100+ Alligation or Mixture Questions and Answers Pdf - 1

Question: 1

A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are water and 4 parts syrup. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaces with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup?

(A) $${1}/{3}$$

(B) $${1}/{4}$$

(C) $${1}/{5}$$

(D) $${1}/{7}$$

Question: 2

A milkman mixed some water with milk to gain 25% by selling the mixture at the cost price. The ratio of water and milk is respectively.

(A) 1 : 4

(B) 1 : 5

(C) 4 : 5

(D) 5 : 4

Question: 3

A dishonest trader professes to sell his article at cost price but he uses 900 g weight instead of 1 kg. What is the percentage gain of the trader in this trade?

(A) $$11{1}/{9}$$%

(B) $${110}/{9}$$%

(C) $${100}/{9}$$%

(D) $${80}/{9}$$%

Question: 4

8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of water is 16:65. How much wine did the cask hold

(A) 18 litres

(B) 24 litres

(C) 32 litres

(D) 42 litres

Question: 5

A container contains 40litres of milk. From this container 4 litres of milk was taken out and replaced by water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now contained by the container?

(A) 26.34 litres

(B) 27.36 litres

(C) 28 litres

(D) 29.16 litres