Quantitative Aptitude
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Jar A has 60 litre of mixture of milk and water in the respective ratio of 2 : 1. Jar B which had 40 litre of mixture of milk and water was emptied into Jar A, as a result in Jar A, the respective ratio of milk and water becomes 13 : 7. What was the quantity of water in Jar B ?
Jar A has 36 litre of mixture of milk and water in the respective ratio of 5 : 4. Jar B which had 20 litre of mixture of milk and water, was emptied into Jar A, and as a result in Jar A, the respective ratio of milk and water becomes 5 : 3. What was the quantity of water in Jar B ?
A trader mixes 14 kg rice of variety A which costs Rs. 60/kg with 18 kg of quantity of type B rice. He sells the mixture at Rs. 65/Kg and earns a profit of 100/3 %. Then what was the cost price of type B rice.
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In a vessel, there are two types of liquids A and B in the ratio of 5 : 9. 28 lit of the mixture is taken out and 2 lit of type B liquid is poured into it, the new ratio(A:B) thus formed is 1 : 2. Find the initial quantity of mixture in the vessel?
There are two vessels of equal capacity, one full of milk, and the second one-third full of water. The second vessel is then filled up out of the first, the contents of the second are then poured back into the first till it is full and then again the contents of the first are poured back into the second till it is full. What is the proportion of milk in the second vessel ?
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Jar A contains 60 liters mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 3:2 and the Jar B contains the x liters of mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 7:3. If the Jar A and Jar B are mixed, the ratio of the milk and water becomes 5:3, then find the value of x.
A vessel contains mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 7:1 respectively. 24 liters mixture is removed from the vessel and if the quantity of remaining milk in the vessel is 56 liters, then find quantity of water in the vessel initially.
650 grams of sugar solution has 55% sugar in it. How much sugar should be added to this mixture so that sugar becomes 75% of total mixture?
Abhinav has two types of rice i.e. 15 kg of basmati rice and 24 kg of regular rice. He sold 1 kg mixture of these rice at 40% above the cost price of 1 kg of regular rice and earned no profit and no loss. Find the ratio of cost price of 1 kg of basmati to that of regular rice?
A vessel contains mixture in which 25% is water and rest is milk. If 40 liters more water added in vessel, then quantity of water becomes 40% of mixture. Find the quantity of milk in the vessel?
In a 54 litre mixture of spirit and water, the ratio of spirit to water is 4 : 5. What amount of water should be added to this mixture to make the ratio of spirit to water 2 : 5 ?
A shopkeeper has two quality rice. Rice A is sold at Rs. 40 per kg and Rice B is sold at Rs. 25 per kg. He mixed both the rice together and sold the mixture at Rs. 36 per kg. Find the ratio of quantity of rice A to the total mixture?
A milkman mixed (y+30) liters of water in 150 liters of milk and then again replaced 35 liters of the mixture with milk. If quantity of milk in the final mixture is 160 liters, then find ‘y’?
Two types of rice which cost Rs. 40/kg and Rs. 60/kg are mixed and marked at Rs. 200/3 /Kg. If shopkeeper earns 25% profit after allow a discount of 10% on mixture, then find in what respective ratio these two types of rice are mixed?
Note: value 200/3 /Kg transcribed from image in source
In a vessel quantity of water is 40% of quantity of milk. If 42 liter of mixture is taken out from the vessel and 32 liter of water is added, then new ratio of milk to water in vessel becomes 7 : 6. Find initial quantity of mixture in vessel?
A vessel contains 80 liters mixture of water and milk in the ratio 5 : 3 respectively. If 20 liters mixture from the vessel is completely replaced with milk, then find ratio of milk to water in the final mixture in the vessel?
A man has 250 l milk and each time he takes out 25 l of milk and replaced it with same quantity of water. If he repeats this process thrice then find quantity of milk in final solution (in liter).
80 liters solutions of sugar and water in the ratio of 2: 3 is mixed with 120 liters solutions of sugar and water. Find the ratio of sugar to water in 120 liters solution, if percentage of sugar in final solution is 38.5%?
A new mixture of 140 liter is prepared by mixing solution of wine and rum in ratio 2:5 having pure alcohol 42.5% and 25% respectively. To dilute the mixture by 2% what amount of water is used?
A trader mixes 36 kg of rice A at Rs 30 per kg and ‘x’ kg of rice B at Rs 40 per kg. He sold the mixture at Rs 35 per kg and earn Rs 10% profit. Find ‘x’?
A vessel contains mixture of milk and water, in which water is 12.5%. When 48 liters mixture is removed from the vessel then the quantity of milk in the remaining mixture is 112 liters, then find quantity of water in the vessel initially?
In a mixture, the quantity of milk is x liters and water are 8 liters. Five liters pure milk and six liters of water added in the mixture so that milk becomes 75% of resultant mixture. If 10 liters of resultant mixture is removed, then find the remaining quantity of mixture (in liters).
X liter mixture of milk and water contains 33 1/3% water. If 54 liter of mixture taken out and 42 liter of water added, then water and milk becomes equal in the resultant mixture. Find the value of X.
Vessels A and B contain a mixture of milk and water in the ratios 2:3 and 3:1, respectively. 25 liters taken out four times from A, then the vessel becomes empty. If the initial quantities of water from A and B are mixed together, then the resultant water becomes 120 liter. Find the difference between milk and water in vessel B.
A vessel contains 80 liters of milk. 20 liters of milk are taken out and replaced with water. Now 40% of the mixture is taken out, and Y liters of water are added to the mixture such that the ratio of milk to water becomes 9:4, respectively. Find the value of square of Y.
Two containers, X and Y, hold a mixture of alcohol and water. The ratio of alcohol to water in container X is 7:3, and the alcohol in container Y is 15 liters more than that in container X. Water in container X is 5 liters less than that in container Y, and both mixtures are combined into a new container Z. If the total quantity of the mixture in container Z is 220 liters, find the quantity of the mixture in container Y (in liters).
The ratio of total mixture to milk in v essel P is 12: 5. If 24 liters of mixture is taken out and 12 liters of water is added, then the ratio of milk to water in the resultant mixture becomes 10: 17. Find the initial quantity of mixture (in liters)
A mixture contains sugar and salt, and the quantity of sugar is 8 kg more than that of salt. If 1/4th of the mixture is taken out and 2 kg of salt are added to the mixture, then the ratio of sugar to salt becomes 15:13, respectively. Find the initial quantity of sugar (in kg).
A mixture of Y liters of juice and water is in the ratio 3:1 respectively. If 20 liters of the mixture is taken out and 10 liters of water is added to the mixture, the ratio of juice to water in the resultant mixture becomes 5:3. Find the value of Y.
A vessel contains 112 liters mixture of milk and water in which water is 28 liters. 32 liters of mixture taken out from the vessel and 12 liters milk added in the remaining mixture. Find quantity of milk is what percent more of quantity of water in the resultant mixture?
A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio of 8:1, respectively. If 27 liters of mixture are removed and 5 liters of water are added to the mixture, then the quantity of milk in the resultant mixture becomes 16 liters. Find the initial quantity of water.
A vessel contains milk and water in the ratio of 4:1, respectively. If 20 liters of mixture are taken out and 5 liters of milk are added to the mixture, then the ratio of milk to water becomes 13:2, respectively. Find the initial quantity of water (in liters).
A 40 liters mixture contains X liters of milk and rest is water. A person removed 10 liters of mixture and added 18 liters of water in the remaining mixture. If the ratio of milk to water in the final mixture is 7: 9, then find the quantity of water (in liters) in initial solution.