IBT Dilsukhnagar Faculty Santosh

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ALLIGATION-MIXTURE
Type 1. Sr. Fac Santosh
From a container having x liters of pure spirit replaced with y liters of water, subsequently y liters of mixture is
replaced with y of water & so on…… then the quantity of spirit left in the container after ‘n’ such replacements.
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1. From a container having 10 lts of pure spirit 1ltr of spirit is replaced with 1ltr of water, subsequently 1ltr of mixture
is replaced with 1ltr of water this process is repeated one more time then the quantity of spirit left in the container
at end of process is
2. 8ltrs are drawn off from a cask full of wine & replaced with equal quantity of water this process is replaced for 3
more time the ratio of the quantity of mine now left to water is 16:65. Then find capacity of the cask or the
quantity of mine that was bear in cask originally
3. A tank has a capacity of 10 liters. When it full it contains 15% alcohol. How many liters must be replaced by
An 80% alcohol solution to give 10 liters of 70 % solution?
TYPE2:
4. In what ratio the rice costing rupees 35 per kg is mixed with another variety of rice costing rupees 21 per kg such
that the resultant mixture is worth rupees 29 per kg
5. A goldsmith has 2 quantities of gold one is 16 carats purity & the other of 24carats purity is what proportion should
we mixed these 2 quantities to prepare a gold ornament of 22 carats purity
6. Gold is 19 times higher than water & copper is 9 times higher than water in what proportion should these metals
be fixed to prepare an alloy which is 15 times heavier than water
7. How many kg of chicory costing Rs.4per kilo be mixed with 40 kg of tea costing Rs.10 per kg such that the resultant
mixture worth Rs.6.50 per kg.
8. How many liters of water must be added to 40ltrs of milk at CP Rs.3.50 per liter, such that the price of the milk
becomes Rs.2 per liter
9. A sum of Rs.41 is divided among a group of 50 boys & girls individually each boy gets 90 paisa & each girl gets 65
paisa then find the number of boys in the group?
10. In a zoo, there are Rabbits and Pigeons. If heads are counted, there are 200 and if legs are counted, there are 580.
How many pigeons are there?
Type 3.
11. Two varieties of rice costing Rs.15 per kilo & Rs.20 per kilo are mixed in the ratio of 2:3 respectively then the cost
per kilo of mixed variety of rice is?
12. One varieties of rice costing Rs.9.30 per kg is mixed with another variety at a certain price in the ratio of 8:7. If the
mixture so formed is work 10per kg of 2nd variety of rice is?
13. Two varieties of coffee Rs.126 per kg, 135 per kg are mixed with third variety at a certain price in the ratio of 1:1:2
if the mixture so formed is worth Rs.153 per kg then the price per kg of the 3rd variety is?
TYPE4: Based on concentrations
14. A 48 liters mixture of milk & water contains 15% water. How much more water must be added o make 20% in the
resultant solution
15. A 420gm of sugar solution has 40% sugar in it how much more sugar must be added to it to make sugar 65% in
resultant solution
16. A solution of sugar syrup has 15% sugar another solution has 5% sugar. How many ltrs of 2nd sol must be added to
20ltrs of 1st sol to make a sol of 10% sugar
17. In 1 kg mixture of sand and iron, 20% is iron. How much sand should be added so that the proportion of iron
becomes 10%?
TYPE5: Based on proportion
18. In an alloy zinc & copper are in the ratio 1:2. In the 2nd alloy the same elements are in the ratio 2:3. In what ratio
should these 2 alloy be fixed to form a new alloy in which the 2 elements are in the ratio 5:8

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least
expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.”
– Charles F. Kettering
 IBT Dilsukhnagar Faculty Santosh
Zonal Office South India Delivering the best quality of Education
19. 2 vessels A&B contain spirit & water mixed in the ratio 5:2 &7:6 respectively. Find the ratio in which these 2
mixtures be mixed to obtain a new mixture C containing spirit & water in the ratio 8:5
APPLICATION OF ALLIGATION IN PERCENTAGES
1. The population of a town was 20000 if the no of male increases 10% & no of females decreases by 6%. Th/e total
population remained unchanged. The no of females is?
2. In a certain year the population of the town was 9000. If in next year the population of males increases by 5% that
of females by 8% then the population increases to 600 then what was the ratio of males & females in that year?
3. A trader has 120kgs of rice out of which he sells some will be 10% profit and the rest with 25% profit he gains 15%
on the whole. What is quantity of rice sold at 25% profit?
4. A man has 60 pens he sells some of these at a profit of 12% & rest at 8% loss. On the whole he gets a profit of 11%.
How many pens were sold at a process of 12%
5. A man has 40kgs of tea, a part of which he sells it at 5% loss and the rest at CP. In this business he gets a loss of 3%.
Find the quantity he sells at the CP?
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6. If goods are purchase from Rs.450 & 3 𝑟𝑑 part of the goods are sold at a loss of 10%. What % of the profit should
be taken on the remainder so as to gain 20% in the all over transaction?
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7. If goods are purchased for Rs.340 & 4 parts of goods are sold at a loss of 25%. At what gain % should the remainder
be sold so had to gain 8% on the whole?
8. A man buys 2 horses for Rs.1350 & sells one so has loss 6% & the other so has to gain 7.5%, on the whole he might
gain nor loss. What does the first horse cost?
9. A man purchased some fruits for Rs.1000. He sold fruits worth Rs.400 at 10% profit. At what profit % must he sell
the rest in order to gain 20% on the whole? a) 26(2/3)% b) 25% c) 30% d) 33(1/3)%
10. A man buys a chair and a table for Rs.6000 he sells the chair at a loss of 10% & a table at a gain of 10%. He still gains
Rs.100 on the whole. The cost price of chair?
11. A person bought a horse and carriage for Rs.20000, later he sold horse at 20% profit & carriage at 10% loss thus he
gains 2% in the whole transaction. The cost of the horse is?
12. A man has Rs.30000/- to lend on loan. He lent some of his capital to Mohan at the rate of 20% pa & the rest to
Suresh at an interest rate of 12%. At the end of one year he got 17% of his capital as interest. How much did he
lend to Mohan?
13. Rs.1500/- is invested in two such parts that if one part be invested at 6% & the other at 5%, the total interest in
one year from both investments is Rs.85/-. How much is invested at 5%
14. A person borrowed Rs.2500/- from two money lenders, for one load he paid 8% pa & for the other 6% pa at the
rate SI. If he paid Rs.180/- as total interest for one year, how much did he borrow at 8% pa?
15. Some amount of Rs.7000/- was lent at 6% pa & the remain at 4% paid the SI from both the fractions in 5yrs was
Rs.1600/-, the sum lent at 6% pa was
16. The average monthly salary of all the staff in an office of a corporate house is 5000/-. The average salary of officers
is 14000/- & that of rest is 4000/-. If the total no. of staff is 500. The no. of officers is?
17. The average monthly salary of the workers in a workshop is 8500/-. If the average monthly salary of 7 technicians is
10000/- & average monthly salary of workers 7800/-. Then total members in the workshop are?
18. In a school with 600 students the average age of boys is 12 yrs that of girls is 11 yrs. If the average age of school is
11yrs& 9months. Then the number of girls in the school is?
19. A man travelled a distance of 80km in 7 hours partly on foot at the rate of 8 kmph and partly on bycle at 16 kmph.
Find the distance traveled on foot?
20. A man travelled a distance of 90km in 9 hours partly on foot at the rate of 8 kmph and partly on bycle at 17 kmph.
Find the distance traveled on foot?
21. Bowlers bowling average is 12.4. He takes 5 wickets for 26 runs in the last innings thereby decrease his average by
0.4. The number of wickets taken by him before his last match was?
22. A man spends 75% of his income, his income. His income increases by 20% due to this he increases his expenditure
by 10% then, find the % change in his savings?
“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least
expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.”
– Charles F. Kettering
 IBT Dilsukhnagar Faculty Santosh
Zonal Office South India Delivering the best quality of Education
23. Rama’s expenditure and savings are in the ratio 5:3. If his income increases by 12% and expenditure by 15% then,
by how much percent do her savings increases?

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least
expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.”
– Charles F. Kettering