratio of milk and water in the new mixture becomes
3:5. Then tell how many liters of the mixture has been replaced with water?

A) 4 L B) 3 L C) 2 L D) 5L

77. A jar was containing 60 litres of juice . 5 litres of juice was taken out & 10 litres of water was added
after this 13 litres of the new mixture (of juice and water)was taken out and 20 ltrs of water was added.
What is the respective ratio of juice and water in the jar now? (a)13:5 b)11:7 c) 14:9 d)11:18

78. A can have 25 litres of water and milk mixed in the ratio of 1 : 4. If 3 litres of the mixture is emptied
and 2 litres of milk are added and the same process is carried out one more time, what will be the final
ratio of milk to water? A) 49 : 11 B) 72 : 185 C) 54 : 275 D) 383 : 77

79. There is a vessel holding 40L of milk. 4L of milk is initially taken out from the vessel and 5L of water is
poured in. After this 5L of the mixture from this vessel is replaced with 6L of water and finally 6L of
mixture from the vessel is replaced with 7L of water. How much of the milk (in ltr) in there in the vessel
now? a) 22.42 b) 27 .09 c) 24.72 d) 29.42

80. 80 litres of a mixture of spirit and water in the ratio 7 : 9 is present in a container A. 20 litres of the
mixture is transferred to another container B. Then the container A is filled with 20 litres of water. Then
32 litres of the mixture is again transferred to container B. The ratio of water to spirit of the mixture in
container B is equal to: (a) 87 : 41 (b) 131 : 77 (c) 77 : 131 (d) 41 : 87 CGL 2023 MAINS

81. A vessel contains a mixture of 160L of milk and 20L of water. Then ‘x’ L of mixture is taken out and
20L of milk and 25L of water are added to the remaining mixture. If the difference between the quantity
of milk and water is 100 ltr, then find ‘x’? (a) 27 b) 36 c) 45 d) 54

82. A solution of volume of 40 liters, has dye and water in the proportion 2:3. Water is added to the
solution to change this proportion to 2:5. If one-fourth of this diluted solution is taken out, how many
liters of dye must be added to the remaining solution to bring the proportion back to 2:3? CAT 2020

A) 8 C) 3 B) 4 D) 5