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19. Directions for question 19: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
A milk man has two vessels containing milk and water respectively. The total volume of the two
liquids was 500 liters. He wanted to mix the entire milk with the entire water to get a solution of a
certain concentration of milk. But his assistant withdrew 50% of the milk and 25% of the water
and mixed the remaining quantities of milk and water in the two vessels. The concentration of
milk in the resulting mixture was only times the concentration of milk that the milkman wanted.
How much milk (in liters) should be added to the mixture so that the milkman gets his intended
concentration?

a) 80

b) 66

c) 50

d) 75

6. Directions for questions 4 to 7: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
A solution has 40% of the solute (the substance which is dissolved in the solvent, i.e. water to
form the solution) by volume. 20% of the solution is removed and replaced with water. The
process is repeated 2 more times. Find the concentration of the solute in the resulting solution.

a) 20.48%

b) 10.24%

c) 25%

d) 16%

16. Directions for questions 15 to 18: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
How many millilitres of a solution having 10% alcohol should be added to a mixture of 48 ml of
pure water and 400 ml solution having 40% alcohol to obtain a 25% alcohol solution?

a) 320

b) 300

c) 330

d) None of the above

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14. Directions for questions 13 to 17: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
A merchant has three varieties of oil, the quantities of which are as follows:

I variety - 95 litres; II variety - 133 litres; III variety - 152 litres. The least number of vessels, of
equal size, in which these varieties can be stored, such that no two varieties are mixed with one
another and each vessel is full of oil is _____.

a) 19

b) 20

c) 17

d) 25

9. Directions for questions 3 to 11: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
Two litres of water is added to 10 litres of 70% milk solution. What is the concentration of milk in
the solution now?

a) 40%

b) 522/5%

c) 581/3%

d) 642/5%

14. Directions for question 14: Type in your answer in the input box provided below the
question.
How many kilograms of tea powder costing Rs.31 per kg should be mixed with thirty six
kilograms of tea powder costing Rs.43 per kg, such that the mixture is sold at Rs.44 per kg a
profit of 10% is made?

4. Directions for questions 3 to 5: Type in your answer in the input box provided below the
question.
How many litres of water must be mixed with 168 litres of pure spirit in order to gain 142/7% by
selling the spirit solution at its cost price

19. Directions for questions 19 and 20: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
The average score of 80 students in three sections of a class is 68. All the 24 students of the first
section have an average score of 64 and all the 26 students of the second section have 66 as
the average score. Find the approximate average score of the students of the third section.
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a) 73

b) 63

c) 64

d) 74

6. Directions for questions 4 to 9: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
An official from the Education Department sought some information from an evening college. The
college responded by sending the average ages of the men and women studying in the college
and the ratio of the number of men and women as 3 : 2. The official misread the ratio as 2 : 3 and
computed the average age of all the students as 2 years less than the actual average of 26
years. By how many years is the average age of the men more than that of the women?

a) 2

b) 4

c) 10

d) 8

13. Directions for question 13: Type in your answer in the input box provided below the
question.
The average age of the students of a class was 15 years. When 5 boys whose average age was
12 years and 6 months were admitted, the class average age reduced by 6 months. How many
boys were there in the class initially?

1. Directions for question 1: Type in your answer in the input box provided below the question.
The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is 4 : 3. After 3.5 litres of the mixture is poured out and
replaced with 3.5 litres of water, the ratio of milk and water is 11 : 10. Find the initial quantity of
milk in the mixture (in litres).

19. Directions for questions 18 and 19: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
The average age of a group of 50 employees is 35 years. The youngest of the group is 19 years
old and the oldest is 55 years old. Two employees whose average age is 36 years leave the
group and one of them returns. What is the new average age of the group?

a) 35.5

b) 36.0
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c) 32

d) Cannot be determined

12. Directions for question 12: Type in your answer in the input box provided below the
question.
The average height of a group of 40 students is 169 cm. 30 students whose average height is
169.3 cm left the group and 40 students whose average height is 168.6 cm joined the group.
Find the average height of the resulting group. (in cm)

1. Directions for question 1: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
The average weight of a group of n boys is 65 kg. Three boys whose weights are 32 kg, 45 kg
and 23 kg join the group and one boy whose weight is between 30 kg and 40 kg leaves the
group. The average weight of the group now comes down by 3 kg. If the number of boys initially
in the group is a multiple of 5, the weight of the person who left the group is _____.

a) 36 kg

b) 37 kg

c) 32 kg

d) 39 kg

11. Directions for questions 10 to 15: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
There are two solutions of sulphuric acid (acid + water) of concentrations 50% and 80%
respectively. They are mixed in a certain ratio to get a 62% sulphuric acid solution. This solution
is mixed with 6 litres of water to get a 50% solution. How much of the 80% solution has been
used in the entire process?

a) 15 litres

b) 12 litres

c) 10 litres

d) None of these

12. Directions for question 12: Type in your answer in the input box provided below the
question.
A solution contains milk and water in the ratio 4 : 3. If x% of the solution is taken out and
replaced with water, the resultant solution contains milk and water in the ratio 2 : 3. Find the
value of x.
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1. Directions for question 1: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
There are 29 men in group A and 11 men in group B. The total weight of all the men in the two
groups together is 2190 kg. It is known that the total weight (in kg) of men in each group is a four-
digit number. Find the sum of the average weights of the two groups, if the average weight of
each group (in kg) is an integer.

a) 150

b) 114

c) 132

d) Cannot be determined

1. Directions for questions 1 and 2: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
A box contains a total of 10 kg of rice of three different varieties A, B and C. After 9 kg of A and C
in the ratio 1 : 2 and 7 kg of B are added to the box, the ratio of A, B, C in the box is 3 : 7 : 6. The
ratio of A, B, C in the initial mixture is _____

a) 2 : 1 : 1

b) 1 : 2 : 3

c) 1 : 1 : 1

d) 3 : 7 : 6

4. Directions for question 4: Type in your answer in the input box provided below the question.
After the annual salary revision exercise in an office, it is found that the average salary of the
managers increased by 26.5%, while that of the executives increased by 20%. If the average
salary of managers and executives together increased by 22.5% and there are 40 executives in
the office, how many managers are there?

9. Directions for questions 6 to 10: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
Lara, a model, is on a controlled diet and consumes a 600 gm mixture of food P and food Q
every day. P contains 10% protein and Q has 22% protein. If she consumes 114 gm protein
daily, how many grams of Q is there in the mixture?

a) 450 gms

b) 150 gms
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c) 300 gms

d) None of these

11. Directions for questions 11 and 12: Type in your answer in the input box provided in the
question.
The average of 21 numbers is 35. None of them is less than 20 and at least 11 of them are not
less than 30. The greatest possible value of any of the 21 numbers is