MIXTURE & ALLIGATION
TYPE – 01
1. In what ratio should a merchant mix two materials costing Rs. 18 per kg and Rs. 27 per
kg so that the cost of the mixture becomes Rs. 25 per kg?
(a) 1 : 7 (b) 3 : 7 (c) 2 : 7 (d) 2 : 5
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2. If the average weight of a class is 15 kg 4. In what ratio should pulses costing Rs.
and the average weight of another 77.50/kg be mixed with pulses costing
class is 30 kg, then find the ratio of the Rs. 83.50/kg to get a resulting mixture
students of the first class to the an- having an average cost of Rs. 80/kg?
other class students when the average kg kg
weight of both the classes is 25 kg.
Rs. kg
(a) 5 : 7 (b) 4 : 3
(c) 3 : 4 (d) 7 : 5
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(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1
(c) 1 : 3 (d) 3 : 4
5. The average weight of boys is 60 kg and
average weight of girls is 30 kg. and
their combined average weight is 50
3. Find the ratio in which rice costing Rs.
kg. If the number of boys is 20. Then
120 per kg is mixed with rice costing
find the no of girls./
Rs. 155 per kg to obtain a rice mixture
costing Rs. 135 per kg.
(a) 15 (b) 10
(c) 20 (d) 30
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 2 : 3
(c) 1 : 3 (d) 4 : 3
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6. 40 kg of tea at Rs 150 per kg is mixed
with x kg of tea at Rs 180 per kg. If the 8. In a bag of rice costing Rs. 70 per kg,
price of the mixture is Rs 170/kg, then two different kinds of rice are mixed.
x = ?/ The quantity of the first kind of rice
costing Rs. 60 per kg is 8 kg, while the
x quantity of the second kind of rice is 4
kg. What is the price per kg of the sec-
x=? ond kind of rice?
(a) 90 (b) 50 Rs. kg
(c) 80 (d) 60
Rs. kg
kg
kg
kg
(a) Rs. 75 (b) Rs. 65
(c) Rs. 80 (d) Rs. 90
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7. In what ratio should water be mixed
with milk costing Rs 15 per litre to get
a mixture costing Rs 10 per litre? (Wa-
ter is available free of cost)
9. In a class of 30 students there are 20
boys & 10 girls. Average weight of the
class is 50 kg. If the average weight of
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 2 : 3
boys is 60 kg. Find the average weight
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 5 of girls ?
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(a) 20 (b) 30
(c) 45 (d) 55 Rs.
2 2
(a) Rs. 61 3 (b) Rs. 34 3
2 2
(c) Rs. 33 3 (d) Rs. 66 3
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10. The ratio of number of girls to number
of boys is 1 : 2. If the average weight of
the boys is 30 kg and the average weight
of both the boys and girls be 25 kg, then
the average weight of the girls is:
12. A shopkeeper is selling fruit gift pack-
ets in which he is giving a mix of apples
and mangoes. The packet contains a
total of 12 kg of fruits at an average
rate of Rs. 100 per kg. The packet con-
tains 8 kg of apples at the rate of Rs.
(a) 15 kg (b) 20 kg
90 per kg and 4 kg of mangoes at the
(c) 35 kg (d) 40 kg
rate of 'X' per kg. Find the value of 'X'.
Note: All other charges for packing are
to be ignored.
Rs.
kg Rs.
kg ‘X’
kg ‘X’
11. A milkman bought 45 liters of milk and
mixed 15 liters of water in it. If the (a) 95 (b) 100
price of the mixture per liter becomes (c) 120 (d) 110
Rs. 50, then what will be the cost price
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of milk per liter? (Water is available
free of cost)
15. How many kilograms of sugar worth Rs.
3.60 per kg should be mixed with 8 kg
of sugar worth Rs. 4.20 per kg such that
by selling the mixture at Rs. 4.40 per
14. A shopkeeper purchased two qualities kg, there may be a gain of 10%?
of pulses at the rate of Rs. 200 per
quintal and Rs. 260 per quintal. In 52
quintals of the second quality, how
much pulse of the first quality should
be mixed so that by selling the result-
ing mixture at Rs. 300 per quintal, he (a) 6 kg (b) 3 kg
gains a profit of 25%? (c) 2 kg (d) 4 kg
(a) 100 quintals
(b) 104 quintals
(c) 26 quintals
(d) None of these
16. A mixture of sugar is sold at Rs. 3.00
per kg. This mixture is formed by mix-
ing the sugar of Rs. 2.10 and Rs. 2.52
per kg. What is the ratio of cheaper to
the costlier quality in the mixture if the
profit of 25% is being earned.
13. In what ratio should a shopkeeper mix
two varieties of tea costing Rs. 120 per
kg and Rs. 130 per kg so that he can
make a profit of 10% by selling the mix-
ture at Rs. 136.40 per kg?
Rs.
(a) 5 : 2 (b) 2 : 7 Rs.
(c) 2 : 5 (d) 15 : 8
Rs.
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 3 : 4
(c) 3 : 2 (d) 2 : 5
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