Topic Name: Mixtures and allegations

Q.1. There are two containers of equal capacity. The ratio of milk to water in the first container
is 3:1, in the second container is 5:2. If they are mixed up, then the ratio of milk to water in the
mixture will be

1) 28:41 2) 41:28 3) 15:41 4) 41: 15

Q.2. In a mixture of 60 L the ratio of acid and water is 2:1. If the ratio of acid and water is to be
1:2, then the amount of water (in liters) to be added to the mi3xture is

1) 55 2) 60 3) 50 4) 45

Q.3. In a mixture of 240 CC, the ratio of the volumes of water and glycerin is 1:3. The quantity
of water (in cc) that should be added to the mixtu4re, so that the new ratio of the volumes of
water and glycerin becomes becomes 2:3 is [SSC MIXTURE&ALLIGATION

1) 5 L 2) 6 L 3) 8 L 4) 4 L

Q.10. A barrel contains a mixture of wine and water in the ratio 3:1. How much fraction of the
mixture must be drawn off and substituted by water so that the ratio of wine and water in the
resultant mixture in the barrel becomes 1:1? [SSC CGL] 1) 2) 3) 4)

Q.11. A mixture of 30 L contain milk and water in the ratio of 7:3. How much water should be
added to it so that the ratio of milk and water becomes 3:7? [SSC CPO 2003]

1) 40 L 2) 49 L 3)568 L 4) 63 L

Q.12. A mixture contains spirit and water in the ratio 3 : 2. If it contains 3 L more spirit than
water, the quantity of sirit in mixture is [SSC CGL 2003]

1) 10 L 2) 12 L 3) 8 L 4) 9 L

Q.13. A mixture of 40 L of milk and water contains 10 % of water. How much water must be
added to make the water 20% in the new mixture?[SSC 2010, CGL 2003]

1) 10 L 2) 7 L 3) 5L 4) 3L

Q.14. The milk and water in a mixture are in the ratio 7 : 5, when 15 L of water is added to it,
the ratio of milk and water in the new mixture becomes 7:8. The total quantity of water in the
new mixture is[SSC CPO 2007]

1) 35L 2) 40L 3) 60L 4) 96L

Q.15. The ratio of milk and water in mixtures of four containers are 5 : 32 : 1, 3 : 2 and 7 : 4,
respectively. In which container is the quantity of milk, relative to water, minimum ? [SSC CGL
201 ]
1) First 2) Second 3) Third 4) Fourth

Q.16. In the first alloy, zinc and copper are inn the ratio 1 :2. In the second alloy the same
elements are in the ratio 2 : 3. If these two alloy in which two elements are in the ratio 5 : 8, the
ratio of these two alloys in the new alloys is [SSC CGL 2008]

1) 3 : 10 2) 3 : 7 3) 10 : 3 4) 7 : 3

Q.17. Vessels A and B contain mixtures of milk and water in the ratio 4 : 5 and 5 : 1,
respectively. In what ratio should quantities of mixture be taken from A and B to form a mixture
in which milk to water is in the ratio 5 : 4 ?[SSC SO 2006]

1) 2 : 5 2) 4 : 3 3) 5 : 2 4) 2 : 3

Q.18. A shopkeeper bought 15 kg of rice at the rate of Rs 29 per kg and 25 kg of rice at the rate
of Rs 20 per kg. He sold the mixture of both types of rice at the rate of Rs 27 per kg. his profit in
this transaction is [SSC 2010]

1) Rs 125 2) Rs 150 3) Rs 140 4) Rs 145

Q.19. In two blends of mixed tea, the ratios of Darjeeling and Assam tea are 4 : 7 and 2 : 5. The
ratio in which these two blends should be mixed to get the ratio of Darjeeling and Assam tea in
the new mixture as 6 : 13 is [SSC CGL 2013]

1) 2 : 7 2) 5 : 13 3) 4 : 13 4) 22 : 35

Q.20. Two vessels contain milk and water in the ratio 3 : 2 and 7 : 3. Find the ratio in which the
contents of the two vessels have to be mixed to get a new mixture in which the ratio of milk
and water 2 : 1 [ SSC CGL 2012]

1) 2 :1 2) 1 : 2 3) 4 : 1 4) 1 : 4

Q.21. In two types of stainless steel, the ratio of chromium and steel are 2 : 11 and 5 : 21 ,
respectively. In what proportion should the two types be mixed so that the ratio of chromium
to steel in the mixed type becomes 7 : 32 ? [SSC 2012] 1) 2 : 3 2) 3 : 4 3) 1 : 2 4) 1 : 3

Q.22. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper in the ratio 7 :2 and 7 : 11, respectively. If equal
quantities of these two alloys are melted to form a new alloy C, then the ratio of gold and
copper in C is [ SSC 2012

] 1) 6 : 5 2) 9 : 4 3) 12 : 7 4) 7 : 5

Q.23. Alcohol and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 5 : 3 and 5 : 4, respectively. In
what ratio, the liquids in both the vessels be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C in the
ratio 7 : 5 ? [SSC 2011] 1) 2 : 3 2) 3 : 2 3) 3 : 5 4) 2 : 5
 Q.24. Two equal vessels are field with the mixtures of water and milk in the ratio of 3 : 4 and 5 :
3, respectively. If the mixtures are poured into a third vessel, the ratio of water and milk in the
third vessel will be [SSC CGL 2011]

1) 15 : 12 2) 53 : 59 3) 16 : 31 4) 59 : 53

Q.25. The vessels A and B contains acid and water in the ratio 4 : 3 and 5 : 3 respectively. Then,
the ratio in which these mixtures to be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C containing
acid and water in the ratio 3 : 2 is [SSC 2011]

1) 5 : 8 2) 7 : 8 3) 7 : 5 4) 4 : 7

Q.26. Two contains have acid and water mixed respectively in the ratio 3 : 1 and 5 : 3. To get a
new mixture with ratio of acid to water as 2 : 1, the two types have to be mixed in the ratio[ SSC
2011 ]

1) 1 : 2 2) 2 : 1 3) 2 : 3 4) 3 : 2

Q.27. Acid and water are mixed in a vessels A in the ratio of 5 : 2 and in the vessel B in the ratio
8 : 5. In what proportion should quantities be taken out from the two vessels so as to form a
mixture in which the acid and water will be in the ratio of 9 : 4 ? [ SSC 2001 ]

1) 7 : 2 2) 2 : 7 3) 7 : 4 4) 2 : 3

Q.28. The acid and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 4 : 3 and 2 : 3. In what ratio
should the liquids in both the vessels be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessels C containing
half acid and half water ? [ SSC 2011]

1) 7 : 5 2) 5 : 7 3) 7 : 3 4) 5 : 3

Q.1. Zinc & copper are in the ratio 5:3 in 400 g of an alloy. How much of copper (in g) should be
added to make the ratio 5:4 ? [SSC CGL]

1) 72 2) 200 3) 50 4) 66

Q.2. In a 729 L mixture of milk and water, the ratio of milk to water is 7:2. To get a new mixture
containing milk and water in the ratio 7:3, the amount of water to be added is : [SSC CGL]

1) 81L 2) 71 L 3) 56 L 4) 50 L

Q.3. A barrel contains a mixture of wine and water in the ratio 3 : 1. How much fraction o Q.5.
Pure milk costs 16/L. after adding water the milkman sells the mixture 15/ L and thereby makes
a profit of 25 %. In what respective ratio does he mix milk with water ? [ SSC multitasking 2014]

1) 3 : 1 2) 4 : 3 3) 3 : 2 4) 5 : 3

Q.6. In what ratio must a mixture of 30 % alcohol strength be mixed with that of 50% alcohol
strength so as to get a mixture of 45 % alcohol strength ?
1) 1 : 2 2) 1 : 3 3) 2 : 1 4) 3 : 1

Q.7. The ratio in which two sugar solutions of the concentrations 15% and 40% are to be mixed
to get a solution of concentration of 30% is [ SSC CGL 2008]

1) 2 : 3 2) 3 : 2 3) 8 : 9 4) 9 : 8

Q.8. In 50 g alloy of gold and silver, the gold is 80 % by weight. How much gold should be mixed
to this alloy, so that the weight of gold would become 95 % ? [SSC SO 2005]

1) 200 g 2) 150 g 3) 50g 4) 10g

Q.9. How much pure alcohol has to be added to 400 ml. of a solution containing 15 % of
alcohol to change the concentration of alcohol in the mixture to 32% ? [SSC CGL 2003]

1) 60 ml 2) 100 ml 3) 128 ml 4) 68 ml

Q.10. In an alloy there is 12% of copper. To get 60 kg of copper, how much alloy will be required
? [ SSC CGL 2000 ]

1) 424 kg 2) 575 kg 3) 828 kg 4) 1736 kg

Q.11. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in the ratio 5 : 3 and
5 : 11, respectively. Equal quantities of these alloys are melted to form a third alloy C. the ratio
of gold and copper in the alloy C is [ SSC CPO 2008 ]

1) 25 : 33 2) 33 : 25 3) 15 : 17 4) 17 : 15

Q.12. A liquid ‘p’ is times as heavy as another liquid ‘Q’. The amount of liquid ‘p’ that must be
added to 7 L of the liquid ‘Q’ so that the mixture may weight as much as an equal volume of
water, will be [ SSC CGL 2007

] 1) 7 L 2) 3) 5 L 4)

Q.13. A jar contained a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 4 : 1 when 10 L of the mixture
was taken out and 10 L of liquid B was poured into the jar, this ratio become 2 : 3. The quantity
of liquid A contained in the jar initially was [ SSC CGL 2008 ]

1) 4 L 2) 8 L 3) 16 L 4) 40 L

Q.14. Two vessels A and B contain milk and water mixed in the ratio 8 : 5 and 5 : 2, respectively.
The ratio in which these two mixtures be mixed to get a new mixture containing milk [SSC 2012]

1) 3 : 5 2) 5 : 2 3) 5 : 7 4) 2 : 7

Q.15. Two vessels A and B contain milk and water mixed in the ratio 4 : 3 and 2 : 3. The ratio in
which these mixtures be mixed to form a new mixture containing half milk and half water is [
SSC CGL 2012 ]
1) 7 : 5 2) 6 : 5 3) 5 : 6 4) 4 : 3

Q.16. A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 L of mixture are
drained off add the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many liters of
liquid A was contained by the can initially ? [ SSC 2012 ]

1) 10 2) 20 3) 21 4) 25

Q.1 60 kg of a certain variety of rice at Rs 32 per kg is mixed 48 kg of another variety of rice and
the mixture is sold at the average price of Rs 28 per kg. if there be no profit or loss due to the
new sale price, then of the second the price variety of rice is [ SSC Multitasking 2013]

1) Rs 25.60 per kg 2) Rs 25 per kg 3) Rs 23 per kg 4) Rs 30 per kg

Q.2 In what ratio Darjeeling tea costing Rs 320 per kg be mixed with Assam tea costing Rs 250
per kg so that there is a gain of 20% by selling the mixture at Rs 234 per kg ?

1) 1 : 2 2) 2 : 3 3) 3 : 2 4) 2 : 5

Q.3 The ratio, in which tea costing Rs 192 per kg is to be mixed with tea costing Rs 150 per kg so
that the mixed tea, when sold for Rs 194.40 kg gives a profit of 20 % is[ SSC CGL 2008 ]

1) 2 : 5 2) 3 : 5 3) 5 : 3 4) 5 : 2