Practice Alligation Questions and Answers

• A merchant has 1200 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 9% profit and the rest at 15% profit. He gains 11% on the whole. The quantity (in kg) sold at 15...
• How much groundnut powder at Rs. 90 a kg. should be added to 56  kg.  of cashew powder at Rs.310 a kg. so that by selling the mixture for Rs. 280...
• A vessel is full of a mixture of kerosene and petrol in which there is 18% kerosene, 8 litre are drawn off and then the vessel is filled with petrol. Resul...
• A sum of ₹ 31 was divided among 50 students. If each boy got 70 paisa and each girl got 45 paisa. Find the number of boys.
• 11kg of tea costing Rs. 440 per kg is mixed with 14 kg of tea costing Rs. 360 per kg. The average price per kg of the mixed tea is
• The Average weight of 12 students in the class is 38 kg, when 4 new students included, the average weight becomes 39.5 kg and the weight of those 4 student...
• The Price of 1 litre pure milk is Rs 50. By adding some water in it and selling the mixture at Rs 60 one gets 25% profit, then find the ratio of milk and w...
• A milk vendor has 93 litres of cow pure milk, 62 litres of toned milk and 124 litres of double toned milk. If he wants to pack them in cans so that each ca...
• The combined Average marks of Boys and girls of a class is 66 and the ratio of number of boys and girls is 3:1 and the average marks of the boys is 68. Fin...
• In a Mixture, the ratio of Milk and Water is 7: 5. If 12 litre mixture drawn off and replace by 8 litre water then the ratio of Milk and Water become 1 : 1...
• A container contains a mixture of wine and water in the ratio of 4:1. 150 litres of the mixture was taken out and 50 litres of water was added to it. If th...
• In a Mall parking, there are some two wheelers and rest are four wheelers. If wheels are counted, there are total 120 wheels but according to the charge of...
• The Jar contains only 8 litres of milk and the rest is water. A new mixture in which concentration of milk is 30%, is to be formed by replacing the Jar mix...
• Ramu has lent Rs. 60,000 to Murali and Bansi at 7% p.a. and at 11% per annum respectively. At the end of the year, he has gained an overall interest at the...
• Find the smallest number which when successively divided by 4, 7 and 5 will give the remainder 2, 1, 3.
• If 4 kg of metal of which 1/3rd is zinc and the rest is copper, be mixed with 5kg of metal, of which 1/6 is zinc and the rest is copper, then what will be ...
• A sum of ₹ 62 was divided among 100 students. If each boy got 70 paisa and each girl got 45 paisa. Find the number of boys?
• There are some Crows and Cows in a field. If the total number of heads in the field is 480 and the total number of legs is 1320, what is the number of crow...
• A solution contains 30L of pure milk. 10% of his this is taken out. Another 15% of the remaining solution is taken out and finally 20% of the contents left...
• How much groundnut powder at Rs. 90 a kg. should be added to 56  kg.  of cashew powder at Rs.310 a kg. so that by selling the mixture for Rs. 280 a kg, a...
• In jar 1, 280litres of milk was mixed with 50 litres of water. Some of the mixture was taken out from Jar 1 and put into Jar 2. When 36 litres of milk was ...
• 9 litre of milk is taken out from a container and replaced by water. This process is repeated once more, the ratio of quantity in container (M: W) is 16: 9...
• Three Jar of equal volume contains milk mixed with water. The ratio of milk and water are 2:1, 2:3 and 4:5 respectively. Contents of these Jars are poured ...
• Anju deposited two parts of a sum of Rs. 30,000 in different banks at the rate of 15% per annum and 12% per annum respectively. In one year she got Rs. 414...
• In a zoo, tiger and ostrich were counted. If heads were counted, there are 400 and if legs are counted there were 820. How many ostrich are there?
• Jar A contains ‘X’ ml mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 4 :3. Jar B contains ‘X’ ml mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 5:1, When bot...
• A merchant has 1200 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 9% profit and the rest at 15% profit. He gains 11% on the whole. The quantity (in kg) sold at 15...
• In what ratio mixtures of 22% concentration of alcohol and 35% concentration of alcohol are to be added so that the resultant mixture will have 30% concent...
• A can contains a mixture of two liquids P & Q in the ratio 9 : 5. When 7 ltrs of mixture is drawn off & the can is filled with Q, the ratio of P & Q become...
• A mixture contains milk & water in the ratio of 7:4 & another mixture contain them in the ratio of 3:5. How many li t r e s of the f o rmer m u st be mixed...
• The ratio of milk and water in a mixture of 80 litre is 3:2. If some quantity of mixture taken out and then 4 litre of milk and 4 litre of water is added t...
• In jar 1, 280 litres of milk was mixed with 50 litres of water. Some of the mixture was taken out from Jar 1 and put into Jar 2. When 36 litres of milk was...
• Ramu has lent Rs. 60,000 to Murali and Bansi at 7% p.a. and at 11% per annum respectively. At the end of the year, he has gained an overall interest at the...
• A solution contains 30L of pure milk. 10% of his this is taken out. Another 15% of the remaining solution is taken out and finally 20% of the contents left...
• (0.25) -1.5 = ?
• The cost of type 1 rice is Rs 15 per Kg and type 2 rice is Rs 20 per Kg. If both type1 and type 2 are mixed in the ratio of 2:3, then the price per Kg of t...
• The cost of type 1 tea is Rs 20 per Kg and type 2 tea is Rs 30 per Kg. If both type1 and type 2 are mixed in the ratio of 3:2,then the price per Kg of the ...
• The cost of type 1 sugar is Rs 22 per Kg and type 2 sugar is Rs 28 per Kg. If both type1 and type 2 are mixed in the ratio of 1:2,then the price per Kg of ...
• 2Kg of sugar at Rs 20 per Kg is mixed with 3 Kg of 2nd type of sugar to get a mixture costing Rs 35 per Kg. Find the price of the costlier sugar  ? ...
• In what ratio must a person mix three kinds of rice costing him Rs 1.16,Rs 1.40 and Rs 1.72 per Kg so that the mixture may be worth Rs 1.37 per Kg?