GMAT Mixtures Questions With Solutions

Question 1

Pure milk costs Rs. 16 per litre. After adding water the milkman sells the mixture Rs. 15 per litre and thereby makes a profit of 25%. In what respective ratio does he mix milk with water?

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Question 2

In what ratio, tea at Rs. 90 per kg should be mixed with another tea at Rs. 120 per kg to get a tea of Rs.100 per kg

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Question 3

4 kg of rice at Rs. 5 per kg is mixed with 8 kg of rice at Rs. 6 per kg. Find the average price of the mixture

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Question 4

A mixture of 150 L of wine and water contains 20% water. How many litres of water must be added so that water may be 25% of the mixture?

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Question 5

Ramu buys 6 liters of water at Rs 10 per liter and 4 liters of water at Rs 25 per liter. He now sells the mixture at 25% profit. Find the selling price of one liter of the mixture?

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Question 6

Two types of rice (type 1 and type 2) were mixed in the respective ratio of 1 : 3. The mixture was then sold @ 75.60 per kg to gain a profit of 20%. If the price of type 1 rice is Rs. 75 per kg, what is the price of type 2 price per kg?

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Question 7

What quantity of water should be added to 3 litres of 10% solution of salt, so that it becomes a 5% salt solution ?

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Question 8

A solution contains 50% alcohol by volume. What volume of water should be added to this solution of volume 100ml so that the concentration of alcohol is 25% in the resultant solution?

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Question 9

An alcohol-water mixture contains 20% water by volume. How much water should be added to this mixture of 100ml to make its concentration as 40% water.

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Question 10

In what ratio would the 2 solutions of concentration 40% and 25% be mixed to get the resultant concentration of 30%?

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Question 11

In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of wheat costing Rs 12 and Rs 18 respectively so as to get a mixture costing Rs 16 ?

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Question 12

A 'can' has 35L of wine in it. 3.5L of wine is taken out, and 3.5L of milk is added. Now 3.5L of this mixture is removed, and 3.5L of milk is added in its place. After repeating this process for two more times how many litres of wine is present in the mixture.(Round off the answer)

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Question 13

Rahul drinks 3 litres of water in the mornings and 4 litres of water in the evenings. If he drinks 1239 litres of water when he went on a tour, approximately how many days did he go on the tour for?

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Question 14

In what ratio should two varieties of rice costing Rs. 4 and Rs. 10 respectively be mixed such that the resultant mixture costs Rs. 8 per kg?

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Question 15

A shopkeeper buys rice of variety A at Rs 75 per kg and rice B at Rs 100 per kg. In what ratio should he mix the two varieties so that he can sell the resultant mixture at Rs 100 per kg and make 25% profit?

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Question 16

In what ratio must 5% concentrated acid be mixed with 40% concentrated acid to get 25% concentrated acid?

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Question 17

The ratio of milk to water in a 120 liter mixture is 7:3, how many liters of extra water to be added so that the ratio becomes 7:5.

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Question 18

In what ratio a type of rice at 8 Rs/kg should be mixed with another type of rice at 13 Rs/kg such that the mixture worth 10 Rs/kg.

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Question 19

An alloy A is made up of Zinc and Copper in the ratio 2 : 3 and an alloy B is made up of Zinc and Aluminum in the ratio 3 : 4. If another alloy C is made from 10 kg of alloy A and 14 kg of alloy B, then what is the proportion of Zinc present in alloy C?

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Question 20

A milk seller buys milk which contains 70% pure milk and rest water from a diary farm. He then further dilutes the milk he bought from the diary farm by adding water amounting to 20% of the quantity he bought and sells it to his customers. What is ratio of pure milk to water in the milk sold to the customers by the milk seller?

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Question 21

A 2 litre solution of 20% hydrochloric acid is mixed with a 3 litre solution of 50% hydrochloric acid. What will be the percentage concentration of hydrochloric acid of the resultant solution?

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Question 22

Two varieties of rice P and Q cost Rs. 20/kg and Rs. 38/kg respectively. If they are mixed in the ratio 4:5 what will be the price (per kg) of the resultant mixture of rice?

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Question 23

2 litres of sulphuric acid of 70% concentration is mixed with 1 litre of sulphuric acid of concentration 40%. What will be the concentration of the acid solution formed?

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Question 24

A jar contains 1 litre of pure milk. Aditya took 100 ml solution from the jar and replaced it with water. He repeats the process one more time. What is the final concentration of milk in the solution?

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Question 25

A solution has milk and water in the ratio 4:3. After adding 300 ml of water the ratio of water and milk becomes 1:1. What was the initial volume of the mixture of milk and water?

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Question 26

There are 81 litre pure milk in a container. One ­third of milk is replaced by water in the container. Again one­third of mixture is extracted and equal amount of water is added. What is the ratio of milk to water in the new mixture ?

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Question 27

In Jar A, 180 litre milk was mix with 36 litre water. Some of this mixture was taken out from Jar A and put it in Jar B. If after adding 6 litres of water in the mixture, the respective ratio between milk and water in Jar B was 5 : 2 respectively, what was the amount of mixture that was taken out from Jar A ? (in litres)

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Question 28

The cost of pure milk is Rs. 16 per litre. On adding water, the mixture is sold at Rs. 15/litre. In this way the milkman earns 25% profit. What is the ratio of milk and water in the mixture ? Assume the cost of water be Rs 0

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Question 29

A wholesaler blends two varieties of tea, one costing Rs. 60 per kilogram and another costing Rs. 105 per kilogram. The respective ratio of quantities they were mixed in was 7 : 2. If he sold the mixed variety at Rs. 100 per kilogram, how much was his profit percentage ?

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Question 30

A vessel contains a mixture of milk and water in the respective ratio of 10 : 3. Twenty-six litre of this mixture was taken out and replaced with 8 litre of water. If the resultant respective ratio of milk and water in the mixture was 5 : 2, what was the initial quantity of mixture in the vessel ? (in litre)

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Question 31

18 litres of pure water was added to a vessel containing 80 litres of pure milk. 49 litres of the resultant mixture was then sold and some more quantity of pure milk and pure water was added to the vessel in the respective ratio of 2 : 1. If the resultant respective ratio of milk and water in the vessel was 4 : 1, what was the quantity of pure milk added in the vessel ? (in litres)

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Question 32

In a vessel there is 40 litres mixture of milk and water. There is 15% water in the mixture. The milkman sells 10 litres of mixture to a customer and thereafter adds 12.5 litres of water to the remaining mixture. What is the respective ratio of milk and water in the new mixture ?

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Question 33

Jar A contains 'X' litre of pure milk only. A 27 litre mixture of milk and water in the respective ratio of 4 : 5, is added to jar A. The new mixture thus formed in jar A contains 70% milk, what is the value of X ?

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Question 34

The milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 4 : 3 and 2 : 3 respectively. In what ratio the liquids in both the vessels be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C consisting half milk and half water?

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Question 35

How many litres of water should be added to a 30 litre mixture of milk and water containing milk and water in the ratio of 7 : 3 such that the resultant mixture has 40% water in it ?

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Question 36

A juice seller mixes 15 ltr of apple juice, 20 ltr of mango juice and 5 litre of litchi juice. If 5 ltr of this mixture is taken out, what will be amount of mango juice in it?

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Question 37

A vessel contains 60 litres of milk. 6 litres of milk is taken out and 6 litres of water is added to the vessel. Again 6 litres of mixture from the vessel is withdrawn and 6 litres of water is added to the vessel. The ratio of milk and water in the resulting mixture in the vessel is

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Question 38

Jar A contains 78 litres of milk and water in the respective ratio of 6 : 7. 26 litres of the mixture was taken out from Jar A. What quantity of milk should be added to jarA, so that water constitutes 40% of the resultant mixture in jar A?

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Question 39

Jar A has 36 litres of mixture of milk and water in the respective ratio of 5 : 4. Jar B which had 20 litres 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?

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Question 40

Jar A has 60 litres of mixture of milk and water in the respective ratio of 2 : 1. Jar B which had 40 litres of mixture of milk and water was emptied into jar A, as a result in jar A, the respective ratio of milk and water became 13 : 7. What was the quantity of water in jar B?

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Question 41

A Kg of coffee powder costs Rs. 30 and a kg of Chicory costs Rs.10. In what ratio must a shopkeeper mix these 2 ingredients (coffee:chicory) if he wants to earn a profit of 50% by selling the mixture at Rs. 37.5?

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Question 42

2 liquids A and B are mixed in the ratio 2:5 to obtain mixture X. In what ratio must mixture X and liquid A be mixed if the concentration of liquid A in the final mixture must be 50%?

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Question 43

A mixture contains 80 % milk and 20 % water. ‘x’ percent of this solution is taken out and replaced with water. What should be the value of ‘x’ so that the resultant solution is half milk and half water?

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Question 44

A milkman has milk of 200 litres with him. He sells 15% of the milk and replaces it with water. He again sells 20% of the solution and replaces it with water. What is the quantity of milk with him?

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Question 45

A mixture P contains milk and water in the ratio of 5 : 1. Another mixture Q contains milk and water in the ratio of 3 : 2. If equal quantities of P and Q are mixed, what is the ratio of milk and water in the final mixture?

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Question 46

A solution containing milk and water in the ratio 3 : 1 is mixed with twice the amount of another solution containing milk and water in the ratio 2 : 1. What is the percentage of milk in the final mixture?

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Question 47

Jar A contains 70% milk and the rest is water whereas Jar B contains 60% water and the rest is milk. How many liters of solution A should be mixed with 100 liters of solution B to make 50% water-milk solution?

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Question 48

In 820 litres of a mixture, the ratio between the quantities of milk and water is 4:1 respectively. If 40 litres of mixture is taken out and some quantity of water is added into the mixture, then the ratio between the quantities of milk and water will be 3:1 respectively. Find out the quantity of water which was added in the mixture.

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Bookstores (2024)

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Question 49

The table above shows the number of independent bookstores in various cities.

For each of the following statements, select True if the statement can be verified as true based on the information provided. Otherwise, select False.
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